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NEA and Alexandria Public Schools Team Up on Compensation Reform
Partnership's goal: to build 21st century teaching and learning environment
WASHINGTON - October 12, 2011 -
In what may be a first of its kind partnership, the National Education Association and Alexandria City Public Schools have teamed up to review and make recommendations on how ACPS recruits, places, develops, evaluates and compensates its employees.
This joint effort – with a national organization and a local school district partnering on comprehensive compensation reform – is unique in that it leverages NEA's technical resources with the experience of ACPS teachers and staff. The intent is to go beyond current pay-for-performance models and to develop the best possible system to support 21st century teaching and create an exceptional student learning environment.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel along with Dr. Morton Sherman, superintendent of Alexandria City Public Schools, and Gina Miller, president of the Education Association of Alexandria, say the Association and the school district's collaboration is a strategic approach designed to create the next generation of compensation innovation. The initiative will also combine an examination of compensation and benefit programs with personal growth opportunities to create a motivated work environment for employees.
"Any discussion about teacher compensation should always begin with this essential question: Is the compensation system actually designed to improve teaching and learning?" said Van Roekel. "We should innovate and try ideas that offer promise for student success. But we should do so with intelligence and focus. We know compensation is just one piece of the puzzle. You have to tackle recruitment, training, and career development. In this groundbreaking partnership, you have school management and unions working together and relying on decades of expertise, experience and ever-increasing research to create a successful compensation system. This effort illustrates the power of collaboration."
Superintendent Morton echoed this sentiment, calling the collaboration with NEA "a phenomenal opportunity" for ACPS. "This new model will promote continuous learning and demonstrated performance that will enhance student achievement and that is our priority," he continued. "ACPS is thrilled to be the only public school division in the country to enter this unique collaboration with NEA. I am confident that it will help us advance our vision to set the international standard for educational excellence, where all students achieve their potential and actively contribute to our local and global communities."
As the external partner to ACPS, NEA will facilitate the work of the school district's employee design groups by providing expert speakers, research, assessment, planning and execution for its work in five areas of study, including career-ladders, salary, benefits, professional learning time and students' time (e.g. extended day, extended year, etc.)
"The Education Association of Alexandria is proud to facilitate this partnership between ACPS and NEA," said Gina A. Miller, president of EAA. "We look forward to sharing the knowledge and expertise that NEA can bring to our school division's Benefits and Compensation Committee. We hope this partnership can forge a path that puts ACPS at the national forefront of salaries and benefits for teachers," she said.
The project is expected to take three years (2011-2014), with various phases that will impact teachers, support staff and administrators.
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Evan Rachel Wood
An exceptionally gifted actress, Evan Rachel Wood specialized in playing girls who had often seen and experienced too much at very early ages. She first gained attention while still in grade school on the cult TV series "American Gothic" (CBS, 1995-96) and "Once And Again" (ABC, 1999-2002), before wowing critics with her portrayal of a young girl who dives headlong into sex and drugs in the disturbing indie drama, "Thirteen" (2003), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. After that star-making performance, Wood alternated between mainstream Hollywood features and independent productions, though the latter remained her bread and butter with turns in "Down in the Valley" (2006), "Running with Scissors" (2006) and "Across the Universe" (2007). She delivered another sterling performance, this time opposite Mickey Rourke as his estranged daughter in "The Wrestler" (2009), before landing the recurring role of a vampire queen for the second and third seasons of the hit show "True Blood" (HBO, 2008-14). By the time she earned critical applause for "Mildred Pierce" (HBO, 2011), Wood was already well-established as a talented young actress who time and again impressed audiences alike with her mature and complex performances.

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UT Dallas dominated the recent Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers (TACWT) Student Competition, winning a total of four awards.
In the Graduate Fiction category, Douglas Frank took first place with his short story, "The Last Summer of Fireflies." For Undergraduate Fiction, first place was awarded to Paige Cunningham for her story, "Pens & Needles," and third place went to Jimmie Markham's story, "Organic." In the Undergraduate Poetry category, Chaz Lilly's set of six poems, "Invention and other poems," took third place.
All are current or former students in the School of Arts and Humanities, with the exception of Cunningham, who is in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Winners of the annual competition are invited to attend the annual TACWT meeting, held each September. Three entries are picked for each category. First Place winners receive a small cash prize and are invited to read their work at the meeting. The competition is open to all members' students who have been enrolled in a course during the summer, spring or fall terms preceding the competition deadline. Dr. Wiesepape's students have been remarkably successful in capturing prizes in this competition over the years.
Dr. Betty Wiesepape
The students were each sponsored by a faculty member, who helped select and submit the chosen pieces. Dr. Betty Wiesepape, who sponsored two of the winning students, says of Markham's piece: "I chose 'Organic' because it is about a timely but serious subject that Jimmie handled in a humorous and entertaining manner. I'm hoping that as a result of placing in the TACWT student writing contest the two stories I entered will be published in one of several literary journals that reads and considers the work of student winners."
Wiesepape was the first UT Dallas winner of the Graduate Fiction award back in 1992.
Jill Patterson, current president of the TACWT and professor of English at Texas Tech University, says: "The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers established the annual student competitions not only to acknowledge the student talent in the creative writing programs at Texas universities but also to recognize the great teaching that our members were doing at their various campuses. The winners always represent a mix of programs, and I love that the creative literary arts are thriving at all of our state's universities."


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There are a lot of responsible gun owners. But there are also a lot of gun owners like this guy:
Kansas officials are reviewing the events surrounding a man's accidental shooting of his wife last week at the Longbranch Steakhouse in Lenexa.
Police said the two were sitting across from each other in a booth about 8:15 p.m. Jan. 2 when the man reached into his front pants pocket and accidentally discharged a small pistol, striking his wife in the leg just above the knee. She was treated at a hospital and released.
The man had a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon, said Officer Dan Friesen of the Lenexa Police Department.
(h/t Little Green Footballs)
One of the important drivers of the gun debate, in my view, is that Americans tend to over-estimate how well they'd handle a weapon in the face of real danger - and grossly to under-estimate how likely they are to make a mistake that will hurt themselves and their neighbors and loved ones.


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SANFORD, Florida (AP) — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting a Florida teenager told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys' decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law.
Under questioning from Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, George Zimmerman repeatedly said "yes" to a series of questions asking if he was aware he was giving up the right to a hearing before his second-degree murder trial in June. A judge would have sole discretion in an immunity hearing to decide if Zimmerman is exempt from culpability in the shooting. A jury would make the determination in the murder trial.
"After consultation with my counsel, yes, your honor," Zimmerman said.
The judge had set aside two weeks at the end of April for an immunity hearing should Zimmerman want one. Zimmerman's defense attorney, Mark O'Mara, told Nelson during a hearing in March that he wouldn't need those days. Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda filed a motion last week asking that Zimmerman make clear his intentions on whether he wanted the hearing.
O'Mara, told the judge Tuesday there was nothing in the law that required the immunity hearing to take place before Zimmerman's trial and could be requested after prosecutors have presented their case.
"We'd much rather have the jury address the issue of criminal liability or lack thereof," O'Mara said.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense. Martin was fatally shot in February 2012 during a fight with Zimmerman in a Sanford gated community.
O'Mara also wanted the court to unseal details on a civil settlement Martin's parents received from Zimmerman's homeowner's association. O'Mara contended the settlement could influence the testimony of Martin's parents, if they are called as witnesses.
The judge said defense attorneys and prosecutors could see full copies of the settlement but the public would only be able to see a version from which some information has been removed.
Daryl Parks, one of the Martin family's attorneys, said afterward that any attempt by the defense to use information from the recent civil settlement was "smoke and mirrors."
"It is just wrong to suggest that Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton wanted their son to be killed so they could get a confidential financial settlement," he said. "It is just so unfair to this family."
O'Mara denied he was making that suggestion but said anything that goes toward witness bias should be available for a jury to explore during trial to decide whether those testifying are credible.
Nelson rejected a request by O'Mara to find fault with prosecutors for what the defense attorney described as violations in providing discovery evidence to them. O'Mara said that prosecutors' failure to disclose evidence in a timely manner had caused his team "hours and hours of work."
The judge said she would hold a hearing after the trial to determine if prosecutors should have to pay for some costs that O'Mara said he incurred because of the alleged discovery problems.
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For 2013 Airush launch to the market only one kite with the 2012 "ONE" design
and they put it as a Lithium One 16M. I search the forum and don't find any reviews on this
kite. Please if someone already test it give it your comments.
I read a few topics about LW kites and as per the different comments on the Epic Infinity,
North Dyno 17M, Slinghsot Turbine 17M and Blade Fat Lady.
The Blade Fat Lady 17M looks like a good option,
Blade kites says that the Fat Lady is fast "like a 12M".
I would like to here acomments about how compares the Fat Lady 17M vs the Airush One 16M
I weight 160 lbs and I have two lithiums a 9M and a 12M.
Normally in 10-12 knots use my 12M with my North nugget but
in 12 knots is really hard to use a TT and basically the only I can do is go back and forward.
In 9-10 Knots I can't use my TT but I try to go out with the 12M and the Nugget
but I need to move the kite a lot, is really hard to go upwind, and is not fun as I would like it.
I'm looking for a LW kite that can give me the opportunity to use
my TT in 10-12 knots and can give me the opportunnity to jump and run the TT
like a 15+ knots day with a 12M for example.
Thanks for your comments....................................


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King's Bounty: Armored Princess does more of the same really well. The stand-alone expansion to 2008's cult hit King's Bounty: The Legend adds virtually nothing to the original's strategy role-playing game formula, but the game does all of the by-the-numbers stuff so perfectly that you can't help but love the deja vu. While developer Katauri Interactive isn't going to win any awards for innovation here, this is still a must-play for anyone who loves this genre.
Most of the plot of Armored Princess is a straightforward extension of the original King's Bounty. The demons that you fought as the champion of the fantasy realm Endoria are back for round two, and only the armored princess of the title stands in their way. Princess Amelie is the hero you play as here, a maid in mail who winds up being sent to the alternate reality of Teana on a hunt for her mentor, the knight Bill Gilbert, and eight magical stones that can save the world. This basically turns into an tropical getaway because Teana is kind of a Caribbean world divided into a succession of fairly small islands, each with distinct personalities. One is full of pirates, for instance, another loaded with barbarians, and so on. This adds an energetic atmosphere to the new game and breaks up your adventure into easily digestible chunks. This structure also bluntly lets you know how you're doing because you can tell pretty much immediately whether or not you have enough levels under your belt to take on an island. Running into a bunch of invincible barbarians on a new island is a pretty good cue that you should kick your sailboat into reverse. New islands generally have to be accessed with maps that must be taken from tough enemies, too, which also keeps you from getting ahead of yourself for the most part.
Plot and basic structure are identical to that in both its predecessor and tons of other Heroes of Might & Magic-inspired sagas. You guide Amelie across intricate maps of fairly traditional fantasy lands (enemies generally come with claws, swords, and shields, although you do run into the odd robot) with a horde of units in tow that serve as shock troops for battles. Whenever you take on some bad guys, these grunts do the fighting for you, although you give them their marching orders on turn-based hexagonal battlefields. Amelie starts off as a first-level wuss of a paladin, mage, or warrior (your choice) that can recruit only basic bowmen, clerics, and pitchfork-wielding peasants into her army. But with time, levels, and increases in her leadership stat, she will be able to field troops like giant snakes, giant spiders, ancient bears, sneaky buccaneers, creepy vampires, and many other D&D refugees. The goal is, of course, to explore the nooks and crannies of the islands, as well as slay evildoers and monsters. You'll also solve quests; buff Amelie by leveling up and tweaking her many might, mind, or magic abilities via an extensive skill tree; and progress to the final showdown. One significant addition is a pet dragon that levels up and has special abilities that can be used in combat. The beast's role isn't well defined, though, so it seems less like a traveling buddy than a way to cast extra spells during battles.
So there are no stop-the-presses moments here. The only real difference between the first King's Bounty and its follow-up is how quickly the difficulty scales up. Armored Princess assumes that you have played the original, which means that it gets right to the point. Battles turn tough as soon as you reach the second island, forcing you to really learn the ins and outs of the game's hero skill progression tree, as well as how to best recruit and employ troops in battle. You will have a rough time of it here unless you have either played the first game or have some previous experience with strategy RPGs. Still, it's not an unfair progression. The difficulty increases quickly but not suddenly. If you're paying attention at all, you won't get caught by impossible opposition. It's not as if you go directly from whomping spiders and pirates to getting scorched by invincible demons. And even when you're in tough against serious opposition, the incredibly detailed maps provide entertainment all on their own. Exploration is even more of an entertaining diversion than combat because your speed on horseback allows you to gallop away from impossible-to-defeat baddies and even occasionally snipe a big reward or reach a castle where you can recruit powerful units without fighting. Maps have goodies crammed into every nook and cranny, including buried chests full of gold, magical doodads, and the mystic runes that power Amelie's skills. Quests can be found all over the place, and they are typically offered up along with reams of colorful text that develop Amelie's personality and build up Teana as a real place through the collection of oddballs handing out these jobs. You can safely skip all this verbiage, of course, but taking the time to read it all is rewarding if you're seriously into role playing.
With all that said, Armored Princess feels dated at times. The graphics engine is really showing its age now but the art style is more cartoony than realistic, so the game can get away with broad caricatures, chunky monster models, and whiz-bang spell effects. These consist of fireworks and cheesy animations like spooky faces indicating units being scared. Islands and battle arenas are stocked with lots of added details as well, including cobwebby corners and overgrown graveyards. But there are also some performance issues here, most notably how you get stuck on scenery when guiding Amelie around the islands. Clicking on inaccessible areas--which is easy to do because the islands are veritable mazes of narrow paths and greenery--causes her to simply stop and wait for a new order. This is both annoying and life threatening because these inopportune pauses can get you caught by pursuing enemies. Audio is also archaic. Unit sound effects in battle are almost nonexistent and never memorable even when you can hear them. Music is also a generic blat of horns that you'll forget moments after shutting down the game.
Even though it may be a slave to its genre, King's Bounty: Armored Princess is still an impressive representation of the modern strategy RPG. Story, exploration, combat, and character development come together in a great, addictive game that will keep you hooked for many, many hours.


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Keith M wrote:Headed over on a typically stellar September afternoon in San Francisco to Dee Vine Wines and their new approach to hosting tastings that feel like cocktail parties with a convivial atmosphere, food pairings and, of course, wonderfully selected riesling. First up, the 2007 Solter Riesling Sekt from the Rheingau was a really beautiful wine—even more to my liking than the 2006 which had grown on me. A beautiful herbal and peach nose with ripeness goes down on the palate as delicate, beautifully crisp, yet rich in flavor. Pure fantastic finish. This is a really fun wine. After waiting in line a bit for some raw oysters and clams (delicious!), I headed over for a splash of the 2008 Fritz Haag Mosel Riesling from the Middle Mosel. The aromas are phenomenal and stony and it tastes cold, crisp, stony and precise. Very focused but with a bit of weight to balance the mineral focus. Superb match for the oysters. Stunning wine and great value. The 2008 Emrich-Schönleber Riesling Trocken from the Nahe had a spicy nose that suggested black fruit, but the wine itself was very inward, dark and hard to read. I would have thought it was shut down, but it seems a bit early for that. I didn't catch other opinions on that wine, but I found it very hard to read. The 2008 Gerhard Hattenheimer Schützenhaus Riesling Spätlese Trocken from the Rheingau had a nose of rich, really ripe fruit that was followed by mandarin juicy citrus in the mouth and a really cool layered approach to ripeness that still finished dry. An interesting wine. The 2008 Prinz Hallgartener Schönhell Riesling Kabinett Trocken, also from the Rheingau, offered a show-stopping nose of cardamom, indian spices and a feel of a multilayered cake. Oh yeah baby, bring it! Dry and tart lake water, reminded me of fishing for perch on the lake growing up. The wine screams seafood (or perhaps, for me, lakefood!). Fantastic grip (doubly so noted in my scribblings), acid backbone, playful. Fantastic! But just when you think things can't get better, head over to one of my favorite regions of Franken for the 2006 Hans Wirsching Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Riesling Grosses Gewächs. Amazing depth on the nose, could sniff for hours. Textured fruit, the wine has presence. Pure and intense, paired amazingly with the wasabi on the oysters which suggests that though it is bone dry, it offers interesting qualities for pairing with spicy foods (and did awesomely with oysters). Incredibly pure—I adored it. Then onto the 2007 Knebel Winninger Röttgen Riesling Kabinett from the Middle Mosel which smelled rich and honey and tasted deep, delicious pear, quite juicy, deliciousness everyone will love.
Proceeding to the second table with spicy shrimp and three wines with a bit more weight and sweetness to balance that spice. The 2006 Maximin Grünhauser Abstberg Riesling Spätlese Superior #21 from the Ruwer offered a phenomenal nose and tasted strongly of tea leaves, barely-there stone, elegant, pinnacle of precipitousness, deliciousness and iced tea—yet more familiar than such a description of riesling would suggest. Interesting indeed. The 2008 Schmitges Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett Trocken from the Middle Mosel had a nice nose, but a bit harder to evaluate—still beautiful, though. Not my style for taste, though the weird layered tart and rich good fruit did have charms of its own, but not my thing. Wow, the 2007 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Spätlese #14 (also from the Middle Mosel)—utterly drinkable deliciousness with layered stone and peach skin on the nose. Fun! Fantastic rieslings on a fantastic afternoon.
Keith - Thanks for taking the time to post all of these notes!
The Knebel, Schafer, Wirsching, and Prinz all sound great. I have no experience with German Sekt, but the Solter sounds very interesting. Will have to try some German sparklers sometime.


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I laugh every time I watch this clip. Every time. English is funny to me, though, so be warned.
To listen, first go to the bottom of the page and pause the music, then you will be able to hear it, isn't it?
30 November 2011
An English Laugh
I laugh every time I watch this clip. Every time. English is funny to me, though, so be warned.
27 November 2011
Cherstin! Thank You!
Our amazing friend, Cherstin, took some pictures of the BallTeam at our local high school ball field. Wow. I will post more later, but, I had to get just a couple on here .... just to show you. I promise to put more up after Christmas, but, I have to "hide" a few until then. Thank you again, Cherstin, for showing us such a good time!
20 November 2011
Visit, November 2011
My folks came to visit this week, and they brought my youngest brother David along. They could only stay for an afternoon and the next day, but, we packed in plenty of chatter and visiting. Here's a shot of the whole bunch:
Back row standing: Grandparents Wayne and Juanita Brumbley and Jim and Jean Ball
Middle-ish row seated: Parents James and Tina Ball
Standing around us all: Kiddos Rachel (13), Jay Michael (3), Josephine (7), Charlotte (8) and Samantha (12)
Poor David took the picture and I didn't get another picture all weekend, except for the scrapple which they brought me. Yum. Come again everyone!
05 November 2011
Chrissi Richards ....
Josephine had a photoshoot!
She loved it; I loved it.
Do you want to see? You can!
Scroll down to "Tink" and click on Open Post.
Those big brown eyes just melt my heart!
Thank you Chrissi; just amazing!
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Samantha Marie - 12 years old


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November 6, 2011
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Recipe from Randy Terry of Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Total Time: 25-30 Min
2 16 oz Can Pork & Beans
1/2 medium size onion chopped
1/2 Cup of Ketchup
4 tbs Grape Jelly
2 tbs Chilli Power
1 tsp steak sesoning without pepercorns
4 jumbo size hotdogs cut or chopped
Dash of Pepper
1. Combine all ingreediants in a microwavable dish.
2. Stir together, (jelly may remain lumpy but will smooth as it cooks). Cook in microwave 7 - 10 minutes untill hot. Stir again before serving.
Yield: 4 - 6 Servings
Comments: Grape jelly may be substitued by another flavor, however grape gives most robust flavor
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Just got this e-mail from Dan over at Bad Boy Vettes, the boys all about embracing the skull 'vette logo. They'll be having a party after Saturday's ALMS race at the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle. And hey, the fun part is you're invited. So if you're in Metro Detroit for the return of racing action to the city the French founded, the Americans built and automobiles enriched (props to WWJ), and you won't be out covering all the hot LeMans and IndyCar action (as we will be all weekend), head on over for a good time. Full e-mail and invite link below the jump:
Hey guys, we're trying to get the word out about a party we're hosting at a bar in detroit after the ALMS race this weekend. We did something similar (but lower key) this year in Le Mans and it went very well. Of course it's a "corvette party" but all alms fans are invited to come down and hang out, vip parking for corvettes though. The entire corvette team will be there, we'll be giving stuff away, the jagermeister girls will be there with shots, some hawaiian girls will be there or something... it should be a good time.
The official start time is 6:30 — which coincides with the end of the ALMS race — it's at Emerald City Harbor on the Nautical Mile in St. Clair Shores. Check out the official invite here.


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Police identify man killed in 222 crash
Police: Car crossed median, struck pickup truck
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- Two crashes claimed one life and caused a traffic mess Thursday on Route 222 in Lancaster County.
The first crash, which involved a car and a pickup, happened about 7 a.m. Thursday near Peach Road in West Earl Township.
Victor Stimmell, 36, of Lititz was driving south and crossed into the northbound lanes and struck the pickup, driven by Leverne Smith, 61, of Reading, head-on, police said.
Stimmel was killed in the crash and pronounced dead at the scene. Smith was taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
About 9:30 a.m. Thursday, a tractor-trailer rear-ended another vehicle, causing a chain reaction crash. One person suffered minor injuries. Police said traffic was slow due to the first crash.
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Spike TV's video game exclusive packed weekly video game show, GameTrailers TV, is getting a slightly more sane time slot and giving you some weekly Geoff Keighley face time an entire day earlier.
The show is moving from "Friday nights at 1 AM"—which was technically early Saturday morning at 1 AM—to "Thursday nights at 12:30 AM." Again, technically that's early Friday morning, just past midnight. I know it's confusing, this whole time-telling thing.
The good news is that you'll get your fancy trailers and gameplay previews one day earlier. The bad is that you may have to wait longer to see the same content show up online the following morning.


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CHAPTER 3. State Seal, Song and Symbols
§ 301 Great Seal.
The seal now used as the Great Seal of this State and bearing the arms of this State shall be the Great Seal of this State. It is emblazoned as follows: Party per fess, or and argent, the first charged with a garb (wheat sheaf) in bend dexter and an ear of maize (Indian Corn) in bend sinister, both proper; the second charged with an ox statant, ruminating, proper; fess, wavy azure, supporters on the dexter a husbandman with a hilling hoe, on the sinister a rifleman armed and accoutred at ease. Crest, on a wreath azure and argent, a ship under full sail, proper, with the words "Great Seal of the State of Delaware," the dates "1704, 1776, and 1787," and the words "Liberty and Independence" engraved thereon.
Code 1852, § 463; 24 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 1; Code 1915, § 387; Code 1935, § 361; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 501; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 276, § 1.;
§ 302 Seal of state officials, courts and public officers.
The seals of the Secretary of State and Auditor of Accounts and of the several courts of this State and of the several public offices and officers in the several counties, now established and used, shall be the seals of such courts, offices and officers respectively and shall be so received and used. The seal of the office of the clerk of peace shall be the seal of the county government of Kent and Sussex Counties. The seal of the office of the clerk of the county council shall be the seal of the county government of New Castle County.
Code 1852, § 464; 21 Del. Laws, c. 114; Code 1915, § 388; Code 1935, § 362; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 502; 54 Del. Laws, c. 186; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 38A.;
§ 303 State song.
The official state song shall consist of the poem "Our Delaware" containing 3 verses, each verse in honor of a county of this State, written by George B. Hynson; a fourth verse in praise of the State and pledging the loyalties of its citizens, written by Donn Devine; and a musical score composed specifically for the state song by Will M. S. Brown.
34 Del. Laws, c. 253; Code 1935, § 2763; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 503; 61 Del. Laws, c. 45, § 1.;
§ 304 State bird.
The blue hen chicken is the official bird of the State.
42 Del. Laws, c. 128; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 504.;
§ 305 State tree.
The American holly (Ilex opaca, Aiton) is adopted as the state tree.
42 Del. Laws, c. 86; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 505.;
§ 306 State flag.
The design of the official state flag shall be as follows: A background of colonial blue surrounding a diamond of buff in which diamond is placed the correct coat of arms of the State in the colors prescribed by law and in accordance with § 301 of this title, with the words, "December 7, 1787," to be inscribed underneath the diamond.
The official state colors, colonial blue and buff, are designated by the Textile Color Card Association of the United States, Inc., New York, as "arno blue" Cable No. 10663, and "golden beige" Cable No. 10781 respectively; the color shades having been determined by Colorimetric Specifications of the National Bureau of Standards, United States Department of Commerce, in Test No. 2, 1/140565, dated November 18, 1954, which is on file with the Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. The colors of the coat of arms and other elements of the state flag shall be the following: Husbandman, trousers of gray brown, shirt of red, hat and hilling hoe of brown; rifleman, suit of green, binding, bag and leggings of buff, hat of brown, powder flask and feather of gray; shield, frame of shaded yellow, top panel of orange, center panel of blue, lower panel of white, ox of red brown, grass and corn of green, wheat and branches underfoot of yellow, heraldric wreath to be blue and silver (twisted); ship under full sail to have a dark hull and white sails; date, December 7, 1787, to be white; cord and tassels to be blue and gold.
29 Del. C. 1953, § 506; 50 Del. Laws, c. 288, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 91, § 10.;
§ 307 Governor's flag.
The official flag of the Governor of the State shall be identical to the official flag of this State except that it shall also bear a fringe of gold surrounding the edge of the flag and the pole upon which the Governor's flag is carried shall have mounted thereon a model of a blue hen's fighting cock.
29 Del. C. 1953, § 507; 50 Del. Laws, c. 290, § 1.;
§ 308 State flower.
The peach blossom, as originally adopted as the floral emblem of the State on May 9, 1895, shall be the official state flower.
29 Del. C. 1953, § 508; 50 Del. Laws, c. 289, § 1.;
§ 309 State bug.
The lady bug shall be the official state bug for the State.
§ 310 State mineral.
The official state mineral is sillimanite.
§ 311 State fish.
The weakfish (Cynoscion genus) is the official fish of the State.
§ 312 State beverage.
Milk shall be the official beverage of the State.
§ 313 State herb.
Solidago odora, commonly known as "sweet golden rod," shall be the official herb of the State.
§ 314 State fossil.
The official state fossil is the belemnite.
§ 315 State butterfly.
The tiger swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) is the official butterfly of the State.
§ 316 State soil.
Greenwich loam (a coarse, loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic, Typic Hapludult) is the official soil of the State.
§ 317 State star.
The official state star is Delaware Diamond, located in the constellation of Ursa Major (Great Bear), with coordinates of right ascension 9h40m44s and declination 48°14′2″.
§ 318 State nickname.
The official nickname of the State is "The First State."
§ 319 State marine animal.
The official state marine animal is the horseshoe crab.
§ 320 State macroinvertebrate.
The stonefly (order Plecoptera) is the official macroinvertebrate of the State.
§ 321 State dessert.
Peach pie shall be the official dessert of the State.
§ 322 State fruit.
Strawberries shall be the official fruit of the State.
§ 323 State wildlife animal.
The grey fox is the official wildlife animal of the State.
§ 324 State shell.
The shell of the channeled whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) shall be the official shell of the State.
§ 325 State sport.
Bicycling is the official sport of the State.
§ 326 State dance [Expired].
80 Del. Laws, c. 334, § 1; expired by operation of 80 Del. Laws, c. 334, § 3, eff. July 29, 2017.;
§ 327 State dog [Expires May 15, 2020].
This act designates rescue dogs as the official state dog.
§ 328 State tall ship.
The ship Kalmar Nyckel is designated the official tall ship of Delaware.
§ 329 State historical aircraft.
The Bellanca Cruisair is the official historical aircraft of Delaware.


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Living green means simplifying and enhancing life
So far, we have been taught that more is always better. We have known for decades that having more than anybody else is the best.
It is fairly obvious, however, that it is better to have a few good things than very many useless ones. We have to educate ourselves every single day, and do that not based on what somebody else believes, but based on facts, our and other peoples' experience and tested, proven truth. The campaigns which claim to provide us with miracle products are just advertising trick because the real miracle of life is our ability to change the aspects affecting us. We always have a choice, would that be food or place to live.
We love excuses, we can justify any laziness or idleness of mind and body. There are diseases, there are accidents, many of which wouldn't happen if just paid more attention and implemented some preventive measures. Accidents and diseases are quite often caused by things WHICH WE DID NOT WANT TO DO. Which we felt we were too tired or too exhausted to do.
Prevention is the best protection, both against diseases and accidents. Having everything safely placed at home and in the outdoor space, prevents plenty of childhood accidents. It is not that difficult to never place hot or boiling substance close to the table rim. It is not that difficult to fence in open water on a property. One ambulance worker said: if people didn't try so hard to show off how brave or strong they are, many accidents wouldn't happen.
Choosing simple things over expensive equipment and gym isn't any worse sporting activity. In fact, we are aware now, that MODERATE physical activities are the best. That means people who already have some illness or disorder, have to be careful and choose activities which won't harm them more.
Everybody who can, should take walks. The added bonus is doing that in tree-rich area, parks, forests, taking a path away from busy traffic routes. When we compare walk in the forest and workout in the gym, it is almost like having decent organic meal and dining at fast food restaurant.
Appearances take huge place in any area of our life. I mean, people do so much stuff not for themselves, but to show off to somebody who is "EVERYBODY". I have noticed how TV uses "everybody": everybody eats this and everybody watches that; everybody wears that outfit or color and everybody exercises like that. EVERYBODY is NOBODY.
Thankfully, we are also all different as our DNA proves. There are no 100% identical people on the planet because even twins due to epigenetic factors develop distinctive life styles or get different diseases in their life-time.
Epigenetic factors have strong influence, therefore, we are not only determined by our genetic potential or some genetic disorder.
The best way to keep ourselves healthy is to ALWAYS stay close to nature and natural products and environment.
We can learn a lot from the garden: how to start fresh every year, how to bloom regardless of bad weather and how to get through tough winter peacefully and being ready for new blossoming. Therefore, we can impact our destiny and genetic predisposition by returning to nature: fresh air, unpolluted water, undisturbed sunlight and clean soil will always take care about basic products, greens and herbs on our table. The beauty and tranquility of a garden is the best environment to recharge and reset one's energy.
It was late fall, and some flowers were still blossoming. Sunflowers are beauties with a strength and surviving power of a warrior. Colors of leaves make us wonder every fall: the nature has so many shades of colors and shapes.
Dear Inese, thank you for reminding us these articulations and obvious advices. Your words are full of wisdom and are an invitation to authenticity face to purselves. You are right, about the necessity to live close from nature. I had ancestors who live hardly with the soil, but seldom fell ill and had a long life. The challenge pf our tome consists in finding the equivalent of a life close by nature in our cities, where more and more people live.
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Thus began Saunders' zeal for telling the stories of, in her words, "overlooked New Yorkers." The daughter of famed illustrator Norman Saunders, who was known for his pulp magazine paintings, trading cards and comic covers, Saunders' own legacy is now available to the whole world with the 2009 publication of Overlooked New York, a collection of profiles of 68 New Yorkers who take part in seemingly wild and quirky hobbies such as scuba diving in the city's rivers, stargazing from rooftops and fishing in the ponds of city parks.
The following is an edited excerpt of an interview with Saunders in the style of Overlooked New York, complete with a view of some of the portraits in the book. Visit www.zinasaunders.com for more information on her work and www.overlookednewyork.com for a preview of the book and additional interviews/portraits.
"As an artist and an illustrator, I was used to getting assignments and sitting in my studio and fulfilling the assignments. Doing Overlooked New York got me out of my studio and into other people's creative worlds; the guys up on the rooftop with their pigeon coops, or people swimming in the river, or down in the subways, talking to musicians about what it is they love about playing in the subways of New York. They don't do it because they have it; they do it because they want to!"
"I'm an artist and my overriding passion in life is painting portraits. I do it for a living, I do it for magazines and newspapers, and I do it for myself. It's my way of celebrating New York City and the people who live in it. It's my contribution to the project. I also have to say I bring a lot of myself into each one of those paintings. I've sometimes been surprised when I've gone back to give somebody a painting, to see that they aren't as colorful a character as what I've painted. When I'm painting them, I'm trying to capture their inner vibrance and vitality for life."
"When you get somebody talking about what it is they love to do more than anything in the world, there's a spark that goes on inside of them and it's like they become a firecracker, and that is what I think that I am able to capture. I haven't seen any photograph by anybody who's able to really capture that. I think that it's something unique to painting pictures, because so much of yourself is in the painting, the artist. As frustrating as it is to have this really blurry photograph that I'm trying to sketch from, it also really does force me to inject more of myself in it."
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"I'm often very attracted to the old stories of New York from the '50s and '40s, what the city used to be like. And then you come up against the people who are in the curry contest out in Rosedale who are very new immigrants to New York City. You know, here's this whole new wave of people with their own new traditions and family stories and their own little histories that they're building right before my eyes."
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September 28, 2012 - July 7, 2013
Town of Newburgh, NY
Brielle Kathryn Brigid Fish, of the Town of Newburgh, 9 month old infant daughter of Brian W. and Lynn A. (McCrossen) Fish, entered into rest on Sunday, July 7 in Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center. Brielle was born September 28, 2012 in Newburgh.
Brielle Kathryn Brigid Fish was with us only nine months, but touched the hearts of all her family and extended family of nurses and doctors at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. Brielle spoke with her eyes and little smile to acknowledge those who spoke to her. Her mother, father, and Braeden were always at her side. Her life was always in God's hands, but he allowed her to command it on Earth with her strength and will to survive, even when others doubted it. We will always love and miss her.
Brielle is survived by her parents, Brian and Lynn, at home; her brothers: Brian W. Fish Jr. and Braeden Thomas Fish, at home; her grandparents: Kay (Gram) and John (Penn) McCrossen and Bill (Pop Pop) and Dang (Mimi) Fish; aunts and uncles: Aunt Dana and Uncle John (Bucka) McCrossen, Aunt Jess and Uncle Don Fish; cousins: Sean and Taylor McCrossen and Landon Fish; and her extended PICU family at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 12th at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 13th in Sacred Heart Church, Newburgh, with Burial following in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY.
Flowers are welcome, as well as donations in memory of Brielle to Friends of Karen, 118 Titkus Rd., North Salem, NY 10560; Families of SMA at www.fsma.org; or Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley, 80 Woods Rd., Valhalla, NY 10595.
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"A haunting, magical story of a cursed gem and the people who suffer in its wake, set in seventeenth-century London.
Most men of stature wouldn't marry their betrothed after she'd been kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery in the harem of the Great Turk, but Paul Pindar, wealthy merchant and former ambassador to Constantinople, is not most men. When Paul and Celia, finally reunited, return to London in 1611, his house at Bishopsgate has stood empty for nearly a decade. A phalanx of carpenters, upholsterers, and gardeners have been summoned to restore it to its former glory.
But all is not as it seems. Celia is frail, and their marriage, despite her longing, is childless. Traumatized by her experiences, she is unprepared for English society and the duties of managing a house with a full staff. Paul arranges for Celia's old friend, Annetta, to join them in England as Celia's companion, but Annetta arrives to find that another woman, the widow Frances Sydenham, has insinuated herself into the Pindar household. Lady Sydenham seems to have a mysterious hold over Celia and, Annetta suspects, increasingly over Paul.
Who is this woman, and what are her motives? Like everyone else, including members of the royal family and Pindar's greedy brother Rafe, she is fascinated by the Sultan Blue, the legendary diamond Pindar has brought back from the Middle East. All of London wants to get their hands on the jewel, despite the dark magic properties that are said to surround it, but Paul Pindar might be the only merchant who doesn't have a price."
Betrayal, jewels, can anyone else say they'd be willing to miss out on this adventure?
York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
Published by: Walden Pond Press
Publication Date: May 16th, 2017
Format: Hardcover, 496 Pages
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The official patter:
"From National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Laura Ruby comes the first book in an epic alternate history series about three kids who try to solve the greatest mystery of the modern world: a puzzle and treasure hunt laid into the very streets and buildings of New York City.
It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before. Fifty-seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving behind for the people of New York the Old York Cipher—a puzzle laid into the shining city they constructed, at the end of which was promised a treasure beyond all imagining. By the present day, however, the puzzle has never been solved, and the greatest mystery of the modern world is little more than a tourist attraction.
Tess and Theo Biedermann and their friend Jaime Cruz live in a Morningstarr apartment—until a real estate developer announces that the city has agreed to sell him the five remaining Morningstarr buildings. Their likely destruction means the end of a dream long held by the people of New York. And if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want to save their home, they have to prove that the Old York Cipher is real. Which means they have to solve it."
Mysteries, and puzzles in New York? Sold!
Behind the Mask edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Richardson
Published by: Meerkat Press, LLC
Publication Date: May 16th, 2017
Format: Paperback, 290 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Behind the Mask is a multi-author collection with stories by award-winning authors Kelly Link, Cat Rambo, Carrie Vaughn, Seanan McGuire, Lavie Tidhar, Sarah Pinsker, Keith Rosson, Kate Marshall, Chris Large and others. It is partially a prose nod to the comic world―the bombast, the larger-than-life, the save-the-worlds and the calls-to-adventure. But it's also a spotlight on the more intimate side of the genre. The hopes and dreams of our cape-clad heroes. The regrets and longings of our cowled villains. That poignant, solitary view of the world that can only be experienced from behind the mask."
Yeah, I too was swayed to get this by the NAMES in this book!


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EDITORIAL: Powering down the FAA's outdated policy on in-flight electronics
The Federal Aviation Administration is poised to retreat from a longstanding policy that is widely flouted and has undermined public respect for flight safety instructions.
The agency is prepared to relax its ban on the use of electronic devices during airplane takeoffs and landings, and below 10,000 feet when a plane is in the air.
At least that's what The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, saying an FAA advisory panel has concluded the policy is outdated and should be revised.
We hope it is. It's been obvious to anyone who has flown in recent years, for example, that some airline passengers, by accident or conscious decision, fail to power off their portable devices as instructed by flight attendants.
Passenger surveys likewise confirm that a significant minority of travelers regularly break the rules, often inadvertently.
But if leaving on electronic devices at takeoffs and landings is truly dangerous, why hasn't such behavior created problems for pilots?
Well, apparently because both modern on-board technology and the portable devices that passengers carry on have advanced to the point that many experts believe the risk of interference is minimal or perhaps non-existent.
The FAA's advisory panel isn't expected to offer recommendations on cellphone use, the Journal reported, meaning only electronic readers, computers and other such devices would be affected. But even allowing greater use of those devices alone would be a major step toward saner regulation. And the Journal says the advisory panel believes cellphone use needs to be addressed as well.
The New York Times, which picked up the story, quoted an unnamed panel member who said smartphones may indeed be swept into a recommendation for "wider use of devices during takeoff and landing, including tablets and smartphones used only for data (like e-mail) but not talking."
Obviously passenger convenience should never be allowed to trump flight safety. But excessive caution used to justify overly restrictive rules can be a problem, too, because it breeds public resentment and resistence -- which is the situation that exists today.
The Atlantic's James Fallows, a private pilot as well as journalist, has described the admonition to power off all electronic devices as "pure theater," noting that "on all 'non-airline big aircraft' flights, like political charters or corporate jets, people leave their 'devices' on the whole time, and it never causes a problem."
We wouldn't go so far as to describe the power-off routine as "theater," but it does appear to need updating, and we're encouraged that the FAA is prepared to finish the job.
Editorial courtesy of the Denver Post, denverpost.com.


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Akuma,In the U.S., that device is called a dough docker. As I understand it, at Papa John's the use of the dough docker is specified for all of its doughs. To get an idea as to how dough dockers are used, see this post: Reply 5 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,20742.msg206648/topicseen.html#msg206648.Peter
This is my first homemade pizza and my family thinks I'm Wonder Woman of the pizza world. I'd like to thank Pete-zza for all of the work you've put into cloning the Papa John's. Wow! I've been making the 2-day version of the Papa John's clone and we think it's fantastic! I've made it on the 3rd day and it's still wonderful. It took me a few times to get the time/temperature perfected in my persnickety oven, but I think I've fine-tuned it. Here are a few minor modifications I made:1. I use canola oil and Dakota Maid bread flour because it's what I have on hand.2. I have to use a water temperature of 90 degrees F to get the final dough temperature at about 81 degrees when I take it out of my Bosch Compact mixer.3. I've had some problems with getting the dough out of the bowl after it sits out of the fridge to warm up. It's too soft for me to handle. I'm guessing this is because I'm using Dakota Maid bread flour instead of King Arthur? I found that if I put a piece of plastic (sprayed with Pam) on the bottom of the dough bowl and let it extend over the sides, then I can just lift the plastic to get the dough out without wrecking the shape. Once I have it dusted, it's easy to work with.4. I have to use an oven temperature of 475 degrees with the screen on the second lowest rack for 8 minutes, then 1 1/2 minutes at the top rack under the broiler to get the top and bottom just right. (I burned the crust at 500 degrees.)5. I'm always two slices of pizza short for my family, so I ordered a 16 inch pizza screen. I used the calculator to get the following dough ingredient amounts for one 16 inch pie using the 2-day method:Flour (100%): 463.75 g | 16.36 oz | 1.02 lbs Water (56.5%): 262.02 g | 9.24 oz | 0.58 lbs IDY (0.28%): 1.3 g | 0.05 oz | 0 lbs | 0.43 tsp | 0.14 tbsp Salt (01.75%): 8.12 g | 0.29 oz | 0.02 lbs | 1.69 tsp | 0.56 tbsp Canola Oil (7.3%): 33.85 g | 1.19 oz | 0.07 lbs | 7.45 tsp | 2.48 tbsp Sugar (4.3%): 19.94 g | 0.7 oz | 0.04 lbs | 5 tsp | 1.67 tbsp Total (170.13%): 788.98 g | 27.83 oz | 1.74 lbs | TF = 0.1384155 Thank you again! .
Thanks for the recipes. They always turn out so tasty. Here was my try at same day recipe. I still have a ways to go on my pizza making skills.
I'm just curious; if you and your family are enjoying your pizzamaking experience, why not get the King Arthur flour and give yourself all the help you can? Not available to you?Bob
I have nothing against King Arthur. I like using Dakota Maid because it's produced by my family in my back yard. I live in North Dakota. I would have switched to King Arthur if it would have been necessary. Peter: thank you for your suggestions on the weight of the dough for the 16 inch pizza. You are wealth of information.
That pizza looks great J...bottom is awesome!
Does anyone know what bake temp and times that Papa Johns uses? I tried to find the info in this long thread but couldn't find it.
he Special Garlic Sauce is actually quite tasty. In my reading, people often ask how to replicate it. For those who are interested, the ingredients are as follows:Garlic Sauce: Liquid and Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Garlic*, Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Natural Garlic Flavor, Artificial Flavor [butter], Sodium Benzoate (a preservative), Lactic Acid, Calcium Disodium EDTA added to protect flavor, Beta Carotene (Color).Many of the ingredients looked familiar to me. For example, the items underlined above are commonly found in soft margarines. Some brands even have the same preservatives or equivalent ones. It might be possible to replicate the Special Garlic Sauce by adding some butter (or imitation butter flavor or possibly some "butter buds"), garlic powder and fresh garlic (finely pureed) to such a basic soft margarine (e.g., Imperial or Parkay soft). It may also be necessary to add some soybean oil to thin out the margarine, depending on the brand.
For those who are interested in the latest research that I have conducted on the PJ Garlic sauce, see the relevant posts starting at Reply 20 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,25603.msg258314.html#msg258314. Maybe the research will encourage some members, especially those who are intimately familiar with the PJ Garlic sauce and have samples to play around with, will use different garlic forms to see if the margarine products (sticks or spreads) sold at retail in supermarkets can be modified to get a final product that is a credible clone of the PJ Garlic sauce. Peter


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Blumenthal kicks off campaign with bookend stops in Stamford
STAMFORD -- Anyone concerned U.S. Senate nominee Richard Blumenthal has not been spending enough time campaigning this summer should find some comfort in the schedule he kept Wednesday.
Hours after Republican primary voters secured GOP nominee Linda McMahon's spot on the November ballot, her Democratic opponent hit the road, book-ending visits to Hamden, East Hartford, Middletown and Milford with stops in Stamford.
"It's the beginning of a tough fight," Blumenthal, who has held the office of attorney general for two decades, said as he began his day at the Parkway Diner. "But I'm a fighter. I've stood up to the most powerful and biggest special interests and corporations to protect the people of Connecticut. And that's what I want to continue to do."
A popular figure in Connecticut politics, Blumenthal's commanding lead over McMahon, whose family runs Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment, has dwindled to just 10 points according to last week's Quinnipiac University Poll.
McMahon has spent millions of her own fortune bombarding voters with print, television and radio ads promising to use her business savvy to create jobs.
Blumenthal on Wednesday launched a new advertisement after weeks off the air.
But Stamford resident Beka Vuqetaj said at the diner he was confident Blumenthal will be elected and lower unemployment as senator.
"He's going to get more jobs, for sure," Vuqetaj said. "It's a nice surprise, him coming out. Maybe I'll buy him breakfast."
Guy Sasson, owner of a hair salon near the diner, said he has often seen Blumenthal around Stamford, a city he once represented in the General Assembly.
"He's been so visible and so active for so many years that I feel a comfort about him that I don't feel about other politicians," he said.
But Bill Fox of New Canaan said he would prefer to see an outsider elected.
"The existing system is not working," Fox said. "This is a year for non-incumbents."
The benefits of Blumenthal's time as attorney general were on display later in the day when he arrived at Woodmont Farmer's Market in Milford.
"He did a lot to help the commercial fishing industry in Connecticut. A lot," said Laura Gambardella who, with husband Mike, runs an East Haven wholesale fish company.
"And he's a good man to begin with," Mike Gambardella added.
Bob and Kate Harrington, a Milford couple who said they are Democrats, observed Blumenthal from a distance. The couple said they used to like Blumenthal but were troubled by how he has portrayed his military service.
In May the New York Times broke a story, which McMahon subsequently took credit for, about Blumenthal's occasional remarks suggesting he served overseas in Vietnam rather than stateside in the Marine Corps Reserves.
"That's kind of a deal breaker for me," Kate Harrington said.
Blumenthal has apologized for what he has portrayed as misstatements, but McMahon this week mailed out a second flier accusing Blumenthal of dishonoring veterans and "lying for years."
Harrington added she also does not find McMahon's mud-slinging appealing.
"I would get this and not vote for her," she said when shown the new Vietnam flier.
Asked to comment on McMahon's latest barrage, Blumenthal said "the people of Connecticut know me. They've taken the measure of my character over 20 years, not from my words but from my actions."
Blumenthal was met at the market by Jim Santa Barbara, an active Milford Democrat.
Santa Barbara acknowledged McMahon is "waging a very strong campaign."
Asked if he would have liked to see Blumenthal campaigning harder in recent months, Santa Barbara said: "He's doing the most and best he can while he continued to serve the people as Attorney General."
McMahon stepped down as WWE's CEO last fall when she launched her Senate bid.
Kathy Klein of Milford is thinking about voting for McMahon, and it has nothing to do with a decades-old conflict. The owner of Kathy's Famous Cookies said small businesses like hers need help and appreciates McMahon's background.
"(Blumenthal) said `I want to know your thoughts. I want to help you'. Everybody says that," Klein said. "What was great is he bought a whole bunch of cookies."
Blumenthal ended the first day of the general election season at campaign offices in Stamford, thanking several volunteers and repeating his oft-stated assertions that this is a campaign not an auction and they will be outspent but not outworked by McMahon.
"What I've seen him do in the past is real stuff and what people think about him is real stuff," said volunteer Alice Pasternak, an unaffiliated voter who just decided to get involved. "He's been working for the people of Connecticut for a very long time."
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