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Editor's Note: Please meet Brenda, from From Me, With Love. I simply love Brenda's clean, simple take on things and I am thrilled that she's joined us as a regular contributor for 2014. Hi everyone! I am Brenda Bird, a graphic designer, and I blog over at From Me, With Love, a lifestyle, design and style blog. I am beyond thrilled to be a new contributor to the Snap blog. When I was 8 years old, my dreams of Santa were dashed. The magic of Christmas didn't feel like it used to. A little dramatic, I know, but I was always told I was an old soul. As I grew up and prepared Christmas for my family, the magic reappeared. I wanted my children to feel the magic of Christmas: the first snow fall, meeting Santa for the first time, making and decorating cookies, going to look at Christmas lights and all that fun stuff. My boys squeal in delight when they find Fred, the elf, in … [Read More...]
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Rolled Fabric Snowman
December 10, 2013 By Mandy Beyeler 1 Comment
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How to Offer A Free Printable On Your Blog
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Stands free and sets up simply so two can slumber comfortably.
Reach for the MSR Hubba Hubba Tent when you head out for some spring, fall, or summer camping with a pal. Divide up this freestanding tent so you'll only carry a couple pounds each; it's simple to set up, which is helpful in bad weather or low light. Forget the tarp and P-cord; you have luxury trail living right here.
- Hub system connects all the poles' sections, which makes setup fast and simply a matter of connecting pole ends and attaching to the mesh body
- Freestanding design gives you the versatility to pitch almost anywhere
- Dual vestibules and doors provide each camper access without disturbing travel his or her travel partner
- A 40-inch interior height provides enough room for an adult to sit up or crouch while inside
- Lightweight canopy material allows for supreme ventilation and airflow inside the living space and protects against flying insects and pests
- Full-coverage rain fly protects this mesh-ventilated tent from nasty weather
- Rain fly and floor use highly durable ripstop nylon that withstands seasons of camping and both utilize waterproof external coatings to keep you dry
- Bathtub-style floor wraps up around the sides of the tent to keep heavy rain and weather from splashing inside
- Multiple guy line points offer the option of adding extra tie-downs for truly brutal wind and weather
- Hit the trail with only the fly and footprint (footprint sold separately) for truly fast-and-light backpacking
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luis leindecker
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Between the hubba hubba and the marmot twilight, which one is more sturdy and weather resistant?
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I own the Hubba Hubba and have spent one night in the Twilight. Overall, they are very similar and you would probably enjoy either one, but my preference is the MSR. I have used it in up to 8 inches of snow and have not had any issues. MSR warranty department is also very helpful, which I appreciated.
Mehhh ...
Jason Mills
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
My girlfriend and I did a lot of research before we pulled the trigger on a two-man, three-season tent. After a summer of weekly use, here's our thoughts:
Things we like: It's pretty light for a two-man, three-season tent. It sets up really easy. It's got a ton of headroom. This thing was bomber during a late-night rain storm. Plenty of room for two dogs and two humans.
Things we don't like: Having a vertical zipper instead of a "frownie face" zipper (ala the zipper on the Big Agnes Seedhouse) on the rain fly means that unless you're really, really gentle, every time you get out of the tent the fly will sag ... bad. There are no vents in the fly ... which would have been a really easy and nice addition.
Overall, we're happy with the tent, but we'd probably go with something different if given another chance.
Mehhh ...
Jason Mills
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Having a vertical zipper instead of a "frownie face" zipper on the rain fly means that unless you're really, really gentle, every time you get out of the tent, the fly is going to end up looking like this. This is a bummer.
Charles Nadal
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vestuble doors sagging because they are not taut get an elastic "o" tie that to the fly put in the stake, bingo!
Hubba in Lassen
Banning Lyon
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Sturdy and roomy
Calvin Bellas
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- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
I bought this tent, because I planned on backpacking with a friend, and also thought it would be a great one person tent, for when I want to store gear inside with me. The tent turned out just as I had expected. Fast, easy pitch. Durable and sound. The two doors and vestibules are a fantastic addition for a two person tent. No climbing over your partner to enter, or exit. I plan on using this tent a lot in the future. I highly recommend it.
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Fantastic Tent
Tyler Dretke
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This tent has been absolutely perfect. It's light but still roomy, and very easy to set up. I've had it for about a year now, and it's been great on every trip I've taken it on.
does this tent come with a footprint or...
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does this tent come with a footprint or do you need to buy it separate?
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Sold separately right here: http://www.backcountry.com/msr-hubba-hubba-hubba-hubba-hp-footprint
Great tent.
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
My wife and I have backpacked with this tent in some pretty tough environments. We camped one night on a mountain in the Scottish Highlands that was completely saturated. We could hear water running under our tent and anything on the floor got wet, our sleeping bags stayed dry on their pads. We were caught in another bad storm with high wents in the French Alps. It was one of the scarriest nights of my life, but somehow the tent survived. My boots were full of water the next morning from rain blowing under the fly. This tent was not designed for those types of conditions, but it made it through. I think this is a great two person backpacking tent.
Good, not great. B+
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I destroyed this tent in a windstorm. Well, the wind destroyed it.
Actually, this was my second such tent. My first Hubba Hubba suffered a pole failure during fairly tame weather (that weird circle hub at the y-junction).
I liked the hubba hubba enough for its features that I gave it a second chance.
Things I liked:
Cavernous. Larger than most Boston-area studio apartments.
Really nice waterproofing on the fly.
Stealthy green color.
Awesome 2 door entrance, huge vestibule, pockets. Lux.
Things I didn't like as much:
(besides having 2 of them fail on me)
Hard to stake out taut
Snow collects on roof (ok, ok, its a 3-season tent, but that my $99 half-fly sierra designs super-clearance-that-one-time tent succeeds in this regard and the hubba hubba struggled is a teensy bit surprising)
Fairly weak floor, tears easily on things
Poles are absolutely itching to bend themselves and stay bent. Beware wind, beware snow, beware ... weather.
Will I buy a third? No.
But I'd like to find something with the advantages of this tent that is just a little stronger.
Charles Nadal
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buy carbon poles, then your set for life
great tent
David Horman
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light, durable, can stand up to the weather. Everything you might want from a 2 man backpacking tent
Hubba Hubba Setup.
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Cool video showing the different ways the tent can be pitched.
White Sands National Monument.
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Hubba Hubba.
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Hubba Hubba loves snow.
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Best tent ever
Chris Yates
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- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This tent is amazing. It has been with me all over the world and has never let me down. It is very light and sets up super fast and easy. It has held up in some pretty nasty storms. My favorite feature is that when you are not using the rain fly it is like you are not in a tent at all since it is almost entirely mesh.
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My husband and I are going on our 4th year in our Hubba Hubba. It is easy to put up and take down for multi-day trips. Split between us, this system is lighter then when we use our hammock systems separately. We regularly camp in the Smokies and surrounding parks so rain is pretty much a constant. After two years of use we retreated the rain fly and reapplied seam sealer as a precaution. We have never had a problem with leaks in the rainfly and only just recently, on our trip to Yellowstone, did we have water seep through the tent floor. It was a torrential downpour and edge of our tent was in a puddle. Turned out to not be much of a problem. We used Tyvek housing wrap for a couple of years for a footprint until we broke down and got the footprint with a giftcard. LOVE the footprint. We not only use it for the Hubba hubba but we also stake it under our hammock systems for a nice "landing pad." As for MSR, the have wonderful customer support. They are very helpful and patient, especially when they are trying to teach you how to replace a section of your pole over the phone. I would buy this tent again in a heartbeat!
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Great Solo
Vincent Lanctot
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If you are like me and like a little extra room and aren't picky about ounces, this is a great tent. I will never go back to only having one door on my 3-season tents, the extra door and vestibule space is superb, especially if you are sharing the tent. I have used this tent for both backpacking and for BWCAW canoe trips. I bought a Sea-to-Summit compression sack (size small) and use it to compress the tent down to the size of a cantaloupe; the stakes, poles and footprint just slide in on the side of the pack. The needle stakes that come with it are great compared to the flimsy, round aluminum stakes you get with most tents, but they can still break (I snapped one going through rocky soil). A good replacement set are the MSR groundhog stakes (http://www.backcountry.com/msr-groundhog-tent-stake-kit)
Have used this tent in the heat of the summer (the mostly mesh walls work great for ventilation), through rain storms in early spring and in the colder, dry late October. The pole system works great, after the first few times setting up, I can now assemble w/ fly in a few minutes. Like I said before, this tent is an excellent solo, great if you travel with a dog and it works well if you are sharing since you each have a door and vestibule. It is a little tight inside with two, but manageable.
I have the 2009 model.
is it a 2011 model on sale? or a 2010...
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is it a 2011 model on sale? or a 2010 one?
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Back in May, when I planted up the newly terraced beds, I was worried that I'd left it all too late for there to be any chance of the garden looking interesting this summer. But three months later, although in no way finished, the garden is full enough to provide me with a daily fix of flowers. Not massive bunches for huge vases, but small posies just large enough to fill a stem vase, little jug, jam jar or tin can. The bunch above, which includes roses, fennel flowers, sweet peas, sedum and achillea (I was guided by the colours on the golden syrup tin), was picked at the start of the week for a friend's birthday.
The next morning I gathered the slightly garish little selection above for the bathroom windowsill. It's not the most tasteful affair, but something about the clash of the nasturtiums and achillea with the soft mauve of the Verbena bonariensis, and the hazey blue of the catnip pleases me – it feels slightly 70s for some reason, like a jolly wallpaper design for the kitchen. Later the same day, rather obsessed with the nasturtiums, which seem to be taking over the garden (more in another post), I picked the flowers below.
The need to keep the sweet peas producing prompted the picking of the next bunch, that and the desire to have the scent filling the kitchen. Incidentally, this vase is my best bargain ever – 25p in a charity shop. I don't know anything about it, it has no mark, but I love its nipped in waist and the graphic grey, black and white stripes which are enlivened by little raised dots of orange and teal – odd and lovely in equal measure.
By midweek my inner Constance Spry had awoken fully, and I found myself tip-toeing through the flower beds in my pyjamas, scissors in hand. No plant was safe. Sedum in particular has been a regular target – fortunately I have a lot of it – and it has proved to be not only a very useful filler, propping floppier flowers up and bulking out the little bunches, but also a star in its own right. I like mixing it with knautia and fennel fronds -
and with verbena bonariensis, which I also have in abundance.
Yesterday I went all out and just cut a bit of anything I could reach without falling over: the last of the buddleja (Black Knight), more verbena, knautia and nepeta, sweet peas, again, some roses – Gertrude is in flower once more – scabiosa and a lone anemone.
It's not a great picture, but this little jug of flowers smells amazing – the combined scent of the musky, honeyed buddleja, the heady sweet peas and the fresh sweetness of Gertrude Jekyll is out of this world. The perfume curls up the stairwell from the kitchen so that every now and then you catch a little waft as you move around the house.
The jug, one of a pair, is a bit of junk shop treasure rather than a charity shop bargain, and it's perfect for flowers. I'm planning to use it for the Nigella which is about to flower any day now.


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Several years ago, when three brothers purchased Villa la Quinta it was merely a shell. After considerable effort, money and inspiration, Villa la Quinta is restored to a level surpassing its former glory. Today, this wonderful property houses six apartments, three of which are home to the intrepid brothers and their children. The remaining three apartments are for our non-smoking guests to enjoy. Villa la Quinta is a couple of miles away from Bellagio. A spacious lawn with lovely gardens that are meticulously kept ends along the lake's shore at a small, furnished rocky cove with direct lake access. Each apartment is assigned its own furnished outdoor dining area with a breathtaking lake view. Even the family's friendly dog meanders about enjoying the scenery. Each apartment offers terracotta flooring, air conditioning and a washing machine. The Torrelago apartment is without a living room and is most comfortable for one couple or a family. Inside, it has access to a small viewing tower with standing panoramic lake vistas. All apartments include in the price: heat, air conditioning, a mid-week towel change and Wi-Fi. The owners of Villa la Quinta have a wine shop in the center of Bellagio. When visiting their establishment, Parker guests are given a complimentary tasting of four wines. From the grounds behind Villa la Quinta, a footpath leads to two tiny lakefront villages. Take a 10 minute walk into the village of San Giovanni offering a village grocer, a small restaurant serving the fishermen's local catch and seasonal ferry service. Continue along the path and within half a mile is the fishing village of Loppia with the entrance to the world renowned, English-style gardens of Villa Melzi. This property is found along the main narrow road connecting Como to Bellagio. The local bus to Como and Bellagio stops within 50 yards of the villa's main gate with service ending around 7:30 pm. Public transit is a good option for day trips; however, a rental car is a must, since all public transit stops early in the evening. Passenger ferries traverse the lake daily until dusk. A 300 yard walk from the estate grounds leads to San Giovanni where the ferry stops twice in the morning and twice in the late afternoon, from June through September, on its way to Bellagio. The ferry landing in Bellagio offers a more extensive schedule and car ferries for visiting Menaggio, Cadenabbia and Tremezzo within 25 minutes. Scenic tours of the entire lake as well as the splendid gardens of Villa Carlotta and Villa del Balbianello may be enjoyed by ferry. With a combination of ferry and scenic drives, Lake Lugano, Switzerland is just over an hour, and St. Moritz is within 2 hours. Milan airport is only a 90 minute drive away. A tourist tax collected by the town is paid separately on the first seven nights. Children under age 11 are exempt. The links to view the other rental apartments in this building: - Villa la Quinta - Arco for 4 - Villa la Quinta - Moka for 2 Technical Description Second floor (unheated): Small tower with standing panoramic views over the lake. This room is not air conditioned. |
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The Center for Sustainable Communities at Willamette University is pleased to join with The Resource Innovation Group and the Climate Leadership Initiative (TRIG/CLI) in a collaborative partnership focused on applied research, policy analysis, education, technical assistance, and public service projects. We look forward to aligning our individual missions in an effort to foster an atmosphere of collaboration between our organizations.
TRIG/CLI has developed a national and international reputation researching the impacts of climate change (social, ecological, economic, and cultural), and facilitating regional governmental and non-governmental responses to those impacts. More information about their various ongoing projects is available at http://www.theresourceinnovationgroup.org/.
Former Willamette University President Pelton and TRIG Executive Director Bob Doppelt signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formally affiliates TRIG/CLI with Willamette University and the Center for Sustainable Communities. TRIG/CLI continues to be based out of their present offices in Eugene, but beginning in September 2011 TRIG/CLI has begun working more closely with interested Willamette faculty to share research and education projects, provide internships and research experiences for Willamette students, and will begin monthly research and work presentations/workshops on campus. At present, TRIG/CLI is examining basing at least one of their latest projects—the Willamette Basin Resiliency Compact—in Salem. The Center for Sustainable Communities looks forward to working with TRIG/CLI as we work together to find solutions to ensure a sustainable future.
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The Rum Diary details
Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
Starring: | Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi, Aaron Eckhart, Amaury Nolasco, Richard Jenkins, Marshall Bell |
Director: | Bruce Robinson |
Genres: | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama |
Studio: | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
Collections: | Drama Greats, March - Action/Comedy |
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The Rum Diary |
15 Feature |
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Run time: | 2 hours |
Rental release: | 05 Mar 2012 |
Main languages: | English |
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After a three year delay we can all breathe a sigh of relief, as The Rum Diary is certainly worth the wait.
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The hum-drum diary!
By Stocks (13 reviews) from Eastleigh , 23 May 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
There were some quite funny moments, but unfortunately they didn't really link together in any sort of coherant way.
I usually like Johnny Depp films but this one was just odd. Most of the film is just him wandering around. I couldn't really make out any sort of storyline.
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(189)Self-discovery, corruption, and rage aplenty!
By NedMerrill (11 reviews) from Scotland , 12 May 2013[Highly rated reviewer]
The point to this inspirational film, as some reviews point out as being pointless, is to show the brutality and the greed of America and their exploitation, control and disregard of foreign relations, as European colonialism did before the the U. S. The main protagonist Paul Kemp (Hunter S. Thompson) progressively discovers these horrors and concludes with his idealism 'of ink and rage' that propelled his fame. Other reviewers, making claims that there was no point to the literary adaption of one of Hunter's first novels unpublished at the time. Seem to lack integrity and understanding, most likely due to their spoon fed tastes and brainwashed lack of critical analysis. Perhaps they should stick to watching mind numbing banal cinema or television like channel 5, ITV2 or E4 rather than, seeking out to attempt a negative review of a film they can't grasp. Most probably Johnny Depp, who plays Thompson yet again with respect and savoir-faire, dragged them to watch it, these people have sent me to to write with 'rage' as too most likely Thompson would have done too, or at least threw them a barrage of insults. Oh the irony, wake up, it's not that complex to grasp. This is a film of self-discovery, the imagery and symbolism throughout lets us feel and follow Kemp's growing distrust of abusive authority and the way racism and the media's manufacture of what's 'news'. Fighting of male chickens [apparently the usage of 'c*ck-fighting according to this site is rude] and swastikas, for example aid the themes of political exploitation and mistreatment of race and culture. Perhaps 'The American Dream' isn't quite what most of us are led to believe. Not recommended for 'swine' without the ability to think, get back to your Daily Mail and watch movies that perhaps star Adam Sandler and prompt no use of thinking at all. 'Bah-Rumbug', 'Humdrum Diaries' sound like puns from a red top. As the film explicitly points out all humans have capacity to think for themselves, why not try then.- Was this review helpful to you?
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not one of Depp's better films
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Humdrum diaries
By Muppett (17 reviews) , 28 Feb 2013This is a strange film, which never really gets going..we were expecting more, having read previous reviews but found it tedious and, at times, quite boring. As others have commented there is no real plot or ending..the film just plods along and then stops! Shame.....- Was this review helpful to you?
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The @ThisisVT Twitter handle launches today, organized by The Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing with new authors tweeting weekly.
Vermont residents can now use an "official" Twitter account to share why they love to work, play and live in Vermont. This uncensored account is a first for the U.S. Both Sweden and The Netherlands were the first countries to launch such a campaign in 2012.
"Vermonters are unique, with equally unique reasons for why they live in, and love Vermont," Deputy Commissioner Steve Cook said. "This social media platform offers a tremendous opportunity for Vermonters to showcase their experiences and the Vermont Tourism team aims to share these stories with visitors or those considering relocating to our state."
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16,728,267 Another day as solidly #5 in the world! I think we'll need t_ski back with the HD7970s to seriously challenge Kaiserslautern again It's great that we've shown #4 to be within our reach Kandersteg, Switzerland:
17,578,011 Still hanging out doing a great job at #5 in the world! We have just over a day until we overtake the Czechs and then barely over two weeks until the Taiwanese too will fall to the mighty TPU! A Merry Christmas kitten
Looks like it was an extra $75 in my power bill for 24/7 crunching on two rigs + random crunching on as many as three others
16,950,231 Just a tad under 17 million, and still solidly #5 in the world! Tomorrow should see us rise to #18 in the world by total points Dorington, California:
17,384,771 An impressive seventeen million points once again! Still #5 in the world, but by an uncomfortably small margin (3k BOINC points) today Aiguille-du-Midi, France We've now overtaken the Czech National Team! rockout:
Keep up the great work fellas. Haven't been on much at all, I literally just come home to sleep and that's it. This holiday season has been beyond nuts for me. Glad to see everything going smooth.
17,294,696 Just barely beaten out of spot #5 in the world. C'mon guys, let's crank up some new hardware and push to #5 and beyond! Austria:
Great job Team! We'll bring those #'s back up soon enough- repairs and upgrades are underway for quite a few members
Another 80k BOINC coming within 48 hours and then another 40k or so within a week (going back to school & can fire up everything else) Then a DP Xeon the week after and perhaps a HD78x0 a week after that
18,908,796 Nearly nineteen million again, and we beat out Easynews for #5 (and we're just shy of Kaiserslautern and their #4 spot!) Yosemite Valley:
Daily Numbers for 12/31/12! 16,488,567 Nearly sixteen and a half million on the last day of 2012! We seem to have been caught a bit off guard, but we'll bounce back in no time Matterhorn Mountain, Switzerland
19,756,866 Amazing work everyone--so close to twenty million! You've all worked hard for this! Tomorrow should be sweet! #5 in the world today! Norway!
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CHERRY GROVE TOWNSHIP -- Authorities say two men have died after separate snowmobile crashes in the same township in northwestern Lower Michigan.
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Written by Corey Fyke.
New data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey an analyzed by Connecticut Voices for Children show that the official end of the Great Recession hasn't improved Connecticut's child-poverty profile.
In fact, there was a net increase between 2008 and 2012 in child poverty, according to a release from Connecticut Voices for Children: More than one in seven Connecticut children lived in poverty last year, an increase of more than 17% since 2008.
At the start of the Great Recession, Connecticut experienced the largest increase in child poverty of any state in the nation, rising from 7.9% in 2007 to 9.3% in 2008.
"Given what we know about the link between child poverty, decreased educational opportunity, and lower lifetime earnings, these numbers bode poorly not only for the children living in need but also for the long-term economic health of our state," said Ellen Shemitz, Executive Director of Connecticut Voices for Children.
Among Connecticut children under age 18, 14.8% (117,000 children) lived in families with incomes under the Federal Poverty Level in 2012, up from 12.6% in 2008. This compares with an overall increase in poverty in the state from 9.3% in 2008 to 10.7% (372,000 residents) in 2012. (In 2012, the federal poverty threshold was $23,283 for a two-parent household with two children.)
"Child poverty reflects policy choices made at the local, state and federal levels. Our success in dramatically decreasing poverty among the elderly demonstrates how well we can bend the curve when we want to," Shemitz said. "To bend the curve in child poverty, we need to make strategic investments in programs and services that work: quality early childhood education, targeted parenting support, universal access to health care, and tools that provide economic security."
Click here to access more information on the Census data on the Connecticut Voices website.
— Information from Connecticut Voices for Children


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mac.column.ted: Make the Most of Your AirPort Network
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A wireless network, especially one set up with an Apple AirPort Base Station, combined with broadband Internet access is a surefire recipe for computer joy. For starters, there is the obvious benefit of the speedy 24/7 online access. If you have more than one Mac in your home, perhaps you have discovered the added joy of sharing data among your connected Macs, such as via iTunes Music Sharing or even via the Finder. But all of that just scratches the surface of what you can do. Ignoring these features is a … Read more


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UGA students who meet guidelines recieve the flu shot
(AP) -- The University of Georgia is offering students and their spouses or domestic partners free swine flu vaccinations on campus this week.
Students and partners who meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines can get the shot or nasal spray between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the University Health Center from Wednesday through Friday, and at the Tate Student Center next Monday and Tuesday.
Steven Dumpert, a risk communicator for the state's Northeast Health District, says that as college students get their swine flu shots, demand for the vaccine should ease in Clarke County.
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Good, bad and simply ridiculous: post-camp commentary around the web
As Climate Camp 2010 winds down, there's been plenty of debate happening online. So here's a quick tour of some of the articles which are doing the rounds. Starting with some light amusement, we have Alan Cochrane in the Telegraph … Continue reading


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CULLODEN COVE is a private two-story villa, plus cottage that sleeps 1-10. As you turn off the main road onto a hidden drive, through rows of Traveller`s Palms, you`ll pass two cottages. The 1st being your grounds keeper/security/maintenance man Winston, the other is for you and your guests enjoyment. At the end of the drive sits CULLODEN COVE, the refurbished 1920�s Anglo-Jamaican country house surrounded by gardens that are favored by everyone from naturalists to bird watchers. This property features over 200 species of rare plants, plus an abundance of fruiting trees - everything from Avocado, Banana, Breadfruit, Coconut, Grapefruit, Guava, Jamaican apple, June plum, Lime, Lychee, Passion fruit... There is typically fresh fruit to eat as well as fresh cut flowers (birds of paradise, heliconia, hibiscus, to name a few) in vases strewn about the villa all year round for guests to enjoy.
There are two covered terraces for guests to occupy, each with there own special nuance � one is beach side where you gaze off into the azure Caribbean sea as you sip your Blue Mountain morning coffee or evening cocktail and leave everything behind. There is also a two tiered terrace below the house where both relaxation and entertaining happen, there is a large dining area for up to 10 guests, comfortable sofa and chairs as well as hanging seats. The lower terrace is covered with two vines, passion fruit and thumbergia, which serves as a canopy of beautiful hanging purple flowers all year long. This provides excellent shade as well as attracting a constant stream of humming birds throughout the day who feast on the nectar of the purple flowers. Day-beds and chairs are provided for lounging. You can also dine here under the stars.
As you gaze across the grand lawns from this terrace, which sweep down to the infinity pool and your own private sandy entranced beach/swimming cove you face sunset and the calm lit night. Everything one can think of or ask for is provided here at CULLODEN COVE.
The enhanced modern kitchen with black granite counter tops and cedar cabinets is fully equipped with everything for guests who might enjoy cooking with the island`s wonderful variety of fresh seafood, fruit and vegetables from local fishers and Whitehouse market -- electric stove, refrigerator, microwave, kettle and coffee maker. Although, your housekeepers Dion and Lily are happy to prepare you breakfast, lunch and dinner, as you wish with the same locally procured, fresh fruits, vegetables, seafood as well as free-ranged meats.
If you wish to experience some of the local culture and go shopping at the nearby market for some of your meal supplies, Dion or Lily would be pleased to have the company, but don�t fret if all you want to do is sit and read in the loungers while sunbathing, go snorkeling at the off-shore reef, gaze at the ocean from the infinity pool, walk through the gardens to take in the vibrant colors of the flowers�all this plus more awaits you at CULLODEN COVE.
Villa Sleeping Arrangements, 3 Bedrooms, 1-6 guests:
Bedroom 1: with sea and garden views, queen size four-poster bed with Egyptian cotton sheets and a canopy mosquito net, large walk-in closet, en-suite bathroom, A/C and ceiling fan.
Bedroom 2: with sea and garden views via windows and balconies, queen-size four-poster bed with Egyptian cotton sheets and a canopy mosquito net, wardrobe, shared bathroom, plus access to additional bathroom with walk-in shower downstairs, A/C and ceiling fan.
Bedroom 3: with sea and garden views, two twin beds with Egyptian cotton sheets and a canopy mosquito net, large wardrobe, shared bathroom, plus access to additional bathroom with shower downstairs, A/C and ceiling fan.
Cottage Sleeping Arrangements, 2 bedrooms, sleeps 1-4 guests:
Bedroom 1: with garden views, queen size four-poster bed with Egyptian cotton sheets and a canopy mosquito net, wardrobe, shared bathroom, ceiling fan.
Bedroom 2: with garden view, two twin beds with Egyptian cotton sheets and a canopy mosquito net, wardrobe, shared bathroom and ceiling fan.
Weekly Rental Rates:
Low Season
2 Bedrooms $3,100.00
3 Bedrooms $3,325.00
4 Bedrooms $3,450.00
5 Bedrooms $3,570.00
High Season
2 Bedrooms $3,720.00
3 Bedrooms $3,990.00
4 Bedrooms $4,190.00
5 Bedrooms $4,490.00
5 Bedrooms $5,400.00
New Year
5 Bedrooms $6,000.00
5 Bedrooms $3990.00
Property Amenities
*Beach Terrace - the raised beach terrace is at the foot of the garden, overlooking the beach and the sea. It is a beautiful spot for breakfast, sundowners and romantic dinners. Tables and chairs are provided for dining and a large sofa is available for lounging after meals or daytime snoozing.
*Beach - the private beach is yours to enjoy. Sun-loungers are provided for tanning and hammocks for cooling out in the shade. A reef half a mile offshore provides shelter from heavy waves and excellent snorkelling (a five minute ride in a local fishing boat if too far to swim!). You can also snorkel immediately offshore and always see some coral, fish and seagrass. The water is sufficiently shallow for you to walk to some of the other beautiful private beaches just minutes from our shore.
*Garden - the mature gardens (over 40 years old) are one of the property�s main assets. A wide range of tropical flowers can be found including many types of birds of paradise (helicona), bourganvilia and hibiscus. Wild orchids grow in many trees. Fresh cuttings adorn tables around the villa and cottage. There are also a large number of fruit trees and plants including: Avocado, Banana, Breadfruit, Coconut, Grapefruit, Guava, Jamaican apple, June plum, Lime, Lychee, and many more. Something is always in season and fresh fruits from the garden are served to guests. The gardens are also home to many types of birds including parrots and hummingbirds.
*Infinity pool - a beautifu l infinity pool was added to the property in December 2009. The pool, which is at the bottom of the garden, has an infinity edge which looks onto the beach and the Caribbean sea. It is surrounded by a large sundeck.
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The result of these revisions will be significantly lower income-tax revenue and more money from sales taxes.
Although some sales taxes may be necessary revenue sources for state and local governments, sales taxes are excessively regressive. A small cut in the state sales-tax rate and reduction of number of sales categories that are currently exempt from sales taxes, both proposed under the Kasich plan, will result in our poorest Ohio residents (those who spend most of their income on basic needs) to pay proportionately more of the overall tax burden.
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ShootMania: Storm Elite demo now available
A demo for ShootMania: Storm Elite is now available, featuring a full mode from the retail product. It can be downloaded through ManiaPlanet, shootmania.com or Steam – where it is also 50% off. The demo also offers a taste of 3v3 action, matchmaking, dedicated rankings and progression levels. Plus, if you play the demo between now and October 31, you could win a PlayStation 4 or the game. Details through here. A video is below.
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Insomnia 49 gaming festival going on right now
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ShootMania demo and tournament being held at Currys PC World March 30 in London
Ubisoft will be hosting an all-day demonstration of ShootMania at the Gaming Bunker, in Currys PC World – Tottenham Court Road, London. Attendees can try out the e-sports title online and against friends from 11am to 3pm on Saturday March 30. You could end up winning various prizes in the mini-tournament at the end of the day. To participate, show up early and register. More information is available through the game's Facebook page.
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ShootMania and TrackMania 2 receive Twitch streaming
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ManiaPlanet 2.0 now in alpha
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Monday, 12 December 2011
Modification Monday: Sheep Baby Cardigan
Original Pattern: Sheep Heid
Knitter Extraordinaire: Ann (Ravelry Id, Blog)
Mods: Turned the stranded colourwork hat pattern into a baby/ toddler cardigan. Projec tpage with details can be found here.
What Makes This Awesome: This is a stunning sweater- I love the use of the sheep design at the hem only, and the geometric shapes at the yoke. Everything about this feels like it's in proportion- the balanced use of neutrals, the pop of green (how perfect for the button band?!), even the sheep. It's just beautiful!
9 comments:
- Stripeyspots said...
Agreed. Just perfect.
- 12 December 2011 09:00
- Tanis said...
Gorgeous mod. I love the choice of un-orthodox "baby" colours, that acid green paired with brown, it's a stunner.
- 12 December 2011 09:24
- Jacey said...
I agree with Tanis on the color choices. Stunning sweater!
- 12 December 2011 11:51
- French Press Knits said...
Wow...we already know I have a weakness for little sheep- this is amazing!
- 12 December 2011 15:22
- Lucy Chen said...
what a beautiful cardi!
- 13 December 2011 05:23
- knittingqueen said...
Absolutely stunning. What a beautiful sweater. WOW!!!
Joan from Wisconsin - 13 December 2011 08:28
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- Evelyn said...
There is something so wonderfully old-fashioned about this cardi ... I think it's the sweet little collar!
- 13 December 2011 19:11
- Dawn said...
I love this modification! The cardigan is so vintage and classic without looking outdated!
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From: Mark Hahn on Monday, April 11, 2005 9:40 PM > >> > We just installed a small cluster and are running NASTRAN 2005 on >> it... > >(on a cluster of intel duals, and it doesn't seem to scale well >when both cpus on a node are busy.) > >> Nastran doesn't really want to run more than one job (MPI rank) per >> node. > >I bet that isn't true on dual-opterons. Pretty much true. Think disk I/O. >> The distro can/will have a significant impact on allocatable memory. >> Nastran uses brk(2) to allocate memory, so the TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE is >> significant. [...] > >on ia32, TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE, by default, is at 1GB rather than ~1.3. >easy to change, though, at least to give 2-2.5 GB on ia32. It may *not* be easy to change, depending on the distro and glibc. But, if you do whatever work is needed, you can push the memory allocation up to about 2.1-2.3 GiB. >> I can't comment on SATA, but PATA disks are a really bad choice, as they >> require too much effort from the CPU to drive them--SCSI is MUCH >> preferred in that case. > >this is one of the longest-lived fallacies I've ever personally >experienced. >it was true 10+ years ago when PIO was the norm for ATA disks. >busmastering >has been the norm for PATA for a long while. Benchmarks prove my point... PATA disks are *horrible* for Nastran. And, as I stated above, I don't have info on SATA. >> As for CPU v. I/O. The factors are (in no order): >> >> fp performance >> memory b/w >> disk b/w >> memory size >> >> Which of the above dominates the analysis depends on the analysis. > >for the reported symptoms (poor scaling when using the second processor), >the first doesn't fit. memory bw certainly does, and is Intel's main >weak spot right now. then again, disk bw and memory size could also fit >the symptoms (since they're also resources shared on a dual), but would be >diagnosable by other means (namely, both would result in low %CPU >utilization; >the latter (thrashing) would be pretty obvious from swap >traffic/utilization.) Correct on possible causes, also noted above, but I don't recall any information on other symptoms to identify a specific causality. >like I said, I bet the problem is memory bandwidth. mainly because I just >don't >see programs waiting on disk that much anymore Nastran can be one of those. Think terabytes of I/O to tens of gigabyte files. > it does happen, but large >writes these days will stream at 50+ MB/s, and reads are often cached. 50 MB/s? That's *very* slow. For example, if typically running large modal frequency analyses, you should be providing >300 MB/s uncached on ia32 and >600 MB/s uncached on IPF. >I should mention that if HT is enabled on these duals, the problem could be >poor HT support in your kernels. (HT creates two virtual processors for >each physical one. if the scheduler treats HT-virtual processors as real, >you will get very poor speedup. this would also be diagnosable by simply >running 'top' during a test.) I'm fairly certain this was fixed in 2.6, but could be wrong. To repeat, "which of [several factors] dominates the analysis depends on the analysis". -- David N. Lombard My comments represent my opinions, not those of Intel Corporation.
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