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The reasons that caused Internet addiction:Most students deem that it is convenient for them to use the Internet to get the latest news instantly and establish contact with friends promptly with Internet communication. The rising and flourishing of online games also causes the tendency that students addicted to the Internet to be getting more and more serious.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Vince Carter hit three key 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and scored 23 points off the bench as the Dallas Mavericks won their fourth straight with a 115-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.
Dirk Nowitzki added 19 points while O.J. Mayo had 14. Mavericks rookie and former Marquette star Jae Crowder, last year's Big East player of the year, was one off his career high with 14 points.
Monta Ellis scored 32 points for the Bucks, giving him 20 or more in all six of Milwaukee's games this month. Mike Dunleavy added 18 points while J.J. Redick had 17. Larry Sanders had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
The Mavericks, who are three games out of the eighth spot in the Western Conference playoff race, matched their longest winning streak of the season and have won five of six.
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by Tom Utescher
The Mount St. Joseph Academy Magic continued to keep their fans perched right on the edge of their bleacher seats, following up come-from-behind victories over Villa Maria and Gwynedd Mercy with a non-league 36-35 win over visiting Shipley School last Saturday afternoon.
The two teams not only play in different leagues, but under different governing bodies. The Mount belongs to the Pa. Interscholastic Athletic Association and reached the second round of the 2012 state tournament, while the Shipley Gators, members of the Friends Schools League, are the defending PA. Independent Schools Athletic Association champions.
The link between the two is the Magic's star junior guard, Alex Louin, a longtime member of a Philadelphia Belles AAU team that is piloted by Shipley coach Sean Costello and includes a number of Gators players.
Although Shipley guarded Louin well last Saturday and held her to three free throws during the game (with six rebounds and five steals), it was her final "make" from the foul line with five seconds to go that won the game for the Magic, who spent much of the afternoon recovering from a 6-14 shortfall in the first quarter. In earlier contests, the Mount had trailed Villa by 11 points in the third period and had lagged behind Gwynedd by four points in the final two minutes before rallying to win.
"It shows the girls have the character to win games like that," noted MSJ coach John Miller. "On the other hand, we want to try and be ahead and not dig ourselves a hole like we did in those games."
Over last summer Shipley lost talented forward Aja Ellison (daughter of the NBA's Purvis Ellison) when she decided to transfer, and the Gators' current line-up had been diminished by illness and injury when they arrived at the Mount last weekend.
Junior starting guard Asia Baker was knocked out by a flu bug that had swept the Bryn Mawr school, and freshman Courtney Redcross, a freshman forward who'd quickly earned sixth-man status, was sidelined with an ankle injury. Point guard Tamesha "Sox" Alexander was just getting over the flu and did not start, but played the rest of the game after she entered towards the end of the first quarter.
Shipley still brought a lot of talent to the court, and many times when a team is dealing with adversity there is a temporary adrenalin boost for the players that can carry them at least through a game or two.
Coach Costello, who'd been out sick himself, remarked "A lot of people stepped up. Anna Scutt [a sophomore guard] did a good job defending Alex, denying the initial look until we got help in behind her. Liz Denbigh [a junior guard] and Emily Talluto [a freshman guard] are girls who hadn't been getting a lot of minutes and who gave us a lot of energy today."
Players other than the usual standouts came through for the Mount, too.
Senior guard Courtney Jones, in her second game back following knee surgery, posted six points with a pair of three-pointers in the second half, and junior forward Colleen Steinmetz, called on to give the Magic a little more height on the floor, scored her half-a-dozen on inside shots.
"There are a lot of things with Shipley you need to guard and defend," MSJ's Miller pointed out. "Their two guards [Alexander and sophomore Nia Holland] take the ball to the basket very well, and obviously the 6'4" girl [sophomore Martine Fortune] presents problems.
Their shooting guard, [junior Colleen] Walsh, can hit the "three" from anywhere."
Walsh gave the Gators their first six points of the day on a pair of treys, but quickly picked up two fouls as well. In the third quarter, Shipley's Fortune and the Mount's 5'10" "big girl", junior Carly Monzo, picked up their fourth personal fouls less than 20 seconds apart. This opened the door for other performers, such as the Magic's Jones and Steinmetz, and for Shipley's Holland, who netted 10 of her game-high 14 points in the second half.
Over the course of the second quarter, Mount St. Joe trimmed an eight-point deficit down to four by halftime (18-14), and the visitors clung to a 27-25 edge at the end of the third quarter. Three-pointers by Jones and freshman Libby Tacka (five points total) helped the hosts pull even at 31-all, then Steinmetz scored inside for the first MSJ lead of the day.
Shipley edged ahead again, 35-33, but Tacka rebounded a teammate's miss and scored for a 35-all tie with 1:20 remaining. After a Shipley time-out with 43 seconds left, the Gators turned the ball over with a walk on the inbounds play, and the Magic prepared for a final shot.
Firing from the left baseline, Louin was fouled and made the first of her two tosses with five ticks to go. Shipley only had time for one final fling by Alexander (five points total) from above the foul line, and the shot missed.
Senior forward Meg Geatens, only 5'7" and always encountering larger rivals, led the winners in both points (nine), and rebounds (seven). The Magic also got four points from Monzo, two from junior guard Gen Hagedorn, and one from sophomore guard Mary Kate Ulasewicz.


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Microwave Journal's co-founder and first editor, Ted Saad passed away January 25th, 2011. In addition to putting his stamp on this magazine, Saad had a long and influential career that touched many in the industry and microwave technical society. Saad worked at MIT Radlab between 1942 and 1945, studying low pressure, high power waveguide components for the war effort. After the war, he and others, including Dr. Henry Riblet, formed the Microwave Development Lab (MDL) as well as Sage Labs in 1955. In 1958, he and William Bazzy launched Microwave Journal, and later Artech House. Saad was one of the organizers and first chairman of the Boston chapter of the PGMTT and the editor of The Transactions publications. Saad was a life fellow of the IEEE MTT-S. Look for the Microwave Journal remembrance of Ted Saad, coming in March.
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Raytheon Co. announced that it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with Applied Signal Technology Inc., a leader in the collection and processing of communications signals to support tactical and strategic intelligence missions. The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Raytheon will commence a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Applied Signal Technology Inc. common stock at a price of $38.00 per share in cash for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $490 M, net of cash acquired. Pending the successful completion of the tender offer, the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011 subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The transaction is not expected to have a material effect on Raytheon's earnings.
Mercury Computer Systems Inc., a trusted ISR subsystems provider, announced that it has completed the acquisition of LNX Corp. Based in Salem, NH, LNX designs and builds next generation RF receivers for signals intelligence, communications intelligence as well as electronic attack applications. Under the terms of a stock purchase agreement, Mercury acquired LNX for an all-cash purchase price of $31.0 M plus an earn-out of up to $5.0 M payable upon the achievement of financial targets in calendar years 2011 and 2012. The acquisition was funded with cash on hand, and is expected to be neutral to modestly accretive within the first year.
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., a provider of high performance radio frequency (RF) integrated circuits (IC), and Soitec (Euronext Paris), a supplier of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and advanced solutions for the electronics and energy industries, announced the joint development and ramp in production of a new bonded silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) substrate that has been qualified for use in manufacturing Peregrine's next-generation STeP5 UltraCMOS™ RF IC semiconductors.
RFMW Ltd. announced the opening of direct sales and distribution offices in Europe. RFMW is a specialized distributor that uniquely provides customers and suppliers with focused distribution of RF/microwave components as well as customer specific component engineering support.
The Power Distribution Systems (PDS) Division of Rogers Corp. has been awarded International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) certification for its laminated busbar manufacturing facility located in the Suzhou Industrial Park in Jiangsu Province, China. The Rogers PDS-China manufacturing facility is the first laminated busbar manufacturer in China to obtain IRIS certification. The IRIS certification, developed by the Association of the European Railway Industry (UNIFE), has been modeled on similar quality standards already in place in the aerospace and automotive industries. It complements the internationally recognized ISO 9001 quality standard for rail specific requirements.
Anritsu Co. announced that it has received a prestigious 4GWE Wireless LTE Visionary Award from Technology Marketing Corp. (TMC), a global media company, and Crossfire Media. Anritsu was the only award winner that was recognized for multiple LTE products, as its MT8820C Radio Communications Analyzer, ME7873L LTE RF Conformance Test System and MT8221B BTS Master Handheld Base Station Analyzer were acknowledged as three of the leading LTE test solutions.
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced its Infiniium 90000 X-Series oscilloscopes was named Test Product of the Year at Elektra 2010, the European Electronics Industry Awards. The Elektra awards are decided by an independent panel of judges focused on 16 award categories. The event, considered an annual highpoint within the electronics industry, recognizes the achievements of individuals and companies across Europe. The awards are designed to promote best practices in key areas such as innovation, sales growth and employee motivation.
Giga-tronics Inc. announced that it has received orders in excess of $4.8 M to supply microwave test equipment for the automation of production at contract manufacturers in China. The products supplied are part of Giga-tronics' microwave signal switching family. These orders are expected to ship this fiscal year.
Canada's rural population will keep in step with—and perhaps a little in front of—the rest of the country thanks to an aggressive 4G rollout timetable being implemented by Barrett Xplore Inc. The network will be powered by DragonWave Inc.'s Horizon Compact and Horizon Quantum wireless backhaul technology. The two companies have signed a multimillion-dollar contract that will help Barrett Xplore—already rural Canada's leading broadband service provider—into a 4G broadband services offering, by delivering three to ten times the capacity of today's High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) service.
Wireless Telecom Group Inc. (WTG) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Boonton Electronics, has been awarded a contract with the Department of the United States Navy to supply Boonton's 4500B RF Peak Power Meter in support of a Naval Sea Systems Command project. The total value of the contract is approximately $1.5 M and a considerable portion of the order is expected to be realized over the next two years.
Herley Industries Inc. announced that its Herley Lancaster division has received an award valued at approximately $1.3 M from a major US defense contractor. The Lancaster, PA, division will manufacture complex microwave hardware for an electronic attack aircraft for the US Navy. In related news, Herley announced that Herley Lancaster has recently been awarded an order for more than $1 M by the Japanese Ministry of Defense. This award is for the supply of high performance antennas to be installed in reconnaissance fighter aircraft operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., an RF front-end product manufacturer and foundry services provider, announced that handset manufacturer, Samsung, selected TriQuint for its complete 3G RF front-end for its new Samsung Galaxy Tab. This is in addition to Samsung choosing TriQuint's total 3G RF front-end solution for its flagship smartphone series, Galaxy S.
VTI Instruments Corp. announced that it has been selected to deliver the dynamic signal analysis (DSA) instrumentation solution for NASA Plum Brook's Reverberant Acoustic Test Facility (RATF). RATF houses the world's largest Space Environment Simulation Chamber and will use VTI's VT1432B high performance digitizer plus DSP, along with integrated arbitrary waveform generation (ARB) capability, as part of m+p international's Digital Acoustic Control System (DACS). The DACS will be used to configure and control servo-hydraulic and electromagnetic modulators, and acquire data from up to 24 individual microphones.
RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD) announced that Samsung has selected three highly integrated RFMD® components to deliver superior WiFi connectivity in the recently-introduced GALAXY Tab™ Android tablet.
New Market Entries
A.T. Wall Co., a supplier of superior precision tubing and fabricated metal components, announced that it provides flexible waveguide and waveguide components to the international market. Products include seamless flexible waveguide, flexible twistable waveguide, flexible waveguide and semi flexible waveguide. In addition to tubing, the company now offers components for all these flexible waveguide types.
Richardson Electronics Ltd. announced that it has once again teamed with Scintera® Inc. to bring the newly enhanced SC1887-03 Adaptive RF Power Amplifier Linearizer (RFPAL) to the UHF broadcast TV transmitter market. This fully adaptive, "RF-in, RF-out" amplifier pre-distortion solution operates directly at the carrier frequency, and requires only the addition of a few standard RF components to implement.
Georgia Tech Executive Vice President for Research Stephen Cross has named Battelle Memorial Institute's Robert T. McGrath the new Director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and Georgia Tech Vice President. McGrath, currently a consultant on National Laboratory/University Partnerships, STEM Education, and Race to the Top initiatives for Battelle Memorial, has begun his new responsibilities as of February 1, 2011. He succeeds Cross, who served as GTRI Director from 2003 to 2010 before being named Georgia Tech's Executive Vice President for Research (EVPR) in May 2010.
Anatech Electronics announced the appointment of Gareth Llewellyn as Director of US sales. He will manage all of the company's sales activities throughout North America, including developing and implementing sales strategies and programs and managing sales representatives. Llewellyn has more than 20 years of experience in the RF and microwave industry, and has served in sales, business development and operations management capacities. He has held various management positions at Micro Networks, Device Technology, Emcore Corp. and several other leading microwave companies. He received his BSc degree from Cardiff University in the UK and is a member of the IEEE.
TRM Microwave announced that Ken Greenwood has joined the company as Director of Engineering. Greenwood brings over 25 years of extensive experience in engineering management, systems engineering, product development and customer relations to TRM, and he has co-authored multiple patents as a registered Electrical PE (Professional Engineering) in New Hampshire and California. His background includes the design and development of terrestrial, air-to-ground communications systems and Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems, with Hughes Aircraft Co., Lockheed, Sanders and various commercial start-ups involved in telecommunications and optical infrastructures.
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., a supplier of semiconductors, active and passive components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications, announced that Jack Kennedy is the new Director of Global Distribution, reporting to Bob Donahue, Chief Strategy Officer. He will oversee the strategic development of the company's global distribution channels to ensure they are all working toward the overall success of the company. Kennedy has a long history with the company in roles such as Strategic Account Lead, Global Account Director, as well as roles in sales management.
Rep Appointments
Tektronix Inc., a manufacturer of oscilloscopes, announced an expanded agreement with Newark, a multi-channel electronics distributor in the Americas. This follows distribution agreements announced in November with Allied Electronics, Entest and Test Equity. US customers now have the choice of working with four leading electronic component and test instrumentation distributors who offer the full line of Tektronix test instrumentation. Newark now joins these distribution partners that together will provide an additional 500+ sales engineers, who will now be authorized to offer Tektronix higher performance oscilloscopes, signal generators, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers and bit error rate testers.
TRU Corp. has announced the appointment of Zerimar Sales as its new Southern California sales representative. Zerimar has over 30 years of electronic industry experience and technical sales expertise in solving critical customer design challenges. TRU Corp. is a premier supplier of custom designed, high quality interconnect products and cable assemblies for demanding applications in defense, commercial wireless, medical, energy and high power industrial equipment.
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies announced the appointment of Microwave Marketing Ltd. as technical sales agents and representatives for Carlisle Interconnect Technologies' comprehensive range of RF and microwave connectors, cables and components within Ireland, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Valpey Fisher Corp. announced it is adding Pillar Marketing Group LLC to its sales force. Pillar Marketing will be the authorized sales representative for all Valpey Fisher Corp. product lines in Colorado and Utah.
Endwave Corp., a provider of high frequency RF MMICs and integrated transmit/receive modules, has announced a redesign of the company's website, www.endwave.com, which includes an e-commerce MMIC store for sample and volume purchases up to 999 pieces.


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--- sketch based loosely on this text Dr. George Ritchie.
Dr. George Ritchie apparently went on quite an extensive tour of the afterlife, courtesy of a being of Light whom he identifies as Jesus.
He describes being taken to a realm in which people driven by self-righteousness, hatred, lust, and pure ego are attracted to each other, each one repeating narrow-minded, violent acts upon others that he or she thinks makes him or her superior. It was a place of Hell, for none of those present could see beyond his or her own self-righteousness and self-gratification.
There is a version of the description at www.near-death.com, but it lacks the mention of the "beings seemingly made of light" that were "bending over the little creatures on the plain." These bright beings were so immense, or perhaps on such a different wavelength, that Dr. Ritchie at first did not even notice them. Certainly, the battling and raging creatures could not see them. But, these angelic entities were clearly not only the most striking features of the landscape, but they were trying to help the wretched beings fighting below.
And so... even in darkness, there is Light, unwilling that any should perish.
For the full account, see Dr. George Ritchie's book Return from Tomorrow.
Granted the figures are not photorealistic (I haven't gotten around to fixing some of the more obvious errors yet), and certainly one cannot guarantee that emotions are conveyed in any medium, but perhaps you the viewer can sense the vast gap in attitude between those above and those below. I certainly could not bridge the gap from lower to higher without time out to rest and recover and break free of the clutches of rage that perhaps I know too well.
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Well, this has nothing to do with the validity of this thread, but I think Dash K has attained the highest honor in all of the wigger community. He has now reached the title of "wicky-wicky-wic-wic-wigger". Cheers.
Well, this has nothing to do with the validity of this thread, but I think Dash K has attained the highest honor in all of the wigger community. He has now reached the title of "wicky-wicky-wic-wic-wigger". Cheers.
Dash K does have a point, I mean for example:
Can I have something tasty to eat?
Umm... Honey couldcha walk down to the store and getz me sommon 'em foot long hot dogs?
Canadian is a much better language than american....
"I was just sitting down to eat my back bacon when a bunch of hosers broke into my house and harked my toot"
There was no immunity to cuckoo ideas on Earth.
Here was the reason human beings could not reject ideas because they were bad: "Ideas on Earth were badges of friendship or enmity.
Their content didn't matter. Friends agreed with friends, in order to express friendliness. Enemies disagreed with enemies, in order to express enmity.
I remember the first time Bobak harked my toot.
That sounds a bit more like a back-water Tennessee accent to me. They always pronounce "store" something like "stower".Originally Posted by madmanjock
It's also interesting to note that most common American accents today are thought to be fairly close to the common English accents during Shakespeare's time. When many people left England in the 1600's for the "New World", their accents sort of "froze" in time while back in England the accents gradually changed to what they are now. Obviously American accents have changed over the years too, as the country became bigger and the people became more spread out.
Linguistics is a fascinating study.
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Really, you Yanks have a lot to answer for, Re-electing that retard Bush.
And without our brutal british regimes you wouldnt be shit. :P LOL!
" I remember running around the lab that day showing it to everybody, saying 'Here, feel this! "
I absolutely second that. I studied in the States for one year. The majority of Americans is so thick, it's unbelievable. Your country is built on lies and on the manipulation of fear by the media. You claim to be the number one superpower yet behave in such a way that you're turning all the other countries against you, you usurp way too many natural resources, your president is bent on creating wars wherever he thinks appropriate (not to mention under false pretences) etc etc. You think 9/11 was the worst it can get? Your true reckoning is yet to come...Originally Posted by ttooddddyy
apologies to the minority of Americans that DO have a brain but who were unfortunate enough to be born there.
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Must be a difficult language for you because you can`t even type the word "America "rightOriginally Posted by Mr.Nemoperson
Ach ja mafkezen genoeg op deze Aarde , Amerikanen hebben ontzettend veel geluk gehad toen lang geleden werd gekozen welke taal ze zouden gaan spreken , helaas verloren we net van de Engelse anders had heel Amerika nu Nederlands gesprokenOriginally Posted by DashK
America > everywhere else. That's why so many people try to come here.
Perkeleen jenkit tulee t�nne meid�n foorumille aukomaan Kyll� t�m� kansainv�linen on nimenomaan meid�n eurooppalaisten ja muiden parempien ihmisten keskustelupalsta.
look here... america OK!
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You mean A) leave the forum or B) leave the country? Im assuming A since I would never want to live in your damn country anyway.
PS YOU leave these forums. It says international, multi-lingual forums. You americans could only HOPE to ever speak another language like people on this forum. Bye now.
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This is one fucked up thread
this is a wonderful thread!
languages is only a matter of intelligens, i know i spell bad, but so what... this is not my nativ language... but i think i can make my point anyway... as i can in a few more languages...
do i dare to ask how many languages you speak?
i guess the answer is 1 or 2... great going! try to learn other languages, it will help all you americans(US) to understand the world just i little bit better... as your situation is right now, you could use it...
i think you mean the US when you wright america... it's ashame that this is'nt in the war room , that would have been fun...
(hope its ok to revive this thread... )
Ban the noob who bumped a year old thread plz.
and anyone replying to himOriginally Posted by Magnaflux
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Yep....that's it.
What??? English is a good language but I personally prefer latin based languages. Foreign languages are awsome by the way....Originally Posted by Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew
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Yep....that's it.
It's flame bait. Just let it go.Originally Posted by Yue(Moon)
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If you have been reading my columns regularly, you know I have my own wrestling show on Oct. 6 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, entitled House of Hardcore. As such, my days and nights have been filled with preparations for the big show. And, of course, on weekends I still take bookings around the world.
Needless to say, my schedule has been very tight; burning the candle at both ends, as they say. And here I always thought it was supposed to get easier the older you get and as you transfer into semi-retirement.
It's a good thing I still love my job because that is what really drives me. I want my show to be the best for the fans, to offer a different product or point of view of pro wrestling.
The expression "anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" -- or better known as Murphy's Law (not to be confused with my editor, Jan Murphy's Law, which is applied when I need to meet my deadline and correct my spelling and grammar) -- has rang very true for me during this journey.
Three weeks ago, on a Saturday night, I was out with one of my friends who is a movie producer, discussing movie roles when I received a horrible phone call. My dog had collapsed and my wife had rushed him to an emergency veterinarian. He wasn't breathing. My kids were so upset. What a helpless feeling.
Long story short and a very large vet bill later, my dog has an enlarged heart. It is an incurable disease, meaning he will basically have a massive heart attack and die. It sucks. He isn't in any pain nor does he act any differently. The vet gave him three to six months to live, which crushes me. I will do everything in my power to make him happy, but it is the sad reality facing every pet owner.
I don't know how I will handle it with my daughters because of their strong emotional attachment to their canine brother, Joey, but I will cross that bridge when I get to it.
Unbelievably, the very next day, I called my mom to tell her the news and to see how she was doing. She said she had a headache and was lying down. Her speech wasn't right. She said she had a very sleepless night and had thought about calling 911, but was afraid to walk down her steps and didn't want paramedics to break down her door because then she would have had to buy a new one. (Ugh, the stubborness).
She said she was dizzy and had had a hard time getting out of bed to use the washroom the previous night. I asked her if she wanted me to take her to the doctor or the emergency room. She said no, that she was fine and was just tired. Eventually, she would drive herself to the doctor, where she was ordered to go to the emergency room.
To make a long story short, she had a brain hemorrhage. Her blood pressure was extremely high, at one point reaching 197/60, despite being hospitalized and on IV. It was a very trying time.
My mom is full of life, looks young, enjoys singing -- and complaining to me (haha) -- it was hard to see her sick and clinging to life. The other part of the story is that my mom takes care of my 92-year-old grandmother, which means that I had to step up and do it, which I didn't mind, but there are just some things I can't help her with.
Essentially, in the span of a day, I was hit with a double dose of devastating news. The thought of not having my dog or mom in my life is not comforting. I lost my dad years ago and if I lost my mom, I would be parentless and I don't know who would want to adopt poor little orphan Tommy, haha. Humour helps me cope.
My dog is comfortable, we hired a home health aid worker to take care of my grandmother and my mom is now home after a great rehab, and complaining that she can't drive again until she gets recertified. So things are somewhat back to normal.
Oh wait, there's more.
In the midst of all of that, I also managed to open a wrestling school, prepare for the biggest show of my life, tried to be a father, made my appearances, worked out and tried to carry on the normal things I do.
To make matters just a little worse, though, I had my ring rental for the Oct. 6 take another booking, my T-shirt guy tell me he couldn't make my shirts at the price he originally quoted and the New York State Athletic Commision call the building to check that all was in order for my show.
That was a very unusual thing. Perhaps they got an anonymous "tip" from a concerned person. Sounds fishy. Or perhaps I have raised some eyebrows. Oh well, I have all my stuff onboard and current for the show, so we're good to go.
In a nutshell, we all face life's burdens, trials and tribulations. These are but some of mine of late. I have an amazing support group consisting of fans and friends. I couldn't have continued onward without them. The amount of people who reached out to me was humbling.
I always say life is like pro wrestling. No matter how many times you get knocked down, you have to get back up. I look forward to tomorrow and my Oct. 6 show will be more rewarding to me than anything. It will be the culmination of all of my hard work. I look forward to seeing it through to its completion.
Thanks for the support. And thanks for reading.
Tommy Dreamer is a legendary and influential pro wrestler and a father and husband who has worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action. His column appears in the Kingston Whig-Standard and on SLAM! Wrestling. Follow him on Twitter @THETOMMYDREAMER and check out his website at thetommydreamer.com. He can be booked for live appearances through his website. Check out his new, custom-designed T-shirts and merchandise on his website as well.


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Thank you to everyone who took part in the telethon! It was a great success and will help many in the Northland. See our final numbers for the event below:
Donations via telephone: $75,161
Donations via United Way website: $6,505
Telethon GRAND TOTAL: $81,666
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Thursday, July 12 from 4-7 pm volunteers from the Twin Ports and beyond will staff a temporary Flood Relief phone bank for Flood Aid 2012. Call Local: 218-788-2844 or Toll Free: 877-307-8762.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a televised event that you can take part in from your home by watching PBS or another local channel. We are not looking for volunteers to be at the studio in person.
During the telethon viewers are encouraged to call and make a donation to the "Twin Ports Region Long Term Flood Relief Fund." All money raised benefits people in St. Louis, Douglas, Lake, and Carlton County devastated by the flood. The money will be distributed to individuals, not businesses or governments.
All local TV stations will be airing live reports and cut-ins throughout Thursday afternoon promoting the telethon and encouraging people to call with a donation.
Flood Aid 2012 will air live on WDSE from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. It will be simulcast on MY9 (KBJR's second Channel 6.2). The telethon will be broadcast from the WDSE studio.
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-Earlier today, The GasLight Circus proudly announced via Facebook that the first show of their 3rd season, titled "Six Feet Under", will take place on September 9th.
The show is described as a "thrilling performance with an old western vaudeville theme! See some of Arizona's best and brightest talents as they perform in a style not seen since the days of Tombstone and Dodge City! Complete with Juggling, Acrobatics, Singing, and live action old-west gun-slinging all for your entertainment!"Following a successful performance at the 2nd annual Carnival Ball Charity Show this past May, The GasLight Circus has spent it's off season preparing for its return to The Alwun House with multiple show dates already revealed on gaslightcircus.com's "Showtimes" page.
Jerome "The Jester" Keenom, founder of The GasLight Circus, offered the following comment:"We're always thrilled to come back to The Alwun House every season. Others may say what they will, but we've truly made that stage our home, and are currently penned-in to do so again with three show dates already planned from September to the end of January. On top of this, we've got several more announcements coming this week that'll hopefully get everyone excited for the return of The GasLight Circus!"


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ELMHURST – Iowa State University's College of Design recently honored an Elmhurst resident and business owner for his design work.
James Patchett, who holds a bachelor's and two master's degrees from Iowa State University, received the Christian Petersen Design Award from his alma mater.
Patchett founded one of the country's first sustainable design firms in 1994. Conservation Design Forum renovates landscapes and has offices in Elmhurst and Ann Arbor, Mich. The firm emphasizes on sustainable site planning and development, advancing innovative water resource-management techniques, integrating native landscape systems and promoting ecological restoration strategies.
Conservation Design Forum also created one of the most famous green roofs in the world, which sits atop Chicago's City Hall.
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Sebu Simonian and Ryan Merchant know it when they hear it. Listen to Capital Cities' "Farrah Fawcett Hair."
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"You know it when you see it/ You know it when it's there/ Like Michael Jackson 'Thriller'/ Like Farrah Fawcett hair/ It's good s***."
André 3000 of OutKast adds his wordplay to the track, and NPR's Frank Tavares reads a list of things that make the cut: "Solar energy/ Nutella/ Democracy/ My voice/ Enjoying ceviche in Peru and seeing a double rainbow/ While listening to 'Bitches Brew' as recorded by Miles Davis."
"We both love the trumpet and Miles Davis' style and kind of more progressive production approaches are what interest us," Simonian said. "And, of course, our trumpeter Spencer Ludwig is a huge fan of Miles Davis, so we thought it would be nice to give him a shout-out."
Trumpet solos are featured on Capital Cities' international smash "Safe and Sound."
"That was actually a song that [Merchant and I] wrote as a one-off before we started the band, but we liked it so much and our friends liked it so much that we felt like we had something special, not only with the song, but with our collaborative chemistry," Simonian said during a call from Allentown, Pa., en route to a show in Rhode Island.
The two singer-songwriters met thanks to Simonian's ad offering production skills on Craigslist.
"When we got together, the collaborative production was instant, and we found opportunities to write together a lot, including music for TV commercials," Simonian said. "We kept writing and eventually had enough material to put out an album."
That debut, June's "In a Tidal Wave of Mystery," borrows a line from "Safe and Sound" for its title.
And it has that cool, catchy dance music that's retro yet modern.
"I think somehow the mix of influences naturally resulted in this sound because we like the great songwriters of every decade, but we like it when they're interesting and quirky and kind of a little off the beaten path in terms of production style, but the most important thing is still to have timeless and catchy melodies and lyrics," Simonian said.
"We like the late Beatles and Pink Floyd. And then from the '70s era, we like Stevie Wonder and the Bee Gees, and from the '80s, we like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Hall & Oates. And from the '90s, we like a lot of the British influences like Oasis and Blur and Suede and Radiohead. And then singer-songwriters like Jeff Buckley," he said. "Somehow, these influences have led to what is now Capital Cities."
The group specializes in grabbing attention; Lazy Hooks is the name of the band's record label.
"I think the idea is that if the hook is really good, it shouldn't have to work so hard," Simonian said. "So if you write a good hook, you don't have to worry about promoting it because it will sell itself."
Capital Cities — Simonian, Merchant, Ludwig, guitarist Nick Merwin, bassist Manny Quintero and drummer Channing Holmes — will co-headline with Fitz & The Tantrums on Nov. 17 at the Fillmore Detroit. Tickets range from $20-$35. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
"Music is an artistic experience and it can inspire a lot of emotions and, at the same time, it's entertainment," Simonian said. "So I would like our listeners to experience all kinds of things — fun, art, just good music and dancing."


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In the past I have recounted a fateful trip to a Ford dealer with my parents. The dealer showroom in question was housed in a shopping mall, and center stage on a turntable was a red '86 SVO. I so hoped that my mom was going to buy that car. I would soon be driving, and I pictured myself behind the wheel of that turbocharged 'Stang. In the end, she wouldn't learn to drive a manual just so I could drive a cool car. It wasn't meant to be.
So, even though my first Mustang love was the '82 GT, I have a soft spot for the SVO. Despite its grand mission to bring the loving embrace of the Mustang world around a small, turbocharged engine, the SVO wasn't the hit I thought it might be. It looked cool. It had a turbo. It had disc brakes. What it didn't have was a 5.0-liter V-8.
Ultimately you could get a vaunted 5.0 Mustang for less than the Eurofied SVO. After a brave, three-year run, the SVO and its aero headlights took a bow before the aero-light 5.0 went on to dominate the performance world. Gas was cheap and grunt feels good, so the brave experiment didn't pan out.
Today I am more than grateful that the 5.0-liter badge is once again a mainstay on the Mustang fender. Sure, there were some great moments during the modular era, but there's just something about a 5.0 Mustang, right? After all, it's the namesake of this publication, and for good reason.
That said, there's just something that has me a little more excited about the forthcoming Ecoboost 2.3-liter four-cylinder option. Before you start writing hate mail, I'm not trying to say it will be better or faster than the 5.0-liter. I'm glad the V-8 is staying. I hope it's for good. However, I am always interested in what's new, and the 5.0-liter is only refreshed. The 2.3 is all-new for the Mustang.
Now as those that follow our online efforts know, my relatively new daily driver is a '13 Focus ST with the Ecoboost 2.0-liter. For many of you, it's a Mustang or nothing, and I get that. However, besides having a cool driver that preserves my Mustangs from the daily grind, getting an Ecoboosted car was by design. I really wanted to get a little preview of what it could be like in the Mustang.
So far, I'm loving what I've found. Probably most important of all for Mustang fans is that the Ecoboost engines love bolt-ons and tuning. My daily has gained great performance without losing driveability. I can only imagine that the 2.3 in the Mustang will respond in kind.
That's really what makes this combo so intriguing. Unlike the old days when you really wanted to swim upstream if you were going to modify anything but a V-8, the Ecoboosted four-cylinder will be viable for enthusiasts that want to strike the balance between performance and economy.
Had this Mustang been out sooner, it really would have made my daily driver shopping more complicated. I have yet to own a Coyote-powered Mustang, so it would be hard to pass that up. However, as a fun daily driver, the Ecoboost Mustang will be a compelling choice.
All that said, I have yet to drive the new Mustang. Certainly the lighter four-cylinder should be a well-balanced corner-carver, but the Mustang GT is said to beat the outgoing Boss around the track. How can you not love that?
Most of us can't help but dream about a time when these two worlds come together. We know the Coyote cylinder heads were designed to accept a direct injector from the jump. We also know what a turbo kit will do for the current 5.0. Imagine the possibilities.
For the moment I'll have to enjoy a rumbling exhaust in one car and a blow-off-valve whoosh in another. Maybe one day they'll make beautiful music together. When it comes right down to it, it's just great that we will have two legitimate performance Mustangs to choose from on the S550 menu.


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Think about it: When was the last time a mass Washington rally made a political difference in this country?
It's a hard question to answer. Rallies still occur, and another will happen Wednesday as thousands are expected to flood the National Mall to commemorate the 1963 March on Washington and its undeniable impact on shaping American attitudes toward civil rights.
It likely will have some of the old-time flavor of momentous events of the past where it felt like history was being made: big crowds, lofty speeches, a common purpose.
But mass gatherings in the Lincoln Memorial's shadow are no longer the organizer's favorite method of influencing Washington. In their place is a more sophisticated, even subtle form of mass action.
"It used to be that the way to grab attention was to get a lot of people in one place and get the media to notice," said Michael Cole-Schwartz of the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for gay rights.
Today, online advocacy makes it easier to quickly collect supporters and make their views known instantly.
"New technology levels the playing field," said Matt Kibbe, president and CEO of FreedomWorks, a conservative advocacy group.
The nature of government has changed, too. Unlike 1963, the federal government's reach is much broader, so zeroing in on specific legislation or elections is seen as a more effective way to influence policy. It makes less sense to pack the National Mall when flooding key members of Congress with emails or phone calls, or holding local rallies, will have more impact.
What may be missing most today, though, is the sense of historic gravitas surrounding the 1960s movements.
"Today's protests often lack the drama and galvanizing moral clarity that the civil rights and anti-war movement had back in the day," said Roger Hickey, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, a liberal strategy group.
Washington in 1963 was a city where segregation was still a vivid memory, and just across the river was Virginia, where many public schools closed a few years earlier rather than desegregate. The moral stakes were also newly clear to the American masses, since they could now watch segregation dramas played out on TV almost nightly.
Helping to energize the Vietnam protests was a powerful self-interest. Eligible males had to register for the draft. After 1969, they were assigned a lottery number, based on their birthday, placing them in line for the draft.
Huge protests still happen, of course, and organizers believe they still can be effective. But influencing public policy has become more sophisticated. Interest groups have learned to target specific lawmakers, and not always in Washington. Pushing specific legislation can make more sense.
"The system today is incredibly open to external influences," said Gerard Alexander, associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia.
The tea party experience is seen as Exhibit A. In a study for the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right Washington research group, scholars cited the effectiveness of the group's April 2009 protests across the nation. An estimated 440,000 and 810,000 people gathered at more than 500 sites.
It worked. The protests "increased turnout in favor of the Republican Party in the subsequent congressional elections, and increased the likelihood that incumbent Democratic representatives decided to retire prior to the elections," the scholars wrote.
Mass protests, meanwhile, are too hard to control and organize. It takes Herculean logistics – buses, lodging, food, medical care, and working around the threat of bad weather – as well as security requirements that didn't exist decades ago.
Kibbe recalled big conservative economic justice rallies a few years ago, where people drove from all over the country to Washington.
"You can't seriously expect people to do that on a regular basis," he said. "You'll kill your movement."
Then there's the control factor: Nearly everyone has a video recording device, and it only takes one outlier in a crowd to embarrass the movement. And chances are an opposition group will make sure to bring its own protesters, who also will draw attention.
When an estimated 750,000 gathered to urge stricter gun control in the 2000 Mother's Day "Million Mom March," an opposition group, the "Second Amendment Sisters," was also on hand. Though far smaller in numbers, the media took notice.
Social media is arguably more effective. FreedomWorks held its summer "Free the People" event, featuring conservative commentator Glenn Beck and others, July 5 in Salt Lake City. It attracted 16,000 people live – and nearly twice that many online.
Gun control advocates also see huge benefits to online messaging.
"The Internet has totally redefined traditional organizing," said Pia Carusone, executive director of Americans for Responsible Solutions, a gun control advocacy group. "I think there will always be a role in any movement for large events or rallies. But we've found social media to be an even more effective tool in some ways, because we can digitally rally our 500,000 members every single day."
When the Human Rights Campaign was trying last month to get the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to approve the Employment Non-Discrimination Act – known as ENDA – it focused on wavering senators. The measure would bar most employers from discriminating on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.
A big target was Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Advocates plastered the state with their message, going door to door and sending emails and postcards. Murkowski voted yes and credited the grassroots push as an influence.
"When I was home over the break, I think it was 1,174 postcards were delivered to my office from Alaskans from around the state in support of ENDA," Murkowski told reporters at the time. "If you listen to your folks back home, this is important to them."
Self-interests today are very different. During the Vietnam War "a huge number of people were directly affected," recalled Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future.
Today's issues tend to be less black and white, and it's often difficult to point to the kind of success civil rights or Vietnam marchers ultimately had. Occupy Wall Street seemed to fizzle, but organizers maintain it helped ignite similar movements across the country.
"Don't write off mass protests," said Arlene Holt Baker, AFL-CIO executive vice president. "All of a sudden you see these connections."
Still, in 2013, protests alone won't spark the kind of change they did 50 years ago. What also matters is what you can tweet in 140 characters and how far it spreads across the political universe.
"You can't just march the march," Baker said. "You have to go home and make changes."


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I started taking baby sign language classes with my daughter Hannah because I thought it would be a fun and useful activity that would enable her to tell me when she was hungry or tired. It has become so much more for us. It has been a wonderful way for now 18-month-old Hannah to communicate to us what she is seeing and experiencing in her world and for us to show her that we understand her. She not only says when she is hungry, but whether she wants a cracker, apple, cheese, or milk. She tells us when it's time for bed or bath. She points out things she sees in a book or in a picture like dogs, cats, fish, and birds, and she seems so pleased with herself when we acknowledge what she is telling us.
The other day she was sitting on the floor playing with a snoopy doll and a hair band I use to put her hair in pigtails. She looked up at me and made a sound that I thought meant "up." So I went to lift her up and she got extremely frustrated. Then I noticed what she was doing with her hands, she was making the sign for "help." I realized she was trying to get the hair band on Snoopy's ear and she couldn't quite do it so she wanted my help. I showed her how to hold it open and pull his ear through, which put a huge smile on her face. Because her "help" sounded so much like "up," I would have just had an unhappy child on my hands if she hadn't been able to sign to me what she wanted. In turn, I would have gotten frustrated with her for being upset about nothing and for complaining about my picking her up after I thought she asked me to. I am so grateful that sign language helps her communicate, and I only wish I, myself, could remember enough signs to teach her about everything she sees.
See below for my interview with Bill Austin–White, veteran baby sign language teacher. Bill Austin-White, director of Touch Blue Sky's baby sign language program, received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychobiology from University of California, Santa Cruz. He facilitates baby sign language programs throughout the Bay Area. Bill is passionate about the benefits of signing with children and is the proud father of two hearing sons who both sign. In addition to teaching sign language courses, Bill works as a commercial print model and hand model in the San Francisco Bay Area.
At what age should my child start learning sign? When should I expect him to do the signs?
Six to eight months of age is generally considered an optimal time to start signing with your baby, since before they're six months old, babies have very little long-term memory to retain the signs they see.
Younger babies also lack the motor skills and hand-eye coordination required to make very precise gestures, so parents may miss their babies' early signing attempts, perceiving them as random gestures. Once babies reach six months of age, however, memory retention increases rapidly. If you start signing to them when they're between six and seven months of age, for example, you can reasonably expect them to sign back when they're between eight and ten months old. Older babies and toddlers will generally catch on much more quickly because they're reaching the stage in their development where they begin to imitate, and when they attempt to use gestures to communicate. They may take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to sign back.
Having said this, there is no harm in starting to sign as early as you like. It's worthwhile to note that deaf parents sign to their babies from birth, and their babies generally sign back significantly earlier than babies in hearing families do. If you're considering starting to sign earlier, just remember that younger babies generally take longer to begin producing signs. In other words, if you start signing to your baby from birth, you might not see his first sign for six long months. This delay may cause you to become discouraged or even give up. If you do decide to start early, the upside is that you will have a much larger vocabulary when your baby's language center is developmentally ready to process language and your baby could actually be signing back by six months.
My first son started learning signs at 10 months and by 15 months had mastered about 40 signs. We were signing with my second son at birth because we were still signing a lot with big brother. At the same benchmark of 15 months old, our second son was using, not 40 signs, but more than 60 signs! Maybe my second son had a higher proficiency because we started much earlier, maybe it was because Mommy and Daddy were more proficient signers, or maybe it's because he saw us signing with each other and his big brother too. Signing was easy to learn and a really fun way to bond with our little ones.
In your classes, you teach more than just the few basic food signs that a lot of children know. Is it really necessary for my child to know how to sign Gorilla if they can already sign "milk" and "more"?
Even though the words (signs) Milk, All Done and More will be most important in the very early stages of a baby's life, you will be surprised to discover how your 13 and 14 month old is aware of so many things. Why hold out on your baby by not giving them the sign for Gorilla. They might have a stuffed gorilla plush toy and when they sign gorilla they get you to say the word gorilla. They get to hear what the word sounds like.
Signing empowers babies and gives them an increased feeling of control because they can communicate more successfully with those around them. Knowing that Mommy and Daddy not only hear them but also understand them provides children with a feeling that their parents value what they have to say. This can lead to an increase in self-esteem which greatly contributes to a child's happiness.
Is it worth taking a class if the benefits are so short lived? My child should be able to speak by age two. Are there long-term benefits after they can speak?
Baby sign language gives parents the opportunity to communicate with children long before babies can verbalize their wants and needs. More than two decades of evidence based studies show that signing with babies accelerates language acquisition, reduces frustration and aggressive behavior, and as children mature, results in a greater interest in reading. Signing with your baby is a wonderful way to deepen the bond between you and your child and jump-starts his or her verbal skills. But are there benefits to signing with toddlers after they become verbal? The answer is, "yes!"
As your child matures and starts to verbalize she will go through a transitional period, speaking some words and signing others. Around 19 months of age, a child will often drop the sign as soon she can say the word. It's so much easier to say "Mommy" than to sign it.
However, even at two or three years old, it's not always easy for parents to understand what their child is saying. Using sign language bridges the gap and gives your child a way to communicate with you. Asking your child if she can use her hands to tell you what she wants can reduce her frustration and minimize temper tantrums, making the "terrible twos" not so terrible. Signing is also great to use at a noisy playground, reducing a parent's need to shout. You can get your child's attention by whistling or making eye contact and then signing what you need your child to know, whether it's a five minute warning before heading home or a reminder to be careful.
Signing is a good thing for all age groups. Fingerspelling helps children as they learn to read. Elementary school teachers will tell you that children are visual learners and sign language helps to visually integrate new information. Parents and children can fingerspell the letters as the child sounds out the words. It's like having closed captioning everywhere you go. Have you noticed how Sesame Street often has big colorful letters on the screen as they sound out each word? One parent said that they have a black board hanging at the end of their wrists at the park, at the store and at the coffee shop.
Sign language is also beneficial for kinesthetic learners – those who learn by doing. Signing allows children to channel their physical energy into communicating a thought. When practicing for their spelling quiz, children "feel the phonics" when they fingerspell each word.
When an individual signs, language is processed in the auditory, visual and kinesthetic brain centers and memories are stored in different parts of the brain. Therefore, when a child signs, he is utilizing different neural modalities, thus accessing more brain power, so to speak.
I was out on a stroller walk with my son, Liam when he was a toddler and had been speaking verbally for a few months. About five blocks from home, Liam said, "Mush mush!" I increased the pace thinking that his son wanted him to go faster like a dog sled (watching The Discovery Channel was a family activity). Increasingly frustrated, Liam said, "Mush mush!" again and again. I stopped the stroller and requested Liam to say it slower. Liam replied, "Muuuushhhh." I then asked, "Can you tell me with your hands?" Liam signed "gorilla" and Bill instantly understood what Liam wanted – Gorilla Munch cereal, which was located in a container in the bottom of the stroller. Signing averted a potential melt down. Liam (and Daddy) were happy all the way home.
All that said signing is just plain fun. At times, it gives our family our own little "secret language." Be careful what you sign though. American Sign Language is one of the most popular languages in the nation!
I have heard sign language will make my child speak later than he would have otherwise. Is this true?
You may encounter parents who are concerned that teaching their baby sign language will delay their baby's speech acquisition. Research proves that the opposite is actually true. Studies show that sign language utilizes more diversified areas of the brain for communication, thus babies actually develop language skills earlier than their peers, and have a comparatively larger verbal vocabulary. Signing empowers babies and young children because they can communicate more successfully with those around them.
What else would you like people to know about sign language for babies?
Baby Sign Language gives parents the opportunity to communicate with babies long before they can verbalize their wants and needs. Signing with babies has been proven to help accelerate language development, reduce frustration, enhance a child's self esteem and deepen the bond between parent and child.
Stop guessing what your baby is trying to tell you and start spending more time fulfilling your child's specific desires and needs. Start building your baby sign language skills today while meeting like-minded parents in your area. Join a baby sign language workshop as a fun opportunity to build your signing vocabulary with themes like mealtime, animals, colors, family, safety, and more.
Watch a video of Bill and some of his students here.
Two different playgroup series are now offered at Sprout in San Francisco. One is called Playgroup Zoom and the other is called Playgroup Boom. No need to take them in order; you can start with either Zoom or Boom. To maximize the benefits of this program, it is recommended that participants enroll in the Introductory Workshop.
Find Sign Language and other great classes and events at your local Sprout!


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Prep time: 45 minutes
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Charles Breitel, the 30th chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals was a brilliant, complex, energetic, and quietly ambitious man whose modesty and rigorous standards never allowed him to quite appreciate what a remarkable life he led. His was a wonderful American story: offspring of immigrant parents; a scholarship student at the finest educational institutions who learned his trade while enduring the harshest years of the Great Depression; a 64-year marriage that started with an elopement; a close relationship with Thomas Dewey that nearly led him to a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States; and almost 30 years as a judge—at nisi prius, the Appellate Division1, and finally, the Court of Appeals where he initiated and helped implement significant reforms that shaped our modern system of justice. Along the way, he served as husband, parent, teacher, counselor, and friend to legions who remember him with respect, occasional trepidation, and great affection.
Judge Breitel really did "love the law"; indeed, he once wrote that he "love[d] the court system," not a commonly expressed view.2 He cared deeply for the Court of Appeals, which he unabashedly described as the "greatest Court in the nation . . . surpass[ing] the Supreme Court by far."3 And, this was a man who knew his neighborhood. After all, he had participated at all levels of the New York legal system, from a clerk at a small law firm to the highest judicial office in the state. He had pride and affection in his city, the "greatest megalopolis of the western hemishere,"4 and his early immersion in that commercial cauldron laid the groundwork for many of the most sophisticated, yet practical "business" decisions ever issued by any court. Perhaps most of all, he reveled in the elegant interaction of the three branches of government, a structure that he believed actually works even if, from time to time, stalwart guardians such as himself had to take unpopular, even courageous, stands, to ensure that none of the three bodies overstepped its bounds. But, to truly understand this fascinating and significant man, we have to start at the beginning.
As a Youth
Judge Breitel's mother and father, Herman and Regina Breitel, emigrated with their three daughters, from Lwow (now in Poland) to the United States in the early days of the 20th century. Judge Breitel was born in New York on December 12, 1908. Two years later, his father died.
A forceful woman (she obtained her driver's license in 1907), Mrs. Breitel supported her four young children by selling hats at a Lower East Side store. Judge Breitel attended the Evander Childs High School in the Bronx and then went, on a scholarship, to the University of Michigan where he earned what money he could by working as tutor, and as a cashier in a movie theater.5 In his sophomore year, he met a costudent, Jeanne Hollander, and they dated for a week. They broke up, after a disagreement over a tie she had given him, but, six weeks later, they "made up" and eloped, marrying in Howell, Michigan, on April 9, 1927. He was 18; she was 19. Judge Breitel later explained he had married his wife for her "lecture notes."
Both Breitels started at Michigan Law School; Jeanne graduated from there while the judge spent his last two years at Columbia Law School.6 The rigors of the Depression marred their early years together in New York City; indeed, his daughter, Eleanor, recalls the judge telling her that food was so scarce that, on one occasion, he actually fainted in the street from hunger. On his graduation from law school in 1933, Judge Breitel was able to secure a job as a clerk in a small firm, which, not long thereafter, failed.
As a Young Man
At the age of 26, Judge Breitel's life took a decided turn for the better when he came to the attention of District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. As is well known, during the 1930s, Dewey forged a reputation in New York City as the prototype "crusading District Attorney and gang-buster." By his side, holding a succession of jobs with increasing responsibility, was the young Breitel, moving from the Special Rackets Investigation Bureau to assistant chief of the Indictment Bureau and then chief of that bureau. Along the way, protégés gathered and coalesced into a group known as "Dewey's Dozen," consisting of such eminent figures as (among others) Stanley Fuld, Whitman Knapp, Murray Gurfein, Frank Hogan, and, of course, Charles Breitel. Thurston Greene, alive and well at 99, is their last survivor.
As Charles Beeching, a former clerk for the judge, once observed, the 1930s were an era when "crusading law enforcement officers were public heroes, and the exclusionary rules of evidence . . . and the whole spectrum of constitutional guarantees of procedural rights were at least a generation away."7 As the rules changed (e.g., Mapp and Miranda), Judge Breitel was faithful to their new commands; still, the legacy of those formative years as a "crime fighter" can be found in such observations by the judge, made 30 years later, as: "We may prate about acquitting nine guilty men rather than risk the conviction of one innocent but we in fact shudder at the idea of turning loose nine guilty men capable of committing crimes of violence and grave depredation."8
During the brief period between the termination of his service as district attorney and election as governor of New York, Dewey demonstrated his regard for his young assistant's abilities by joining him in the formation of their own law firm, Dewey & Breitel. When Dewey was elected governor, he named Judge Breitel as counsel who moved, with his family, to Albany. The Albany years gave Judge Breitel a breadth of understanding for, and appreciation of, the legislative process that played a significant role in shaping his judicial persona, including, perhaps, his reluctance to interfere unduly with mandates from popularly elected bodies.9
In any event, the trajectory of his career nearly veered to the South: It has been often assumed, quite accurately, that if Governor Dewey had been elected president in 1944 or 1948, Judge Breitel would have either become attorney general or a Supreme Court justice. But, the Democrats prevailed, and, in 1950, Governor Dewey appointed Judge Breitel to an interim term on the Supreme Court of New York, praising his appointee for possessing "the finest legal mind in the State."10 While as a Republican he was defeated in his first bid for reelection, he was appointed to another interim term and then elected in 1951 for a 14-year term.
As a Husband and Father
Judge Breitel had a warm, full family life. He often said, cheerfully, that he had been surrounded by women all of his life (his mother, three sisters, his wife, and two daughters). His daughter, Eleanor Alter,11 has become a prominent divorce lawyer, while Vivian Breitel has pursued varied and productive careers in finance and fine arts. Not surprisingly, Judge Breitel was a demanding parent: He even edited letters sent to him by his children. But he was by no means a bookish martinet; he loved baseball games, movies, and taking pictures of his family, which he developed in his own darkroom. He seldom missed a good parade and, during World War II, kept a victory garden in Albany. An amateur carpenter, he even built a two-room doghouse for a cocker spaniel, given to the Breitels by Governor Dewey.
As for his marriage, the most startling, yet beguiling, aspect of his relationship with his wife, Jeanne, was how quickly they decided on a union that would last for 64 years. The main reason, of course, is that they were so much alike: They were both smart, sensitive, proud, blessed with a self-effacing wit, and fiercely loyal to each other. Both smoked—a lot. They even rolled their own cigarettes during the war. Perhaps in response to the rigors of the Depression, their lifestyle approached the frugal; they never took cabs, owned a television set, or went to restaurants. Instead, they played chess, read voraciously, raised their family, and supported each other in every way for a long and happy marriage.
Early Judicial Appointments
To return to the courts: In 1952 Governor Dewey appointed Judge Breitel to a seat on the Appellate Division, First Department, certainly one of the busiest appellate courts in America. This tribunal is charged with hearing appeals from almost every type of order issued by the Supreme Court, final or interlocutory, substantive or procedural. Consequently, in his 14 years of service on this bench, Judge Breitel heard appeals in cases encompassing any controversy that fell within the broad jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The volume was so great that, even though the Appellate Division was a panel court, each judge could count on reviewing and deciding anywhere from 25 to 35 cases a month. It was during this time that Judge Breitel spearheaded the concept of a hot bench, which meant reading the briefs and records in every case considered by his panel before every argument. This process, which enlivened and often shortened the oral presentations, exponentially increased the workload of the judges, many of whom had to follow young Breitel's lead, lest they seem less assiduous by comparison.
And it was a strong court, composed of jurists who may not have had household names but whose reputations shone in the experienced and discerning New York legal community: e.g., Cohn, Botein, Steuer, Eager, Dore, Peck, Rabin, and several others. Given their extremely busy workloads, these judges specialized in the speedy, often terse delivery of results, rather than in lengthy opinions, crafted in Holmesian prose.12
Quite apart from his judicial burdens, Judge Breitel was immersed in numerous legal "extracurricular activities." During the decade of the 1960s, he served as an adjunct professor of law at Columbia, a member of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, the Federal Commission on International Rules of Judicial Procedure, and the American Law Institute Committee on the Model Penal Code. Certainly, his clerks helped to some extent on these assignments, but he alone performed the vast majority of the tasks, writing longhand, hour after hour, late into the night, on a series of yellow pads.
But, his major assignment was, of course, at 25th Street and Madison Avenue, where his work was dedicated mainly to resolving controversies and absorbing a prodigious amount of the substantive and procedural law of New York State. Thus, when Gov. Nelson Rockefeller called Judge Breitel late in the afternoon in November 1966 to offer him a seat on the New York State Court of Appeals, it is safe to say that the governor could not have selected a more qualified man.
The years in Albany started quietly: Stanley Fuld, Judge Breitel's old colleague from the "Dewey Days," was the chief judge and the new arrival tread softly, at least administratively, even though the "cold bench" procedures in Albany were not to his liking. Nevertheless, within two months of his arrival, Judge Breitel wrote the majority opinion, upholding the validity of a local ordinance banning all off-site billboards, a major goal of "aesthetic environmentalists."13 Even as he neared an important milestone in his career, Judge Breitel agreed to author the majority opinion in a highly controversial case, Byrn v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.,14 which struck down a constitutional challenge to a law permitting abortion within 24 weeks from commencement of pregnancy. Judge Breitel met the core issue head on when he wrote, "unborn children have never been recognized as persons in the whole sense."15 There were emotional dissents from Judges Burke and Scileppi, who claimed links between the law and principles espoused by Nazi Germany.16
As Chief Judge
In 1973, as the retirement of Chief Judge Fuld approached, the common expectation was that Judge Breitel would be nominated by both political parties, and elected, essentially unanimously, as the new chief. However, the Democratic Party, "anticipating a large turnout of their adherents in [the 1973] New York mayoral race, refused to abide by the 60-year-long precedent of cross-endorsing the senior associate [Court of Appeals judge]" as the new chief.17 A prominent negligence lawyer, Jacob Fuchsberg, secured the Democratic nomination by winning an extremely narrow primary over Judge Jack Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Fuchsberg then went on to wage an aggressive and expensive campaign for chief judge, thereby forcing Judge Breitel into a contest that he found unseemly and demeaning. While he was proud of his record and confident that he was far more qualified for the position, Judge Breitel had no taste for self-aggrandizement, let alone the personal attacks often associated with elections.
Nevertheless, the judge was no shrinking violet and, of course, he wanted the job. Reluctantly then, he hit the hustings (to the extent a judge could), obtained the endorsement of the Republican and Liberal Parties, made speeches, debated, gave as good as he got, and eventually defeated Mr. Fuchsberg and Judge James Leff (the Conservative Party nominee who openly preferred Judge Breitel) by 300,000 votes.18
So, Charles Breitel was the chief, and while he only had four years until retirement to enjoy the job, he went to work with a will. The first order of business was to call upon the Socratic method, so familiar to law students and dear to the chief's heart.
Thus, almost immediately after his election, the Court of Appeals became a "hot bench." Emulating the Appellate Division system, the new chief decreed that each judge had to be fully prepared on all cases before the oral argument. As a result, spirited and informed interchanges between counsel and court sharpened the issues, often shortened the presentations, and usually stimulated meaningful discussions on the points that the court found most significant. Equally important, the judges' familiarity with all the cases in an early stage of the appellate process helped expedite their resolution, diminishing materially the time between oral argument and decision.
On a broader front, the chief judge moved with equal dispatch. In 1974, he appointed Richard Bartlett as the first chief administrator of the state court system. Next, he vigorously supported constitutional amendments, passed shortly thereafter, which created the central administration of the New York courts, as well as the Commission on Judicial Conduct.
But, reaching a goal even more important to him—abolition of the election process he had been forced to endure—required the support and leadership of a most unlikely ally: Gov. Hugh Carey, a Democrat from Brooklyn. To achieve that end, a constitutional provision in force since 1846, requiring the election of Court of Appeals judges, had to be repealed and new legislation passed. Nevertheless, a quadrumvirate was formed: Governor Carey, his counsel, Judah Gribetz, Judge Bartlett, and, of course Chief Judge Breitel. Party divisions were surmounted, and the voters approved the required constitutional amendment in 1977, thanks, primarily, to a large favorable vote from New York City. Popular elections were replaced by gubernatorial nominations, selected from a list furnished by the Commission on Judicial Nomination, with the governor's choice subject to approval by the State Senate.
One of the failings of the New York system, as opposed to the federal courts, is the arbitrary retirement age of 70. In the five years prior to 1978, Chief Judge Breitel authored a series of significant opinions on important issues that illuminate, in a perverse way, the wastefulness of losing a judge who was, in point of fact, probably in his "judicial prime."
Significant Court of Appeals Opinions
In any event, as the chief is said to have told his wife, "his opinions were his biography."19 If so, 1975 to 1978 was a truly busy period, as the court was confronted with a series of major controversies that required judicial resolution:
Speaking for myself alone among the dissenters I find capital punishment repulsive, unproven to be an effective deterrent (of which the [instant] case itself is illustrative), unworthy of a civilized society (except perhaps for deserters in time of war) because of the occasion of mistakes and changes in social values as to what are mitigating circumstances, and the brutalizing of all those who participate directly or indirectly in its infliction."23
While those who have sought to capsulize Charles Breitel's judicial philosophy often fasten on the "conservative" label, the foregoing examples demonstrate that no such pat generalization can validly be made. And, in language as relevant as today's headlines, the Judge himself dismissed such attempts as mischievous:
It is customary these days, to a tiresome degree, and most often fruitlessly, to classify judges categorically by conclusory and all too-encompassing labels: conservative–liberal–activist–restrained, pro-this–anti-that and the like. The stretching for facile labels to achieve the nomenclature but not necessarily the substance of analysis is an obvious temptation. Often a flight from thinking, it results inevitably in oversimplification and superficiality. Most judges, indeed most people, do not classify so simply. Certainly, that should be true of persons engaged in an analytical profession in a very complicated world, and all the more of those who serve in judicial roles.24
Pursuant to the inflexible statutory command, the judge's 44 years of active public service ended on December 20, 1978. For 13 years thereafter, he resigned himself to a far quieter, yet still productive, phase of his life, practicing law at Proskauer Rose, serving as an expert witness, writing, lecturing, and enjoying time with his family. Upon his death on December 1, 1991, eulogists extolled his manifold contributions to law and society; since then, it is fair to say that his stature among the great jurists of the 20th century places him at or near the top.
While these professional encomia would have pleased the judge, they would not have come as a complete shock. What would have surprised him was the warmth and sincerity of the expressions of affection he engendered from those who knew him best. After all, this was a man who had declared at his retirement: "I know that I am not an easy man to live with. . . . I have to struggle with my character. . . . I have a temper that sometimes rages uncontrolled."25 Nevertheless, his colleagues, among many others, registered firm dissents and spoke warmly and publicly about his depth of character and generosity of spirit. No one said it better than one of his most beloved mentors: Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa:
I would like to share with your readers, our professional colleagues, a personal characteristic not well known about Judge Breitel—his sage sensitivity. He shielded his compassionate and caring side from the world, so few were privileged to see behind his stern exterior, hardened by the Depression, by the demanding responsibilities of high public service over five decades and by the jurisprudence of realism which he espoused. . . . The Official New York Reports are a permanent testament to his greatness as a judge. My grateful heart, however, will correspondingly bear witness for all time to the memory of a sweet and good person.26
On Apr. 9, 1927, Judge Breitel married Jeanne Hollander, with whom he had three children, Eleanor (1938- ), Vivian (1945- ), and Sharon, who died in infancy. Judge Breitel passed away in 1991, and his wife died four years later.
This biography appears in The Judges of the New York Court of Appeals: A Biographical History, ed. Hon. Albert M. Rosenblatt (New York: Fordham University Press, 2007). It has not been updated since publication.
Sources Consulted
Beeching, Charles D. Breitel—Self-Conscious Jurisprudence, 29 Syracuse L. Rev. 1, 6 (1978).
Bellacosa, A Remembrance: Chief Judge Breitel, N.Y.L.J., Dec. 12, 1991, at 2.
Berger and Zundel, Reflections of Two Clerks, New York State Court of Appeals.
Bierman, Preserving Power in Picking Judges: Merit Selection for the New York Court of Appeals, 60 Alb. L. Rev. 339, 345 (1996).
Breitel, The Lawyer as Fiduciary, Address to the Am. Bar Assn, (May 31, 1975), in 31 Bus. Law. 3, 1975-76, at 3.
Breitel, Criminal Law and Equal Justice, Sixth Annual William H. Leary Lecture (Apr. 19, 1966), in 1966 Utah L. Rev. 1, 11 (1966).
Breitel, The Lawmakers, 22nd Annual Benjamin N. Cardozo Lecture Before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Mar. 23, 1965), in 65 Colum. L. Rev. 749, 777 (1965).
Breitel, A Tribute to Judge Matthew J. Jasen, 35 Buffalo Law Rev. 5 (1986).
Conversations with Eleanor Alter, Vivian Breitel, Richard Zabel, and former colleagues of Judge Breitel.
Fried, Chief Judge Breitel and Judicial Legislation, 45 Brook. L. Rev. 231 (1979).
Mayo, Charles D. Breitel—Judging in the Grand Style, 47 Fordham L. Rev. 5 (1978).
McLaughlin, Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel, 47 Fordham L. Rev. 1 (1978); Wachtler, supra.
Owen Philip, Cynthia, Paul Njelski, Where Do Judges Come From? (Institute of Judicial Administration, 1999).
Pace, Charles D. Breitel, Chief Appeals Judge in the 1970's, N.Y. Times, Dec. 3, 1991, at B12.
Remarks of Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel, Ceremony Marking Retirement of Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel (Dec. 20, 1978), in 45 N.Y.2d vii, xi.
Remarks of Chief Judge Sol Wachtler, Memorial for Former Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel (Jan. 7, 1992), in 78 N.Y.2d vii, vii.
Remarks of Judge Matthew J. Jasen, Ceremony Marking Retirement of Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel (Dec. 20, 1978), in 45 N.Y.2d vii.
There Shall Be a Court of Appeals, 150th Anniversary of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, (1997) (booklet on file with the Court).
Published Writings
A Tribute to Judge Matthew J. Jasen, 35 Buff. L. Rev. 1 (1986).
Tribute to Shirley M. Hufstedler, 1982 Ann. Surv. Am. L. xxiii (1982).
A Tribute to Adolf Homburger, 1 Pace L. Rev. 7 (1980).
Foreword to Historic Courthouses of New York State, by Herbert Alan Johnson and Ralph K. Andrist, Columbia University Press, New York (1977).
Adrian P. Burke, 48 St. John's L. Rev. 435 (1974).
Chief Judge Stanley H. Fuld, 25 Syracuse L. Rev. 1 (1974).
Llewellyn: Realist and Rationalist, 18 Rutgers L. Rev. 745 (1964).
Controls in Criminal Law Enforcement, Speech at the Third Dedicatory Conference on Criminal Law (Jan. 1960), in 27 U. Chi. L. Rev. 427 (1960); Breitel, supra 7; Breitel, supra 4.
The Quandary in Litigation, Earl F. Nelson Memorial Lecture (Mar. 4, 1960), in 25 Mo. L. Rev. 225 (1960).
A Commentary on the Legislative Process, 1, Syracuse L. Rev. 59 (1949-50).