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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. -- In an effort to bring clarity and drive adoption of CPFR, the VICS standards organization here has released a new business process model to replace a more complex nine-step model. The nine-step model prompted many comments that CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment), a standard way by which trading partners can collaborate on replenishment and merchandising, was "rigid, complex, expensive and time-consuming," said Joe Andraski, managing director ...
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Wine is wet. Wine touches cork. Cork gets wet. It's a good thing. In fact, if the cork isn't wet, that means the wine has been stored upright—a possible danger sign about its condition.
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By TOM HESTER Jr.
Associated Press Writer
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Whether New Jersey legislators and Gov. Jon S. Corzine reach a timely agreement on a new state budget could boil down to just a few issues, notably plans to cut state aid for towns and cities and offer retirement incentives to state workers.
July 1 is the constitutional deadline for a new budget. The state missed the deadline in 2006, prompting a government shutdown.
Corzine hopes to get a budget approved by June 19, but his administration continues to propose saving $135 million by giving retirement incentives to 3,000 state workers, despite legislative opposition.
When legislators asked Treasurer David Rousseau during recent hearings for an alternative to early retirements, Rousseau refused to offer anything.
"We assume you will send us a budget that makes up that money," he said, providing no guarantee the governor would accept an alternative.
Corzine's $32.8 billion budget plan calls for $2.9 billion in cuts to try to correct fiscal woes.
Legislators are worried early retirements would boost taxpayer-paid retirement benefit obligations, especially with the state pension fund facing a $25 billion deficit.
In 2002, about 4,000 workers took early retirement.
According to legislative staff, the state saved $314 million since, but its pension liability has increased $645.4 million for a net loss of $331.4 million.
Corzine said his package would be different because it would allow just one in 10 vacated jobs to be refilled, but lawmakers remain skeptical.
"I'm not sure I understand the rationale," said Senate Budget Chairwoman Barbara Buono, D-Middlesex. "I don't see the benefit. I really don't."
Also unresolved is Corzine's proposed 10 percent cut in aid for municipalities. He initially proposed the largest cuts for towns with less than 10,000 residents but revised his plan.
Now, the cut would be limited so no municipality has to raise property taxes more than $100 because of the cut. But legislators still insist this unfairly targets small towns and complain the change is partly funded by cutting other aid programs.
They also note Corzine hasn't proposed heftier cuts in a special aid program for cities. Auditors recently questioned oversight of the program. Newark, for example, will receive $45 million extra this year.
"It's not attacking Newark," said Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester. "It's fair is fair."
But Rousseau said every municipality has different circumstances.
"Just giving everyone back the same percentage isn't necessarily fair either," he said.
The administration also emphasizes it has proposed increasing school aid by $600 million, compared to the $190 million municipal aid cut.
Proposed cuts in health care programs, including a 14 percent cut in aid for hospitals and proposed Medicaid co-payments, also remain a concern.
Senate President Richard J. Codey, D-Essex, is looking to redo those proposals, describing them as among cuts "that will hurt people the most."
And several lawmakers are pushing for ways to raise money without increasing taxes. Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, wants the state to sell surplus property and collect $2.9 billion owed the state for various reasons by individuals.
"Every little bit helps," Turner said.
Rousseau deemed them one-time revenue that would increase future budget woes.
"Some of that debt may be 30 years old," he said. "The likelihood of collecting that money is low -- very low in some of these cases."
The 15-member Legislative Black Caucus remains concerned about proposed cuts for state colleges and a proposed $100,000 limit for a county college scholarship program, though Corzine said he's willing to reconsider the proposed income limit.


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Property Name: Hotel Solar
Property Address: Széchenyi Tér 28 Nagyatád, , 7500
Property Description: Conveniently situated on the main square of Nagyatad, Hotel Solar is only 100 meters away from the thermal bath. It offers free Wi-Fi. Rooms are decorated in earthy colours and come with dark-wood furniture. All rooms come with a bathroom and a TV. An a-la-carte restaurant at Solar Hotel features a terrace. A bar with a selection of hot and cold drinks is also available. Guests can play billiards or enjoy massage treatments that can be organized on request. A barber and a beauty shop are available on site. Shops, restaurants and cafés are within a walking distance away. The Nagyatad City Museum is within a 200 metres reach. Front Desk is attended 24 hours a day. Free private parking is possible on site.
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Huntingdon College Hawks, who earned a spot in the D3Football.com poll for the first time in school history last week, retained its No. 24 ranking for the second straight week.
The Hawks, who defeated Ave Maria 42-21 at home last Saturday, pushed its overall record to 4-1 for the year. The only game the Hawks have lost this season was a 45-38 loss on Sept. 8 to Birmingham-Southern.
Birmingham-Southern, now 5-0, holds the No. 15 spot in the poll.
Huntingdon, led by head coach Mike Turk, takes its No. 24 ranking on the road to Millsaps Saturday. Millsaps, which has a 4-0 record, is not ranked but did receive votes in this week's poll and was close to earning enough points to reach the Top 25.


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I'll admit that I gave you the keys in regards to who should stay for the 2009 Mets because I was curious about popular opinion. You can say what you want about how much you'd hoped David Wright swung that bat against the Cubs, you'd wished Fernando Tatis to stay healthy, and you prayed that Aaron Heilman would right the ship. Someone needs to make tough decisions about the Mets' future during this offseason.
By and large, you didn't disappoint. As of this writing, here's a few interesting trends I noticed from our very un-scientific, barely-reliable poll:
You'd keep the core of the Mets largely intact. There's a four-way tie for the most votes at 136, shared amongst David Wright, Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, and Mike Pelfrey. Right behind them was John Maine (135). Carlos Delgado came in with 113 votes.
You voted for Daniel Murphy as many times as you did for Carlos Beltran (132). Murphy made one heck of an impression this season, didn't he?
You welcomed Joe Smith back with open arms for another round at Citi Field, casting 126 votes for the righty. Brian Stokes was the only other full-time reliever to break 100 votes (he earned 101). The next reliever was Pedro Feliciano, who received 56 votes. (NOTE: This excludes Jon Niese (115) and Bobby Parnell (98), whose roles aren't entirely determined yet.)
You could go either way with the catcher. Brian Schneider received 89 votes while Ramon Castro received 87.
You're not afraid to see Oliver Perez go. Ollie received 47 votes, approximately one-third of the votes received by first-place vote-getter Johan Santana.
You're also done with Pedro Martinez (17 votes total).
And my favorite note: Luis Castillo received 1 vote. One measly vote. You would rather see Damion Easley (70 votes), Argenis Reyes (65), Aaron Heilman (15), or Scott Schoeneweis (7) back than Luis Castillo. George Foster didn't get this kind of chilly reception at the Shea Goodbye ceremony.
More importantly, there's no way to know if that vote was checked accidentally, if that one vote was cast in jest, if one of you just clicked every box available, or if Luis Castillo himself reads Always Amazin'.


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In anticipation of a classic nor'easter snow storm heading toward Western Massachusetts, many municipalities have enacted parking bans.
According to the National Weather Service, the region could get three to five inches of snow overnight with an additional eight to 12 inches possible into Wednesday afternoon.
During a press conference at City Hall in Springfield Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Domenic Sarno urged the public to stay off the streets if possible to make things easier for the Department of Public Works to keep the roads clear.
In Springfield, the parking ban is in effect Tuesday evening until it is officially lifted. The ordinance allows for parking on the odd side of the street only from 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. and on only the even side of the street from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Chicopee has enacted a winter parking ban starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday through 7 a.m. Thursday. During this time, there is no parking allowed on main streets and no parking on the even side of secondary streets. Chicopee also canceled trash and recycling collections for Wednesday as employees are expected to be busy plowing the roads. There will be a one delay on collections for the rest of the week.
Officials expect to make a decision about closing Chicopee schools sometime before 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The Northampton DPW has declared a snow emergency and parking is prohibited on all city streets and in city parking lots from 12:01-6 a.m., except for on Main Street where parking is prohibited from 2-7 a.m. The Armory Street parking garage is open for overnight use except from 8-10 a.m. and from 6-8 p.m. to allow for plowing. For more information, call the Northampton Snow Hotline at 413-586-6969.
In the city of Holyoke, a winter parking ban is in effect, prohibiting parking on the odd side of any city streets. For more information in Holyoke, call 413-322-5500.
In South Hadley, residents must park on the even side of the street on even-numbered days and on the odd side of the street on odd-numbered days. There is no parking allowed on Bridge Street, Lamb Street, Bardwell Street, Main Street, Route 116 and Lower North Main Street.
In Agawam, there is no on-street parking allowed from midnight Wednesday through 6 p.m. Thursday.
In Longmeadow, there is no on-street parking allowed from the time the snow begins to fall until 12 hours after it stops.
In West Springfield, there is no on-street parking allowed from 8 p.m. Tuesday until further notice.
In Palmer, no on-street parking is allowed from midnight Wednesday until further notice.
In Ludlow, no on-street parking is allowed from 11 p.m. Tuesday through 7 a.m. Thursday.
In Easthampton, there is no on-street parking allowed from midnight Wednesday until 6 a.m. Thursday.
In Granby, all on-street parking is banned until further notice.
Further notices will be posted on www.masslive.com as they become available.


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STATEN ISLAND, NY - GREAT KILLS - A home that is a reproduction of a residence in Historic Richmond Town is being constructed on Hillside Terrace in Great Kills by architect David Carnivale.
"It is a true Dutch Colonial, a smaller version of Historic Richmond Town's Lake-Tysen House . . . and a little unusual to see an old-time Staten Island style house going up these days," said Carnivale. "The front and sides are authentically Dutch, and from what I understand, many passersby have stopped to ask questions about the house to the owner and builder."
The original home on the site was built in 1926 and served as the Great Kills Library; later, it was the headquarters for the Great Kills Women's Club. When Carnivale's client bought the property, it was just one large room in a state of horrible disrepair, he said.When finished, the new house will feature 11 rooms, 9-foot ceilings; five bedrooms; 2-and-a-half baths; a large formal dining room; sunroom, and an above-ground basement due to the sloped backyard. It will also feature a 31-foot by 9-foot screened-in porch overlooking the one acre back yard at the basement level, where there is a furnnace room, a guest room, a bath and a large sunny library. The house will be clad with wood clapboards and have real working wood shutters.
"The optical illusion of seeming smaller on the exterior and larger inside is a feature of Dutch Colonial houses," said Carnivale. "From the outside, it seems like a cottage. With this house, built on a sloping site allowing for a full above-ground basement in the rear, along with a very large attic sufficiently tall for additional rooms and served by a regular staircase, it is actually a four story house despite it looking like a cottage."
He also noted that John McMillen, Loring McMillen's grandson lives nearby, and has helped keep an eye on things during construction.
"Loring McMillen, of course, was one of the founders of Historic Richmond Town and was responsible for moving the 1740 Lake-Tysen House into the restoration, and he was also my mentor while I was growing up in Richmond Town," Carnivale said.


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Trolly Ride and Dedication
Going Full Circle
The Full Circle Trolley marked its third year this weekend with a new route.
Gwen Stanley and Rick Russell Photos
A portion of these photo first appeared in the June 1, 2012 print edition of the Vermont Standard.
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Preparing for Test Day
Before test day, there are some important things you should do to get ready.
- Verify your test location by logging into your HiSET® account or contacting your test center.
- Find out what you need to bring on test day.
- Make sure you have the correct identification. ID requirements may vary by state or jurisdiction, so you need to review your state or jurisdiction requirements as well.
- Check with the test center to see what time you need to be there on the day of your test. It may vary depending on whether you're taking the computer test or the paper test.
- Review the test day policies.
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All our whining about heels and now we come across the Stiletto Survival Kit by Foot Petals.
The kit is the next best thing to going barefoot. OK, that's not even close to true, but at least it's an attempt to be comfortable and beautiful.
The kit comes with little cushions for the balls of your feet so they won't slide forward, cushions for the back of your feet to prevent blisters, strappy srips to keep straps from slippy, cushions for the entire sole, adhesives for the bottoms of your shoes so you don't slip around -- which, by the way, has anyone else tried to walk through the PacWest building and found themselves ice-skating --and a shoe bag to keep it all in.
It costs $50. A bunch of stores in and around PDX carry them including Nordstrom.Shoefly and K.S. Venture. The website above has a great store listing.


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-- Former Commissioner Jeff Germany (in prison).
-- Former Commissioner Chris McNair (convicted and sentenced, but not in prison yet).
-- Former Commissioner Gary White (convicted, but granted a new trial).
-- Former Commissioner Mary Buckelew (guilty plea to accepting gifts).
-- Katopodis, indicted for directing money intended for poor children to his own needs.
It's a sad and profoundly disappointing list of once well-respected political leaders who veered into corruption or, at the very least, the appearance of wrongdoing. And it's hard for Democrats to claim the feds are only after them, when three of the five -- White, Buckelew and Katopodis -- are Republicans.
The bad news: federal prosecutors tell us to expect more charges. We know from his own statements that Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford, a former county commissioner, believes he's the target of a grand jury.
What other area politicians/public officials do you think might find themselves heading off to the Big House, and why?


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UPDATE: More audio!
Obama Bombshell Redistribution of Wealth Audio Uncovered
Obama, release your thesis. Basta!
So the tittering hyenas on the left are howling at the moon over the satire that was taken for the real thing by Denis Keohane over at The American Thinker and Michael Ledeen at PJM, where he reported on President Obama's Columbia alleged college thesis:
I cited it and ran it with it, as did Rush Limbaugh and many others. When I couldn't find the Joe Klein link to the "first ten pages" of Obama's thesis, I took it down.
Michael Ledeen then corrected the story: The Obama "hoax"
It's a hoax, or a satire, depending on your point of view. Joe Klein has said that he never read any part of an Obama "thesis" from his Columbia days, and that's conclusive, as far as I'm concerned.
The hoax/satire was written in August, so it's not connected to any current event. I cam across it on Twitter, read the blog, found it interesting, and posted on it. I failed to notice that one of the tags was "satire."
So he got me, and lots of others. It worked because it's plausible. I've done satirical pieces myself, and I know how they can take off. I once wrote one that said that Bill Casey did not die, and was hiding in a bunker under the St Andrews golf course from which he was running Mikhail Gorbachev. I thought it was obviously satirical, but it went like wildfire all over the world. And that was in the days before the Internet.
So I should have picked up some hint, but I didn't. Shame on me.
I'm posting this as quickly as possible. Apologies to the president and to Joe Klein, and to Rush Limbaugh, who had many very wise things to say about the Constitution and the views of the Founders today, and to everyone else who got involved.
The thing is, Obama did say these things. Maybe not in his thesis, we'll never know. He said them in a radio interview and I ran it a year ago to the day -- October 26, 2008 -- which is why I posted the thesis story, there was nothing new in it--
it just echoed things Obama has already said.
We'll never know what is in Obama's thesis, because Obama will not release it -- nor will he release any of his school papers, transcripts, crossword puzzles ...nothing. What other politician ever got away with that? Obama had Jack Ryan's divorce child custody records papers unsealed (the Chicago way), which led to Ryan's resignation and Obama's first election win -- minutes before he decided to run for President.
Everything from Ryan unsealed but nothing, none of Obama's paperwork. But I digress.
But here is a radio interview where he says the very things the "hoax" -- the satire -- played on.
Obama Bombshell Audio: He wants to Radically Reinterpret the Constitution to Redistribute Wealth
Obama is discussing the best way to bring about a Redistribution of Wealth
This Video Exposes the radical underneath the rhetoric
He speaks of the "tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change."
He said that it's a tragedy that the constitution wasn't radically reinterpreted to force redistribution of the wealth.
"I am not optimistic about bringing about redistributive change through the courts. The institution just isn't structured that way."
So he doesn't think it can be done through the courts, but he thinks it can be done legislatively. That is why a Liberal Supermajority is crucial.
"Although you can craft theoretical justifications for it legally, any three of us sitting here can come up with a rational for bringing about economic change through the courts ......"
This is not a discussion about whether redistribution of the wealth is right or wrong, this is a conversation about how to achieve that goal. And this is back in 2001.
If you look at the victories and failures of the civil rights movement and its litigation strategy in the court, I think where it succeeded was to vest formal rights in previously dispossessed peoples. So that I would now have the right to vote, I would now be able to sit at the lunch counter and order and as long as I could pay for it I'd be okay.
But the Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society.
And to that extent as radical as people tried to characterize the Warren court, it wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties.
It says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted. One of the I think tragedies of the civil rights movement was because the civil rights movement became so court focused, I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributed change and in some ways we still suffer from that.
Listen to this interview or click below for the video.
Obama says the "constitution is a flawed document" (here at Free Republic)
UPDATE: There is more, more more.
OBAMA SAYS CONSTITUTION DEEP FLAW CONTINUES TODAY (hat tip Armaros)
"The Constitution reflected the enormous blind spot in this culture that carries on until this day and that framers had the same blind spot......
It also reflected the fundematal flaw in this country that continues to this day"
UPDATE: Left Coast Rebel: What he said!


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LESLIE, MI – Petitions for four spots on the Leslie City Council, including the mayor's seat, will be available starting Wednesday.
Leslie City Clerk Denae Davenport discussed details of the petition period at Monday's regular council meeting. City residents wishing to appear on the November ballot must collect at least 10 signatures from fellow citizens.
The deadline to turn in petitions is Aug. 9. The seats of Mayor Pete Zamora and council members Randy Fox, Jennifer Shuster and Pam Beegle will expire at the end of 2013. There are seven members on the council.
Each available seat is for a four-year term. Zamora, Shuster and Beegle said they plan to seek reelection. Fox said he is "on the edge" as to whether he will run again.
In other business Monday, the council voted 7-0 to approve a change order for the city's iron-removal plant project. The city will pay $5,962 to Grand River Construction of Hudsonville to add a 6-inch deep, 16-by-40 foot slab to the plant entrance.
"We just think this is a nice thing to add in, appearance-wise and safety-wise," said Greg Minshall of Fitzgerald Henne & Associates, the engineering firm for the project. "It will be easier to keep the snow off of it."
City Manager Brian Reed said progress on the iron-removal plant is on schedule. Cost of the project is about $1.2 million, he said.
In other business, council voted 7-0 to:
• Renew a special-use permit for five years for the East End Apartments on Bellevue Street for multiple building use.
• Approve three one-year special-use permits for Damon Rhines at 211 Adams St. to allow a certified mechanic, a propane station and trailer repair service at his business.
• Approve a request for the fifth annual Butler Street block party to be held from 4 to 11 p.m. Aug. 24.
• Approve a two-year contract agreement with the City of Leslie Capitol City Lodge No. 141 of the Fraternal Order of Police. Reed said the police will receive a 1 percent raise during each year of the deal. The agreement came after a closed council session for negotiating purposes.


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I have been following the conversation and study results on Barnegat Bay for several years now, since I moved back to New Jersey, and am very concerned by the lack of action to save the bay. We have studied this problem to death and all I hear from politicians is "we'll appoint a blue-ribbon panel" to discuss and propose solutions. We have proposed solutions from environmental groups, including our own Rutgers University environmental department, and yet we are slow to implement. Never enough money to spend on this problem — but lots of money to pay outrageous salaries and pension benefits to politicians with multiple jobs.
Since Gov. Chris Christie has promised to clean up the bay, let's hold him to that. He is quick to fault Democrats for not supporting his plans, and now that we have supported his plans, he still puts it off. There is a revenue stream in the tourism industry and it is suffering because of the poor health of Barnegat Bay. Someone needs to call him on it, and do it now. If everyone wrote an e-mail, he would have to listen. Let's have that 10-point plan, with a timetable and funding proposals so we can get going. Who is in charge here?
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Power company ran into logistical problems following ice storm
AMHERST - As it has at other times, Nova Scotia Power is using experiences gained during the Cumberland County ice storm to better prepare for the next time.
"One lesson we learned from this experience was in the area of logistics," company spokesperson Stacey Pineau said Tuesday. "We had some challenges getting accommodations for some of our crews coming into the area."
Because of that, the company may look at contingencies such as using schools or large community halls to house power crews when responding to a similar event in future.
"We just couldn't find enough hotel rooms for our people to stay in," she said.
Along with logistics, Pineau said there will no doubt be other lessons learned from the ice storm just as it did after hurricane Juan 2003 and other weather events that resulted in large scale power outages, particularly in the Halifax area.
"How we staff is based on what we learned from past experiences. We're always making changes and basing our responses on what has happened before what we have learned from that," she added.
Pineau said power crews returned to the area in the storm's aftermath to make sure there are no more problem trees hanging precariously over power lines. Those that were missed were trimmed while the lines themselves were inspected as a preventative measure.
At the height of the ice storm, that resulted in nearly 20 hours of freezing rain, more than 15,000 county residents were without power with the bulk of those being in the Amherst, Springhill, Oxford and River Hebert-Joggins areas along with a swath along the Northumberland shore from Tidnish to Northport.
Pineau said power has been restored to all those impacted, although she admitted there may be some individual cottages along the shore that have not been reconnected.
"We dealt with the storm situation in this case in the same way we'd deal with a more provincewide event. Even though it was more specific to Cumberland County we felt it was a significant enough storm event to warrant the type of emergency response we had," Pineau said.
During the busiest period after the storm, Nova Scotia Power had nearly 250 people from across the province and neighbouring New Brunswick working in Cumberland County. Those crews remained in the area for up to a week dealing with additional outages and preparing for more damage from a forecasted wind storm.
"We wanted to prepare ourselves for whatever came our way while continuing to work to restore power as quickly as possible," Pineau said, crediting crews for restoring power as quickly as they did despite working in conditions many considered just as bad, if not worst, than the Quebec ice storm in 1999. "We had a big issue to deal with and it was a great deal of work for our crews, but we also appreciate the patience of the people. It's never easy to lose your power. That's why we had as many people there working as quickly as possible to retore the power."


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Here're a few points to keep in mind if you're bothering to follow the current propaganda campaign being waged against Iran.…
Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and last year's Nobel Peace Laureate, posited in 2004 that:
If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction.
Albert Einstein had some thoughts on this:
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
While Noam Chomsky—described by the New York Times as "arguably the most important intellectual alive"—contended in a recent lecture that:
Under the current U.S. policies, a nuclear exchange is inevitable.
The U.S., nuclear weapons and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
It's worth recalling that no other nation in history has attacked another country with nuclear bombs other than the United States of America, killing hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians in the process.
It's also useful to recall the official reasons given for invading Iraq: nuclear proliferation, terrorism and human rights abuses. As was widely predicted, the invasion of Iraq has increased terror, human rights abuses and nuclear proliferation. Exponentially.
In short, the United States of America is a dangerous rogue state, plagued by deceit.
While Washington cynically uses the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) against Iran to further its agenda of domination over the oil rich region of the Middle East, it does so having flagrantly rejected its own obligations under the treaty.
Being a signatory to the treaty the U.S. has a binding legal requirement to move towards "complete disarmament under strict and effective international control." But, as we all know, the United States of America is unique in the world in that the sun shine out of its ass and is thus exempt from international law and treaty obligations.
While none of the nuclear powers have lived up to their commitments under the NPT the U.S. is far in the lead in rejecting them and alone in officially rejecting them. Not to mention its open plans to develop new nuclear weapons.
Iran, nuclear weapons and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Obviously Iran has never attacked another country with nuclear weapons (or with any weapons for that matter), nor is it openly discussing plans to attack another country, unlike Israel (which has developed nuclear weapons and refuses to sign the NPT) and the U.S., both of which are openly discussing plans to bomb Iran.
By invading Iraq and rejecting it obligations under the NPT the U.S. has effectively encouraged Iran and other countries to develop nuclear weapons in an effort to deter the neo-conservative radicals. As Martin van Creveld—an Israeli military historian at the Hebrew University in Israel—puts it, after the invasion of Iraq, "had the Iranians not tried to build nuclear weapons, they would be crazy."
On the other hand Mohamad ElBaradei of the IAEA—the same man who warned that there were no nuclear weapons programs in Iraq—says there is "no evidence" of nuclear weapons programs or "diversion of nuclear material to nuclear weapons" in Iran.
Iran's current activities, as far as the evidence is concerned, fall within its legal rights under the NPT, of which Article IV grants signatories the "inalienable right … to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes."
Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Washington has demanded that Article IV be revised and restricted, and a good case can be made for that. The treaty was entered into force in 1970 and these days, with modern technology, being able to produce fuel for reactors is apparently just a step away from nuclear weapons. So restriction of Article IV is a sensible move.
Any revision of Article IV, however, would need to ensure unimpeded access to nuclear materials for non-military use, otherwise Washington's call for restricting Article IV can be seen as nothing more than a "cynical intention to convert the NPT into a convenient instrument of U.S. foreign policy," as strategic analyst and former NATO planner Michael MccGwire put it.
With this in mind Mohamed ElBaradei of IAEA made a reasonable proposal that production and processing of weapons-usable material should be restricted "exclusively to facilities under multinational control … acompanied … above all, by an assurance that legitimate would-be users could get their supplies."
Only one country has officially accepted ElBaradei's proposal: Iran.
On 16 February, 2006, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani stated that, "Should a credible international system for providing nuclear fuel be in place, the Islamic Republic of Iran would be ready to procure its nuclear fuel from that system."
As Noam Chomsky has noted, implementation of ElBaradei's proposal would "terminate the crises and be a great advance forward in preserving the species."
Unfortunately that path is being blocked because of Washington's flat rejection of ElBaradei's proposal. Putting weapons-usable nuclear materials under multinational control would of course limit Washington's unique authority to do whatever it likes.
And, in more serious news, Washington threatens to bomb Iran unless it will pull a rabbit out of its own ass.
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Pitcher will read with Laura Whitcomb, whose "Under the Light" is a sequel to "A Certain Slant of Light," at 7 p.m. Thursday at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton.
Ensler is an author and activist whose play "The Vagina Monologues" has
been performed around the world. Her new memoir "In the Body of the
World" is about the connections between her struggle with uterine
cancer, her father's sexual abuse, and the violence and rape perpetrated
against women in the Congo. It's a bold, provocative book, raw and
direct in its language and emotion.
Ensler reads at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Powell's City of Books, 1005 W. Burnside St.
Jill McCorkle's cool house in North Carolina was the subject of a recent feature in The New York Times. Her fiction's pretty cool, too, and her new novel "Life After Life" is her first in more than 20 years. It's based on her small-town childhood and centers on a retirement community.
McCorkle reads at 7 p.m. Monday at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton.


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High-Rolling Horseplayers
by Tim Holland
Two recent events, the Santa Catalina S. (G2) win by Brother Derek (Benchmark) on Saturday and last week's $16 million sale price of a two-year-old in training, served as reminders that some of the biggest "horseplayers" in the business are owners and breeders.
When Brother Derek made his winning debut in May of 2005 at Hollywood Park, one of the major clues to his ability may have been his purchase price at the Barretts two-year-old sale just two months earlier. The figure he realized, $275,000 paid by Cecil Peacock on the advice of trainer Dan Hendricks, is by far the highest achieved by any of sire Benchmark's offspring. Indeed, the six other two-year-olds by Benchmark that sold in 2005 averaged just $10,416. Combined with some sharp workouts, Brother Derek looked like a good bet first time out and, even though Hendricks owned a low 5 percent win rate with first-time starters, the public dispatched him as the solid favorite. He did not disappoint his supporters when rallying under Alex Solis to win by a half-length.
Having now earned more than $700K, and with the promise of more to come, Brother Derek has quickly proved to be bargain.
However, we are entitled to wonder as to how one could justify the $16 million invested last week by Coolmore on the two-year-old by Forestry out of Magical Masquerade (Unbridled) at the Calder Selected two-year-olds in training sale. Indeed, the records of some of the previous highest priced racing prospects to be sold at auction do not, at first glance, inspire much confidence. In 1983, a colt by Northern Dancer, later to be named Snaafi Dancer, became the first yearling to sell for more than $10 million. Bought by Sheikh Mohammed, Snaafi Dancer was sent to be trained in England but was, according to his handler John Dunlop, too slow to race. When dispatched to stud in Canada, he was unable to redeem himself after being discovered infertile.
Two years after Snaafi Dancer's record-breaking sale, Seattle Dancer, a half-brother to Seattle Slew by Nijinsky II, achieved new heights bringing $13.1 million, setting a record that would hold until last week. Seattle Dancer is often referred to as a flop, but that is hardly the case considering he finished second in the Grand Prix de Paris (Fr-G1), and at stud has sired more than 30 stakes winners, including Pike Place Dancer, winner of the 1996 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
Imperial Dancer (Northern Dancer), Jareer (Northern Dancer), Laa Etaab (Nijinsky II) and Amjaad (Seattle Slew) were the next four highest priced yearlings that sold in the 1980s and each of them faded into obscurity. In the following decade, only one racing prospect sold at auction for more than $5 million, Abshurr (Nureyev), who was purchased by Godolphin at Newmarket, England, in 1998.
Abshurr did not race and was another disappointment, but two Storm Cat colts who have sold more recently have a chance to make amends for previous sale toppers. Mr. Sekiguchi, who sold for $8 million in September, 2004, is the first foal out of Grade 3 winner Welcome Surprise (Seeking the Gold), who is a half-sister to, among others, Summer Squall and A.P. Indy. Making his debut at Santa Anita in February for owner Fusao Sekiguchi and trainer Bob Baffert, Mr. Sekiguchi was briefly outpaced in the first half-furlong before being rushed to a clear lead. After tiring and running green in the final sixteenth of a mile, the colt was caught close to home by his stablemate, Rising Rate (Exchange Rate), in an encouraging performance.
Meanwhile, last fall's sale-topper at $9,700,000, a colt out of the multiple Grade 1 winner Tranquility Lake (Rahy) who was bought by Sheikh Mohammed, is expected to race later this year.
While none of the 11 yearlings, or two-year-olds, who have sold for $6 million or more have vindicated their buyer's faith, it is possibly only a matter of time before one does, and in that instance the rewards may be huge. Fusaichi Pegasus, the 2000 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner, was purchased for $4 million at the 1998 Keeneland July Sale and is just one example of how lucrative the payday can be. After his racing career, which in addition to his Derby victory included a win in the Wood Memorial (G2) and a second in the Preakness S. (G1), the son of Mr. Prospector was sold to Coolmore for a reported $70 million.
At first, $70 million seems like a huge sum, but it becomes more realistic after some quick mathematics. Through his first four breeding seasons, Fusaichi Pegasus has sired 724 foals at an average fee of around $120,000, which comes to a total of nearly $87 million in money earned through stud fees. Moreover, and very importantly for Coolmore, Fusaichi Pegasus seems to have weathered the tough times that all stallions must face -- the third and fourth years at stud when breeders are reluctant to pay high stud fees on a stallion whose runners could possibly turn out to be no good on the racetrack. Consequently, Fusaichi Pegasus�s fee dropped, from an original $150K in 2001, to $85K for the 2004 breeding season.
However, when his first crop, including Grade 1 winner Roman Ruler, proved successful and he wound up fourth on the first-crop sire list, his fee was raised to $100K for 2005. After finishing second in the second-crop sire list in 2005, his fee was again raised for the current breeding season, to $125,000. With top runners, including recent impressive return winner Bandini, to look forward to this summer, Fusaichi Pegasus could well command an even higher fee for next year.
As lucrative as Fusaichi Pegasus has become, Coolmore's biggest goldmine in recent years was a result of the $2,600,000 purchase of broodmare Mariah's Storm (Rahy), carrying her first foal by Storm Cat, at the Keeneland November Sale in 1996. The result was Giant's Causeway, a colt who, nicknamed the "Iron Horse," won five Group 1 races in a row in England and Ireland before finishing a game second to Tiznow in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) in his only attempt on the dirt.
An instant success at stud, Giant's Causeway finished the 2004 racing season in fourth place on the leading first-crop sires list, with the Godolphin-owned Shamardal as his leading earner. Last year was a banner year for Giant's Causeway with, among others, Shamardal and Footstepsinthesand winning classics in Europe, and First Samurai winning the Champagne S. (G1) and Hopeful S. (G1), which helped the stallion become the leading sire of two-year-olds in 2005. These successes have enabled Coolmore to double the "Iron Horse's" fee to $300,000 for the 2006 breeding season, without scaring away any potential clients.
While Giant's Causeway and Fusaichi Pegasus are the leaders, stud fee-wise, of Coolmore's deep American stallion division, they are not alone in popularity. Indeed three other sought-after stallions, Grand Slam, Hennessy and Tale of the Cat, command fees of more than $50K, while 13 more stand for fees higher than $10K.
Meanwhile, Coolmore's Irish-based division boasts an equally impressive roster. Spearheaded by the legendary Sadler's Wells, a total of 21 stallions are on the books, including Montjeu (Ire), who was runner-up in the 2005 European leading sire list, as well as exciting young prospects High Chaparral (Ire) and Rock of Gibraltar (Ire).
So while many have, understandably, questioned the wisdom of Coolmore, one must remember that after taking into account the magnitude of this worldwide operation, the $16 million spent on a horse whose sire stands for $100,000 is less of a gamble to this player as of that of a smaller horse operation that spends $275,000 on a two-year-old from a $7,500 stud fee, as is the case with Brother Derek. Both are risks, the likes of which many fail, but both have huge upsides and it is through these "gambles" that Coolmore is in the position it is today.
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A Slidell grandmother sat on a witness stand Wednesday afternoon in Covington and filed through a stack of photographs: her 5-month-old grandson in a hospital bed with casts on both legs, the bruises on his belly, his broken arm. "It's unforgivable, and I hope he suffers the same thing he put that baby through," Christal Brewer said, gesturing to the baby's father, 23-year-old Joshua Pierce. "In my book, he is nothing but a monster and that is all he'll ever be."
Pierce pleaded guilty to second-degree cruelty to juveniles Wednesday just before his trial was expected to begin. He sat through Brewer's speech handcuffed in his jailhouse jumpsuit, "cut throat" tattooed across his neck.
Assistant District Attorneys Jack Hoffstadt and Julie Knight agreed to a 20-year prison sentence. Had Pierce been convicted at trial, he could have been sentenced to up to 40 years.
The baby's mother, 21-year-old Andrea Renae Polizzi, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge and was ordered to serve 10 years.
During her sentencing hearing last year, Polizzi told state Judge Allison Penzato that she watched Pierce beat their 5-month-old son repeatedly and did nothing to stop him because she was afraid he would hurt her too.
The family lived together in a Slidell trailer with no running water, no electricity and with holes punched through the walls.
In March of last year, the baby's grandmother, Polizzi's mother, noticed something wrong with the baby's leg and insisted he be taken to the hospital. Doctors discovered the child had four broken ribs, a fractured skull, multiple breaks in both legs and a broken arm. The injuries were at various degrees of healing, indicating they had been inflicted over some period of time.
Polizzi and Pierce offered police several explanations -- the child was falling off the bed and they grabbed him, for one. But others told authorities that they'd seen Pierce grab the baby when he wouldn't stop crying. Eventually, the mother admitted that she couldn't get the boy to stop crying and shook him out of frustration.
In December, Polizzi told the court that she knew her boyfriend was beating her child, but was too scared of him to intervene. She sat in court Wednesday, shipped in from prison to testify against him at trial. He opted to plead guilty before it began.
"I know you really don't care, but you have destroyed my family," Brewer told Pierce on Wednesday.
Pierce, represented by attorney Ernest Barrow, grumbled incoherently from his seat at the defendant's table -- "and his family," some onlookers thought they heard him say -- though Judge Allison Penzato quickly scolded him for the outburst.
Pierce looked down at his lap and did not look up again until Brewer finished speaking.
The final picture she showed the court was one of the baby with his foster mother, with whom he is living until the state places him in a permanent home.
"I am losing the most precious gift anyone can receive because of the abuse and suffering he put my grandson through -- an innocent baby that did nothing to deserve it," she said. "I will never forgive what he put my grandson through. I hope he has to serve every single day he had received in jail, so he can never hurt another boy, another child, ever again."
Claire Galofaro can be reached at email@example.com or 985.898.4828.


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Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) --- The Minnesota Health Department has issued a beach advisory for two more Duluth beaches due to elevated E. coli levels.
Beach goers are being advised to stay out of the water at the Minnesota Point Harborside Beach and the Hearding Island Canal Beach, both in Canal Park in Duluth.
There is also still an advisory in place for the Sky Harbor Park Lot Beach in Park Point.
However, the advisory placed on the Flood Bay Beach in Two Harbors has been removed.
Health officials say the elevated E. coli levels could be due to fecal contamination.
If you become sick after coming into contact with the water at the beaches listed above, you are asked to call the Minnesota Health Department.
The water at each of the beaches will be tested again later today.
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Celtics CEO and face of the ownership group Wyc Grousbeck was on WEEI this morning covering a variety of topics. Among the major bullet points from the interview were the comments regarding the trade deadline.
Wyc Grousbeck on why the Celtics didn't make a move at the deadline: "I know what the offers were. You wouldn't have taken them."
— Gary Dzen (@GlobeGaryDzen) February 26, 2013
Danny has been skewered by some for not taking what he could get for an aging core that may well retire in the coming years. Grousbeck acknowledged that the Celtics got more calls about Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett in the days before the trade deadline than anyone else. But just because the Celtics got calls about these guys doesn't mean they got offers that made them want to pull the trigger.
Playing into things was Grousbeck's insistence on maintaining their playoff possibilities. He said quite plainly that he doesn't want to blow up a team if it has a chance to make the postseason, adding "we've got a chance this year to do something important." The playoffs, he said, were a place to teach the younger guys on the team what winning Celtics basketball was about. He also added "this team is tough, I wouldn't want to play us in the playoffs."
Another thing you've heard over the past few days is the "it takes two to tango" explanation for the lack of deadline deals. Wyc brought that up today as well, noting the Celtics have been aggressive and, once they make a decision, they stick to it. He made it seem other teams backed out of deals they seemed ready to make. He did say that the new CBA made things difficult, but he expects June and July to be very active as teams get more used to what deals can and can't be done.
Other notes from the interview:
Paul Pierce's number is definitely being retired no matter what (which is not a shock). While he didn't specifically say Garnett's would… he hinted very strongly at it (he also mentioned that he should put Danny's 44 up there for putting the 17th banner team together).
He envisions Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, and Jared Sullinger on this roster in 5 years. When asked if this team was better off without Rondo, he gave a swift and disdainful "no."
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The first installment in director Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" trilogy arrives in theaters today. Critics appreciated the look of the film, but complained the story has been padded to justify a three-picture package.
Here is a sampling of reviews:
"The movie lacks majesty. Grand in parts, it is too often grandiose or grandiloquent, and the running time is indefensible. It's like the three-hour first cut, assembled by editors, of even the most modest film before the director says, 'O.K., now let's make a movie out of this.' This 'Hobbit' plays like a rough cut, with no deleted scenes left for DVD." – Richard Corliss, Time
"The action, set in Middle-earth 60 years before the 'Lord of the Rings,' is relatively straightforward in the screen adaptation ... An overlong adventure enlivened by wonders." – Joe Morgenster, Wall Street Journal
"Part One of director Peter Jackson's planned film trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit forces audiences to run an obstacle course before the fun kicks in." – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"While Peter Jackson's prequel to 'The Lord of the Rings' delivers more of what made his earlier trilogy so compelling -- colorful characters on an epic quest amid stunning New Zealand scenery -- it doesn't offer nearly enough novelty to justify the three-film, nine-hour treatment, at least on the basis of this overlong first installment, dubbed 'An Unexpected Journey.' The primary advance here is technical, as Jackson shoots in high-frame-rate 3D, an innovation that improves motion at the expense of visual elegance." – Peter Debruge, Variety
"Nine years after the completion of his 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, director Peter Jackson has returned, as if he never left, to the imaginary territory he clearly loves as much as his homeland New Zealand." – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Mr. Jackson has embraced what might be called theme-park-ride cinema, the default style of commercially anxious, creatively impoverished 3-D moviemaking. The action sequences are exercises in empty, hectic kineticism, with very little sense of peril or surprise." – A.O. Scott, New York Times
"'The Hobbit' is overlong and lacks the enchantment of 'The Lord of the Rings films.
At times, the nearly three-hour movie feels as bloated as the dwarves' bellies after their gluttonous bash at Bilbo's place. – Claudia Puig, USA Today
"This 'Hobbit' is a fantasy-film cornucopia, with mythical creatures and grand battles woven into an old-fashioned adventure-narrative -- exactly what Jackson does best. – Rafer Guzman, Newsday
"'Sluggish' doesn't begin to do justice to the way Jackson has padded out his narrative." – Tom Charity, CNN
"Visually, the film really sets itself apart from the previous trilogy. Just as the storytelling is more lighthearted and brisk, so too is the imagery, filled with rich, bright colors and textures while settling into rhythms of wide shots to close-ups, sweeping back and forth, and lots of swooping in and around complex sets and scenery." – Mark Hughes, Forbes


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Oswego, NY -- Twenty spots still remain for next year's class in the Oswego school district Universal Pre-kindergarten classes.
Applications can be obtained at all elementary schools, or the Office of Curriculum and Instruction on the first floor of the Education Center. Parents and guardians also can call 341-2013 for an application form or for more information.
The UPK program is designed for children who were born between Dec. 2, 2004 and Dec. 1, 2005 and is offered at no cost to children who are selected by lottery, said Cathleen Chamberlain, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction.
The UPK teachers and staff present a program that helps four-year-olds in the areas of social, academic, language, emotional and physical development. This prepares them to successfully enter kindergarten the following year.
Sessions are available at the five elementary schools: Riley, Fitzhugh Park, Leighton, Kingsford Park and Minetto. The program runs in conjunction with the regular school district calendar.
Morning and afternoon sessions are available. The program runs from 9-11:30 a.m. for the morning session and 12:30-3 p.m. for the afternoon session. A meal program will be instituted this fall. However, transportation is not provided.


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March 24 will be a business day for registered members of the industry and media.
AnimeJapan (formerly known as Tokyo International Anime Fair) is an annual tradeshow held at Odaiba's Big Sight convention center. It is the premier convention of the Japanese animation industry and one of the largest animation related events in the world. AnimeJapan is typically attended by several hundred Japanese and foreign TV and film production companies, as well as toy, game and software developers.
The majority of the floor space at Tokyo Big Sight is devoted to exhibition space featuring numerous booths by Japanese production companies, such as Toei Animation, Bandai Namco and Tezuka Productions, as well as foreign companies from around the world. Larger booths feature their own theaters and stages, and host live shows and special appearances by anime and manga creators as well as character actors that voice the parts.
Another third of the exhibition space will be given over to AnimeJapan's three main stages where various shows, concerts and other stage events will be held throughout the exposition. However, the stage events tend to be popular so to prevent overcrowding, entry to the audience areas will be determined by lottery.
Various other attractions hosted by the event organizers can be found around the convention center. They include theaters that show popular and landmark anime; stages for smaller shows, concerts, interviews, and other events; learning zones that introduce anime to the uninitiated, and an official shop. In addition, the convention will again feature a cosplay zone with changing rooms, photography spaces and a cloakroom. Rental costumes will also be available for those who do not bring or wish to use their own.


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The Woodstock Rotary Club set up their annual Christmas Tree and wreath sale in front of the Masonic Hall in Woodstock.
Rick Russell Photos
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NORTH BRUNSWICK — A bat found inside a home in the area of Masoma Road and Axel Avenue has tested positive for rabies, county health officials say.
The bat is the sixth rabid animal reported in Middlesex County this year, and the first in North Brunswick.
Last week the county announced it had found another rabid bat in Piscataway, in the area of Pleasant Avenue and West Fourth Street.
The Middlesex County Office of Health Services has been distributing fliers and fact sheets in the area. Residents have been encouraged to watch for animals acting unusually, to report bites from domestic and wild animals immediately, and keep family pets up to date on vaccinations.
The rabies virus is passed most commonly by saliva, through animal bites, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It infects the central nervous system, and is almost always fatal once symptoms begin to appear, the CDC says.


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MIDDLETOWN – A fundraiser has been set up for the Keansburg mother who was stabbed 12 times in the Middletown Bed Bath & Beyond nearly two weeks ago.
Kerri Dalton, 29, was pushing her 5-month-old child in a stroller when Tyrik Haynes, 19, attacked her with a knife, police said. Authorities also charged Haynes in December after they said he torched a cat in his backyard.
Before the stabbing, Dalton was texting Dorothy Paul, one of her friends since elementary school, and all of a sudden their communications halted. Paul said she kept texting her back without a response and then saw a post on Facebook about a stabbing at the Bed Bath & Beyond, but still didn't know Dalton was there.
"It was kind of frightening to even see it [the stabbing post online], I got the chills and was like 'Oh my God that's terrible' but I didn't even put two and two together yet," she said.
A friend later told her the last name of the stabbing victim.
"It all just clicked," she said. "I knew she had her daughter with her and I'm thinking 'Oh my God is the child hurt.'"
With still so many unknowns, Paul kept frantically texting her until she got a response from Dalton's husband stating: "Yes it's her, we're in the ICU."
Paul said she wanted to do something because she knew the family could use assistance.
"All these people were posting and texting and wanting to help, and asking me if they should send meals, should we do this should we do that, so I said why not just start a fundraiser and if people want to help then lend a hand. Give $5, give $10, at least you felt like you did something instead of flowers that will die in three days, or cards. I just wanted to help," she said.
Dalton has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home. She posted on Facebook to her friends, thanking them for all the support.
It partially stated: "Everything I have worked very hard to get, on Jan. 17 in a matter of a minute, was almost taken away from me. Thank you very much for everyone who kept me in their thoughts and prayers, visited and donated," Dalton wrote. "Though my physical wounds are healing, my medical and emotional wounds are going to take some time. For now I'll just take things one day at a time and be grateful that I'm alive."
Paul said Dalton has been reading the fundraising page, where people can both donate money and leave well wishes, and appreciates the support.
"This isn't a way for them to make money – they didn't ask for it. They didn't ask me to do it. I'm not getting anything out of it," she said, noting the money is sent directly to the family from the site, and doesn't go through anyone else's hands.
Paul also said plans for a benefit for Dalton is in the works.


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The Daphne football team won the Class 6A, Region 2 title last year, advanced to the second round of the playoffs and beat rivals Fairhope and Foley.
The Trojans did most of that with assistant coach Jacy Todd recovering after an August automobile crash and finished the season with head coach Glenn Vickery out after abdominal surgery.
Pretty good season considering, right?
That is definitely not the message Vickery and his players sent at the Press-Register's Baldwin County Media Day recently.
"We are not satisfied with 8-4 seasons," Vickery said. "These guys as returning starters have to be better or it is another 8-4 season. We lost a two-year starter at quarterback (T.J. Fleeton). That is always a big position to fill. Still, if our guys go out and play at the highest level, we'll be OK. If we don't play better than last year, we'll be 8-4 again."
One year after accident, Jacy Todd not settling for 'average'
The bar clearly is high at Daphne.
The Trojans won the Class 6A state title in 2001 and 2010, went 10-2 in 2011 and haven't missed the playoffs since 1997.
Last season, they lost at rival Spanish Fort to open the regular season, suffered back-to-back defeats against McGill-Toolen and Dothan in the middle of the season and lost a 24-17 decision in the second round of the playoffs at eventual state runner-up Opelika.
"You are satisfied when you reach your full potential," said Vickery, entering his 10th season as the head coach at Daphne. "I've been around 8-4 teams, and that is the best they could have been. Last year's team, I want to believe they were better than 8-4.
"Realistically, we lost to very good Opelika team. There is nothing to hang your head about there. They were a good team playing well. I was happy with the effort of our kids. But in the world we live in, we want our kids to push themselves. If 8-4 is best can do, we will be satisfied, but our goal is 15-0."
Offensively, the big question this season is who fills the void left by Fleeton, who signed with Northwestern (La.) State. The heir apparent seems to be senior Zack Morgan, though sophomore John Quinnelly filled in nicely for an injured Morgan in a 7-on-7 tournament in Foley earlier this summer.
Trojans' playmaker Wheylen Tolbert isn't worried about the transition.
"We will be fine at quarterback," the receiver said. "I've been playing with Zack. He understands my game, and I understand his. T.J. might throw harder, but Zack throws a good deep ball. He places it where only you can catch it."
Defensively, Vickery and the players are looking for improvement. The normally stingy Trojans gave up 24 points a game last season and held only three three opponents – Robertsdale (10), Alma Bryant (15), Blount (14) – to less than 20 points.
"We definitely need to improve our physicality from last year," linebacker Myles Pierce said. "Last year, we gave up too many points and put our offense in bad situations too much. That has to change this year, and I think it will."
Daphne hits the field Monday – as do all AHSAA teams – for the first official practice of the preseason. Vickery and Todd have long since rejoined the staff and are ready to go.
The Trojans open the season on Aug. 30 by hosting Spanish Fort in just the second regular-season football game ever between the two teams. The Toros scored in the final minutes a year ago and then held off a Daphne drive in the final seconds.
The game hasn't been forgotten.
"The defense had the game in our hands in the fourth quarter," Pierce said. "We let them score. It is very motivating. We've been dealing with it the whole summer. We don't want that feeling again."
Vickery said the Spanish Fort game isn't as big yet as the Trojans' region games, but mentioned it is a good opener because it helps his team focus early.
"I might get like six TVs and hang them in the weight room to show Spanish Fort celebrating," he said jokingly. "I do hope our kids remember that feeling of walking to the bus after losing to a very good Spanish Fort team. I always remember what Bear Bryant said about rival games. He said, 'It's not so much about winning, it's more the fear of losing that motivated him.' I think that is true."


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