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For Trump, a clash of deals, policy in China HOTEL HOPES IN NATION DUBBED AN ‘ENEMY’ Ambitious plans could complicate ties with Beijing AND

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Peacekeepers with disquieting pasts Abuse allegations against some in U.N. service raise questions about vetting process BY

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butare, rwanda — The three officers had received blue badges and slipped blue covers over their helmets. They were now U.N. peacekeepers, sent from Burundi to help protect victims of a brutal war in the Central African Republic. But each of them had a past the United Nations was unaware of. When the deployments became public, Burundian activists were aghast. One of the officers had run a military jail where beatings and torture occurred, according to civil-society groups and former

prisoners. Another had committed human rights violations when anti-government demonstrations erupted in Burundi last year, U.N. officials would eventually learn. The third had served as the spokesman for the Burundian army, publicly defending an institution accused of abuses. They set out for the Central African Republic in different U.N. deployments over the past year. In each case, U.N. officials soon determined that the allegations against the soldiers and their units were credible enough to send them home. The three cases point to a deeper problem: Even as the

United Nations’ peacekeeping responsibilities grow, it has proven incapable of excluding potential human rights violators from its ranks. The United Nations is managing 16 peacekeeping missions around the globe, with over 100,000 uniformed personnel and an annual $8 billion budget, more than 25 percent of it paid by the United States. As the world body scrambles to fulfill its commitments, it is recruiting some peacekeepers from militaries that have records of abuse or serve repressive governments. Yet the United Nations does not have an effective system to weed out those with violence-

stained backgrounds. That puts the institution at risk of deploying peacekeepers who will tarnish its credibility and even harm the people they were meant to protect. The United Nations has faced a growing crisis over allegations of sexual abuse by its forces. Since 2008, U.N. troops, police and civilian officials have been accused of more than 700 cases of sexual abuse and exploitation, as well as other crimes, according to its records. In Burundi, the government has used its security forces — including the military — to punish U.N. CONTINUED ON A8

U.N. peacekeepers from Burundi patrol in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, in February. Critics say Burundians shouldn’t be peacekeepers because of abuses in their own country.

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China an “enemy” of the United States, a threat and an international pariah whose modus operandi is to lie, cheat and steal — but for at least eight years his hotel chain has been trying to do business here. Although negotiations have yet to bear fruit, Trump Hotels has made confident predictions this year about opening 20 or 30 luxury hotels in China. It is an ambition that would involve the company in direct negotiations with a Communist Party that the president-elect professes to fundamentally distrust. On Dec. 12, Trump tweeted that he would do “no new deals” during his time in the White House. It is not clear what that means for Trump Hotels as a company, and both the Trump Organization and the Trump

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Obama feels ‘conﬁdent’ he could have defeated Trump Convinced she would win, Clinton was too cautious, president says BY

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President Obama said in an interview released Monday that he could have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “if I had run again.” In his most pointed critique yet, Obama said Hillary Clinton’s campaign acted too cautiously out of a mistaken belief that victory was all but certain. “If you think you’re winning, then you have a tendency, just like in sports, maybe to play it

safer,” Obama said in the interview with former adviser and longtime friend David Axelrod, a CNN analyst, for his “The Axe Files” podcast. The president said Clinton “understandably . . . looked and said, well, given my opponent and the things he’s saying and what he’s doing, we should focus on that.” Trump took exception to this critique, tweeting out later in the day: “President Obama said that he thinks he would have won against me. He should say that but I say NO WAY! — jobs leaving, ISIS, OCare, etc.” Obama stressed his admiration for Clinton and said she had been the victim of unfair attacks. But, as he has in other exit interviews, Obama insisted that OBAMA CONTINUED ON A4

Muslims in a Tennessee town hold their breath Some see more tolerance since the ﬁght over a mosque ended in 2014. But many fear what they’ll see in 2017. BY A BIGAIL H AUSLOHNER IN MURFREESBORO, TENN.

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Indiana lawmakers originally promoted the state’s school voucher program as a way to make good on America’s promise of equal opportunity, offering children from poor and lowermiddle-class families an escape from public schools that failed to meet their needs. But five years after the program was established, more than half of the state’s voucher recipients have never attended Indiana public schools, meaning that taxpayers are now covering private and religious school tuition for children whose parents had previously footed that bill. Many vouchers also are going to wealthier families, those earning up to $90,000 for a household of four. The voucher program, one of the nation’s largest and fastestgrowing, serves more than 32,000 children and provides an early glimpse of what education policy could look like in Donald Trump’s presidency. Trump has signaled that he intends to pour billions of federal dollars into efforts to expand

transition team declined to comment for this article. If Trump Hotels goes ahead with its efforts to expand to China, or even if it only lays plans to do so after his term in office, it could hugely complicate one of the most important foreign policy relationships Trump will have to negotiate during his presidency. And the suspicion that Trump as president might be trying to badger China or butter it up to promote his business there risks coloring perceptions of his every move in regard to Beijing — even those that are completely aboveboard. “It’s very hard for foreign politicians to do business in China,” said Liu Xuemei, vice president of New World Development’s Huamei Real Estate Development. “If you want to do politics, don’t try doing business in China.” Liu said it isn’t hard to throw

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The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was built in 2012 amid protests in the Tennessee city. Now, many in the Islamic community fear anti-Muslim sentiment will get greater voice from those emboldened by President-elect Donald Trump.

t was here, in this midsize college town in the dead center of Tennessee, that a right-wing effort to ban Islamic law found one of its first sponsors. Here, too, a congressman cosponsored a plan to “defund Muslim ‘refugees’ ” and local residents sued to block construction of the only mosque, a fight that ended at the Supreme Court. The town’s Muslims carried on through all of that, raising their children, saying their prayers, teaching at college, filling people’s prescriptions and filling their tanks, contributing to the civic life in a city of 126,000. They felt the familiar grief and fear of reprisal last year when a Muslim man killed four Marines in Chattanooga, 90 minutes away. Now Donald Trump — a man who has repeatedly cast doubt on the patriotism of Muslims — is the president-elect, and he has selected a national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who has called Islam a “cancer.” And a deep unease has again seeped into the daily life of many here in this Muslim community of about 1,500. There has been a smattering of post-election harassment and insults — at schools, in parking lots, on the road — but nothing to take to the police or put Murfreesboro back in the national headlines. “Right now, we’re hoping that it’s going to be calm,” said Saleh Sbenaty, an engineering professor at Middle Tennessee State University and one of the founders of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. “But we don’t know if it’s the calm before the storm MURFREESBORO CONTINUED ON A5

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hanover, n.h. — Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear that pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater. The site has contaminated the well water of at least one family, Richard and Debbie Higgins, who blame a variety of health problems on it, including rashes, hair and skin loss, and dizziness. Even their dogs were not spared, they say, with one urinating blood and another vomiting. Few nearby residents even knew the half-acre plot on the college’s Rennie Farm was used

from the 1960s until 1978 to dump carcasses from “tracer experiments,” in which scientists used radioactive compounds to see how things moved through life systems. In 2011, Dartmouth began to clean up the site, removing 40 tons of carcasses and soil from scores of unlined pits. That led to the discovery of hazardous waste and low-level radioactive materials and eventually evidence that at least one chemical used in the animal experiments, the suspected carcinogen 1,4-dioxane, had leaked into the groundwater. Dartmouth apologized in September for its handling of the case, established a neighborhood advisory panel and offered 20 households bottled water.

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irbil, iraq — On Nov. 29, Iraqi forces were struggling to push their way deeper into Mosul. It had been five weeks since the operation to recapture the militant-held Iraqi city had begun, and punishing counterattacks from Islamic State fighters suggested that it would be a lengthier battle than some had hoped. The Iraqi forces, however, had ample help overhead. Fortythree U.S. and allied strike aircraft, including B-52 bombers, Marine Harriers, Air Force F-15 Eagles and F-22 Raptors circled, ready to strike targets where militants were, for instance, assembling car bombs or staking out artillery positions. In addition to the jets, more than a dozen surveillance aircraft, including armed Reaper and Predator drones, gathered imagery of the events below, while Apache attack helicopters flew sorties in support of ground troops and jammer aircraft sought to block militant communications. The result: More than 80 precision munitions were fired, destroying four car bombs, four mortar systems and an Islamic State compound, along with other militant targets. The slew of military aircraft above Mosul that day offers a snapshot of the ongoing air operation that the United States and its allies have mounted in an effort to defeat the Islamic State in one of its final major strongholds. “Their objectives and us protecting them — that was a good day,” said Air Force Brig. Gen. Matthew Isler, who oversees coalition air and cyber operations for Iraq, referring to support for Iraqi forces. It also was a noteworthy day, American officials say, because U.S.-supported ground forces suffered no casualties. Since the beginning of the operation on Oct. 17, Iraq’s military, especially its U.S.-built counterterrorism force, has endured heavy losses, often from suicide bombs or sniper fire, raising questions about Iraq’s ability to sustain a prolonged assault. The air operation is a central aspect of a military campaign that has cost $12.5 million a day in Iraq and Syria and that has destroyed

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A girl who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul holds a cat at the Khazer refugee camp. The militant forces have been resilient.

countless military vehicles, command centers and fighting positions. Since strikes began in the summer of 2014, U.S. and allied aircraft have conducted more than 16,000 strikes in both countries. U.S. military officials estimate that 50,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed. But even such a massive air operation has not been able to extinguish a resilient Islamic State force in and around Mosul and other militant strongholds. As Iraqi forces have pressed more deeply into the city, Islamic State fighters have inflicted heavy casualties on Iraqi forces and remaining residents, slowing the battle’s progress and damaging the morale of local fighters. In recent months, U.S. and allied officials have sought to accelerate air operations in the Islamic State campaign in an attempt to make greater progress against the group. But the pace remains slower than that of other recent conflicts. The United States and its allies have flown fewer daily strike sorties in Iraq and Syria than in earlier conflicts, according to David Deptula, a retired senior Air Force official who is dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. In the initial period of the Iraq War, which began in 2003, there were almost 800 strike sorties per day, Deptula said. In the 1999 Kosovo air operation, almost 300 strike sorties were flown daily; in the 1991 Desert Storm operation, more than 1,200. According to Col. Joe Scrocca, a

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Early signs from the Donald Trump transition team suggest that his administration would alter or stop using an Obama-era metric known as the “social cost of carbon” in its federal rulemaking processes. That could have major effects on the way environmental policies are written or revised.

Climate change could cause a wide variety of damage to human communities, including natural disasters, harm to human health, reduced agricultural output and lower economic productivity, all of which result in monetary costs to society. The social cost of carbon refers to such costs caused by emitting one ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A questionnaire the transition team sent to the Energy Department requested a list of all “employees or contractors who have attended any Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Carbon meetings,” as well as emails and other materials associated with those meetings. It also asked a variety of questions about the assumptions that went into calculating the social cost of carbon. A document written last month by Energy Department transition leader Thomas Pyle and recently obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy suggested

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public affairs official for the U.S.-led operation against the Islamic State, the number of strike sorties has averaged about 56 a day over Iraq and Syria since 2014. Deptula said the nature of the mission against the Islamic State, and especially the battle for Mosul, requires a different kind of air operation. “Desert Storm was a whole-country operation,” Deptula said. “Mosul is a very small subset of that. . . . Every conflict situation is different.” The Mosul air campaign is being conducted over a densely packed city whose residents have mostly stayed in their homes, making some strikes impossible and increasing the need for precision, low-yield munitions. “The level of sophistication is an order of magnitude greater” in Mosul than in some past conflicts, said Army Brig. Gen. Scott Efflandt, who heads the U.S.-Iraqi operations center in Irbil, capital of the Iraqi region of Kurdistan, east of Mosul. “Here, the sophistication of the enemy, the complexity and the scope and size of the city” make for a much more difficult fight, he said. U.S. officials describe a range of steps that are required to authorize every individual airstrike, including verification of intelligence and a sign-off from military lawyers. Pentagon officials say that rarely have they carried out a strike they knew would kill any civilians. At the same time, the U.S. military has acknowledged that its air attacks have killed at least 119 civilians in Iraq and Syria since 2014.

Watchdog groups say the true figure is probably much higher. The effort to cripple Islamic State defenses in Mosul shows both the power and limitations of coalition air operations. While officials have been able to take out car-bomb factories and certain mortar positions, they acknowledge that militants have adapted to U.S. tactics, including the rules about avoiding civilian casualties. In one recent incident, militants were firing mortars from between closely situated dormitory buildings at a university in Mosul, probably figuring that such a target, between potentially inhabited buildings, would be deemed offlimits. According to U.S. military officials in Iraq, no strike on that target was made. Nor are U.S. and allied aircraft always able to respond in time to protect Iraqi forces or civilians in the line of fire. That is a particular challenge because, Efflandt said, Islamic State fighters have increasingly embraced attacks on civilians as they face growing military pressure. A little after 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 20, U.S. officials overseeing the air operation received an urgent report from Iraqi counterterrorism troops in the Mosul area. Islamic State fighters had gathered a group of civilians in an open area within the city and appeared to be preparing to take action against them. A drone was directed to the site to find out more. Through the drone’s grainy feed, military officials at a nearby headquarters could see the militants behead one civilian, then shoot two more. The officials immediately requested permission to attack — they hoped to fire not at the militants themselves, who were still gathered around the civilians, but at an area just behind them. Six minutes later, an aircraft was in place and ready to fire. The laserguided bomb exploded just behind the group, scattering the extremists. The effect turned out to be temporary. Less than 20 minutes later, the militants came back and began to bury the bodies. missy.ryan@washpost.com loveday.morris@washpost.com Thomas Gibbons-Neff contributed to this report.

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that “during the Trump Administration the [social cost of carbon] will likely be reviewed and the latest science brought to bear. If the [social cost of carbon] were subjected to the latest science, it would certainly be much lower than what the Obama administration has been using.” But many experts have countered that rejecting the social cost of carbon may not hold up under scientific, or even legal, standards. If anything, many scientists believe that its monetary value should be set even higher. A U.S. government working group first convened in 2009 to develop a method for quantifying the social cost of carbon, and the value has since been used to help create a variety of federal environmental regulations, including the Clean Power Plan. The cost is currently set at about $36 per ton of carbon dioxide. Many climate experts now say the models used to calculate the value rely on dated research and that certain climate-related damage was not adequately factored in. “When the U.S. government issued the social cost of carbon first in 2009 or 2010, it was a very good job of summarizing the literature as it stood,” said Michael Greenstone, an economist at the University of Chicago and former chief economist for President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, who helped convene the first federal working group to address the social cost of carbon. “What has emerged since then has been an explosion of research to estimate the likely damages from climate change.” One 2015 paper argued that the models don’t do enough to account for the effect of higher temperatures on the gross domestic product. Once the authors factored it in, they found that the social cost of carbon skyrocketed to about $220 per ton of carbon dioxide. The lead author of that paper, Frances Moore of the University of California at Davis, is now working on new research that addresses the impact of climate change on agricultural output and how those effects can radiate through the economy. “The representation of those impacts in the agricultural sector is pretty dated in the models,” Moore said. “When we update those . . . we find the social cost of

carbon goes up substantially.” As Greenstone and his colleague Cass R. Sunstein of the Harvard Law School pointed out in a New York Times op-ed this month, it would be difficult legally or even impossible for the Trump administration to do away with the metric entirely. A reason the standard was developed was because a 2008 federal court of appeals ruling specified that federal regulations must take climate change impacts into account. A more recent legal challenge to the use of the social cost of carbon was rejected in court. But there are ways to dull the metric’s bite by making its value smaller. One way would be to reconsider the calculations known as the “discount rate.” This is a kind of interest rate that can be thought of as a way to address how much the present generation is willing to pay to prevent climaterelated damage in the future. A higher discount rate results in a lower social cost of carbon. Currently, the federal government uses a rate of 3 percent with a value of $36 for the social cost of carbon. But according to the Environmental Protection Agency, a discount rate of 2.5 percent would bring the cost up to $56 per ton of carbon dioxide, while a rate of 5 percent would lower it to $11 per ton. David Kreutzer, a member of the EPA transition team who has previously questioned the science of anthropogenic climate change, published an essay earlier this year arguing for a 7 percent discount rate, rather than 3 percent. The National Academy of Sciences has assembled a committee of experts to review the way economic aspects of climate change are modeled. Their findings are expected to be published in a report early next year. “The economic consensus is actually moving in the direction that suggests the Obama discount rate is too high, not too low,” said Richard Revesz, dean emeritus of the New York University School of Law. “Once that report is out there, if the Trump administration wants to take a very different approach, it will have to explain . . . why it decided to disregard a consensus report of a very highly distinguished panel and what support it has for doing that.” health-science@washpost.com More at washingtonpost.com/ blogs/energy-environment

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Obama aims to ease tensions with Pearl Harbor event But Trump’s pugnacious pronouncements cloud Abe’s historic visit BY D AVID N AKAMURA AND B RITTANY L YTE

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s historic visit to Pearl Harbor with President Obama on Tuesday punctuates the Obama administration’s multiyear effort to prod Japan and its neighbors in Asia to decrease tensions by moving beyond lingering wartime grievances. But as the two leaders pay homage to the 2,403 Americans who died in the surprise Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, the geopolitical backdrop for the event has been clouded by President-elect Donald Trump’s pugnacious and unpredictable foreign-policy pronouncements. During the campaign, Trump raised alarms in both countries when he questioned the value of the U.S. military’s basing agreements in Japan and suggested the island nation consider developing its own nuclear weapons. Abe is set to become the first Japanese leader to take part in a ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial, which honors the American sailors and Marines who perished aboard the battleship 75 years ago. The trip, in the works before Trump’s election last month, is intended as a symbolic bookend to Obama’s visit in May to Hiroshima, where the United States deployed the world’s first atomic bomb. Like Obama, Abe does not plan to apologize for Japan’s sneak attack, which wounded an additional 1,178 and prompted the United States’ entry into World War II. Rather, he will reflect on history “and renew the determination of the Japanese people not to repeat the devastation of war,” said Tamaki Tsukada, spokesman for the Japanese Embassy in Washington. U.S. military veterans are expected to take part in a ceremony that will be “a powerful demonstration of how the two countries can overcome a very painful history to become the closest of allies and friends,” Daniel Kritenbrink, the White House’s senior director

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for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, told reporters. Abe’s visit marks another delicate step toward broader regional reconciliation in Asia, though it is unlikely to satisfy demands in South Korea and China that the Japanese government formally apologize and atone for wartime atrocities. Three of Abe’s predecessors, including his grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, a former prime minister, purportedly visited Pearl Harbor in the 1950s, but none took part in a ceremony to pay homage to the dead over concerns about right-wing political opposition in Japan. Such a visit seemed unlikely as recently as three years ago, when Abe, leader of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, visited Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, the paean to Japan’s wartime dead, in a move that inflamed regional tensions and irritated the White House. The Obama administration has sought to improve relations in Asia, especially between U.S. allies Japan and South Korea, to hedge against China’s rise and address shared challenges, such as a nuclear-armed North Korea. Since then, Tokyo has negotiated, with support from the

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TOP: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe presents a wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. ABOVE: The USS Arizona Memorial, marking the resting place of the crewmen killed on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japanese naval forces bombed Pearl Harbor, will be visited by Abe and President Obama on Tuesday.

White House, a resolution with Seoul over the forced use of women as sex slaves by Japan’s imperial army. And Abe expressed remorse for the war during remarks to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress last year ahead of the 70th anniversary of

the end of World War II. Obama’s speech in Hiroshima, where he warned of the danger of nuclear weapons and urged disarmament, was well received in Japan, prompting Abe to pursue the reciprocal visit to Pearl Harbor. Obama is in Hawaii for his

annual two-week winter vacation. Their visit “is a demonstration about how far the world has come in many instances,” said Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D), the son of a World War II veteran who in 2014 became the state’s second governor of Japanese ancestry. About one-sixth of Hawaii’s population is of Japanese ancestry, and Japan sent 1.5 million tourists to the state last year, more than any other country. Abe, who arrived in Oahu on Monday, opened his visit with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, a military cemetery known as Punchbowl. The prime minister is scheduled to have a formal bilateral meeting with Obama before visiting the USS Arizona Memorial. Ige said the relationship between the Japanese people and Hawaii “is more than business, more than friendship — it’s family.” He called the U.S.-Japan military alliance “the most important to keeping the peace in Asia.” The question is what becomes of that alliance under Trump. Along with questioning U.S. basing agreements in Japan and South Korea, Trump suggested in March that the two U.S. allies are freeloading off the United States’ security umbrella. His suggestion that they consider developing their own nuclear weapons drew sharp rebukes from the Obama White House, which called the idea “catastrophic,” and national security experts in both political parties. Trump also has vowed to rip up the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration that includes Japan. Abe expended significant political capital to move the accord through the Japanese parliament over objections from protectionist domestic rice and automobile industries. Within days of Trump’s election, Abe rushed to begin building ties, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect during a stopover in New York in November en route to an Asia-Pacific economic summit in Peru. “Trump’s campaign rhetoric is campaign rhetoric,” said Tsukada, the embassy spokesman. “We don’t believe the electorate or constituents take those message

literally. In fact, you might have noticed that throughout the campaign, at one stage his rhetoric was extremely anti-Japan, with Japan-bashing type of language, but after a certain point it disappeared. By and large, we think he has a normal kind of balance.” Some foreign-policy analysts have speculated that Abe will seek to leverage the uncertainty around Trump’s agenda to speed his own long-standing efforts to bolster the mission and capabilities of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces. Abe played host this month to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who visited the prime minister’s home town, in a bid to improve bilateral relations between their countries. That meeting, which had been in the works before Trump’s victory, caused

Associated Press by email Monday that his Christmas Eve message to nearly 11,000 Twitter followers — “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide” — was meant to be satirical. Drexel was not amused, condemning Ciccariello-Maher’s tweet and saying in a statement that it was “taking this situation very seriously.” Ciccariello-Maher, whose online biography says his academic specialties include “race and racism,” said Drexel apparently didn’t understand “the content or the context” of his tweet. The professor said he was mocking what he called the “imaginary concept” of white genocide, which he says was invented by white supremacists. Ciccariello-Maher followed up his initial tweet by praising the “massacre” of whites in

Haiti during the country’s slave uprising and revolution more than two centuries ago. His weekend messages spread quickly online. He said he has received hundreds of death threats.

“What Abe will want to do with Trump is to hug him close, and teach him about Japan and Asia.” Sheila Smith, Japan expert on Council on Foreign Relations

consternation in Washington. Trump’s antagonistic posture toward China, including his unprecedented phone conversation with the president of Taiwan this month, also has unsettled the region. Analysts said Abe would welcome a shift of U.S. policy toward Taiwan, but they cautioned that China’s response to an escalation of tensions with the Trump administration could be aimed at Japan, as well. Tokyo is “relatively reassured that [Trump’s] campaign rhetoric of extreme isolationism is gone, but the unpredictability factor is still the biggest challenge,” said Sheila Smith, a Japan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. “What Abe will want to do with Trump is to hug him close, and teach him about Japan and Asia. “I suspect they’re holding their breath a little bit,” Smith added. “But I do think in Mr. Abe’s personal visit and his subsequent follow-up, he’s trying to be the ally of choice for Mr. Trump.” david.nakamura@washpost.com Lyte reported from Honolulu.

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slightly more than a typical weekend. Violence over the holiday weekend comes during a surge in city violence. More than 700 homicides have been reported this year. Last year, fewer than 500 homicides were reported.

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A violent holiday weekend in Chicago More than 40 people were shot over the holiday weekend and more than three dozen guns were seized, Chicago police said Monday. The shooting tally included violence at a family Christmas party on the city’s South Side at which two people were killed and several others wounded. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the majority of shootings and homicides from Friday afternoon through Monday morning were “targeted attacks by gangs against potential rivals who were at holiday gatherings.” He said 45 guns had been seized since Friday afternoon,

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Drexel to meet with professor after tweet

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Madori Griffin, who said her car was snowed in, climbs over a snowbank to get to her job at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D., on Monday morning. Freezing rain and snow caused vast stretches of highways in the Dakotas to be shut down Sunday.

A Drexel University professor has been summoned to a meeting with school officials after he tweeted a Christmas Eve message that appeared to support “white genocide.” George Ciccariello-Maher, who is white and an associate professor of politics at the Philadelphia university, told the

— Associated Press Prison inmates escape by removing toilet from wall:

Authorities in Tennessee are searching for one of six inmates who broke out of jail on Christmas. The Cocke County Sheriff ’s Department said the six inmates escaped early Sunday after removing a toilet from a wall and going through a hole behind it that led outside. Sheriff Armando Fonest told WBIR-TV that five of the inmates had been recaptured by Monday night. — Associated Press

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Trump has sought business deals in China with party-controlled enterprises TRUMP FROM A1

up a building in China; the difficulty lies in all the procedures involved in buying land and getting permission to build on it. “It’s a lot of trouble,” she said. “If your relationship with China isn’t good, there’s no way your papers and permits will be approved. The Chinese government is hard to deal with, so buildings are hard to build.” The complications for Trump of mixing business and politics were thrown into sharp relief Dec. 2 when he accepted a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, a move that infuriated the Chinese government in Beijing and overturned decades of diplomatic protocol. A representative of the Trump Organization made a business trip to Taiwan in October, according to media reports linked to the woman’s Facebook page. And the Taiwan News and other media outlets reported last month that someone professing to represent the company had held talks with the mayor of Taoyuan in September about an airport development project. The Trump Organization said after Trump’s phone call with Tsai that it had no plans for expansion in Taiwan and that there had been no authorized visits to push for a development project. Trump’s business interests up to now have pointed in the other direction, with the money to be made in mainland China dwarfing any potential business deals with Taiwan. Trump’s interest in China dates to late 2005, when he began applying for trademarks for the “Trump” brand for a variety of businesses, including hotels and real estate. Even that was hard, and it took him a decade to get his name trademarked for hotel and real estate services, a victory he won about the time of the presidential election. In 2008, Trump Hotels was reported by the South China Morning Post to have joined forces with one of China’s largest property developers, Evergrande Real Estate, and the Hong Kongbased Orient Property Group to bid on the development of a landmark office tower in the southern city of Guangzhou. The deal fell apart a month later when Evergrande pulled out, according to NPR. In 2012, the Trump Hotel Collection opened an office in Shanghai with 10 employees, its first in Asia.

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“The Trump development team has identified Greater China as our top priority among high-potential emerging markets,” Todd G. Wynne-Parry, a senior vice president of global hotel development and acquisitions, said in a news release the following year, while Chief Operating Officer Jim Petrus said the group aimed to open 30 hotels by 2020. The term Greater China usually refers to mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Just before the U.S. election, in October, Trump Hotels chief executive Eric Danziger was quoted in Chinese news media as telling an Asia Pacific hospitality conference in Hong Kong that the group was still aiming to open Trump hotels in 20 to 30 cities in China and Scion hotels in more cities — but this time without specifying a target date. “There will definitely be Trump hotels in big Chinese cities like Beijing and Shanghai,” he was quoted as saying. But if Danziger is right, those projects could either fall apart or become a liability if Trump doesn’t keep the U.S.-China relationship on an even keel. “State-owned real estate com-

panies play a big role in the Chinese real estate industry, and private firms also take their cues from government hints,” said Liao Jun, vice president of Vanke Oriental Properties. “If U.S.-China relations go bad, it will be impossible for him to hope to do business in China.” And any Trump hotels that have been opened by that point would face serious pressures. “People with money and status in China care deeply about their reputation,” Liu said. “If China is engaged in a trade war or exchanging hostile words with Trump, you can forget about doing business in China after staying at a Trump hotel.” Why has it proved so difficult for Trump Hotels to get a foothold in China? For one thing, the Chinese luxury hotel market that Trump executives have been so eager to enter is enduring a downturn sparked by the government’s campaign against corruption, according to real estate executives who track the market. Some hotels have even moved to shed their star ratings so officials can continue to stay at them, they say. The Trump brand is not a “street name” in China, said Dan-

iel Voellm, a Hong Kong-based managing partner of HVS, a hotel industry consulting and research firm. “To my knowledge, most of what he does is branding rather than actual development.” Vanke’s Liao agreed. “I have been in the real estate market for decades, but I didn’t know about Trump until I went to Las Vegas two years ago, and the tour guide pointed out a golden shining Trump hotel,” he said. “My understanding is that in terms of international brands, people trust hotels like Marriott and Sheraton more in China — they still think of Trump Hotels as a bit sketchy and unheard of.” Trump’s brand may be better known in China now, but ethics advisers for past presidents say trading on his position, particularly with foreign partners or clients, would raise serious questions about conflict of interest and possibly violations of the emoluments clause of the Constitution barring gifts or profits from foreign leaders. Along with his “no new deals” pledge, Trump has said that he will put his businesses in the hands of his adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric. Trump Hotels also appears to

have run into the practical problems of doing business here. In 2013, it signed a memorandum of understanding with State Grid Corp. of China — an electricity company and the country’s largest state-owned enterprise — for an urban complex in Beijing including high-end hotels, serviced apartments, office space and other commercial uses, according to a person close to the deal. That deal, for branding and management, was potentially worth between $100 million and $150 million over 15 years, Robby Qiu, a former director of Trump’s Greater China office, told the Agence France-Presse news agency. But negotiations were put on hold after Chinese authorities opened a corruption investigation into State Grid, AFP reported. In a report issued in June 2015, China’s National Audit Office accused the company of applying for a permit to build a research and development center on the land, not a commercial venture. There is no suggestion that Trump or his companies were implicated in the inquiry. State Grid declined to comment. At the site in the Guomao

district, workers said building had continued until about six months ago and has since largely stopped. Trump has consistently berated China on Twitter. In his 2011 book “Time to Get Tough,” he called China’s leaders “our enemy” and accused them of “ruining our way of life.” “We shouldn’t entertain Communists and beg for a few tiny contracts,” he wrote. But the deal with State Grid is not his company’s only dealing with a state-owned company in China that is intimately linked to the Communist Party. In New York, records show that the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is among the largest office tenants in Trump Tower, where it occupies the 20th floor. The deal has been worth more than $1.5 million annually to Trump’s firm, according to the data firm CoStar Group, and it will expire in 2018, according to Bloomberg News — raising the prospect of the Trump Organization negotiating an extension with the Chinese bankers while Trump is in office. Tian Terence Deng, a spokesman for the bank, declined to comment. In Congress, Democrats are already taking aim at Trump’s perceived conflicts of interest in his business dealing with China. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), speaking at a Dec. 14 forum at the Capitol on ethical issues raised by the incoming administration, said that it didn’t matter to him if Trump wanted to keep his name on businesses such as “The Celebrity Apprentice” but that dealings with foreign countries were another matter. “I care about government officials in Bahrain, China, Turkey, Argentina, Singapore and elsewhere who may buy up entire floors of hotel rooms, pay higher rents at Trump Tower, lower interest rates on loans, speed up permits for development projects or take all kinds of other inappropriate actions to ingratiate themselves with the new administration,” Cummings said. Yet there is one potential silver lining, some business leaders privately say. Perhaps Trump’s interest in doing business in China will prevent him starting a trade war with Beijing that could wreak havoc on both nations’ economies. simon.denyer@washpost.com jonathan.oconnell@washpost.com O’Connell reported from Washington. Luna Lin and Congcong Zhang in Beijing contributed to this report.

Obama blames Democrats’ Nov. defeat on failure to communicate effectively OBAMA FROM A1

her defeat was not a rejection of the eight years of his presidency. To the contrary, he argued that he had put together a winning coalition that stretched across the country but that the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign had failed to follow through on it. “I am confident in this vision because I’m confident that if I — if I had run again and articulated it — I think I could’ve mobilized a majority of the American people to rally behind it,” the president said. “See, I think the issue was less that Democrats have somehow abandoned the white working class, I think that’s nonsense,” Obama said. “Look, the Affordable Care Act benefits a huge number of Trump voters. There are a lot of folks in places like West Virginia or Kentucky who didn’t vote for Hillary, didn’t vote for me, but are being helped by this. . . . The problem is, is that we’re not there on the ground communicating not only the dry policy aspects of this, but that we care about these communities, that we’re bleeding for these communities.” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said via email that the campaign declined to comment. Axelrod, in an interview with The Washington Post, said he believed Obama went further than he had before in critiquing Clinton’s campaign. “This was all in service of making the point that he believes that his progressive vision and the vision he ran on is still a majority view in this country,” Axelrod said. “He chooses to be hopeful about the future.” Obama could not have run again; the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Still, Obama’s suggestion that he could have won if he had run again stoked debate Monday among political observers. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican who has

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been an adviser to Trump, said in an interview that “Obama doesn’t know and neither does anyone else. Obama would have increased the turnout in the African American community, but he also might have increased the repudiation of him among those who felt they were betrayed. “All of the lies he told about Obamacare, ‘keeping your doctor’ . . . would have come back to haunt him. It would have been a totally different race.” Steve Hildebrand, a Democrat who oversaw Obama’s 2008 campaign in battleground states, said the president had an ability to

communicate with lower-income workers that Clinton lacked. He said he sent the Clinton campaign 15 emails in which he said he told them: “You are not communicating with lower-income workers, you are not connecting with them.” In the podcast interview, Axelrod did not press Obama on many of the most controversial parts of his presidency, such as not taking action to prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in Syria. The president, who has done relatively few interviews with mainstream media organizations, repeated his long-stated

complaint that the media has filtered his message and that he is subject to unfair criticism by outlets such as Fox News. Obama also blamed some of his problems during his presidency on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a longtime adversary who famously said in 2010: “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” McConnell failed in that goal, but Obama said the senator was successful in blocking many of his initiatives and setting the groundwork for Trump’s victory.

McConnell’s strategy from a “tactical perspective was pretty smart and well executed,” the president said. The Republican leader found ways to “just throw sand in the gears” in a manner that fed into people’s beliefs that things were going badly. Obama said that, as a result, Republicans blocked action that could have helped more people recover from the Great Recession. The strategy, Obama maintained, was that “if we just say no, then that will puncture the balloon, that all this talk about hope and change and no red state and blue state is — is proven to be a mirage, a fantasy.

And if we can — if we can puncture that vision, then we have a chance to win back seats in the House.” A McConnell spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. Obama stressed that he doesn’t plan to get involved in day-to-day responses to a Trump presidency, just as former president George W. Bush has remained mostly on the sidelines during the Obama years. But Obama made it clear that he will be more of an activist in the long run. He said he plans to help mobilize and train a younger generation of Democratic leaders and will speak out if his core beliefs are challenged. He also said he is working on writing a book. His post-presidential “longterm interest,” Obama said, is “to build that next generation of leadership; organizers, journalists, politicians. I see them in America, I see them around the world — 20-year-olds, 30-yearolds who are just full of talent, full of idealism. And the question is, how do we link them up? How do we give them the tools for them to bring about progressive change? And I want to use my presidential center as a mechanism for developing that next generation of talent.” He said he didn’t want to be someone “who’s just hanging around reliving old glories.” Obama in the interview also reflected on his years at college, particularly Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1983. He said he was rereading “old journals” and letters to girls that he was “courting,” and found them unreadable. He found himself to be “wildly pretentious,” recalling how he begged off going to parties so he could read the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The women on campus found him “too intense,” he said. Looking back, said the president of the United States, “I should’ve tried, like, you know, ‘Wanna go to a movie?’ ” michael.kranish@washpost.com

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Muslims in Tennessee worry anger toward them will grow MURFREESBORO FROM A1

or the calm after the storm.” A ‘melting pot,’ or the ‘buckle on the Bible Belt’ Murfreesboro is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country and an increasingly diverse one. Muslim and Christian students go to school and play sports together; their families patronize the same restaurants and stores. Residents variously describe the town as a proud example of Southern hospitality, a growing “melting pot,” a suburb of “little blue dot” Nashville and the “buckle on the Bible Belt.” Its downtown with the old courthouse and Confederate-soldiers memorial yields to strip malls and chain stores, new housing developments and old cotton fields, and the university, with its 20,000 undergraduates. You can drive to the popular shawarma joint for some Arab cuisine, then get back in the car and hear syndicated talk-show host Michael Savage on the radio wondering how many veterans are in jail “for having the guts to kill an Islamo-fascist.” Among the town’s couple hundred places of worship are 59 Baptist churches, including an Arabic Baptist church as well as Grace Baptist, whose deacon in 2010 greeted the construction of the new mosque next door by erecting 23 huge white crosses on the road. There are people such as Abdou Kattih, a pharmacist at Walgreens and one of the mosque’s founders, and Jason Bennett, an evangelical advocate for the homeless and a onetime mosque opponent; the two now consider each other close friends. There are people such as the self-described “right-wing Southern Baptist,” shopping at Bullseye Gun, Gear and Pawn on a recent day, who is certain that Muslims think they have the right “to kill you and take your wife as a sex slave.” The man declined to give his name, he said, because he employs a number of Muslims in his health-sector company anyway and did not want them to know what he thinks. He still goes to cookouts and ballgames with them, he said. On the other hand, said James McCarroll Jr., a pastor at First Baptist Church, “we’re seeing more of an acceptance, a lot of it being spurred by the university having a large community of Muslims.” The day after the election, flowers were left on the mosque’s doorstep, and a stranger approached the new imam, an Egyptian, at the Walmart and welcomed him to town. Nothing seems to illustrate the complicated attitudes better than Tammy and Ahmed Ragab’s family — three conservative Muslims and three evangelical Christians sharing a house. The couple bought a home with Tammy’s parents five years ago. To the Ragabs, Trump is a threat personified. They see him as a man whose policies and rhetoric have emboldened people to attack and vilify Muslims, including their 12-year-old daughter, who they said was threatened at school the week after the election. Tammy’s parents and sister voted for him. In five years of diverging viewpoints and lifestyles — the couples cook separately, watch different news channels and celebrate different holidays — a simple harmony has prevailed, they said, because they love each other. Tammy’s parents eat pork, go to church and keep “a whole cabinet of Jesus statues” in the house, Tammy said. They also remind their granddaughter to pray five times a day and help her pick out clothes to match her hijab. “But at the same time, when it comes to the Trump issues, she’ll say, ‘Oh, he only said that one time,’ ” Tammy said of her mother. “They don’t believe he’s going to do the things he said.” Tammy, who converted to Islam a few years before meeting Ahmed, an Egyptian immigrant, implores her mother to consider “the things we might face” under Trump. “And she says, ‘Well, that’s your choice.’ ” Her mother, Linda Harmon, said she knows “a lot of people are scared that Muslims are going to have to register and get shipped back.” But, she added, “even a lot of Muslims want people vetted. . . . He’s not going to send any back that aren’t causing any trouble, I don’t think.” ‘I didn’t know you were one of them’ Kattih, the pharmacist, remembers a day a few years back

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TOP: From left, Annan Chamdin, Brian Mumpower, Hiba Kattih and Stephanie Mumpower chat while preparing meals for a Thanksgiving Day event put on by Murfreesboro Muslim Youth. The Tennessee community service group aims to make Muslims visible and familiar to people who would not dare visit their mosque in Murfreesboro. ABOVE: A man spends some time on Thanksgiving working on his truck in Murfreesboro. LEFT: Abdou Kattih is a cofounder of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro and president of Murfreesboro Muslim Youth. “You need to stretch out your hand to allies,” Kattih said. “And you’ll be surprised what hands reach out back.”

“Most immigrant Muslims lived under dictatorship. Fear is embedded in their skin. So when they’re afraid, they retract. And I think that’s the opposite of what needs to happen.” Abdou Kattih, a co-founder of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro and president of Murfreesboro Muslim Youth

when a customer came in to fill a prescription and said, “Did you hear those damn Muslims want to build a church in town?” Kattih, who immigrated as an adult from Syria, told her that he is a Muslim. His skin, like many of the Arab immigrants in the town, is just as pale as the whites who can trace their American lineage back generations. The exchange resulted in a moment of shock, a hurried exit and, a week later, an apology. “I didn’t know you were one of them,” he remembered her saying the next time she came in. “I just wanted to apologize. If you need anything, call me.” The incident shaped his outlook, he said: Maybe people just don’t know enough about each other. Last year, Kattih founded Murfreesboro Muslim Youth, a community service group that aims to make Muslims visible

and familiar to people who would not dare visit the mosque. “What people in America are failing to realize: Most immigrant Muslims lived under dictatorship. Fear is embedded in their skin. So when they’re afraid, they retract,” Kattih said. “And I think that’s the opposite of what needs to happen. You need to stretch out your hand to allies. And you’ll be surprised what hands reach out back.” A week after the election, the group’s members, most in their late teens or early 20s, gathered in the town square and handed out flowers to strangers. Some people from other faiths joined in. On Thanksgiving, the students cooked 48 meals and gave them to families in need. When students hosted a meeta-Muslim event on the university campus earlier this year, “most people came up to us and said they had never met a Muslim,”

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said Basant Salem, 18, who moved to Murfreesboro five years ago from Morgantown, W.Va., when her father became a genetics professor at the university. “We don’t have to change their views,” said Basant’s sister, Samar, 21, who once brought cookies to mosque protesters, “but just make them aware that we aren’t what they think we are.” ‘I think we’re going to see some pretty rough times’ What worries and perplexes many Muslims and their friends here is what lies beneath the surface. What impact will Trump have as president when distrust of Muslims already exists? Bennett, director of the Murfreesboro Cold Patrol homeless-aid group, used to belong to an evangelical church opposed to the mosque, which protesters and politicians accused of sup-

porting terrorism. Vandals struck the building site three times, at one point setting construction equipment on fire. Bennett changed his thinking after he met Kattih and other Muslims also involved in providing social services to those in need. He said the fear and the false pronouncements — that Muslims worship a different God, are taught to lie or use mosques as militant training centers — are as pervasive in the town’s Sunday sermons and Bible studies as they were five years ago. “All that stuff is still there,” Bennett said. “When policies start to take effect after January, or start to move, I think we’re going to see some pretty rough times again.” McCarroll, who leads a predominantly black church in Murfreesboro, echoed that concern. “I think we could see people displaced,” he said. “Right now it’s just rhetoric, but I think the town is really holding its breath.” Ask locals about the churches that oppose Islam and many point first to the World Outreach Church, the largest megachurch in town. “We have a duty to investigate anyone under the banner of Islam,” the pastor, Allen Jackson, declared at a hearing on the mosque plan in 2010. The church declined to comment on Jackson’s view now, but a man who worships there said the pastor continues to view Islam through a prism of holy war: “He thinks it’s biblical.” Men and women who once sued and protested against the mosque come in to fill prescriptions from Kattih, buy doughnuts or cigarettes from Essam Mohammed at the Quik Mart or attend one of Sbenaty’s engineering classes. They trade pleasantries. They’re polite. They continue on their way. Howard Wall puts it like this: “If I have to go the store to get a Coke or something, we talk. I’m nice to them, they’re nice to me.” Wall and his wife, Sally, are local developers who were among those who sued to stop the mosque construction, litigation that was resolved when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case. The couple have no plans to take up another fight. They also think it won’t be necessary, because Trump will limit the arrival of more Muslims. Murfreesboro doesn’t need “to have a lot of Muslims,” Sally Wall said. “I think they can stay where they are and we stay where we are.” But there’s more tolerance because of the public acrimony over the mosque, said City Council member Bill Shacklett. “I wish some of the things hadn’t happened. But the one thing it has done is compel people to open their hearts and minds to be drawn toward each other . . . get out and flesh out your faith with different people,” Shacklett said, adding that Muslims and Christians have started to do that. “Maybe that wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t had the spotlight put on us for all of that.” abigail.hauslohner@washpost.com

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In China, Tibetan herders blame mineral extraction for poisoning their pastoral world

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jiajika, china — High in western China’s Sichuan province, in the shadow of holy mountains, the Liqi River flows through a lush, grassy valley dotted with grazing yaks, small Tibetan villages and a Buddhist temple. But there’s poison here. A large lithium mine not only desecrates the sacred grasslands, villagers say, but spawns deadly pollution. The river used to be full of fish. Today, there are hardly any. Hundreds of yaks, the villagers say, have died in the past few years after drinking river water. China’s thirst for mineral resources — and its desire to exploit the rich deposits under the Tibetan plateau — have spread environmental pollution and anguish for many of the herders whose ancestors lived here for thousands of years. The land they worship is under assault, and their way of life is threatened without their consent, the herders say. “Old people, we see the mines and we cry,” a 67-year-old yak herder said, requesting anonymity for fear of retribution. “What are the future generations going to do? How are they going to survive?” A local environmentalist, who also declined to be named to avoid backlash from the authorities, said he had done an oral survey of local opinion and found that Tibetans would oppose mining projects even if companies promised to share profits with local communities, to fill in mines after they were exhausted, and to return sites to their natural state. “God is in the mountains and the rivers, these are the places that spirits live,” he said. “When mining comes and the grassland is dug up, people believe worse disasters will come. It destroys the mountain god.” ‘We just knew they had lied’ It was in 2009 that toxic chemicals from the Ganzizhou Rongda Lithium mine first leaked into the river, locals say, killing their livestock and poisoning the fish. “The whole river stank, and it was full of dead yaks and dead fish,” said one man downstream in the village of Balang, who declined to be named for fear of retribution. Another pollution outbreak and a protest by villagers in 2013 forced the government to order production temporarily stopped, locals said. “Then . . . officials came to the village to try to persuade people,” the man said. “They said we have to have the mine but promised they would take time to fix the pollution problem before reopening it.” But in April, just after mining restarted, fish began dying again, locals said. “That’s when we just knew they had lied,” the man said. In May, residents staged a second protest, scattering dead fish on a road in the nearby town of Tagong. The protesters were surrounded by dozens of baton-wielding riot police. Again the government stepped in, issuing a statement to “solemnly” promise that the plant would not reopen until the “environmental issues” were solved. But the problem at the Jiajika mine is not an isolated one. Across Tibetan parts of China, protests regularly erupt against mineral extraction, according to a 2015 report by Tibet Watch. China is focused on copper and gold extraction from Tibet but is also exploiting a whole range of minerals “with increasing intensity,” including chromium, iron, lithium, iron, mercury, uranium and zinc — as well as fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas,

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TOP: Young monks play during lunch break at a monastery in southern Qinghai province in China, which borders the autonomous region of Tibet. ABOVE: A woman washes clothes near a lithium mine in Tagong township. Local residents say pollution from the mine has killed fish in the Liqi River and even killed yaks that drink the water.

the report said. Although China boasts of its development work in western regions where Tibetans live — hauling millions out of poverty and nearly doubling life expectancy over the past five decades — the report argued that much of the transport and other infrastructure in the region is aimed at extracting minerals rather than benefiting residents. Projects usually import workers from other parts of China, seldom employing Tibetans in significant numbers. When protests break out, China’s response “has generally been heavy-handed,” with authorities seeking to politicize the protests, Tibet Watch wrote. Understanding those risks, Tibetan communities sometimes use creative ways to get their message across. When hundreds of people gathered in August 2013 in Zadoi county in Qinghai province to protest against mining on what they considered to be a holy mountain, they flew Chinese flags to demonstrate their loyalty to the state and erected posters and placards quoting President Xi Jinping’s words

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on the need to balance economic growth and environmental protection. It didn’t help. Police and paramilitary forces arrived in large numbers and fired bullets above the crowd, according to campaign-

ers at Free Tibet. The group said eight people were arrested and many more injured. In the villages outside Xiaosumang township in Qinghai, residents blame a lead and zinc mine for the deterioration of the grass-

lands for miles around, and even for falling harvests of caterpillar fungus, a highly prized health cure that is the backbone of the local economy. Contaminated water from the mine, residents said in a joint letter to the authorities in 2010, not only killed their livestock but also caused people who drank it to die of cancer, they said. “Over the years, many herders would sigh and say: ‘Life can’t go on like this anymore. Even drinking has become a big issue for people living on the grasslands,’ ” the letter said. A May 2009 protest in the village of Xizha prompted a severe crackdown, the letter said, with guns and tear gas used, seven women severely beaten, and 12 men blindfolded, detained and tortured. Authorities threatened to cancel poverty-alleviation grants, including income and housing subsidies, if anyone in the region brought up the issue of environmental protection again, the letter said, adding that the crackdown “caused great fear to spread in our hearts.” Whether the mine is truly the culprit for all the grasslands’ ills is

another matter — climate change, for example, is probably an important factor. But that doesn’t soothe local anger. “When I was young, there was more grass, more flowers, it was really beautiful here,” said a 27year-old man in a valley downstream from the lead and zinc mine. “Now you see it’s less beautiful every year. People see all this and they are not really sure what happened, so they think it must be the mine.” A conflict without end In Jiajika, 300 miles to the southeast, the commercial pressure to reopen the lithium mine is mounting. The element is a vital component in rechargeable batteries used in cars, smartphones, laptops and other electronic and electrical items. Demand — and prices — are skyrocketing. Last January, Youngy Co. Ltd., the parent company of Ganzizhou Rongda Lithium, promised investors that the local government would step up efforts to reopen the mine in March. That same month, an article in the local Ganzi Daily newspaper outlined the authorities’ dream of making the area “China’s lithium capital,” calling Jiajika the biggest lithium mine in the world with proven reserves of 1.89 million metric tons and even greater potential. Three companies, including Rongda, will invest 3.4 billion yuan ($510 million) in the site by 2020, the article said. He Chengkun, Youngy’s media officer, said an official investigation had established that the plant was not responsible for killing fish in 2013 or this year. “The local government has made it clear it is nothing to do with our company,” he said. “They are looking into it and have already zoomed in on some suspects.” He said the plant has been closed since late 2013 because of problems relating to land acquisition and denied that it had restarted operations in April, as locals claimed. Nevertheless, across the Tibetan plateau, resource extraction, land grabs and environmental destruction remain flash points for conflict between Tibetans and the authorities, said Free Tibet Director Eleanor Byrne-Rosengren, reflecting both local grievances and the wider problem that Tibetans do not have the right to decide what happens to Tibet and its resources. “Those resources feed the demands of Chinese industry instead of the needs of the Tibetan people,” she said. “That is why their environment is put at risk and their rights are trampled upon, and why we can expect to see this conflict played out repeatedly in the future.” simon.denyer@washpost.com Xu Yanjingjing contributed to this report.

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Probe: Jetliner ran out of fuel before crash Colombian aviation authorities said Monday that an airliner that crashed with a Brazilian soccer team aboard had run out of fuel before it could land. Seventy-one people died in the Nov. 28 accident. A statement by the civil aeronautics agency said the conclusion was based on the plane’s black boxes and other evidence. It said the evidence points to human error, not technical problems or sabotage. Experts had earlier suggested that fuel exhaustion was a likely cause of the crash, which killed all but a few members of the Chapocoense soccer team, which was heading to a championship playoff match in Medellin,

Colombia. The plane was in the air for about 4 hours and 20 minutes when air traffic controllers in Medellin put it into a holding pattern because another flight had reported a suspected fuel leak and was given priority. In a recording of a radio message from the pilot of the LaMia flight, he can be heard repeatedly requesting permission to land because of a lack of fuel and a “total electric failure.” — Associated Press

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Deal set to curb U.S. base worker immunity Japan and the United States have agreed in principle on guidelines for limiting immunity from Japanese prosecution for civilian workers at U.S. military

bases, after a murder case this year on a southern Japanese island involving a Marine-turnedcontractor, officials said Monday. Since July, both sides have been negotiating several points concerning U.S. civilian contractors at American bases who are subject to protection under the bilateral Status of Forces Agreement. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the two sides have agreed on how to define what constitutes a “civilian contractor” at a U.S. base and hope to sign the agreement during President Obama’s term. The May arrest of the base contractor, accused of raping and killing a 20-year-old woman, renewed outrage on Okinawa, where resentment has been simmering over the island’s heavy U.S. troop presence. That led Tokyo and Washington to try to

establish a clearer definition of “civilian base workers.” About 50,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan, more than half of them based on Okinawa. Also, 7,000 Americans employed as civilian contractors were at U.S. bases in Japan as of March. — Associated Press

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Russia: Mass graves found in east Aleppo Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that its troops had found mass graves in the northern city of Aleppo with bodies showing signs of torture and mutilation. Dozens of bodies have been uncovered, according to a spokesman for the ministry, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov. He said some bore gunshot wounds. Although the Syrian war is now

largely fought with mortars, tanks and air power, death has come at close quarters as well. Human rights observers and the media have recorded numerous examples of massacres and organized torture, perpetrated by the government, the opposition and Islamic State militants. The Russian air force helped Syrian President Bashar al-Assad capture Aleppo last week. Konashenkov also accused rebels, who controlled eastern Aleppo before they were pushed out, of laying booby traps and mines, endangering civilians. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday that at least 63 troops and militiamen have been killed by booby traps in eastern Aleppo since the government took control of it Thursday. — Associated Press

China resumes ties with Sao Tome: China and Sao Tome and

Principe officially resumed diplomatic ties in a triumph for Beijing over rival Taiwan after the African island nation abruptly broke away from the self-ruled island last week. Beijing considers Taiwan a part of China’s territory. Beijing and Taipei have competed for allies since the end of China’s civil war in 1949. Typhoon kills 6 in Philippines: A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines after killing six people and spoiling Christmas in many provinces, where more than 380,000 people headed to safer ground. Typhoon Nock-Ten cut power to five entire provinces. More than 300 flights were delayed or rescheduled and ferries were barred from sailing, stranding thousands of travelers. — From news services

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Afghanistan’s notoriously brutal ﬁrst vice president may have gone too far Latest allegations against long-untouchable Uzbek strongman spark outrage BY

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kabul — For 30 years, Gen. Abdurrashid Dostum has reigned as northern Afghanistan’s untouchable warrior-king: first as a ruthless pro-communist general, later as an armed U.S. ally against the Taliban and finally as a reliable, if unsavory, political boss who could deliver votes from his ethnic Uzbek followers. Dostum has long been infamous for his cruelty: He has reportedly ordered tanks driven over enemies’ legs and been accused of suffocating hundreds of Taliban prisoners in sealed truck containers. He is also known for violent and abusive rages. But none of the accusations ever landed him in serious trouble. He was either too intimidating, or too important, to challenge. But now, Dostum may have gone too far. His latest alleged victim, a 63year-old former provincial governor named Ahmad Ishchi, has accused Dostum on television of imprisoning him, beating him and ordering him raped in November; Ishchi has also submitted to medical tests at a U.S. military hospital. This time, Dostum, 62, is not a warlord but the first vice president of a government backed by the United States and Europe — a heartbeat away from replacing President Ashraf Ghani. And this time, Afghans nationwide — including members of Dostum’s once-quiescent Uzbek minority — are reacting with outrage. Social media has exploded with unprintable jokes and images of Ghani and his aides wearing steel trousers. The burly strongman, who long controlled a strategic border region with Central Asia and publicly forced supplicants to kiss his hand, has become a national embarrassment. Ghani, a former World Bank official, is under pressure from Western donors to prosecute Dostum and suspend him from office. Many Afghan analysts are calling this a make-or-break chance for Ghani to install the rule of law in a

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A poster in Kabul of Gen. Abdurrashid Dostum, accused of imprisoning, beating and ordering the rape of a former provincial governor.

society where warlord culture has long prevailed. The attorney general announced recently that the allegations are being investigated “professionally” and “neutrally.” “If Dostum is not arrested, it will be a huge dishonor, and the government will lose all credibility,” said Akbar Bai, 70, an Uzbek businessman who claimed he was beaten by Dostum in a drunken outburst in 2008. The incident ended with police surrounding the former warlord’s house in Kabul for months until he finally agreed to fly into exile in Turkey. Many Afghans are skeptical that Ghani will be able to bring the former warlord to justice. His government has been weakened by internal divisions and a perceived lack of legitimacy, with legislative elections delayed repeatedly. That has made it vulnerable to pressure from outside groups, several of which are led by other powerful

ex-militia leaders, including rivals of Dostum. The president, who took power in 2014 promising to reform and modernize Afghan democracy, is also haunted by his own political compromises. He once denounced Dostum as a war criminal but then invited him to join his presidential ticket in a bid to secure the Uzbek vote. His predecessor, President Hamid Karzai, had also courted Dostum’s support despite the allegations of battlefield atrocities. Ghani asserted that Dostum had reformed, saying that he was “not coming with a militia to take over Kabul.” He added: “He’s coming in a suit, to be vice president, based on a democratic election, and that is a profound change.” The suit did not fit comfortably, though, and Dostum has spent most of his time in his stronghold, the northern city of Shebergan.

This fall, he insisted on leading his militiamen out to do battle with the Taliban, then accused Ghani’s aides of conspiring against him when a Taliban ambush killed 50 of his troops. Now, even in disgrace, Dostum is playing hardball. Refusing to leave Shebergan, he has called the assault accusation another political plot, accused Ishchi of collaborating with the Taliban and declared through intermediaries that he will never allow himself to be investigated or removed from his post. Any such move, the intermediaries warn, could trigger forceful resistance and political chaos. “General Dostum is not answerable to anyone,” his spokesman, Bashir Ahmad Tahianj, said in an interview, although he conceded that Dostum’s guards may have “misbehaved” with Ishchi. “We welcome an investigation,

but the government should be very careful not to enlarge or politicize it.” Dostum, he said, “has a long history, and he is the most popular leader in Afghanistan. He was elected by the people, and no one can take that away.” Dostum still has influential friends, some dating to his collaboration with U.S. Special Operations forces that fought the Taliban in late 2001. He also maintains ties in Russia and Central Asia from his time as a pro-communist military commander in the 1980s. Moreover, he is only one of several former militia bosses with whom the Ghani government has compromised. In September, with support from Washington, the president signed a peace deal with longtime fugitive leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, hoping to persuade Taliban insurgents to lay down their weapons, as well. He

has now asked the United Nations to remove Hekmatyar, a former U.S. Cold War ally, from an antiterrorist blacklist. “Dostum may be the poster child for impunity in Afghanistan, but he is not an anomaly,” Patricia Gossman, the U.S.-based senior Afghan analyst for Human Rights Watch, wrote in an email. “If President Ghani wants to demonstrate that he is serious about accountability, it cannot start and stop with Dostum, and it cannot be seen as selective.” Representatives of Dostum have proposed settling the Ishchi matter through a traditional gathering of elders, a process in which he might make amends or agree to live abroad. Aides to Ghani insist that if enough evidence is gathered to prosecute Dostum, he will be removed from the vice presidency. But they also acknowledge that putting him on trial or forcing him from office would be legally complicated and politically risky. Even if Dostum avoids prosecution, however, Ishchi’s charges have brought new attention to other incidents in the general’s past. There is talk of reopening an international war crimes case for the alleged mass suffocation of Taliban prisoners in 2001, and several people have spoken up about previous alleged cases of abuse. According to Bai, a nowdeceased Afghan senator was sexually assaulted on Dostum’s orders. Perhaps just as important, the old warlord’s sway over hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks in the north may be weakening. A crop of better-educated, moremoderate politicians has been waiting in the wings, serving in parliament and other posts. Dostum’s loss of stature, they suggest, may finally allow them to challenge his dominance. “In history, our leaders were poets and scholars, but when Russia invaded, warlords and illiterates emerged in power,” said Qudratullah Zaki, 45, an ethnic Uzbek legislator and an ally of Ghani. “Many people, including those who supported Dostum, realize that he is not morally qualified to hold his position.” “This is no more the time for tyranny,” he added. “We need to deal with real issues, and we need to create hope again.” pamela.constable@washpost.com

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moscow — Russia on Monday played down the likelihood that terrorism was behind the crash of a Soviet-era military jet that killed 92 people on Christmas Day, a disaster that prompted a national day of mourning and that has drawn added scrutiny as Russia’s role in the war in Syria increasingly marks it as a target. Russia’s Federal Security Service told the Interfax news agency that there has been no evidence “indicating the possibility of a terrorist attack or an act of sabotage on board” the Tu-154 jet, which lost contact with air traffic controllers Sunday just one minute after taking off from the southern Russian city of Sochi. The crash site was pinpointed Monday about a mile off the Black Sea coast, where divers found the fuselage and other parts of the plane strewn over a distance of about 500 yards, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The plane initially took off from a

Investigators play down terror; focus on fuel, foreign object, pilot error heavily guarded military airfield in Moscow, officials said, and was under close watch during refueling in Sochi, making it unlikely that someone placed a bomb onboard. By late Monday, divers had recovered parts of at least 80 bodies of those aboard the flight; other victims may have been swept out to sea with the current. Russian investigators said they were considering a number of technical and other accidental causes, including “foreign objects getting into the engine, lowquality fuel” and pilot or mechanical error. The crash of the Tu-154, which was carrying military officers, musicians, journalists and others to Syria, was the single deadliest

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incident tied to Russia’s intervention there since a passenger jet exploded over the Sinai Peninsula in November 2015, killing all 224 people aboard. An Islamic State affiliate asserted responsibility for that attack and linked it to Russia’s intervention in Syria. Russian authorities later said an explosive device had been smuggled onboard. In televised comments, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a full investigation and declared Monday a national day of mourning for the crew and passengers. Among the dead were more than 60 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, which had recently gained widespread recognition for its rendition of the “James Bond” theme song “Skyfall.” The group was traveling to Syria to hold a concert for Russian soldiers and airmen deployed there. andrew.roth@washpost.com

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its political opponents, a U.N.appointed team of human rights experts warned in September, adding that the forces were committing “gross violations” of human rights. The team recommended that the world body “phase out” its use of Burundian peacekeepers. A senior U.N. spokesman, Farhan Haq, announced in June that it would not accept more Burundian police as peacekeepers in the Central African Republic after the 280-person contingent finished its tour, “given the current allegations of serious and ongoing human rights violations in Burundi.” However, the United Nations continues to employ more than 800 Burundian soldiers in the Central African Republic, where senior officials say the troops are necessary to keep the peace. The United Nations also supports 5,400 Burundian troops through the African Union’s mission in Somalia. Over the years, those missions have provided millions of dollars to the Burundian government for supplying the troops. The Washington Post traced the cases of the three Burundian officers — Maj. Pierre Niyonzima, Lt. Col. Alfred Mayuyu and Col. Gaspard Baratuza — through interviews with U.N. officials, human rights groups and former Burundian soldiers and dissidents in that country and in exile. Government and military officials in Burundi did not respond to messages about the cases. Ernest Ndabashinze, Burundi’s ambassador to Washington, defended the professionalism of his country’s peacekeepers and said the accusations against the men were part of a “campaign of misinformation” directed by his country’s political opposition. Human rights groups say the United Nations’ failure to properly vet its forces undermines its mandate. “The weakest and most vulnerable around the world rely on the U.N. to protect them, but it won’t be able to fulfill their expectations if its members send protectors who are known abusers back home,” said Akshaya Kumar, deputy U.N. director at Human Rights Watch. Screening at home In Burundi, as elsewhere, the United Nations relies on the government that is contributing peacekeepers to screen them. The United Nations “does not have dedicated resources to carry out human rights screening of individual contingent members, nor do we have the means to assess the records of individuals,” the U.N. spokesman Haq said in an email. That might not be a problem in most countries — and indeed the Burundian military was once considered a relatively disciplined fighting force. But by the time Niyonzima was dispatched as a U.N. peacekeeper in December 2015, the situation in his country had changed. Eight months earlier, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s party had nominated him for a third term, prompting angry demonstrations by citizens who deemed the move unconstitutional. A failed military attempt to overthrow the government in May added to the turmoil. Security forces opened fire on protesters, killing and injuring scores of people, and cracked down on suspected government foes, arresting hundreds, according to Human Rights Watch and other international groups. Most of the abuses were attributed to the police and government intelligence officers, but news reports cited witnesses as saying some soldiers used live ammunition against demonstrators. After Niyonzima was deployed, the United Nations learned of allegations that he and two other Burundian peacekeepers had committed abuses in their homeland. The U.N. human rights office “has raised serious concerns about alleged human rights violations committed by the officers during the violent demonstrations which started in Burundi since April 2015,” said a memo obtained by The Post dated Feb. 5, 2016, and issued by Lt. Gen. Maqsood Ahmed of the U.N. peacekeeping office in New York. The memo, which ordered the repatriation of Niyonzima and the two other men, was first disclosed by New Yorkbased Inner City Press. “The U.N. did a background check that revealed allegations of his [Niyonzima’s] direct implication in serious human rights violations” in Burundi, a senior U.N. peacekeeping official in New York said in an email. He spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. The official did not provide details. But two former military officers who broke with the government, and are now refugees in Rwanda, said members of Niyonzima’s unit had fired into a crowd of unarmed protesters in the capi-

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TOP: A former Burundian soldier, now in Rwanda, shows injuries he said he sustained when authorities stormed a hospital in his home country in 2015. ABOVE: Col. Gaspard Baratuza of Burundi at a briefing in 2014. News of his U.N. posting outraged activists.

tal in May 2015. “And this is the guy they send?” asked one of the men, a 32-yearold former army captain, in an interview in Butare, Rwanda, near the border with Burundi. The former captain and another ex-officer claimed that, in the same month, they saw Niyonzima among a group of soldiers and police who stormed a hospital in the capital where wounded coup supporters were being treated. Media reports after the attack on the Bumerec hospital showed bullet marks in the walls and blood on the floors. The security forces exchanged gunfire with people inside the hospital before detaining two wounded soldiers and one of their colleagues, according to Human Rights Watch. Like several other witnesses and government critics who spoke to The Post, the former officers who provided the accounts spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing concerns about their security and the safety of relatives still in Burundi. Niyonzima did not respond to emails from The Post seeking comment. Ndabashinze, the ambassador, said the allegations against the Burundian military and the soldiers it nominates as peacekeepers “are part of a strategy of manipulating the international community.” He also said that Burundi vets its prospective peacekeeping troops. “The results are there,” he said. “When they are deployed, they do their jobs in a professional manner.” Beyond Burundi Burundi’s military isn’t the only one that supplies peacekeepers despite a widely criticized human rights record. Congo sent 850 peacekeepers to the Central African Republic as part of an A.U. mission that in 2014 was absorbed by the United Nations. For years, Congo’s military has been accused by human rights groups of raping and killing civilians during a civil war. The United Nations announced in January that it was ending Congo’s role in the mission in the Central African Republic, after finding that incoming troops failed to meet U.N. standards for vetting, training and equipment.

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U.N. officials said privately that the move was also in response to abuse allegations against the Congolese peacekeepers. At least 21 of them have been accused of raping or exploiting women and children during their assignments in the Central African Republic, according to the United Nations. In many developing countries, peacekeeping assignments are considered a reward. In Burundi, a lieutenant makes about $500 per year but can earn more than $12,000 as a U.N. peacekeeper, according to interviews with eight former Burundian soldiers. Current and former soldiers said the Burundian government frequently reserved the coveted peacekeeping nominations for loyalists. “You have no chance unless you’re seen as protecting the regime,” said one army captain who fled Burundi after the coup attempt. Mayuyu was a government loyalist, an officer who had run a military detention center in Bujumbura where military and civilian dissidents were sent after the coup attempt, according to Burundian civil-society groups and

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eight men, interviewed separately, who spent time in the prison. In August, a journalist asked at a U.N. news briefing in New York whether Mayuyu was being deployed as a peacekeeper, adding that the soldier had been linked to a unit “that was involved in torture and other abuse” in Burundi. The response was no. Then, weeks later, Stéphane Dujarric, the U.N. secretary general’s spokesman, acknowledged to reporters that Mayuyu had been serving as a U.N. military observer in the Central African Republic since July, but added that he was being “repatriated with immediate effect.” According to U.N. officials, Mayuyu had failed to disclose his role in the military police in his paperwork. “He had served in one of the units implicated in human rights abuses, but he had omitted that information,” said the U.N. official in New York, speaking on the condition of anonymity. He did not elaborate. Four of the former prisoners said they had been tortured or beaten in Mayuyu’s jail. One, a 28-year-old former military offi-

cer, said that during an interrogation, soldiers tied his arms behind his back and placed a wrench on his testicles. As he was questioned, the soldiers twisted the wrench, he said. Mayuyu wasn’t one of the torturers, he said, but he was responsible for the detention center. Another prisoner, a 29-year-old former army captain, said interrogators stabbed him in the thigh with a steak knife as he sat in a chair, his hands tied behind his back. “Over and over,” he said, adding that Mayuyu did not administer the torture and was not present at the time. The two prisoners, who have been convicted of supporting the coup attempt, spoke by phone from a different jail in central Burundi. It was not possible to independently confirm their accounts. Reached by phone, Mayuyu said he was sent home “based on rumors” and denied the allegations of torture. He acknowledged that he commanded the military police unit but said there was no prison on his base. He said he didn’t think it was relevant to list his unit on his U.N. forms. Acts of violence The United Nations and human rights groups have become increasingly alarmed about the Burundian security forces’ role in the violence in their country. In January, Amnesty International said it had found evidence of what appeared to be five mass graves near the Burundian capital, suggesting “a deliberate effort by the authorities to cover up the extent of the killings by their security forces.” In a report that month, the United Nations accused Burundian security forces of raping women in neighborhoods sympathetic to the opposition. Willy Nyamitwe, the Burundian government spokesman, said in September that criticism of the country’s human rights record consisted of “gratuitous assertions based on flying rumors and gossip.” Every month, the United Nations pays Burundi $1,300 for each soldier deployed to a peacekeeping mission, and the government keeps about $200, using the rest for the individual’s salary, according to interviews with seven current and former Burundian

troops. The United Nations permits such a practice, and a number of other countries do something similar. But Burundian human rights groups have expressed concern that the funds are benefiting the financially troubled government. In addition to its 800-member military contingent in the Central African Republic, Burundi has 5,400 troops in Somalia. They are attached to an A.U. mission, which is responsible for vetting the soldiers. The mission, however, is supported financially and logistically by the United Nations, United States and European Union. The E.U. is planning to start paying the Burundian troops in Somalia directly, to avoid funding their government, according to a senior E.U. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity for diplomatic reasons. “It is inconceivable that the United Nations and African Union want to protect peace in Somalia and other parts of the world by funding the repression in Burundi and rewarding criminals,” said Pacifique Nininahazwe, the president of the Forum for Awareness and Development, a Burundian human rights organization. The United Nations has struggled to find countries willing to send their troops to violent, remote regions, including some in sub-Saharan Africa. “It’s so hard to generate troops to go to CAR that we can’t afford to lose the Burundians,” said a second U.N. peacekeeping official in New York. Haq, the U.N. spokesman, said that removing the Burundian troops, who are based near the Central African Republic’s capital and close to an area controlled by armed groups, would create a “security vacuum” in a “strategically sensitive location.” As for U.N. money benefiting the Burundian government, “we do not have the means by which to control the use by a government of reimbursements made to it,” the spokesman said. But he added that the deployment of the Burundians was “under constant review.” Complaints multiply As more Burundian troops have served in the Central African Republic, more complaints against them have emerged. In July, a soldier was accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in Kemo prefecture. Another allegedly raped and impregnated a 13-year-old in the capital, Bangui. This month, the United Nations announced that it had identified 25 Burundian peacekeepers in the Central African Republic who were “possible perpetrators” of sexual abuse against women and girls in the past two years in Kemo. It has not released the names of the accused. “They are sending us guys who shouldn’t be here,” said one senior U.N. official in the country, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivities. In theory, if the United Nations has doubts about a country’s vetting procedures, it can conduct its own background checks. But in Burundi, such checks rarely occur, according to U.N. officials, because the U.N. agencies and watchdog organizations that would normally gather such information have been prevented from working. Perhaps the most jarring illustration of the feeble U.N. vetting system was the case of Baratuza. In mid-December 2015, he set out for the Central African Republic, chosen by his country to serve as the new spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission. Burundian civic activists erupted in outrage, launching a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #SendBaratuzaBack. A simple Internet search would have shown that Baratuza had defended aggressive Burundian military operations while serving as army spokesman. What especially infuriated the activists was his comment that 79 “enemies” had been killed by government forces on Dec. 11, 2015, after attacks by armed men on several military installations in Bujumbura. Amnesty International reported that the deaths occurred as security forces raided neighborhoods sympathetic to the political opposition, dragging young men from their homes and executing them. Dujarric, the U.N. spokesman, told a media briefing on Dec. 17, 2015, that Baratuza’s deployment had been “suspended.” He was repatriated even before arriving in the Central African Republic, during a stopover in Uganda, officials said. He did not respond to messages from The Post. The United Nations did not comment publicly on what went wrong. But privately, the senior U.N. peacekeeping official in New York called the episode a significant error and “a demonstration of the limitation of our recruitment and screening.” kevin.sieff@washpost.com

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Economy & Business First lady’s legacy ﬁghting obesity may be short-lived Trump recently nominated the chief executive of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., Andrew Puzder, to head the Labor Department. Trump has said he eats fast food several times a week and has extolled the virtues of McDonald’s — though his 2004 book “Think Like a Billionaire” also preached the value of a balanced, minimally processed diet. The Trump transition team did not respond to a request for comment.

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The threat Donald Trump poses to President Obama’s legacy was well established from his earliest days on the campaign trail, when the businessman promised he would abolish several of Obama’s core policies. But the president is not the only Obama whose achievements Trump, now the president-elect, could roll back. He also could undo the substantial public health and nutrition changes accomplished with the urging of Michelle Obama. The first lady has spent the past eight years championing anti-obesity initiatives, pushing an aggressive policy and publicoutreach agenda that has played a part in changing how millions of Americans, particularly schoolchildren, eat. In a 2010 speech announcing her signature program, Let’s Move!, Obama described her goal as nothing less than “solving the problem of childhood obesity in a generation.” Experts say her policies have contributed to several positive trends, including the overall obesity rate among young people leveling off in recent years. Children’s diets also have improved measurably, a recent Brown University study found, particularly when it comes to eating more whole grains, seafood, dairy and fruit. But now that Trump will soon take power — Trump of the deep-fried taco bowl and 20-ounce porterhouse fame — lobbyists, activists and outgoing administration officials fear that the president-elect and his, as well as his advisers’, skepticism of government regulation will uproot the healthful-food movement Obama has championed. At stake is not only her personal legacy, experts say, but also efforts to reverse the nation’s obesity epidemic. “The Obama administration made a valiant effort to make progress,” said Marion Nestle, a prominent food policy activist and academic. “But there isn’t anything [Trump] couldn’t undo, if he wanted.” Advocates fear that three achievements could be on the chopping block: rules that require chain restaurants to put calorie counts on menus, stricter

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First lady Michelle Obama, students and Debra Eschmeyer, executive director of Let’s Move!, right, harvest the White House kitchen garden for Obama’s last time as first lady in October. Obama has spent the past eight years championing anti-obesity initiatives, particularly ones aimed at children.

nutrition standards for school lunches and an update to the nutrition labels that appear on packaged foods. All three were championed by the first lady and enacted by Democratic majorities in Congress. School lunch changes had early bipartisan support, passing unanimously in the Senate. In the years since, however, congressional Republicans and industry groups have come to see the regulations as overly strict or wasteful. When Republicans won control of the House in 2010, and the Senate four years later, opposition to the first lady’s nutrition agenda became more vocal. The fight for school lunch The most visible piece of Obama’s agenda is school lunch policy, which affects the meals of 31 million children. The first lady began lobbying for better school nutrition standards shortly after her husband took office, seizing on the fact that the law governing the national school lunch program came up for renewal in 2010. With her urging, the new law — dubbed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act — required that the lunch program revise its nutritional guidelines for the first time in 15 years. As a result, schools across the United States now offer students milk, foods rich in whole grains, and a variety of fruits and vegetables. They also limit the calories, trans fats and salt that children

get in cafeterias. “When we talk about raising a healthier generation, this is what we mean,” Obama said in May. “And it’s happening before our very eyes. . . . They’re developing a set of habits and preferences that will set them on a healthy path for the rest of their lives.” While the measure was popular when it passed, sentiment shifted as the Agriculture Department began to release concrete requirements. The School Nutrition Association, a powerful industry group that had been an important supporter of the legislation, reversed course over concerns that the new standards were expensive and unpopular with students. “It’s not up to the government to dictate the personal dietary choices of individuals,” said Daren Bakst, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. “We want these decisions made at the local level. That’s the proparent position.” In Congress, detractors such as Rep. Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) have introduced legislation and taken other steps to undermine or delay some of the law’s main provisions, including limits on refined grains and sodium. When the child nutrition legislation came up for reauthorization in 2015, House Republicans attempted to gut both the nutritional standards and a measure intended to increase program ac-

cess in low-income schools. Negotiations fell through earlier this month, which means the issue will be taken up by the next Congress. The new nutritional standards will remain in place until then. While it is too early to guess at what the next child nutrition bill could look like, Aderholt, one of the staunchest critics of the school lunch law, has said he expects changes. His office declined to specify what those changes would be.

“It’s not up to the government to dictate the personal dietary choices of individuals.” Daren Bakst, the Heritage Foundation

Much of this uncertainty springs from the fact that Trump has not publicly spoken on school lunches or nutrition policy, although plenty of lobbyists and administration officials are scrutinizing the tea leaves behind closed doors. They note that Trump’s agricultural advisory committee includes Aderholt and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who reintroduced deep-fryers to that state’s schools. The man leading his USDA transition team, Joel Leftwich, is a former lobbyist for PepsiCo.

Labels under fire The same ambiguity surrounds menu-labeling rules, which require chain establishments that serve prepared food to also display those foods’ calorie counts. The first lady’s advisers have been credited with shepherding the requirement, which passed as part of the Affordable Care Act and will go into effect next year. Studies have found that people consume fewer calories when their menus display calorie counts. But industry groups, particularly those representing grocery stores, theaters and other food-service establishments that are not strictly “restaurants,” are unhappy that the rules apply to them. Their defenders in government have argued that the requirements are a financial burden. They could gain relief under the Trump administration, given that he and Tom Price, his nominee for secretary of health and human services, favor repealing the Affordable Care Act. Price has also said government should play a smaller role in regulating industry. That stance could also affect other nutritional regulations under the purview of the Food and Drug Administration, a department of HHS — namely, the new nutrition facts labels, which the first lady debuted last summer to great fanfare. Debra Eschmeyer, the executive director of Let’s Move!, described the update as one of Obama’s “monumental achievements.” The labels emphasize calories and serving size and display “added sugars” for the first time, emphasizing the sweeteners and syrups that manufacturers add to many products during processing. They are unpopular with the sugar industry and are not slated to go live until July 2018. Congress could delay them through next year’s budget bill if they are not already delayed or weakened by the agency. “We are on high alert for attempts to remove ‘added sugars’ or delay the update to the nutrition facts,” said Margo Wootan,

director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The future of child obesity Advocates fear that a reversal of the first lady’s nutrition policies could harm the fight against the obesity epidemic. Progress on this front has already been slow: In 2013, 38 percent of American adults were obese, as were 17 percent of children — a figure that has not changed substantially over the past decade. But progress has been achieved among certain groups of children, particularly children under 5 and children under 5 who participate in nutritionassistance programs. Miriam Nelson, a public health researcher who has advised several administrations on child obesity and nutrition, said those gains could be erased if Trump rolls back programs such as the healthful school lunches. “We can only speculate, but I’m very worried,” Nelson said. “The trend down is not real steep. It’s a fragile shift.” Still, there is reason for hope among nutrition experts. Wootan points out that many of Obama’s changes have been popular with voters: A 2015 poll by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation found that 86 percent support the stricter school lunch standards, while a 2015 Associated Press poll found that more than half of Americans support menu calorie labels. Eschmeyer, of Let’s Move!, said she felt optimistic that public sentiment on obesity, as well as momentum in the marketplace, will ensure the first lady’s revisions remained for the long term. “The takeaway is that we’ve seen tremendous conversation and cultural shift,” she said. “I’m really excited for the future of food in this space.” Wootan and other experts say we will know more about the fate of Michelle Obama’s legacy in a matter of weeks. Trump’s pick for agriculture secretary will reveal a great deal about where he stands. But Nestle says she will be watching for a smaller, more symbolic indicator: what happens to Obama’s White House garden. The first lady recently called the garden “a symbol of the hopes that we all hold of growing a healthier nation for our children.” “His removing that would be equivalent to Reagan removing the solar panels installed under the Carter administration,” Nestle said. “It has enormous symbolic value. And that would be sad.” caitlin.dewey@washpost.com

From food to fashion, some predictions for the big consumer crazes of 2017 Skinny jeans are out. Voice-activated gadgets, spicier breakfasts are in. BY

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In a matter of days, we’ll say farewell to 2016, a year when clothing stores were suddenly teeming with off-the-shoulder tops; when restaurant menus filled with dishes featuring ghost pepper and other sriracha successors; and when gaming geeks went mad for the old-school-style Nintendo NES consoles that reminded them of their childhoods. So what will be the big consumer crazes of 2017? Here are some predictions. Food: Look for this to be the year that breakfast goes global. Technomic, a food service industry research firm, forecasts that restaurants will reach beyond breakfast burritos and start incorporating more Asian, African and Middle Eastern ingredients and spices into morning menus. The group says diners can expect to see more dishes like shakshuka, which, in a version offered at a small chain called Snap Kitchen, features eggs, chickpeas, kale, feta and spiced tomato sauce. Also, in an era in which fat is not thought to be the dieting enemy it once was, Technomic expects restaurateurs will go big this year not only with butter but also with fats such as lard and tallow. Meanwhile, the National Restaurant Association predicts that unconventional cuts of meat, such as oyster steaks or Merlot cut steaks, will be a key menu trend in 2017. The trade group also expects poke, a Hawaiian raw fish dish, to take center stage. Fashion: Brace yourselves for

an ’80s resurgence, but don’t start having nightmares about outfits that look straight out of “Designing Women.” Sidney Morgan-Petro, retail editor at trend forecasting firm WGSN, says the aesthetic is not likely to reemerge quite so literally. “It’s less about the actual look of the ’80s, and more about some of the ideas,” Morgan-Petro says. So, for example, expect to see a lot of voluminous clothing with bigger proportions. Instead of skinny jeans, think slouchy trousers. Instead of ultra-tailored outerwear, think cocoon-like, floorgrazing overcoats. But perhaps the most prominent example of the volume trend will be a cavalcade of tops and dresses with billowing, dramatic sleeves. Bell sleeves, flute sleeves, ruffled sleeves, bishop sleeves — these silhouettes are already catching fashionistas’ eyes and are likely to explode in popularity in 2017. “I think designers have seen that that kind of frivolous trim, that decadence in silhouette, is really resonating,” said Katie Smith, senior analyst at fashion forecasting firm Edited. Morgan-Petro also anticipates that the “athleisure” trend will shift toward a look she calls “athluxury.” “We’re going to see these elements that we love from athletic and activewear, but looking more refined and more sartorial,” Morgan-Petro said. In other words, instead of simply wearing gym leggings to do errands, women might invest in pieces that are made of similarly comfortable, technical fabric, but were intentionally designed to look more like a true trouser. Beauty: The business of getting gorgeous roughly breaks down into four areas: makeup, skin care, hair care and fragrance. And Karen Grant, beauty

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Tom Holland, who plays Peter Parker, and an army of Spider-Men invade Hollywood to debut a trailer for Columbia Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Expect 2017 to be a big year for toys.

industry analyst at NPD Group, a market research firm, said makeup is where she expects to see “seismic momentum” in 2017. Eyebrow grooming products such as tinting gel and sculpting pencils should be especially popular, Grant said, continuing a recent hot streak. NPD found sales of these products soared 37 percent in the most recent

quarter, as fuller, Lily Collinsesque brows remain in vogue. Grant also expects a strong 2017 for lipsticks as well as contouring makeup, a product people apply to their faces to strategically highlight their bone structure. Why does Grant forecast that makeup will sell so strongly? She said a burst of new brands and

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new products helps. Gadgets: The year ahead looks poised to be a breakout one for voice-activated digital assistants such as Google Home and Amazon’s Echo. Shawn DuBravac, chief economist at the Consumer Technology Association, said the early adopters who purchased these devices this year could be crucial catalysts for the technology to burst into the mainstream in 2017. “As the ownership rates move up, the exposure increases,” DuBravac said. In other words, more people are going to encounter these devices in real life — say, when they go to a friend’s home and watch him use Echo to cue up the party tunes, or visit a sister who tells Google Home to add milk to her grocery shopping list. Once consumers start to experience these use cases, they may be compelled to buy one of their own. Also, it’s worth noting that adoption of these gadgets is poised to increase in part because the technology that powers them has gotten vastly better. DuBravac said that back in the ’90s, the “word error rate” for voice-activated assistants was near 100 percent, meaning it almost never understood the user correctly. Fast-forward to 2013, and that rate had come down to about 25 percent. Now, though, in the last three years, it has fallen to about 5 percent, he said. “We’ve had more progress in that technology in the last 30 months than in the previous 30 years,” DuBravac said. (Jeffrey P. Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, owns The Washington Post.) Toys: Next year should be an extraordinarily busy one for toys with tie-ins to the silver screen. Jim Silver, chief executive at toy

review website TTPM, says that in a typical year, there might be eight feature films that are attached to major merchandise licensing programs. This year, Silver said, there are about 20 films that fit that bill. An installment in the “Transformers” series is scheduled to hit theaters this summer. And Spider-Man, one of the bestselling of all Marvel’s characters in toyland, should be in demand after the box-office debut of “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Also, Disney is set to release in March a live-action version of its 1991 animated classic “Beauty and the Beast,” which stars Emma Watson of “Harry Potter” fame and will probably deliver a jolt of interest in that property. “Disney, probably among all the studios, is really good at building franchises and leveraging those” into a merchandising strategy, said Marty Brochstein, senior vice president at the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association. It’s worth noting, Silver says, that the toy industry could benefit from the way these movie releases are positioned on the calendar. Instead of just a crush of toy-friendly movies at Christmastime, there’s going to be a steady trickle of flicks all year long that could have kids dragging their parents to the toy store. Looking beyond toys with a Hollywood connection, keep an eye on the relaunch of Teddy Ruxpin. Laurie Schacht, copublisher at review site the Toy Insider, said she expects the new, souped-up version of the ’80s-era talking bear to be a big hit. Its manufacturer, Wicked Cool Toys, is betting it will strike a serious note of nostalgia for parents who played with the original back in the day. sarah.halzack@washpost.com

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Hearing test may be an e≠ective way to diagnose concussions U.S. could BY

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Call it the Telltale Brain. The first objective measurement for concussion may have been identified, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Nature, Scientific Reports. By measuring the brain’s electrical reactions to speech sounds, researchers at Northwestern University were able to identify children who had suffered a recent concussion with 90 percent accuracy and those who hadn’t with 95 percent accuracy. The study was small, with just 40 subjects, ages 8 to 15, recruited from the Institute for Sports Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. But the children who had been diagnosed with a concussion showed a distinct neural signature, compared with a control group of children with no concussion history. Three sensors attached to the scalp measured the “frequency following response,” electrical

Study identiﬁes what may be the injury’s ﬁrst objective measurement signals in the brain evoked by listening to speech. The brains of the concussed children registered smaller and slower responses to the pitch of a speaker’s voice than the control group. The scientists also found that for 11 of the 20 concussed children who came for follow-up visits, auditory processing improved with recovery from the brain injury. “This is a unique and altogether new biomarker,” said Nina Kraus, the lead researcher and a professor in the hospital’s communication sciences, neurobiology and otolaryngology departments. Auditory processing, she said, is 10 times faster than visual processing and involves multiple brain systems, and that is what

makes it a sensitive marker of neurological damage. “It is the most precise, most complicated computational work the brain has to do. So it’s not surprising that auditory processing can be used as a measure of brain health,” Kraus said. “Sometimes the power of sound is understated. But we know the brain has to do extremely fast, precise processing of sound that’s just not required of us when we process other information.” Currently, the clinical criteria for a diagnosis of concussion are largely subjective, involving neurological and cognitive tests. For the study, children in the concussion group were evaluated an average of 27 days after injury. All had met the clinical diagnostic criteria for concussion after suffering injuries, primarily in sports (basketball, football, hockey, soccer, softball, volleyball and cheerleading). Eleven were evaluated during a follow-up visit to the clinic, where they were retested. Although only one subject was

fully recovered at that time, all reported a reduction in their symptoms, which was accompanied by a 30 percent increase in the frequency following response. “This is very exciting research,” said Daniel Corwin, a pediatric emergency physician at Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia who was not involved in the study. “One of the challenges in pediatric concussion management today is identifying objective criteria to both diagnose and follow the progress of a concussion, and the authors present a potentially very useful objective marker of injury. “I would be very interested in seeing patients evaluated for auditory processing deficits within 24-48 hours following injury,” said Corwin, who also is an associate fellow at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at Children’s Hospital. “Ultimately, this line of research shows incredible potential in helping to improve our care of concussed

children.” Sound processing has been used to look at other disorders and social situations, including linguistic deficits and poverty, but Kraus’s team is the first to look at brain response to complex sounds with “such granularity,” she said. “Our life in sound shapes the response our brain will give to sound,” the neurobiologist said. “If part of that experience is having a head impact, that’s going to affect this delicate processing.” The science of sound is a passion Kraus comes by naturally. She grew up with a mother who spoke Italian in their home and played the piano. Today, Kraus is multilingual and plays three instruments. Not surprisingly, her favorite way of “reading” books is audio. As she said, “We say, ‘I love the sound of your voice,’ for a reason.” amy.nutt@washpost.com More at washingtonpost.com/ blogs/to-your-health

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Argentina could have been the United States. MATT Like the United O’BRIEN States, it was one of the world’s 10 richest countries at the turn of the last century. And like the United States, it became, as a result of that wealth, a New World magnet for Old World immigrants. But for Argentina, unlike the United States, that was as good as it ever got. There was no Argentinian Dream. Just a nearly neverending nightmare of either falling behind gradually or falling behind suddenly. All of which was self-inflicted. Argentina’s fundamental problem was how unequal it was. About 300 families controlled most of the land, the economy and the government. Everyone else was just a cog in their beefand grain-exporting machine. Or, as Alan Beattie of the Financial Times has put it, Argentina is “what America might have looked” like “if the South had won the Civil War and gone on to dominate the North.” Which is to say it was a semi-feudal aristocracy dependent on a steady supply of cheap labor. If this sounds like a good way to start a class war, that’s because it was. Up until recently, Argentina had spent most of the past 100 years alternating between left-wing populists who promised to share the country’s wealth and right-wing military dictatorships that tried to stop that from happening. And, of course, with the stakes so high, neither side was willing to play by the rules. The Peronists tried to tip elections in their favor by locking up the opposition’s

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An Acela Express train speeds along the shore near Old Saybrook, Conn., in October. The Transportation Department is helping Amtrak add new Acela trains.

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More trains. Faster travel. Smoother rides. After four years of gathering ideas from elected and state officials, as well as the public, the Federal Railroad Administration this month released its recommendation for faster, more modern train travel along the busy Northeast Corridor. “In order to keep moving forward, we need a new vision for the Northeast Corridor — a corridor that can move an everincreasing population safer, faster and more reliably than before,” said FRA Administrator Sarah E. Feinberg. Feinberg and others, however, emphasized that shifting from recommendation to action will not be cheap. The plan laid out will require a massive infusion of money. But, they said, not making the investment would be a mistake. “While building this recommendation would require significant investment, the cost of doing

Modernization would cut the travel time from D.C. to New York nothing is much greater,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said. “The communities and the economies of the Northeast cannot grow and flourish without significant new investment.” Whether the plan will gain traction in the new Trump administration remains to be seen. The president-elect has pledged to spend $1 trillion to shore up the country’s aging infrastructure, but in recent days, close advisers have signaled that issues such as health care and a rewriting of tax laws may take priority. Still, the plan to modernize the rail corridor does have strong advocates in Congress. Among them is incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) “FRA’s NEC futures study fur-

ther underscores the importance of advancing the Gateway project as quickly as possible,” said Schumer, referring to the plan to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River. “I’m going to continue my laserlike focus on making improvements throughout the NEC, beginning with Gateway.” The FRA’s proposal envisions a 30-year window for the upgrades along the corridor. It makes clear, however, that the agency’s vision is not just about new building but also about returning the muchtraveled corridor to “a state of good repair.” The FRA’s recommendations are the product of four years of input from states, elected leaders, civic organizations and members of the public. Officials said under their proposed plan, the trip between Washington and New York would take 2 hours and 10 minutes — 35 minutes faster than the current travel time. The upgrades would reduce travel time between New York and Boston by 45 minutes, for a total travel time of 2 hours and 45 minutes. The

FRA’s recommendation also includes a plan to add direct access from Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station to the city’s airport so that passengers will no longer have to switch trains. Amtrak officials said the recommendations fit with their efforts to upgrade service along the busy corridor. “The Federal Railroad Administration’s NEC FUTURE affirms Amtrak’s long-held view that rebuilding and expanding the Northeast Corridor is essential for the growth and prosperity of the entire region,” Amtrak said in an emailed statement. Transportation Department officials announced this year that Amtrak will receive a $2.45 billion federal loan to pay for upgrades, including 28 new trains for the popular Acela Express service and station upgrades in the District, Baltimore and New York. The loan, the biggest in the department’s history, will be paid back using revenue generated along the corridor, Amtrak officials said.

Demographers project that between 2010 and 2040, the population in the corridor, which stretches from Washington to Boston, will grow to 64 million, an increase of roughly 23 percent. Six of Amtrak’s busiest stations are in the Northeast Corridor, considered the crown jewel of the railroad’s operations, with New York and Washington ranked first and second for passenger traffic. “The need to improve and revitalize rail service along the Northeast Corridor has been painfully clear for years,” Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) said. “The vision put forward by the Department of Transportation is a step in the right direction toward reducing travel time, improving service, and increasing safety and reliability. Sadly, projects like this require the sort of significant infrastructure investments Congress is loath to make. We must see our way past this shortsighted thinking to recognize the true value in a revitalized rail corridor in the Northeast.” lori.aratani@washpost.com

Apple’s AirPods stay in your ear, but can they stay out of your washing machine? Those getting some extra cash this holiday HAYLEY TSUKAYAMA season may be eyeing Apple’s $160 AirPods as a present for themselves. Apple recently sent along a pair for me to test, replacing some prerelease AirPods I’d played with before and found a little too ahead of their time for most people. Many of my initial thoughts stand. I didn’t notice a dip in audio quality. The AirPods never dropped a connection, and they pair easily with the iPhone. I still had no problem with the five-

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hour battery life, though those on long flights might disagree. But I’m a little less worried about losing them now. Ear shape may vary results, but I had no problems. Running with them at a nearby lake wasn’t a problem at all. (And I’m not a particularly smooth or elegant runner — believe me.) Ditto while jumping rope. They actually held up better during exercise than when I had tried sleeping with them in my ears. With my prime worry gone, I reveled in the freedom of not having a cord. I don’t often get tangled in my headphones, but it was nice not worrying about it

while pulling on a sweatshirt or doing a jumping jack. I still have my gripes. AirPods lack many functions I expect from headphones, such as controlling the volume from the cord. Siri picks up the slack — you can ask her quietly to change the volume or skip a track — but it takes longer than a button press and requires me to talk to myself in public. And while AirPods switch smoothly between Apple Watch and iPhone, they won’t pair simultaneously with your phone and your Mac or other Bluetooth-enabled device. For me, that’s a slight step down

from headphones that let you connect to several devices at once. Plus, I still missed the cord as a safety blanket. Take an AirPod out of your ear and you have to hold it — tightly, in my case, for fear I’d drop one and lose $80 down a swan’s gullet. Ideally, AirPods would always be in your ears or in their charging case, but we do not always live in an ideal world. They could easily slip into the wash in a pocket with my loose change. They do come with a one-year warranty, plus out-of-warranty service in case you lose or damage them — but replacing a lost one would

cost you $69. Overall, I’d say AirPods aren’t a must-have product, because you lose some function by going wireless. Still, I’d really advise against them only if you’re prone to losing things. Losing AirPods would be much more frustrating than mislaying a $15 pair of headphones from the airport. But if you think you can keep track of them and are intrigued by their compact convenience, AirPods are an interesting step into the wireless future. hayley.tsukayama@washpost.com More at washingtonpost.com/ news/the-switch

leaders, shutting down their newspapers and getting rid of unions that weren’t loyal to the regime. The army, meanwhile, didn’t bother with any kind of democratic pretense. It launched coup after coup after coup, outlawing the Peronist party and, in the 1970s, “disappearing” tens of thousands of activists and ordinary people, too. Argentina is a reminder of one of the most forgotten caveats in history. Class struggle, Marx said, would either end “in a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large” or “in the common ruin of the contending classes.” We might want to put a little more emphasis on that second part. Argentina, though, hasn’t just been hurt by people fighting over power. It’s also been hurt by what people have done in power. Rightwing governments had no interest in educating the workers or investing in anything other than the landowners’ exports. And left-wing governments just nationalized industries, protected others with tariffs and made promises they could afford only by printing money. The result was a century of inflation and stagnation. As the Economist points out, Argentina went from having a per-capita income that was 92 percent of the average of 16 rich countries in 1914 to just 43 percent today. The irony, of course, is that even when Argentina did open up its economy and try to cure its congenital inflation in the 1990s, the way it did so — pegging the peso to the dollar one-to-one — made it unable to respond to even the smallest shock. So when one came along, Argentina ended up in its own private Great Depression. The point is that nothing is inevitable. The arc of the political universe is long, and it doesn’t have to bend toward progress or justice or anything else good. It can point backward if that’s where we aim it. And we might. Like Argentina, we have high levels of inequality. And also like Argentina, we have pretty extreme political polarization. But what really might make us like Argentina is if we have politicians who deride expertise, who think that policy is something that fits into 140 characters and who hint that elections are something you have to respect only if you win. The United States, in other words, could still be Argentina. matt.obrien@washpost.com

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vouchers and charter schools nationwide. Betsy DeVos, his nominee for education secretary, played an important role in lobbying for the establishment of Indiana’s voucher program in 2011. And Vice President-elect Mike Pence led the charge as the state’s governor to loosen eligibility requirements and greatly expand the program’s reach. The idea of sending taxpayer funds to private and parochial schools is one of the most polarizing propositions in education. To proponents, the rapid expansion of Indiana’s program is a model for giving more families better educational options. But Indiana’s voucher program is seen by many public school advocates as a cautionary tale. Most recipients are not leaving the state’s worst schools: Just 3 percent of new recipients of vouchers in 2015 qualified for them because they lived in the boundaries of F-rated public schools. And while overall private school enrollment grew by 12,000 students over the past five years, the number of voucher recipients grew by 29,000, according to state data, meaning that taxpayer money is potentially helping thousands of families pay for a choice they were already making. Most recipients qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, according to state data, but a growing proportion — now 31 percent — do not. “The political strategy that voucher supporters have used is to start off small and targeted — low-income families and special-education students — then gradually expand it to more groups,” said Douglas Harris, a Tulane University professor of economics who favors choice but has been critical of DeVos’s freemarket approach. “That’s also something the Trump-DeVos team will likely try. The term ‘Trojan horse’ comes to mind.” Indiana’s program offers vouchers to low-income families, giving them an amount equal to 90 percent of the state funds that otherwise would have gone to their assigned public schools to educate their children. That figure ranges from $4,700 to $6,500 per child, depending on the school district. Children from more-affluent families get half that amount in vouchers. Indiana’s program has succeeded in reaching children who otherwise would not have the chance to attend private schools. Stephanie Schaefer of Newburgh, Ind., is a stay-at-home mother of six children, four of whom have used vouchers. For her 13-year-old daughter, Eliana, the opportunity to attend a private school was transformative: After struggling with learning disabilities and falling behind at her highly regarded public school, Eliana was able to catch up, thanks to more-personalized attention at Evansville Christian School. Her progress was a relief for her and her parents. Schaefer said she and her husband, an engineer, own their home and consider themselves middle-class. “We have a comfortable living, but we struggle when it comes to extra,” she said, and they never could have afforded private school without help from the voucher program. “I don’t think public education works for every kid,” Schaefer said. “Parents should have the right to be able to find out where their child can fit, where their child can get the best education.”

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Robert Enlow, president and chief executive of EdChoice, an Indianapolis-based organization that advocates for vouchers nationwide, said he wondered why voucher opponents are not as skeptical of persistently terrible public schools as they are of private schools. “We have schools that have been dropout factories in this state forever,” he said.

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ABOVE: Students at Horizon Christian Academy in Fort Wayne, Ind. Horizon had three campuses at which 85 percent of students received vouchers in 2015-2016. The academy was allowed to accept new voucher students even though one of its campuses, now merged, had twice failed the state’s grading system. LEFT: Horizon teacher Ashley Radosevich collects assignment sheets.

Pence’s support Indiana’s legislature first approved a limited voucher program in 2011, capping it at 7,500 students in the first year and restricting it to children who had attended public schools for at least a year. “Public schools will get first shot at every child,” then-Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) said at the time. “If the public school delivers and succeeds, no one will seek to exercise this choice.” DeVos, who had lobbied for the program as chairwoman of the American Federation for Children, hailed its passage and proposed that other states follow Indiana’s lead. Two years later, Pence entered the governor’s office with a pledge to extend vouchers to more children. “There’s nothing that ails our schools that can’t be fixed by giving parents more choices and teachers more freedom to teach,” Pence said during his inaugural address in 2013. Within months, Indiana lawmakers eliminated the requirement that children attend public school before receiving vouchers and lifted the cap on the number of recipients. The income cutoff was raised, and more middleclass families became eligible.

When those changes took effect, an estimated 60 percent of all Indiana children were eligible for vouchers, and the number of recipients jumped from 9,000 to more than 19,000 in one year. The proportion of children who had never previously attended Indiana public schools also rose quickly: By 2016, more than half of voucher recipients — 52 percent — had never been in the state’s public school system. “Governor Pence supports the rights of parents to exercise choice and select the best school for their children,” Kara Brooks, Pence’s press secretary, said in a statement to The Washington Post. The state Education Department says taxpayers are taking on $53 million in tuition costs that they were not bearing before, although it is unclear how many of those students would otherwise attend public schools — with state funding — if there were no vouchers. Voucher proponents dismiss the estimate as inflated by a Democratic state education chief. Mychal Thom, head of Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, estimated that at least half of his school’s 366 voucher

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recipients last year would have enrolled at Concordia even if the voucher program did not exist. “It’s just reduced some of the financial burden on families to attend,” he said. Janelle Ruba, principal of Adventist Christian Elementary in Bloomington, said the same of her small school: “Most of the students were already in our school, so the vouchers have just helped with their payment.” According to state data, more than 300 Indiana private schools accepted vouchers last year. Voucher recipients composed more than 75 percent of students at 44 of those schools, most of which identify themselves as Catholic, Lutheran or Christian. Opponents skeptical Opponents argue that vouchers are not reaching the children most in need of better schools. They also assert that voucher programs violate the constitutional separation of church and state by funneling public dollars into religious schools, including those that teach creationism instead of the theory of evolution. Indiana’s program survived a legal challenge in 2013, when a judge ruled that the primary beneficiaries of

the vouchers were families, not religious institutions. Indiana has no financial reporting requirements for private schools that receive public funds, leaving taxpayers with less oversight and accountability than with the state’s public schools. And although the state’s voucher program has more stringent academic expectations than many others — private schools must give the same state tests as public schools, are graded on the same A-to-F scale and can be prohibited from accepting new voucher students if they perform poorly — there are loopholes. Small schools do not get letter grades, for example, and thus are immune to the consequences for poor performance, according to state education officials. Even schools deemed failing sometimes continue receiving voucher money, according to state records. Horizon Christian Academy, for example, had three campuses at which 85 percent of students received vouchers in 2015-2016, bringing in a total of $2.8 million in state funds. Horizon has not fared well on the state’s grading system, and one of its campuses received two F’s in a row, a performance so poor that the school should have faced consequences this year, according to state law. Horizon consolidated its three schools into one, which was then allowed to continue accepting new voucher students this fall — though Tammy Henline, a Horizon co-founder and its superintendent, said the consolidation had nothing to do with avoiding accountability: “Having everyone in the same building makes things a little simpler.”

Effect on public schools Even as vouchers have shored up many parochial schools, public schools have been squeezed: State education spending has not kept up with inflation, and still is not as high, in real dollars, as it was in 2011, according to Lawrence DeBoer, an economist at Purdue University. But it is not clear how the vouchers have affected public school finances. Indiana state tax money follows children to whatever schools they attend, so public schools that lose students also lose revenue. But spending on vouchers has not affected the rate of growth in overall state aid to local districts, DeBoer said, noting that the $132 million price tag for vouchers in 2016 was a tiny fraction of the $6.9 billion that local districts received from the state. It is also not clear that vouchers are an effective way to boost student achievement. Some research has found that after using vouchers to transfer from public to private schools, Indianapolis students experienced no change in language arts performance and saw a decline in their math performance. Studies of other statewide voucher programs have made similar findings. Glenda Ritz, the state’s superintendent of public instruction, said Indiana has spent nearly $375 million to date on a voucher program that has yet to be evaluated. “Before replicating this program on a national level, Hoosier taxpayers deserve a full accounting of the impact this program is having on student academic achievement and diversity as well as the fiscal impact on public school funding,” she said. Other studies have found that voucher programs boost college enrollment and completion rates, especially among minority and low-income students. To some Hoosiers, worries about school funding and student achievement are secondary to questions about the effect that vouchers might have on public education’s role as a civic institution. Private schools set their own admissions standards and can reject students for any reason, leading to concerns about segregation not just by race and class, but also by faith, ability and disability. “If we’re going to expand vouchers further, folks have to grapple with: Are we going to distribute public funds to private entities that can practice discriminatory or exclusionary practices?” said David B. Smith, superintendent of public schools in Evansville, Ind. emma.brown@washpost.com This article was produced in partnership with the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, where McLaren is a student.

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Venezuela’s breathtaking breakdown President Nicolás Maduro’s latest decree pushes the country closer to pure chaos.

currency in those countries. Almost overnight, millions of Venezuelans — about 40 percent of whom do not have bank accounts in which the currency could be deposited — lost the ability to purchase even those goods still available on the market. The result was predictable: looting and riots in at least eight cities. In the eastern town of Ciudad Bolivar, with a population of some 400,000, hundreds of stores were looted and at least three people were killed in three days of mayhem. Mr. Maduro was forced to modify his fiat, extending the currency’s validity to Jan. 2 and reopening the borders. The government says it will distribute new bills in larger denominations. Meanwhile, the president is doing his best to blame the United States for the fiasco, claiming that it had somehow been orchestrated by President Obama. Venezuelans no longer believe such nonsense. A survey released this month by pollster Alfredo Keller showed that only 1 percent said the United States was to blame for the country’s crisis, while 76 per-

cent blamed Mr. Maduro and the regime founded by Hugo Chávez. Three-quarters said they believed children were dying because of a lack of food and medicine, and 98 percent said they had been unable to find essential products. Only 19 percent said they still supported the regime. That the Maduro government somehow staggers on is due to its refusal to allow a constitutionally permitted presidential recall referendum; a divided opposition; a military deeply compromised by corruption, including drug trafficking; and the diversion of international pressure — including from the United States — into feckless and futile attempts to promote negotiations between the government and the opposition. Instead of an election-driven political transition or a people-powered revolution, Venezuela is undergoing a comprehensive breakdown of order unlike anything Latin America has seen in decades. That its hemispheric neighbors witness this implosion without using the means they have to bring meaningful pressure to bear on the government renders the failure all the more profound.

The Great Barrier die-off In 2016, the reef saw the worst devastation of coral ever recorded.

LL YEAR, it has been a real-time environmental catastrophe. The Great Barrier Reef, an unparalleled ecological treasure that supports all sorts of sea life and a range of human needs, not to mention a huge tourist economy, has seen the largest coral die-off ever recorded. If this were a rare event, separated by many years from the next big die-off, the reef would rebound. But in the age of climate change, scientists say this and other tragedies are frighteningly likely to be compounded. Experts have been tracking the destruction for months, announcing their final conclusions Nov. 29. They found that across a long stretch of the northern end of the reef, an average of 67 percent of the coral died, according to aerial and diver observations. In these zones, the reef ’s lively colors have been replaced by antiseptic white of “bleached” coral. Though weather events helped spare other areas this degree of destruction, the reef ’s northern portions had been the most pristine. In this case, the problem appears to have been water temperature, which was up to two degrees warmer than the normal summer peak. This threw off the delicate balance between the coral organisms and the algae that provide them sustenance. Natural variability may have played some role in raising the temperature — it was an El Niño year, which means the Pacific Ocean was hotter. But global warming probably set the scene. Australian scientists concluded that this year’s coral crisis was rendered far more likely because of climate-changerelated ocean warmth. As the planet continues to warm, human influence will be more and more likely to interact with natural variation in dangerous ways. Among other things, that means all that dead coral may not have a chance to rebound. Rising ocean temperatures, sadly, are not the only threat human greenhouse-gas emissions pose to coral. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere translates into more acidic oceans, which erode coral structures. Then there are the more mundane threats that harm sea life, including coral. Fishermen use explosives to kill and capture ocean creatures. Urban and agricultural runoff makes water cloudy, inhibiting the photosynthesis on

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which reefs depend. Scientists are racing to figure out how to help reefs survive the onslaught they are likely to face in coming years, examining corals that do better under stressful conditions and considering ways to preserve those that might struggle. But if human beings are to preserve crucial biodiversity — which comes with a range of benefits, from underpinning food chains to revealing lifesaving drugs — they have no choice but to curb the underlying problems.

Greenhouse-gas emissions must come down, and countries that are not properly managing their runoff or their fishing industries must tighten their rules.

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A new report details the shortcomings of the District’s programs for citizens returning from incarceration.

Overlapping federal and local jurisdictions cause much of the problem. Each level of government has its own its own standards and procedures. Offenders are sent to federal facilities throughout the country, depriving them of contact with family and other needed supports. When they return to the District, they are given insufficient or inadequate support services. Particular aim is taken at Hope Village, the privately run halfway house in Southeast that is under contract to the federal Bureau of Prisons. About half of the District’s returning citizens spend time in a halfway house at the end of their sentences, and most of those men go to Hope Village. The report faults the facility for shortcomings in security and assisting ex-offenders in critical areas such as helping them

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find jobs. A Hope Village official told us the findings were “unfair and one-sided,” but this is not the first time the facility — known as Hopeless Village among some of its inhabitants — has come under criticism. Federal officials might want to take to heart the report’s recommendation to look for a new provider with a different model when the contract expires next year. Also faulted for a lack of resources and clear strategy was the Mayor’s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs. The report details programs, locally and across the country, that successfully provide ex-offenders a second chance. As Council for Court Excellence policy analyst Emily Tatro said, “This is a moment when we can really rethink how people are returning from prison and jail.”

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George F. Will’s Dec. 22 op-ed, “Peace through technology,” described new electromagnetic technologies as potentially cost-effective war-fighting tools. When I was a young project officer at the Defense Nuclear Agency (now Defense Threat Reduction Agency), we sponsored research on rail guns and magnetohydrodynamic generators based on some of the pulsed-power technology we had developed to simulate nuclear weapons’ effects on a laboratory scale. To see the clean hole a golf-ball-size sabot could cause in a one-inch-thick stainless steel witness plate in laboratory tests of the rail gun made clear its ultimate potential as a kinetic-energy weapon.

In his Dec. 22 op-ed, “Happy holidays, Donald,” E.J. Dionne Jr. summed up the current Christmas spirit very well while pointing out the inconsistencies of certain people. Many Christians, whose faith is based on the New Testament, which preaches love and forgiveness, choose to follow the Old Testament preachings of hate and retribution. The Christ of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John would likely be the first to say “happy holidays” to someone of another faith. Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our Constitution. Although it means that each person is free to practice his religion (or none), it also means that that person cannot force his brand of religion on anyone else. It is time for these strident Christians to understand that anyone who does not adhere to their brand of religion is not picking on Christianity but merely exercising his constitutional rights. We are all Americans, as expressed by Khizr Khan at the Democratic National Convention, and we have become great by working together, not by being divisive. Edward Robinson, Millsboro, Del.

Probing the election meddling The Dec. 25 op-ed by Adam Schiff and Jane Harman, “Hacking merits a joint inquiry by Congress,” indicated that the damage caused by meddling in this election — by high-level Russian authorities — has been done and is immense. I agree with the recommendation that a joint inquiry by the Senate and the House intelligence committees should be conducted. Another committee or commission should do an in-depth inquiry of the immensity of the harm caused by FBI Director James B. Comey. And then there should be a commission to measure the collective damage so that no stone is left unturned. And finally, there should be a thorough, didactic effort by the federal government to educate all politicians in the following: When it comes to handling email, follow the rules and never write anything that may discredit you or your group. The consequences of disregarding these simple instructions can be immensely damaging to our democratic system. Thomas Rubio, Washington

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Time to rethink reentry EOPLE RETURNING anywhere from incarceration have to contend with many challenges, but the District of Columbia puts an additional obstacle in their way. The system that is supposed to help them with reentry instead sets them up for failure. That is the conclusion of a new report detailing the grim realities of returning D.C. citizens that faults both local and federal officials. “It does not have to be this way,” says the report, “Beyond Second Chances,” by the Council for Court Excellence, a nonprofit that pushes for improvements in the city’s criminal justice system. Estimating that 1 in 22 adults in the District are under some form of correctional control, the report argues that successfully integrating ex-offenders into the community would benefit not only them but also the public at large.

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ENEZUELA, WHICH was once Latin America’s richest country, has become an unwilling test site for how much economic and social stress a modern nation can tolerate before it descends into pure anarchy. This month its 31 million people lurched a big step closer to that breaking point, thanks to another senseless decree by its autocratic populist government. For years Venezuelans have struggled with mounting shortages of food, medicine and other consumer goods, as well as triple-digit inflation that has rendered the national currency, the bolivar, worthless. By this month the 100-bolivar bill, the largest note in circulation, was worth only 2 cents, forcing people to carry piles of them in order to make the most rudimentary purchases. Then came this coup: On Dec. 11, President Nicolás Maduro, an economically illiterate former bus driver, announced that all 6 billion 100-bolivar notes would cease to be legal tender in just 72 hours. He also closed Venezuela’s borders with Colombia and Brazil, on the theory that traders were hoarding

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faces the most difficult management challenge in American government. He discussed remotely piloted vehicles, pointing out the relative advantages of such technology but none of the disadvantages. He invoked a couple of false equivalencies (e.g., suggesting that because sensing and jamming are accomplished using electronics, which operate at the speed of light, that somehow negates the need for highspeed fighter aircraft). Mr. Will closed by stating that technology may lessen defense spending. Every defense secretary has faced the challenges of managing technological development in pursuit of improved defense capabilities. This is nothing new, and there is no evidence that advancing technology has historically lessened defense spending. Robert Lightsey, Alexandria

Regarding the Dec. 19 front-page article “In Poland, a preview of populist rule one year out”: The Polish government is instituting reforms to better serve the Polish people, not the elites. To call Poland an insular place is truly baffling considering that this year Poland hosted millions of international pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations in Krakow. Countless tourists have visited Wroclaw, this year’s European Capital of Culture. These and many other examples illustrate that Poland welcomes travelers and foreigners alike to explore our rich culture and heritage. Many of the arguments and disagreements outlined in this article are being had in many places, including in the United States. The Post has every right to support or disagree with political points, but using such language as “convulsed” when describing protests — protests that are no different from those that American cities see on a regular basis — showed that the aim was not to explore the reforms happening in Poland but to present them as the so-called neo-Dark Age. Also, the vote for Poland’s 2017 budget bill, described by opponents quoted in the article as illegal, was held in accordance with parliamentary procedure, and, although it was hindered by opposition members of Parliament, the budget was passed by a constitutional quorum. Piotr Wilczek, Washington The writer is the Polish ambassador to the United States.

Mr. Trump’s plausible deniability Regarding Dana Milbank’s Dec. 25 Sunday Opinion column, “A new solution for Trump: Ignore the law”: Plausible deniability is the ability of a person in charge to avoid blowback through concealment of connection. It involves providing a scenario for a person to deny knowledge of or responsibility for a reprehensible act. The plausible-deniability strategy has been used in espionage, politics, covert military operations and electoral campaigns. The Trump team, however, is the first to attempt to use plausible deniability to cover a conflict of interest. President-elect Donald Trump is attempting to use plausible deniability to sanitize his continuing connection to his business interests while in office. The presidentelect seems to believe that so long as he has plausible deniability, he cannot be seen to have been coerced nor have a pay-to-play problem if Trump business enterprises receive a benefit. Such deniability will supposedly result from receiving no briefings on the operations of Trump enterprises and not discussing public affairs or business with his sons, who will run his business operations. When it comes to an alleged conflict, what Mr. Trump knows or does not know is irrelevant. What counts is whether a connection exists between a benefit he receives and a decision he has made, and whether he is, or appears to be, subject to influence through a continuing connection to a financial interest. Absent severance of these connections by divestiture, potential legal liability and controversy will continue to exist. Richard F. Kessler, Sarasota, Fla.

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The Trumps should hire Americans Reading the Dec. 23 Metro article “Ethics experts see conflict in Trump winery’s visa request,” I was surprised that President-elect Donald Trump’s winery in Virginia is trying to get visas for foreign workers. Why wouldn’t the winery employ the unemployed Rust Belt people who voted for him so that he would get them jobs? This would be a good starting point in fulfilling one of Mr. Trump’s many campaign promises. Clemencia Amir, Beltsville

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The safety net is about to be tested BY

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Enjoy this while it lasts, Mr. Trump

R OBERT G REENSTEIN

oor Americans are facing the gravest threat to the federal safety net in decades as President-elect Donald Trump takes office accompanied by a Republican-controlled Congress. The risks to essential benefits for tens of millions of low- and moderateincome Americans include losing coverage extended to them by the Affordable Care Act, threats to the fundamental structure of the Medicaid healthinsurance program for the poor and further reduction of already squeezed funding for scores of other important programs serving the most vulnerable Americans. First, Republicans are expected to seek significant cuts in what’s known as nondefense discretionary spending, which includes many important programs for lowand moderate-income people, such as rental vouchers for low-income families, programs to fight homelessness, job training, funding for poor school districts, Head Start for young children and Pell grants to help low-income students afford college. The reason for these cuts is that, for the first time, starting next fiscal year, Republican leaders appear inclined to let the harsh “sequestration” budget cuts take full effect. That would shrink funding for this budget category to its lowest level in at least half a century, measured as a share of the economy. And even deeper cuts, as proposed by the most recent House Republican budget and the president-elect, are possible. More broadly, congressional Republicans are likely to follow the course set in every House GOP budget since 2011, as well as the most recent final HouseSenate budget, in 2015. Every one of those budgets secured the bulk of its savings from programs for low-income people. In the House GOP’s most recent budget plan, 62 percent of a stunning $6 trillion in budget cuts over 10 years would come from such programs. Both Trump and House GOP leaders have also proposed large tax cuts that would mainly benefit the most well-off and could cost several trillion dollars over the next decade. That, in turn, would likely force further rounds of cuts in domestic programs in future years to address the resulting increase in budget deficits. Do we really want to increase hardship for tens of millions of low-income people even as we shower tax cuts on people at the top? Republicans have controlled both chambers of Congress in recent years, but their budget aspirations were checked by President Obama. With Trump about to take office, they will have the means to enact their radical visions into law. And they will likely have a key administration ally in Rep. Mick Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican and hard-line conservative whom Trump has picked to run the Office of Management and Budget. History shows that the biggest domestic policy changes generally come in a new president’s first year when the president's party controls all the levers of power in Washington and uses a fast-track budget process called “reconciliation” to ram through an agenda without needing a single vote from the other party. To achieve their goals, Republican leaders plan to push through two major reconciliation bills in 2017. The first, which could pass as early as January, would repeal the ACA’s coverage expansions and most likely take effect at the start of 2019. That would double the number of uninsured Americans, from 29 million to 59 million, and leave the United States with a higher uninsured rate than before the ACA, the Health Policy Center at the Urban Institute estimates. The second reconciliation bill could couple regressive tax cuts with a radical overhaul of Medicaid and possibly the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps) and even the Supplemental Security Income program for the elderly and disabled poor — three core low-income assistance programs. If previous House GOP budgets are a guide, Republicans will likely seek to eviscerate the basic structure of these programs, under which there are minimum federal eligibility and benefit standards and all eligible families who apply for benefits receive them. Recent House GOP budgets would instead give states fixed, inadequate pots of money (likely block grants), with sweeping state flexibility to respond to the funding reductions by restricting eligibility and cutting benefits. That’s what happened after the 1996 welfare-reform law replaced guaranteed cash assistance for eligible poor families with a block grant that gave states broad flexibility over the funds. A year before the law took effect, 68 of every 100 poor families with children received cash assistance. Today, just 23 of every 100 poor families do. A comparable shrinking of health, food and cash assistance under Medicaid, food stamps and SSI would take critical benefits away from tens of millions of struggling low-income families and children, despite research indicating that basic assistance for poor children can boost their educational attainment and their earnings potential in adulthood. Franklin Roosevelt once said, “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” If so, America is about to be tested. The writer is president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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A girl stands near rubble in Syria’s northern Aleppo province on Sunday.

RICHARD COHEN

Bloodless Obama, bloody Aleppo

f Dec. 7, 1941, is the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt said “will live in infamy,” then Dec. 20, 2016, has got to be a close second. No Americans died that day as they did at Pearl Harbor, but the American Century, as Time magazine founder Henry Luce called it, came to a crashing end. Turkey, Iran and Russia met in Moscow to settle matters in the Middle East. The United States wasn’t even asked to the meeting. Winston Churchill said in 1942 that he had not become Great Britain’s “First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.” Nonetheless, by the end of the 1940s, much of the empire was gone. Churchill was an unapologetic colonialist, but he was up against liberation movements of all kinds, not to mention the antipathy of the United States to imperialist ambitions — in short, history itself. Churchill had a marvelous way with words, and greatness accompanied him like a shadow, but in certain ways he was a 19th-century man wandering, confounded, in the 20th. Barack Obama is quite the reverse. He is a 21st-century man who never quite appreciated the lessons of the 20th. He has been all too happy to preside over the loss of American influence. Aleppo, Syria, now a pile of rubble, is where countless died — as did American influence. The Russians polished it off from the air, doing for the Syrian regime what the United States could not figure out how to do for the rebels. The city

hemorrhaged civilian dead, and America, once the preeminent power in the region, did virtually nothing. It could be that Obama was right. It could be that all along he knew that the rebels were beyond saving — although he predicted that Bashar al-Assad would be toppled — and, anyway, the United States was not going to again get into some Middle Eastern quagmire. America had twice made war in Iraq; it had lost Marines in Lebanon. Though perhaps these were just excuses to do nothing. After all, no one ever recommended putting boots on the ground in Syria. That was Obama’s straw man. “Time will tell” is the appropriate cliche. But I, along with others, thought the United States could have limited the bloodletting, that it could have established no-fly zones where Syrian government helicopters could not have dropped barrel bombs. It could also have established safe zones for refugees. The Russians managed to do what they wanted to do. Why not the United States? The answer has always been clear to me — Obama did not care enough. Not from him ever came a thundering demand that Russia and Iran get out and stay out. Behind the arguably persuasive reasons to do little in Syria was an emotional coldness: This was not Obama’s fight. Say what you will about Donald Trump, he cares. He cares about things I don’t, and he has some awful ideas, and he is an amoral man in so many ways. But, in contrast to

Obama, his emotions are no mystery. When the Chinese fished a U.S. Navy drone from the Pacific Ocean, the White House reacted so coolly you would think freedom of the seas didn’t matter. Trump, however, tweeted his indignation, finally telling Beijing it could keep the drone — a way of telling them to stuff it. Hillary Clinton lost the election for a host of reasons, not the least of them her shortcomings as a candidate. And Trump won for many reasons, not the least of them his political talents. But Clinton had to defend an administration that was cold to the touch. Kellyanne Conway keeps pointing out that Clinton had no message. True. Neither, for that matter, did Obama. He waved a droopy flag. He did not want to make America great again. It was great enough for him already. That coolness, that no-drama Obama, cost lives in Syria. Instead of rallying the United States to a worthy cause — intervening to save lives and avoid a refugee crisis that is still destabilizing Europe — he threw in the towel. The banner he flew was one of American diminishment. One could agree. One could not be proud. Since the end of World War II, American leadership has been essential to maintain world peace. Whether we liked it or not, we were the world’s policeman. There was no other cop on the beat. Now that leadership is gone. So, increasingly, will be peace. cohenr@washpost.com

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ast week, President Obama granted clemency to 153 individuals who had been incarcerated under mandatory minimum drug-sentencing laws, bringing to more than 1,100 the number of clemency petitions the administration has granted. “You don’t just try to hammer everybody for as long as you can, because you can,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the New York Times. That is the right attitude for someone tasked with the fair administration of justice. Unfortunately, Yates and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch have, for the past year, rebuffed efforts by me and many other former senior Justice Department officials to even discuss another prosecution in which justice fell far short: the case of Sholom Rubashkin, a Brooklyn-born rabbi who was sentenced to 27 years for bank fraud. Rubashkin, a 57-year-old father of 10, has already served seven years for the crime, which ordinarily merits no more than three years. Worse, his sentence was based on perjured testimony and prosecutorial misconduct. If even a few highly respected prosecutors think a particular case was handled unjustly, resulting in a vastly excessive sentence, the department’s representatives should be prepared at least to discuss the reasons. In Rubashkin’s case, 107 former Justice Department officials, including five former attorneys general, six former deputy attorneys general (myself included), two former FBI directors, 30 former federal judges and other leading jurists, have sought to meet with senior officials of the department we once served. The only response: a form letter from an assistant attorney general stating that no meeting could take place while Rubashkin was also pursuing his case in court. Meanwhile, Kevin Techau, the U.S. attorney in Iowa (where Rubashkin was prosecuted), has suggested that Rubashkin used his financial resources

to buy the support of so many prominent justice officials. Not only has Rubashkin lost everything he owned in this case, his wife and children now depend heavily on the support of their community for their needs. Moreover, all 107 of us are working on this pro bono. Among other things, former deputy attorneys general Larry Thompson, Charles Renfrew and I have traveled to distant meetings and volunteered considerable time to this matter, all on our own nickel. The facts are clear: Rubashkin was vice president of Agriprocessors, a kosher meatpacking plant based in Postville, Iowa. In May 2008, more than 500 federal immigration agents raided the plant and arrested hundreds of undocumented workers. The raid resulted in the company declaring bankruptcy. Rubashkin was arrested a short time later and charged with bank fraud. And this is where things went terribly wrong. The sentence for bank fraud depends on the amount of the loss to creditors. In this case, the prosecution deliberately increased the amount of the loss — and thus the length of Rubashkin’s sentence. Independent assessors had valued Agriprocessors’ assets at $68 million. Yet evidence uncovered after the sentencing showed that prosecutors interfered in the bankruptcy proceedings, threatening nine prospective buyers of the business that the company’s assets would be seized by the government if any member of the Rubashkin family stayed active in the firm after the bankruptcy sale. No other relative has ever been charged by these prosecutors. Aaron Rubashkin, the founder and family patriarch, was critical to the company’s value. Brands such as Aaron’s Best were built on his name. He possessed the institutional knowledge and connections throughout the kosher meat-processing business. By effectively removing Aaron Rubashkin, prosecutors destroyed the company’s value. All nine prospective investors — including one who offered $40 million — walked away from the sale. Agriproces-

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sors then sold for $8.5 million, resulting in a huge loss to creditors and what is essentially a life sentence for Sholom Rubashkin. In an effort to cover their tracks, prosecutors denied at Rubashkin’s sentencing that they had interfered in the bankruptcy-sale process. The prosecutors knew that the bank, the victim whose collateral was at stake, was upset with their interference. Legal counsel for the bank sent prosecutors a letter complaining about their actions. However, prosecutors failed to provide that letter as well as other evidence to Rubashkin’s defense team. Instead, prosecutors offered testimony to support their claims that there was no interference with prospective buyers. But handwritten notes, recently discovered by Rubashkin’s attorneys, prove there was a meeting at which the prosecutors imposed their “No Rubashkins” edict. In determining the amount of the loss to creditors, the sentencing judge explicitly relied on this counsel’s false testimony. Prosecutors were present, but no prosecutor pointed out the falsity to the judge, who explicitly stated her reliance on it. I am saddened by the unwillingness of the department’s senior leaders to even discuss the injustice that more than 100 of their predecessors and former judges find evident in the Rubashkin case. Experienced former prosecutors and career Justice Department officials view this case as a stain on an institution created to uphold the law. If the department’s leadership refuses to act, I hope President Obama pardons Rubashkin and ends this tragedy. The alternative is a display of either blind self-righteousness or frightened defensiveness that is inconsistent with the Justice Department we all have served and respected. The writer is a former deputy attorney general under President Bill Clinton and assistant attorney general under President Jimmy Carter. He is the James Barr Ames professor of law emeritus at Harvard University Law School.

ack in October, a MarketplaceEdison Research Poll found that two-thirds of Donald Trump voters didn’t trust governmentreported economic data, thanks partly to their candidate’s insistence that the numbers are bogus. Something tells me this attitude is about to change. After all, Trump will soon take office with among the most favorable economic conditions — as measured by the government and private data sources — imaginable. And you can bet that he, and his supporters, will gleefully claim credit. Until things go south, anyway. For now, rose-colored economic data abound. The most recent jobs report shows the unemployment rate down to 4.6 percent. It hasn’t been this low since August 2007, several months before the Great Recession began. Or consider a broader measure of underemployment called the U-6. This includes workers who are part-time but want full-time work, and people who’ve given up looking for work but still want it. It’s not quite at its pre-recession level, but it has also fallen dramatically. Wages, too, have risen substantially. Adjusted for inflation, median weekly earnings for wage and salary workers were at an all-time high in the third quarter. Gas prices remain low, as does overall inflation. Meanwhile, stocks have reached all-time highs, with the Dow Jones industrial average on the cusp of 20,000. Gross domestic product growth for the third quarter was revised upward last week, to 3.5 percent. (Apparently Trump is even making the economy great again retroactively.) Consumers likewise seem euphoric, with multiple measures of consumer confidence recently reaching businesscycle highs. These numbers are partly driven by a sharp spike in optimism among Republicans in the weeks since the election, but even before then confidence had been trending upward. All of which is to say: These are some brisk tail winds on which to sail into the Oval Office. They also represent economic conditions quite different from the catastrophic ones Barack Obama inherited in 2009. Curiously, though, Trump’s priorities seem predicated on the premise that the U.S. economy is still circling the drain. He plans to usher through a major stimulus package early in his administration, including massive personal and corporate income-tax cuts and a public-private $1 trillion infrastructure plan. These measures are likely to further goose the economy, at least in the near term. You can bet, then, that early in his presidency, Trump will be touting all sorts of government-sourced economic data as evidence of his tremendous success. Well, all sorts of economic data except the deficit numbers, maybe. But here’s the risk. With so many economic metrics already so strong, there’s likely only one direction the economy can head in the medium term: down. Recent Federal Reserve forecasts suggest that we’ve already reached close to full employment, that inflation will soon pick up and that output growth will continue to slog along at our new normal of about 2 percent. Of course, Fed Chair Janet Yellen recently acknowledged that the delicate art of forecasting is especially challenging, given the “cloud of uncertainty” surrounding Trump’s fiscal policies. In the same news conference, she also gingerly suggested that there might not be an obvious need for fiscal stimulus right now, given how close we are to full employment. Other economic analysts have noted that stimulus at this point risks overheating the economy. Not to mention that if Trump implemented some of the other wacky policies he’s flirted with — a trade war, mass deportation, defaulting on our federal debt obligations, returning to the gold standard — a painful recession would ensue, according to multiple privatesector economic forecasters. Regardless, the historical record suggests that four more years of expansion are unlikely. That is, even if recoveries don’t die of old age, and even if Trump doesn’t spark a worldwide financial crisis by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, it seems reasonable to expect that we might face a recession at some point during his presidency. So, what happens when the numbers turn against him? Three consequences seem likely. One, the administration will start searching for scapegoats other than Trump’s own party and its choices. Immigrants, minorities, Fed officials: Watch out. Two, assuming Trump will have already signed a major fiscal stimulus package during an expansion, there won’t be much powder left in the keg when Keynesian stimulus is actually needed. That is, fiscal tools available to mitigate the recession will be unusually limited. And three, the numbers will become suspect once again, and Trump may even try to mess with the official government numbers to suit his narrative. This — and not a recession, blame-gaming or impotent policy response — would cause the most enduring damage to our democracy. crampell@washpost.com

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Actress Tricia McCauley was reported missing, and the circumstances, police said, were suspicious. B2

Community of Hope makes a sustained effort to help a D.C. family escape homelessness. B3

Astronomer Vera Rubin’s groundbreaking work included proof that dark matter exists. B4

Plan envisions a more walkable downtown, but residents worry taller buildings will cast a shadow on their homes

Hogan’s plan for vouchers questioned MORE SCHOLARSHIPS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS Lawmakers worry about effect on public education BY

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to double the amount of money the state spends to provide scholarships for students to attend private schools is not sitting well with top legislative leaders. Hogan (R) announced this month that he wants the state to spend $10 million over the next three years on Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today, or BOOST, a voucher program that allows low-income students to attend private schools. The General Assembly agreed early this year to spend $5 million on the program, but it is unclear whether it will approve additional funds during the 2017 session, which begins Jan. 11. Del. Maggie L. McIntosh (DBaltimore), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, who supported the initial funding for the scholarship, said she is concerned about the state’s budget shortfall, the amount of money that will be given to public schools, and SCHOOLS CONTINUED ON B2

TOP: The 42nd Street Singers perform carols at Bethesda Row on Christmas Eve. ABOVE: Dee Harris’s Bethesda home could face a 14-story apartment tower.

Medical marijuana may come to Md. in 2017 Four years after the law was passed, ‘a light at the end of the tunnel’ BY

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Medical marijuana could finally become a reality next year in Maryland, one of the states slowest to make the drug available for purchase after legalizing sales. In 2016, regulators awarded long-awaited licenses to grow, process and sell cannabis while grappling with fallout from those shut out of the potentially lucrative industry. Now selected businesses are racing to set up facilities and pass final inspections so the first seeds can be planted and flowers can hit the shelves by the end of 2017, four years after lawmakers legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes.

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Pot predators: Scammers target ill patients, offering fake ID cards and “preapprovals,” when medical marijuana isn’t available. B3

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The ‘business of second chances’ U.S. probation chief for the District reﬂects on a career marked by change BY

“For many of us who have been along this journey for a long time, that we have seen licenses issued is a light at the end of the tunnel for patient access,” said Darrell Carrington, a medical marijuana lobbyist who leads the Maryland Cannabis Industry Association. But ongoing litigation from three companies denied growing licenses, and looming legislation to address the lack of minorityowned marijuana firms, could delay the program. As in 26 other states and the District of Columbia, the legal medical marijuana program in Maryland also hinges on the federal government’s continuing to turn a blind eye to businesses that are violating the federal marijuana prohibition. It’s unclear whether that will change in the presidency of Donald Trump, who has supported medical marijuana but tapped marijuana legalization opponent Sen. Jeff Sessions

owntown Bethesda is the economic engine for one of Maryland’s most prosperous counties, fueled by law firms, financial service companies and multimillion-dollar condos. But the attractive open space and pedestrian traffic envisioned by planners two decades ago can be found in only a few spots, mainly Bethesda Row. The rest — including the two-mile stretch of Wisconsin Avenue between Bradley Boulevard and the National Institutes of Health — is dominated by boxy office buildings and soul-crushing traffic. A new long-range land-use plan, to be taken up by the Montgomery County Council in January, offers an unorthodox approach to completing the vision of Bethesda laid out by planners in 1994: A “garden,” with hiking and bike trails and mixed-income housing, where visitors and residents walk to the Metro “on brick sidewalks under leafy trees.” The plan places new emphasis on design and environmental sustainability and would require property owners to pay for parks and affordable housing to get permission to build bigger and taller — up to 29 stories along the neighborhood’s central artery. The hope is that the downtown Bethesda of 2035 will truly be greener, more walkable and architecturally striking.

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In 1988, so many D.C. men returning from prison were dying of HIV and AIDS that a federal probation officer was assigned full time to help manage their care, Gennine A. Hagar recalled. Today, the staff member in that equivalent role coordinates a different life-sustaining task — helping former prisoners find jobs — for a caseload reduced by half as the District’s overlapping epidemics of addiction, disease and violent crime have waned. Hagar, chief probation officer for the federal court in the nation’s capital, reflected on the changes as she prepares to step down this month after more than three decades in what she calls the “business of second chances.” “I have been in mansions, and I have been in homeless shelters. I have watched offenders dig in and lead new and improved lives, and I have watched some die,” Hagar said at a recent farewell ceremony at the court. “But the greatest gift will always be living to see someone you have worked with, prayed for or

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Gennine A. Hagar is retiring this month as the chief U.S. probation officer for the District. She began working in the office in 1988.

invested in change their life,” she said. “And the loving kindness we show them is what matters most.” The U.S. Probation Office for the District, with a staff of 44 and an annual budget of $4.2 million, oversees federal offenders sentenced to probation as well as those who have completed prison sentences.

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The schools chief in Prince George’s County recently warned educators that more students might be absent from class or struggle with increased fear amid what some see as stepped-up federal enforcement actions against immigrants. Kevin Maxwell wrote that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been increasingly aggressive in their arrests of those facing deportation in Maryland, based on information from the public defender’s office. He gave principals and staff advice about talking to worried families and highlighted details about federal policy. “The most important action you and your staff can take is reiterate that Prince George’s County Public Schools will continue to be safe places where students and families will be welcome without fear of harm,” he wrote in boldface type in the Dec. 7 letter. Maxwell’s message came amid growing efforts by school districts to reassure immigrant communities ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January. Many are scared that Trump — who put illegal immigration at the center of his campaign — will IMMIGRANTS CONTINUED ON B4

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Morning rush-hour traffic flows south on Wisconsin Avenue near Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda on Dec. 20. Residents of Chevy Chase and East Bethesda worry that traffic on Wisconsin will become even worse if the county’s new land-use plan is put into action. The plan’s projection that Wisconsin can handle the extra vehicles is based on the assumption that Metro’s Purple Line will be completed.

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In other words, a significant change. “From an aesthetic standpoint, Montgomery County is not a place to be really proud of,” said Edward McMahon, senior resident fellow at the Urban Land Institute. “It’s not known for good design.” In the past, when the county has updated its land-use plans, it awarded specific levels of density — the amount of allowable construction — to each individual property. Under the new plan, all additional density, 4.6 million square feet, would go into a central pool. To tap into it for their projects, property owners would have to pay a $10-per-square-foot “park impact” fee that would finance the acquisition of new green space. They also would be required to set aside 15 percent of all new apartments as affordable or workforce housing (instead of the usual 12.5 percent) — meaning that prices would be within reach of families making between 60 and 120 percent of the area’s median income, in a neighborhood where new apartments rent for an average of $2,750 a month. Construction in the downtown core would also have to be environmentally sustainable and pass muster with a design review panel. “Wisconsin Avenue should be something special,” council member Roger Berliner (D-PotomacBethesda) said. The county planning director, Gwen Wright, who shaped the concept with her staff and the Planning Board chair, Casey Anderson, said the approach was “sort of unheard of” in the county. “The tradition in Montgomery is you do a plan and everyone just gets their zoning handed to them and off you go,” she said. This time, “we aren’t just giving the zoning away.” The development community, accustomed to receiving additional building capacity as a matter of course when master plans are redrawn, reacted unfavorably at first. But most seem to have accepted the trade-off: height and density in exchange for green space and attractive design. “We’re big believers in Bethesda,” Jad Donohoe, vice president of the Donohoe Cos., told the council at an October hearing. The company recently moved its corporate headquarters to Bethesda, and it owns or holds contracts on seven downtown properties there. Excitement about the area’s potential stems in part from Marriott International’s decision to move 3,500 employees to new corporate headquarters near the

Bethesda Metro station by 2022. But plans for a taller, denser Bethesda have touched off alarms in the affluent “edge” neighborhoods just east of Wisconsin, including East Bethesda and Chevy Chase. Residents fear looming high-rises will block the sun, casting shadows over their homes. A community group, the Coalition of Bethesda Area Residents, has examined the county’s data and concluded that the new density allocated under the plan could sustain 28 new buildings of 20 stories or more. That would place Bethesda’s skyline second only to Baltimore in the Washington region, surpassing Silver Spring, Tysons Corner and Rosslyn. County officials said that kind of runaway high-rising would not be possible, however, because of the plan’s unusual system for allocating density from a single, limited pool. Scott Fosler, mayor of the town of Chevy Chase, said residents understand and buy into smart growth — the concept of curbing sprawl by clustering the highest commercial and residential densities around mass transit, especially in close-in locations such as Bethesda. “I don’t have any doubt these people are well-intended and they have what they see as exciting planning ideas,” Fosler, a former County Council member, said of Montgomery’s proposal. But smart growth isn’t defined solely by density, he said. “It is defined by enhancing the quality of life for all residents of the county, including those of us who live near areas slated for intense development.” Dee Harris, 58, lives in a Cape Cod at West Avenue and Ridge Street, across the street from the rear of a retail strip on Wisconsin near Bradley Boulevard. Under the county blueprint, her home could eventually face a 14-story apartment tower. Harris, whose home has been in her family for four generations, remembers a smaller, sleepier Bethesda. Her father used to tell stories of throwing a paper route on Old Georgetown Road when the street was only dirt. “I’m not anti-development,” said Harris, who has spent her career in international economic development. “Planning principles should not just be about just growth. They should also be about looking at the impact on the edges.” County officials say that height would be focused along Wisconsin Avenue, tapering down as it reaches residential streets. The Bethesda coalition wants the new height and density concentrated closer to the Metro station. But planners said the edge

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whether the new scholarship program is working as intended. “I think it’s premature,” McIntosh said during a recent interview. “I think we need to see how the money was used.” Sen. Richard S. Madaleno Jr. (D-Montgomery) said he considered it “outrageous” and “irresponsible” for Hogan to move toward more investment in private schools when the fate of the public school system is uncertain under a Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump picked Betsy DeVos, a school-choice activist who has no professional experience with public schools, as his education secretary. Doug Mayer, a spokesman for Hogan, said the governor wants to increase funding for the program now because “it’s working and it helps kids and families that need help. . . . We need to look for alternative, creative and outside-the-box ideas to help the students who need it most.” The General Assembly approved BOOST as part of a budget compromise during the 2016 legislative session. For the 2016-17 school year, the state awarded 2,464 privateschool scholarships, totaling $4.8 million, to students who are eligible for free and reducedprice meals, an indication of poverty. The majority of the students are from Baltimore City, and Baltimore and Montgomery counties. About 960 of the students receiving scholarships are white, 937 are African American, and 346 are Hispanic. More than 1,900 BOOST scholarship students were enrolled in private school during the 2015-16 school year, according to the state Department of Education. McIntosh said she would be concerned if religious organizations reduced the amount they would normally spend on scholarships, and instead used their own money elsewhere. She said there are too many questions that need to be answered before moving forward. Hogan has been a champion of school choice. He pushed for a scholarship program that would have provided tax credits to companies that contribute to the education of needy students at private schools. Similar legislation passed the Senate in

previous years, but it died in the House, with fierce opposition from House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel). Earlier this year, Busch said he was softening to the idea after hearing from a growing number of Democratic lawmakers from Baltimore and parts of Prince George’s County — urban areas with some of the state’s lowest-performing schools — that students need more educational options. But Sean Johnson, assistant executive director for the Maryland State Education Association, which represents teachers, has long fought against vouchers, calling the existence of the program “misguided.” Doubling its funding would be a “bad idea, given the tremendous unmet needs in our public schools,” Johnson said. The debate over scholarships and public school funding is shaping up to be a key wedge issue during the 2018 gubernatorial campaign. Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), who is considering a run for governor, recently called an increase in spending “the wrong approach.” “Governor Hogan’s proposal to spend $10 million on private school vouchers sends the wrong message about Maryland’s commitment to a great public education for every child,” Baker said in a statement. Mayer said the governor has increased public education spending in each of his budgets and is committed to “funding education at historic levels.” He said the governor would pursue “outside-the-box alternative means to help students and families. We can do both in Maryland. The only ones who aren’t willing are the political operatives at the teachers union.” A recent state report looking at Maryland’s investment in public schools found that the state needs to spend $2.9 billion more to meet the system’s longterm needs. “Everyone needs to understand that when we have such massive unmet needs, any dollar dedicated to the private schools, whether it’s 5 million, 10 million or one dollar, it keeps us from meeting those needs,” Johnson said. ovetta. wiggins@washpost.com

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communities are too close to Metro to exclude. Bradley Boulevard, the southern tip of the 450-acre plan area, is eight-tenths of a mile from the Bethesda Metro. The idea, said planning board chair Anderson, is to make the “walk shed” — the area that can be conveniently traveled by foot to a given point — as compelling as possible, with more attractive, pedestrian-friendly streets. Anderson cited his own situation in downtown Silver Spring, where his home is about a block from the Point, a 16-story, 190-foot apartment building on Georgia Avenue. “That sounds like a lot of height in very close proximity,” he said. “I think if you were to stand in my front yard, I don’t think you’d experience that building as overwhelming or oppressive. It’s a tall building, but it’s not casting a long shadow.” Fosler pointed out that the high-rise sits on the far side of Georgia Avenue, a four-lane road. The new Bethesda buildings would be much closer. And, he adds, the Point was already there when Anderson bought his Victorian. “All these things are different,” Fosler said. “Casey has his own preferences and tastes, and that’s fine.” Edge residents also are worried about the traffic that could be generated as the county’s plan is put into action. The plan projects that Wisconsin Avenue and the intersections along the corridor can accommodate the additional vehicles. But

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those forecasts assume a completed Purple Line light-rail project, with a station two blocks from the existing Metro stop. It also anticipates upgraded Metro service and improvements to Interstate 270, about five miles to the northwest. For residents of Chevy Chase and East Bethesda, who say they already are held hostage by traffic on Wisconsin during peak hours, the analysis is unrealistic, especially given the ongoing struggles with Metro funding and operations and an uncertain climate for the Purple Line and road projects. Maryland transit officials put the Purple Line’s late-October construction start date on hold after a federal judge ruled that the state hadn’t properly considered how Metro’s declining ridership might affect the light-rail line. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit brought by two Chevy Chase residents and a trail advocacy group. Planning Director Wright said she was “sympathetic” to neighborhood concerns. She acknowledged that if the Purple Line is scrapped, allowable densities would have to shrink. “But I do believe that we have to not just think about a particular traffic situation at a particular moment in history,” Wright said. “This plan is supposed to be a vision for the next 20 years. We have to look to that vision.” The council’s Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee is tentatively scheduled to hold its first session on the Bethesda plan Jan. 23. bill.turque@washpost.com

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Actress reported as ‘critical missing’ person Tricia McCauley, 46, was last heard from on Christmas Day BY

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Actress and yoga instructor Tricia McCauley was reported as a “critical missing” person by D.C. police Monday night. Police said the circumstances of her disappearance appeared suspicious. Friends said she had been missing since Christmas Day, when she said she was on her way to dinner but never arrived. Nor did she board a flight she had planned for Monday.

Police released a photo Monday night of a man they said might have been driving her car. A police flier described McCauley, 46, as white and about 5 feet, 4 inches and 120 pounds. It said she had brown hair and light brown eyes. Her address was given as a block of North Capitol Street NW in the Bloomingdale neighborhood. The flier described her car as a white two-door Toyota Scion hatchback with a D.C. registration of FC-0274. A photo showed a yellow bumper sticker that read “Plant more plants.” McCauley’s website offers a long list of acting credits, including 10 with the Washington Stage Guild. martin.weil@washpost.com

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D.C. mom is lifted up after setbacks, injustices John Kelly's Washington

In April, a 6-yearold boy was shot after someone kicked down the door of his family’s apartment in Southeast Washington. Two bullets passed through his left

arm. “Non-life-threatening injuries” is what they would eventually call it, but his mother, Bianca, was understandably upset. She cradled the boy, the younger of her two sons, and awaited the ambulance. Bianca’s son kept saying, “Stop crying, mommy. I’m okay.” Bianca recalled: “I was like, ‘You are not okay.’ ” Bianca, 26, asked that I not use her sons’ names or her last name. No one has been charged in the home invasion. The boy was treated at Children’s National Medical Center, where doctors were fighting to save the life of another innocent victim: a 7year-old girl shot in the abdomen while walking home with her parents a few miles away. Bianca’s son was discharged from the hospital the next morning. In some ways, the cruelest twist awaited the family when they returned home. “Our stuff was gone,” she said. “TVs, clothes, the jewelry . . .” Since the front door had been kicked off its hinges, she hadn’t been able to shut and lock it

behind her. While Bianca and her sons had been at the hospital, their apartment was stripped of its contents. “I don’t know who took it,” she said. Life has not been easy for Bianca, though in the days after the shooting, things improved, thanks to Community of Hope, a local nonprofit group that works with homeless D.C. families and is a partner in The Washington Post Helping Hand. Bianca is a client of Community of Hope’s permanent supportive housing program, which provides housing assistance to people chronically unable to lift themselves from homelessness. They were able to move Bianca and her sons into a safe apartment. A Community of Hope case manager continues to offer support, touching base regularly and helping Bianca work toward her goals. “I call her, and she’s right there,” Bianca said. “I will call her about jobs, say: ‘I just got this application. You think you can come over and help me?’ I talk to her about personal stuff, about how I feel.” Bianca told me that in the winter of 2009, a tenuous living situation with a family member became untenable. That’s not uncommon for homeless families in Washington. When you’re desperately poor, your relatives probably are, too. Although Bianca shared what little she had — food stamps, mainly — she and her then-infant and -toddler

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Bianca and her sons — clients of Community of Hope, a partner in The Washington Post Helping Hand — with their former Community of Hope case manager, Amy Dittmer.

sons were deemed too much of a drain on the household. It was snowing when a relative dropped Bianca and her sons off at a bus stop on Benning Road. Bianca called the District’s help line and was told that the snow was too heavy to send a vehicle to take them to a shelter. It seemed to Bianca that if there was too much snow for cars, there was too much for a mother and her young sons to be outside. She pleaded, cajoled and threatened until they were picked up and taken to the family shelter at D.C. General. (The boys’ father was nearby, in the D.C. jail. Bianca said that during visits, he is honest with his sons. “Daddy made a bad decision,” he says. “This is where I got to be.”

Bianca and her sons lived at D.C. General for a little more than a year. A series of apartments followed that. Bianca still shudders at the memory of some of them. One had termites in the carpet and possums in the wall. Another had a landlord who considered himself a handyman. The circuit box caught fire after he fixed it. And then there was the apartment where the shooting took place. The family couldn’t stay there, so Community of Hope helped them move to an apartment in Northeast Washington and replaced the items that had been stolen: beds for the boys and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bedding, a dining room table, towels, washcloths, school uniforms, gift cards for

clothes and shoes. “They helped us out a lot,” Bianca said. We read a lot about homelessness, see it on the local news, look at it from the outside in. I asked Bianca what it’s like to experience it. “You got to be in it to understand the struggle,” she said. “Being out here on the street, to be honest with you, the way people treat you, the way people look down on you, the way they talk to you, it’s like you’re just nothing, like you are nothing.” I asked Bianca what she wanted for the future. “I just want the best. I want to own something in life. I want to be honest with you: I just want my sons to be mindful, successful, smart.” And safe. It’s all any of us would want. You can help Bianca started life without the advantages many of us have. She told me that she was raised by a single mother who was herself homeless for a time. With Community of Hope’s help — an apartment, job counseling, therapy — she’s striving to overcome those barriers. Your tax-deductible donation will help other families like hers. To donate online, visit posthelpinghand.com. To donate by mail, make a check payable to “Community of Hope” and mail it to: Community of Hope, Attn: Helping Hand, 4 Atlantic St. SW, Washington, D.C. 20032. Thank you. john.kelly@washpost.com Twitter: @johnkelly For previous columns, visit washingtonpost.com/johnkelly.

LOC AL D I GE S T MARYLAND

Woman dead, man injured after crash A woman was fatally injured and a man critically injured Monday afternoon when a car hit a tree in Laurel, police said. Sunya Smith, 58, of Baltimore died at Prince George’s Hospital Center after being removed from the car by emergency officials, said Audrey Barnes, a spokeswoman for the city of Laurel. The man who drove the car was reported in critical condition at the hospital. The crash occurred just after 1 p.m. on Summerwind Circle off Sandy Spring Road. Police said they had not determined a cause for the wreck — Rachel Weiner

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Man searching for gas killed by truck on I-95 A young man was fatally hit by a truck on Interstate 95 after his car ran out of gas early Monday in Prince William County, authorities said. Isaac A. Salgado, 22, of Lorton was driving with two other men about 4 a.m., Virginia State Police said. Their SUV ran out of gas, and he pulled onto the shoulder. The three men started walking south toward a gas station, and they had traveled about half a mile in the dark when a tractortrailer hit Salgado, police said. His two companions and the truck driver, from Hagerstown, Md., were not hurt. — Julie Zauzmer

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MARYLAND

Scams target ill patients seeking relief in cannabis BY

P AMELA W OOD

Maryland patients are several months away from being able to legally obtain medical cannabis to treat chronic conditions. But scammers are already trying to make a buck off patients desperate for the relief they seek from the drug, according to regulators and industry officials. There are reports that companies are selling “marijuana cards” or offering exams to “preapprove” patients for medical cannabis. Neither is a legitimate practice, officials say. “They are telling patients that they have the ability to preapprove them for the medical cannabis program and that is a lie,” said Darrell Carrington, executive director of the Maryland Cannabis Industry Association. “There is no such thing as preapproval.” The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, which regulates the industry, has issued preliminary licenses for companies to grow, process and dispense cannabis in the state. But none of the businesses have received final licenses or begun operation. No physicians have the ability to issue certifications for legal medical cannabis. “We know there are already attempts at fake patient identification cards being promulgated,” Patrick Jameson, executive director of the commission, said in a statement. “This type of fraudulent activity preys against the most vulnerable people in society and we will do everything possible to stop this behavior. Only patient identification cards issued by the Commission are legitimate. At this point no ID cards have been issued.” The state commission has received about 20 inquiries from potential patients reporting questionable claims by cannabis businesses, according to Vanessa Lyon, a commission spokeswoman. Carrington said he is frustrated that companies are trying to dupe sick patients. “They’re taking advantage of them because people are so desperate for the medication,” he said.

THE DISTRICT

Christmas Eve with a grim note BY

M ARTIN W EIL

The sounds that came from that red vehicle on a main District thoroughfare on Christmas Eve were nothing like the “ho, ho, ho” or the “holy, holy, holy” that might have suited the occasion. They were more like “bang, bang,

Pot prescriptions foreseen for 2017 MARIJUANA FROM B1

— Baltimore Sun

(R-Ala.) as his attorney general. Maryland marijuana regulators say the time spent exhaustively vetting businesses and developing strict oversight of their operations will end in one of the nation’s most reputable legal pot programs. “It’s no secret that marijuana has a long-documented black market history,” said Patrick Jameson, executive director of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission and a former state trooper. “The Commission understands that medical cannabis can be controversial, but it intends to make Maryland’s program a high-functioning, professional, industry-leading medical program.” Officials say they will closely monitor marijuana at every stage of the marketplace, from how much is grown to how much is sold, using a tracking system in place in Colorado meant to stop illegal diversions of the drug and cash. In addition, Maryland is one of few states to require that marijuana be tested by an independent laboratory before it can be sold, an attempt to avoid poor-quality cannabis containing excessive amounts of pesticides. “The Commission and I understand that people are suffering, and we want to make the program operational as soon as possible,” said Paul Davies, who chairs the 16-member marijuana commission. “Hopefully, during the summer of 2017 medical cannabis will become available to patients.” He and others said it is not yet clear how the program could be affected by legislation proposed during the General Assembly session that begins Jan. 11 in Annapolis. Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (D-Baltimore), who rallied black lawmakers behind the medical marijuana cause, is angry that no companies led by African Americans won grower licenses even after she pushed for legislative language to ensure minority participation. She is using her new perch as head of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland to push for an overhaul of the cannabis commis-

bang.” They sounded like gunshots. “It was extremely loud,” said a woman who was in the neighborhood. “It sounded as if the shots came in three bursts.” The sounds heard in the 6600 block of Georgia Avenue NW on Christmas Eve were, indeed, gunshots, D.C. police said Monday. No injuries were reported. But in its way, the incident appeared to provide a grimly modern update to the catalogue of sights and sounds associated with the Night Before Christmas. In a statement, D.C. police gave this account: It was about 9:30 p.m. Saturday, when a motorist noticed that a red sedan was following him.

The driver of the red sedan began to honk at the motorist. The motorist, however, “thought nothing of it.” The motorist pulled up in front of a building in the 6600 block of Georgia Avenue to pick up a friend. At that point, the red sedan drew alongside, and someone leaned out of the passenger-side window. He wore a black ski mask, and he was holding a silvercolored handgun, and he began firing at the motorist. The motorist was not hit, police said. But they said the motorist’s vehicle was struck by gunfire. Area residents reported hearing about 10 shots. Police were investigating. It was unclear

It is already a struggle for the emerging cannabis industry to win over skeptics. Dishonest operators don’t help, Carrington said. “Groups that are operating nefariously and preying on people’s hopes and desires do a huge disservice,” he said. Maryland’s medical cannabis system will not involve written prescriptions. And while the commission will offer patient identification cards, they won’t be required. Doctors and patients will be required to join an online registry that will be monitored by state regulators. Doctors will use the system to issue online certifications for patients to use cannabis. Doctors are able to join the registry now. The patient registry won’t open until sometime in early 2017, Lyon said. A doctor’s certification for cannabis will be good for 120 days, and patients will be able to obtain only a 30-day supply of the drug at a time. Licensed dispensaries will check the state database before selling the drug. Licensed dispensaries will verify a patient’s identity, either through government identification such as a driver’s license or an optional patient identification card issued by the cannabis commission. All transactions will be monitored by the state commission. It will be late 2017 at the earliest before any medical cannabis is available to Maryland patients, Lyon said. None of the growers or processors have received final licenses or begun operation. The same is true for dispensaries, as state officials issued preliminary licenses to them just this month. Several factors will influence the timing of when legal medical cannabis will be available. State lawmakers could change the rules governing the program during the next General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 11. And lawsuits have been filed over the licensing process that have yet to be resolved.

sion and the diversification of the industry. Glenn says she wants to void existing licenses and create a quicker, race-conscious process for approving marijuana growers — changes that advocates of medical cannabis warn could spur further delays. “Unfortunately, Maryland has had one of the slowest rollouts of a program like this in the country,” said Kate Bell, a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project. “There are already patients who passed away waiting for this program. For very sick people, any delay can be significant.” It remains unclear what role Del. Dan K. Morhaim (D-Baltimore County) will Del. Morhaim play in supporting or opposing any new legislation. Morhaim, who was the legislature’s chief proponent for medical cannabis, is affiliated with a marijuana company and has faced scrutiny from his legislative colleagues over his dual roles. He did not respond to a request for comment on the Black Caucus’s efforts, or his legislative priorities for the coming year. Maryland lawmakers first passed a law in 2013 allowing academic medical marijuana programs. The state authorized private medical marijuana businesses the next year, after no universities expressed interest in participating in the 2013 effort. Other states have moved more quickly to get businesses up and running, advocates say. New York and Minnesota, for example, legalized medical marijuana in 2014, and already have the drug available for purchase with a doctor’s recommendation. Glenn insists that her efforts to diversify the industry will not drive further delays. The issue is personal for her — the cannabis commission is named after her mother, Natalie LaPrade, who died of cancer before she could use medical marijuana to alleviate her pain. “I had my mother’s picture with me when the bill was signed

whether road rage might have been a motive. No possible motive was given. The incident occurred a stone’s throw from the southeastern corner of the old Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus, near the Brightwood and Takoma neighborhoods of Northwest Washington. Officials in the 4th Police District, where the incident occurred, said they were focusing attention on the area. On Monday night, after another worrisome incident, officers reported hearing shots. They said the same car as on Christmas Eve may have been involved. No injuries were reported.

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into law; I never forget the pain and suffering that people go through every day,” Glenn said. “We can get medicine in the hands of our patients, but we can do it with the correct amount of diversity.” Commission officials have defended their process for awarding licenses, and plan to hire a diversity consultant to advise them on ways to help boost minority participation in the industry. Any attempts to redistribute or expand the number of licenses probably will face resistance from the companies that have won approval to grow and process. Michael Bronfein, a prolific donor to Maryland Democrats who is chief executive of Curio Wellness, has been recruiting growers and processors to form a trade association and hire lobbyists to represent their interests in Annapolis. At an October panel in Baltimore, he opposed expanding the number of cannabis growers in the coming year, according to news reports. He declined to comment for this article, citing a busy schedule. Marijuana regulators say the success of the program depends on interest from patients and their doctors — and the quality of the businesses supplying them. As of December, just 171 physicians have signed up to recommend medical cannabis — a number regulators expect to grow once the drug is available. Other medical professionals — including nurse practitioners, dentists and podiatrists — can start signing up in June. Those who want to purchase medical marijuana will have to enroll in a patient registry that will also be set up in 2017. Patients must have a Maryland physician registered with the commission and a qualifying medical condition, including cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and seizures. Commission officials warn that businesses currently trying to sell medical marijuana patient identification cards are scams. “After all of the politics,” said Jameson, “this program is about supply and demand.” fenit.nirappil@washpost.com

Man critically wounded near Takoma Metro A man was found in extremely grave condition after being shot Monday night in the Takoma area of the District, police said. The shooting was reported about 8 p.m. in the 200 block of Cedar Street NW, near the Maryland state line. Full details of the man’s condition were not available late Monday. The address given in an initial report was that of a building that included at least one storefront business, but it was not immediately clear exactly where the shooting occurred. The area of the incident, within three blocks of the Takoma stop on Metro’s Red Line, is a mix of residential and commercial premises. — Martin Weil

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DECEMBER 27 , 2016

Educators warn of students’ fears about deportation IMMIGRANTS FROM B1

ramp up deportation efforts, already significant during the Obama administration. Educators want to be sure that one thing is clear: In schools, immigration status is not an issue. Many school districts have reaffirmed that all children in the United States have a right to a public education. The District’s interim chancellor, John Davis, recently posted a message that addressed concerns about immigration status. In Minneapolis, the school board recently voted to declare the school district a safe haven for all. The Los Angeles school board also affirmed its policy to keep ICE agents off school campuses unless the superintendent and district lawyers consent. The American Civil Liberties Union recently reminded administrators in each of Virginia’s 132 school districts that they cannot

deny enrollment to undocumented students or allow immigration enforcement action on school grounds. “We’re encouraging school officials to be proactive in talking with students and the broader community with these issues,” said ACLU spokesman Bill Farrar, noting that such efforts also could help prevent bullying or harassment. Maxwell was among the superintendents who spoke out to reassure families after reports of federal immigration raids in January. Prince George’s school officials said at the time that attendance among Latino students had fallen, with parents keeping their children home from school because of deportation fears. Maxwell weighed in again in recent weeks after a public defender’s assessment of increased enforcement action was forwarded to a school official. The Maryland Office of the

Public Defender cited a more aggressive approach by ICE in making arrests in and near courtrooms in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in recent months. The arrests, in a handful of cases, have come while defendants were at court on criminal matters unrelated to their immigration status, said Melissa Rothstein, the office’s director of policy and development. Rothstein also noted that the public defender’s office received a recent report that after 150 to 200 people showed up at an ICE office in Baltimore in response to letters that called them in for an “interview,” some were taken into ICE custody. The scale of the enforcement action was larger than others the office had heard about before, she said. Asked about ratcheting up enforcement, federal officials issued a statement saying, “ICE continues to focus its immigration enforcement resources on individu-

als who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security.” ICE has said it avoids taking enforcement actions at “sensitive locations” such as schools and churches. George Escobar, senior director of human services at CASA, an advocacy group, said school efforts are important, with some immigrants and advocates on edge. “There is a vague, ominous negative feeling that something is going to happen,” he said. “We’re in a very difficult moment right now. It’s a dark cloud over all of us.” Lori Kaplan, chief executive of the Latin American Youth Center, which has offices in the District and Maryland, said her staff has urged nervous parents to continue sending their children to school. “We’ve let them know people just can’t walk in and have an immigration raid inside a school,” she said.

Several immigrant rights advocates pointed out that the Obama administration has been aggressively removing people from the country, having deported at least 2.7 million immigrants as of last year, with a focus on those who have committed crimes. “Are we seeing more enthusiastic ICE officers? Unfortunately, we’ve seen that all year,” Escobar said. “Unfortunately, people get deported and detained on a daily basis.” He said he thinks that, after Trump’s victory, public awareness is up, with many people “looking at ICE with a watchful eye.” But Escobar said the idea of making arrests in courts is troubling. He cited several instances earlier this year of arrests near the courthouse in Baltimore County as people were arriving or leaving. “Courts are used by immigrants to seek justice in a wide variety of situations,” he said, such as testifying as witnesses in criminal cas-

es. Much of what schools want to convey is that students are not in peril when they are on campus. Student absences do not appear to have spiked in recent weeks, but Nora Morales, diversity officer in the Prince George’s school system, said the district wants to make sure that families understand educators do not ask about immigration status and would not share such information if they knew it. “My primary concern is that our school community knows our schools are safe spaces and that students will be valued, respected and welcomed,” she said. “There are a lot of unanswered questions about immigration reform. One thing remains constant: If kids don’t show up to school, they won’t learn.” donna.stgeorge@washpost.com Emma Brown contributed to this report.

obituaries VERA RUBIN, 88

Trailblazing astronomer helped prove dark matter exists BY

M ATT S CHUDEL

Vera Rubin, an astronomer who proved the existence of dark matter, one of the fundamental principles in the study of the universe, but who battled sex discrimination throughout her career, died Dec. 25 at an assisted living facility in Princeton, N.J. She was 88. She had dementia, said a son, Allan Rubin. Dr. Rubin’s groundbreaking discoveries, made primarily with physicist W. Kent Ford, have revolutionized the way scientists observe, measure and understand the universe. The concept of “dark matter,” an unknown substance among stars in distant galaxies, had existed since the 1930s, but it was not proved until Dr. Rubin’s studies with Ford in the 1970s. It is considered one of the most significant and fundamental advances in astronomy during the 20th century. “The existence of dark matter has utterly revolutionized our concept of the universe and our entire field,” University of Washington astronomer Emily Levesque told Astronomy magazine this year. “The ongoing effort to understand the role of dark matter has basically spawned entire subfields within astrophysics and particle physics.” Dr. Rubin, who spent most of her career at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, continued to make discoveries — including of unknown galaxies — into the 21st century. For years she was considered a leading contender for the Nobel Prize, but the award never came. Many attributed the oversight to gender bias among male scientists and prize committees. The last woman to win a Nobel Prize in physics was Maria Goeppert Mayer, who shared the 1963 prize for her work on atomic structure. The only other woman to win a Nobel in physics was Marie Curie in 1903. “Alfred Nobel’s will describes the physics prize as recognizing ‘the most important discovery’ within the field of physics,” Levesque told Astronomy magazine. “If dark matter doesn’t fit that description, I don’t know

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Vera Rubin, in her office at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 2010, published more than 100 scientific papers and received the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific award. She also promoted the careers of women in astronomy and other sciences.

what does.” As a girl growing up in Washington, Dr. Rubin built a rudimentary telescope out of a cardboard tube. Early in her career, she made discoveries that challenged accepted theories in astronomy, but she was seldom taken seriously by other astronomers, most of them male. When she applied to graduate school at Princeton University in the late 1940s, she was flatly told, “Princeton does not accept women.” Dr. Rubin forged ahead, ultimately receiving a doctorate from Georgetown University while

raising four children. “I worked for almost all of my early career as a part-time person so that I could be home at 3 o’clock, and that was after they were all in school,” Dr. Rubin told Discover magazine in 2002. “It was almost overwhelming. I did a lot of my work at home.” She struggled to gain admittance to leading observatories. In 1964, she became the first woman to receive formal approval to use the Palomar Observatory in Southern California. When she arrived, she discovered that it did not have a women’s restroom.

“She went to her room, she cut up paper into a skirt image, and she stuck it on the little person image on the door of the bathroom,” astrophysicist Neta Bahcall told Astronomy magazine. “She said, ‘There you go; now you have a ladies’ room.’ ” While fighting these battles on Earth, Dr. Rubin peered into the cosmos and examined the rotation of more than 200 galaxies. Among other findings, she determined that stars orbiting on the outer edges of galaxies moved at the same speed as those near the interior. The discovery defied the ac-

cepted norms of astronomy, which held that the far-flung stars should move more slowly. To account for the uniform speeds, Dr. Rubin concluded that the distant regions of galaxies contained considerable amounts of a dense, unseen mass, or dark matter, which affected everything from gravitational pull to the shape of galaxies to how stars move in relation to one another. Dark matter has not been directly observed, and its precise composition remains unknown, but scientists think it constitutes about 84 percent of the cosmos. “So important is this dark mat-

“It was almost overwhelming. I did a lot of my work at home.” Astronomer Vera Rubin, describing how she juggled her career with raising four children

ter to our understanding of the size, shape, and ultimate fate of the universe,” Dr. Rubin wrote in Scientific American in 1998, “that the search for it will very likely dominate astronomy for the next few decades.” Vera Florence Cooper was born July 23, 1928, in Philadelphia. She moved with her family to Washington when she was 10. Her father was an electrical engineer. She graduated from Coolidge High School in the District and, in 1948, from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She received a master’s degree in 1951 from Cornell University and a doctorate in astronomy from Georgetown in 1954. She taught at Montgomery College and later at Georgetown before joining the Carnegie Institution, a Washington-based research center, in 1965. Dr. Rubin published more than 100 scientific papers and was on the editorial boards of professional journals and Science magazine. She published a collection of essays, “Bright Galaxies, Dark Matters,” in 1997. She was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1993 received the nation’s highest scientific award, the National Medal of Science. Her husband of 59 years, Robert Rubin, a physical chemist, died in 2008. All four of their children received doctorates in science or mathematics. A daughter, astronomer Judy Young, died in 2014. Survivors include three sons, David Rubin, a geologist, of Santa Cruz, Calif., Karl Rubin, a mathematician, of Irvine, Calif., and Allan Rubin, a geologist, of Princeton; a sister, Ruth Burg of Washington; five grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Dr. Rubin was active in promoting the careers of women in astronomy and other sciences. But if she was disappointed at not receiving the Nobel Prize, she never said so in public. “I think the question is,” she told The Washington Post in 2005, “are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science, but they never really got the opportunity?” matt.schudel@washpost.com

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Obituaries of residents from the District, Maryland and Northern Virginia. Alice Rohan, editorial assistant Alice Rohan, 90, who retired in the late 1980s as editorial assistant to the director of radiological devices for the Food and Drug Administration, died Nov. 3 at an assisted-living center in Olney, Md. The cause was congestive heart failure, said a son, Richard Rohan. Mrs. Rohan, a resident of Rockville, Md., was born Alice Radolinski in Dahlgren, Va. Before joining the FDA in the late 1970s, she had been a clerk at the National Institutes of Health and worked at the Vitro Corp. As a young woman, she was a licensed airplane pilot and flew noncommercial single-prop aircraft as an avocation.

Amy Thorne, CIA officer Amy Thorne, 54, a CIA intelligence officer from 1985 to 1995, died Nov. 20 at a medical center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The cause was a heart attack, said her husband, Steve Thorne. Mrs. Thorne was born Amy Kline in Pittsburgh and grew up in Fairfax County, Va. She also accompanied her father on his CIA postings to Africa, Asia and Europe. In 1995 she moved from Fairfax to North Bend, Wash., and later to Idaho Falls. Lester Schlitz, judge, mediator Lester Schlitz, 99, a Virginia state judge and member of the legislature who in retirement was a mediator at the D.C. Superior Court, died Nov. 2 at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. The cause was

heart ailments, said a son, David Schlitz. Judge Schlitz was born in Portsmouth, Va., where he practiced law and served as chief judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit of Virginia. He also was a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1968 to 1975. He moved to the Washington area in 1996 after his retirement and, until 95, was a D.C. Superior Court mediator, assisting in dispute resolution. Jean Rainey, public relations specialist Jean Rainey, 91, who spent about 50 years as a Washingtonarea public relations specialist, working for trade associations, her own firm and for Edelman, died Nov. 18 at an assisted-living center in Washington. The cause was sepsis, said a daughter, Cynthia Rainey.

Mrs. Rainey, a District resident, was born in Lansing, Mich., and moved to the Washington area in 1942. She wrote a 1972 book on practical tips for food shoppers and was a past president of the parent-teacher organization at Hyde Elementary School in Washington. Warren MacIssac, Catholic U. professor Warren MacIssac, 86, a professor for 25 years in Catholic University’s drama department and a specialist in the plays of Shakespeare, died Nov. 14 at his home in Washington. The cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, said a son, Tom MacIssac. Dr. MacIssac, a native of Worcester, Mass., taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at secondary schools in Massachusetts before joining the Catholic University faculty in

1970. For five years, he was also literary director at Center Stage in Baltimore. He wrote articles for scholarly journals and playbills for Washington-area theaters. Bethel Moore, quilter, gardener Bethel Moore, 95, a quilter and gardener who grew and tended flowers and vegetables at her home in Fairfax City, Va., died Nov. 19 at a nursing center in Fairfax City. The cause was vascular dementia, said her daughter, Karen Moore. Mrs. Moore was born Bethel Triplett in Fair Grove, Mo., and had moved to the Washington area in 1940. She was a founding mother of the Fairfax chapter of Quilters Unlimited and a member of Fairfax United Methodist Church.

Moeen Qureshi, equity fund chief Moeen Qureshi, 86, a former World Bank vice president, equity fund chairman and interim prime minister of Pakistan, died Nov. 22 at a care center in Bethesda, Md. The cause was Parkinson’s disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, said a son, Samu Qureshi. Dr. Qureshi, a Washington resident, was born in Lahore, Pakistan. He began his career in finance with the International Monetary Fund. He retired from the World Bank in 1991 as senior vice president for operations. He was co-founder and chairman from 1992 to 2013 of Emerging Markets Partnership, a private equity fund. For three months in 2013, he was interim prime minister of Pakistan. — From staff reports

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27 , 2016

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ALLEN

DEKLE

MAJORS

PHILIPOOM

DESKINS

JACKSON

DONALD LEE ALLEN, SR.

Rev. Dr. CHARLES RAY DEKLE

NANNIE L. MAJORS (Age 90)

Passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016 in Dunkirk, MD. Born on September 11, 1948, to the Thurston Power Allen and Eva Virginia Horsman. Don was preceded in death by his loving wife, of 43 years, Diane. He is survived by his daughter, Virginia Lee Allen-Anderson; son, Donald Lee Allen, Jr; son-in-law, Brian Thomas Anderson; daughter-in-law, Alexandra Radha Allen; granddaughters, Courtney, Shelby and Makenzie Anderson; sister, Linda Diane Sheldon, and sister-in-law, Patricia Allen. A viewing will be on Friday, December 30, 2016 from 11 am until time of service at 1 pm. At Lee Funeral Home, 6633 Old Alexandria Ferry Road, Clinton, MD 20735. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Clinton, MD.

First Sergeant, U.S. Army (ret.), Pastor Emeritus of St. Luke Baptist Church, Berryville, VA, graduate of Washington Bible College and Loyola College - Columbia, MD and Honorary Doctorate from Wilbur Henry Waters School of Religion, Inc., DC., transitioned peacefully at his home on Saturday, December 17, 2016. Survivors include his devoted wife, children, both biological and chosen, several siblings from Delaware and Georgia and a large family of sisters and brothers in Christ. Viewing will be held at Maple Springs Baptist Church, 4130 Belt Rd, Capitol Heights, MD on Thursday, December 29 from 9:30 to 11 a.m., at which time a memorial celebration will begin. Interment, with honors will follow at Maryland Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Joyce P. Dekle Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 261, Berryville, VA 22611. Attn: Mr. James Ross or Mrs. Amelia Stevenson.

Of Capitol Heights, MD, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Doctors Hospital in Lanham, MD. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m., Services 11 a.m. on Thursday, December 29 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, 4611 Sheriff Rd., NE, Washington, DC. Interment will follow at National Harmony Memorial Park, Hyattsville, MD. Arrangements J.B. JENKINS FUNERAL HOME, INC.

CHARLOTTE MARIE PHILIPOOM (Age 85)

BANDY BARBARA LYNN BANDY On Saturday, December 24, 2016, Barbara Lynn Bandy of Hyattsville, MD. Beloved daughter of Lewis Gold and the late Mary Jane Gold; devoted sister of the late William Paul "Billy" Gold. Graveside service and interment at Judean Memorial Gardens, Olney, MD on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. Shiva will be observed at the family residence in Leisure World after the funeral from 2 to 4 p.m. Arrangements by HINES-RINALDI FUNERAL HOME, INC., under Jewish Funeral Practices Committee of Greater Washington Contract.

BECK DONALD E. BECK On Saturday, December 24, 2016, of Rockville, Maryland. Beloved husband of Elaine P. Beck; loving father of Stephanie Guadagno, Donald Stanton Beck, Eugenia Kramer, Genevra Guagliano, David Beck and the late Philip Beck and grandfather of 10. The family will receive friends at the Rockville Church of Christ, 1450 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Maryland on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 9 a.m., where a service will follow at 10 a.m. Interment Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Monrovia, Maryland. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, Virginia 22312. Please view and sign the family’s online guestbook at: www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com

CONNOR LOUISE GRAFF CONNOR Louise Graff Connor, born on June 19, 1925 in Indiana, Pennsylvania died on December 23, 2016 in her home in Chevy Chase, Md. surrounded by loving family. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Edward (Ned) T. Connor; her children Edward Connor of Wrentham, Ma., James Connor of Franklin, Ma., Suzanne Hendrix of Tallahassee, Fl., Janie Connor of Chevy Chase, Md., Carolyn Miller of Bethesda, Md., Elizabeth (Betsy) Stumpf of Charlottesville, Va.; her sister Marie Miller of Bethesda, Md.; 16 grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.

DESMOND BLANCHE V. DESMOND (Age 94) On Saturday, December 24, 2016 at Greenspring Village in Springfield, VA. Beloved wife of the late Daniel H. Desmond; loving and devoted mother of Jan Melluzzo (Paul) of Bethesda, MD, Timothy Desmond (Maggie) of Clemmons, NC, Meg Hagen (Bob) of Woodstock, IL, Tami Brennan(Mike) of Sterling, VA and the late Craig Desmond (Gwen). She is also survived by 12 grandchildren and 9 nine great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 11 a.m., with a 12 noon Mass of Christian Burial at St Catherine of Siena Parish, 1020 Springvale Rd. Great Falls, VA 22066. Interment will follow at Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Herndon, VA. A full obituary and email condolences may be made at: adamsgreen.com

DICKERSON RALPH B. DICKERSON Passed away peacefully on December 20, 2016. He is survived by three daughters, Nina, Lisa and Donna; three sons, Robert, Ralph (Sherri) and Derek; seven grandchildren, Brian, Craig, Ashley, Kyle, Mayumi, Ayanna and Yeshua; five great-grandchildren; sister, Joyce Wilkerson and a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 29 from 9:30 a.m. until time of service at 10:30 a.m. at Fort Lincoln Funeral Home, 3401 Bladensburg Rd., Brentwood, MD. Interment will be private. www.fort-lincoln.com

FLYNN

A visitation will be held at The Church of the Little Flower, 5607 Massachusetts Ave., Bethesda, Md. on December 28 at 11 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at 12 Noon. The burial will follow the mass with a procession to Gate of Heaven Cemetery, followed by a reception for friends and family to gather and celebrate Louise’s life at Kenwood Country Club, 5601 River Rd in Bethesda, Md. at 3 p.m. Louise had a full and active life. She was born and raised in Indiana, Pa., received a bachelor’s degree in math and married her husband, Ned in 1949. Their children were born in Schenectady, Ny. and the Boston area. They lived in North Attleboro, Ma., her favorite place where she and Ned lived for many years raising their children. There they made many lifelong friends and became part owners of a golf course. Louise was also very active in the garden club in addition to teaching math, physical education and English. After moving to Chevy Chase in 1971, she became a real estate agent, was active in the Kenwood Citizen’s Association and the Kenwood Garden Club. She had a real talent for flower arrangements and her favorite flower was lilies of the valley. Louise loved adventure and travel. She took pride and pleasure in accompanying her husband on business trips to Europe, where they developed many deep lifelong friendships. She loved many sports including swimming, skiing, golfing, yoga and dancing (boy could she jitterbug). Her real passion was for golf and was known to go out golfing even in the snow. In recent years, Louise was incapacitated with acute chronic pain due to spinal stenosis and was lovingly cared for by her devoted husband Ned. Everyone who knew Louise had complimentary things to say about her, here are some of the words that her family used to describe her: warm, spontaneous, witty, generous, giving, intuitive, a straight shooter, wise, and caring.

On Friday, December 23, 2016, of Bethesda, MD. Beloved wife of the late Maurice J. Flynn; mother of Michael T. Flynn (Barbara), Robert P. Flynn (Nancy), Maureen Flynn Golding (Steve) and Mary Alice Bond (R. Graham); grandmother of Katie Coughlan, Matthew Flynn, Peter Flynn, Bethany Schreiber, Robert Kline, Danny Flynn, Rev. Thomas Flynn, Brenna Saunders and Patrick Bond; sister of the late Robert Wm. Lampe; sister-in-law of Alice Flynn Fleury. Also survived by 25 great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends may call at The Church of the Little Flower, 5607 Massachusetts Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20816 on Friday, December 30, 2016 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 Noon, where Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12 noon. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Saint Jerome Academy, 5207 42nd Place, Hyattsville, Maryland 20781. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com

GARRETT LENA F. GARRETT (Age 63) On Sunday, December 18, 2016, the soul of Lena Foreman Garrett soared free. Beloved wife of William Perry Garrett for 34 years. Survived by grandchildren, Jervon McClain, Antonio, Alaya and Asia Perry; stepdaughters, Adjoa and Abeni Garrett; step-grandchildren, Tahirah, Amin, Hakeem and Nyasia Garrett; siblings, Roy Foreman, Stanley Foreman, Eddiemae Jones and Diane Foreman; a host of other relatives and friends. On Thursday, December 29, 2016 from 10 a.m., until service at 11:30 a.m., friends may visit with the family at New Southern Rock Baptist Church, 750 Buchanan St. NW, Washington, DC. Interment Harmony Memorial Park, Hyattsville, MD.

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DEATH NOTICE

GARY V. GLOVER

IDA KATHERINE DeGROSS 1913 - 2016 On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Ida Katherine DeGross passed away at The Virginian Assisted Living Home in Fairfax, Virginia. Born in New Jersey, she was a long-time resident of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and Sarasota, Florida before moving to Northern Virginia. She was the beloved wife of the late John Pierce DeGross; and the devoted mother of Pierce Edward DeGross of Fredericksburg, VA and Robert L. DeGross (Gaele Fanning) of Bethesda, MD. She was the adored grandmother of Michelle Serafin of Westfield, NJ, Pierce Edward DeGross of Arlington, VA, Renee Valdes of Atlanta, GA, Paul DeGross and Ellen DeGross, both of Bethesda, MD. She is also survived by five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. A Memorial Mass will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church, 6900 River Road, Bethesda, MD 20816. Online condolences may be sent at: demainefairfaxfuneralhome.com

On Sunday, December 18, 2016. Beloved brother of Sharon Perry, Donna Cole, Marcia Glover, Darrly Glover, Marlon Glover and John Glover. He is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Mr. Glover will lie in state at St. Benedict the Moor, 320 - 21st St., NE, Wednesday, December 28 from 9 a.m. until Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Interment Quantico National Cemetery. Online condolences may be offered to the family at: www.stewartfuneralhome.com

Stuart C. McArthur, 95, an Army Lieutenant Colonel who retired in 1967 and spent three decades in the Northern Virginia area real estate property management and sales, died Friday, December 23, 2016 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Lt Col McArthur was born and raised in Weidman, Michigan and attended Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). He entered military service at Forth Custer, Michigan on September 26, 1942, attended Engineer Corps Officer Candidate School and was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant Corps of Engineers on July 7, 1943. He served in the European theater of operations during World War II, participated in the D-Day landings on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, and served with a combat engineer battalion until the end of the war in Europe. His decorations included the Silver Star and two Purple Hearts.

JUANITA KING DESKINS

Febrary, 10, 1938 - December 18, 2016 Of Washington, DC, formerly of Bryantown, MD. Mary retired from the League of Women Voters in Washington, DC. She is survived by two daughters, Barbara A. Gray and Sheila M. Currie; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one brother, James "Rabbit" Edelen; three sisters, Irma Edelen, JoAnn Edelin and Annie Mae Edelen-Gross; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Clayton Bernard Stinson; two sons, Jospeh Lewis Sweetney, Jr. and Larry Jerome Sweetney; and five siblings, Rosezena Edelen-Butler, Lillian "Teeny Baby" Edelen-Greene, Mary "Tootsie" Leona Edelen; Bernice Edelen and Paul "Jeannie Boy" Edelen. Viewing will be held at Nativity Catholic Church, 6001 13th Street, NW at 10 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, December 27. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Repast to follow at the church.

His family extends its heartfelt appreciation to his caregiver, Phyllis Awuku-Hayes, who gave him devoted and compassionate care, and to his friend and neighbor, Nelson Miller, who was always there to lend a helping hand. And this tribute would not be complete without mentioning his lifelong friend, Ralph Cheatham, whose friendship and advice he cherished. Services will be held on December 30 at l p.m. in the Post Chapel at Ft. Myer, Virginia, followed by burial with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Those attending the services should use the Hatfield Gate Entrance to Ft. Myer. Arrangements are being handled by Demaine Funeral Home – Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia.

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FRANCES EDWARDS (Age 93) On Thursday, December 15, 2016, a resident of Booker T. Homes. Survived by six children, Gloria, Robert (Freda), Alonzo (Karen), Theresa (Junior), Rayjan and Mary; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 27 at First Baptist Church of Highland Park, 6801 Sheriff Rd., Hyattsville, MD, visitation, 10 a.m.; service, 11 a.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements by J.B. JENKINS. www.jbjfh.com

THEODORE C. PINCKNEY 12/25/1935 ~ 09/28/2016

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A viewing will be held on Thursday, December 29, 2016 from 10 a.m., until time of services at 11 a.m., at Lee Funeral Home, 6633 Old Alexandria Ferry Road, Clinton, MD 20725. Interment will be private.

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Joanne was an avid bridge player, a voracious reader of all things political, both domestic and international, and a life-long Red Sox fan. Throughout her life, she supported numerous charitable causes. Celebration of Life will be held at Ingleside at King Farm, 701 King Farm Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850 on Friday, December 30 at 10 a.m. Casual dress. In lieu of cards and flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Montgomery Hospice (Montgomeryhospice.org) or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.

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EDWARD G. CURTIN Of Upper Marlboro, MD passed on Friday, December 23, 2016. Husband of Anna Maria (Palmieri) Curtin; father of Stephen Curtin, Eugene Curtin (Pam), David Curtin, Brian Curtin (Sallie) and Laura Babin (Francis); grandfather of Shawn, Paul, Kelly, Alexis and Thomas Curtin, Simon Babin, Rachael Curtin and William Babin; and brother of Mary Curtin Barraco. Viewing will be held at Lee Funeral Home, Inc. 6633 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd., Clinton, MD on Thursday, December 29 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m and Friday, December 30 at 10 a.m., at Church of the Most Holy, 11704 Duley Station Road, at 10 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery. Online condolence at: www.leefuneralhomes.com

FANNY G. HUGHES (Age 91) Of Alexandria, VA. On Saturday, October 22, 2016 passed away peacefully. Fanny was the wife for 60 years to Retired Navy Commander, William P. Hughes and loving mother of Thomas Latane Hughes, of Alexandria. Fanny was born in Drewryville, Virginia, but had lived in Alexandria for the past 45 years. She was an alumnae of Mary Baldwin College. Mrs. Hughes will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery alongside her husband on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. DEMAINE FUNERAL HOME, Alexandria is handling the arrangements. www.demainefuneralhomes.com

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RUTH GORDON GRAZE

Joanne is survived by three children, Carol, Laura (Kevin Pardue) and Jeff (Jan Perriens). She is also survived by seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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Of Rockville, MD, passed away quietly at her home surrounded by her family on Friday, December 23, 2016 after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born on September 14, 1930 in Boston, MA, to David and Bertha Bloom. Joanne attended Mount Holyoke College where she majored in Political Science. After graduation, she made her way to Washington, DC, to work for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Soon thereafter, she began a long and successful 46-year career with the National Security Agency, where she rose to the senior executive level – a trailblazer for women in government. In 1950 she met and later married Matthew Perriens. They were together for 61 years before Matt’s death in 2014.

QUENTIN A. WARE (Age 72) Passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016. He is survived by a host of relatives and friends. Visitation 10 a.m. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, December 29 at Antioch Baptist Church, 1105 50th St. NE, Washington, DC Interment National Harmony Memorial Park. Services by HS WASHINGTON & SONS.

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ANGELINA GRIFFIN

Entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. She is survived by her husband, Lafayette Baucum; three daughters, Connie Gordon, Cassandra Reed and Jessie Barnes; three sons, Walter Gordon, Dale Gordon and Willie D. Gordon; eight grandchildren, 17 greatgrandchildren; one sister, and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Gordon will lie in state at New Samaritan Baptist Church, 1100 Florida Ave., NE on Thursday, December 29 from 10 a.m. until services at 11 a.m. Interment Glenwood Cemetery. www.stewartfuneralhome.com

He loved his family, the Army, the 94th Infantry Division, and Christmas. He will long be remembered by his family and friends for his kindness, his generosity, his integrity, his wisdom and his determination. He lived life to the fullest and never, ever gave up. His wisdom, patriotism, humor, and loyalty will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

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Ms. Angelina Griffin, of Clinton, MD., passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2016. She was 67 years old.

Edward Melvin Oakley was born 1951 to the late Edward Oakley and Grace Oakley Thompson in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He went on to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 24, 2016. He graduated from Chartiers-Houston High School and California State University. He was employed with South Western Pennsylvania Legal Aid Society. He was also employed with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia from where he retired. Ed was married to the former Mary C. Henderson of Washington, Pennsylvania. He had the loving privilege and responsibility of raising Mary's son, Corey E. Henderson. Corey is proud to call him Dad. Ed was a member of Neabsco Baptist Church, Woodbridge, Virginia where he served as a Deacon and sang in the choir. Ed is survived by his loving wife Mary; son, Corey (Pamela J.); mother Grace Thomas. He is also survived by three brothers, Kevin and Rodney Oakley and Charles Thomas (Leatrice); two sisters, Gerondilyn and Tina Oakley. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Deceased are his father, Edward Oakley; brother, Sheldon Thomas; and two sisters, Charmaine Gordon and Darlene Oakley. Funeral Services will be held at Neabsco Baptist Church, 15557 Cardinal Drive, Woodbridge, Virginia 22193 on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 11 a.m. A burial at Oak Spring Cemetery, 238 Oak Spring Road, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317 will take place on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 1 p.m.

MARY ALICE JACKSON On Monday, December 19, 2016, in Washington DC, surrounded by family and friends. Mary was the heart and soul of her family and she lived, loved and enjoyed life to the fullest. Services will be held on Friday, December 30, at J.B. Jenkins Funeral Home, 7474 Landover Road, Hyattsville MD, 20785. The viewing will be held from 9 to 10 a.m.; followed immediately by the Celebration of Life Ceremony. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC.

PINCKNEY

Stuart left the military service after World War II on March 2, 1946, but was recalled to active duty in November 1950. He served in Japan, Guam, Iran, two more tours in Europe and domestic posts. His last assignment was as Chief, Engineer and Installations Division, Berlin Brigade, USAEUR, and he retired in Berlin, Germany on June 30, 1967. His awards and decorations during his second tour of duty included the Legion of Merit and two Commendation Medals.

OAKLEY

Passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016. She is survived by her two daughters, Wanda "Nikki" Pearson and Tanya Deskins (Edgar Farve); two grandchildren, Dominic M. Pearson and Khanya D. Christian; five great-grandchildren, Zimmi, Kaya-Ki, Zóe, James and Kharis; two special friends, Hazel Lilly and Ginger Wilkins; a host of other relatives and friends. Visitation, 10 a.m. until time of service, 11 a.m., on Thursday, December 29 at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, 3600 Brightseat Road, Landover, MD 20785. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. Services by HENRY S. WASHINGTON & SONS.

IN MEMORIAM

GORDON

decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Purple Heart. After military service he worked for the Georgia Department of Industry and Trade, and led the Coastal Plains Regional Commission and the Stafford County, Virginia Department of Industrial Development.

JAMES W. BUTLER Colonel, US Army (Ret.)

McARTHUR Lt Col STUART CHARLES McARTHUR US Army (Retired)

SWEETNEY MARY V. SWEETNEY "Bootsie" (Age 78)

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James W. Butler, age 95, died on July 26, 2016, in Fairfax, Virginia. He is survived by his daughter, Katharine S. Butler and her husband George H. Beazley, his son, James W. Butler, Jr. and his wife Leigh A. Sisk, his grandson, James Frank Butler, and his nephew, Ralph Butler and his wife Angela. He was predeceased by his wife, Hazel Blanche. He was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, and attended Mercer, Princeton, and George Washington Universities and the Army War College. He was a highly decorated officer in the US Army, whose numerous awards and

Of Springfield, VA. On Friday, December 23, 2016 at Greensprings Village. Beloved husband of Joanne Duggan; devoted father of George III (Rhonda), Christopher (Kim), and Patrick (Molly); son of the late George, Sr. and Josephine McAleer; and brother of Jim (Sandee) and Mary Jo (Dave) Ostropwski. He is also survived by seven grandchildren, one greatgrandchild, numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 29 from 1 to 3 and 6 to 8 p.m., at Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, 9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, December 30 at 10:30 a.m., at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 5121 Woodland Way, Annandale, VA. Burial with full military honors will be held at Quantico National Cemetery, 18424 Joplin Rd, Triangle, VA, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Holy Cross Abbey (www.virginiatrappists.org).

A visitation will be held at Demaine Funeral Home, 520 S Washington St., Alexandria, Virginia 22314 on Thursday, December 29 at 10:30 a.m., with a chapel service following at the funeral home from 12 noon to 1 p.m. An interment in Arlington National Cemetery will be held at a later date with a private service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.

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McALEER Dr. GEORGE R. McALEER, JR. (Age 81)

Survivors include his wife, Dorothy McArthur of Alexandria, Virginia; son, Stuart C., Jr. of Racine, Wisconsin; grandson, Noel also living in Wisconsin; two great-grandchildren and a sister of Michigan.

DOROTHY L. FLYNN (Age 94)

Of Williamsburg passed away on Monday, December 19, 2016. She is survived by her son, Joseph Philipoom (Julie); daughter, Paula Gutierrez; and granddaughters, Katarina and Emma. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jacobus Philipoom. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., on Tuesday, December 27 at Stonewall Memory Gardens. Online condolences may be sent at: www.demainefairfaxfuneralhome.com

Long-time Arlington, VA resident and Washington, DC advertising pioneer, Ruth G.Graze, died peacefully at her home on Friday, December 23, 2016. She was 102. All who knew Ruth appreciated her for her bold personality, sharp intellect, passion for justice, fierce determination, devotion to family and zest for life. Born June 28, 1914, in New York City, Ruth Gordon was raised by her immigrant mother, Minnie, a garment worker. She earned a B.A. degree in history from Brooklyn College and a M.A. degree in psychology from Columbia University. In 1937, she married the love of her life, Gerald Graze, also a New Yorker. Like many of their contemporaries in the 1930s, Ruth and Gerald were excited by FDR’s New Deal, and they moved to Baltimore, MD and later to Washington to work in the Federal Government. In 1942, she became an intelligence analyst for the U.S. War Department, a job that she dearly loved and excelled at.

In the 1950's, facing McCarthyite persecution Ruth and her husband left the Federal Government. Ruth began a career in advertising with the Alvin Epstein Advertising Agency in Washington. She was one of the nation’s first female advertising account executives. She went on to start her own agency, Impact Advertising, Inc., the first woman-owned agency in Washington that did not have a male partner. She led the agency for almost four decades. Alongside her husband Gerald, Ruth embraced a life-long passion for learning and enjoyed traveling the world. She was a voracious reader and news junkie, and enjoyed discussing current affairs and politics with family and friends. Ruth was also a long-time member of the National Press Club and was active in local and national political causes. She was happy this year to cast her vote for a woman Presidential candidate at her Arlington precinct on Election Day. She is survived by daughters Deborah Graze (Stephen Montgomery), of Falls Church, VA and Victoria Graze Topp, of Madison, WI; son Gregory Graze, of Dallas, TX, and by eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Gerald Graze; son-in-law, Ronald Topp and great-grandson, Solomon Topp. The family wishes to express special thanks to Ruth’s warm and loving caregivers, Saba, Seble, Isabel, Isata and Hebertha. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Washington Hebrew Congregation at 11 a.m.,, followed by a private burial service. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the Anti-defamation League (ADL), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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42° 29

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FEELS*: 63°

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FEELS: 42°

FEELS: 49°

CHNCE PRECIP: 55%

P: 0%

P: 75%

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P: 25%

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Hagerstown 57/31

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Dulles

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46° 4:00 p.m. 37° 12:27 a.m. 44°/30° 72° 1889 4° 1935

47° 3:06 p.m. 40° 1:00 a.m. 43°/25° 71° 1964 –1° 1983

43° 1:00 p.m. 27° 1:46 a.m. 43°/26° 73° 1964 2° 1983

Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +1.0° yr. to date: +2.2°

Precipitation

Cape May 56/36

Annapolis 62/37

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LATEST

OCEAN: 49°

Charlottesville 69/36

Ocean City 61/36 OCEAN: 41°

Lexington 61/31 Richmond 68/37 Norfolk 67/43

Virginia Beach 66/42 OCEAN: 48°

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Kitty Hawk 62/46

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OCEAN: 48°

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Pollen: Low

Air Quality: Good

Grass Trees Weeds Mold

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UV: Low

Solar system

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Blue Ridge: Today, windy with morning rain, then partial clearing. High 52–56. Wind west 12–25 mph, higher morning gusts. Tonight, partly cloudy, colder. Low 27–31. Wind northwest 10–20 mph. Wednesday, mostly sunny. High 40–44. Wind west 7–14 mph. Atlantic beaches: Today, variably cloudy, showers, mainly in the morning. High 57–68. Wind southwest 10–20 mph. Tonight, partly cloudy. Low 33–43. Wind northwest 7–14 mph. Wednesday, partly sunny, cooler. High 42–50. Wind northwest 7–14 mph. Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, small craft advisory, morning showers. Wind west gusting to 20 knots. Waves around 1 foot. • Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, small craft advisory, morning showers. Wind west gusting to 25 knots. Waves 2 feet on the lower Potomac, 3 feet on the bay.• River Stages: Today, the Potomac River stage at Little Falls will be at 3.3 feet, holding steady near 3.3 feet Wednesday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet. Today’s tides

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Baltimore 62/32 Dover 61/34

Washington 64/37

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Yesterday's National High: Tampa, FL 88° Low: Bryce Canyon, UT –21°

World High: Paraburdoo, Australia 110° Low: Delyankir, Russia –60°

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U.S. probation chief for D.C. reﬂects on a long career HAGAR FROM B1

Hagar, 56, said that her time working with ex-felons has not cracked her belief in second chances, even as she has watched society’s views on crime and punishment swing like a pendulum. Hagar got her start in the 1980s, as crime was cresting in Washington and nationwide, triggering a law-and-order response that quadrupled the number of people incarcerated in the United States between 1980 and 2014 to 2.2 million. Her retirement comes as Washington’s per capita homicide rate is one-fourth its 1991 peak of 479, mirroring national trends. She also is leaving at a crossroads for sentencing changes. A spate of recent actions by some states and by the federal government has shortened prison terms and focused penalties on higher-level drug offenders while diverting others to less

costly alternatives. But bills pending in Congress to recalibrate sentencing patterns from the “war on drugs” era have stalled. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), has been a vocal opponent of such legislation, saying proposed changes would “endanger millions of Americans whose safety is increasingly threatened by rising crime rates.” Hagar said in an interview that she is hoping for a sustained and even stronger focus on housing, job training, and mental-health and addiction treatment to break the cycle of repeat imprisonment. “I have been my whole career in the business of second chances, and since the president-elect says he is the president of all Americans, I am going to wait and see if he keeps his word before I guess about anything he may or may not do,” Hagar said.

‘He was paying attention’ A case she handled many years ago helped steel that commitment to avoid rushed judgments. Hagar was a front-line officer in 1990 with a client in his late 20s who was part of the violent drug trade, had family problems and a temper bad enough that, she recalled, “I didn’t think he would make it, given his attitude.” During their visits, he seemed not to focus on her guidance and spent so much time asking about how she watered her office plants that she snapped, “If you make it off supervision, you can have that plant.” Two years ago, the man was back in the probation office, saw Hagar’s photo in the waiting area of the office she ran by then and asked to meet with her. “I want my plant,” he reminded her jokingly. He had gone on to run a landscaping business and was back because he had driven an employee to a probation ap-

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“I have been my whole career in the business of second chances,” says Gennine Hagar, retiring chief U.S. probation officer for D.C.

pointment. Hagar gave him the plant, thanked him for hiring an exoffender and took a picture. “And it made me realize he was paying attention,” Hagar said. “That’s one of those days that makes your life worthwhile.” Born in Pocomoke City on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Hagar was salutatorian of her high school class and graduated in 1982 with a sociology degree from what is now Towson University. She spent 24 years as a Maryland and federal probation officer, D.C. jail treatment worker and sentencing specialist before becoming the first woman to head the District federal court’s probation office in 2007. “We were babies in probation together. We thought we were saving the world,” recalled Shari L. McCoy, who started as a probation officer with Hagar in 1988 and became one of her deputies. But it was a violent and painful time for the District. Congress had passed the Sentencing Reform Act in 1984, which dramatically cut judges’ sentencing discretion and use of parole, and the act was followed by escalating mandatory-minimum sentences aimed at gun and drug offenders. But the law also caught lower-level criminals. “It wasn’t unusual to see young people get life sentences, multiple life sentences, 360 months,” said Mark McCroson, another of Hagar’s deputies, who joined her in 1990. “She kept in mind the

human aspect of our challenge, in what at that time seemed like a factory at the court.” Hagar also was starting out when many judges saw the sentencing changes as an intrusion on the judicial branch’s independence, recalled U.S. Senior Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who was chief judge of the District’s federal court from 2008 to 2013. He worked with Hagar when he was new to the bench and she was one of the court’s first two sentencing specialists in 1991. “Gennine convinced me the [sentencing] guidelines ought to work,” Lamberth said recently, “and eventually, they did work.” In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the strict ranges of jail times set by the U.S. Sentencing Commission could be taken as advisory only. Other sentencing changes flowed from political efforts to reduce prison costs and end racial disparities in punishments. The caseload for Hagar’s agency dropped to about 1,000 people this year — nearly half the 1,868 in 2010. The sentencing changes had an effect, but so did lower crime rates, a shift of crimes to outside the District, and administrative changes that put federal offices in Maryland and Virginia in charge of supervising exoffenders from the District who had moved to those states. More than 70 percent of those supervised by the federal office for the District are employed, according to data provided by

Deputy Chief Brian D. Shaffer, who is Hagar’s successor as chief. Only 15 percent of closed cases — or about 40 a year — are revoked for new crimes or other violations, the data shows. The federal probation office’s relative success comes with offenders who as a group tend to be older than those handled in local courts, sentenced to longer terms for more serious offenses, and are less likely to cycle in and out of prison for petty thefts. Technology, training and the hiring of more experienced officers also have bolstered success rates, even as the number of probation officers dropped by two-thirds over her 31 years, Hagar said. ‘Shift in the public’s attitude’ But “the biggest difference that I see,” Hagar said, is a shift in the public’s attitude, where the fear of employing or housing those who were once called “ex-convicts” has been moderated by a more nuanced view of returning citizens trying to reenter society. “The community seems to be embracing those coming home, and it could be because so many went away in this community,” Hagar said. “The offenders in the 1980s and 1990s, they were shunned, so much so. And I would feel it, I would go and ask employers, ‘Are you hiring?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And would you hire somebody with a record?’ They would say, ‘You’re kidding, right?’ “Today there’s a difference; employers might ask, ‘Can you share their record with me? Is he a threat to my business?’ ” Hagar said her thinking has been consistent on focusing on the person in front of her. “They’re still people, just like us,” she said. “Everything you were afforded in life to help make you successful, that’s what they’re going to need — people to give them a break, help them get food when they don’t have any, to be better parents, places to live they can afford,” and jobs with wages high enough that “they can take care of themselves.” “People do change. They have to want to change . . . but they have to be pushed, too,” Hagar said. “We should always be willing to give our fellow man a hand. . . . Don’t give up.” spencer.hsu@washpost.com

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Impact of Michael’s ‘Faith’ was undeniable

‘Patience’ and the virtues of pop

George Michael’s ﬁnal release captured his most conﬁdent songwriting BY

C HRIS R ICHARDS

eorge Michael was given only 53 years in this world, but he made them count. He was still a teenager in 1982 when he began triggering worldwide endorphin rushes as a member of Wham! Five years and a few hairstyles later, he went solo, wiggled the backside of his Levi’s on MTV and became a global sex symbol. By the time 2004 rolled around, he was staging a big comeback at age 40, and he divulged the riddle of his craft that year in the pages of British GQ: “People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn’t, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music.” He had recently issued what would be his fifth and final studio album, “Patience,” a sensuous, sprawling meditation on sex, war, grief and commitment. Playful one moment and contemplative the next, the album seemed to give Michael an opportunity to sort out some important truths about pop itself: that our pleasure is not frivolous, and that heavy ideas travel further when they’re floating on bright melodies. Now — after the British superstar died of heart failure in his home on Christmas Day — Michael’s legacy seems to run in poignant parallel to those of other pop gods we lost in 2016. Like Prince, he sang about the transcendental potential of human sexuality, and like David Bowie, he sought liberation through reinvention. In 1987, Michael donned an iconic leather jacket in the music video for “Faith.” Three years later, he was burning it on a coat hanger in his video for “Freedom ’90.” Fantastic. And if freedom was what Michael was preaching in 1990, freedom is what we were hearing on “Patience” in 2004. In the years leading up to the album, he broke ranks with other zip-lipped superstars, writing and performing antiwar songs, including “Shoot the Dog,” a dance floor satire that skewered Tony Blair and George W. Bush. But in the context of MICHAEL CONTINUED ON C6 ROB VERHORST/REDFERNS

George Michael performs in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, during his 1988 “Faith” tour. The pop music icon died Sunday of heart failure.

Did extreme politics sink program on Adult Swim? Network canceled series that mocked liberals and political correctness BY

D AVID W EIGEL

Every Thursday, the actor, comedian and producer Tim Heidecker hosts open-line “office hours.” Fans of his absurdist comedy, most of which runs on Time Warner’s Adult Swim network, call in to talk. On most days, they run the gamut from fans to superfans. But on Dec. 8, Heidecker took a call from Sam Hyde, the face of the comedy troupe Million Dollar Extreme. Its own Adult Swim series,

“World Peace,” had been scrapped after a six-episode run. “Didn’t you want the show canceled?” Hyde asked. “Didn’t you campaign against our show?” For 12 minutes, live on Facebook, Hyde mocked Heidecker’s views and accused him of leading a lynch mob, including the actor Brett Gelman and director Judd Apatow, against him. “Half of your audience tells me that I’m irrelevant, that I’m finished, that I’m worthless, then in the next breath they tell me I’m pulling strings,” Heidecker said. “It’s coordinated, consistent, nasty, violent, nasty . . . death threats coming at me.” “The coordinated attacks against you are a result of you expressing anti-Trump senti-

E MILY Y AHR

The pressure is always intense when a singer goes solo, but for George Michael, the stakes were sky-high. Michael, who died on Christmas Day at age 53, was only 23 when he announced the split from Wham!, the wildly successful British duo he had with his childhood friend Andrew Ridgeley. They said goodbye with a starstudded farewell concert in June 1986 at Wembley Stadium in London, with an elaborate fireworks display. Both men were multimillionaires and could have easily retired; Ridgeley dabbled in motor racing and acting. But Michael felt an urge to keep singing. While Wham! was known for escapist pop fluff, most famously “Wake Me Up Before You GoGo,” Michael was eager to show the world he had matured as he embarked on a solo career. “I can’t pretend I’m a young man with no problems anymore,” he told the news media. In a 1986 interview with United Press International, Michael described Wham! as “built on a careless, upbeat image of fair-haired, suntanned boys singing about love without pain,” which presented him with a challenge in the next phase. “The test is now to come across much more as a real person,” he said. Any concerns about Michael’s solo aspirations were shut down over the next two years as he shattered all expectations. His first solo album, “Faith,” was released in October 1987 and spent much of the next year at the top of the Billboard chart; he became the first singer in nearly two decades to have the top-selling album and single (also “Faith”) of the year. At the height of the music video era, he used his sex appeal to cement his status as an international pop star, starring in the steamy “I Want Your Sex”; brooding behind dark sunglasses among the parade of models in “Father Figure”; and shaking his hips in tight jeans and wearing a leather jacket in “Faith.” “Some of my new music is more abrasive and sexual, much more real,” Michael said in the UPI interview. Michael launched the “Faith” era in the smartest way possible: a major controversy. In summer 1987, he released “I Want Your Sex,” which started as a single on the “Beverly Hills Cop II” soundtrack. Some entertainment executives had a collective panic attack, to put it mildly, fearing the “explicit” lyrics glorified casual sex at the time of the AIDS epidemic. (“Sex is natural, sex is good/Not everybody does it, but everybody should/Sex is natural, sex is fun/ Sex is best when it’s one on one.”) Later, Michael said in a statement that the lyrics were “an endorsement of monogamy,” according to the Toronto Star. FAITH CONTINUED ON C6

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A poem close to the bone for many people in 2016 BY

IAN THOMAS JANSEN-LONNQUIST FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Comedian Sam Hyde is the face of Million Dollar Extreme, a troupe whose show, “World Peace,” was scrapped after a six-episode run.

ments,” Hyde said, pointing out that they’d begun after Heidecker released a parody song (“I Am a Cuck”) from the perspective of a weak, bullied liberal.

It was the first time Hyde had commented on the end of his show, and the start of MDE’s martyrdom — the first victim of a

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Last summer, Maggie Smith — no, not that one — sat in a Starbucks in Bexley, Ohio, and wrote a poem. “Life is short, though I keep this from my children,” it began. Smith had no idea that she was setting down the first lines of a work that would seize the mood — and social-media accounts — of so many people in the tumultuous year that was 2016. Three days after a gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Smith’s poem, “Good Bones,” was published in the literary journal Waxwing. A reader moved by the poem’s message posted an image on Facebook, where a Brooklyn-

based musician named Shira Erlichman read it and passed it along on Twitter. As the poem traveled across the Web, its celebrity endorsements got bigger: Caitlin Moran, Glennon Doyle Melton, Alyssa Milano, Megan Mullally. Soon enough, Smith, who will publish her third book of poems, “Weep Up” in 2018, was greeted by a friend in town who told her, “Oh, I just read your poem on Charlotte Church’s Twitter.” Articles about the poem in the Guardian, Slate and elsewhere helped propel its spread. So, too, did shocking news: “Good Bones” spiked when British politician Jo Cox was murdered and again in SMITH CONTINUED ON C6

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Television TV HIGHLIGHTS 12/27/16

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Kennedy Center Honors (CBS at 9) Host Stephen Colbert joins musicians during the gala (taped Dec. 4). The event salutes Al Pacino, Mavis Staples, James Taylor, Argentine pianist Martha Argerich and the Eagles. Chopped Junior (Food at 8) Ground beef and chocolate cause a first-round dilemma for the contestants. In the entree round, they are faced with an ingredient that resembles a giant baked potato. Dance Moms (Lifetime at 9) The arrival of a new dancer shakes things up. Good Behavior (TNT at 9) Letty bails her mother out of jail, leading to questions about who is best able to raise Jacob. No Tomorrow (CW at 9) Xavier attempts to resolve his issues with his father after Evie confronts him about his past. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo at 9) Dorit confronts Erika about a dubious wardrobe malfunction. Shooter (USA at 10) Bob Lee crosses the country to find the shooter while Julie grapples with a family betrayal. Adam Ruins Everything (TruTV at 10) Adam explores the implications of going green. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E at 10) A former event producer for the church’s production company reveals the reasons behind his

family’s departure from Scientology. PREMIERE

Chasing Cameron (Netflix streaming) This 10-episode reality series follows 22-year-old social media star Cameron Dallas and his friends as they set off on their first international tour. DOCUMENTARY

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Accusations ﬂy after the cancellation of transgressive ‘World Peace’ COMEDY FROM C1

perceived Trump-era culture war. Every recap of the events surrounding the cancellation took on the same theme: liberal culture cops portrayed “World Peace” as a Trojan horse for the alt-right, a small, far-right movement that seeks a whites-only state. If a show was endorsed by the men’s rights website Return of Kings, if its star appeared in photos flashing a Nazi salute, it had no place on TV. MDE’s following reveled in comedy that mocked political correctness, the traditional media and liberals who expected to be sheltered by both. One sketch, “The Wall Show,” had Hyde and co-star Nick Rochefort grilling women about what they would settle for before they turned 30 — i.e., hit the wall. Another was set at a wine party, where Rochefort tripped Hyde’s “field hockey wife” into a glass table and quickly convinced him that the woman was to blame. The cancellation gave those sorts of sketches new meaning. They were not simply transgressive — they were banished. A comedian like Sarah Silverman could joke about 9/11 but wash her sins away by campaigning for Bernie Sanders. A comedian like Hyde, if he celebrated Trump’s victory, could never wash the stains off. Hyde, 31, still busily recording comedy videos and YouTube monologues, was optimistic that MDE could get another buyer. “We have offers from a bunch of networks since this happened,” he said in an email. But before the election, his show seemed to have the full support of Time Warnerowned Adult Swim; it was after the election, according to Hyde,

that he learned that a planned second season would never happen. After the Heidecker call, Hyde co-wrote a story for conservative website Daily Caller titled “Adult Swim Fired Me For Supporting Donald Trump — Here’s How It Went Down.” He recorded a YouTube message about the effort to kill “World Peace,” then appeared on the Web show hosted by Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, whose mainstream media career ended after he published an essay defending “transphobia.” Fans of the show, including McInnes, condemned Adult Swim for buckling. “The Nazis are the ones calling us Nazis,” McInnes wrote.

DE, a loose comic collective based in New England, never positioned itself as “political.” Its sketches, released on YouTube and backed by crowdfunders, were loud and absurd, the latest fruit from the tree of HBO’s mid-’90s cult favorite “Mr. Show.” It was fairly obscure until Hyde — and the troupe’s fan base — began playing with the media’s gullibility. In 2013, he got perhaps his best media coverage when he crashed a TedX event in Philadelphia and delivered a speech that was half parody and half futurist gibberish, claiming at one point that the 9/11 attacks proved “that sometimes great ideas are actually horrible ideas.” In 2014, he performed a piece that lived on YouTube as “Privileged White Male Triggers Oppressed Victims,” in which he read loosely collected “facts” about the dangers of gay life and sex, heckling a New York audience as its members headed for the door. In 2015, he put on a KKK-styled robe

and sarcastically challenged a liberal audience to accept more Syrian refugees, even if they thought some might be terrorists. “If you see a picture of a dead toddler, you have to do anything you’re asked politically, because it’s sad, you guys,” said Hyde. “His family was in Turkey, but his father heard there was free dental in Germany, so he put them on a life raft, and now he’s dead. That’s your fault, white man.”

sweatpants from “the black person mall” and bestowing the secret name “David Duke.” “That was a secret signal to the KKK, which is actually where a lot of my YouTube ad revenue comes from,” Hyde explained in an email to The Washington Post, insisting that he wasn’t being sarcastic. “It was a secret but now I can openly talk about the KKK.” That same episode included a sequence in which Charls Carroll,

Million Dollar Extreme’s following reveled in comedy that mocked political correctness, the media and liberals who expected to be sheltered by both. All of that material was easily found online when Adult Swim picked up “World Peace.” When “World Peace” premiered, the network seemed to revel in its transgressiveness. The troupe’s aesthetics, scrambled and surreal, felt a lot like Heidecker’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job,” which ran for five seasons. In August, “World Peace” was slotted into a Friday night block with “The Eric Andre Show,” a stomach-churning satire of late-night TV. More than a million people watched the “World Peace” premiere, featuring Hyde as a TV reporter covering a school’s successful experiment with bullying. The six-episode run of “World Peace” received steady ratings and aired the sort of sketches that, in the parlance of the alt-right, “dropped red pills.” One sketch cast Hyde as a pickup artist training a wheelchair-bound man in his ways, which included buying

the third main cast member, threw together a series of nauseating ingredients to make “fresh tap water” in the style of Flint, Mich. “I like to emulate that sentiment of paying really high taxes and getting nothing in return,” said Carroll as pictures of men kissing and fondling each other played in the corners of the screen.

n the run-up to the Nov. 8 election, MDE was the comedy — the only comedy — of Americans who were about to lose the election. On MDE’s YouTube channel on Nov. 4, Hyde released a video recapping his heckles at a Chelsea Clinton rally in New Hampshire. “Their grandma’s going to jail if she loses!” Hyde said after Clinton talked about her daughter. “You’re ugly!” According to Hyde, Adult Swim said nothing about the extracurricular politics. Then, six days af-

ter the election, Brett Gelman announced that he was severing ties with Adult Swim after appearing on a series of shows and hosting a low-profile comedy special. The reason, he said, was the revelation — contained in an article published by BuzzFeed — that Adult Swim’s president, Mike Lazzo, had dismissed complaints about the lack of women producing shows for the network. He said another reason was the forum the network had given MDE. Three weeks later, “World Peace” was canceled. The scale of Adult Swim’s reversal isn’t clear. In an interview with alt-right writer Mike Cernovich, Hyde said the channel had “nine months” to decide the show’s future. In interviews since the cancellation, Hyde has said that the network had once greenlighted a second season and was ready for 100 episodes. Adult Swim has declined to rebut him. Since the cancellation and the Heidecker call-in, “World Peace” critics have gone quiet. Time Warner did not respond to a request for comment. Neither did Heidecker, neither did Apatow, and neither did Gelman, who recently suspended his Twitter account after a torrent of mockery. Hyde had been among the mockers, agreeing with McInnes that Gelman was using his marriage to a black woman to deflect critics of his work. “We call that El Classico, when you get a black wife to ward off the bad juju,” said Hyde. That interview was part of a mini-media blitz by Hyde — the most attention that the show had gotten, more than when it had aired. Fox News covered the end of “World Peace” as a clear-cut censorship story. The Federalist and Taki’s Magazine, conservative out-

lets that had ignored the show when it aired, held up Hyde and MDE as victims of political correctness. This month, a student attending a speech by the Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos asked what he thought of the cancellation. Yiannopoulos said that MDE was targeted because of its politics, and the market, he promised, would make amends. “Trump won, and these people aren’t stupid,” said Yiannopoulos. “They ultimately care about money.” That had been Hyde’s theory, too. “I knew that when Trump won, the show would get more views because of it,” he said. But before the election, jokes about social justice were transgressive. After the election, they were in line with the president-elect. Pop culture had nuzzled up to the White House in the Obama years. If anyone was situated to speak for Trump’s America, it was Sam Hyde. In the sketch that opened the final episode of “World Peace,” Hyde played the ludicrous leader of a new “social movement” called “the toss-it project,” in which people wrote the worst insults they’d ever received on Styrofoam cups, then threw them out as litter. “My race is done, you’re inheriting the Earth, along with some other undesirables,” said Hyde’s character, pointing at a small Asian boy. “And that’s cool, bro. High-five. But check it out — just remember who built this place, all right? Remember to pay homage to the white man. Thank you, whitey!” The sketch faded out as Hyde delivered one more lesson. “We can all be victims!” david.weigel@washpost.com

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Top 10 films “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” continued to dominate over the four-day weekend. The number of weeks open for each release is in parentheses. WEEKEND TOTAL in millions of dollars

1. 2. 3. 4.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2) Sing (1) Passengers (1) Why Him? (1)

96.1 56.1 23.1 16.7

318.1 76.7 30.4 16.7

WEEKEND TOTAL in millions of dollars

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Assassin’s Creed (1) Fences (2) Moana (5) La La Land (3) Office Christmas Party (3) Collateral Beauty (2)

15.0 11.4 10.5 9.7 7.3 7.1

Source: www.boxofficemojo.com

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Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: 10:15-4:15-10:15 Moana (PG) CC: 10:15-1:054:10-7:10 Passengers (PG-13) CC: 9:503:30-9:30 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG-13) CC: 10:40AM Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC: 9:30-10:30-1:00-4:308:00-11:10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 9:0012:30-4:00-7:30-11:00 La La Land (PG-13) CC: 10:501:50-4:50-7:50-10:50 Why Him? (R) CC: 10:00-12:503:50-6:50-9:50 Sing (PG) CC: 10:20-11:20-12:101:00-2:00-3:00-3:40-4:40-5:40-6:207:20-9:10-10:10 Albert Einstein Planetarium - Manchester by the Sea (R) 10:00 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) CC: (!) 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22.5 11.6 183.5 17.6 44.3 18.1

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Collateral Beauty (PG-13) CC: 10:50-1:30-4:10-7:20-9:50 Office Christmas Party (R) CC: 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:45-10:15 11:15-1:45-4:30-7:15-9:45 Sing 3D (PG) CC: 10:00-12:45-3:30- Fences (PG-13) CC: 10:00-12:453:45-6:45-9:45 6:30-9:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Landmark Bethesda Row Cinema (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:00-2:00-3:007235 Woodmont Avenue 5:00-8:00-9:00 Lion (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:30-1:40Office Christmas Party (R) CC: 4:30-7:30-10:05 11:45-2:30 Eagle Huntress (G) CC: (!) Fences (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:15-1:15- The 1:50-6:45-10:05 4:15-7:15-10:20 La La Land (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:05Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) CC: 10:10-11:00-1:10-2:00-3:50-4:10(!) 2:00-7:30-10:15 4:50-6:50-8:00-9:20-9:40 Passengers 3D (PG-13) CC: 1:15- Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: 7:15-10:10 (!) 10:15-12:50-1:20-4:15-6:30Passengers (PG-13) 5:15 7:10-9:00 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: Fences (PG-13) CC: 10:00-10:5011:15-4:45-8:15 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:35 ArcLight Bethesda Jackie (R) CC: (!) 10:40-1:30-4:207101 Democracy Boulevard 4:40-7:25-10:00 La La Land (PG-13) 10:30-1:30Old Greenbelt Theatre 4:30-7:30-10:30 129 Centerway Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 9:45Manchester by the Sea (R) 12:15-5:40-8:10-9:15-12:05 5:15-8:00 Moana (PG) 9:00-11:25-1:55-4:35Paragon Kentlands Stadium 10 7:10-10:25 629 Center Point Way Passengers (PG-13) 9:35-11:30Manchester by the Sea (R) (!) 1:101:10-2:05-4:40-7:20-8:45-9:554:05-7:00-9:55 11:20 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 4:50 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Find Them (PG-13) 12:05-5:25 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- (PG-13) (!) 2:00 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 13) 10:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 11:30AM Assassin's Creed (PG-13) (!) 2:00(PG-13) 1:00 4:30-7:00-9:30 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Moana (PG) 11:45-2:15-4:45 (PG-13) 11:00-12:00-2:00-5:00Fantastic Beasts and Where to 8:00-9:00-11:00-12:00 Find Them (PG-13) 7:15-10:05 La La Land (PG-13) 9:20-11:40Passengers (PG-13) (!) 12:05-2:352:30-5:30-8:30-11:30 Why Him? (R) 10:15-12:10-3:15- 5:05-7:35 Why Him? (R) (!) 12:30-2:55-5:205:45-8:15-10:45-11:45 Sing (PG) 9:15-10:40-11:45-2:15- 7:45-10:10 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) (!) 12:403:45-4:45-6:15-7:15-9:45 Manchester by the Sea (R) 10:55- 2:55-5:10-7:25-9:40 Sing (PG) (!) 11:50-2:15-7:30-9:55 1:50-4:50-7:45-9:40 Fences (PG-13) (!) 1:10-4:05Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 9:107:00-9:55 11:05-2:40-4:55-7:05-10:50 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Miss Sloane (R) 2:45 (PG-13) (!) 11:10-11:50-2:40-4:40Sing 3D (PG) 1:15-8:40 5:30-7:15-8:20-10:05 Loving (PG-13) 9:30-11:55 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:05 (PG-13) 3:00-6:00 Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6 Office Christmas Party (R) 10:40 3899 Branch Avenue Nocturnal Animals (R) 9:05-5:15- Passengers (PG-13) 2:30-5:0510:55 7:50-10:20 Arrival (PG-13) 9:25-2:35-7:50 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Moonlight (R) 2:50-8:20 (PG-13) 12:05-3:05-6:40 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) Why Him? (R) 11:00-1:40-4:053:40-11:05 6:45-9:25 Passengers 3D (PG-13) 12:40-6:10 Sing (PG) 12:00-2:40-5:15-7:45 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 11:30Bow Tie Annapolis Mall 11 1:35-3:40-6:00-8:20-10:25 1020 Westfield Annapolis Mall Sing 3D (PG) 10:30 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 2:30Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 5:30-11:00 Moana (PG) 9:30-12:20-3:40-6:40 (PG-13) 9:40 Fences (PG-13) 12:30-3:30-6:30Passengers (PG-13) 9:50-1:009:30 4:40-7:40-10:40 Passengers 3D (PG-13) 11:35AM Fantastic Beasts and Where to Regal Bowie Stadium 14 Find Them (PG-13) 9:40-12:503:50-6:50-10:00 15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard Doctor Strange (PG-13) 9:40 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- 1:25-7:20 13) 9:20-10:20-12:40-1:40-4:00Moana (PG) 12:40-3:25-6:30-9:15 5:00-7:20-8:20-10:20-11:20 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 1:30-7:25 Sing (PG) 10:00-11:00-1:20-4:20- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 5:20-7:00-8:00-9:50 (PG-13) (!) 12:30-1:00-3:45-4:15Sing 3D (PG) 2:20-10:50 7:15-7:45-10:30-11:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Almost Christmas (PG-13) CC: (PG-13) 11:20-2:40-6:00-9:20 12:55-3:50-7:05-9:55 Office Christmas Party (R) 10:30- Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 12:101:30-4:30-7:30-10:30 2:45-5:15-7:50-10:45 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) Why Him? (R) CC: 10:40-1:40-4:3511:30-8:30 7:40-10:40 Passengers 3D (PG-13) 10:50-2:00- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 5:40-8:40-11:15 (PG-13) (!) 11:30-2:50-6:00-9:10 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:30-1:20-4:10Bow Tie Harbour 9 7:00-9:50 2474 Solomons Island Road Christmas Party (R) 11:45La La Land (PG-13) 10:30-11:30- Office 2:35-10:30 1:30-2:30-4:30-5:30-7:30-9:00Fences (PG-13) 12:00-1:00-3:1010:30 4:10-7:10-7:50-10:20-10:55 Lion (PG-13) 10:50-1:40-4:20Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 7:10-10:10 10:30-4:20-10:10 Why Him? (R) 11:10-1:50-4:40Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:307:40-10:20 4:30-10:15 Manchester by the Sea (R) 9:20- Sing 3D (PG) (!) 11:00-1:50-4:4012:20-3:20-6:30-9:40 7:30-10:20 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 9:50Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor 12:10-2:40-5:10-8:00-10:40 Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00 Fences (PG-13) 9:40-12:40-3:50Regal Cinemas 6:50-10:00 Jackie (R) 10:00-11:20-12:30-2:00- Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX 900 Ellsworth Drive 3:10-4:40-5:50-7:20-8:20-9:50 Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:201:15-4:10-7:20-10:30 7000 Arundel Mills Circle Moana (PG) 10:40-1:25-4:20-7:05 Moana (PG) 10:00-12:55-4:00Fantastic Beasts and Where to 7:00-9:55 Find Them (PG-13) 10:05 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:10-1:10Find Them (PG-13) 12:10-6:35 4:05-7:25-10:25 Doctor Strange (PG-13) 3:25-10:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) (!) 10:00-1:20-3:10-4:25(PG-13) XD: 4:00-7:20 7:35-9:50-10:50 Almost Christmas (PG-13) 10:40- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An 1:55-4:50-7:40-10:25 IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) Why Him? (R) 10:50-1:50-4:5512:00-3:40-7:00-10:20 7:50-10:50 La La Land (PG-13) 10:15-11:40Hidden Figures (PG) 11:15-12:45- 1:30-3:15-4:40-6:20-7:40-9:302:30-4:05-5:40-7:15-8:50-10:30 11:05 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 12:05-3:50Manchester by the Sea (R) 9:307:25-10:45 12:40-3:50-7:15-10:35 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 10:30- Why Him? (R) CC: 11:10-2:15-5:101:40-4:25-7:10-9:50 7:55-10:45 Office Christmas Party (R) 11:40- Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:50-1:35-4:452:35-5:20-8:05-10:55 7:30-10:20 Dhruva (NR) 11:00AM Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 11:15Fences (PG-13) 12:15-3:35-6:55- 1:50-4:35-7:10-9:45 10:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Vangaveeti (NR) 2:40-9:40 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:30-11:00-11:30Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor 1:40-2:40-4:55-6:00-6:30-8:00Mysterio (NR) 7:00 9:10-11:10 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:00- Office Christmas Party (R) 12:151:05-4:10-7:05-10:05 2:50-5:30-8:10-10:55 Sing (PG) 10:45-11:45-1:45-2:55- Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 4:45-5:45-6:50-7:45-8:45-10:45 9:40-12:45-3:35-6:50-10:00 Sing 3D (PG) 9:55-12:50-3:45-9:45 Fences (PG-13) 9:55-1:05-4:30Passengers (PG-13) 10:20-1:15- 7:50-11:00 4:20-7:30-10:35 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 9:35Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 12:25-3:25-6:45-9:55 (PG-13) 9:55-1:10-4:30-7:55 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 9:50-12:50-3:30Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 6:35-9:40 (PG-13) XD: 12:45-10:45 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 11:25-3:05Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- 6:55-10:30 13) 9:55-10:55-11:20-1:10-2:10Regal Germantown Stadium 14 2:45-4:30-5:35-6:10-7:55-9:00-9:35 20000 Century Boulevard Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:3011:30-2:25-5:20-8:15 4:20-7:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Moana (PG) 10:10-1:10-4:10-7:05 (PG-13) 11:55-3:20-6:45-10:10 Passengers 3D (PG-13) 11:35-2:50- Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:0012:50-2:00-3:40-6:30-8:00-9:30 6:00-9:10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG-13) 2:10 (PG-13) 10:15-11:55-1:35-3:20Doctor Strange (PG-13) 10:05 5:00-6:45-8:25-10:10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PGHoyt's West Nursery Cinema 14 13) (!) 10:00-1:05-4:15-7:30-10:45 1591 West Nursery Road Why Him? (R) CC: 11:40-2:30-5:20Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: 8:10-10:55 10:30-11:30-1:10-2:10-3:50-4:50- Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:15-1:15-4:006:40-7:40-9:20-10:20 7:00-9:50 Moana (PG) CC: 10:45-1:10Manchester by the Sea (R) 12:00 3:35-6:05 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 11:20Passengers (PG-13) CC: 10:205:15-7:45-10:25 1:10-4:20-7:10-9:50 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) (!) 11:15-12:15-2:45-3:30(PG-13) CC: 10:00-11:00-12:006:00-6:45-9:15-10:00 1:00-2:00-3:00-4:00-5:00-6:05-7:00- Office Christmas Party (R) 8:00-9:05-10:00 3:25-9:50 Almost Christmas (PG-13) CC: Fences (PG-13) 12:30-3:45-7:108:15-10:35 10:20 Why Him? (R) CC: 11:05-1:40-4:40- Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 7:35-10:10 1:25-10:10 Sing (PG) CC: 10:10-11:10-12:45- Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 11:001:45-3:35-4:35-6:30-7:20-9:05-9:55 5:00-11:00 Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 12:45-4:0510:00-1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 7:20-10:30

UA Snowden Square Stadium 14 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 11:25-2:10-4:509161 Commerce Center Drive 7:50-10:35 Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:40Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00 1:50-8:00 Regal Hyattsville Royale Stadium 14 Moana (PG) 9:25-12:15-3:00-6:00 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:106505 America Blvd. 1:10-7:20 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 9:05Fantastic Beasts and Where to 12:00-3:10-6:55-9:55 Moana (PG) 9:20-12:35-4:30-8:00 Find Them (PG-13) 9:40AM One: A Star Wars Story (PGPassengers (PG-13) (!) 12:45-7:00 Rogue 13) (!) 9:30-12:30-3:40-7:00-10:10 Doctor Strange (PG-13) 10:50 La La Land (PG-13) 9:20-12:20Fantastic Beasts and Where to 3:30-6:50-10:00 Find Them (PG-13) 9:05AM Lion (PG-13) 10:20-1:40-4:50Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- 7:50-10:45 13) (!) 9:00-12:05-3:10-6:40-9:45 Why Him? (R) CC: 11:40-2:10-5:15Almost Christmas (PG-13) CC: 8:10-10:50 10:25-1:15-4:25-7:45-10:30 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:30-1:30-7:10 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:20-12:55-3:55- Manchester by the Sea (R) 9:00 7:20-10:00 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 12:40Why Him? (R) CC: 10:05-1:10-4:00- 3:50-9:40 7:25-10:10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 12:10- (PG-13) (!) 10:00-11:50-1:00-3:102:40-5:10-8:05-10:40 4:10-6:20-7:30-9:30-10:40 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Fences (PG-13) 12:10-3:20-6:30(PG-13) (!) 9:30-10:00-12:35-1:05- 10:15 3:40-4:10-7:10-7:40-10:15-10:45 Jackie (R) 9:30-12:00-2:30-5:00Ofﬁce Christmas Party (R) 9:10- 7:40-10:20 12:15-2:50-5:25-8:10-10:55 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Fences (PG-13) 9:15-12:25-3:45- 4:40-10:50 7:15-10:25 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 4:30-10:30 11:00-1:55-4:45-7:35-10:25 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 10:50-2:30Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 9:306:10-9:40 3:35-9:50 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 4:20-9:50 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 9:30-12:20-3:00- Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor 5:40-8:20-11:00 Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00

Doctor Strange (PG-13) CC: 9:20AM Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG13) CC: 10:30-11:30-2:00-5:30-9:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) 9:0012:30-4:00-7:30-11:00 La La Land (PG-13) CC: 9:3012:45-4:00-7:00-10:00 Lion (PG-13) CC: 10:15-1:15-4:006:45-9:30 Why Him? (R) CC: 10:40-1:40-4:407:40-10:40 Sing (PG) CC: 10:00-12:45-3:306:15-9:00 Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: 9:45 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) CC: 10:45-1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00 Sing 3D (PG) CC: 11:00-1:45-4:307:15-10:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D (PG-13) CC: 9:30-1:00-3:00-4:308:00-10:00 Ofﬁce Christmas Party (R) CC: 9:00-6:00 Arrival (PG-13) CC: 12:00 Fences (PG-13) CC: 10:20-1:304:40-7:45-10:50 Jackie (R) CC: 9:00-11:25-1:504:15-6:45-9:15 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) CC: 9:00-5:00-10:30 Passengers 3D (PG-13) CC: 9:1512:00-2:45-5:30-8:15-11:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) 7:00

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Bow Tie Reston Town Center 11 & BTX Sing (PG) CC: (!) 12:15-3:00-8:35 11940 Market Street Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 9:05-

Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 2:155:00-10:45 Moana (PG) 10:00-12:45 Passengers (PG-13) 1:00-4:1510:15 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (PG-13) 1:00-4:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG13) 10:00-12:30-3:30-6:30-9:30 La La Land (PG-13) 10:15-1:304:30-7:30-10:30 Why Him? (R) 12:00-2:45-5:308:15-11:00 Sing (PG) 10:30-1:15-4:00-7:00 Manchester by the Sea (R) 3:306:45-10:00 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 10:157:00-9:30 Sing 3D (PG) 9:45 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D (PG-13) 2:00-5:00-11:00 Fences (PG-13) 12:15-3:30-6:4510:00 Jackie (R) 11:15-2:00-4:45-7:159:45 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) 11:30-7:45 Passengers 3D (PG-13) 10:15-7:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) 11:00-8:00

11:25-1:55-4:30-7:00-9:40 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D (PG-13) (!) 9:00-11:00-12:05-2:053:10-5:10-6:15-8:15-9:20-11:20 Jackie (R) 9:30-12:20-2:50-5:207:50-10:20 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 1:25-4:10-10:10 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 9:0011:45-2:30-5:15-8:00-10:50 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 10:25-1:4510:00 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 9:15-5:45-11:25 Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00

Fences (PG-13) 11:10-2:50-6:4510:20 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:35-4:35-10:25 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:104:00-9:40 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:30-1:45-4:508:00-11:00 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 11:25-2:456:10-9:45 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 10:45-1:30-4:207:45-10:45 Regal Manassas Stadium 14 & IMAX 11380 Bulloch Drive

Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:20-7:20 Moana (PG) 10:40-1:30-4:10-6:50 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) Passengers (PG-13) (!) 11:10-1:5010:40-7:20 4:40-7:40-10:30 Moana (PG) 10:35-1:15-4:05Fantastic Beasts and Where to 7:25-10:05 Find Them (PG-13) 12:10-6:20 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 1:55-7:45 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PGFantastic Beasts and Where to 13) (!) 10:00-1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Find Them (PG-13) 12:50-3:50Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An 6:55-9:50 IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- 11:00-2:00-5:00-8:00-11:00 13) (!) 12:00-3:15-6:30-9:45 Why Him? (R) CC: 11:40-2:20-5:10Lion (PG-13) 10:25-1:30-4:307:50-10:40 7:35-10:35 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 11:30-2:10-4:50Hacksaw Ridge (R) CC: 10:557:30-10:10 2:00-5:00-8:00-11:00 Cinema Arts Theatre Manchester by the Sea (R) Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:30-1:20-4:10- 3:10-9:20 9650 Main St Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- 6:50-9:50 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 11:5013) CC: 10:20-1:30-4:30-7:30-10:10 Why Him? (R) CC: 11:35-2:15-4:55- 2:40-5:40-8:10-10:50 7:35-10:15 La La Land (PG-13) CC: 10:00Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Regal Laurel Towne Centre 12 Xscape Theatres Brandywine 14 Manchester by the Sea (R) 10:30- (PG-13) (!) 12:00-3:00-6:00-9:00 1:00-4:00-7:00-9:40 AMC Shirlington 7 14716 Baltimore Avenue 7710 Matapeake Business Drive Lion (PG-13) CC: 9:40-12:00-2:30- 1:40-4:50-7:55-11:00 Office Christmas Party (R) 9:40 2772 South Randolph St. Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:15- Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: (!) Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 12:40- Fences (PG-13) 12:20-3:30-7:105:00-7:40-10:05 Passengers (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:15- Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: 3:20-5:45-8:05-10:40 5:10-9:50 10:30-1:20-4:20-7:30-10:20 10:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Moana (PG) 10:45-1:30-4:15-7:10 Passengers (PG-13) CC: (!) 9:50- 4:00-7:00-9:45 10:15-1:15-4:15-7:10-9:50 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) (!) 12:30-1:00-3:45-4:15- 1:20-4:20-10:20 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 1:25-8:20 12:50-4:00-7:40-10:40 Loving (PG-13) CC: (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:00 7:00-7:30-10:15-10:45 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Nocturnal Animals (R) CC: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:10Fences (PG-13) 10:25-1:35-4:45- 12:50-3:40-6:40-9:30 La La Land (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:00- Arrival (PG-13) CC: Find Them (PG-13) 10:30 (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:50-1:50-4:507:50-10:55 1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Moonlight (R) CC: 4:45-9:55 7:50-10:50 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 11:20-2:50Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Lion (PG-13) CC: 10:00-12:45-3:30- Jackie (R) CC: 9:55-12:15-2:25(PG-13) (!) 10:00-11:30-1:15-3:00- Almost Christmas (PG-13) CC: 6:10-9:45 1:25-4:20-10:10 6:15-9:00 5:00-6:45-8:30-10:10 4:50-7:20-9:30 10:05-12:40-3:20-7:20-10:05 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 10:30-1:10-3:50Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 11:05- 6:30-9:10 Why Him? (R) CC: 11:15-2:10-5:00- Why Him? (R) CC: (!) 9:55-12:20- Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:45-4:30-10:00 Harry & Snowman (NR) 8:00-10:50 Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: A Man Called Ove (En Man Som 4:45-10:50 2:45-5:30-8:00-10:30 Regal Potomac Yard Stadium 16 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 10:50-11:40Sing (PG) CC: (!) 12:30-3:309:30AM Heter Ove) (PG-13) Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:20-1:003575 Potomac Avenue 6:30-9:30 Sing 3D (PG) CC: (!) 1:45-7:15 Things to Come (L'Avenir) (PG-13) 2:25-3:25-6:10-7:10-9:30-10:30 3:50-7:00 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 11:00-1:50-4:40- Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:50Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 12:35- Collateral Beauty (PG-13) CC: (!) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 9:45-12:05-2:20-7:50 2:00-4:55-7:50-10:40 7:50-10:30 3:10-6:25-9:45 3D (PG-13) CC: (!) 9:45-4:15-7:309:40-12:10-1:10-3:40-8:10-10:45 Cobb Village 12 Leesburg Moana (PG) 10:40-1:30-4:25Kahaani 2 (NR) 3:30-9:55 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 10:45 1600 Village Market Boulevard 7:15-10:05 Dear Zindagi (NR) (!) 12:10-6:40 (PG-13) (!) 12:10-3:55-7:15-10:40 (PG-13) CC: (!) 9:50 Jackie (R) CC: 12:40-3:20-5:45Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 2:30Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:30-1:35Dhruva (NR) (!) 10:45-2:40-6:25Office Christmas Party (R) 11:10- Office Christmas Party (R) CC: (!) 8:15-10:40 5:10-7:50 4:30-7:40-10:30 10:20 1:45-4:25-7:00 Fences (PG-13) CC: 9:30-12:453:10-5:40-8:30-11:00 Moana (PG) 11:45-2:20-4:55-7:25 Vangaveeti (NR) (!) 3:00-9:05 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fences (PG-13) 12:00-3:20-7:00- Fences (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:40-11:50- 4:00-7:15-10:30 Passengers (PG-13) 2:10-4:50-7:30 Pittagoda (NR) (!) 12:05-6:20 Find Them (PG-13) 11:25AM 10:20 2:00-3:00-5:20-6:50-9:00-10:00 Passengers 3D (PG-13) CC: (!) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Moana (PG) CC: 10:00-11:30-2:30- 11:00AM Regal Dulles Town Center 10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Find Them (PG-13) 11:15-2:15 (PG-13) (!) 10:30-11:50-1:40-3:1512:45-6:55 5:00-6:20-9:20 21100 Dulles Town Circle AMC Tysons Corner 16 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 4:50-6:15-7:55-9:40-11:00 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG7850e Tysons Corner Center (PG-13) (!) 12:30-3:45-7:00-10:00 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) Why Him? (R) CC: 11:20-2:20-5:103:45-10:00 13) CC: (!) 9:30-10:10-12:30-1:104:30-10:30 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: (!) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 8:00-10:50 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 11:00-1:50-4:45- 3:30-4:10-6:30-7:10-9:30-10:10 (PG-13) 11:30-1:30-2:45-4:45-5:45- Moana (PG) 11:00-2:00-5:00 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:00-10:30-1:157:45-10:45 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 11:00-1:40-4:30- 11:00-1:45-7:35 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:304:10-7:00-9:50 Moana (PG) CC: 10:35-1:20-4:10- 7:45-8:45-10:45 1:30-7:30 Regal Rockville Center Stadium 13 6:10-9:10 La La Land (PG-13) 12:15-3:157:05-12:40 Manchester by the Sea (R) 12:15Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 199 East Montgomery Avenue iPic Pike & Rose 3:25-10:00 Passengers (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:25- 7:05-10:10 (PG-13) (!) 10:00-12:15-1:00-3:15- Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 10:0011830 Grand Park Avenue Why Him? (R) 11:35-2:40-5:20Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:052:10-5:15-8:05-10:50 4:00-6:15-7:00-9:15-10:00 8:00-10:20 1:25-7:55 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) (!) 12:30- Fantastic Beasts and Where to 2:30-5:00-7:45-10:25 La La Land (PG-13) 9:50-12:45Moana (PG) 10:20-1:00-4:10-7:40 4:00-7:45-11:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Find Them (PG-13) CC: 10:55-4:50 Sing (PG) 1:50-4:30-7:15 3:45-6:45-9:45 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 5:30Passengers (PG-13) (!) 12:15-3:45- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:40(PG-13) (!) 10:00-12:20-1:00-3:45Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:15-1:15-4:157:55-10:25 7:15-10:45 1:30-7:35 4:15-6:45-7:25-10:15-10:35 (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:30-1:40-4:457:15-9:00 Sing 3D (PG) 11:15-9:50 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Fantastic Beasts and Where to Office Christmas Party (R) 12:107:50-11:00 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 9:55(PG-13) 10:30-11:00-2:30-3:00Find Them (PG-13) 11:15AM 2:50-5:30-8:05-10:45 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 12:30-3:30-6:30-10:10 (PG-13) (!) 12:30-3:45-7:00-10:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- 6:30-7:00-10:30-11:00 Fences (PG-13) 12:35-3:40-6:50IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) Office Christmas Party (R) 11:20- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 9:55 13) (!) 9:45-12:45-4:45-7:10-10:10 La La Land (PG-13) 10:45-2:159:45-12:50-4:00-7:00-10:05-1:05 (PG-13) (!) 10:45-11:30-1:45-2:302:00-4:40-7:20-10:05 Why Him? (R) CC: 11:10-2:00-5:00- 6:15-10:00 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) La La Land (PG-13) CC: (!) 9:004:45-5:30-7:45-8:30-10:45 Sing (PG) (!) 11:30-2:45-6:00-9:15 10:25-12:00-1:35-3:05-4:40-6:10- Arrival (PG-13) 9:55 7:45-10:25 10:20-1:25-4:20-7:20-10:10 Fences (PG-13) 12:20-3:30-7:10- Office Christmas Party (R) Sing (PG) CC: (!) 9:30-11:30-12:40- Office Christmas Party (R) 10:15- 7:40-9:15-10:45 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:008:15-10:50 1:15-4:30-7:45-11:15 2:00-3:30-4:30-7:00-9:45-10:30 12:50-4:00-7:10-10:00 Why Him? (R) CC: (!) 9:00-11:40- 10:15 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) Manchester by the Sea (R) 9:30- Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 11:45- 2:20-5:00-7:40-9:55-10:55 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 11:00-1:50-4:4011:15-2:15-8:00 3:15-6:45-10:15 12:50-4:00-10:30 7:30-10:20 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:50-1:30-4:05- 11:50-10:30 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) Passengers 3D (PG-13) 12:00Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 2:30Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor 6:50-9:40-12:20 5:15-11:00 10:40 5:00-7:35-10:05 Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) CC: (!) Regal Fairfax Towne Center 10 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Manassas 4 Cinemas 9:15-11:35-2:05-4:30-7:15-9:50AMC Courthouse Plaza 8 Regal Springfield Town Center 12 4110 West Ox Road (PG-13) (!) 10:55-11:40-1:55-2:408890 Mathis Ave. 12:10 2150 Clarendon Blvd. 6500 Springfield Town Center 3:45-4:15-7:55-8:40-10:55 Passengers (PG-13) 11:30-1:50- Assassin's Creed (PG-13) Sing 3D (PG) CC: (!) 9:25-12:20Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 11:00-7:45 Office Christmas Party (R) 10:35 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: (!) 2:55-5:40-8:20-11:05 4:10-6:30-8:50 1:30-7:30 Moana (PG) 10:10-11:10-1:10-2:00Fences (PG-13) 12:30-3:50-7:15- 9:45-3:00-8:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 11:30- 3:55-4:45-7:40-10:25 Moana (PG) CC: 1:15-4:15-7:00 Moana (PG) 9:50-10:20-1:1010:40 1:50-4:10-6:30-8:50 (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:15-2:25-5:304:10-7:05 Doctor Strange (PG-13) 10:15Jackie (R) 11:20-2:00-4:50-7:30- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 8:35-11:40 CC: 10:05Find Them (PG-13) Passengers (PG-13) (!) 2:00 1:00-4:00-10:10 10:00 (PG-13) 12:30-3:10-5:50-8:30 Office Christmas Party (R) CC: 4:00-10:15 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Lion (PG-13) 10:05-12:55-3:45Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Sing (PG) 11:30-1:45-4:00-6:152:00-8:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Find Them (PG-13) 9:50 6:55-9:45 4:55-11:00 8:30 Arrival (PG-13) CC: 10:40 (PG-13) CC: (!) 12:00-6:00 Why Him? (R) CC: 10:20-1:15-4:20- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PGPassengers 3D (PG-13) (!) Why Him? (R) CC: (!) 10:00-12:45- Fences (PG-13) CC: (!) 9:30-1:00Rave Cinemas Centreville 12 7:20-10:15 13) (!) 12:40-1:50-3:50-7:00-8:10 5:40-10:20 4:15-7:20-10:35 3:30-6:15-8:50-11:30 6201 Multiplex Drive Sing (PG) CC: (!) 11:05-1:50-4:40- La La Land (PG-13) 11:50-3:00Sing 3D (PG) (!) 10:00-7:00 Creed 3D (PG-13) CC: Sing 3D (PG) 10:10-1:00-3:50-6:25 7:30-10:20 6:10-9:10 Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Sing (PG) CC: (!) 12:30-5:40-11:00 Assassin's (!) 4:35-10:20-1:00 Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: Moana (PG) 10:35-1:20-4:00Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 11:15- Why Him? (R) CC: 10:50-1:40-4:35Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00 Passengers 3D (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:00-7:15 7:20-10:05 6:50-9:25 1:45-4:30-7:10-9:55 Regal Waugh Chapel 9:35-12:35-3:35-6:25-9:10-12:15 Sing 3D (PG) CC: (!) 10:00-3:15Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:15-1:00-3:40Fantastic Beasts and Where to Office Christmas Party (R) 7:00 Stadium 12 & IMAX 8:30 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 6:20-9:00 Find Them (PG-13) 10:45-2:05-7:40 Nocturnal Animals (R) CC: 9:55 1419 South Main Chapel Way Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D (PG-13) (!) 9:05-12:05-3:10-6:15- Why Him? (R) 11:50-2:30-5:15Fences (PG-13) 12:00-3:20-6:50- Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 1:25Assassin's Creed (PG-13) (PG-13) CC: (!) 9:00-10:30-1:309:30-12:30 4:00-6:40-9:20 7:55-10:35 10:00 10:40-7:50 3:00-4:30-7:30-9:00-10:30 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 12:20- Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) AMC Worldgate 9 Moana (PG) 9:35-12:40-4:00-7:05 Office Christmas Party (R) CC: (!) 9:30-10:10-10:35-1:20(PG-13) 2:45-5:25-8:00-10:50 1:55-4:50-10:40 13025 Worldgate Drive Passengers (PG-13) (!) 1:10-7:20 10:45-9:45 Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 12:00-3:45Sing 3D (PG) (!) 10:35-1:20-4:10- 4:30-5:00-7:40-10:10-10:45 Fences (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:10-1:15- Assassin's Creed (PG-13) (!) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Office Christmas Party (R) 11:107:00-10:15 7:00-9:50 11:00-4:45 4:20-7:45-10:50 Find Them (PG-13) 10:20AM Office Christmas Party (R) Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor 2:10-4:55-7:50-10:40 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG- Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) CC: Moana (PG) 1:40-4:20-7:00 Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 5:05-10:40 Mysterio (NR) (!) 7:00 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 1:45-5:30- Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 12:30-5:50-11:15 13) (!) 9:45-1:00-4:15-7:30-10:45 10:30-4:20-10:20 Regal Fox Stadium 16 & IMAX 7:30-10:15 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 11:004:35-10:05 AMC Hoffman Center 22 22875 Brambleton Plaza Fantastic Beasts and Where to IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) 4:50-8:00-10:50 Fences (PG-13) 10:00-1:05-4:10206 Swamp Fox Rd. Find Them (PG-13) 10:30AM Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 9:059:15-12:30-3:45-7:00-10:15 7:15-10:20 Fences (PG-13) 12:00-3:30-7:10Trolls (PG) CC: 9:15AM Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Lion (PG-13) 9:50-12:45-3:4010:30 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 10:30- 2:40-5:30-8:15-11:00 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) CC: (!) (PG-13) 10:00-4:00-10:00 Moana (PG) 9:15-10:30-1:206:40-9:40 1:25-7:20 Regal Virginia Gateway 10:30-4:15 4:10-7:05 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 9:20-9:55-12:50- Moana (PG) CC: (!) 12:45-3:45-7:00 Why Him? (R) (!) 11:45-2:30-5:15- Vangaveeti (NR) 9:00 Stadium 14 & RPX Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:40-1:308:00-10:45 7:10 Sing (PG) 11:10-1:45-4:20-7:108001 Gateway Promenade Place Passengers (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:30- Sing (PG) 10:00-1:45-6:45 4:25-7:15 Why Him? (R) CC: 10:30-1:20-4:35- 1:15-4:05-7:00-10:00 9:45 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) 11:30Collateral Beauty (PG-13) (!) 12:35- Passengers 3D (PG-13) 4:45-10:30 Fantastic Beasts and Where to 7:40-10:30 Fantastic Beasts and Where 2:20-8:10 3:00-8:15-10:45 Manchester by the Sea (R) 9:50 Passengers (PG-13) 10:20-1:55- Find Them (PG-13) 9:20-12:20to Find Them (PG-13) CC: (!) Moana (PG) 10:40-1:40-4:20-7:00 3:20-6:20-9:20 Sing 3D (PG) 11:15-4:15-9:15 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 1:407:45 9:30-10:15 Passengers (PG-13) (!) 10:10-1:00Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG4:25-7:25-10:05 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) (!) 9:45-11:15-12:00-1:00- 4:50-7:40-10:20 (PG-13) (!) 11:00-1:00-2:00-5:00- 13) 10:00-1:10-4:25-7:30-11:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (PG-13) CC: (!) 11:30-2:30-6:002:30-3:15-4:15-5:45-6:30-7:30Fantastic Beasts and Where to 7:00-8:00-11:00 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:15-1:30-4:45Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 9:00-10:45 9:00-10:00 Find Them (PG-13) 9:40 8:00-11:15 (PG-13) 12:25-3:25-6:30-10:00 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An Office Christmas Party (R) 9:45 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story An Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Fences (PG-13) (!) 10:15-1:20-4:30Office Christmas Party (R) 11:10- IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) Rave Cinemas IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) (!) (PG-13) (!) 9:00-11:00-2:00-5:007:40-10:45 2:10-5:00-8:10-10:50 Fairfax Corner 14 + Xtreme 9:00-12:30-4:00-7:30-11:00 9:15-12:30-3:45-7:00-10:15 8:00-11:00 Fences (PG-13) 12:00-3:20-6:50- La La Land (PG-13) CC: (!) 10:45- Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) 11900 Palace Way La La Land (PG-13) 9:40-12:40La La Land (PG-13) 10:50-1:501:30-7:15-10:00 10:10 2:00-5:00-8:00-11:05 Passengers (PG-13) XD: 12:353:50-6:50-10:00 4:40-7:50-10:40 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) Assassin's Creed 3D (PG-13) (!) Lion (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:45-4:303:25-10:00 Hacksaw Ridge (R) CC: 9:55 Why Him? (R) CC: 10:20-1:20-4:0010:45-4:15 1:50-4:55-11:00 7:15-10:00 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Sing (PG) CC: (!) 9:00-10:15-11:45- 6:50-10:00 Passengers 3D (PG-13) (!) 10:05- Why Him? (R) CC: (!) 11:00-1:45Alamo Drafthouse Find Them (PG-13) 9:35-12:552:20-3:40-5:10-6:15-7:50-10:30 Sing (PG) CC: (!) 10:00-12:40-3:404:05-10:20 4:20-7:00-9:45 Cinema - One Loudoun 3:55-7:10-10:25 Why Him? (R) CC: 10:30-1:10-3:55- 7:20-9:50 Sing 3D (PG) (!) 3:55-9:55 Hidden Figures (PG) CC: (!) 20575 East Hampton Plaza Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 6:40-9:25 Manchester by the Sea (R) (PG-13) XD: 9:30-4:00-7:15 Regal Westview Stadium 16 & IMAX 9:00-10:00-11:00-12:00-1:00-2:00- Love Actually (R) 7:30 Manchester by the Sea (R) 10:00- 12:00-6:00 3:00-4:00-5:00-6:00-7:00-8:00-9:00- Happy Feet (PG) 10:30AM Why Him? (R) 11:15-2:00-4:455243 Buckeystown Pike 1:10-4:20-7:40-10:50 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 9:4010:00-11:00 Collateral Beauty (PG-13) 9:1012:50-3:20-6:10-9:00 Assassin's Creed (PG-13) Passengers (PG-13) 10:50-1:30- 7:35-10:45 Sing (PG) CC: 9:15-11:00-12:00Dangal (Hindi) (NR) 9:30 11:40-2:10-4:40-7:10-9:50 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2:20-8:10 1:55-5:05-10:50 2:00-3:00-6:00-8:30-11:05 Manchester by the Sea (R) 11:55- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3D 3D (PG-13) (!) 9:30-12:30-3:30Moana (PG) 9:05-9:50-12:40Fantastic Beasts and Where to Manchester by the Sea (R) CC: (!) 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THE WASHINGTON POST

GARRY TRUDEAU

RED AND ROVER

BRIDGE

PICKLES

. TUESDAY,

DECEMBER 27 , 2016

BRIAN CRANE

BRIAN BASSET

AGNES

TONY COCHRAN

TOM THAVES

WUMO

MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER

N-S VULNERABLE

NORTH 10 6 5 3 Q6 AK2 J542 EAST AJ98 J 10 8 4 83 10 8 6

WEST KQ72 K953 76 Q97

FRANK AND ERNEST

SOUTH (D) 4 A72 Q J 10 9 5 4 AK3

The bidding: SOUTH

WEST

NORTH

1 Pass 1 2 Pass 3 5 All Pass Opening lead — K

EAST

Pass Pass

CLASSIC PEANUTS very flower must go though some dirt before it blooms. In the process of becoming proficient at bridge, you’ll make mistakes. The idea is to learn from them. Today’s West leads the king of spades against five diamonds: three, nine from East, four. How should West continue? RHYMES WITH ORANGE West actually led a second spade. South ruffed, led a trump to dummy, ruffed a spade, led a trump to dummy and ruffed the last spade. He next led the A-K and a third club. When West won, he was end-played. He had to lead a heart, and South put up dummy’s queen and made his game. For West to lead a second LIO spade looked obvious, but “obvious” plays are suspect. If South has a second spade loser, he has no way to avoid it. West must defend passively by leading a trump at Trick Two, preserving a spade as a safe exit card. South lacks the entries to ruff out dummy’s spades and can’t pull off his end play. I’ve never played an error-free session. Everyone HAGAR THE HORRIBLE makes errors. Profit from them.

CHARLES SCHULZ

MIKE DU JOUR

MIKE LESTER

MARK TRAIL

JAMES ALLEN

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM

MIKE PETERS

HILARY PRICE

MARK TATULLI

CHRIS BROWNE

BALDO

HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS

DAILY QUESTION

You hold: 10 6 5 3 Q 6 AK2 J542 Your partner opens one heart, you respond one spade, he bids two diamonds and you try 2NT. Partner next bids three hearts. What do you say? ANSWER: Partner seems to have six hearts and four diamonds. If he had minimum values with that pattern, he would have rebid two hearts to limit his strength. Since you have three useful honors, raise happily to four hearts. Partner may hold 7, A K J 8 5 2, Q 10 7 6, A 3.

BLONDIE

DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL

SALLY FORTH

FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE

SUDOKU

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

CURTIS

BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY!

JIM TOOMEY

RAY BILLINGSLEY

TIM RICKARD

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27 , 2016

THE WASHINGTON POST

MUTTS

PATRICK McDONNELL

DILBERT

SCOTT ADAMS

FRAZZ

JEF MALLETT

GARFIELD

JIM DAVIS

ZITS

JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN

HOROSCOPE

JUDGE PARKER

WOODY WILSON & MIKE MANLEY

CANDORVILLE

DARRIN BELL

BIRTHDAY | DECEMBER 27 This year you grow in new ways. Your willingness to be more open and reflective allows greater flexibility. If you are single, you have a tendency to attract those who are attached or emotionally unavailable. As of fall 2017, someone who has the qualities you seek could enter your life. If you are attached, the two of you will be working on a common goal. Celebration and expansion become higher priorities in your lives. Sagittarius makes a great confidant for you. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19). Reach out to someone at a distance for advice, to catch up on news or simply to swap a holiday story or two. You tend to do the unexpected, which is a result of your spontaneous and adventurous spirit. Use caution with a relative at a distance. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20). One-on-one relating will result in some unexpected insights. You know which way to proceed. Your perspective grows the more you learn, which eventually could cause a complete reversal in your position or point of view.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20). Keep in mind what you expect from someone you care about. If this person senses your WEINGARTENS & CLARK dissatisfaction, he or she could close down. Opportunities are likely to emerge if you choose to make one of your creative ideas a reality.

BARNEY AND CLYDE

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22). Whatever you have to do, you are likely to take it seriously and complete it with ease. You might find that a loved one is changing right in front of your eyes. Determine how you want to respond, but try not to overthink this matter.

DUSTIN

STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER

PRICKLY CITY

SCOTT STANTIS

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

STAN LEE & LARRY LIEBER

LOOSE PARTS

DAVE BLAZEK

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22). A news event is likely to start a conversation. Your fertile imagination spins off to other ideas, especially one involving a partnership. Adjust your schedule if need be. If you feel lucky today, buy a lottery ticket, but avoid going to extremes. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22). You could be oblivious to what is going on around you. Ground yourself, listen more and be as responsive as possible. You will note a degree of upheaval around you. You have unusual solutions that are likely to work. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22). An onslaught of calls could have you feeling overwhelmed. Prioritize and decide not to be so responsive to the various forms of social media, at least for today. A serious conversation needs your time and attention.

NON SEQUITUR

WILEY

BABY BLUES

RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21). Your sense of what is going on around you provides you with new opportunities to change your direction, if you so choose. Spontaneity seems to be a recurrent theme in discussions. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21). You can handle an overly energetic individual in your immediate environment. However, others might resort to anger, as they do not get the honesty of this person the way you do.

BIG NATE

LINCOLN PEIRCE

BEETLE BAILEY

MORT, BRIAN & GREG WALKER

ON THE FASTRACK

BILL HOLBROOK

PEARLS BEFORE SWINE

STEPHAN PASTIS

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19). You might be looking at your motives more closely. Brainstorm with a friend who has your best interests in mind. Your priorities are changing, which could result in different objectives. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18). You are the sign of friendship, and you take it seriously. An older person might be more of a burden than a friend right now. You will want to consider pulling back some. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20). You could feel pressured to perform to your max, but know that it will only help you in the long run. You might be carrying too many responsibilities on your shoulders. Decide to have a discussion in the future to explore ways of feeling less burdened.

PREVIOUS SUDOKU SOLUTION

SPEED BUMP

DAVE COVERLY

DENNIS THE MENACE

H. KETCHAM

FAMILY CIRCUS

BIL KEANE

REPLY ALL LITE

DONNA A. LEWIS

PREVIOUS SCRABBLEGRAMS SOLUTION

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THE WASHINGTON POST

Listeners kept ‘Faith’ amid contention

DECEMBER 27 , 2016

In ‘Patience,’ the virtues of Michael’s songwriting

FAITH FROM C1

Some radio stations refused to play the track, and the BBC reportedly wouldn’t spin it until after 9 p.m. The head of a music watchdog group, the Parents Resource Music Center, fretted that “we’re getting several distressed calls a day on the song” and said the production company “should have placed a parental advisory warning on the record.” Even with less radio play, the song sold 1.5 million copies and fueled even more interest in Michael’s solo career. In October, “Faith” was released to reviews that ranged from positive to solidly mediocre. “The first solo album by George Michael . . . should go a long way toward dispelling the public perception of the 24-yearold alumnus of Wham! as just another pretty-boy pop star from England,” wrote the Chicago Tribune. The St. Petersburg Times declared it “a respectable though uneven solo effort brimming with blue-eyed soul appeal and a surprisingly mature outlook.” The album rocketed up the charts, eventually selling 15 million copies worldwide and 5 million in the United States, spawning multiple hit singles. The title track, “Faith,” became a pop culture staple, thanks to the infectious beat and inescapable music video. Michael’s first solo world tour in 1988 only reinforced his sex symbol status, or as one Australian newspaper dubbed it, his “sexon-legs” persona. “It wasn’t a show, it was an attempted seduction,” wrote the Los Angeles Times. “Michael combines the in-

. TUESDAY,

MICHAEL FROM C1

“Patience,” the teasing mood of “Shoot the Dog” clashed powerfully with the album’s title track, a ballad about feeling blinkered by the war machine. Fingertips barely touching the piano, Michael asks, “Is it my imagination, or did God already leave the table?”

“Patience” was a bigger hit in Europe than it was in the States, so if you weren’t listening then, please listen now. You’ll hear songs about ecstatic bonds (“Amazing”), perilous romances (“Cars and Trains”), dark family secrets (“My Mother Had a Brother), courageous dream chasers (“Flawless [Go to the City]”), deceased lovers (“Please Send Me

The album “Patience” seemed to give George Michael an opportunity to sort out some important truths about pop itself: that our pleasure is not frivolous, and that heavy ideas travel further when they’re floating on bright melodies.

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George Michael is joined by R&B icon Aretha Franklin during his “Faith” tour stop in Auburn Hills, Mich., in 1988. The tour reinforced Michael’s status as a pop music sex symbol.

stincts of a soul singer with the moves of a male go-go dancer. While wailing away on such sizzling dance tunes as ‘Monkey,’ ‘Faith’ and ‘I’m Your Man,’ he was bumping, grinding and strutting like one of those hunks on the runway at Chippendale’s.” The Miami Herald went with: “George Michael turned the Orange Bowl into a steaming, bubbling cauldron of horniness Saturday night.”

In his music videos, Michael portrayed heterosexual protagonists; his girlfriend, makeup artist Kathy Jeung, was featured in “I Want Your Sex.” A decade later, in 1998, he came out publicly as gay during an interview with CNN, though there had previously been rumors about his sexuality. In a January 1988 interview with Rolling Stone, Michael blamed the rumors on his celebri-

ty status — though he reiterated that people should simply be who they are no matter what, a concept he embraced as he went forward as a solo act. “I’ve never been concerned with who was doing what with who in bed, you know,” he said. “I’ve always thought that people ought to get on with what they’re doing in their own beds.” emily.yahr@washpost.com

That’s the kind of lyric that sends you scrambling back through an artist’s songbook, searching for everything you missed the first time around. (And about that: Has there ever been an opening line more deliciously flirty than, “Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body”?) Of course, this was entirely by design. “Because I did my little bit of campaigning against the war, I had a feeling that it might make people listen a little more intently than they did before,” Michael said in a 2004 interview with MTV.

Someone [Anselmo’s Song]”) and more. It’s dizzying, just like life, and the entire thing is held together by the intimacy of Michael’s vocal delivery — that warm, sandpapery pillow-talk that could soar without warning. Michael once said that “Patience” captured his most confident songwriting since his rookie days in Wham!, and across these songs, the man sounds more “absolutely serious about pop music” than he ever did. He also promised that it would be his last album. Nobody wanted to believe him — then or now. chris.richards@washpost.com

Many readers saw the ‘Good Bones’ poem as the perfect antidote to the woes of 2016 SMITH FROM C1

the days following the presidential election. Nov. 10 and 11 were

heavy with poetry on the Internet. Among the works most shared, according to the Academy of American Poets, were Maya

kidspost CROSSYNERGY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. “Make yourself scarce!” 6. Places with spinning classes 10. Direction on a door 14. Caribbean vacation spot 15. Use a scythe 16. Capri, for example 17. ___ dish (lab container) 18. Shakespearean manipulator 19. General Mills breakfast brand 20. “Tell me something I don’t know” 23. “___ That Jazz” 24. Dragon’s den 25. Cradle of early civilization 33. They may be crumbled over a sundae 34. Sharers’ pronoun 35. ___ number on (psych out) 36. Slimming surgery, briefly 37. Kids around 39. Piece of flatware 40. Cap material? 41. Dynamite 42. Green Monopoly piece 43. Coin that ordinarily features a caribou on its tails side 47. Agt. after tax evaders 48. Clickable address 49. It may be required to close an account 55. Subtle bit of help 56. Cherished 57. Sound like a frog 59. Member of a preColumbian empire 60. Hoped-for response to “You hurt?” 61. Be mad about 62. ___ Titans (DC Comics superhero group) 63. Too inquisitive 64. Like Sly and the Family Stone’s music

Angelou’s “Still I Rise,” W.H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939” — and “Good Bones.” It’s impossible to know how

KidsPost is taking a holiday break this week. We’ll be back next Monday with a calendar of odd holidays for 2017.

“MOON SHOTS”

many people have read the poem, though one estimate in August put the number at nearly a million. The poem has been interpreted into a dance by a troupe in India, turned into a musical score for the voice and harp and been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, Korean, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Closer to home, Smith says that she has gotten many requests for the work to appear in church bulletins and for her to read it aloud. “It’s my ‘Freebird,’ ” she jokes. “Good Bones” has become something of a societal anxiety barometer. “I can tell something bad is happening in the world when my poem is surging,” says Smith, a 39-year-old mother of two who earned an MFA at Ohio State and lives not far from where she grew up outside Columbus. The poem is a heartfelt work that grapples with pain and injustice, with unfairness and disillusionment. “The world is at least/ fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative/ estimate,” it says. “For every bird there is a stone thrown at a bird./ For every loved child, a child broken, bagged,/ sunk in a lake. Life is short and the world/ is at least half terrible, and for every kind/ stranger,

there is one who would break you.” Its subject is whether, when and how to talk to children about these hard realities. “I was troubled by the question of how we teach our kids about the world without lying to them — telling them that it’s all good — and telling them the truth without scaring them.” In the poem, the speaker takes on the role of a real estate agent: “I am trying/ to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,/ walking you through a real s---hole, chirps on/ about good bones: This place could be beautiful,/ right? You could make this place beautiful.” The work, Smith says, sprang from a mother’s worry about what’s hard and unfair in the world, “and yet wanting it to be a good place for my kids to live in.” Still, she has been wary of discussing the poem with her own children, who are 4 and 8. For Smith, the trouble is not so much the expletive but the idea “that half the world is terrible.” That’s a pretty bleak outlook for children younger than 10 to contend with, she admits. At the same time, she says, “I don’t want my kids to turn 15 and all of the

sudden that idea drops in their laps. We have a responsibility to tell them the truth.” Driven by this sense of purpose, Smith wrote the poem, finishing it nearly in one sitting, on a yellow legal pad in that coffee shop all Maggie Smith those months ago. “I’m happy for the poem but not the circumstances of its popularity,” she says. “I wish I had written a poem that people share when babies are born or people get married.” That said, she rejects the notion that the message of “Good Bones” is pessimistic. “I don’t think I could write a poem that the world is beyond repair,” she says. Even if the world may seem at times like a dilapidated house that only a fool would buy, it still “has good bones,” Smith says. “My hope is that the poem is a call to improve it anyway.” bookworld@washpost.com

Nora Krug is an editor and writer at Book World.

A bigger risk for one mom? Overprotection. Adapted from an online discussion.

About 10 minutes later we were seated at a much nicer table. I found out later that my fiance was mortified — was I rude? Switching Tables

Dear Carolyn:

DOWN 1. Trunk fluid 2. Spaceship personnel 3. Follower of Babe or Baby 4. Pokémon that can eventually evolve into an Alakazam 5. Tropical rum cocktails 6. Radiator protector 7. Votes of approval 8. Fantasy novel spell caster 9. Unwelcome giveaways, often 10. Meal eaten on a blanket 11. Shown the door 12. Whole bunch 13. Put a whammy on 21. Right-angled bend 22. Impudence 25. Type of acid found in asparagus 26. Newswoman Hill 27. Pathway for a sinner, ideally 28. As well

29. Group of witches 30. Magritte’s street 31. Like Thor and Loki 32. Person who accepts a bet 37. Began participating 38. “Barefoot Contessa” host Garten

39. Play ___ keeps 41. Abel’s dad 42. Somewhat stimulating coffee order 44. “The Hundred Secret Senses” author 45. Unconventional 46. Spigoted vessel 49. Cabinet wood

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50. Lost fish of filmdom 51. Santa Fe Trail town 52. Pakistani language 53. Diving bird with an eerie call 54. Merry escapade 55. Flop’s opposite 58. Vitally important

MONDAY’S CROSSYNERGY SOLUTION “SPUTTER NONSENSE”

My sister-in-law is very overprotective of her 1-year-old Carolyn son. There’s Hax already a long list of places she won’t go with him because of germs, foods she won’t let him eat because of alleged health risks, etc. The other day I offhandedly mentioned that maybe our sons would play sports together when they’re older, and she replied that there’s “no chance in hell” she will allow her son to play sports because of the risks of injuries. Is there anything I can or should say or do to get her to relax a bit and understand that children aren’t quite as fragile as she thinks they are? In-Law In-Law: It would be nice if you

could productively say: “Protecting kids from everything has a much bigger risk: That they’ll be emotionally stunted and afraid of their own shadows. I know you mean well and you’re being the best mom you can, but I think the healthiest thing you can do for both of you right now is to seek treatment for your anxiety.” Since I know how powerfully that can backfire, though, I’ll suggest instead that you talk to the family member between you (her spouse or yours, right?) to plant the seed that there’s serious trouble brewing in her

Switching Tables: Nope. It’s

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protectiveness and that a mental-health screening would be an excellent idea. Your reach is limited since it’s not your spouse or child, but you can sound an important alarm. You can also recommend one of a depressing array of books begging parents to unclench enough to let their kids be kids. Good luck. Dear Carolyn: I was recently at a VERY fancy dinner with my fiance, and we were seated at a table in the back near the desk where waiters run checks. I asked the hostess if we could sit somewhere else. She didn’t have another table, and I said we wouldn’t mind waiting at the bar until one became available.

your night out and your prerogative to request the experience you’d prefer, within the limits of what the restaurant can reasonably provide. That can mean waiting for a window seat, choosing not to shiver under the A/C vent or putting as much distance as you need between your too-rare, no-kids date night and the party with three kids younger than 6. I’m more interested, though, in the gap (or two) between your comfort level and your fiance’s. He doesn’t know you’re assertive like this? He doesn’t advocate for himself likewise? Are there other areas where you’re mismatched and/or this unaware of each other’s natures? There may not be too many VERY fancy dinners in your future, but his discomfort exposes something that’s consequential to your daily life together. If simple assertiveness is just how you roll, then both of you will want him to be okay with that. Not just okay — you want a life partner to embrace the qualities that are germane to who you are. Write to Carolyn Hax at tellme@washpost.com. Get her column delivered to your inbox each morning at bit.ly/haxmail. Join the discussion live at noon Fridays at live.washingtonpost.com

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Upon review, the booth has concluded that the 2016 Washington Redskins are better than I thought. I’m overturning myself. And maybe they’re better than you believed, too. In particular, they’ve made more dramatic progress since last year than many grasp. Thomas Any misleading similarity between Boswell Washington’s 9-7 record last year and its 86-1 mark now is a big fat fib. We’ll explain why in a moment. When Coach Jay Gruden said, “We’re building something special here,” after a 41-21 win over the lowly Bears in Chicago on Christmas Eve, maybe he wasn’t just drinking spiked eggnog. The football feeling here by Sunday, when the Giants come to D.C. with a Washington playoff spot at stake, really does deserve to be “Happy New Year!” Did I hear, “Bah, humbug”? Just wait. You may get converted. BOSWELL CONTINUED ON D3

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Fifteen games down. One more to go. Although the Washington Redskins don’t want their regular season finale against the New York Giants to be the end, they’re not guaranteed another game — for now. It’s been a strange year in the NFL, and Washington’s season falls in line. Multiple variables will impact whether the Redskins will make the playoffs for the second straight season, but they’ll need to exit FedEx Field with a victory on New Year’s Day to have a chance at the sixth seed in the NFC wild-card race. Even if they win, the Redskins will remain powerless as they await the result of Sunday night’s game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. As long as those teams don’t tie, 2016 would then be deemed a successful season for Washington. “We obviously wouldn’t think of it as a successful REDSKINS CONTINUED ON D3

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After the holiday, the Washington Wizards’ starters put in a long day of work. The Wizards relied on their best five Monday night as the team rebounded from a blowout loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in its most recent game. Things turned out differently at Verizon Center as Washington defeated Milwaukee, 107-102. Otto Porter Jr., Marcin Gortat and John Wall all logged more than 41 minutes as the Wizards (14-16) secured their sixth straight home victory. Porter led all scorers with 32 points and added 13 rebounds while defending the nemesis who had dominated the Wizards just three days earlier. Though forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had scored a career-high 39 points the last time he faced Washington, he finished with 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting Monday and only six points in the second half for Milwaukee (14-15). “[The last game] didn’t sit right with us,” Porter said. “We didn’t want Christmas to be over like that, for them to beat us like that. We just wanted to take care of home.” In front of an announced crowd of 15,773, Wall recorded his team-best 18th double-double of the season (18 points and a season-high 16 assists) while Bradley Beal added 22 points and Markieff Morris contributed 18. The Wizards had “laid an egg” in their last game before Christmas, as Coach Scott Brooks described the 123-96 loss in Milwaukee. Washington allowed 66 points in the paint and 27 off transition scores. But after watching his team play stingy defense in the fourth quarter Monday, holding the Bucks to 18 points, Brooks showered the Wizards with praise. “It shows a lot of toughness and character that I know our team has,” Brooks said. “We didn’t feel good about that game in Milwaukee. They had their way with us . . . some individual players, plus their entire team. So we wanted to just bounce back and play a tough game.” In the first half, Washington concentrated on making the extra pass and piling up the assists. The team’s official scorers gave the Wizards 16 assists on their first 16 field goals — a telling indication WIZARDS CONTINUED ON D4

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Nicklas Backstrom pumped the brakes, and the sudden stop of momentum sent the trailing New York Rangers defender stumbling into the wall. A second defender prevented Backstrom from passing the puck with his forehand, so Backstrom quickly spun and backhanded a saucer pass backdoor to Washington Capitals defenseman Tom Poti. “That’s probably my favorite,” Backstrom said of the assist. With Backstrom three assists from 500, the irony is that his pass to Poti on April 20, 2009, doesn’t count in the total because it came in the playoffs. But Backstrom’s calm under pressure in that situation dis-

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Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom has 497 career assists. “Nick is as slick as anybody with the puck,” Coach Barry Trotz said.

Maryland quarterback Perry Hills ended Monday’s Quick Lane Bowl on his back, staring up at the Ford Field lights as Boston College’s players celebrated a 36-30 victory around him. He had nearly willed his team all the way back from a 23-point deficit in his final college game, pulling the Terrapins within a touchdown in the final two minutes. But Maryland’s last possession, its final gasp at a winning season, ended when Hills was sacked at his 28-yard line on fourth and 10 with 1:25 remaining. As he staggered to his feet, he began having

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flashbacks about everything he had gone through in his turbulent career in College Park. The games. The injuries. The coaching change. He didn’t know that his final play was the eighth sack and 14th tackle for loss on the day for Boston College (7-6), the defining stats that sent the Terrapins (6-7) out on a somber note in their first season under Coach DJ Durkin. “It is heartbreaking,” said Hills, who finished 15 for 35 for 229 yards and two touchdowns. He also was responsible for four turnovers in a circus game that bordered on the absurd. It unfolded in a manner that fit the 2016 narrative for these Terrapins — up and down, with each highlight muddled by a mind-numbing lowlight. And for the seventh time this year, it ended with Durkin sternly taking the podium with his no-excuse rhetoric, except now he must wait

eight months for another game. “We shot ourselves in the foot way too many times in that game with penalties and then turnovers,” Durkin said. “You can’t win a game when you do that too many times.” Maryland arrived here after a month of licking its wounds following its first regular season under Durkin, which included a 4-0 start, a four-game losing streak and a bowl-clinching win over Rutgers on the final day of the regular season. But the Terrapins looked unprepared early on — especially the offense, which gained just one total yard from scrimmage in the first quarter and had four punts and a fumble on its first five possessions. Maryland has reinforcements on the way — Durkin and his staff have assembled one of the country’s top recruiting classes for 2017 MARYLAND CONTINUED ON D2

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Samuels, Wolfpack roll in Independence Bowl Jaylen Samuels caught three touchdown passes from Ryan Finley, Nyheim Hines returned a kickoff for a 100-yard touchdown and North Carolina State beat Vanderbilt, 41-17, on Monday night in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. North Carolina State (7-6) won three of its final four games. The Wolfpack built a 28-3 lead by midway through the third quarter — largely thanks to Samuels’s touchdown catches of nine, 55 and 17 yards — and then held off a brief Vanderbilt rally. Vanderbilt (6-7) had a lot of momentum going into the game thanks to surprising wins over Mississippi and Tennessee to end the regular season. But the Commodores’ offense — which scored a combined 83 points against the Rebels and Volunteers — struggled for most of the night. . . . Mississippi State’s sideline erupted in celebration, relieved to escape with a victory to end a challenging season. Nick Fitzgerald rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns in another strong performance by the dual-threat quarterback. However, the heavily favored Bulldogs had to block a field goal in the closing seconds to hold off Miami (Ohio), 17-16, in the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl. Both the Bulldogs (6-7) and the RedHawks (6-7), who won six straight games to become bowl eligible, finished with losing marks. . . . Connecticut fired coach Bob Diaco after his third losing season, choosing to cut ties rather than allow Diaco to rebuild a struggling offense. The Huskies were 11-26 under Diaco in three seasons, including 3-9 this season. U-Conn.’s best finish under Diaco was last year, at 6-7 including a loss in the St. Petersburg Bowl.

SOCCER Toppling forward, Henrikh Mkhitaryan looked like he had misjudged the right-wing cross as he surged into the box seeking a clinching goal for Manchester United. What came next brought Old Trafford to its feet — and underlined Mkhitaryan as perhaps the next cult figure at the English giant.

With an acrobatic flick of his right heel, the Armenian somehow managed to turn a ball that was behind him into the far corner from around nine yards, before plunging to the ground. Mkhitaryan sealed a 3-1 win for United over Sunderland and a fourth straight league victory for a side that’s beginning to motor under Jose Mourinho. United is 13 points behind Chelsea, which won a club-record 12th straight game to extend its lead to seven points. Meanwhile, two goals from Pedro and Eden Hazard’s penalty kick ensured Chelsea’s 3-0 win against Bournemouth, bettering a run of 11 victories set over two seasons in 2009. Only once — Arsenal in 200102, with 13 straight wins — has a top-tier club had a longer winning streak in one season since World War II. . . . American Coach Bob Bradley’s future at Swansea looked increasingly fragile after the team lost again, 4-1 to West Ham, to remain in relegation trouble. Angry Swansea supporters turned on Bradley as Swansea slumped to a seventh loss of his 11 games in charge. . . . Manchester City wore down last-place Hull, 3-0, with all its goals coming late in the game. . . . Arsenal avoided another stumble with a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion after back-toback losses on the road. . . . Former England coach Sam Allardyce’s first game in charge of Crystal Palace ended in a 1-1 draw at Watford, Burnley beat Middlesbrough, 1-0, to continue its strong home form, and Leicester lost, 2-0, at home to Everton in the latest disappointing result of its sputtering title defense. Leicester is only three points above the relegation zone nearly halfway through the season. HOCKEY Mike Sullivan’s arrival in Pittsburgh last season provided the spark that turned the Penguins’ listless season around. The franchise rewarded its fiery head coach with a three-year contract extension that will keep Sullivan with the team through 2019-20. . . . Clayton Keller scored twice, and the United States overcame a slow start to beat Latvia, 6-1, as the world junior hockey championship got underway in Toronto. — From news services

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— and it was again widely apparent Monday that cultivating both the offensive and defensive line is a top priority. While protection for Hills was spotty, Maryland’s defensive front was also pushed around early on. It didn’t help that the Terrapins played without leading tackler Shane Cockerille after the junior linebacker was ruled ineligible. Using a fresh and inventive approach, Boston College’s offense racked up 238 yards in the first half and often left the Terrapins looking lost, including on a twoyard tight end throwback pass from Eagles quarterback Patrick Towles to Tommy Sweeney that spotted Boston College a 13-0 lead. And each time Maryland mustered a big play to get back into it — including second-quarter touchdown runs of 62 and 30 yards by sophomore running back

Ty Johnson — the Eagles responded with ingenuity. Towles hauled in a 20-yard flea-flicker pass to boost the lead to 23-7, then made it 29-13 after hitting Michael Walker for a 49-yard touchdown with 35 seconds left in the first half. That appeared to be the backbreaker for Maryland, which encountered another disaster on its first offensive play of the third quarter. With Maryland pinned inside its 5-yard line, Boston College defensive tackle Noa Merritt blew up a handoff between Hills and Johnson to cause a fumble into the end zone, and Eagles defensive lineman Kevin Kavalec recovered for an improbable touchdown that made it 36-13. While Johnson (159 yards, two touchdowns) did his best to electrify a small crowd with his big-play ability, Hills also used two crucial throws in the third quarter to pull his team within striking distance. After hitting senior wide receiver

Teldrick Morgan for a 63-yard touchdown pass, Hills kept his rhythm on the ensuing drive, finding senior wide receiver Levern Jacobs for a 52-yard score to pull Maryland within 36-27 with 10:05 remaining in the third quarter. That gave way to a defensive stalemate. Maryland had its chances to cut deeper into the lead, but Hills struggled to handle the ball in several decisive moments. With just under 11 minutes remaining, after he had driven Maryland to the Boston College 40-yard line and facing a fourth and one, Hills bobbled the snap before making a pitch to senior running back Kenny Goins Jr. The play failed to pick up a first down after Goins stumbled. After Maryland safety Darnell Savage Jr. came up with an interception to help set up a red zone opportunity, Hills lost a bobbled snap on second and goal from the 1 with just over four minutes re-

maining. “They did their film. They probably knew what we were going to run,” Johnson said. “Yeah, it’s frustrating, but BC did a good job. And they stopped us, so you have to give credit to them.” Maryland’s defense came up with a fumble at the Boston College 5-yard line a minute later, setting up another scoring chance, but the Terrapins settled for a 23yard Adam Greene field goal to cut the deficit to six with 2:55 remaining. It finally got the ball back at its 35 with just under two minutes left, but Hills threw three incompletions before he was sacked on the final play of his career. He was one of the seniors Durkin thanked afterward for contributing to the foundation of a program still in transition. “I’m proud of everyone,” Hills said. “I’m proud of the seniors for going out there and not giving up.” roman.stubbs@washpost.com

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Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is supposed to be a neutral site for Tuesday’s Military Bowl between Temple and Wake Forest. The Owls’ most recent memories from there, however, are as uplifting as any they may have generated at home this season. The last time Temple came to Annapolis on Dec. 3, players were hoisting the American Athletic Conference championship trophy after pummeling Navy, 34-10, on the Midshipmen’s home field. It was the Owls’ first conference title since 1967, pushing Temple to 10-2 to match a program single-season record for wins. Temple has collected doubledigit victories in consecutive seasons for the first time in program history and enters the Military Bowl having won seven consecutive games. “We’re comfortable there. It’s like a home game,” said senior defensive tackle Hasson Reddick, the Owls’ leader in sacks (91/2) and tackles for loss (211/2). “Our fans aren’t more than two and a half hours away, so going out there knowing that we’ll have a good crowd, we’ll have support there, it’ll make it that much easier for

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us to play. We’re not going into a hostile area.” Reddick and his teammates enjoyed the aftermath of their AAC triumph with then-coach Matt Rhule. Three days later, Rhule left for Baylor and offensive coordinator Ed Foley became interim coach for the bowl game. A week after Rhule’s departure, Temple officials introduced Geoff Collins as the new head coach. The former Florida defensive coordinator will take over full responsibilities following the Military Bowl. Collins has been around the team since accepting the job, mostly observing rather than in a coaching capacity. “We’re going business as usual in terms of the game plan, the coaches who are here,” Foley said. “So to have Geoff, it’s been great. That’s only going to enhance the way the kids practice. He’s been great. He’s been nothing but a help in terms of not trying to interfere. He’s almost trying too hard not to interfere. I’m saying, ‘Geoff, c’mon out and get around us. Whatever you want to do has been good.’ ” Foley has had a much more

lengthy association with Wake Forest Coach Dave Clawson. The close friends have known one another for nearly 30 years since both were graduate assistants at Albany in 1989. Foley was in charge of the offensive line and Clawson the quarterbacks and running backs. When Clawson became head coach at Fordham in 1999, he hired Foley as offensive coordinator. In his third season at Wake Forest (6-6), Clawson has doubled the Demon Deacons’ win total from last year. He also has Wake Forest, which finished tied for fourth place in the ACC’s Atlantic Division, in a bowl game for the third time in five seasons. It’s Clawson’s second appearance in the Military Bowl after directing Bowling Green there in 2012. “You’ve got to appreciate the opportunity,” Clawson said. “We want this to be something that happens every year. Historically it hasn’t been, and so going to bowl for this football team, that was a big goal this year. “ The Demon Deacons will be playing in their first game since the school released findings from an internal investigation implicating then-radio announcer

Tommy Elrod for revealing details about the team’s upcoming game plans to opponents. Elrod subsequently was fired and banned from Wake Forest’s athletic facilities. Among the programs cited for accepting leaked information were Virginia Tech and Louisville. The ACC fined both schools $25,000 for their involvement. Additionally, former Hokies assistant Shane Beamer has been penalized for his role in the scandal known as “WakeyLeaks.” The son of legendary former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer now serves on Georgia’s staff and will have $25,000 withheld from his salary with the Bulldogs. The Cardinals have suspended offensive coordinator Lonnie Galloway for the Citrus Bowl for his part in the breach. “I am extremely disappointed that our confidential and proprietary game preparation was compromised,” Clawson said in a statement. “It’s incomprehensible that a former Wake Forest student-athlete, graduate assistant, full-time football coach and radio analyst for the school would betray his alma mater. He violated our trust which negatively impacted our entire program.” gene.wang@washpost.com

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Maryland assistant coach Bino Ranson jotted down two key words in his notes when he first scouted Canadian prospect Justin Jackson in an Atlanta gym during the spring of 2014. “Special talent,” Ranson wrote, and he carried that dossier with him for much of the next two years until Jackson signed with Maryland in May 2016. Those two words encapsulated Jackson’s ability — the point guard skills hard-wired within his 6foot-7 frame, the defensive potential in his 7-3 wingspan, the power of his nine-inch hands — but Ranson could have opted to use two other words to describe Jackson. He could have gone with well traveled, because it was clear there were no physical boundaries that could hold Jackson’s talent. Jackson grew up in Toronto and as a teenager made a name for himself as the next potential star in Canada’s pipeline to the American college game. He turned heads on the AAU circuit in Atlanta and played with the Canadian national team in France and Uruguay. He attended prep school in Las Vegas

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for two seasons and then returned to Ontario to finish his prep career last season. He committed to UNLV in 2014, only to reopen his commitment after a coaching change last spring and sign with the Terrapins right before summer workouts commenced in College Park. Nearly seven months later, Jackson’s journey has led to an entrenched starting role for the Terrapins (12-1), who will host Illinois (10-3) to open Big Ten play Tuesday night. As freshmen continue to take the college basketball landscape by storm, Maryland has its own unique subplot, starting three rookies in multiple games for the first time in the modern era of the program. And it has relied heavily on the special talents of Jackson. Here’s a snapshot: Jackson is second in scoring (10.8) and third in minutes (26.5) and leads the team in rebounding (6.0) and three-point shooting among starters (46.3 percent), underscoring the versatile skill-set that allows him to play effectively on both the

interior and perimeter. And as he has learned to carry his own weight at Maryland, he said he is also continuing to play for his country each time he steps on the floor. “Canadian basketball is on the rise. There is a lot of talent out there that people don’t get to see because too many people don’t cross the border. There are a lot of kids working, trying to get to American high schools, [Division I schools], trying to get their name out there,” Jackson said. Jackson first found the game when he was in fourth grade. He was an admitted troublemaker who liked to get into schoolyard fights and generally had no direction in elementary school before a teacher suggested he try the sport as an outlet. It was quickly apparent that Jackson had rare gifts even though his size forced him to play against older Toronto youth in organized leagues. “I remember walking into the gym and seeing this huge kid that was basically the same size, height-wise, as the coach, so I didn’t really think that was a kid that was actually on the team,” said Jordan McFarlane, who dis-

covered Jackson as a gradeschooler and coached him on AAU teams in Ontario throughout his youth and high school years. “I asked around and I was like, ‘Whoa. We’re on to something.’ ” At that point, Canadian basketball was thriving. The NBA had expanded into Vancouver and Toronto in the 1990s, and players were chasing their professional dreams through the prep and college system in the United States. While former NBA star Steve Nash was considered one of the forefathers of Canada’s basketball presence in the American game, Jackson was energized watching players such as Cory Joseph, Tristan Thompson, Anthony Bennett and Andrew Wiggins rise from the Canadian ranks and attend elite prep academies in the United States before becoming college stars and first-round NBA draft picks. Jackson was determined to forge his own path, even if it was a relatively unknown one within his own family. His father, David Jackson, had immigrated to Canada from Jamaica when he was 17, taking a construction job in Ontario. On a lunch break one afternoon, he met

Jackson’s mother, Paulet. Both supported their son and his newfound passion for basketball, and as he continued to develop under McFarlane and his recruiting stock rose early in high school, he opted to follow in the footsteps of Joseph, Thompson and Bennett and enroll at Findlay Prep in Las Vegas for his sophomore season in 2013. The academy was interconnected with Canadian hoops at that juncture. Jackson played under Jerome Williams, a former Georgetown University and Toronto Raptors forward who had taken over as head coach that season, and alongside Canadian prospects Dillon Brooks and Jalen Poyser. Jackson originally committed to play for UNLV with Poyser, but he reopened his recruitment last spring after coach Dave Rice was fired. It was an uncertain time in Jackson’s life. He had left Findlay Prep after his junior year to play his final season at Hill Academy in Ontario, giving him the luxury of isolation close to family and a chance to develop his game away from the noise of the American system.

He considered joining Brooks and fellow Canadian Chris Boucher at Oregon, but his mind continued to wander back to Maryland. Ranson’s early scouting and subsequent contact over the previous two years had left an impression. Maryland sold Jackson on the blueprint of former forward Jake Layman, one of four starters from last year’s team to leave for the professional ranks. “We just sold that he could come in, and if he trusted the process,” Ranson said, “that what he’s doing now would happen.” Jackson has helped fill the void left by Layman, using his versatility to typically start at power forward but to also contribute at multiple positions. Jackson admits he is still adjusting to both the college game and life at Maryland, but he has drawn on his experiences crossing borders throughout much of his teenage life. “It’s always different going to a new environment,” Jackson said. “One of the reasons I came to Maryland is that it had a family sense. It helped me settle in quickly.” roman.stubbs@washpost.com

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season unless we get in the playoffs, that’s for sure,” Redskins Coach Jay Gruden said Monday. “That’s our goal coming into the season. We went to the playoffs a year ago and had every intention of trying to win the division and go back to the playoffs. Obviously, the Cowboys played very, very good football for [14] games, and they deserve to be where they are, but we’re still trying to get in there. “I think anytime you don’t make the playoffs — regardless of your record — it’s a bit of a disappointment. We have a good team. We have good players, and we feel like we should be in there. But we still have work to do, and it’s not over yet.” The Redskins are somehow a win, and some minor help, away from playing a 17th game this season despite their 0-2 start. Washington crawled out of that hole to remain in the playoff picture throughout the season, but it put itself in a position where it needed assistance because of its own inconsistencies during Gruden’s third season as head coach. A fairly young Washington team reeled off four straight wins, and it was sitting pretty at 6-3-1 with six games remaining. It wasn’t playing well in all three phases during its best stretch of the season, but it still found ways to pull out victories in tightly contested games. It also dropped three of four games heading into Week 16, leaving its playoff fate in the hands of other teams during the final two weeks of the season. “Interesting, that’s for sure,” Gruden said when reflecting on the first 16 weeks. “It’s been fun coaching these guys. We’ve had our ups and downs, for sure. We’ve handled adversity. We’ve played really well at times and not played well at times. It’s kind of been like our own mini roller-coaster ride, to be honest with you. But I like where we are.” The Redskins have seemingly played better in the face of adversity. When they needed a win to avoid an 0-3 start, the Redskins

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escaped MetLife Stadium with a two-point victory over the Giants. In a must-win situation to remain in the playoff hunt, Washington defeated the Chicago Bears on Christmas Eve to make its season finale meaningful. But if the Redskins don’t make the playoffs, they will look back at a few crucial outcomes throughout the season that didn’t go their way. Their defense couldn’t make a stand in the final minutes of a Week 7 loss at the Lions. Place kicker Dustin Hopkins missed a 34-yard field goal late in overtime during Washington’s tie with the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8. In just the past four games, the Redskins put together two of their most disappointing performances of the season against NFC opponents with losing records, falling to the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers in games that would’ve given them

What the Redskins need in Week 17: With the Cowboys winning Monday night, Washington must beat New York on Sunday afternoon. Detroit at Green Bay on Sunday night must not end in a tie. That result is otherwise irrelevant; The winner would be 10-6 and win the NFC North and the loser would be 9-7. Washington would be 9-6-1.

a firm grip on one of the two NFC wild-card spots. “That happens sometimes with certain teams,” defensive end Chris Baker said after Saturday’s win over the Bears. “It would’ve been better if we could’ve handled our business like this last week [against the Panthers] and been in the driver’s seat, but it is what it is. You’ve

Su’a Cravens (36) helped rescue the Redskins’ season with his late-game pick in a road win in Week 3 against the Giants.

just got to take care of your business and hope for the best.” It placed the franchise, and its fans, in situations where they had to pull for the Cowboys to win, for a second straight week, for help snagging a playoff spot. Washington’s rival indirectly influenced whether Gruden defines this season as a success or a failure. A strange year, indeed. “It’s hard to root for Dallas,” Gruden said with a chuckle before the Cowboys’ home game against the Lions on Monday night. “But, no, it’s fun to watch until the bitter end and see what happens. But we’ll see what happens.” master.tesfatsion@washpost.com

The MRI exam on the injured knee of Redskins running back Rob Kelley revealed no structural damage, and Coach Jay Gruden said his starter will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis entering the final week of the regular season. Kelley was injured late in the first half of Saturday’s 41-21 victory at Chicago. He played only sparingly in the second half. The Redskins return to team headquarters Tuesday for meetings and will hold their first practice of the week Wednesday. Meanwhile, safety Donte Whitner and center Spencer Long both are day-to-day as well. Whitner has a quadriceps injury, and Long briefly left the game after spraining an ankle. Tight end Jordan Reed, who missed the game while nursing his injured left shoulder, will be evaluated Wednesday, but as of now the team doesn’t know whether he will be able to play Sunday against the New York Giants. Rookie Su’a Cravens missed his second straight game with an elbow strain, but Gruden said Cravens might return Sunday. If Whitner can’t play, Gruden said it’s possible that Cravens, who has spent this season at inside linebacker, could play safety, the position that coaches plan to move him to full time next season. — Mike Jones

Heady moment for fan Sam Proud made her Kirk Cousins giant head poster before the Redskins played the Lions in Detroit in October. She brought her Cousins sign to that game and thought her favorite player might have noticed it, but he never made it over to her before kickoff. So when Proud went to Saturday’s Bears-Redskins game in Chicago, she brought the head again, this time arriving at the stadium super early to try to catch Cousins’s attention. Washington’s quarterback was signing for some

other fans during warmups, and those fans directed him toward Proud, at which point he ran over to sign his own face. “Go green,” he told Proud, a Michigan State alum. “Go green,” she repeated, even though she was supposed to say “go white.” Then she started crying. “I was just so excited I didn’t even know what to say, so that’s why I started crying,” she said later. Proud is from Michigan. She only got into football when she arrived at Michigan State, at the same time Cousins was ripping up the school’s passing record book. He became her favorite player then, and even though she is technically a Bears fan, “I became a Redskins fan basically the minute he got drafted.” Proud’s mom got her tickets to the game for her 24th birthday, which was two days after the Redskins game. And her moment with Cousins might have remained mostly private, except a CSN cameraman happened to capture the interaction. Almost immediately, her tears went viral; the CSN video has been viewed well more than 100,000 times. Cousins’s mother was right behind her during this interaction; she asked to take Sam’s photo with her sign to send it to Kirk’s wife. This was while Sam was still wiping the tears from her face. And of course she was soon bombarded by family members telling her she was famous on Facebook. “I think it’s kind of hilarious,” she said. “I’m not embarrassed.” CSN’s JP Finlay even had Proud on the network’s postgame show Saturday. During the interview, she couldn’t stop wondering whether it might happen again. “I kept thinking, ‘Oh my God, what if Kirk shows up, what if he surprises me, I’ll probably cry,’ ” she said. And so if she meets Cousins again, will there be more waterworks? “Honestly, probably,” she said. “But if he was around a little longer maybe I’d actually be able to contain myself and have an actual conversation.” — Dan Steinberg

THOMAS BOSWELL

Regardless of whether it ekes into playoffs, Washington has improved this year BOSWELL FROM D1

This week, Washington will wring its hands, waiting to find out whether the Redskins make the playoffs on the season’s last day. For many, those results will define whether Washington had a successful season that improved on 2015. Is the long-troubled franchise finally headed in the right direction? Everyone will be evaluated, especially those in the NFL’s most important jobs. Is quarterback Kirk Cousins worth a long-term contract for more than $100 million? Is Gruden the correct leader for the future? Even General Manager Scot McCloughan will be graded, although back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1996 and 1997 should speak for themselves. However, unless this team finds a way to embarrass itself as the season ends, this year has already been a big step in the proper direction. First, candor. The 2015 Redskins were ungodly lucky. As a reward for finishing last in 2014, they got the benefits of the NFL’s soft parity scheduling. Last year, the Redskins played only two playoff teams, plus a third in the postseason itself — and got crushed by a combined 106-44. Of 16 regular season games, 13 were against teams that finished at .500 or below. The NFC East was pathetic, with the 4-12 Cowboys, 6-10 Giants and 7-9 Eagles. Two teams changed coaches. Last year, Washington faced such quarterbacks as Kellen Moore, Matt Cassel, Tyrod Taylor, Nick Foles, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jay Cutler. Only Taylor is now a starter. Washington went 4-2 against them. So last season, though pleasant, proved almost nothing. Regression to lousy was possible. But this season has proved a lot. The parity schedule flipped. As a defending champ, the Redskins got the tough row to hoe. If the season were to end with the standings as they are now, the Redskins would have played seven games in 2016 against playoff teams — a huge jump from two! — plus an eighth winning team, the Ravens, whom they beat in Baltimore. Their combined scores against all those winning teams thus far: The Redskins have been outscored 177-169. That’s a long

way from 106-44. Washington has faced only two lame quarterbacks all year — Cody Kessler of the Browns and poor Matt Barkley of the Bears, whom they intercepted five times Saturday. Look at the other slingers they’ve faced: Likely Hall of Famers Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers and Eli Manning (twice, by Sunday night). Quality quarterbacks Joe Flacco, Cam Newton (the 2015 NFL MVP), Matthew Stafford, Andy Dalton, Sam Bradford and Carson Palmer. And hot rookies Dak Prescott and Carson Wentz twice each, who are the anointed future leaders of the Cowboys and Eagles. The Washington pass defense has stunk this season. But it will also have faced 14 good-to-Hall-ofFame quarterbacks in 16 games this season. At least it has been shredded by some of the best. In retrospect, what will probably hurt most about this season was the team’s squandering. It’s possible it didn’t quite grasp how much it had grown and didn’t take advantage of it. Everybody knows Dustin

Hopkins missed a 34-yard field goal try — practically extra-point length — in an overtime tie in London to trash what should’ve been a 30-27 win over the Bengals. No excuse making, please. Extra-point kicks aren’t as easy as they used to be. But NFL kickers still make those 33yarders 93.3 percent of the time. Here’s the real haunter: With 73 seconds to play in Detroit, Washington had a 99.54 percent probability of winning. The Lions were 200-to-1. Then Stafford drove them 75 yards in 49 seconds to win. Washington also had a 94.5 percent chance to beat the Cowboys in Week 2 when, in the fourth quarter, they had first and goal at the Dallas 6-yard line. Then Kirk Cousins threw a thirddown pick in the end zone. NFL teams rarely trash three potential wins when they had such winning positions. Compared with other major sports, the NFL’s not really a “comeback” league. None of the Redskins’ wins this season came after they were in statistically dire

situations. So 2015 was 9-7 with total good luck, but 2016 is 8-6-1 that should have been 10-5, or better, if all the magic dust hadn’t been used last season. Perhaps most important this year, the team has, gradually and almost grudgingly, discovered its offensive identity. It is a yardgobbling offensive monster. Through Sunday’s games, Washington ranked third in the NFL in total yards. How rare is that? Since World War II, the Redskins have only been in the top three in 1999, 1991, 1984, 1983 and 1966. Why hasn’t all that mileage translated into more than a ninth-best ranking in points? In part because it has taken Washington so long to realize it should be throwing deep more often. How much more? Just dial it up, Jay, and we can all find out together. According to official NFL game sheets, Washington has thrown only 97 “deep” passes all season — throws that travel more than 15 yards past scrimmage in the air. Granted, the NFL is now a dink-and-dunk

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Trick play is treat for Dallas in win COWBOYS 42, LIONS 21 BY

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arlington, tex. — Dez Bryant threw his first career touchdown pass between a pair of scoring catches, Ezekiel Elliott ran for two touchdowns and the Dallas Cowboys kept Detroit from clinching a playoff spot with a 42-21 win over the Lions on Monday night. With home-field advantage already secured, the Cowboys (13-2) didn’t let up in their seventh straight home win while matching their franchise record for victories in a season. The biggest sign they were serious about this one came late in the third quarter. Bryant took a reverse pitch from quarterback Dak Prescott and tucked the ball as if planning to run before pull-

ing up and tossing a lefty lob to Jason Witten for a 10-yard score and a 35-21 lead. Witten, the normally stoic 14th-year tight end, flashed Bryant’s celebratory “X’’ when the often-exuberant wide receiver made the signal in his direction after the touchdown. Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford lost in a visit to his home town again, after a wild-card defeat two years ago. While the Lions (9-6) missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth with their second straight loss following five consecutive wins, they still control their postseason fate. Detroit plays Green Bay (9-6) for the NFC North title in the finale Sunday. Elliott, the NFL rushing leader, had a 55-yard touchdown run in the first half and finished with 80 yards on 12 carries. He has 15 touchdowns rushing, two behind league-leading LeGarrette Blount of New England.

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The first-year sensation known as “Zeke” is 177 yards shy of Eric Dickerson’s 33-year-old rookie rushing record of 1,808 yards. But he almost was upstaged by Detroit’s “double-Z” — Zach Zenner. The little-known undrafted back in his second year out of South Dakota State, filling in with Theo Riddick sidelined for a third straight game with a wrist injury, had a career-high 64 yards and two touchdowns in the first half. Stafford had a one-yard scoring plunge but was sacked four times. He was 26 of 46 for 260 yards, including an interception that set up Elliott’s one-yard touchdown early in the third quarter to break a 21-all halftime tie. Prescott tied Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger (2004) for the most wins by a rookie quarterback in the Super Bowl era with 13. He was 15 of 20 for 212 yards with three touchdowns. — Associated Press

Porter, Wizards get payback vs. Bucks WIZARDS FROM D1

of how well the ball moved. Of course, the ball zips with Wall performing sorcery. In a tie game midway through the second quarter, Wall danced beyond the corner arc against the 6-foot-11 Antetokounmpo. Then in a series of moves — a hesitation dribble, spin and two crossovers — Wall snuck away and threaded a pass to the cutting Morris for a dunk. “Offensively, we feel like even when we miss shots at times,” Wall said, “we feel like we do a good job of moving the ball and sharing it with each other.” But even with less gaudy plays, the Bucks still looked more impressive in the first half. Milwaukee shooting guard Tony Snell, who has shot only 30.4 percent from the three-point line this season, moved within the sets and found daylight against Beal’s late-reacting defense. Snell accounted for all five of the Bucks’ three-pointers before halftime. On the other end, Beal made just 1 of 6 field goal attempts and scored six points in the first half. And though the Wizards capsized under the Bucks’ length in the previous matchup, the days following did little to prepare them for another wave of athleticism. On the first play of the game, a Wizards turnover created a fastbreak dunk for Antetokounmpo. Then, fittingly, on the final play of the first half, Milwaukee closed with another rim-shaking slam. Antetokounmpo snatched an offensive rebound from behind Morris then dished to Jabari Parker, who dunked between Porter and Gortat. Milwaukee led by four at halftime, and by that point the Bucks had outscored Washington by 31 points over the previous two games. Although the teams played mostly even in the third quarter — which saw eight lead changes — the Wizards still trailed 84-82 heading into the fourth. After the starters carried the team through the second half, Brooks said the “game dictated” that players like Wall, Gortat and Porter had to play more minutes. In spite of the heavier load, the Wizards’ starters stayed fresh enough to rally from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Wall found Morris on a pick

. TUESDAY,

Texans QB Savage keeps starting job A SSOCIATED P RESS The Houston Texans are sticking with Tom Savage at quarterback Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. Savage made his first career start in place of Brock Osweiler on Saturday night in a 12-10 win over the Cincinnati Bengals that allowed the Texans to clinch the AFC South. Osweiler was benched in the second quarter two weeks ago against Jacksonville, and Savage took over to help the Texans rally for a 21-20 victory. Coach Bill O’Brien said early last week that Osweiler would remain on the bench but wouldn’t say then whether Savage would start the rest of the season. On Monday, he said Savage would start in the regular season finale against Tennessee but didn’t say anything about Houston’s playoff game. Savage struggled in the first half against the Bengals but picked it up in the second half to finish with 176 yards passing and help the Texans to the victory. “He got into a rhythm in the second half, and he was much better,” O’Brien said. TITANS: Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota will have surgery Wednesday for his broken right leg, and Coach Mike Mularkey said the recovery process will

take four to five months. Mularkey said Mariota will have a plate inserted over the break by surgeon Bob Anderson in Charlotte. Veteran Matt Cassel will start Sunday against Houston. JETS: New York placed Bryce Petty on injured reserve in a move that ends the second-year quarterback’s short stint as the starter. Petty tore the labrum in his left shoulder Saturday against New England while tackling Malcolm Butler following a second-quarter turnover. He went on injured reserve Monday; New York claimed outside linebacker Corey Lemonier off waivers from Detroit. CHARGERS: Mike McCoy remained San Diego’s coach despite losing to the winless Cleveland Browns. The embattled McCoy survived for at least another week after a 20-17 road loss Saturday. Asked whether he expected to return next Monday after Sunday’s season finale against the visiting Kansas City Chiefs, McCoy’s reply was short. “Yes,” he said. But McCoy knows NFL coaches are judged on wins and losses. And on that count, the Chargers are 9-23 in their past 32 games. VIKINGS: Minnesota Coach Mike Zimmer said he doesn’t believe his defensive backs made their own plan for covering Green Bay wide receiver Jordy Nelson on

Saturday. Xavier Rhodes repeatedly called the conflict a “miscommunication.” Terence Newman said it was a non-issue. Postgame commentary by Rhodes suggested players defied Zimmer’s orders to put the Pro Bowl cornerback on Nelson, rather than keep Rhodes and Newman in their places regardless of the formation shown by the Packers. JAGUARS: Jacksonville placed running back T.J. Yeldon on injured reserve before its season finale. Yeldon injured his left ankle in Saturday’s victory against Tennessee and would not have been ready to play at Indianapolis on Sunday. Yeldon carried twice for five yards against the Titans, giving him 745 yards and two touchdowns this season. BROWNS: Coach Hue Jackson didn’t drive to work Monday as much as he practically floated to his office. The weight has been lifted in Cleveland by one hard-to-get, almost-hard-to-imagine win. And in doing so, the Browns erased that ugly zero on their record. “It is very freeing,” Jackson said two days after the Browns got their first victory in more than a year. Pressure has given way to relief for everyone associated with the Browns (1-14).

Backstrom is ready to pass a milestone CAPITALS FROM D1

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Otto Porter Jr., here shooting over Milwaukee’s Jabari Parker, helped Washington earn its sixth consecutive home victory.

Wizards 107, Bucks 102

WIZ ARDS’ NEX T THREE

Milwaukee .......................... 27 Washington ........................ 28

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and roll to give Washington its first lead of the quarter, 99-98, at the 3:10 mark. Porter and Gortat secured rebounds as the team defense ticked up, holding Milwaukee to two field goals within a seven-minute stretch. And Beal made “the play of the game,” according to Brooks, by swinging the extra pass to Porter in the corner. Porter splashed his fifth three-pointer and put the Wizards ahead 104-100 with 49 seconds remaining. Beal, who struggled with his shot in the first half, contributed with a pair of threes during the Wizards’ decisive run. “Just in the huddle, I told everybody that we’ve been in this position before [and] we know what we have to do — we have to start competing and shots will start falling,” Wall said. “We had

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MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS 38:08 7-12 8-11 5-12 7 3 22 25:21 4-7 0-0 0-3 1 3 8 39:39 7-18 0-0 1-6 4 3 14 29:04 7-14 0-0 1-4 1 2 20 29:48 1-9 6-8 1-3 11 4 8 23:07 3-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 6 22:26 7-10 2-4 1-5 1 0 16 18:13 4-11 0-0 1-4 1 4 8 14:14 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 240 40-85 16-23 10-40 27 19 102

Percentages: FG .471, FT .696. 3-Point Goals: 6-21, .286 (Snell 6-11, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Beasley 0-1, Parker 0-3, Dellavedova 0-5). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 13 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Antetokounmpo, Parker). Turnovers: 13 (Parker 4, Antetokounmpo 2, Monroe 2, Snell 2, Brogdon, Dellavedova, Henson). Steals: 8 (Beasley 2, Dellavedova 2, Snell 2, Brogdon, Monroe). Technical Fouls: None. WASHINGTON Morris Porter Gortat Beal Wall Oubre Thornton Smith Burke TOTALS

MIN FG FT O-T A PF PTS 37:34 7-11 3-4 1-4 0 2 18 41:16 13-18 1-2 0-13 1 4 32 41:31 2-5 0-0 2-12 3 1 4 36:38 5-14 9-10 1-4 5 2 22 42:02 8-19 1-2 2-3 16 2 18 17:23 2-6 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 12:58 2-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 5 6:16 1-1 1-2 0-1 0 1 3 4:22 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 240 40-79 15-20 7-40 29 16 107

Percentages: FG .506, FT .750. 3-Point Goals: 12-29, .414 (Porter 5-9, Beal 3-8, Morris 1-2, Thornton 1-2, Oubre 1-4, Wall 1-4). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 16 (16 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Wall 2, Gortat, Morris, Porter). Turnovers: 16 (Wall 7, Beal 3, Morris 2, Porter 2, Oubre, Thornton). Steals: 7 (Beal 2, Morris 2, Wall 2, Oubre). Technical Fouls: None. A: 15,773 (20,356). T: 2:13.

to get defensive stops. We came out with a sense of urgency and got some big stops in a row. They had a couple turnovers and took a couple bad shots, and we found Brad to get him going [and] Otto was really big for us.” candace.buckner@washpost.com

plays why he has been an elite distributor for the Capitals over more than nine seasons and is approaching the significant milestone. If Backstrom reaches 500 assists, he’ll be both the first player in franchise history and the first from the 2006 NHL draft to hit that mark. He’ll also become the 10th Swedishborn player to get there. His assists have helped many of his teammates reach milestones, so the Capitals are happy to celebrate their top center when he gets his own. “Nick is as slick as anybody with the puck,” Capitals Coach Barry Trotz said. “He’s got great patience and really great deception in his game. His pulse rate is very low when it comes to panic level, especially in tight quarters. And then he’s accurate. He’s smart and he understands what the next move is. He’s like a chess player — he’s making a move now in order to create another move or find someone open. He’s got that great ability, that vision and that sense of awareness that is elite.” Trotz said Backstrom’s “panic circle is very tight,” so as defenders swarm him, his calm gives him an extra second with the puck to open up a lane. Backstrom said that poise is central to his philosophy on hockey; before he makes a pass, he wants to draw an opponent to him to open up more ice for a teammate. It’s good in theory, but few players are precise enough to be able to hold on to the puck that long without being pressured into an errant move. “He just sees things that a lot of players don’t have the ability to, or the guts to,” defenseman Matt Niskanen said. “As a teammate, he’s thinking about you when he’s going to make that play,” defenseman Karl Alzner said. “He’s going to make sure he can get you as open as possible, and then deliver you the puck. If he gives it to you, then he’s going to try and tie up another

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guy’s stick, so you have a little bit more freedom to do something.” Niskanen said he has watched Backstrom be just as laid back when playing ping-pong in the locker room. “He’s got that kind of personality, and a lot of talent obviously. And I don’t know which breeds which,” Niskanen said. Andre Burakovsky said that when they’ve played golf together, Burakovsky is the type to break a golf club or two while Backstrom shrugs. “I’m always like that, but inside my body, I’m fired up,” Backstrom said. “If you talk to Nick, he’s always pretty cerebral and low maintenance,” Trotz said. “He’s not bouncing off the walls. He’s pretty calm. I think that’s part of his personality, and then his hockey IQ is off the charts when it comes to the game.” Anders Backstrom, Nicklas’s father, said his son was an “easy” kid. Anders often encouraged him to shoot more, but he was a pass-first player when he was growing up, too. It’s typically 1 a.m. in Sweden when the puck drops for Capitals games on the East Coast, but Anders said he has watched all but five to 10 of Nicklas’s games in his career. “I can’t sleep in the night when I know he’s playing,” Anders said. His favorite assist of his son’s was a pass behind his back to Mike Knuble against the Rangers. As Alex Ovechkin’s center for the majority of his career, Backstrom has assisted on 201 of

Ovechkin’s 442 goals since Backstrom’s first season in 2007-08. “I really liked him a lot,” said Minnesota Wild Coach Bruce Boudreau, a former Capitals coach. “He could pass the puck both backhand and forehand equally as well. He came to play every night. I can’t say enough. If he has 500 assists now, he’s going to be the kind of guy like [San Jose center] Joe Thornton and get over 1,000 assists. His game isn’t going to change for another 10 years.” Ask any of the Capitals about Backstrom and then pull up a chair as they praise his intelligence, his attention to detail and a skill that’s not appreciated enough outside Washington’s locker room. Trotz campaigned for him to get his first all-star nod last season, and he has often ranted about how Backstrom’s defensive ability is underrated. Backstrom finished 12th in voting for the Selke Trophy, which goes to the top defensive forward, and that he wasn’t in the top five frustrated Trotz. “He doesn’t get a lot of fanfare, and he doesn’t want a lot of fanfare,” Trotz said. “But for him to reach that mark [of 500 assists], there’s some pretty exceptional players who have made that mark and passed that mark, and there’s exceptional players who haven’t reached that mark. He’s going to be going into an elite class there. . . . I’m really happy for him because I think he’s an exceptional talent.” As if on cue, Backstrom shrugged it off. “I haven’t thought about it now, but we’ll see when it happens,” Backstrom said. “I feel like I’m in the middle of my career, and maybe when I retire, I’ll look back at it as a nice memory, but I haven’t really thought about it, what it would mean to me right now. But it’s been a lot of years here, too, and I’ve played with a lot of good players.” They’d argue it was the other way around. isabelle.khurshudyan@washpost.com

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NBA ROUNDUP

Detroit routs Cleveland as James sits out to rest PISTONS 106, CAVALIERS 90 A SSOCIATED P RESS Tobias Harris scored 21 points to help the Detroit Pistons snap a five-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers, 106-90, on Monday night in Auburn Hills, Mich., while LeBron James sat out resting. James missed his third game of the season, and Cleveland has lost all three. The Cavaliers saw their five-game winning streak end on a night they never led. Cleveland was playing its fifth game in seven days and coming off a thrilling win Sunday over Golden State. So James sat, and the Pistons took advantage. Earlier Monday, the NBA said two calls were missed in the final moments of Cleveland’s win over Golden State on Sunday, and both aided the Cavaliers in what became their one-point victory. The league said James should have been assessed a technical foul for hanging on the rim after his dunk with 1:43 left, and that the Cavaliers’ Richard Jefferson should have been called for fouling the Warriors’ Kevin Durant on the game’s final play. Cleveland won the NBA Finals rematch, 109-108. NETS 120, HORNETS 118: Randy Foye made a three-pointer to beat the buzzer and give Brooklyn a win over visiting Charlotte. The Nets overcame the loss of Jeremy Lin to stop a five-game skid. Lin strained his left hamstring in the third quarter, the same injury that forced him to miss 17 games earlier this season. ROCKETS 131, SUNS 115: James Harden had 32 points and 12 assists in three quarters, and Houston never trailed in a home victory over Phoenix. TIMBERWOLVES

104,

HAWKS 90: Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Zach LaVine hit six three-pointers to lead Minnesota past Atlanta in Minneapolis. Dwight Howard had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks in his return from a back injury. MAGIC

112, GRIZZLIES 102: Aaron Gordon’s 30 points

helped Orlando defeat visiting Memphis. BULLS 90, PACERS 85: Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, and host Chicago survived a poor shooting performance to beat Indiana and snap a three-game skid. Michael Carter-Williams returned to the Bulls’ lineup after missing nearly two months with left knee and left wrist injuries. PELICANS

111, MAVERICKS 104: Anthony Davis had 28

points and 16 rebounds, and host New Orleans defeated Dallas.

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EAST W z-Dallas .................. 13 y-N.Y. Giants .......... 10 Washington ............. 8 Philadelphia ............ 6

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PF 408 291 386 340

PA 279 274 364 318

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PF 502 337 437 353

PA 374 353 416 385

NORTH W L Green Bay ................ 9 6 Detroit ...................... 9 6 Minnesota ............... 7 8 Chicago ................... 3 12

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PCT. .600 .600 .467 .200

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PA 364 327 297 361

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PCT. .633 .433 .267 .133

PF 329 374 218 286

PA 269 356 350 455

AFC EAST W L z-New England ....... 13 2 y-Miami .................. 10 5 Buffalo ..................... 7 8 N.Y. Jets .................. 4 11

T 0 0 0 0

PCT. .867 .667 .467 .267

PF 406 349 389 245

PA 236 345 348 399

SOUTH W L z-Houston ................. 9 6 Tennessee ............... 8 7 Indianapolis ............. 7 8 Jacksonville ............ 3 12

T 0 0 0 0

PCT. .600 .533 .467 .200

PF 262 357 387 298

PA 304 361 372 376

NORTH W L z-Pittsburgh ........... 10 5 Baltimore ................. 8 7 Cincinnati ............... 5 9 Cleveland ................. 1 14

T 0 0 1 0

PCT. .667 .533 .367 .067

PF 372 333 298 240

PA 303 294 305 425

WEST W L y-Oakland ............... 12 3 y-Kansas City ......... 11 4 Denver ..................... 8 7 San Diego ............... 5 10

T 0 0 0 0

PCT. .800 .733 .533 .333

PF 410 352 309 383

PA 361 284 291 386

y-clinched playoff spot; z-clinched division

MONDAY’S RESULT at Dallas 42, Detroit 21

SUNDAY’S GAMES N.Y. Giants at Washington (-71/2), 4:25 Baltimore at Cincinnati (-21/2), 1 New England (-91/2) at Miami, 1 Cleveland at Pittsburgh (-7), 1 Carolina at Tampa Bay (-61/2), 1 Dallas at Philadelphia (OFF), 1 Houston at Tennessee (-3), 1 Buffalo (-6) at N.Y. Jets, 1 Chicago at Minnesota (-5), 1 Jacksonville at Indianapolis (-41/2), 1 Seattle (-91/2) at San Francisco, 4:25 New Orleans at Atlanta (-61/2), 4:25 Kansas City (-4) at San Diego, 4:25 Arizona (-6) at Los Angeles , 4:25 Oakland at Denver (-21/2), 4:25 Green Bay at Detroit (OFF), 8:30

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MONDAY‘S RESULTS

0 — 21 7 — 42

Dallas: Butler 21 pass from Prescott (Bailey kick), 9:57. Detroit: Zenner 7 run (Prater kick), 5:23. Dallas: Elliott 55 run (Bailey kick), 2:49.

WEDNESDAY‘S GAMES PINSTRIPE BOWL NEW YORK Northwestern (6-6) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 2 (ESPN) RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL ORLANDO Miami (8-4) vs. West Virginia (10-2), 5:30 (ESPN) FOSTER FARMS BOWL SANTA CLARA, CALIF. Indiana (6-6) vs. Utah (8-4), 8:30 (FOX) TEXAS BOWL HOUSTON Kansas State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 9 (ESPN)

MARYLAND ............................. 0 BOSTON COLLEGE ................... 6

13 23

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3 — 30 0 — 36

BC: Hilliman 1 run (kick failed), 6:47 first. BC: Sweeney 2 pass from Towles (Knoll kick), 13:40 second. BC: FG Knoll 22, 10:32 second. MAR: T.Johnson 62 run (Greene kick), 9:20 second. BC: Towles 20 pass from J.Smith (Knoll kick), 7:29 second. MAR: T.Johnson 30 run (pass failed), 6:36 second. BC: M.Walker 49 pass from Towles (kick failed), :35 second. BC: Kavalec 0 fumble return (Knoll kick), 13:24 third. MAR: Morgan 63 pass from Hills (Greene kick), 12:48 third. MAR: L.Jacobs 52 pass from Hills (Greene kick), 10:05 third. MAR: FG Greene 23, 2:55 fourth. A: 19,117 fourth.

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0 — 16 3 — 17

MOH: FG Dowd 18, 10:07 first. MOH: Gardner 6 pass from Ragland (kick failed), 8:36 second. MSST: Fitzgerald 2 run (Graves kick), :22 second. MOH: R.Smith 1 pass from Ragland (Dowd kick), 8:11 third. MSST: Fitzgerald 44 run (Graves kick), 4:15 third. MSST: FG Graves 36, 12:03 fourth. A: 15,717 fourth. MIAMI (OHIO) First Downs ................................. 24 Rushes-Yards ....................... 35-170 Passing ...................................... 263 Comp-Att-Int ...................... 22-31-1 Return Yards ............................... 40 Punts-Avg. ............................. 2-36.0 Fumbles-Lost .............................. 1-1 Penalties-Yards ........................ 3-30 Time Of Possession ................ 35:08

MISSISSIPPI ST. 17 33-209 126 13-27-0 80 4-37.5 0-0 2-25 24:52

RUSHING Miami (Ohio): Young 9-67, Ragland 17-51, M.Thomas 3-33, A.Smith 4-20, (Team) 2-(minus 1). Mississippi St.: Fitzgerald 18-142, A.Williams 12-64, Dear 1-3, Shumpert 1-2, (Team) 1-(minus 2).

RECEIVING Detroit: Ebron 8-93, Tate 6-58, Boldin 5-33, Zenner 2-25, M.Jones 1-16, Roberts 1-14, T.Jones 1-9, Mulligan 1-8, Washington 1-4. Dallas: Bryant 4-70, T.Williams 4-61, Beasley 4-25, Witten 2-33, Butler 1-21, Elliott 1-12.

MISSED FIELD GOALS Detroit: Prater 47.

NC State: Samuels 6-104, Hines 6-69, Louis 2-21, Gallaspy 2-0, Cherry 1-24, Dayes 1-13, Harmon 1-4. Vanderbilt: Duncan 6-47, Scott 4-49, Sherfield 3-24, Lipscomb 2-13, Webb 2-13, Rayford 1-10, Dobbs 1-2.

Pct .724 .581 .533 .267 .241

GB — 4 51/2 131/2 14

SOUTHEAST W Charlotte....................................17 Atlanta.......................................15 Washington ...............................14 Orlando ......................................15 Miami.........................................10

L 14 16 16 18 21

Pct .548 .484 .467 .455 .323

GB — 2 21/2 3 7

CENTRAL W Cleveland ...................................23 Chicago ......................................15 Milwaukee .................................14 Indiana .......................................15 Detroit .......................................15

L 7 16 15 17 18

Pct .767 .484 .483 .469 .455

GB — 81/2 81/2 9 91/2

SOUTHWEST W San Antonio ...............................25 Houston .....................................23 Memphis ....................................20 New Orleans ..............................12 Dallas ...........................................9

L 6 9 13 21 22

Pct .806 .719 .606 .364 .290

GB — 21/2 6 14 16

NORTHWEST W Oklahoma City ...........................19 Utah ...........................................18 x-Portland..................................13 x-Denver ....................................12 Minnesota..................................10

L 12 13 19 18 21

Pct .613 .581 .406 .400 .323

GB — 1 61/2 61/2 9

PACIFIC W Golden State..............................27 x-L.A. Clippers ...........................22 x-Sacramento ............................13 L.A. Lakers .................................12 Phoenix ........................................9

L 5 10 17 22 22

Pct .844 .688 .433 .353 .290

GB — 5 13 16 171/2

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MONDAY’S RESULTS

SUNDAY’S RESULTS

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TUESDAY’S GAMES Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 Boston at Columbus, 7 Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 Minnesota at Nashville, 8 Winnipeg at Chicago, 8:30 Dallas at Arizona, 9 Calgary at Colorado, 9 San Jose at Anaheim, 10

HIGH SCHOOLS BOYS' BASKETBALL MARYLAND Wilde Lake 67, Crossland 62 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 70, Parkdale 61 Bladensburg 67, Richard Montgomery 62 Sherwood 58, Einstein 51 VIRGINIA Champe 63, Langley 58 PRIVATE Rock Creek Christian 88, Boys' Latin 66 Capitol Christian 98, Spencerville Adventist 34

BOYS' BASKETBALL

BL (7-5)Totals 0 0-0 66. RCC (7-0) Timberlake 17, Kenney 14, Preston 14, Evans 13, Vedder 6, Harris 6, Page 5, Andrerson 4, Harris 4, Williams 3, Rose 2 Totals 19 14-21 88. Halftime: Boys' Latin, (36-35). Three-point goals: BL 0 (); RCC 12 (Kenney, Preston 4, Evans 3, Timberlake 2, Harris, Williams).

NO. 14 BLADENSBURG 67, NO. 18 RICHARD MONTGOMERY 62 RM (6-1) Hawkins 28, Mitchell-Paden 11, Stover 9, Threet 6, Alexander 5, Brown 3 Totals 13 6-7 62. B (5-0) Oladapo 22, Sterling 12, Devonish 12, Sanya 11, Walker 6, Moore 3, Hampton 1 Totals 14 18-19 67. Halftime: Bladensburg, (39-32). Three-point goals: RM 10 (Threet 2, Alexander, Hawkins 6, Brown); B 7 (Oladapo 2, Sterling 2, Sanya, Devonish, Moore).

GIRLS' BASKETBALL IAAM-A PALLOTTI 44, BROADNECK 42 B (5-2) Fields 22, Turner 11, Aminzadah 6, Washington 3 Totals 14 11-14 42. P (7-3) Hall 10, Stangherlin-Brown 9, Alhassan 8, Pippin 6, Roberts 5, Thweatt 4, Griffin 2 Totals 18 8-18 44. Halftime: Pallotti, (29-17). Three-point goals: B 1 (Washington); P 0 ().

PASSING Miami (Ohio): Ragland 21-29-1-257, R.Williams 1-2-0-6. Mississippi St.: Dam.Williams 0-1-0-0, Fitzgerald 13-260-126.

NONLEAGUE PAINT BRANCH 59, MOUNT HEBRON 28

RECEIVING

PB (4-3) McFadden 23, Myers 12, Stewart 11, Anumgba 5, Grear 3, Glover 3, Burrows 2 Totals 19 3-5 59. MH (0-2) Krell 7, Devine 6, Rodriguez 5, Demek 4, Chase 2, Oliver 2, Rogers 2 Totals 11 3-11 28. Halftime: Paint Branch, (35-12). Three-point goals: PB 6 (Grear, McFadden 2, Stewart 3); MH 1 (Rodriguez).

Miami (Ohio): R.Smith 7-72, Gardner 5-92, R.Williams 4-38, Young 3-29, J.Murphy 1-20, Zielinski 1-6, M.Thomas 1-6. Mississippi St.: F.Ross 4-44, Dear 2-19, D.Gray 2-8, A.Williams 1-24, F.Green 1-13, Mixon 1-11, Ju.Johnson 1-8, Holloway 1-(minus 1).

L 8 13 14 22 22

NHL

TOP 20 NO. 5 ROCK CREEK CHRISTIAN 88, BOYS' LATIN 66

Detroit: Zenner 12-67, Washington 7-22, Stafford 1-1. Dallas: Elliott 12-80, D.McFadden 14-49, Prescott 4-35. Detroit: Stafford 26-46-1-260. Dallas: Prescott 15-20-0-212, Bryant 1-1-0-10.

RECEIVING

Maryland: L.Jacobs 4-71, Morgan 3-90, D.Moore 3-40, T.Johnson 2-15, W.Brown 1-14, Hayward 1-0, Goins 1-(minus 1). Boston: M.Walker 3-63, Callinan 3-45, Sweeney 2-26, Towles 1-20, Idrizi 1-13, J.Smith 1-4.

RUSHING

PASSING

NC State: McClendon 0-1-0-0, Finley 19-30-0-235. Vanderbilt: Shurmur 19-46-3-158.

MARYLAND Paint Branch 59, Mount Hebron 28 Bethesda-Chevy Chase 39, Urbana 30 Pallotti 44, Broadneck 42

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ATLANTIC W x-Toronto ...................................21 Boston........................................18 New York ...................................16 Brooklyn.......................................8 x-Philadelphia..............................7

PASSING

Maryland: Hills 15-35-1-229. Boston: J.Smith 1-1-0-20, Towles 10-22-1-151.

MIAMI (OHIO) ......................... 3 MISSISSIPPI ST. ...................... 0

COWBOYS 23 375 30-164 211 2-5 3-74 1-8 16-21-0 1-11 4-47.3 0-0 8-47 29:17

NC State: Dayes 9-47, Gallaspy 11-26, Finley 4-24, Nichols 2-15, McClendon 4-10, Samuels 2-9, Hines 1-4, Louis 1-3, Bodine 2-3. Vanderbilt: Webb 21-111, Sherfield 1-45, Sims 3-7, Lipscomb 1-4, Blasingame 2-2, Shurmur 7-(minus 13).

GIRLS' BASKETBALL

RECEIVING

NCAA MEN’S AP TOP 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE RUSHING

PASSING

THIRD QUARTER

LIONS First Downs .......................................... 23 Total Net Yards ................................... 319 Rushes-Yards ................................. 20-90 Passing ................................................ 229 Punt Returns ..................................... 1-23 Kickoff Returns ................................. 2-64 Interceptions Ret. ............................... 0-0 Comp-Att-Int ............................... 26-46-1 Sacked-Yards Lost ............................ 4-31 Punts .............................................. 4-49.0 Fumbles-Lost ...................................... 2-1 Penalties-Yards ................................ 5-62 Time Of Possession ......................... 30:43

VANDERBILT 18 35-156 158 19-46-3 153 4-36.25 1-0 4-40 30:12

HOCKEY

Mississippi St. 17, Miami (Ohio) 16

Dallas: Bryant 19 pass from Prescott (Bailey kick), 12:12. Attendance: 92,885.

13 — 41 7 — 17

Boston College 36, Maryland 30

Detroit: Stafford 1 run (Prater kick), 13:32. Detroit: Zenner 5 run (Prater kick), 7:40. Dallas: Bryant 25 pass from Prescott (Bailey kick), 1:04.

FOURTH QUARTER

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NC STATE First Downs ................................... 21 Rushes-Yards ......................... 36-141 Passing ........................................ 235 Comp-Att-Int ........................ 19-31-0 Return Yards ................................ 166 Punts-Avg. ............................... 5-19.6 Fumbles-Lost ................................ 1-1 Penalties-Yards ............................ 1-5 Time Of Possession .................. 29:48

SECOND QUARTER

Dallas: Elliott 1 run (Bailey kick), 10:19. Dallas: Witten 10 pass from Bryant (Bailey kick), 4:03.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

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TUESDAY‘S GAMES MILITARY BOWL ANNAPOLIS Wake Forest (6-6) vs. Temple (10-3), 3:30 (ESPN) HEART OF DALLAS BOWL Army (7-5) vs. North Texas (5-7), Noon (ESPN) HOLIDAY BOWL SAN DIEGO Minnesota (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 7 (ESPN) CACTUS BOWL PHOENIX Boise State (10-2) vs. Baylor (6-6), 10:15 (ESPN)

Maryland: T.Johnson 15-159, D.Moore 2-7, Goins 2-5, W.Brown 1-4, Morgan 1-(minus 6), Hills 13-(minus 41). Boston: Hilliman 29-79, Willis 2-74, J.Smith 4-15, Towles 12-14, Rouse 2-1, (Team) 3-(minus 6).

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NBA

NC STATE ................................. 0 VANDERBILT ........................... 3

VAN: FG Openshaw 52, 6:06 first. NCST: Samuels 9 pass from Finley (Haskins kick), 9:08 second. NCST: Samuels 55 pass from Finley (Haskins kick), 1:24 second. NCST: Gallaspy 5 run (Haskins kick), 11:50 third. NCST: Samuels 17 pass from Finley (Haskins kick), 5:34 third. VAN: Webb 30 run (Openshaw kick), :58 third. VAN: Blasingame 1 run (Openshaw kick), 10:37 fourth. NCST: Hines 100 kickoff return (Haskins kick), 10:21 fourth. NCST: Clark 32 interception return, :00 fourth.

RUSHING

FIRST QUARTER

N.C. State 41, Vanderbilt 17

QUICK LANE BOWL DETROIT Boston College 36, Maryland 30 ST. PETERSBURG (FLA.) BOWL Mississippi State 17, Miami (Ohio) 16 INDEPENDENCE BOWL SHREVEPORT, LA. N.C. State 41, Vanderbilt 17

MARYLAND BOSTON COLLEGE First Downs .............................. 17 15 Rushes-Yards .................... 34-128 52-177 Passing .................................... 229 171 Comp-Att-Int ................... 15-35-1 11-23-1 Return Yards ........................... 142 51 Punts-Avg. ........................ 7-38.85 8-37.75 Fumbles-Lost ........................... 5-3 4-1 Penalties-Yards ................... 11-86 6-46 Time Of Possession ............. 26:50 33:10

Cowboys 42, Lions 21 LIONS ....................................... 7 COWBOYS .............................. 14

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MONDAY’S RESULTS at Washington 107, Milwaukee 102 at Orlando 112, Memphis 102 at Brooklyn 120, Charlotte 118 at Detroit 106, Cleveland 90 at Chicago 90, Indiana 85 at Houston 131, Phoenix 115 at Minnesota 104, Atlanta 90 at New Orleans 111, Dallas 104 Toronto at Portland, Late Denver at L.A. Clippers, Late Philadelphia at Sacramento, Late

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Villanova (56) UCLA (3) Kansas Baylor (6) Duke Louisville Gonzaga Kentucky North Carolina Creighton West Virginia Virginia Butler Wisconsin Purdue Indiana Xavier Arizona Saint Mary's (Calif.) Florida St. Oregon Southern Cal Cincinnati Notre Dame Florida

RECORD 12-0 13-0 11-1 12-0 12-1 11-1 12-0 10-2 11-2 12-0 11-1 10-1 11-1 11-2 11-2 10-2 10-2 11-2 10-1 12-1 11-2 13-0 10-2 10-2 9-3

PTS 1614 1518 1461 1458 1375 1260 1222 1171 1113 1049 933 892 837 772 745 709 548 512 407 326 321 248 207 204 76

Others receiving votes: Maryland 40, Virginia Tech 37, Seton Hall 18, Clemson 12, Minnesota 8, Miami 8, Oklahoma St. 7, Northwestern 5, South Carolina 4, UNC Wilmington 3, Arkansas 3, Iowa St. 2.

MEN’S USA TODAY TOP 25 First-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 25, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: RECORD 12-0 13-0 11-1 12-0 12-1 12-0 11-1 10-2 12-0 11-2 10-1 11-1 11-1 11-2 11-2 10-2 10-2 11-2 10-1 12-1 11-2 13-0 10-2 10-2 9-2

Villanova (27) UCLA (2) Kansas (1) Baylor Duke (1) Gonzaga Louisville Kentucky Creighton North Carolina Virginia West Virginia Butler Wisconsin Purdue Indiana Xavier Arizona Saint Mary's Florida State Oregon Southern Cal Cincinnati Notre Dame South Carolina

PTS 771 736 695 656 641 600 560 537 531 522 454 438 397 347 331 285 277 232 214 161 148 136 93 92 57

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

SUNDAY’SRESULTS FAR WEST Hawaii 60, Southern Miss. 46 Utah 74, Stephen F. Austin 66 MONDAY’SRESULT FAR WEST Loyola Marymount 70, Morgan St. 49

WOMEN’S AP TOP 25

THURSDAY’S GAMES

First-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Miami at Charlotte, 7 Boston at Cleveland, 8 Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 Philadelphia at Utah, 9 Toronto at Phoenix, 9 Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30

NBA LEADERS FG 324 318 288 290 249 280 226 295 255 247 228 250 240 229 234 234 233 254 199 170 260 180 204 235 184 261 206 222 249 183 222 206 220 219

FT PTS. AVG. 277 984 31.7 236 891 29.7 215 843 29.1 212 805 27.8 258 849 27.4 223 865 27.0 211 728 27.0 188 838 26.2 128 688 25.5 202 755 24.4 238 728 24.3 152 772 24.1 100 644 23.9 144 634 23.5 168 656 23.4 132 659 22.7 110 654 22.6 121 666 22.2 107 577 22.2 146 528 22.0 103 703 22.0 140 568 21.8 128 631 21.8 144 652 21.7 98 520 21.7 67 684 21.4 134 551 21.2 89 614 21.2 91 617 20.6 114 530 20.4 86 564 20.1 146 600 20.0 114 600 20.0 97 599 20.0

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RECORD 11-0 11-1 11-1 12-0 13-0 10-1 12-1 12-2 12-1 9-2 11-1 12-0 9-2 10-4 11-1 6-4 9-3 9-2 12-0 10-1 12-0 10-1 10-1 9-3 9-4

U-Conn. (33) Notre Dame Baylor Maryland Mississippi St. South Carolina Florida St. Louisville Washington UCLA Miami West Virginia Stanford Ohio St. Duke Texas Kentucky Arizona St. Virginia Tech Colorado California Oregon St. South Florida Oklahoma Syracuse

PTS 825 767 759 740 679 664 629 593 539 517 473 451 408 400 310 272 251 247 227 188 159 147 117 112 76

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Others receiving votes: Florida 37, Maryland 33, Arkansas 27, Oklahoma State 17, Miami 13, California 7, Minnesota 7, TCU 7, Seton Hall 4, Virginia Tech 4, Nevada 3, Colorado 2, Middle Tennessee 1, New Mexico State 1, UNC-Wilmington 1.

Memphis at Boston, 7:30 Oklahoma City at Miami, 7:30 Houston at Dallas, 8:30 Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30

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Boston 119, at New York 114 at Cleveland 109, Golden State 108 at San Antonio 119, Chicago 100 at Oklahoma City 112, Minnesota 100 at L.A. Lakers 111, L.A. Clippers 102

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Civil No. 424321V NOTICE PURSUANT TO MD RULE 14-215 (A) ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, this 2nd day of December, 2016, that the foreclosure sale of the property described in the deed of trust docketed herein and located at 134 Duvall Lane Apartment 102, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877 made and reported by James E. Clarke, Renee Dyson, Brian Thomas, Erin M. August, Hugh J. Green and Patrick M. A. Decker, Substitute Trustees, Be RATIFIED and CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 3rd day of January, 2017; provided a copy of this Order be inserted in The Washington Post, once in each of three (3) successive weeks before the 3rd day of January, 2017. The Report of Sale states the amount of the sale at $54,000.00.

Stephanie H. Hurley, et al. Substitute Trustees Versus Rodney Harris Defendant No. C-02-CV-16-002511 NOTICE Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 12, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Stephanie H. Hurley, Substitute Trustee BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of January 2017 next; provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of January 2017 The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 2213 COMMISSARY CIRCLE, ODENTON, MD 21113 to be $212,767.20.

BY THE COURT: Barbara H. Meiklejohn Clerk of the Circuit Court Montgomery County, Md. ALG545221 Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548 Leesburg, Virginia 20177 Dec 13, 20, 27, 2016 12069822 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

Robert P. Duckworth Clerk of the Circuit Court Anne Arundel County, MD Dec 20, 27, 2016, Jan 3, 2017 12071821 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

James E. Clarke Renee Dyson Brian Thomas Erin M. August Hugh J. Green Patrick M. A. Decker Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs

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V. Abiodun Bukola Owumi and Joseph Park Owumi Defendant(s)

Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 19, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Stephanie H. Hurley, Substitute Trustee BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of January 2017 next; provided, a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 18th day of January 2017 The report states that the amount of sale of the property at 8418 RUGBY ROAD, PASADENA, MD 21122 to be $169,650.00.

No. C-02-CV-16-003086 NOTICE

The Report of Sale states the amount of the sale at $242,000.00. BY THE COURT: Barbara H. Meiklejohn Clerk of the Circuit Court Montgomery County, Md. ALG567516 Atlantic Law Group, LLC PO Box 2548 Leesburg, Virginia 20177 Dec 13, 20, 27, 2016

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Robert P. Duckworth Clerk of the Circuit Court Anne Arundel County, MD Dec 27, 2016, Jan 3, 10, 2017 12073358

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY John E. Driscoll, III, et al. Substitute Trustees Versus Anthony Michael Glorioso Christopher Michael Glorioso Defendants No. C-02-CV-16-000803 NOTICE

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Notice is hereby issued this Monday, December 12, 2016 that the sale of the property in the proceedings mentioned, made and reported by Deena L. Reynolds, Substitute Trustee BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary thereof be shown on or before the 11th day of January 2017, next; provided a copy of this Notice be inserted in some newspaper published in Anne Arundel County, once in each of three successive weeks before the 11th day of January 2017, next. The report states that the amount of the sale of the property at 8553 KIM MARIE COURT, PASADENA, MD 21122 to be $310,991.37. Robert P. Duckworth Dec 20, 27, 2016, Jan 3, 2017 12071844

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LEGAL NOTICE NEC FUTURE TIER 1 FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: WASHINGTON, DC TO BOSTON, MA The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) hereby gives notice that the Tier 1 Final Environmental Impact Statement (Tier 1 Final EIS) for NEC FUTURE is available to view on the NEC FUTURE website at www.necfuture.com. Print copies are also available at libraries along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), listed on the website. NEC FUTURE is a planning process for improving passenger rail service along the NEC between Washington, D.C., and Boston, MA. The Tier 1 Final EIS was prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act and other applicable laws and regulations. The proposed action evaluated in the Tier 1 Final EIS is the adoption of an investment program to improve passenger rail service in the NEC FUTURE Study Area, which includes portions of eight states and the District of Columbia. The Tier 1 Final EIS presents the FRA’s Preferred Alternative, a vision for future growth on the NEC that incorporates feedback from the public and stakeholders along the corridor. The Tier 1 Final EIS includes a final Programmatic Agreement prepared in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Information about the FRA’s decision-making process, waiting period, and how to provide feedback is available on the NEC FUTURE website. Questions may be directed to Rebecca Reyes-Alicea at info@necfuture.com or by mail to U.S. DOT, Federal Railroad Administration, One Bowling Green, Suite 429, New York, NY 10004.

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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 18320 NOB HILL DRIVE, TRIANGLE, VA 22172

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $200,000.00, with an annual interest rate of 7.750000% from WILLIAM R WHITE dated June 26, 2006, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF FAIRFAX as Deed Book 18595, Page 1035, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, on the courthouse steps at the front of the Circuit Court building for the County of Fairfax located at 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia on January 18, 2017 at 2:30 PM, the property with improvements to wit: LOT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-ONE (441), FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-TWO (442), FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (443), AND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR (444), IN BLOCK "K" IN THE SUBDIVISION OF MEMORIAL HEIGHTS, AS THE SAME IS SHOWN ON PLAT IN LIBER T. NO. 9 PAGE 447 AND IN LIBER Z, NO. 9 PAGE 63 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF THE AFORESAID COUNTY. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO WILLIAM R. WHITE AND DEBORAH M. WHITE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY WITH THE COMMON LAW RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, BY DEED DATED AUGUST 26, 1996, FROM 96-120652, OF RECORD IN BOOK 9794 PAGE 1795, OFFICE OF THE FAIRFAX COUNTY COURT CLERK.

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $193,000.00, with an annual interest rate of 2.000000% from AQUILLA E. WINBORNE dated December 21, 2004, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 200412270217334, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on January 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: All of that certain lot or parcel of land situated, lying and being in Prince William County, Virginia, and being more particularly described as follows:

PARCEL # 0931 18K 0441 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2808 EAST SIDE DR, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22306

TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of 10% of the sale price, will be required in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: Conventional. Reference Number 15-253790. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. Dec 20, 27, 2016

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Prince William County TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 14644 PONDEROSA CT, WOODBRIDGE, VA 22191

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $92,591.00, with an annual interest rate of 4.500000% from OLGA M. LOPEZ dated December 30, 2010, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 201101040001006, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on January 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: LOT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (257), SECTION 2, BLOCK 37, WILLOWBROOK, PHASE 3, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 519 at page 162, among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia. And Being the same property conveyed to Roldan N. PALMA by General Warranty Deed from Michael A. MAGNOTTI and Stephen M. TURNER, dated May 7, 2004 and recorded May 12, 2004, in Instrument #200405120080383, among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia. Tax Map #8391-86-1968 RPC#37374 For Informational Purposes Only: Property Address: 14644 Ponderosa Court Woodbridge, VA 22191

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. Dec 20, 27, 2016

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HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS, INC. 5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 440 WASHINGTON, DC 20015 202-463-4567 www.hwestauctions.com Pursuant to the District of Columbia Condominium Act and the Declaration of Condominium recorded on April 5, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007047616 and the Bylaws of Condominium recorded on April 5, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007047617 among the Land Records of the District of Columbia, according to the Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Condominium Unit for Assessments Due filed December 15, 2016 and at the request of the Board of Directors of the Condominium, the following real property shall be sold at public auction ON January 17, 2017 at 11:15 A.M. within the office of: HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS, INC., 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015: Unit No. 5 in Childress Condominiums as described in the aforementioned Declaration and Bylaws of Condominium and as per Plat of Condominium Subdivision recorded in the Condominium Book 63 at Page 15 in the office of the Surveyor for the District Of Columbia, together with all of the appurtenances incident to said unit as contained in the aforementioned Declaration of Condominium and any and all amendments thereto. The Unit is known for taxation and assessment purposes as Lot No. 2005 in Square No. S-4079 and having a mailing address of 1302 Childress Street, N.E., Unit 5, Washington, DC 20002. TERMS OF SALE: The purchase price must be paid in cash. Unit 5 shall be sold subject to real estate taxes, if any, and shall also be sold subject to any other superior liens, encumbrances and municipal assessments if any, the further particulars of which may be announced at the time of sale. Other oral information regarding Unit 5 may be disclosed at the time of sale. A deposit of $10,000 will be required at time of sale, such deposit to be in cash, certified check or in such other form, as the Association, in its sole discretion, requires. All conveyance, recording, recordation tax, transfer taxes, etc., shall be at purchaser’s cost. The balance of the purchase price, together with interest at the rate of ten percent (10)% per annum from date of sale to date of receipt of the balance of the purchase price, must be paid in cash or by cashier’s certified check and all other terms to be complied with within 30 days. Otherwise deposit is forfeited and the property may be re-advertised and sold at the discretion of the Association at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The Association shall convey a deed pursuant to 42 D.C., Code Section 1903.13 and makes no further representations of warranties as to title. The Association cannot guarantee clear title or the purchaser's ability to obtain title insurance. For this reason the purchaser may not be able to obtain financing and therefore must be able to pay the entire purchase price balance, in any case, within 30 days. In the event of the failure on the part of the Association to convey such deed, the purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit. Please note this property is being foreclosed upon under the authority of D.C. Code Section 42-1903.13(a)(2) for outstanding condominium assessments due for the period of 6 months, payment of which is superior to any prior mortgage or deed of trust. Contact Brian D. Bichy 301-961-5253 attorney for the Childress Condominiums

DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017

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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 2808E SIDE DR, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22306

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Department of Justice Antitrust Division Take notice that the United States has filed a proposed Final Judgment in a civil antitrust case in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States of America v. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-2475. On December 20, 2016, the United States filed a Complaint alleging that the proposed acquisition by AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. of Carmike Cinemas, Inc. would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18. The proposed Final Judgment, filed at the same time as the Complaint, requires AMC to divest certain theatre assets, reduce its equity holdings and relinquish its governance rights in National CineMedia, LLC, and complete screen transfers to the cinema advertising network of SV Holdco, LLC and Screenvision Exhibition, Inc. A Competitive Impact Statement filed by the United States describes the Complaint, the proposed Final Judgment, the industry, and the remedies available to private litigants who may have been injured by the alleged violation. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact Statement are available for inspection on the Antitrust Division’s website at http://www.justice.gov/atr and at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Interested persons may address comments to Owen M. Kendler, Acting Chief, Litigation III, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202-305-8376), within 60 days of the date of this notice. Such comments, including the name of the submitter, and responses thereto, will be posted on the Antitrust Division’s website, filed with the Court, and, under certain circumstances, published in the Federal Register.

AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 8391-86-1968)

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Interested persons may address comments to Owen Kendler, Acting Chief, Litigation III, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202-3058376), within 60 days of the date of this notice. Such comments, including the name of the submitter, and responses thereto, will be posted on the Antitrust Division’s website, filed with the Court, and, under certain circumstances, published in the Federal Register.

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Mathew Wenzel a/r/t/a Matthew Wenzel Defendant

ORDERED, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, this 2nd day of December, 2016, that the foreclosure sale of the property described in the deed of trust docketed herein and located at 2334 Ladymeade Drive, Silver Spring, Maryland 20906-5737 made and reported by James E. Clarke, Renee Dyson, Brian Thomas, Erin M. August, Hugh J. Green and Patrick M. A. Decker, Substitute Trustees, Be RATIFIED and CONFIRMED, unless cause to the contrary be shown on or before the 3rd day of January, 2017; provided a copy of this Order be inserted in The Washington Post, once in each of three (3) successive weeks before the 3rd day of January, 2017.

Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact Statement are available for inspection on the Antitrust Division’s website at http://www.justice.gov/atr and at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 0931 18K 0441)

Stephanie H. Hurley, et al. Plaintiff

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Take notice that the United States has filed a proposed Final Judgment in a civil antitrust case in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States of America v. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-02497. On December 22, 2016, the United States filed a Complaint alleging that a proposed transaction between Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. and Fairway Media Group, LLC would likely substantially lessen competition in the sale of outdoor advertising on billboards in the Atlanta, Georgia, and Indianapolis, Indiana metropolitan areas in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.§ 18. The proposed Final Judgment, filed at the same time as the Complaint, requires Clear Channel and Fairway to divest certain billboards in each of those metropolitan areas. A Competitive Impact Statement filed by the United States describes the Complaint, the proposed Final Judgment, the industry, and the remedies available to private litigants who may have been injured by the alleged violation.

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James E. Clarke Renee Dyson Brian Thomas Erin M. August Hugh J. Green Patrick M. A. Decker Substitute Trustees Plaintiffs V. Alexander Portillo and Gloria Portillo Defendant(s)

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Lot 5, Section One (1), NOB HILL, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 317 at Page 157, among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 8188-96-1719/006-25-000-0005) THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of 10% of the sale price, will be required in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: Conventional. Reference Number 16-257210. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. Dec. 20, 27, 2016

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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 9713 HANDERSON PL #405, MANASSAS PARK, VA 20111 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $254,821.00, with an annual interest rate of 3.750000% from Thomas Calhoun, Jr. dated November 26, 2012, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 201211300115412, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on January 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: Condominium Unit No. 405, Building G, Phase 3, THE RESERVE CONDOMINIUMS, a Condominium, and the limited common elements appurtenant thereto established by Condominium Instrument recorded as Instrument Number 200606050084823 with the Plat recorded as Instrument Number 200606050084824, and any and all Supplemental Declarations and/or Amendments recorded subsequent thereto among the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia. AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 25-6-405G) THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of 10% of the sale price, will be required in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: FHA. Reference Number 16-261159. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. Dec. 20, 27, 2016 12071995

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HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS, INC. 5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 440 WASHINGTON, DC 20015 202-463-4567 www.hwestauctions.com Pursuant to the District of Columbia Condominium Act and the Declaration of Condominium recorded on September 19, 1980 as Instrument No. 29819 and the Bylaws of Condominium recorded on September 19, 1980 as Instrument No. 29820 among the Land Records of the District of Columbia, according to the Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Condominium Unit for Assessments Due filed December 15, 2016 and at the request of the Board of Directors of the Condominium, the following real property shall be sold at public auction ON January 17, 2017 at 11:19 A.M. within the office of: HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS, INC., 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015: Unit No. 308 in University Hall Condominium as described in the aforementioned Declaration and Bylaws of Condominium and as per Plat of Condominium Subdivision recorded in the Condominium Book 26 at Page 37 in the office of the Surveyor for the District Of Columbia, together with all of the appurtenances incident to said unit as contained in the aforementioned Declaration of Condominium and any and all amendments thereto. The Unit is known for taxation and assessment purposes as Lot No. 2054 Square No. 3645 and having a mailing address of 3000 7th Street, N.E., Unit 308, Washington, DC 20017. TERMS OF SALE: The purchase price must be paid in cash. Unit 308 shall be sold subject to real estate taxes, if any, and shall also be sold subject to any other superior liens, encumbrances and municipal assessments if any, the further particulars of which may be announced at the time of sale. Other oral information regarding Unit 308 may be disclosed at the time of sale. A deposit of $10,000 will be required at time of sale, such deposit to be in cash, certified check or in such other form, as the Association, in its sole discretion, requires. All conveyance, recording, recordation tax, transfer taxes, etc., shall be at purchaser’s cost. The balance of the purchase price, together with interest at the rate of ten percent (10)% per annum from date of sale to date of receipt of the balance of the purchase price, must be paid in cash or by cashier’s certified check and all other terms to be complied with within 30 days. Otherwise deposit is forfeited and the property may be re-advertised and sold at the discretion of the Association at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The Association shall convey a deed pursuant to 42 D.C., Code Section 1903.13 and makes no further representations of warranties as to title. The Association cannot guarantee clear title or the purchaser's ability to obtain title insurance. For this reason the purchaser may not be able to obtain financing and therefore must be able to pay the entire purchase price balance, in any case, within 30 days. In the event of the failure on the part of the Association to convey such deed, the purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit. Please note this property is being foreclosed upon under the authority of D.C. Code Section 42-1903.13(a)(2) for outstanding condominium assessments due for the period of 6 months, payment of which is superior to any prior mortgage or deed of trust. Contact Brian D. Bichy 301-961-5253 Attorney for the University Hall Condominium

DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017

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HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS, INC. 5335 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W., SUITE 440 WASHINGTON, DC 20015 202-463-4567 www.hwestauctions.com Pursuant to the District of Columbia Condominium Act and the Declaration of Condominium recorded on April 5, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007047616 and the Bylaws of Condominium recorded on April 5, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007047617 among the Land Records of the District of Columbia, according to the Notice of Foreclosure Sale of Condominium Unit for Assessments Due filed December 15, 2016 and at the request of the Board of Directors of the Condominium, the following real property shall be sold at public auction ON January 17, 2017 at 11:17 A.M. within the office of: HARVEY WEST AUCTIONEERS, INC., 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20015: Unit No. 6 in Childress Condominiums as described in the aforementioned Declaration and Bylaws of Condominium and as per Plat of Condominium Subdivision recorded in the Condominium Book 63 at Page 15 in the office of the Surveyor for the District Of Columbia, together with all of the appurtenances incident to said unit as contained in the aforementioned Declaration of Condominium and any and all amendments thereto. The Unit is known for taxation and assessment purposes as Lot No. 2006 in Square No. S-4079 and having a mailing address of 1302 Childress Street, N.E., Unit 6, Washington, DC 20002. TERMS OF SALE: The purchase price must be paid in cash. Unit 6 shall be sold subject to real estate taxes, if any, and shall also be sold subject to any other superior liens, encumbrances and municipal assessments if any, the further particulars of which may be announced at the time of sale. Other oral information regarding Unit 6 may be disclosed at the time of sale. A deposit of $10,000 will be required at time of sale, such deposit to be in cash, certified check or in such other form, as the Association, in its sole discretion, requires. All conveyance, recording, recordation tax, transfer taxes, etc., shall be at purchaser’s cost. The balance of the purchase price, together with interest at the rate of ten percent (10)% per annum from date of sale to date of receipt of the balance of the purchase price, must be paid in cash or by cashier’s certified check and all other terms to be complied with within 30 days. Otherwise deposit is forfeited and the property may be re-advertised and sold at the discretion of the Association at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. The Association shall convey a deed pursuant to 42 D.C., Code Section 1903.13 and makes no further representations of warranties as to title. The Association cannot guarantee clear title or the purchaser's ability to obtain title insurance. For this reason the purchaser may not be able to obtain financing and therefore must be able to pay the entire purchase price balance, in any case, within 30 days. In the event of the failure on the part of the Association to convey such deed, the purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit. Please note this property is being foreclosed upon under the authority of D.C. Code Section 42-1903.13(a)(2) for outstanding condominium assessments due for the period of 6 months, payment of which is superior to any prior mortgage or deed of trust. Contact Brian D. Bichy 301-961-5253 attorney for the Childress Condominiums

ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 LEESBURG, VA 20175 703-777-7101 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 7906 Pearlbush Drive, Apartment 203 Gaithersburg, MD 20879 Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from FRANCISCO SILVA AND ELENA GIRALDO SILVA, dated December 28, 2006 and recorded in Liber 33771, folio 686 among the Land Records of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, default having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No.422287V; Tax ID No.09-02913630 ) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 50 MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, on DECEMBER 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and more fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust. The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit $20,600.00 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12073543 is the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 565548) 850 JAMES E. CLARKE, Montgomery County 850 Montgomery County RENEE DYSON, ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. BRIAN THOMAS, 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 ERIN M. AUGUST, LEESBURG, VA 20175 HUGH J. GREEN, 703-777-7101 PATRICK M. A. DECKER, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 14404 Bonifant Park Place Silver Spring, MD 20906 Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from MAURICIO RIVERA AND REINA I. RIVERA, dated August www.hwestauctions.com 22, 2003 and recorded in Liber 25610, folio 722 among the Land Records of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, default A181, A316, A311, A182, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463 12070037 having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as DECEMBER 13, 20, 27, 2016 Case No.397238V; Tax ID No.13-03384522 ) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 50 MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, on ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. JANUARY 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements LEESBURG, VA 20175 thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and more fully 703-777-7101 described in above referenced Deed of Trust. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the 13636 Hayworth Drive same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Potomac, MD 20854 Terms of Sale: A deposit $50,000.00 by cash or certified check. PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROPERTY Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from IS SUBJECT TO AN IRS RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. Balance KATHLEEN M. LAGERLOF, dated February 11, 2005 and of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of recorded in Liber 29368, folio 327 among the Land Records final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, default having occurred thereCOUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the under (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No.408712V; Tax ID purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the No.04-03009280 ) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 50 The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, on first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address JANUARY 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and more fully the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser described in above referenced Deed of Trust. shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note Terms of Sale: A deposit $42,500.00 by cash or certified from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the check. PURCHASER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROPERTY Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in IS SUBJECT TO AN IRS RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. Balance the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, is the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 548620) prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, JAMES E. CLARKE, and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit RENEE DYSON, without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, BRIAN THOMAS, transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser www.hwestauctions.com assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date DECEMBER 20, 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 2017 12073102 of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned deposit without interest. 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ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 LEESBURG, VA 20175 703-777-7101 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 505 FLETCHER PLACE ROCKVILLE, MD 20851 Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from GERRI SLAMA GROVE, dated January 26, 2009 and recorded in Liber 38775, folio 488 among the Land Records of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, default having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No.405804V; Tax ID No.04-00225585) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 50 MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, on JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and more fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust. The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit $34,000.00 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 559043) JAMES E. CLARKE, RENEE DYSON, BRIAN THOMAS, ERIN M. COHEN, HUGH J. GREEN, PATRICK M. A. DECKER SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12074089 ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 LEESBURG, VA 20175 703-777-7101 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 746 Quince Orchard Boulevard, no.101 Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from ANNE M. DEROSA, dated October 25, 2002 and recorded in Liber 22428, folio 125 among the Land Records of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, default having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No.424631V; Tax ID No.09-02372437 ) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 50 MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, on JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and more fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust. The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit $4,800.00 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 571914) JAMES E. CLARKE, RENEE DYSON, BRIAN THOMAS, HUGH J. GREEN, PATRICK M. A. DECKER SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 LEESBURG, VA 20175 703-777-7101 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 13122 Musicmaster Drive, Unit no.71 Silver Spring, MD 20904 Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from AMADOU B. THIAM AND BARRY ASSIATOU, dated January 9, 2006 and recorded in Liber 31686, folio 277 among the Land Records of MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD, default having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No.411753V; Tax ID No.05-02449997 ) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 50 MARYLAND AVENUE, ROCKVILLE, MD 20850, on JANUARY 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD and more fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust. The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit $40,500.00 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 562764) JAMES E. CLARKE, RENEE DYSON, BRIAN THOMAS, ERIN M. COHEN, HUGH J. GREEN, PATRICK M. A. DECKER, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 7218 East Kilmer Street Hyattsville, MD 20785 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to WILLIAM A. MARKWAT, Trustee(s), dated February 2, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 27341, folio 612, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT (28) IN BLOCK LETTERED "U" IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS KENTLAND AS PER PLAT THEREOF DULY RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK WWW 18 AT PLAT NO. 67. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $18,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 4.0% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-04293) www.hwestauctions.com Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, DECEMBER 20, 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 2017 12073119 Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, 851 David M. Williamson, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Prince Georges County 851 Prince Georges County Substitute Trustees BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS www.hwestauctions.com 1900 Parkside Drive DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12072576 Bowie, MD 20721 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 Deed of Trust to G. MICHAEL DUFOUR, Trustee(s), dated July VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 10, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 29967, folio 679, the VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having KNOWN AS appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having 3703 Taylor Street occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the Brentwood, MD 20722 party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER Deed of Trust to RONALD S. DEUTSK & RICHARD ROGERS, Trustee(s), dated September 3, 1999, and recorded among MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM in Liber 13343, folio 238, the holder of the indebtedness ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the described as follows: LOT 23, BLOCK D, PLAT THREE, WOODMORE SOUTH TAX ID: terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public 07-0809749 auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 without either express or implied warranty or representation, ON, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or described as follows: other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, LOT NUMBERED TWO (2) IN BLOCK NUMBERED TWO (2) IN and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS THE BRENTWOOD COMPANY which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold SUBDIVISION AS PER PLAT THEREOF DULY RECORDED subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK "A" AT PLAT NO. 10 AND BEING assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. IN THE SEVENTEENTH (17) ELECTION DISTRICT OF SAID TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $43,500.00 payable in certified COUNTY. check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final without either express or implied warranty or representation, ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S including but not limited to the description, fitness for a COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 4.625% particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merrequired to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the chantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA All other public charges and private charges or assessments, assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $6,000.00 payable in certified transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 11.75% any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered adjusted to date of sale. 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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3723 Dunlap Street Temple Hills, MD 20748 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to U.S.TITLE INC OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, Trustee(s), dated April 22, 1998, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 12183, folio 470, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBER THIRTY (30), IN BLOCK LETTERED "G", IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "BLOCKS E,F,G AND PARCELS E-1, E-2, OXON RUN HILLS", PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW21, AT FOLIO 31, LAND RECORDS OF SAID STATE AND COUNTY. BEING IN THE 6TH ELECTION DISTRICT. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $5,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 8.24% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-22191) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Glen H. Tschirgi, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 11839 Oak Manor Drive Waldorf, MD 20601 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to 1ST CHESAPEAKE HOME MORTGAGE LLC, Trustee(s), dated November 3, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 6775, folio 147, MODIFIED MARCH 13, 2013 IN LIBER 8138, FOLIO 49 the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA PLATA, MD 20646 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 1:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and described as follows: UNIT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE (41), IN BUILDING NUMBERED SIX (6) IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "OAK MANOR TOWNHOUSE A CONDOMINIUM", AS PER PLAT THEREOF DULY RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK 22, FOLIO 25. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $16,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 4.5% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (15-03724) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Glen H. Tschirgi, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 614 Hedgeleaf Avenue Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to PATRICK J. FLANAGAN, Trustee(s), dated November 21, 2005, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 24143, folio 736, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOTS NUMBERED TWENTY (20) AND TWENTY-ONE (21) IN BLOCK LETTERED G, IN A SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SECTION NO. 1, CARMODY HILLS, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK SDH 3 FOLIO 10, ONE OF THE LAND RECORDS OF SAID STATE AND COUNTY. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $21,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 2.0% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-04119) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12072671 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3806 Enders Lane Bowie, MD 20716 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to ANDREW VALENTINE, Trustee(s), dated February 28, 2007, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 27390, folio 112, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED-FIFTEEN (215), IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "PLAT - THIRTY-FOUR, COVINGTON, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK VJ 180 AT PLAT 88. SAID PROPERTY BEING LOCATED IN THE 7TH ELECTION DISTRICT OF SAID COUNTY. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $18,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 2.0% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (15-25860) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 13602 Royal Court Laurel, MD 20708 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to WILLIAM A. MARKWAT, Trustee(s), dated September 29, 2005, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 23852, folio 329, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOT NO. 18, PLAT TWO AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT ENTITLED SNOW HILL ESTATES, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY IN PLAT BOOK VJ 172 FOLIO 94. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $62,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5.5% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (15-25076) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 7304 Wintergreen Court Greenbelt, MD 20770 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to FRANK SHELVIN, Trustee(s), dated March 24, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 24843, folio 009, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY- TWO (122), IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "GREENBROOK", AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK NLP 127 AT PLAT 53, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. BEING IN THE 21ST ELECTION DISTRICT OF SAID COUNTY. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $27,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 8.85% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-22450) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 9717 Hale Drive Clinton, MD 20735 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to VALORIE KACHERIAN, Trustee(s), dated December 19, 2005, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 24077, folio 421, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED THREE (3) IN BLOCK LETTERED "A" IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "SECTION ONE (1), OAK ORCHARD" IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 43 AT PLAT 10, ONE OF THE LAND RECORDS OF SAID PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $15,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 2.45% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-23030) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 9307 Stuart Lane Clinton, MD 20735 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to ROBERT J. ANGELUCCI, Trustee(s), dated June 23, 2009, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 30775, folio 438, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT 49, "PLAT 4, LOTS 47-50, AND PARCEL A, CLINTON GARDENS" TAX ID: 09-3723673 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $41,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-16892) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, James J. Inabinett Jr, Jason L. Hamlin, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12072302 SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 619 Brookedge Court Mitchellville, MD 20721 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to HOWARD N. BIERMAN & JACOB GEESING, Trustee(s), dated December 23, 2003, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 18930, folio 681, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED ONE (1), IN BLOCK NUMBERED SIXTYONE (61), IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "PLAT SEVEN, SOUTHLAKE", AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK NLP 144 AT PLAT NO. 4, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 2% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (40117) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12072321 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 10804 Westwood Drive Cheltenham, MD 20623 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to FRIEDMAN & MAC FAYDEN PA, Trustee(s), dated October 10, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 26887, folio 400, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED THIRTEEN (13) IN BLOCK LETTERED "D", IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "CHELTENHAM WOODS", AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 63. AT PLAT 80, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $29,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5.99% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser www.hwestauctions.com shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (14-11168) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS KNOWN AS 4303 Monroe Street Colmar Manor, MD 20722 3810 Blackwater Road Clinton, MD 20735 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to MIHIR SHAH, Trustee(s), dated January Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain 8, 2007, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE Deed of Trust to SAMUEL I. WHITE, PC. , Trustee(s), dated GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 26899, folio 0717, November 16, 2005, and recorded among the Land Records the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 23970, Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by folio 716, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements described as follows: thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and LOT 363 AND THE ADJOINING ONE-HALF OF LOT 364, LENOX described as follows: TAX ID: 02-0111906 LOT NUMBERED ELEVEN (11), IN BLOCK LETTERED "K", IN The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "WINDBROOK", AS PER PLAT without either express or implied warranty or representation, THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 65, AT PLAT 29 including but not limited to the description, fitness for a The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, without either express or implied warranty or representation, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, mer- particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, chantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, mersubject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record chantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,000.00 payable in certified record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5.125% the purchase price with interest at 6.875% per annum from on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the association dues and assessments that may become due after purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer All other public charges and private charges or assessments, taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These Trustee's File No. (45732) provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-04438) www.hwestauctions.com DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12071879 Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung, 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE Substitute Trustees SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 2309 Lakewood Street www.hwestauctions.com Suitland, MD 20746 DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12071882 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. Deed of Trust to JOAN H. ANDERSON, Trustee(s), dated June 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE 14, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE SUITE 100 GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 29974, folio 091, the ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having KNOWN AS occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will 8132 Allendale Drive offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S Hyattsville, MD 20785 COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, certain Deed of Trust to JOAN H. ANDERSON, Trustee(s), dated JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM February 10, 2005, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 21603, folio ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements 325, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by described as follows: instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, LOT NUMBERED NINETY-TWO (92) IN BLOCK LETTERED "O" default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "DUPONT VILLAGE", AS request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute PER PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 24 AT PLAT 21 Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merdescribed as follows: chantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other LOT NUMBERED TWO (2) IN BLOCK LETTERED "O", IN THE laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "SECTION TWO, PALMER PARK", subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of 24 (ERRONEOUSLY REFERRED TO AS 222 24); PLAT 91 record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi- funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- the purchase price with interest at 6.875% per annum from rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of association dues and assessments that may become due after record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the the purchase price with interest at 4.25% per annum from the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If association dues and assessments that may become due after the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for Trustee's File No. (42941) the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to www.hwestauctions.com convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12071878 purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (25291) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 7800 HANOVER PARKWAY APARTMENT 202 GREENBELT, MD 20770 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to DIANA R. HARRISON, Trustee(s), dated April 4, 2007, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 27781, folio 616, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: ALL THAT PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED DATED MAY 8, 2007 AND RECORDED IN LIBER 27781, FOLIO 616. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.25% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (33657) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 5010 MATHILDA LANE Suitland, MD 20746 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to GEORGE NASH, Trustee(s), dated February 27, 2013, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 34490, folio 051, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: ALL THAT PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED DATED MARCH 13, 2013 AND RECORDED IN LIBER 34490, FOLIO 051. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 3.375% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (34613) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12071866 SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3503 65th Avenue Hyattsville, MD 20784 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to GEORGE MANTAKOS, Trustee(s), dated July 9, 2007, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 28679, folio 170, RE-RECORDED ON MARCH 4, 2015 IN LIBER 37200 AND FOLIO 599, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: ALL THAT PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 AND RECORDED IN LIBER 28679, FOLIO 170. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 4.5% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (41752) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12071863 SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 6410 Lamont Drive New Carrollton, MD 20784 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to U.S. TITLE CORPORATION, Trustee(s), dated October 16, 2007, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 28999, folio 161, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED FOUR (4) IN BLOCK NUMBERED THIRTY (30) IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS SECTION 11, CARROLLTON, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 33, AT PLAT 100, AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 5% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (36500) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS KNOWN AS 13613 OAKLANDS MANOR DRIVE 6924 Randolph Street LAUREL, MD 20708 Hyattsville, MD 20784 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to RICHARD T. CREGGER, Trustee(s), dated July Deed of Trust to JAMES M. SACK, Trustee(s), dated October 28, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE 30, 2009, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 26435, folio 226, the GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 31165, folio 647, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 3:30PM JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: described as follows: LOTS NUMBERED FIFTEEN (15), IN BLOCK LETTERED "I", LOT 38, AS SHOWN AND SET OUT ON A PLAT ENTITLED IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "RADIANT VALLEY" AS PER "CLUSTER SUBDIVISION - PLAT TWO, OAKLANDS, LOTS 38 PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF THROUGH 47 AND PARCEL B" RECORDED AMONG THE LAND PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK BB RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN 14, AT PLAT 11. PLAT BOOK REP 215 AT PLAT 86. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi- particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $23,500.00 payable in certified TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final the purchase price with interest at 5% per annum from the ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of PRINCE GEORGE'S date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 8.57% on DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner party) will be required to complete full settlement of the association dues and assessments that may become due after purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for All other public charges and private charges or assessments, the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned Trustee's File No. (33846) deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without www.hwestauctions.com 12071853 interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe DECEMBER 20, 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 2017 12070586 announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-22763) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Glen H. Tschirgi, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY www.hwestauctions.com KNOWN AS A181, A316, A311, A182, A183, A425, A426, A461, A463 5814 89th Avenue DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12070761 New Carrollton, MD 20784 SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE certain Deed of Trust to LANDAMERICA TRANSNATION TITLE SUITE 100 INSURANCE COMPANY, Trustee(s), dated July 21, 2007, and ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 28671, folio 737, the holder VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument KNOWN AS duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having 1836 Metzerott Road Unit 1619 occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the Hyattsville, MD 20783 party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER Deed of Trust to JAMES T. CASEY AND RICHARD G. REESE, JR. , Trustee(s), dated July 30, 1999, and recorded among MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM in Liber 13343, folio 661, the holder of the indebtedness ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the described as follows: aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the LOT 3 BLOCK 38 OF CARROLLTON, AS PER PLAT THEREOF terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 39 AT PLAT 90, BEING IN the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE THE 20TH ELECTION DISTRICT. LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition ON, without either express or implied warranty or representation, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi- ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, described as follows: merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or ALL THAT PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED DATED SEPTEMother laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, BER 10, 1999 AND RECORDED IN LIBER 13343, FOLIO. and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of without either express or implied warranty or representation, record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condiassessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mateTERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or the purchase price with interest at 4.625% per annum from other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement the purchase price with interest at 8% per annum from the are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any association dues and assessments that may become due after Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting Trustee's File No. (5666) purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class JOHN E. 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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 603 63rd Street Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to HALBERT T. DAIL AND ASSOCIATES, Trustee(s), dated February 21, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 29411, folio 146, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOTS NO. 21 AND 22 OF THE GODFREY'S SECOND DIVISION TO FAIRMONT HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 120, PAGE 47, RECORDED IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY RECORDS. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 5.75% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (41987) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 932 PINE FOREST LANE UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to DAVID BROWN, Trustee(s), dated December 23, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 30286, folio 162, RE-RECORDED ON JUNE 18, 2009 IN LIBER 30723 IN FOLIO 505, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: ALL THAT PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED DATED JANUARY 12, 2009 AND RECORDED IN LIBER 30286, FOLIO 162. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 4.625% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (33996) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3202 SHEKHAR COURT UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20774 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to GENUINE TITLE, LLC. , Trustee(s), dated September 14, 2009, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 31042, folio 238, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED TWO (2), IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "VISTA WOODS", AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK NLP 138, AT PLAT NO. 24 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 4.625% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (34677) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 5521 KENNEDY STREET RIVERDALE, MD 20737 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to MICHAEL LYON, Trustee(s), dated August 22, 2012, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 34517, folio 541, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED, EIGHTEEN (18) IN BLOCK LETTERED "F' IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "ROGER'S ADDITION TO TEMPLETON MANOR", IN PRINCE GEORGE 5 COUNTY, MARYLAND, AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK WWW 25 AT FOLIO 94 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 3.75% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (41013) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 4329 ROCKPORT LANE BOWIE, MD 20720 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to CTC REAL ESTATE SERVICES, Trustee(s), dated January 24, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 24392, folio 541, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NO. 300, BLOCK A AS SHOWN ON PLAT ENTITLED "PLAT 13, LOTTSFORD COMMUNITY", WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK N.L.P. NO. 113 AT PLAT 94. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 4.125% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (17057) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 6508 OLD MARBURY ROAD BRANDYWINE, MD 20613 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to JAKE GEESING, HOWARD BIERMAN AND CARRIE WARD, Trustee(s), dated March 25, 2011, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 32632, folio 389, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT 4 OF BLANDFORD'S SUBDIVISION NO. 1 AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN LIBER 22, FOLIO 91 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 5.56% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (44528) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 5880 Cherry Hill Road Huntingtown, MD 20639 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to JACKIE MILLER, Trustee(s), dated November 6, 2009, and recorded among the Land Records of CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 3426, folio 232, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE CALVERT COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 175 MAIN ST, PRINCE FREDERICK, MD 20678 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 10:30AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in CALVERT COUNTY, MD and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED RECORDED AT DEED BOOK 3426, PAGE 229 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND. TAX ID: 03 084191 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $26,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CALVERT COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 4.875% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-11937) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung Substitute Trustees

SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS www.hwestauctions.com 5200 BAYNE PLACE DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12070723 TEMPLE HILLS, MD 20748 855 855 Charles County Charles County Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC Deed of Trust to DAVID N. PRENSKY, ESQ. , Trustee(s), dated 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 June 13, 2008, and recorded among the Land Records of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 30273, SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF folio 032, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute KNOWN AS Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and 2140 Duckwalk Court at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Waldorf, MD 20602 Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to JACKIE MILLER, Trustee(s), dated January 100 N CALVERT ST, (COURTHOUSE WEST), BALTIMORE, MD 21, 2010, and recorded among the Land Records of CHARLES 21202 ON, COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 07088, folio 0006, the holder JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the described as follows: LOT NUMBERED FOUR (4) IN BLOCK LETTERED "B" AS party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF ARAGON CONSTRUCTION CORPO- offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY RATION'S ADDITION TO ALLENTOWN ESTATES, WHICH PLAT COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE IS RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK 56, FOLIO 60. PLATA, MD 20646 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 1:30PM The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements including but not limited to the description, fitness for a thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and described as particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condi- follows: tion, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mate- LOT TWENTY ONE (21), BLOCK NINETY ONE (91), "ST. rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, CHARLES COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD OF WAKEFIELD, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or DUCHY AND DUCKWALK COURT" TAX ID: 06-101097 other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold without either express or implied warranty or representation, subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of including but not limited to the description, fitness for a record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, mateassessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. rials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, the purchase price with interest at 4.625% per annum from and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $19,500.00 payable in certified the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CHARLES COUNTY, are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5% on unpaid the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes Trustee's File No. (34141) and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute 12070381 www.hwestauctions.com DECEMBER 20, 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 2017 12069420 Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior To place your to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. 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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 10417 Markby Court White Plains, MD 20695 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to VERDUGO TRUSTEE SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee(s), dated October 25, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 06069, folio 0671, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA PLATA, MD 20646 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 1:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NO 26, SUBDIVISION ENTITLED PLAT FIVE SECTION TWO LOTS 1 THROUGH 60, GREENHAVEN RUN TAX ID: 06-292542 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $51,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 8% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-14142) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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DECEMEBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12073490 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 4133 Killington Court White Plains, MD 20695 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to DAVID STONE, Trustee(s), dated May 8, 2012, and recorded among the Land Records of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 07811, folio 0057, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA PLATA, MD 20646 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 1:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT 22, PLAT 16, PHASE 2B, ASPEN WOODS TAX ID: 06287026 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $24,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-12780) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, Erin M. August, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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DECEMEBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017

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SAMUEL I. WHITE, P.C. 611 ROCKVILLE PIKE SUITE 100 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 8016 BOCK ROAD FORT WASHINGTON, MD 20744 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to DAVID F. SKAFF, Trustee(s), dated August 5, 2003, and recorded among the Land Records of PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 18015, folio 001, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 14735 MAIN ST, UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 ON, JANUARY 5, 2017 at 2:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED THREE (3), IN SECTION NUMBERED ONE (1), IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "APPLE GROVE", AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK BB 10 AT PLAT 40 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $20,000.00 cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 5% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser agrees to accept service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. (46865) JOHN E. DRISCOLL III, et al SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2016

Prince Georges County

DECEMEBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017

12073492

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Charles County

855

Charles County

856

Frederick County

856

Frederick County

OPQRS Frederick County

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Frederick County

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BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3650 Laurel Drive Indian Head, MD 20640 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to GLOBAT TITLE GROUP LLC, Trustee(s), dated September 7, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 06002, folio 0261, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA PLATA, MD 20646 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 1:30 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED ONE (1), SECTION TWO (2) OF LAUREL ACRES SUBDIVISION AS PER PLAT DULY RECORDED JULY 18, 1972 IN PLAT LIBER 18, FOLIO 179, AMONG THE PLAT RECORDS OF CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $37,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 7.86% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (13-24618) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Glen H. Tschirgi, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung Substitute Trustees

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3802 Carriage Hill Drive Frederick, MD 21704 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to RECONTRUST COMPANY NA, Trustee(s), dated August 19, 2005, and recorded among the Land Records of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 5552, folio 0288, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE FREDERICK COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 100 W. PATRICK ST, FREDERICK, MD 21701 ON, JANUARY 11, 2017 at 10:00AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in FREDERICK COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT 12413, "FINAL PLAT, SECTIONS M-11, M-12 & M13, LOTS 12408-12414, 12417-12419 AND PARCEL 10JJ, VILLAGES OF URBANA, URBANA P.U.D." TAX ID: 07-242212 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $36,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 3.375% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (14-07978) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12074057 ATLANTIC LAW GROUP, LLC. 1602 VILLAGE MARKET BLVD. SE, SUITE 310 LEESBURG, VA 20175 703-777-7101 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY 120 Bosc Court Thurmont, MD 21788 Under a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust from LEE E. PATTERSON JR AND FELICEA L. PATTERSON, dated April 30, 2007 and recorded in Liber 6586, folio 68 LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 10318, FOLIO 58 among the Land Records of FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, default having occurred thereunder (Foreclosure Case docketed as Case No.10C16002648; Tax ID No.15-359226) the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the FREDERICK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at 100 W. PATRICK ST, FREDERICK, MD 21701, on JANUARY 12, 2017 at 11:15 AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in FREDERICK COUNTY, MD and more fully described in above referenced Deed of Trust. The property will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit $38,600.00 by cash or certified check. Balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash within ten days of final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court for FREDERICK COUNTY. Time is of the essence as to the purchaser. If the purchaser defaults, the deposit shall be forfeited and the property shall be resold at the purchaser's risk and expense. The purchaser waives personal service and accepts service by first class mail and certified mail addressed to the address provided by said Purchaser as identified on the Memorandum of Sale for any Motion or Show Cause Order incident to this sale including a Motion to Default Purchaser and for Resale of the Property.In the event of a resale, the defaulting purchaser shall not be entitled to receive any benefit from the resale, including, but not limited to, additional proceeds or surplus which may arise therefrom. Interest to be paid on the unpaid purchase money at the rate pursuant to the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Substitute Trustees. There will be no abatement of interest in the event additional funds are tendered at the time of sale or any time prior to settlement or if the settlement is delayed for any reason. In the event that the Secured Party executes a forbearance agreement with the borrower(s) described in the above-mentioned Deed of Trust, or allows the borrower(s) to execute their right to reinstate or payoff the subject loan, prior to the sale, with or without the Substitute Trustee's prior knowledge, this Contract shall be null and void and of no effect, and the Purchaser's sole remedy shall be the return of the deposit without interest. Purchaser shall pay for documentary stamps, transfer taxes and settlement expenses. Taxes, ground rent, water rent, condominium fees and/or homeowner association dues, all public charges/assessments payable on an annual basis, including sanitary and/or metropolitan district charges, if applicable, shall be adjusted to the date of sale and assumed thereafter by the purchaser. Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property. Purchaser assumes the risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale forward. If the Substitute Trustee(s) are unable to convey insurable title for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to a refund of the aforementioned deposit without interest. In the event the sale is not ratified for any reason, the Purchaser's sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (File # 570791) JAMES E. CLARKE, RENEE DYSON, BRIAN THOMAS, ERIN M. AUGUST, HUGH J. GREEN, PATRICK M. A. DECKER SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES

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12074093

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DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017 12072214 BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 11560 Maryland Point Road Nanjemoy, MD 20662 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE CO, Trustee(s), dated July 24, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 05970, folio 0509, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE CHARLES COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 200 CHARLES STREET ( IN THE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS ), LA PLATA, MD 20646 ON, JANUARY 12, 2017 at 1:30PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in CHARLES COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT NUMBERED ONE (1) CONTAINING 6.852 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "WEST SIDE ESTATES", AS MORE PARTICULARLY INDICATED ON A PLAT RECORDED AT PLAT LIBER 54 FOLIO 410 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $37,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5.25% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-09486) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

13453 FOUR SEASONS CT. MOUNT AIRY, MD 21771 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated December 16, 2005 and recorded in Liber 5961, Folio 83 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $419,920.00 and a current interest rate of 2.625%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on JANUARY 13, 2017 AT 12:28 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $42,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 196267-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 27, Jan 3 & Jan 10 12072597 BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 818 6TH AVE. BRUNSWICK, MD 21716 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated December 23, 2006 and recorded in Liber 6478, Folio 547 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $192,500.00 and a current interest rate of 4.625%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on JANUARY 13, 2017 AT 12:27 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 198798-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 27, Jan 3 & Jan 10 12072596 BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 1569 BEVERLY CT. FREDERICK, MD 21701 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated January 31, 2005 and recorded in Liber 5121, Folio 329 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $169,600.00 and a current interest rate of 6.75%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on JANUARY 13, 2017 AT 12:26 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $15,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 173251-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 27, Jan 3 & Jan 10 12072595 BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON

1503 W. EIGHTH ST. A/R/T/A 1503 W. 8TH ST. FREDERICK, MD 21702 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated July 22, 2005 and recorded in Liber 5459, Folio 545 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $191,920.00 and a current interest rate of 3.375%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on JANUARY 13, 2017 AT 12:25 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $19,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 177667-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 27, Jan 3 & Jan 10 12072592

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Frederick County

856

Frederick County

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 220 East 5th Street Frederick, MD 21701 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to LOWNHOME FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LLC, Trustee(s), dated November 3, 2006, and recorded among the Land Records of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 6318, folio 0306, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE FREDERICK COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 100 W. PATRICK ST, FREDERICK, MD 21701 ON, JANUARY 11, 2017 at 10:00AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in FREDERICK COUNTY, MD and described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN A DEED RECORDED AT DEED BOOK 5565, PAGE 4 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND. TAX ID: 02-043173 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $25,500.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 7.5% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-05705) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, Keith M. Yacko,and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

Frederick County

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D11 Frederick County

BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 1507 BEVERLY CT. FREDERICK, MD 21701 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated September 29, 2006 and recorded in Liber 6271, Folio 606 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $224,500.00 and a current interest rate of 6.95%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on DECEMBER 30, 2016 AT 12:12 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $22,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 194504-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 13, Dec 20 & Dec 27 12069600 BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 3600 SINGLETON TERR. FREDERICK, MD 21704 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated March 31, 2006 and recorded in Liber 5945, Folio 365 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $315,920.00 and a current interest rate of 3.625%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on DECEMBER 30, 2016 AT 12:13 PM ALL THAT FEE-SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $32,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 301819-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. 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856

12071841

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 5 East B Street Brunswick, MD 21716 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to DENNIS F. HARDIMAN, Trustee(s), dated January 15, 2009, and recorded among the Land Records of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 7437, folio 401, the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE FREDERICK COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 100 W. PATRICK ST, FREDERICK, MD 21701 ON, JANUARY 11, 2017 at 10:00AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in FREDERICK COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT 1-A, "COMBINED PRELIMINARY/FINAL PLAT AND RESUBDIVISION PLAT RE- SUBDIVIDING LOT 1, CHAS. M. WENNER' S ADDITION TO BRUNSWICK, TAX ID: 25-486390 The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $14,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 5.625% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (16-07952) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Laura D. Harris, Thomas W. Hodge, Robert M. Oliveri, David M. Williamson, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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12069802

BROCK & SCOTT, PLLC 484 VIKING DRIVE, SUITE 203 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23452 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 3804 Shetland Court Frederick, MD 21704 Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust to JOAN WALTON SR EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT, Trustee(s), dated April 27, 2004, and recorded among the Land Records of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND in Liber 4585, folio 0659, RE-RECORDED MAY 15, 2012 IN LIBER 8887, FOLIO 462 the holder of the indebtedness secured by this Deed of Trust having appointed the undersigned Substitute Trustees, by instrument duly recorded among the aforesaid Land Records, default having occurred under the terms thereof, and at the request of the party secured thereby, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction at THE FREDERICK COUNTY COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 100 W. PATRICK ST, FREDERICK, MD 21701 ON, JANUARY 11, 2017 at 10:00AM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND and improvements thereon situated in FREDERICK COUNTY, MD and described as follows: LOT 25026, IN THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS "FINAL PLAT SECTION P3, LOTS 25006-25026 AND PARCEL 5U, URBANA HIGHLANDS", AS PER PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND IN PLAT BOOK 71 AT PLAT 177. The property will be sold in an "AS IS WHERE IS" condition without either express or implied warranty or representation, including but not limited to the description, fitness for a particular purpose or use, structural integrity, physical condition, construction, extent of construction, workmanship, materials, liability, zoning, subdivision, environmental condition, merchantability, compliance with building or housing codes or other laws, ordinances or regulations, or other similar matters, and subject to easements, agreements and restrictions of record which affect the same, if any. The property will be sold subject to all conditions, liens, restrictions and agreements of record affecting same including any condominium and of HOA assessments pursuant to Md Real Property Article 11-110. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $53,000.00 payable in certified check or by a cashier's check will be required from purchaser at time of sale, balance in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale by the Circuit Court of FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND interest to be paid at the rate of 3.0% on unpaid purchase money from date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser's deposit shall be forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense, of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, taxes if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues and assessments will be adjusted to date of sale. If the sale is rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale lender audit, or the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey insurable title or a resale is to take place for any reason, the purchaser(s) sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to the refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustees whether known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against the Substitute Trustees. The sale is subject to postsale review of the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void and the purchaser's deposit shall be refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if applicable, maybe announced at the time and date of sale. File No. (14-14130) Robert E. Frazier, Thomas J. Gartner, Jason L. Hamlin, Glen H. Tschirgi, Keith M. Yacko, and Gene Jung, Substitute Trustees

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DECEMBER 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 10, 2017

12071880

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856

Frederick County

BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 23 VICTORIA SQUARE FREDERICK, MD 21702 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated October 31, 2013 and recorded in Liber 9841, Folio 32 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $187,775.00 and a current interest rate of 3.875%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on DECEMBER 30, 2016 AT 12:11 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $18,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 207195-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 13, Dec 20 & Dec 27 12069599

BWW Law Group, LLC 6003 Executive Boulevard, Suite 101 Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 961-6555 SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES' SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND ANY IMPROVEMENTS THEREON 108 GRIMES CT. MOUNT AIRY, MD 21771 Under a power of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust dated March 13, 2009 and recorded in Liber 7234, Folio 261 among the Land Records of Frederick County, MD, with an original principal balance of $211,080.00 and a current interest rate of 5.5%, default having occurred under the terms thereof, the Sub. Trustees will sell at public auction at the Circuit Court for Frederick County, at the Court House Door, 100 W. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701, on DECEMBER 30, 2016 AT 12:10 PM ALL THAT FEE SIMPLE LOT OF GROUND, together with any buildings or improvements thereon situated in Frederick County, MD and more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. The property, and any improvements thereon, will be sold in an "as is" condition and subject to conditions, restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. Terms of Sale: A deposit of $20,000 in the form of certified check, cashier’s check or money order will be required of the purchaser at time and place of sale. Balance of the purchase price, together with interest on the unpaid purchase money at the current rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date funds are received by the Sub. Trustees, payable in cash within ten days of final ratification of the sale by the Circuit Court. There will be no abatement of interest due from the purchaser in the event additional funds are tendered before settlement. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR THE PURCHASER. Adjustment of current year’s real property taxes are adjusted as of the date of sale, and thereafter assumed by the purchaser. Taxes due for prior years including costs of any tax sale are payable by the purchaser. Purchaser is responsible for any recapture of homestead tax credit. All other public and/or private charges or assessments, to the extent such amounts survive foreclosure sale, including water/sewer charges, ground rent, whether incurred prior to or after the sale to be paid by the purchaser. All costs of deed recordation including but not limited to all transfer, recordation, agricultural or other taxes or charges assessed by any governmental entity as a condition to recordation, are payable by purchaser, whether or not purchaser is a Maryland First Time Home Buyer. Purchaser is responsible for obtaining physical possession of the property, and assumes risk of loss or damage to the property from the date of sale. The sale is subject to post-sale audit of the status of the loan with the loan servicer including, but not limited to, determination of whether the borrower entered into any repayment agreement, reinstated or paid off the loan prior to the sale. In any such event, this sale shall be null and void, and the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the deposit without interest. If purchaser fails to settle within ten days of ratification, subject to order of court, purchaser agrees that property will be resold and entire deposit retained by Sub. Trustees as liquidated damages for all losses occasioned by the purchaser’s default and purchaser shall have no further liability. The defaulted purchaser shall not be entitled to any surplus proceeds resulting from said resale even if such surplus results from improvements to the property by said defaulted purchaser. If Sub. Trustees are unable to convey either insurable or marketable title, or if ratification of the sale is denied by the Circuit Court for any reason, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, at law or equity, is the return of the deposit without interest. (Matter No. 169486-1) PLEASE CONSULT WWW.ALEXCOOPER.COM FOR STATUS OF UPCOMING SALES Howard N. Bierman, Carrie M. Ward, et al., Substitute Trustees ALEX COOPER AUCTS, INC. 908 YORK RD., TOWSON, MD 21204 410-828-4838 www.alexcooper.com Dec 13, Dec 20 & Dec 27

857

Howard County

12069598

857

Howard County

TRUSTEE'S SALE 6460 Greenfield Rd Unit 2-201, Elkridge, MD 21075 Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by premises known as 6460 Greenfield Rd Unit 2-201, Elkridge, MD 21075. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust from DWIGHT L HALL, JR., dated December 19, 2008, and recorded in Liber 11454 at Page 28 among the land records of the County of Howard, in the original principal amount of $183,870.00. Upon default and request for sale, the undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the Thomas Dorsey Building, located at 9250 Bendix Rd Columbia MD 21045, on January 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM, all that property described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to: BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED as Unit No. 201, Building No. 2, Phase 2, Parcel B, in the Horizontal Property Regime known as "Rockburn Commons II Condominium" as set forth in Condominium Declaration entitled, "Rockburn Commons II Condominium" by the Ryland Group, Inc. dated August 18, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County in Liber C.M.P. No. 1710, folio 81 and First Amendment thereto dated September 21, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County in Liber C.M.P. No. 1728, folio 330, and Amended Amendment dated October 21, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County, Maryland in Liber 1738, folio 595, and Second Amendment to Declaration dated October 21, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County, Maryland in Liber 1739, folio 634, and Third Amendment to Declaration dated November 12, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County, Maryland in Liber 1750, folio 157, and Third Amendment dated December 4, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County, Maryland in Liber 1756, folio 339, and Fourth Amendment to Declaration dated November, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County, Maryland in Liber 1750, folio 162 and Fourth Amendment to Declaration dated December 4, 1987 and recorded among the Land Records of Howard County, Maryland in Liber 1756,f olio 333, and as shown on the Plats entitled "Section 2, Parcel B, Phase 2, Building No. 2, Plat of Condominium Subdivision Rockburn Commons II Condominium, Parcels A, B, C, D-1 & E-1, Section Two, Rockburn Commons", which Plats are recorded among the Land Records of Howard County in Plat Book C.M.P. Nos. 7421, 7422, 7423 and 7424. Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may affect same, if any. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners association dues and assessments that may become due after the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. Trustee's File No. 16-259464. LOAN TYPE= VA Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees. SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797

Howard County

857

Howard County

12067836

857

OPQRS Howard County

857

recorded in Deed Book 687 at page 552, among the Prince William County, Virginia. AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 7400-74-7221) THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of 10% of the sale price, will be required in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: Conventional. Reference Number 14-244243. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. 12/27/2016, 1/3/2017 12070720

Records of Prince William County, Virginia. AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 8390-09-9214) THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of 10% of the sale price, will be required in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: Conventional. Reference Number 15-252994. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. 12/27/2016, 1/3/2017 12074087

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GREENSPOONMARDER, P.A. TRUSTEE'S SALE 10015 OLD COLUMBIA ROAD, SUITE B-215 5900 Whaleboat Drive 203, Clarksville, MD 21029 COLUMBIA, MD 21046 Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE premises known as 5900 Whaleboat Drive 203, Clarksville, OF IMPROVED REAL PROPERTY MD 21029. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a KNOWN AS Deed of Trust from MAVOURENE ROBINSON, dated December 9017 OLD SCAGGSVILLE RD 15, 2008, and recorded in Liber 11451 at Page 367 among the LAUREL, MD 20723 land records of the County of Howard, in the original principal JANUARY 5, 2017 AT 9:45 AM amount of $327,224.00. Upon default and request for sale, the By virtue of a power of sale contained in a Deed of Trust undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the from MARIO S. MARTINEZ AND ROXANA M. MARTINEZ, dated Thomas Dorsey Building, located at 9250 Bendix Rd. Columbia NOVEMBER 3, 2005, and recorded in the Land Records of MD 21045, on January 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM, all that property Howard County, Maryland, at Liber 9664, Folio 407 default described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to: having occurred under the terms thereof, the Substitute Trustee BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED as Residential Unit Numwill sell at public auction, at the THOMAS DORSEY BUILDING bered 203, Internal Garage Unit Numbered N/A, and/or 9250 BENDIX ROAD, COLUMBIA, MD 21045. All that FEE Storage Unit Numbered N/A; in Building 3; and/or External SIMPLE lot of ground and the improvements thereon, situated in Parking Unit Numbered EG5; of VILLAS OF RIVER HILL Howard County and being more fully described in the aforesaid CONDOMINIUM III, A Condominium established under the Deed of Trust. provisions of Title 11 of the Real Property Article of the BEING ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE SIXTH Annotated Code of Maryland (1981 Edition, as amended) ELECTION DISTRICT, HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND CON- by the operation and effect of a Declaration and ByVEYED BY L. C. FRAISER AND S. JOAN FRAISER TO THURMAN Laws dated February 25, 2004, and recorded on February AND ARLENE G. ARNOLD, HIS WIFE, BY DEED DATED 21ST 25, 2004 among the Land Records of Howard County, DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1967 AND RECORDED IN LIBER WRM Maryland in Liber 8098, folio 666, et seq., made by BA 465, FOLIO 209, WITH PART OF THE SAID FIRST LINE (1) RIVER HILL, LLC, A Maryland Limited Company, Declarant; NORTH 5 DEGREES 05' 00” EAST (N 11 3/4” E LIBER WWLC all as the said Residential Unit, Internal Garage Unit, 87, FOLIO 550 AND LIBER WHM 412, FOLIO 769) 90.10 External Parking Unit and/or Storage Room Unit and the FEET TO AN IRON PIPE FOUND AT THE END OF THE SAID Condominium are defined in the Declaration and ByFIRST LINE, SAID IRON PIPE ALSO BEING THE END OF THE Laws and are shown on those certain Condominium Plats 9TH LINE OF “PART ONE” OF THE WEITZ TO GORDON AND entitled, "Plat of VILLAS OF RIVER HILL CONDOMINIUM NEVRATH CONVEYANCE RECORDED IN LIBER RHM 313 AT III (Previously Recorded as "Plat of Revision Columbia, FOLIO 151: THENCE, WITH THE 2ND LINE OF THE EARP TO Village of River Hill, Section 4, Area 1, Phase 1, Parcel AGIDDINGS CONVEYANCE, (2) NORTH 77 DEGREES 25' 00” 1", Plat No. 15189) Election District No. 5, Howard County, WEST (N 71 ½ DEGREES W LIBER WWLC 87, FOLIO 550 AND Maryland, Sheets 1 of 2 through 2 of 2, inclusive", which LIBER WHM 412, FOLIO 769) 416.62 FEE (25 1/3 PERCHES Condominium Plats are duly recorded among the Land LINER WWLC 87, FOLIO 550 AND 25 ¼ PERCHES LIBER Records of Howard County, Maryland as Condominium WHM 412, FOLIO 769) TO THE CENTER OF SCAGGSVILLE Plats Numbered 16546 through 16547, inclusive. ROAD, PASSING OVER AN IRON PIPE AT 398.76 FEET (9TH Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and LINE REVERSED “PART ONE” LIBER RHM 313, FOLIO 15); is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, THENE, WITH SCAGGSVILLE ROAD (3) SOUTH 08 35' 00” conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may WEST (S 14 ½ W LIBER WWLC 87, FOLIO 550) 117.15 FEET; affect same, if any. THENCE, LEAVING SCAGGSVILLE ROAD AND CROSSING THE ORIGINAL 3 ACRE TRACT, (4) SOUTH 81 09' 57” EAST 421.11 TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, PASSING OVER AN or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The IRON PIPE AT 20/81 FEET. CONTAINING 0.9934 ACRES OF balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum LAND, MORE OR LESS, AS SURVEYED BY CARL W. GOHR, from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within JANUARY, 1967. “THE BEARINGS USED IN LINES 1 THROUGH TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments 4 INCLUSIVE HAVE BENN REFERENCED TO THE WAITZ TO on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments GORDON AND NEWARTH CONVEYANCE RECORDED IN LIBER will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed RHM 313, FOLIO 15.” BEING ALL THE SAME PROPERTY by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 5026 AT FOLIO association dues and assessments that may become due after 611 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF HOWARD COUNTY, the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer MARYLAND. taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement The sale is subject to post-sale review of the status of the loan are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for and that if any agreement to cancel the sale was entered into by the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the the lender and borrower prior to the sale then the sale is void property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting and the purchaser’s deposit shall be refunded without interest. purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees Purchaser must obtain possession and assumes risk of loss or are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms damage to the property from the date of the auction forward. of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. The property will be sold in an “as is” condition, without express Trustee's File No. 16-256193. LOAN TYPE= FHA or implied warranty as to the nature and description of the Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees. improvements as contained herein, and subject to conditions restrictions and agreements of record affecting the same, but SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797 omitting any covenant or restriction based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, if any, and with no warranty of any kind. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of $23,000.00 by cash, certified check or cashier’s check will be required of the purchaser, if other than the note holder, at time and place of sale, balance www.hwestauctions.com in immediately available funds upon final ratification of sale 12067811 by the Circuit Court for Howard County, Maryland, interest to DECEMBER 20, 27, 2016. JANUARY 3, 2017 be paid at the rate of 6.25% on unpaid purchase money from TRUSTEE'S SALE date of sale to date of settlement. The secured party herein, if 8312 SAVAGE GUILFORD ROAD, Savage, MD 20763 a bidder, shall not be required to post a deposit. Third party purchaser (excluding the secured party) will be required to Trustee's Sale of valuable fee simple property improved by complete full settlement of the purchase of the property within premises known as 8312 SAVAGE GUILFORD ROAD, Savage, TWENTY (20) CALENDAR DAYS of the ratification of the sale MD 20763. By virtue of the power and authority contained in by the Circuit Court otherwise the purchaser’s deposit shall be a Deed of Trust from MARK WALTERS SR., dated October 14, forfeited and the property will be resold at the risk and expense 2005, and recorded in Liber 09605 at Page 206 among the land of the defaulting purchaser. All other public charges and private records of the COUNTY OF HOWARD, in the original principal charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, ground amount of $317,496.00. Upon default and request for sale, the rent, taxes, if any, to be adjusted to date of sale. Cost of undersigned trustees will offer for sale at public auction at the all documentary stamps and transfer taxes and all other costs Thomas Dorsey Building, located at 9250 Bendix Rd. Columbia incident to the settlement shall be borne by the purchaser. If MD 21045, on January 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM, all that property applicable, condominium and/or homeowner association dues described in said Deed of Trust including but not limited to: and assessments due pursuant to Md. Real Property Article BEGINNING FOR THE SAME at a stone formerly set on 11-110 and those that may become due after the time of the east side of a spring branch, thence running with sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. Purchaser must a part of the second line of the Deed from Charles E. obtain possession and assumes the risk of loss or damage to Specht and wife to Charles O'Dell Specht, dated February the property from the date of sale forward. If the sale is 4, 1924, recorded among the Land Records of Howard rescinded or not ratified for any reason, including post sale County in Liber H.B.N. No. 119, folio 452, etc, with the lender audit, or the Substitute Trustee is unable to convey good course corrected, and marketable title, or a resale is to take place for any reason, (1) North 19 Degrees West 112 feet to a pipe set the purchaser’s sole remedy in law or equity shall be limited to in the east bank of said spring branch, thence running a refund of the aforementioned deposit. The purchaser waives with the southernmost outline of the part of the whole all rights and claims against the Substitute Trustee whether parcel described in the above mentioned deed, which known or unknown. These provisions shall survive settlement. was conveyed to Charles O'Dell Specht and Dorothy Avilda Upon refund of the deposit, this sale shall be void and of no Specht, his wife, reversely, effect, and the purchaser shall have no further claim against Substitute Trustee. The sale is subject to post-sale review of (2) North 81 Degrees 20 Minutes East 268.5 feet to the the status of the loan and that if any agreement to cancel the margin of the Savage-Guilford Road thence running with sale was entered into by the lender and borrower prior to the the said road and with the fourth or South 10-1/4 Degrees sale then the sale is void and the purchaser’s deposit shall be East 12 perches lines of the said whole parcel, refunded without interest. Additional terms and conditions, if (3) South 10-1/4 Degrees East 114.8 feet to the end of applicable, may be announced at the time and date of sale. (File the said fourth line; thence running with the first line of #41583.0044/13-C-16-109609) the said whole parcel, Erin M. Shaffer, (4) South 82-1/2 Degrees West 254.1 feet to the Substitute Trustee beginning, containing 0.688 of an acre, more or less. The improvements thereon being known as 8312 Savage Guilford Road, Savage, Maryland 20763. Said property is in fee simple and is improved by a dwelling and is sold in "as is condition" and subject to all superior covenants, conditions, liens, restrictions, easement, rights-of-way, as may www.hwestauctions.com affect same, if any. DECEMBER 20, 27, 2016, JANUARY 3, 2017 12071898 TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of 10% of the sale price, cash 873 Prince William County 873 Prince William County or certified funds shall be required at the time of sale. The TRUSTEE'S SALE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE OF balance of the purchase price with interest at 6.00% per annum 3699 SANDERS LANE, 2206 ARMITAGE COURT, from the date of sale to the date of payment will be paid within CATHARPIN, VA 20143 WOODBRIDGE, VA 22191 TEN DAYS after the final ratification of the sale. Adjustments In execution of a Deed of Trust In execution of a Deed of Trust on all taxes, public charges and special or regular assessments in the original principal amount in the original principal amount will be made as of the date of sale and thereafter assumed of $600,137.00, with an annual of $375,000.00, with an annual interest rate of 5.247000% from interest rate of 5.500000% from by purchaser. If applicable, condominium and/or homeowners HENRY H. PERRY AND JOAN NURINNE Z. SAVAGE dated association dues and assessments that may become due after JOHNS dated May 25, 2006, December 14, 2007, recorded recorded among the land records among the land records of the the time of sale will be the responsibility of the purchaser. of the Circuit Court for the COUNCircuit Court for the COUNTY OF Title examination, conveyancing, state revenue stamps, transfer TY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed InstruInstrument Number ment Number 200712170134330, taxes, title insurance, and all other costs incident to settlement 200606020084424, the underCOUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, the are to be paid by the purchaser. Time is of the essence for signed appointed Substitute undersigned appointed SubstiTrustee will offer for sale at public tute Trustee will offer for sale the purchaser, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited and the auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE at public auction in the COUNTY WILLIAM, on the Court House OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court property may be resold at risk and costs of the defaulting steps in front of Main Entrance for House steps in front of Main purchaser. If the sale is not ratified or if the Substitute Trustees the Circuit Court building for the Entrance for the Circuit Court County of Prince William located building for the County of Prince are unable to convey marketable title in accord with these terms at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, William located at 9311 Lee of sale, the purchaser's only remedy is the return of the deposit. Virginia on January 24, 2017 at Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on 4:00 PM, the property with January 24, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the Trustee's File No. 12-225982. LOAN TYPE= Conventional improvements to wit: property with improvements to wit: Kristine D. Brown, et al., Substitute Trustees. Lot One(1), Boxwood Farms, as per plat entitled "Boxwood Farms Lot 82, Section 8, Rippon Landing, SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Subdivision, Property of P. Reed as duly dedicated, platted and Wills and Joanne Wills", which plat recorded as Instrument No. Manassas, Virginia 20109 (410) 769-9797 is attached to Deed of Subdivision 200501310015600 among the Land

12067812

Prince William County

873

Prince William County

15391 Gatehouse Terrace, Woodbridge, VA 22191 By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated October 10, 2014, and recorded at Instrument Number 201410140074240 in the Clerk’s Office for the Circuit Court for Prince William County, VA, securing a loan which was originally $206,043.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public auction at the front steps of the Circuit Court for Prince William County, 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, VA 20110 on: January 6, 2017 at 1:00 PM improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of All that certain parcel of land, with all improvements thereon, known as Lot 40, Phase 2, Section 2-A, Rippon Landing, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia in Deed Book 1369 at Page 695., and as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the time of sale. A deposit of $20,000.00, or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, in cash or cashier’s check payable to the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE will be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price, with interest at the rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges have been advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser agrees to pay the seller's attorneys at settlement, a fee of $445.00 for review of the settlement documents. Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding. Rosenberg & Associates, LLC (Attorney for the Secured Party) 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 301-907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com December 14, 27, 2016

876

12061244

876

Loudoun County

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE 46852 LAWNES CREEK TERRACE, STERLING, VA 20165

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $154,282.81, with an annual interest rate of 3.625000% from BARBARA A HARRELL dated August 31, 2012, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 201208310083819, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on January 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: Lot 296 Section 4A Newport as the same appears duly dedicated platted and recorded in Deed Book 1078 at Page 406 among the Land Records of Prince William County Virginia AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 8390-14-4771)

In execution of a certain deed of trust dated November 8, 2010, in the original principal amount of $318,722.00 recorded in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for Fredericksburg City, Virginia as Instrument No. 100002564 . The undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the front of the Circuit Court building for the City of Fredericksburg, 701 Princess Anne St., Fredericksburg, Virginia on February 2, 2017, at 3:00 PM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address, and more particularly described as follows: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF FREDERICKSBURG CITY, STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND THE APPURTENANCES THERETO BELONGING, LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, AND BEING KNOWN, NUMBERED AND DESIGNATED AS LOT 763, IN PHASE 3, AS SHOWN ON A PLAT ENTITLED " VILLAGE OF IDLEWILD, PHASE 3", DATED MARCH 27, 2006, MADE BY URBAN ENGINEERING AND ASSOCIATES, INC., AND DULY RECORDED IN THE CLERK‘S OFFICE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, AS PART OF A DEED OF SUBDIVISION, DEDICATION, EASEMENT AND VACATION RECORDED AS INSTRUMENT NO. 060001424, AND IN PLAT BOOK 14 AT PAGES 27-36; REFERENCE TO WHICH SAID DEED OF SUBDIVISION AND PLAT HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY HEREBY CONVEYED. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEING KNWOWN AS 1708 IDLEWILD BLVD PARCEL ID: 315 ML763

TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold "AS IS," WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the time of sale. A deposit of $22,000.00, or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, in cash or cashier's check payable to the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE will be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price, with interest at the rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges have been advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date of sale at the time of settlement. If Purchaser requests counsel for Substitute Trustee to draft any settlement documents including but not limited to a deed, a fee of $350.00 shall be paid. Seller shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by the purchaser in connection with their purchase or settlement, including, without limitation, state and local recording fees, title insurance or research, or any other costs of purchaser’s acquisition. Trustee shall have no duty to obtain possession for purchaser. All risks of casualty pass to the successful bidder at conclusion of bidding. In the event the sale is legally null and void, the Purchaser’s sole remedy, in law or equity, shall be the return of the Purchaser’s deposit without interest. Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding. The Substitute Trustee is S&T Trustees, LLC, 6802 Paragon Place, Suite 410, Richmond, VA 23230. For information contact: Diana C. Theologou at 301-468-4990; dtheologou@silvermanlegal.com. Dec. 27, 2016, Jan. 3, 2017

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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE 4 Bryant Street, Stafford, VA 22556 By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated June 23, 2005, and recorded at Instrument Number LR050023941 in the Clerk’s Office for the Circuit Court for Stafford County, VA, securing a loan which was originally $380,000.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, Commonwealth Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public auction at the front steps of the Judicial Bldg, Circuit Court for Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, VA on: January 9, 2017 at 10:00 AM improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of All that certain lot or parcel of land lying and being situate in Rock Hill Magisterial District, Stafford County, Virginia, known and described as Lot 116, Section 10, Rosedale Subdivision, as shown on a plat of survey made by Larry N. Scartz, C.L.S., and duly recorded in Plat Book 10, Pages 91-92, among the land records of Stafford County, Virginia., and as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust. TERMS OF SALE: The property will be sold “AS IS,” WITHOUT REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND SUBJECT TO conditions, restrictions, reservations, easements, rights of way, and all other matters of record taking priority over the Deed of Trust to be announced at the time of sale. A deposit of $20,000.00, or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, in cash or cashier’s check payable to the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE will be required at the time of sale. The balance of the purchase price, with interest at the rate contained in the Deed of Trust Note from the date of sale to the date said funds are received in the office of the SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale. In the event of default by the successful bidder, the entire deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the costs and expenses of sale and Substitute Trustee's fee. All other public charges or assessments, including water/sewer charges, whether incurred prior to or after the sale, and all other costs incident to settlement to be paid by the purchaser. In the event taxes, any other public charges have been advanced, a credit will be due to the seller, to be adjusted from the date of sale at the time of settlement. Purchaser agrees to pay the seller's attorneys at settlement, a fee of $445.00 for review of the settlement documents. Additional terms will be announced at the time of sale and the successful bidder will be required to execute and deliver to the Substitute Trustees a memorandum or contract of the sale at the conclusion of bidding. Rosenberg & Associates, LLC (Attorney for the Secured Party) 4340 East West Highway, Suite 600 Bethesda, MD 20814 301-907-8000 www.rosenberg-assoc.com December 20, 27, 2016

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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 8401 COBB ROAD, MANASSAS, VA 20112

TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 3625 BROCKENBROUGH DRIVE, DUMFRIES, VA 22026

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $238,000.00, with an annual interest rate of 2.000000% from LINDA LEE SHAFFER dated August 2, 2006, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 200608140118958, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on January 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: SITUATED IN BRENTSVILLE DISTRICT, PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT B7A-1, BLOCK 186, THE BELL TRACT, LAKE JACKSON HILLS, AS THE SAME IS DULY DEDICATED, PLATTED AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 2159, AT PAGE 1251 AMONG THE LAND RECORDS OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 7893-17-4918)

In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $313,229.00, with an annual interest rate of 4.625000% from KORENA WILSON dated February 15, 2007, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 200702210022303, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on January 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: LOT 512, SECTION 3, WILLIAMSTOWN, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed Book 686, Page 577, among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 8189-90-7659)

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improved real property, with an abbreviated legal description of All that certain lot or parcel of land with improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto appertaining, lying and being situate in the County of Loudoun, Virginia and more particularly described as follows: Lot 46, Section 11-A, Potomac Lakes, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded on Deed Book 1204 at page 144, among the land records of Loudoun County, Virginia, and as more fully described in the aforesaid Deed of Trust.

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder's deposit of 10% of the sale price, will be required in cash, certified or cashier's check. Settlement within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Trustees may forfeit deposit. Additional terms to be announced at sale. Loan type: FHA. Reference Number 16-258526. PROFESSIONAL FORECLOSURE CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Substitute Trustees, C/O SHAPIRO & BROWN, LLP, 10021 Balls Ford Road, Suite 200, Manassas, Virginia 20109 (703) 449-5800. Dec 20, 27, 2016 12066120 TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 16538 RESERVOIR LOOP, DUMFRIES, VA 22026 In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original principal amount of $250,971.00, with an annual interest rate of 4.250000% from MESHAILAY S. THOMAS dated July 15, 2011, recorded among the land records of the Circuit Court for the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM as Deed Instrument Number 201107180058654, the undersigned appointed Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM, on the Court House steps in front of Main Entrance for the Circuit Court building for the County of Prince William located at 9311 Lee Avenue, Manassas, Virginia on February 21, 2017 at 4:00 PM, the property with improvements to wit: Lot 26, Section 4, SPY GLASS HILL, as the same appears duly dedicated, platted and recorded in Instrument Number 200410150175899, and plat attached thereto, among the land records of Prince William County, Virginia.

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Fauquier County

Trustee's Sale 10521 Bears Den Road, Marshall, Virginia 20115 (Tax Map No.: 6934-99-7246-000) Default having been made in the terms of a certain Deed of Trust dated January 10, 2008, in the original principal amount of $415,000.00 and recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Fauquier, Virginia in Deed Book 1285, page 1134, the undersigned Substitute Trustees will sell at public auction on January 5, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., in front of the building housing the Fauquier County Circuit Court, 40 Culpeper Street, Warrenton, VA, the property designated as containing 4.4323 acres, more or less, as shown on Boundary Line Adjustment Plat, dated March 15, 2007, recorded May 9, 2007 in Deed Book 1262, at page 2339 among the land records of Fauquier County, Virginia. Sale is subject to all prior liens, easements, restrictions, covenants, and conditions, if any, of record, or other matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or inspection of the premises. The property will be sold subject to the right of redemption of the Internal Revenue Service. TERMS: CASH. A deposit of $41,000.00 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower, will be required of the successful bidder at time of sale. Prior to the sale, interested bidders will be required to register with and must present a bid deposit which may be held during the sale by the trustee. The bid deposit must be certified funds and/or cash, but no more than $9,900.00 of cash will be accepted. The successful bidder’s deposit will be retained at the sale and applied to the sale price. If held by the trustee, all other bid deposits will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders. Settlement is to be made within 15 days. The successful bidder will be responsible for obtaining possession of the property, and for all costs and fees related to recording the Trustee’s Deed, including the grantors tax. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Memorandum of Trustee's Sale, available for review on the Foreclosure Sales page of www.glasserlaw.com, outlining additional terms of sale and settlement. A Trustee’s Deed will be prepared by Trustee’s attorney at high bidder’s expense. This is a communication from a debt collector. Glasser and Glasser, P.L.C. on behalf of Atlantic Trustee Services, L.L.C., and/or REO Solutions, LLC, Substitute Trustees, Crown Center Building, Suite 600, 580 East Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510, File No. 202145-1, Tel: (757) 321-6465, between 10:00 a.m. & 12:00 noon only. December 20, 27, 2016 12069124

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In execution of a certain deed of trust dated March 14, 2006, in the original principal amount of $238,000.00 recorded in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court for Stafford County, Virginia as Instrument No. LR060009306 . The undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at public auction in the front of the Circuit Court building for Stafford County, 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, Virginia on January 19, 2017 , at 2:00 PM, the property described in said deed of trust, located at the above address, and more particularly described as follows: ALL THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THERETO APPURTENANT, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ROCK HILL DISTRICT, STAFFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND BEING LOT SIXTY THREE (63), SECTION H, LAKE ARROWHEAD SUBDIVISION, AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SECTION H, MADE BY J. HORACE JARRETT, C.L.S., DATED AUGUST 6, 1962, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2, PAGE 151, AMONG THE LAND RECORD OF STAFFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA. TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of ten percent (10%) of the sale price or ten percent (10%) of the original principal balance of the subject deed of trust, whichever is lower, in the form of cash or certified funds payable to the Substitute Trustee must be present at the time of the sale. The balance of the purchase price will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Purchaser's deposit may be forfeited to Trustee. Time is of the essence. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser may, if provided by the terms of the Trustee’s Memorandum of Foreclosure Sale, be entitled to a $50 cancellation fee from the Substitute Trustee, but shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Additional terms to be announced at the sale. A form copy of the Trustee's memorandum of foreclosure sale and contract to purchase real property is available for viewing at www.bwwsales.com. This is a communication from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The sale is subject to seller confirmation. Substitute Trustee: Equity Trustees, LLC, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 402, Arlington, VA 22201. For more information contact: BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-9616555, website: www.bwwsales.com. BWW# VA308707-1 December 20, 27, 2016 12072829

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TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A bidder’s deposit of ten percent (10%) of the sale price or ten percent (10%) of the original principal balance of the subject deed of trust, whichever is lower, in the form of cash or certified funds payable to the Substitute Trustee must be present at the time of the sale. The balance of the purchase price will be due within fifteen (15) days of sale, otherwise Purchaser's deposit may be forfeited to Trustee. Time is of the essence. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser may, if provided by the terms of the Trustee’s Memorandum of Foreclosure Sale, be entitled to a $50 cancellation fee from the Substitute Trustee, but shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Additional terms to be announced at the sale. A form copy of the Trustee's memorandum of foreclosure sale and contract to purchase real property is available for viewing at www.bwwsales.com. This is a communication from a debt collector and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The sale is subject to seller confirmation. Substitute Trustee: Equity Trustees, LLC, 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 402, Arlington, VA 22201. For more information contact: BWW Law Group, LLC, attorneys for Equity Trustees, LLC, 6003 Executive Blvd, Suite 101, Rockville, MD 20852, 301-961-6555, website: www.bwwsales.com. BWW# VA310822-1

VIRGINIA

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 19 HICKORY LANE, STAFFORD, VA 22556.

FILE NUMBER: 46969LAK AND further described in the above Deed of Trust. (Tax Map No. 8290-21-4659)

City of Fredericksburg

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF 1708 IDLEWILD BOULEVARD, FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22401.

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THIS PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD SUBJECT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE’S 180 DAY RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. By virtue of the power and authority contained in a Deed of Trust dated March 9, 2005, and recorded at Instrument Number 20050321-0028457 in the Clerk's Office for the Circuit Court for Loudoun County, VA, securing a loan which was originally $243,230.00. The appointed SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE, S&T Trustees, LLC will offer for sale at public auction at the front steps of the Circuit Court for Loudoun County, 18 E. Market St., Leesburg, VA 20178 on: January 9, 2017 at 9:00 AM

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TRUSTEE'S SALE OF 16029 MACEDONIA DRIVE, WOODBRIDGE, VA 22191 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE SALE

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