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Police rounded up 10 men in a child pornography sweep in which kids, ages 1 to 5, were victimized.
Detectives from the Berks County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday the culmination of their four-month investigation, which determined that 10 men, ages 18 to 48, possessed and/or distributed the child porn.
During the sweep, investigators say they seized computers containing thousands of images of child porn. From those images, investigators say they identified four victims -- two from Berks County and two from Chester County -- who are all 5 years of age or younger.
The following men were arrested and charged with sexual abuse of children:
1. Brian K. Crimmins, age 48, 700 block of Tamarack Trail, Shillington
2. David A. Crimmins, age 18, 700 block of Tamarack Trail, Shillington
3. Cori J. Merklinger, age 23, 1400 block of Friedensburg Road, Reading
4. Hector L. Perez, age 20, 200 block of Arlington Street, Reading
5. Hugo D. Blanco, age 20, 1400 block of Hampden Blvd., Reading
6. Brett A. Correll, age 31, 1500 block off Fern Avenue, Reading
7. Reinerio Velazco-Mena, age 41, 1300 block of North 9th Street, Reading
8. Danny Ray Evans, Jr., age 26, 300 block of Pearl Street, Reading
9. Christopher M. Mailloux, age 22, 300 block of Pearl Street, Reading
10. Lewis V. Martinez, age 22, 900 block of Weiser Street, Reading
Brian and David Crimmins are father and son. Neighbors told NBC10 that investigators recently spent hours at their Shillington home searching for evidence.


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The much anticipated release of the Undefeated x Converse Poorman's Weapon is just around the corner.
"The sleek black nylon uppers are subtly detailed with a removable velcro branding, signature 'War is Big Business' embroidered patch and a manila inventory card. The contrasting orange lining infuses the dna of a classic military bomber into this sleek limited edition shoe."
Undefeated definitely did a nice job with this one, perfectly translating the military dna into the sneaker, with the result being a solid shoe. It will be released in limited quantities at premium retailers in the coming weeks, including Bodega Boston.


text: The more patient the believer is in trials, the more is learned concerning God's work of manifesting Himself to the believer and to others. Thus it will be understood that "enduring hardness" (2 Tim 2:3) increases faith in His Romans 8:28 proclamation, which more importantly, results in joyously admitting that manifesting God supersedes the "the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God" (2 Cor 1:4), which without failure proceeds every trial. "For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ" (2 Cor 1:5). There is nothing that can transpire in the life of the believer that God has not already foreseen in omniscience (from eternity past), and "worked together" for "good" in omnipotence (from eternity past); and this regardless of our understanding (we live by faith and not explanations), or if we go through confused, kicking and screaming. -NC Superior Grace As believers we should know the wonderful blessings, and portion of light and joy we are brought into; instead of going through the world trying to overcome this and that (esp. self, society and Satan, which are already overcome in the believer; John 16:33--NC), and saying, I must give up this thing and the other. It is not a question of giving up at all; but I have something better, greater, brighter – and I let it drop. Now, it is not necessarily deliverance from trial, but superiority to it that the Lord Jesus gives us. The old way was to put people in the furnace and they were not burnt; they were put into the lion's den and they were not touched; but now they go into the furnace and are burnt to a cinder, the lions eat them up, and they never give in. Now, it is not power for them, but power in them. I come to a wall and I say I would like to have a door here. The Lord says, "If I were simply for you I would make one, but I am in you and you must go over the wall." That power is the Holy Spirit who dwells in you. When sorrow, or trial, or weakness comes, the thing is to look for grace to be above it. If trial is impending, it is better to be quiet. I have association and fellowship with the Lord Jesus where He is, and I have the power of my Lord where He is not. If you want to be effective, to have practical power while walking down here, it must be by abiding above, by fellowship with the Lord Jesus where He is. A person may be converted, and may be very genuine, and still not be looking for the Lord Jesus where He is. He may, like Jonathan, see Goliath on the ground, but not be quite happy and at rest; but when he sees the head of Goliath in David's hand, what now? He says, as it were, "I am going to give up all my thoughts to David." And that is what we get in John One. When those two disciples followed our Lord, when they followed Him as the Lamb of God, their first question was, "Where dwellwst Thou?" Do you remember His answer – "Come and see," and do you not think He would say that to you if you asked? You will never get occupied with the Lord Jesus until you learn that He has so perfectly cleared the ground for you, that now you can turn around and delight yourself in Him. A man may have a beautiful estate, and yet not be able to enjoy it because he has poor health. That is how it is with many saints; they have not spiritual health to enjoy their possessions. The difference between the old and the new order is, the old was to change your circumstances, and to give you ease and relief. The new order is: "As the sufferings of Christ abound," so also the consolations of Christ abound. As the sufferings increase, so also does the capacity to suffer increase. You are not taken out of the trial, but you are made superior to it. Do not look for a change in your circumstances, but keep your mind and heart on the Lord Jesus above, that while by the power of the Holy Spirit you have association with Him where He is, you will manifest His life and power where He is not. What really hinders souls is this: they are looking for easy circumstances, looking for God to take away the difficulties, instead of looking to Him for grace to be superior to them. "For when I am weak, then am I strong" (2 Cor 12:10). - J B Stoney For those who may desire obtaining the materials I share in book form, you can order them at cost on MJS Books.com. The three books are titled "Position Papers." Remember, all the materials I post can be shared by anyone with anyone, due to their antiquity they are out of copyright and are therefore public domain.


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Playwright Bertolt Brecht is many things to many people, but it's safe to say few would consider his works of heightened theatricality, er, subtle. And as a parable that directly traces the rise of Hitler in Germany through a group of bloodthirsty Chicago gangsters, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is probably pretty high on anyone's list when it comes to in-your-face political statements — a lesson from the march of history about the abuse of power and manipulation of the common man that is absolutely clear-cut. So even if it's not one of Brecht's best plays (sorry), it's easy to see why our current, er, political climate might make Arturo Ui attractive to adaptor-director Tiger Reel as prime fodder for a piece of tightly focused epic theatre. Unfortunately the ambitious Reel overloads, overextends, and overexplains Brecht's 1941 work, and the result is, er, an overwrought mess.
Reel is obviously passionate and has put together a group of equally passionate actors. As gang leader Arturo Ui, Jamil Chokachi goes over the top and then some with marvelous commitment and physicality. Strong performances from Nikitas Menotiades, Julie Sanchez, Kyle Pierce, Marti Hale, Edwin Garcia II, and Lisa Vachon, among others, help to anchor the somewhat unwieldy large cast; all are to be applauded for taking risks.
But stylistically, with everything incorporated into this production — from Brechtian masks in the form of kabuki/clown/Calavera makeup to 1970s smiley faces; a well-placed Swastika to a copy of My Pet Goat; clever modern corporate signage and product placement to 1930s period costumes and radio drama references — it appears difficult for the performers to stay on the same page, today's political targets only get sideswiped, and the audience gets lost in the process. Mick Schadel's original music, a lovely sort of hip-hop soft pop live track that scores much of the action, is yet another disparate element added to the mix. And at almost three hours, this production is too long with too many messages hitting us over the head.
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Being a Canadian for any extended period in the United States can be a, er, challenging experience. Last Friday night I was out with an otherwise intelligent American who found Canada a puzzling notion. "It's like an attic on our house with thirty million people in it." On that issue I demurred but suggested a variety of ways in which Canada might otherwise be characterized. My interlocutor now even more obviously befuddled replied: "So you take this Canadian thing pretty seriously."
With this observation ringing in my ears I watched an hour or so of the House debate on the health-care bill. On the Republican side, the terms Canadian, British and/or European became, in this context, oft repeated euphemisms for baby-killing freedom-hating pinko nihilist. I found the whole thing so distressing I got up from the common area in a university building where I was watching and, sotto voce, spoke from the heart: "What a load of crap."
A women with a broad South Jersey accent turned on me and said: "I suppose you're a democrat." I looked at her with all the contempt I could muster and said: "Madame I'm a Canadian, which by your standard makes me a Bolshevik." Actually I didn't have the nerve to say that (because I'm Canadian) but oh my goodness I wish I had.
In the end, the late evening vote in the house was a near-run thing (220-215) with 39 Democrats voting against. A fact of American life is that " freedom" is the foundational animating priority of political life. To the extent that Republicans can drive a wedge into the "new deal" Democratic party's commitment to equity in health care, renders the Canadian perspective on the issue somewhere between Enver Hoxha era Albania and Cuba. The fight in the Senate will no doubt ratchet up the ideological vitriol. Pure laine conservatives like Mitch McConnell will no doubt have things to say about Canada's inherent health-care depravities. Hang on to your toques.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- With the passing of Halloween and the arrival of November, small business owners should be planning their companies' holiday parties.
You are having one this year, right?
Business owners and people who advise them agree that holiday parties are important rituals in the life of a company, making employees, and also clients and vendors, feel appreciated, recognized and part of a community.
It's especially true for employees.
Alfred Portale, owner and chef of New York's upscale Gotham Bar and Grill, said of his holiday party, "It's an extension of my philosophy about our employees, that they're our greatest assets and they need to be taken care of."
Portale's party actually is after the busy holiday season, and is held on Super Bowl Sunday. He closes the restaurant to the public and brings in a chef and waiters from other restaurants so his employees and their families can just enjoy themselves.
Human resources consultants say holiday parties can go a long way toward building morale, good will and teamwork.
"When a company's culture is strong in trust, pride, respect and depth of relationships, and people know each other, (then) when times get tough, they pull together instead of pulling apart," said Leslie Yerkes, president of Catalyst Consulting Group in Cleveland. She explained that "one of the ways to build a robust culture is through rituals" like holiday parties.
Still, given the uncertain economy, some owners might be questioning whether it makes sense to have a party this year, especially if they're suddenly paying thousands of dollars extra for energy bills or other rising expenses. The answer is yes. A party doesn't have to be expensive.
"People are scaling back, obviously, because they're thinking about costs and expenses. I don't think they're giving up on these (parties), and I don't think they should," said Mallary Tytel, president of Healthy Workplaces in Bolton, Conn.
Yerkes said, "It doesn't have to be big and flashy. Ask the people who you're inviting -- ask them what would be meaningful."
Although business has been picking up at Chen PR Inc., a Waltham, Mass., public relations firm, co-founder Brenda Nashawaty said employees asked that money for a big party be given to charity. While in the past the company rented a public aquarium for their party, this year it will be a potluck affair at Chen's offices, with families, vendors and clients also invited.
There was never a thought to canceling the party outright, though. Chen is having a party because "we're grateful for what we have and we like each other," Nashawaty said.
The smallest of companies -- where, for example, there are only a handful of employees -- might find it hard to put a party together. One solution is to join forces with other companies.
Organic Works Marketing, a New York-based public relations firm, recently moved into a new office building. Owner Mara Engel said her company is holding a joint party with other companies located on the same floor.
"We just thought it would be great to have more of a community feel," Engel said. "It's an interesting way to meet new people and create a networking environment."
The party will be at the building, and employees, clients, customers and friends are all invited.
While you should have some kind of party, there are a few caveats to keep in mind.
Jerry Hunter, an attorney with the law firm Bryan Cave in St. Louis, noted that a business can be liable if something goes wrong at a holiday party, whether it's attended by employees, customers, vendors or any other guests.
For example, he said, an owner needs to be careful about alcohol being served, because the company could be held liable if there is an alcohol-related accident. He suggested that parties where alcohol is served be held only at establishments with a liquor license and professional bartenders -- although in some states that might not prevent a business from having to pay damages.
Hunter said owners might want to consider providing free transportation in case someone has too much to drink and is unable to drive.
And, he said, "every small business should check their insurance policy to be sure this kind of function is covered."
He also said owners need to be sure that employees are aware of the company policy on sexual harassment and that any harassing acts at a party won't be tolerated.
One other point to be aware of -- employees should know that attendance at a company party is voluntary, Hunter said. If you require them to show up, you might find yourself with a workers compensation claim if someone gets hurt.
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MASSAU, Aline et al. The high prevalence of Torque teno virus DNA in blood donors and haemodialysis patients in southern Brazil. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz [online]. 2012, vol.107, n.5, pp.684-686. ISSN 0074-0276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000500017.
This study investigates the frequency of Torque teno virus (TTV) infection in 150 blood donors and 77 patients requiring haemodialysis in southern Brazil. Plasma samples were screened for TTV DNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The prevalences of TTV among blood donors and patients requiring haemodialysis were 73.3% and 68.8%, respectively. The presence of TTV was correlated with age in the blood donors (p = 0.024). In haemodialysis patients, no association was found between TTV infection and the demographic parameters (age, sex and education), the duration of haemodialysis or a history of blood transfusion. This study is the first to evaluate the prevalence of TTV infection in Brazilian patients requiring haemodialysis.
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Pure 60's: The #1 Hits (2002)
This compilation is just what it says: number one hits on the American charts from the 1960s. It has a leg up on some similar anthologies, though, by ... Show synopsis This compilation is just what it says: number one hits on the American charts from the 1960s. It has a leg up on some similar anthologies, though, by virtue of its sheer quantity: 26 songs spanning the entire decade, which is pretty good value for a single CD. While it's true the selection is a little arbitrary, on the whole it's really good, and whether you care about chart statistics or not, it's an excellent disc if you're looking for an all-purpose collection of 1960s pop/rock classics. There are many core classics here, spanning rock, soul, pop, and the British Invasion: the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," Del Shannon's "Runaway," the Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman," Martha & the Vandellas' "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave," Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," the Mamas & the Papas' "Monday, Monday," the Lovin' Spoonful's "Summer in the City," the Box Tops' "The Letter," the Troggs' "Wild Thing," the Temptations' "My Girl," and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Actually, if there's one complaint, it's that British artists are only represented by those Manfred Mann and Troggs cuts. But even the less-critically canonized, poppy hits here are for the most part indisputable classics: the Turtles' "Happy Together," Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover," the Monkees' "I'm a Believer," the Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints," the Association's "Windy," Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe," and more. It's like a double-dozen dose of number one hits from oldies stations without the commercials or any of the clunkers that happened to reach number one by chance. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi
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Autumy. Very pleasant. Nice balance of apple and spices.
The spices are more like mulling spices than some chai 'whoa this is spicy' chais. Which works for this blend.
Normally I drink chai with milk but for my first cuppa I drank it straight up and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I thought my british background would have ruined me for drinking black teas without milk but I'm reconditioning myself apparently.


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ST. PAUL, MINN. - The Winnipeg Jets have their first homegrown player and his name is Jason Kasdorf.
The 18-year-old goalie spent the past two seasons with the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League on Saturday, was in attendance at Xcel Energy Center when the Jets selected him in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
"Getting drafted to my hometown is awesome. I've never been so excited in my life," said Kasdorf, who had a large contingent of family and friends with him in the crowd. "My family was freaking out and I just can't describe the feeling."
Kasdorf was one of three Manitobans chosen on Saturday after none were selected in the first round.
Kasdorf spent the past two seasons with the Portage Terriers, helping them capture the Manitoba Junior Hockey League championship and ANAVET Cup last season.
He's planning to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) of the NCAA this fall.
Kasdorf started playing when he was six but quickly determined he needed to shift from forward to enjoy hockey.
"When I was seven, I didn't have the greatest year," said Kasdorf, who finds out the results of his SAT scores on Monday. "I couldn't put the puck in the net, so I thought I would keep it out."
Becoming a goalie has certainly paid off.
"Jason's had somewhat of a meteoric rise in the last season," said Jets director of hockey operations and assistant general manager Craig Heisinger. "He's one of those guys that continually improved and we're looking forward to see what he can do for our organization. Everybody likes a big goalie. He's very athletic. He plays at the top of the crease and has four years to develop in school. We wanted to get a goaltender in the draft, he was the highest rated guy we had at that time and it seemed to make sense to do it then."
Joel Edmundson of Brandon was the first player from the Keystone Province to be picked and he went in the second round, 46th overall, to the St. Louis Blues.
"I had a terrible sleep (Friday), I couldn't get my mind off the draft," said Edmundson. "It's good to finally know where I'm going and I just want to enjoy it."
Edmundson spent last season with the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League.
"I'm a big stay-at-home defenceman but I can chip in offensively," said Edmundson, who had two goals, 20 points and 95 penalty minutes in 71 games last season. "As a kid, what I've worked on the most is my skating. I'm going to keep on working hard and getting better."
Winnipegger Michael St. Croix was the final Manitoban chosen, going in the fourth round, 106th overall, to the New York Rangers.
"Honestly, it's something I can't put into words. I was absolutely speechless," said St. Croix, who had 27 goals and 75 points in 68 games with the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. "Just a dream come true. A childhood dream I had dreamt about for so long. I wasn't really sure where I'd go but I definitely wasn't expecting the Rangers. For sure, they're the new favourite team."
Shortly after his selection, Winnipegger Dylan McIlrath (the Rangers' first round pick in 2010) sent St. Croix a congratulatory text message.
Defenceman Jordan Fransoo of North Battleford, Sask., was the lone member of the Brandon Wheat Kings to be selected and he went in the sixth round to the Ottawa Senators.


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Most of the milestones we use to measure our lives are pretty pedestrian. Friends come and go, relationships blossom and wilt, jobs appear and disappear. Children grow up, borrow the car for a few years, come home to do laundry for a few more, then get on with their own lives.
Birthdays, holidays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations and funerals shuffle by in a never-ending parade of Shoebox greeting cards, florist bills and seasonal aisles at CVS. Houstonians may also mark time with hurricanes and (very) occasional sports-team championships.
But when your air conditioner goes on the blink just in time for the first serious (and ongoing) heat wave of the year — now that you remember.
Air conditioning in music
Discovering your AC has exhausted its cooling capacity is not the absolute worst thing that can happen, but it's close. It's at least as bad as an ATM spitting out a negative number when you check your account balance, or your girlfriend telling you she thinks it would be best if she got her own place. Of course, if the AC is busted, who can blame her?
It would be interesting to see where air-conditioning ranks among things people in these parts take for granted. Considering it took the arrival of indoor AC for Houston to go from sleepy Southern railhead to major metropolis, it's got to be up there with food, shelter and Wi-Fi access. Most Houstonians would probably rather give up their firstborn than that sweet, sweet air-conditioning.
Cinderella may have said it best: You don't know what you got till it's gone.
Because practically all its traditional North American nerve centers — New York, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Nashville — are either relatively far north or directly in the path of cooling Pacific breezes, popular music has endowed heat with overwhelmingly positive connotations. It signifies excitement, anticipation, passion, desire: "Heat Wave," "Heat of the Moment," "Burnin' for You," "Hot Child in the City," "The Heat Is On," "Sex on Fire."
George Gershwin told us the livin' was easy in the summertime, and even Janis Joplin believed him. (Growing up in Port Arthur, she should have known better.) Eddie Cochran and The Who had the summertime blues because they were broke and out of a job, not because their ACs were busted. On "Midnight Voyage," the Mamas & the Papas even say "turn the air-conditioning off." The nerve.
Allusions to cold, however, are almost universally negative. Things are cooler than the other side of the pillow or cold as the grave. Think Foreigner's "Cold as Ice," Rick James's "Cold Blooded" or Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted Snake." John Lennon's "Cold Turkey," Joy Division's "Ice Age" and Bruce Springsteen's "10th Avenue Freeze Out" are cold comfort. To Stevie Ray Vaughan, a cold shot was tantamount to a drag. You're frozen, noted Madonna, "when your heart's not open."
Bad things happen to people who can't warm up — "Cold...been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold," testify Tears for Fears on that eponymous song from 1993's Elemental. Cuddly St. Louis pop-rockers Ludo even had the temerity to title a song about a departed lover "Air Conditioned Love." Just wait until the AC goes out in your tour bus, guys.
In spite of its Southern origins, country music is no better. Hank Williams lamented his lover's "Cold, Cold Heart," while Emmylou Harris discovered the only result of melting John Hiatt's "Icy Blue Heart" was a "river of tears."
Noise did manage to uncover a few musical champions of climate control, though. Beck breaks it down like this on "Hot Wax": "Beautiful air-conditioned sitting in the kitchen, wishing I was living like a hit man." El Paso's At the Drive-In offers a clue to the source of the hardcore outfit's abundant angst on "Blue Tag": "The air condition is on intermission / We're burning on the border."
Pam Tillis rates air-conditioning right up there with tequila and chocolate in "Killer Comfort." David Lee Roth's "40 Below," in typically tasteful Diamond Dave style, informs some lucky lady, "You get a fast crash course in air-conditioning / Yeah, my freezer's just hummin' / Stick your face in the Artic blast."
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy had a vision of "sailors sailing off for the air-conditioned room at the top of the stairs" in "Poor Places," which, as Noise's AC gasps and wheezes in his second-story window, sounds like a cruel joke. (It is hot in the poor places tonight, Jeff...trust me.)
Lake Charles native and former Houstonian Lucinda Williams makes a cold chill sexier than a hot flash on "Hot Blood." Any number of rappers can tell you about the ice on their wrist or in their grill, but on Chamillionaire's "I'm da King," air-conditioning is the most precious bling of all: "Air-condition on my wrist, I stay with free-on sleeves."
Going without AC can even lead to hard time. Tesla understood, demanding, "Turn on the air conditioner, or these people are gonna kill you!" on "Before My Eyes." It was too late for '70s hard-rockers UFO, though. Reflecting on some bad decisions from the recreation yard at Rikers Island, the narrator of "Love Deadly Love" admits "8 to 15 I'm doing hard / You and your lover shot through the head / Air-conditioning lead."
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Ironically, it took a Brit to properly capture the true importance of Freon-assisted cooling in song. "Sun is perching on my office block, the air-conditioning's run away," XTC's Andy Partridge sings in "Summer Hot as This." "No one dares to swim the street below, while the world's a ball of baking clay."
Over the past couple of weeks, as Houston has become a baking ball of clay (and then some), Noise has come to realize all the songs about air-conditioning in the world won't lower the mercury one single degree. The icy guitar of Coldplay's "Shiver" comes pretty close, but even Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool or New Edition's "Cool It Now" couldn't soothe his fevered brow.
It turns out rearranging the furniture to move your bed closer to the AC — which, praise the Lord, wasn't broken, just in need of a well-deserved rest and thorough defrosting — works much better. CHRIS GRAY


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"Donovan, I don't know if you're playing right wing for us or left wing for them."
To Shean Donovan, after the winger had a bad period. His centre at the time, Mike Peca, still cracks up every time he remembers the game.
"There are only three things you do in a situation like that. You can fire the puck off the glass, you can 'F' off or you can 'F' off."
To a defenceman, after a careless giveaway in his own zone.
"Talk to my ass, I've got a headache."
To a number of refs whose explanation he wasn't buying.
"Shut that off, shut that off. You're going to put Bickell to sleep. That's the lullaby they play for him every night before he goes to bed."
To a young girl singing the national anthem during a practice as a tuneup to performing it before the next night's game. The referenced player is former winger Bryan Bickell, who was going through a particularly ineffective stretch.
"I guess now they'll know I did more than smoke cigars and drink Ex."
After receiving many honours, including having a rink named after him, having the OHL's coach of the year award named after him and being inducted in the Hall of Fame.
"He's standing there like a pillar of (crap) shovelling marshmallows to the net"
To a defenceman trying to shoot the puck past some shin pads at the blueline.
"Can you hit the net now?"
To an erratic forward, after he moved the net to the corner of the rink.
"You mean to tell me when you wake up in the morning, that's the best you're going to feel all day?"
To a fellow OHL coach who doesn't drink.


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some of the people you mentioned would i believe make good advisory council/board members......you will not drag me into saying which ones. an open market expert and economist if i recall your labels correctly have no damned place being involved with policy making for the organization. I am outta here...having real work to do......thgis conversation is beginning to remind me of one with Fleming.....simply doesn't pay to attempt one.... ********************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet For subsc. pricing & more than 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ten megabytes of free material (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) visit http://cookreport.com/ Internet: cook at cookreport.com On line speech of critics under attack by Ewing NJ School Board, go to http://cookreport.com/sboard.shtml ************************************************************************


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When James Telb was sheriff of Lucas County, he faced federal charges relating to an inmate's death in the county jail. He was acquitted in December 2010, but claims the process left him saddled with $200,000 in legal fees.
Now he is suing the county to recover the money.
In pretrial motions, Court of Common Pleas Judge Gene Zmuda agreed with Telb that the Lucas County prosecutor should be disqualified from defending the case due to a conflict of interest. That forced the county to hire an outside attorney—but has allocated only $25,000 to defend itself against Telb's lawsuit.
Note: Most employers will cover legal expenses for executives, managers and employees who must defend against charges or lawsuits stemming from actions that took place within the scope of their employment. Had the sheriff been convicted, his actions would have been criminal and thus outside his employment duties. Since he was acquitted, the case is not so clear.


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wikiHow to Make Mango Caramel Popsicles
Are you beginning to have a strange craving for mangos and caramel? Why not have the taste of both in the form of a popsicle! The thing is, you probably don't know how. If you want to find out, just read on!
- Mangos
- Mango juice
- Caramel sauce
1Slice up some mangos.
2Put the cut up mangos in some mango juice. The mango juice is for the popsicle. Frozen fruit juice made out of real fruit makes a fruit popsicle!
- If you don't have mango juice, try another fruit juice (e.g. orange juice).
3Pour the juice and fruit into a suitable container. If you have popsicle freezer molds, great (you can skip the next step). If not, you can use small yoghurt containers (or something similar).
4Insert a popsicle stick for the handle. Cover your container with aluminum foil (The foil should hold your stick in place while the popsicle freezes).
- If you don't have popsicle sticks (or something similar), you can use a teaspoon. Hold the teaspoon in the center of the yoghurt container, then place the foil on top of this, piercing a hole in the foil to hold the spoon upright.
5Put your popsicles in the freezer.
6Wait for about 15-20 minutes, or until the popsicles are completely frozen.
7Take the popsicles out of the freezer.
8Dip the mango popsicles in caramel sauce.
9Freeze once more, until the caramel sauce sets.
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Partitioning software maker VMware has set up a small shop in the UK to head overseas operations in EMEA. A modest team of 5 employees have their offices in Camberley and report into Mark Stradling, vice president of EMEA. VMware plans to expand the size of the staff at a quick clip, according to a company spokeswoman.
The company has thrived during the economic slump with its desktop, workstation and server partitioning software being used as hardware consolidation tools. Running numerous applications inside of Windows and Linux partitions has been an attractive option for companies that bought too much Intel kit and needed to shrink their data centers down. The software can also help with shuffling code between test and production environments and for testing applications on a variety of OS and hardware platforms. VMware higher ups, however, certainly got a bit of a fright earlier this year when Microsoft acquired Connnectix Corp.'s Virtual PC products, including Virtual PC for Mac, Virtual PC for Windows and Virtual Server.
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UPDATE: Sterne Agee Upgrades Electronic Arts to Buy on Improving Investor Sentiment
Sterne Agee upgraded Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) from Neutral to Buy and announced a $22.00 price target.
Sterne Agee said, "We are upgrading shares of EA from Neutral to Buy. The good news is that the bad news is out and investor focus is shifting to the start of the next-generation console cycle. In other words, we may be at an inflection point in terms of investor sentiment, even though fundamentals may still weaken a bit before getting better. Our sense is many investors are looking beyond the near term."
Electronic Arts closed at $16.89 on Tuesday.
Posted-In: Sterne AgeeAnalyst Color Upgrades Analyst Ratings
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TORONTO - An Ontario PC government would combine welfare and disability support programs and direct municipalities to deliver both services.
Leader Tim Hudak said his party will deliver its latest policy white paper, Welfare to Work, Thursday to put ideas forward to make the current system more efficient and less rule bound.
"We want to merge the two programs — the Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program — into one streamlined program focused not on 800 different rules and 250 different criteria but on moving people into the workplace," Hudak said Wednesday.
The recommendation to blend programs was included in economist Don Drummond's 2012 Commission on the Reform of Ontario's Public Services, and supported in the report Brighter Prospects: Transforming Social Assistance in Ontario, by Frances Lankin and Munir A. Sheikh, released late last year.