Rep. Courtney To Live On $32.59 Food Budget For Week In SNAP Challenge
| “ | # Courtney today began Supplemental Nutrition Assist. Prog. Challenge to highlight challenges facing families that receive benefits in E CT. | |||
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| “ | Congressman and Mrs. #Courtney each to live on $32.59 food budget for a week to highlight possible cuts to low-income program #ctpolitics | |||
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| “ | # Courtney today began Supplemental Nutrition Assist. Prog. Challenge to highlight challenges facing families that receive benefits in E CT. | |||
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| “ | The 7-day program limits the amount Congressman #Courtney and his wife can each spend to $32.59/wk or $1.59 per meal. #ctpolitics | |||
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| “ | SNAP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put nutritious food within financial reach for low-income households. | |||
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| “ | #Courtney will tweet his meals using the hash tag #snapchallenge. #ctpolitics | |||
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Rep. Joe Courtney begins the SNAP Challenge:
| “ | Began SNAP challenge with Audrey today to spotlight difficulty of eating on $32 a week. Stay tuned. http://1.usa.gov/n8QUDR | |||
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| “ | Breakfast on day 1 of SNAP benefits challenge: generic cereal with small portion of banana #snapchallenge | |||
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| “ | First lunch of SNAP Challenge: egg salad, carrot, apple #snapchallenge | |||
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| “ | One black bean enchilada each for dinner. Day 1 of SNAP challenge is in the books. #snapchallenge | |||
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| “ | Day 2 of #snapchallenge kicks off with generic cereal and another small portion of bananas. | |||
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| “ | I will also be taking the #snapchallenge! Living on $32.59 food budget for 7 days. Please message or e-mail me with suggestions! | |||
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 | SNAP/Food Stamp Challenges « Food Research & Action Center The SNAP/Food Stamp Challenge gives participants a view of what life can be like for millions of low-income Americans. Most participants take the Challenge for one week, living on about $4 per day worth of food - the average food stamp benefit. |
UConn Women’s Coach Geno Auriemma Comments On Notre Dame, Big East
| “ | Oh boy, Geno Auriemma called out Notre Dame for never joining Big East in football. | |||
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| “ | Geno: “For a lot of us it’s a huge problem … how long are we going to date before we decide this ain’t working….I’m not happy about it. | |||
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| “ | Geno: “That’s not the opinion of UConn, Big East, my president, my AD. That’s just Geno Auriemma’s opinion. I’m pissed about it.” | |||
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| “ | Auriemma believes if ND had come into BE in FB years ago, there wouldn’t be upheaval today. Believes Miami, Va. Tech, BC would have stayed. | |||
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| “ | More Geno on ND: “If you have the ability to put a whole bunch of schools at ease and have the Catholic mentality to serve and help …” | |||
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Joshua Komisarjevsky Verdict Seen On Social Media
| “ | Joshua Komisarjevsky GUILTY of all charges against him in 2007 Cheshire triple murder. He now faces death. #Komis | |||
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| “ | Jury verbally affirming verdicts. For each count. #Komis | |||
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| “ | #Komis yawns and walks out, glancing at press. Trying to pull off unaffected. | |||
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 | Reporters wait for families and lawyers to exit New Haven courthouse. #Komis http://twitpic.com/6ztgmw | ||
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| “ | Dr. Petit: sense of relief, but only part way there. Penalty phase up next. Komis | |||
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| “ | Dr. Petit: a bigger sense of relief because have gone through both trials. #Komis | |||
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| “ | Dr. Petit: knew the appropriate thing was for law to takes it’s course, no matter how slow. #Komis | |||
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| “ | #Komisarjevsky defense attorneys react to verdict, saying they plan to “redouble” effort in penalty phase. Go to null for more. | |||
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| “ | Penalty phase begins Monday Oct. 24 at 10 am. #Komis | |||
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Apple Announces Former CEO Steve Jobs Dies at 56
 | Apple Announces Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs Has Died 6:43 p.m. CDT, October 5, 2011 To our readers: Registration is required before your comments can be posted. Constructive and respectful comments related to the topic of the story are welcome; abusive, crass or vulgar comments are not. Comments containing vulgar words will be filtered out. |
| Apple - Remembering Steve Jobs Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. |
| “ | Apple has set up an email address to share thoughts, memories of Steve Jobs: rememberingsteve@apple.com | |||
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Bomb Scare At Hartford Federal Building
| “ | Bomb scare at Hartford Federal building. The area has been blocked off. http://t.co/n4kGY1SB #breakingnews | |||
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| “ | Bomb Squad member outside Federal Building as seen from our camera http://t.co/U9KRPnYC | |||
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| “ | Bomb Squad member going thru back pack… have seen clothes, water bottle, etc | |||
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When pigs fly
( Oli Scarff, Getty Images / September 26, 2011 ) An inflatable pig flies above Battersea Power Station in a recreation of Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ album cover in London. The classic Pink Floyd album artwork was recreated to mark the release of several digitally remastered versions of their albums.
Live From Day 2 Of Irene Hearings
Residents and town officials discussed the state’s response to Tropical Storm Irene at the second legislative hearing.
| “ | William J. Quinlan, CL&P’s vp of customer solutions, tells #ctirene hearing that co. appreciates feedback, takes concerns v. seriously | |||
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| “ | Ouch! Committee member reminds speaker Joel Gordes that “this is a hearing on hurricane Irene, are you in the right room?” #ctirene | |||
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| “ | William Henderson of the communication workers union, says telecomm restoration after #ctirene was hampere… (cont) http://t.co/VvHhOUE5 | |||
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| “ | Rep. Lavielle says CL&P’s request for a rate hike right after the storm did go over well with her constituents. #ctirene | |||
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| “ | Tree warden says if we get a heavy snowfall or big nor’easter this winter, “it will be deja vu all over again” with power outages. #ctirene | |||
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| “ | RT @CCMAdvocacy: First Selectman Tim Griswold of Old Lyme testifying at CGA #irenect hearing http://t.co/jJJC2u0O | |||
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| “ | Old Lyme first selectman Tim Griswold said state did a pretty good job responding to #Irene but there were some snafus. | |||
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| “ | AfterIreneCT: Old Lyme is within Mill Stone Nuclear Plant, BC of that Mill Stone will register residents’ special needs for better response. | |||
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| “ | Old Lyme EMS director says AT&T and other telecom companies #irene response was worse than CL&P’s. | |||
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| “ | David Roberge of Old Lyme Emergency Management: we felt confident that CL&P would respond well to the storm. Once it passed, CL&P was slow. | |||
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Linda McMahon To Announce Senate Run On Tuesday
| “ | Linda McMahon to announce Senate run Tuesday at 10:30am in Southington #ctpolitics | |||
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BREAKING NEWS: Pajak Sentenced To 11 Years In Trooper’s Death
| “ | Michael Pajak sentenced to 11 years in Connecticut trooper’s death #breakingnews | |||
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Birth control recall due to packaging error
| “ | Birth Control Recall Due To Packaging Error http://cour.at/ofniS9 #health | |||
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