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Chris, The Dean of American Motorsports Journalism, who began selling single copies of National Speed Sport News at age 13 and eventually became the publication's editor, a position he held for 60 years, died September 28, 2012 at age 91.
His column, the Editor's Notebook, was the most read feature in National Speed Sport News for six decades, and while Economaki's contribution had been minimal in recent years, the Notebook, as it is called by readers, continues to be the most meaningful read in the newspaper, which debuted in 1934 when Economaki was 13 years old.
Economaki was also well known for his unique, recognizable voice, which he used first as a track announcer and later through nearly 40 years on television.
He worked with ABC's Wide World of Sports, he was with CBS and ESPN, and it can be said he was one of the catalysts in bringing racing to television. It is not an oversimplification to say he knew racing and knew how to speak about it.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1920, Economaki's father was a Greek immigrant and his mother was a great-niece of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Economaki spent his childhood in Ridgewood, NJ, and saw his first race at the Atlantic City board track when he was 9 years old.
He was hooked and by his 14th birthday he was a fixture in the racing world. Economaki sold his first copies of NSSN at Ho-Ho-Kus Speedway in northern New Jersey when he was 13. Papers sold for a nickel and Economaki got to keep a penny.
"I sold 200 papers," Economaki recalled. "That was $2. An incredible amount of money in 1934."
Economaki soon began writing his own column, known then as Gas-O-Lines, while continuing to peddle newspapers.
Much of Economaki's knowledge about racing cars - and people for that matter - was acquired during 1938 and 1939 when Economaki traveled the Eastern half of the United States as a "stooge" [mechanic] for legendary midget racer Duane Carter.
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"I had guys selling them for me. I was selling 700 to 800 copies a week. Business was excellent," Economaki said. "One weekend, I can't remember where I was, it was 1947, I sold a lot of papers on a Friday night, and Saturday night 50 miles away at another track, with even more people, I sold fewer than 100, and I couldn't understand that.
"It dawned on me that the difference was the announcer."
So began his career as a track announcer.
After more than a decade announcing at tracks and working as editor of NSSN where he took the reins in 1950, Economaki got his big break when NASCAR founder William H. "Big Bill" France recommended Economaki be part of ABC's first telecast from Daytona Int'l Speedway in 1961. Prior to that, Economaki had announced the famous beach races in Daytona for France.
Economaki worked races around the world for ABC through the 1983 season when he made the jump to CBS where he appeared through the mid 1990s. He also worked worldwide Formula One telecasts for ESPN in 1987 and 1988.
"If he wasn't aware of you, you simply were not a factor in the sport," World Driving Champion, Indy 500 and Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti said in 2004. "If you weren't on Chris Economaki's radar screen, you probably weren't on anybody's."
And that feeling was common throughout the motorsports industry.
In recent years, he continued to appear occasionally on Speed and more regularly on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network. All the time he continued to write the Editor's Notebook and promote what had become known as "his" newspaper.
Through the years Economaki has received countless awards including the NASCAR Award of Excellence, and been elected to numerous Halls of Fame, most notably the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
Economaki appeared as himself in the racing movies Stroker Ace and Six Pack. His voice was also used in Winning.
He was preceded in death by his wife Tommye and is survived by his two daughters - Corinne Economaki of Davidson, NC, and Tina and husband Jeff Riedl of Midland Park, and two grandchildren; Alexis and Christopher Riedl.
Visiting Hours will be Monday, October 1st from 4-8 PM at Church of the Nativity, 315 Prospect St., Midland Park. The Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, 10:30 AM at Nativity Church, with interment to follow in Valleau Cemetery, Ridgewood. Arrangements entrusted to Feeney Funeral Home, Ridgewood.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Chris Economaki's name to the International Motor Racing Research Center, 610 South Decatur Street, Watkins Glen, NY 14891.
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I am a hearing, fluent ASL signer who is considering adopting a deaf child from a developing country. I have very limited information about his health history or hearing beyond the fact that the child "does not hear or speak at all." The child's estimated birth date is March 2012 and he has been living in an orphanage since being abandoned by his birth family for a couple(?) years. He is reported to imitate other children well and generally be content and happy. There does not seem to be any exposure to signed language and I assume zero early intervention or auditory assessments made. I am very aware of the importance of early language exposure. I can provide a signing environment probably from age 4.5 onward. I am wondering if you would see any benefit to his overall cognitive, social-emotional and academic development in also pursing a CI? Is it possible for a child to "catch up" from such a late start? I know that amongst older Deaf people this situation of coming to language late is not as unusual as it is today. My hope for my child would be that they would be able to become a critical thinker, I don't place as much value on speech skills as I do on the possible boost to English literacy that might come from auditory input a CI could provide. I am an interpreter and I am trained as an elementary school teacher (though I don't teach deaf kids) .
The benefits that you seek from a CI are not usually achieved by children whose families have not invested significant resources into auditory-based instruction (speech perception and production) from the time of implant, throughout the school years. That investment entails placing a high value on acquiring spoken language and being willing and able to commit time and energy toward the process. On the flip side, however, there is no guarantee that investing a high level of desire and effort will have the payoff that you wish for your child.
Your child's auditory brain areas will not be fully mature until his early teens. It remains open to learning, even learning language, although those areas may be allocated to visual processing without acoustic stimulation prior to about age 7. So, you are working with a long list of unknowns, inevitable in the situation of adoption, especially when a child is born in a developing country. For example, you believe your child to be deaf. It may very well be true that your child is deaf; or maybe not. Even a moderate conductive hearing loss could account for apparent lack of hearing (thereby, ruling out a CI); or there may be an anatomical abnormality of the outer or middle ear, possibly reversible; or auditory neuropathy affecting neural transmission of sound to the brain. Or something else.
Among the unknowns is the child's experience in utero and during birth; his early nutrition, diseases, and accidents; his genetic makeup; and whether he met nonverbal developmental milestones. There is no information about his speech motor skills. It would be informative to learn whether he attempts to communicate his needs (grunt, point, gesture, pull an adult to a relevant place). While he is said to be content and happy and imitates other children, does he engage in play with others? Does he recognize and comprehend symbols (for example, match pictures to objects)?
A CI is not a magic bullet. At the outset, with an uncertain history like your child's, even CI candidacy may be difficult to ascertain. Following audiologic and development assessments, there is a requisite trial with a well-fit hearing aid. If a CI is obtained, benefit will be measured in small steps, focusing on gradual growth: whether the child accepts the new input, shows increased environmental sound awareness, turns to familiar voices, demonstrates changes in vocalizations. Many small steps precede the desired big gains. Catch-up, were it achievable, is very unlikely to be demonstrable early on. Your plan is to provide a signing environment, and speech appears to be of indeterminate value. Without a plan to provide consistent auditory (spoken) stimulation at home and at school, the CI will be significantly hampered in the facilitation of spoken language learning and positive effects on literacy and academic performance. Parents who consider a CI for their children often do so with the intention to get the most out of the tool. They speak to their child. They provide instruction that will help the child to speak. They stay the course through the school years.
Importantly, handle the transition from orphanage to home, first and foremost. Take time to tend to the emotional attachments with your child as much as you focus deliberately on his cognitive and academic development. Your child should feel safe and loved, without pressure to perform, as you establish communication through your relationship. Gently, consistently, reward all efforts to communicate. Initial stimulation should not be overwhelming. Your commitment to parenting will support your child's learning. Be prepared to begin at the beginning, as if welcoming a new baby, with silly songs and first picture books.
Then, find the best pediatric audiologist in your region and make an appointment for a complete audiologic assessment. Follow up on all recommendations without delay. Filling in the unknowns will confirm your thinking one way or the other regarding speech and move you from a hypothetical answer to a personalized response on CI candidacy and estimates of CI benefit. If you choose a CI or a hearing aid, ensure consistent use and daily wear time. Minimize background noise in the house and at school. Focus the child on listening. Model spoken language and emphasize sound before vision. Use "listen cues" and wait time to establish listening attention. Then be expectant. And be patient. Keep in mind that hearing age will be more relevant than chronologic age.
My son got a cochlear implant at the age of 2 years; now he is 6 years old and he talks well. Will he be capable to learn the ISCE syllabus in school?
The ICSE (Indian Certificate for Secondary Education) is a national entrance examination in India administered by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. Neither the cochlear implant nor your son's speech will be the determining factor in your son's studying for and performance on the ICSE. How well he does depends on his mastery of the content in the subjects covered by the syllabus and his academic/cognitive abilities. Your son may need additional support for this effort, just as he might for his regular school subjects. But, his hearing loss should be no more of a barrier in preparing for secondary school examinations.
My 10 year old daughter is fitted was fitted with a cochlear implant at the age of 3+. Overall, the CI has been beneficial to her. She has always attended a mainstream school with 3 sessions of speech therapy weekly. Academically, she has demonstrated strong potential – averaging decent scores in test and exams – with a lot of remedial teaching by her therapist and several hours of study with lesson teachers and self study (a lot of hard work…I wonder how she copes, but she is a strong child) The teachers in school have no special education training and haven't been able to teach her in a way that enables her to be adequately imparted in class. As she approaches high school I am looking for high schools either in the UK or US that can accommodate her learning difference. So studying wouldn't have to be so difficult. She is quite brilliant and it will be a shame for her not to be given the enabling environment to reach her full potential. Her only mode of communication is written and spoken language.
The answer to your question would be different in the United States and the United Kingdom.
If you are interested in your daughter attending a residential ("boarding") school for the deaf in the U.S., and you are not a resident, state-supported schools for the deaf are not an option. There are several private residential schools for the deaf that your daughter could attend if she qualifies and you are willing to pay full fees. However, virtually all of those schools utilize sign language (to a greater or lesser extent) as well as spoken or written English. Aside from schools for the deaf, regular ("public") schools in the U.S. are required to provide deaf children with appropriate accommodations. It's a bit more complicated than that, but the generalization will suffice for the present purposes because the U.S. does not have public boarding schools.
If you are interested in your daughter attending a boarding school for the deaf in the United Kingdom, your daughter qualifies, and you are willing to pay the fees, there is at least one "oral" school for deaf students where your daughter would receive the necessary support services. Generally, however, private (fee-paying) boarding schools in the UK are not required to provide accommodations for deaf children. State-supported regular schools are required to do so, but it is unclear whether the relatively new, state boarding schools are similarly required to provide accommodations or are willing to accept deaf students. (The National Deaf Children's Society has been working on this front.)You would need to seek them out through the State Boarding Schools' Association.
Yet another possibility is homeschooling.
I am a Teacher of the Deaf in a mainstream setting. I have a teenage student with a cochlear implant. She struggles with feelings of isolation and had a very bad experience at a school for the Deaf a few years ago. She desperately wants to have a friend that actually knows what she is going through but is unwilling to attend any Deaf teen events in the community due to the experience she had at the school for the Deaf. I believed she was bullied pretty severely for having a CI. I would love to help her find a friend that might be going through the same situation so she could videochat or even email. I am having difficulty finding other mainstreamed teens out in the world to with CIs to connect her with and wondered if you had any suggestions.
Some people at NTID have tried to get funding for a "video buddies" project that would allow students like yours to connect. Students who use different communication modalities, are different ages, have different interests could find friends around the country for video or text chats. Unfortunately, they have not yet found a foundation or organization willing to support the project. In the meantime, here are some possibilities:
Online forums
Hear US Teens https://www.facebook.com/hearusteenspage
There are several active cochlear implant groups on Facebook both brand-specific and general). A few are listed here:
Advanced Bionics www.hearingjourney.com
Connect to Mentor site http://apps.advancedbionics.com/CTM/US
Medel's Patient Support Group firstname.lastname@example.com
Cochlear Americas: http://www.cochlearcommunity.com/
A new series of captioned interviews with cochlear implant users has been posted on YouTube by an RIT student. The student hopes to educate others about cochlear implant technology and the experience of the users. he first two videos are intended to be educational and humorous.
CI Interview: Braden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFBOay2tyY
Cochlear Implant: Funny struggles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DujSeNPHB48
Leadership Opportunities For Teens http://www.listeningandspokenlanguage.org/LOFT/
Listening and Spoken Language Symposium http://listeningandspokenlanguage.org/
Biennial Northeast Cochlear Implant Conference http://listeningandspokenlanguage.org/
Empowering teens is also addressed with self-advocacy strategies. The document, Self-advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students is posted at http://www.handsandvoices.org/needs/advocacy.htm.
My daughter is thirteen and deaf and recently got a cochlear implant. How does she qualify for a free iPad? She attends a school for the deaf and needs the iPad to communicate at school through FaceTime. Please help. I can also provide doctor documentation if you need it upon request
Well, we haven't heard of free gifts coming with cochlear implants, but a quick google search returns this: http://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/ipad-funding-special-needshttp://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/ipad-funding-special-needs
If the iPad is desired for personal communication with friends and family, I do not think this is something that either insurance or the school system would pay for. You probably qualify for a free videophone based on your daughter's deafness and use of ASL. Applications can be found here.
There many alternatives to Facetime that can be used on computers (Mac or PC), other tablets, or smartphones, including Skype and Google Hangouts. If your daughter has access to a computer or smartphone with a video camera, then there is no need for the iPad specifically as alternative video chat software can be used.
If there is a specific therapeutic reason for having the iPad, such as a communication training app or other educationally based app, it may be possible to request that the school system purchase it for her. First, the IEP would have to be changed to indicate the specific need for it. The iPad would be school property in this case but it may sometimes to be possible for the student to use it outside of the classroom, situationally-dependent.
Lastly, some low-communication individuals do use alternative and augmentative communication devices like a DynaVox, but these are costly devices. There are some alternative apps that may be useful for these individuals, and in these cases it may be possible that health insurance might approve the iPad as medically-necessary. It doesn't sound to me like that's the circumstance here.
I'm a pediatric occupational therapist who only occasionally works with deaf children. I don't have time (or a library) to read papers and books about deaf children. Is there something like Cliff's Notes on deaf kids?
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. (sorry!)
Raising and Educating Deaf Children is a new site offering objective, evidence-based information for policy-making and practice associated with raising and educating deaf children – with an eye to improving them. New eBulletins are posted quarterly; each includes sections on The Issue, What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Implications about various topics, all written so as to be accessible to parents as well as professionals. eBulletins include Further Readings with content offered free of charge by Oxford University Press.
My 4 year old son has been diagnosed with severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears. He was not born this way; we believe he lost his hearing sometime between 2.5 and now. He was just diagnosed in June and he will be getting his first pair of hearing aids at the end of July. I've been told by his ENT and Audiologist that we need to make a decision about cochlear implants (CIs) very soon. My son had lots of vocabulary and speech sounds; he now is a little difficult to understand but communicates with family and friends. My question is where can I find good information about CIs and also why must I rush to make a decision?
It sounds as if your child's loss predominantly occurred after he acquired verbal speech and auditory language, so his deafness is categorized as "post-lingual." This means your son's brain has a memory of what speech sounds like, even if that memory and how to reproduce it are fading a bit. That is one reason why implantation is recommended sooner rather than later – research has demonstrated that the shorter the lag between onset of the hearing loss and input from a cochlear implant, the better the child does. We believe that is because the auditory memory (part of that auditory path design) has had less time to "forget" the sounds of speech. There are lots of research articles that talk about keeping that time-frame short between onset of hearing loss and use of the CI, although outcomes are more variable than they might appear.
The signal from the hearing aid is amplified speech and other sounds, so your son will hear things at a louder level with his aids. The sounds will be distorted and some sounds may not be transmitted very well (sounds like /sssss/ and /shhhhhh/). His brain and his ears are connected by a path of nerves (the auditory path), and the signals that the ears receive must be interpreted by the brain. There is big difference between the signal provided by a hearing aid (loud speech) and the signal transmitted by the cochlear implant (kind of like Stephen Hawking's electronic speech).
Without knowing more details as to the cause of the hearing loss, it is unclear whether there are specific reasons for recommending earlier implantation – some audiologists and ENTs simply believe that CIs are for almost every deaf children and the sooner the better. However, I can tell you that there are some conditions that can cause a bony growth to happen in the cochlea (which is the organ if hearing) and, if so, this growth begins after the hearing loss in a gradual and slow manner. If this occurs, the longer one waits, the more difficult it can be to insert the electrode of the cochlear implant.
There may be other reasons your healthcare providers are wanting you to make a decision, but you need to do your homework first. One of the predictors of children's success with CIs, literally, is how much time their parents spend getting information on the subject. Here are two links that let you compare what the signals of a hearing aid sound like and the signals of a Cochlear Implant sound like
Here are some article review links:
[Ed. – For more, very objective information visit the UK's Ear Foundation]
Over the years I have had many hard of hearing students deny their hearing losses and refuse to wear any amplification. I usually tell students that amplification needs should be discussed with their parents. I generally support whatever the parent wants to do.
One of my students' parent wants to develop a contract for hearing aid and FM use next school year for her seventh grader. The prospective seventh grader will not acknowledge the hearing loss or any of its impact. At this point, I am truly concerned for the student's well-being. My inclination is to teach clarification and compensatory skills while working to help the student come to some acceptance of the hearing loss.
What does research say about acceptance of hearing loss or amplification use in adolescence?
Your question about available research is difficult to answer – after all these years, we still only have anecdotes to inform us, and not even enough of these to work with. But we can take an educated guess at what this young person is thinking: "I have a problem but I want it to go away; all I want is be like everyone else so I will pretend I am."
We do know quite a bit about acceptance in general, though: a mindset that first requires the hard work (and pain) of looking at a situation honestly. This young person may need to work with a counselor to "get there." Additionally, while working on the strategies mentioned, perhaps you might ask her to chat about the concept of resilience. It's often more comfortable to talk less about the issue at hand (amplification decisions) and instead discuss a bigger but semi-related topic, as in: "People are talking a lot about resilience these days, have you noticed? When adversity occurs, how do people rebound? What strengths do people draw upon to recover and move forward? Any examples come to mind?" Just generally about "people," but most of us insert ourselves into the answers. All children need practice talking about their emotions. She is fortunate to have you in her life.
Our district audiologist wants to put all DHH students on personal FM and remove the class soundfields altogether. I find conflicting research on this. The DHH teachers don't want to get rid of the class soundfield systems. Can you please confirm either the benefits or detriment of keeping the soundfield in place in addition to personal FMs?
By class soundfield system, I assume you mean a room equipped with two or more speakers that broadcast the desired signal into the desired space. The problem with these systems is that everyone in the room is exposed to the signal and, depending upon where the deaf or hard-of-hearing student is sitting, there could loss of signal strength over distance. Personal FM systems have the advantage of being set up specifically for the user, whether the individual is using a hearing aid (s), a cochlear implant, or both. The signal is clear, coming directly from the teacher to the student. The signal does not lose strength over classroom distance, and the teacher can use one microphone to connect to several students at the same time. Also, there is no "carry over" into adjoining classes as there might be with a sound field system (depending upon the decibel level of the signal). In my opinion, the FM is superior though more expensive. Two additional notes: (1) Students with milder hearing losses may do best with soundfield system while those with severe to profound losses are likely to do better with FM. (2) It is unclear why a person would remove an existing soundfield system unless maintenance is an issue.
Our son was born deaf and has cochlear implants. He is now 6 years old and in regular classroom with assistive devices. He seems to have a real trouble focusing and some issues with getting angry, upset, crying at times and arguing with adults. We are wondering if there are things we can do to help him gain better control of his emotions and get better focus.
It's very important to remember that using assistive listening devices can be extremely stressful and tiring. Cochlear implants have become very sophisticated and can be highly effective for many children and adults. But, many children and adults still need to work quite hard to make sense of the auditory input they are receiving and process all that information. School can be tiring, too. So, one first step is to look at the times and situations that are most difficult for the youngster—the situations that bring up the most tears, anger, and arguing. These may be times when he has been listening and working extra hard to hear and understand everything and everyone and is tired and worried that he hasn't gotten it all.
Tracking the times and situations that are most difficult can also help teachers and parents to intervene before the child has reached that peak of frustration and can no longer regulate their emotions (leading to crying, arguing, and anger). Once a child has "gone over the edge," so to speak and is very upset, adults can mostly just help them gain control again. That might mean getting away from the situation, waiting out the outburst, keeping them safe, etc. But, if adults are able to recognize the warning signs, then intervening before control has been lost is possible. Helping children learn to manage difficult times while they are still in control of their emotions can be done through conversations, modeling of appropriate behavior, offering alternative activities, and basic empathic statements. And always remember to show children things they can DO when upset, as opposed to telling them what they should not do. Not doing things is much harder than having an appropriate alternative.


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France-based Oberthur Technologies announced today it has won a contract to supply trusted service management to French bank Société Générale, for the bank's eventual roll out of NFC payment.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple Pay, as expected, has launched in France, its eighth market globally and third in Europe after the UK and Switzerland; but it launches with only one major bank in France, Groupe BPCE.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Telco joint ventures on opposite sides of the globe announced within hours of each other plans to pull the plug on their respective NFC wallets, marking another big hit for the future of SIM-based NFC.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Google has launched Android Pay in its fourth country, Australia, with one of the country's big four banks, ANZ, but the launch was beset by delays that have kept another of the big four, Westpac, on the sidelines for now.
NFC Times Exclusive – Apple's expansion into Switzerland late last week with its Apple Pay service followed a familiar pattern, as in many of the other new markets the tech giant has expanded its payments service in: support first comes from relatively small issuers while major banks hold out.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – With the launch of Apple Pay imminent in France, telcos there are continuing to push SIM-based NFC technology, hiring a trusted service manager for their new NFC SIM "hub"–although No. 1 telco Orange will also support Apple Pay.
NFC Times Exclusive – Alliance Digital Technology Co., the joint venture of five Taiwanese mobile operators and transit fare-collection operator EasyCard Corp., is steering away from the TSM business, which was the reason it formed three years ago, NFC Times has learned. It will add a focus on providing mobile ID and authentication, the JV told NFC Times.
NFC Times Exclusive – French banks and their bank-owned domestic payments network STET plan to launch mobile payments in the first quarter of next year with a "large smartphone vendor" using the domestic payment network's own token service provider, STET told NFC Times.
NFC Times Exclusive – SHANGHAI, China: While Apple has signed up more banks and is believed to have more cards registered in China for its Apple Pay service–around 10 million, according to a source–Samsung is seeking to outflank its rival with more acceptance points and more applications for Samsung Pay, NFC Times has learned.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Microsoft, which has written off more than $8 billion from its failed Nokia acquisition and which is expected to fully pull the plug on its consumer smartphone hardware business, nonetheless believes a viable wallet app is a must-have to keep its Windows 10 operating system for phones viable–although its announcement this week of Microsoft Wallet is surrounded by unknowns, including exactly when the service will generally launch.
NFC Times Exclusive – Three years ago, in June of 2013, MasterCard announced it would "deploy a target" of 410,000 MasterCard PayPass-enabled point-of-sale terminals, to be rolled out "throughout Japan over the next three years."
NFC Times Exclusive Insight - Samsung launched Samsung Pay in its fifth country, Australia, on Wednesday, but like Apple, Samsung has had to make do without the country's largest card issuers to begin with.
NFC Times Exclusive Insight – Apple, as expected, will bring its payments service to e-commerce purchases and to three new markets–France, Switzerland and Hong Kong–the tech giant announced during its Worldwide Developers Conference Monday.


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If you're anything like us, you are currently in a post-Christmas morning hangover (and if you're really like us, you're experiencing an actual hangover as well). The living room is littered with wrapping paper, the tree is beginning to look stupid, and your father-in-law is sound asleep in his armchair. (Or dead. He's probably dead.) In order to yank you out of your yuletide malaise, we present five barely watchable Christmas movies available to stream on Netflix Instant.
Studios don't like to license their best movies to Netflix Instant because it reduces DVD sales. This is one of the few times of the year when people actually purchase DVDs, so the selection for Christmas movies is even more limited than usual. But hey, what's to say these films won't become classics in your home? You can even like them ironically, if the holiday spirit compels you so.
The quality of this movie's acting, production, costume design, and screenwriting is so poor, you'll swear you're watching a porno. Except you aren't, because nobody has sex. A Christmas Too Many stars Gary Coleman and Mickey Rooney and is a great film for people who like pornography, Gary Coleman, and Mickey Rooney, but hate sex.
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FLASHBACK: Five Years Ago, Wolfowitz And Rumsfeld Were 'Off The Mark' On Troop Levels
In the run-up to war in Iraq in early 2003, General Eric Shinseki testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that it would take "several hundred thousand soldiers" to secure Iraq:
I would say that what's been mobilized to this point, something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers, are probably, you know, a figure that would be required. We're talking about post-hostilities control over a piece of geography that's fairly significant with the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to other problems.
Just two days later — and exactly five years ago today — then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, swiftly and infamously dismissed Shinseki's assessment:
Rumsfeld: What is, I think reasonably certain, is the idea that it would take several hundred thousand U.S. forces, I think, is far from the mark. [2/27/03]
Wolfowitz: But some of the higher-end predictions that we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq, are wildly off the mark. First, it's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to imagine. [2/27/03]
Watch Shinseki's testimony, followed by reactions from Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz (via The Invasion of Iraq by PBS's Frontline):
In a disastrous miscalculation, the Bush administration embraced Wolfowitz's logic. Last year, however, Gen. John Abizaid admitted, "General Shinseki was right." Five years after the invasion of Iraq, 157,000 troops remain deployed in Iraq. In August, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq peaked to its highest level — 162,000. Because of this strain, the Army is now stretched to a breaking point.
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Before we get down to business, go check and see if Teemu Selanne is available in your league. As of 7 p.m. ET Monday night, he was still available in 8.9 percent of ESPN leagues. So you never know. You also can go ahead and drop Brandon Bochenski and put some extra stock into Chris Kunitz and Doug Weight. In fact, Weight is available in 80 percent of ESPN leagues and just inherited a No. 1 right winger. Coach Randy Carlyle would be remiss to break up the combination of Todd Bertuzzi, Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf, so it is all but a guarantee that Selanne plays with Weight and Kunitz.
I'm going to steal a page from my Open Ice columns that appear Friday here on ESPN.com. It's about time you start looking at individual categories that can swing you up a few points in the standings. In Open Ice, I regularly break down which players off the waiver wire could help you with penalty minutes, power-play points and plus/minus. But sometimes help off the wire isn't enough, and you need to trade for someone who can really make an impact. I will note each player's ownership in ESPN leagues, as some of them might even be available on the wire. But in competitive medium-sized leagues, these guys all should be owned.
Penalty minutes
Chris Neil, RW, Senators (56 percent): I was actually quite surprised to see Neil has just 56 percent ownership. He's a traditional monster when it comes to giving you penalty minutes without leaving a void in your roster in the other categories. Playing with the underrated Mike Fisher, Neil should be able to contribute just less than a half-point per game, all while racking up well more than two penalty minutes per game. Neil also ranks seventh among Ottawa forwards in power-play time per game, which means he will get time on the second unit while Heatley is out. Most owners who have Neil are conscientious about penalty minutes and probably have been doing quite well in that category. Look for their weakness and offer someone who could help them in that category. Make sure to point out how you are specifically helping them when you make the offer.
Sean Avery, RW, Rangers (83 percent): Avery's injuries this season should make him someone you can buy on the cheap. His owners haven't been getting much contribution this season from Avery, so they likely can be talked into parting with him. Avery is one of the best points/PIMs combinations over the previous two NHL seasons, and with 30 games remaining, I expect him to get at least 20 points and 75 penalty minutes. As an added bonus, Avery has been playing on a line with the red-hot Jaromir Jagr and Martin Straka. I wouldn't hesitate to give up a lower-tier No. 1 right winger to get Avery if I needed PIMs.
Jared Boll, RW, Blue Jackets (33 percent): Back in October, I called for Boll to be among the league leaders in penalty minutes, and if not for the freaky output from Daniel Carcillo, he would be. Like Neil, the Boll's owners should be doing well in penalty minutes, so just look for what they need help with and make an offer.
Side note: Daniel Carcillo, LW, Coyotes (64 percent): The Coyotes brought up Carcillo from the AHL, and he should be ready to go this week. His sprained knee is healed, and he looked good in his two-game rehab with the San Antonio Rampage, notching a goal and an assist.
Jason Arnott, C, Predators (100 percent): While he is not going to come cheap, Arnott is a bit under the radar as far as No. 1 centers go. He is so ingrained in many fantasy owners' minds as a strong No. 2 center that he might come a little cheaper than he should. J.P. Dumont is on his annual tear, and Arnott has been a beneficiary as his regular linemate. Add Alexander Radulov as the final piece of the trio and Nashville has a very dangerous line that does most of its damage at even strength. That is the key here, because most of the time when they score, they get a plus-1 next to their names. During this line's red-hot January, Arnott has 13 points and only three have been on the power play. That gives him a plus-10 for 12 January games.
Niklas Kronwall, D, Red Wings (98 percent): Kronwall has become the uber-defender he was supposed to become a few years ago. His breakout has been noted by most fantasy players, judging by his ownership percentage. Playing with defensive defenseman Andreas Lilja, the duo can shut down just about anybody in their own zone. Thanks to Detroit's stellar goaltending and terrific offense, Kronwall has turned into a plus/minus machine. In 26 games since Dec. 1, Kronwall has had a plus rating in 13 of them and had a minus rating in only two. Over that span, he is a plus-17. Clearly something has clicked for the young defenseman. Even with a slow start in the first two months of the season, Kronwall is a No. 2 defenseman. I'm here telling you he is now a No. 1, even though the numbers don't say it yet.
Side note: Rob Blake, D, Kings (100 percent): The murmurs have begun about Blake being traded to Detroit after Chris Chelios was stumping for him in The Detroit News. Obviously, Blake would be a monster if this happened, so keep that in mind while looking for plus/minus.
Power-play points
Alexei Kovalev, RW, Canadiens (100 percent): He'll cost a pretty penny in trade, but Kovalev is the magic man on the best power play in the league. If you need to make a move in this category, he is the best player to get. Only Sergei Gonchar has more power-play points this season, and Kovalev has been surprisingly consistent with his output, as his monthly totals (7, 7, 6, 6) indicate.
Ed Jovanovski, D, Coyotes (100 percent): The Coyotes are an emerging powerhouse on offense, and Jovanovski is the king of their power play. Phoenix is still a dirty word for some fantasy owners who haven't jumped on board, so Jovo-Cop might be someone to try and pry away.
Total package
Scott Hartnell, LW, Flyers (100 percent): If you need help everywhere, go out and trade for Hartnell. I think he is going to be a top-five fantasy contributor for the rest of the season. I could name only about 10 players I would rather have for the rest of the season, but it shouldn't cost that much to get him. Offer up a No. 2 forward and see if you can swing a deal for him. As far as the categories we have discussed, Hartnell has a plus-6, 30 penalty minutes and eight power-play points over the past month alone.
Sean Allen is a fantasy baseball and hockey analyst for ESPN.com. You can e-mail him here.


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If you have a question about victims rights, you're probably going to want to ask Houston's renowned crime victims advocate, Andy Kahan.
If you have a question about practically anything else, you might want to try Kahan's son, Kyle. The Texas A&M student has been selected as one of the wiz kids to spar against Alex Trebek on this season of the Jeopardy College Championship.
Kyle Kahan, a senior who plans to attend law school, is the only student on the show who is enrolled in a Texas school, though he says there is another contestant from Texas who goes to Northwestern. He tells Hair Balls he's been trying out for Jeopardy since his freshman year. He failed the first-round online test the first two times, and the third time he made it to the second round, but again, did not make the cut. This year was his final shot.
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