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| Renewable Energy World discusses the nuts and bolts of getting solar power operational at utility-scale. Dispatchability The ability to be able to turn solar services on and off at a moments notice. Stability The ability to manage the fluctuation of grid... |
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| A sheepish note came in regarding the latest episode of "The Bachelor," apologizing "OK, I admit it, I am a closet junkie for this stupid show, but I am hooked." I just read your column online this morning about last...... |
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| Matthew Hunte via Twitter provides me this interesting examination of Roberto Bolao oeuvre. It was brilliant. I couldnt stop laughing. It was a game but also a joke, a humongous joke. I felt gratified. I was anxious to read more from... |
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| It's coming. This past weekend, the mid-Atlantic states were hit with record snowfalls. As we tuned into the Internet weather services, they were predicting snowfalls in feet rather than inches. That's scary, especially when Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia... |
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| NBC Connecticut reporter Monica Buchanan brought her mother into the newsroom this week. Mom was visiting from out of town, and Monica was introducing her around. I was eating dinner when my turn came, so I was especially suave shaking hands... |
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| from Newcomer I spent today at the WES attending both sessions of the 2010 Winter Olympics. I had not had a chance to attend them before, although my children have participated in prior years. I just have to commend the PE... |
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| Be ready for the kids to stay home tomorrow. In the unlikely event that you are not aware, we are expected to get 12+ inches of snow tomorrow. There is also supposed to be strong wind gusts - so be prepared... |
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| Between midnight and Wednesday evening, the National Weather Service predicts up to 12 inches of snow will be dumped on the state in a storm that could reach near blizzard conditions at times. It could be the biggest storm of the... |
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| Pop shares a story about my kind-hearted brother Pete and about his days in New York City during Prohibition. Springfield College, Springfield, Mass. Mr. Harold Lufkin, V.P. Feb. 15, 1961 Newton Mfg. Co. Newton, Iowa. Dear Mr. Lufkin Thanks a lot... |
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| "If You Don't Know Where You Are Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else," is the title of a self-help book advocating the benefits of having a plan. David Campbell authored the book in 1974 that some believe is the genesis... |
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| from: | THE TIDE |
posted: | 02/09/2010 17:23:00 |
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| Rasmussen reports that its latest national telephone poll shows that 75 percent of likely voters are at least "somewhat angry" at the government. That's an increase of nine percent from last September. Of this 75 percent, 45 percent say they are... |
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| An industry colleague ran into a situation today where a financial advisor is recommending that the plaintiffs take cash and purchase a SPIA in lieu of receiving a structured settlement and called to ask me for my thoughts. A Single...... |
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| I admit it. Im late way late to the Ikea party. Ive been snooping around a little bit and Im still not sure what all the fuss has been about home-wise. As for food, Im not all that interested in the... |
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| from: | CT Food |
posted: | 02/09/2010 15:53:39 |
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| On Monday nights, The Son and I sit around engaging in talmudic analysis of "24." He raised an excellent point last night. How can there be a "24" feature film without violating the essential premise of "24" (a full day...... |
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| Via Orient Lodge Freedom of Information and Political Campaigns Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 02092010 - 1437 Saturdays Hartford Courant has an article about a complaint that Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz used public data for private use. After a... |
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| Cynsations did a post last month on the American Indian Youth Services Awards. The winner for best picture book was A Coyote Solstice Tale by Thomas King with illustrations by Gary Clement. This is the same Thomas King... |
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| Don't Miss two days of informative and compelling seminars, panels and exhibits from the leaders in the world of green energy, green building, recycling, and conservation Feb. 19-20. Green Energy and Building Expo at Mohegan Sun Casino Resort...... |
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| An e-mail dropped in my inbox earlier from CT State Dems. I have to say, I was pretty taken aback. I don't expect e-missives in a multi candidate race on State Central letterhead, particularly when there is a message on the... |
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| Last night, when getting ready for bed, my daughter took a paperclip out of her pocket. Where d you get that? I asked her. From school, she replied. I asked her if the teacher said it was okay, and she said... |
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| The beauty of today s real estate market is in the eye of the beholder. Buyers will like that prices have dropped. Inventory is up. Homes are taking longer to sell. Buyers have many more choices. Sellers will not like that... |
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| Though not an earthquake the standard quake methodology was use for creating the map. I've never gone through the reporting process before, but was impressed with the questionnaire on which the estimates are based.... |
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| That is according to the CBO Adjusted for timing shifts, Medicare spending rose by $7 billion (or 5 percent). Of course this is reason to be outraged at all that government spending coming out of our pockets, right? Right? Thankfully... |
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| Saturdays Hartford Courant has an article about a complaint that Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz used public data for private use. After a brief investigation, I find that The Friends of Susan 2010 has used public data as part of... |
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| OK, this is pretty funny. ... |
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| Aleah and I sit at a little table outside her public-school first-grade classroom. She is one of my reading buddies she was last year, too. First grade was a little too much for her, so she's repeating it. First grade...... |
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| Hamden s new mayor said he d like to tear down the Berlin Wall dividing his town from New Haven s Brookside projects. Maybe. Three years from now. If New Haven succeeds in building a safer new neighborhood.... |
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| After attending the MetroHartford Alliance Rising Star Breakfast this morning, I took a couple minutes to snap some pictures of the major construction projects around the Convention Center. It was exciting to see crews hard at work improving Downtown Hartford. Much... |
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| PBS has "must-see" viewing tonight. (It s on at 1100 on my PBS station in NYC. Check the PBS Independent Lens website here for local listings and more details.) It s a documentary called Herskovits at the Heart... |
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| John Barrows commented on Laura's photo ' Samossa ' I would use phyllo... |
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| The war correspondence of General George Washington includes an extraordinary letter, written on February 22, 1779 to one of my ancestors Col. Matthias Ogden of the 1st New Jersey Battalion (Continental). It was not particularly unusual for the Commander in...... |
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| We received the following press release from the Governor s Office at 1027 a.m. this morning, Tuesday, February 9 Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that Wednesday, February 10, will be observed as a statewide Day of Mourning for the five... |
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| Today s newborn made me want to have another baby so sweet! He never slept but he SMILED at me for 2 hours! #fb... |
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| Who owns your social graph? According to Super Bowl fans, anyone can. According to Forrester Research, only your employer -- or at least your boss owns a big chunk of your personal human network. We'll start with football. On Sunday ad... |
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| The New Britain Herald has more on the Save Our Newspaper Through Government Advertising campaign. Here it is. I may be waiting long time for a newspaper editorial to really dissect this issue and examine whether it would be a lack... |
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| CT National Historic Landmark # 11 Kimberly Mansion 1625 Main Street, Glastonbury (Private Residence) I stopped by this house for the purposes of the Freedom Trail post on it. I really enjoyed learning the story then, and re-reading about it now.... |
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| In the former Soviet block country of Albania they just unanimously passed an Anti-Discrimination law. According to the ILGA Albania is a potential candidate country for joining the European Union and is required to adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation. ILGA-Europe regards new... |
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| Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. All over the country this week there are celebrations galore honoring this momentous occasion. A portion of our Troop attended the District Round Table and 100th Anniversary Birthday Party...... |
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| Wordless Wednesday www.sandycarlson.net... |
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| Marianne at The Royal Bacon Society recently gave away 10 coupons each good for a free pound of Oscar Mayer's new Super Thick Cut Applewood Smoked Bacon, and I was one of the lucky recipients. If you remember, back in July... |
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| The seventeenth century home of Dr. John Olmstead, Norwich s first physician, was located at the current site of Lathrop Manor, on Washington Street in Norwichtown. He later sold his house, built around 1660, to Samuel Lathrop (1650-1732). It was then... |
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| THIS IS A LIVE BLOG I'm at the Danbury Superior Court House awaiting the start of the Joe DaSilva and Troy Grant cases. DaSilva, the owner of The Palace Theatre is charged with manslaughter in the connection of the death of... |
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| If you're a fan of the Office, you know that Dunder Mifflin was just acquired on the show, and the characters are going through the typical process of a corporate acquisition. NBC has a great history of tying the on-screen fun... |
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| Here are a few of the things that caught my attention last week. Dan dugg the link Fed Up School...... |
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| i'm old enough to remember when the central was a REAL theater. i remember how the center USED to be. i want it back like that now. i hate most of what it has become. i loved the bookworm though. since... |
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| Author and investigator Jack Cashill (he who plumbed the depths of Obama s Dreams of My Father and detected the hand of Bill Ayers) has come up with an interesting new theory about the origins of Barack Hussein Steve * Obama.... |
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| Not sure what I was thinking when I agreed to writing for my company blog. I should have known better than to believe I could write one entry a week in any less than six or eight hours. Why can't... |
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| By guest blogger Phil Turner of McCue Mortgage The Super Bowl is over and the best team won the game. Now its time to get back to the real world. If you want to take advantage of the up to $8,000.00... |
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| The local sports scene has come at us fast and furious lately, and it has kept me away from this space for too long, but we will try to unleash some random thoughts this afternoon. First, on this Day After Super... |
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| Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy Blog compiled this neat video of what the Sun has been doing for us lately... |
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| Lots more details to come, but I wanted to fill you in on some exciting news for moms and moms-to-be in Fairfield County (and beyond). Mark your calendars now for April 25, 2010 because there's a special event just for you... |
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| I've been to the dock in Norwalk where the oyster boats come in maybe 10 times over the past six years and although I love the old boats, I've never been asked spontaneously to go out on one (the one time... |
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| from: | sphere |
posted: | 02/08/2010 13:43:12 |
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| After announcing his availability for a U.S. Senate position to be vacated at the end of Chris Dodds term, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal -- who has no plans to leave office during his campaign mentioned several times in press appearances his... |
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| Just curious. If there had been an accurate way to tabulate the information, I would have liked to know the highest level of education attained by Nashville Tea Party convention attendees. I'll cite a couple of U.S. Census Bureau statistics to... |
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| Currently at work on an adaptation of MOBY DICK for the students of Ledyard High School to perform this spring. Started reading the hefty book just before Christmas - making plenty of notes across many pages. Some of the folks at... |
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| My Grandmother Bertha used to be a maid on Park Avenue back in the 1930 s. She always said the best way to clean something was to let it air-out, on a clothes line, in direct sunlight. That is what Fergus... |
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| I have never been out on Long Island Sound in February. To the best of my memory, I don't think I have ever been aboard a boat here during the 90-plus days we call winter. I have ventured out in early... |
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| An exhibition of more than 24 pastels and oil paintings entitled Color within Color Landscape and Still Life opened January 11, 2010 at The Gallery at Greenwich Tavern. The exhibit showcases the work of Rowayton artist Betty Ball. Ball has been... |
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| In addition to a pair of well-matched teams and a sufficient dose of fourth-quarter suspense concerning the outcome, yesterday's Super Bowl was the first in several years to feature an ad meriting comment in an energy blog. The subject of the... |
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| The "Unwatchable NBA" Update During a 91-81 loss to Atlanta last week, the Chicago Bulls shot 0-for-10 from three-point range. I'm just wondering what the father of a young Bulls fan tells his kid after the game when the child remarks,... |
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| Monday , Feb. 8, 900 pm , ON W. Hartford Cable Access Channel 5, AND streaming live, AT www.whctv.org all new episode}... |
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| I read a couple of Florida books this weekend. They're melding together, just like all the category romances I read for The Big Contest** And they're the perfect antidote to sentimentality. Kind of acid to romance's base. My brain is now... |
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| Arne Duncan's Race to the Top is coming under increased scrutiny because improprieties keep springing up faster than test scores. Late last year, Pro-Publica published an article asserting that education funding was being appropriated for "Phantom School Districts" - a phrase... |
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| Just as the Saints had carried the people through their terrible, difficult times, the fans now turned out to carry the Saints. For forty years, through good times and bad, New Orleans had always stuck by its team. Tonight would be... |
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| (New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter (22) intercepts the ball for a 74-yard touchdown)New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl! Great game last night. It looked like Payton Manning and the Colts were well on their way to another Super Bowl... |
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| Top Ten reasons to attend the CHSA Awards Banquet on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Remember this is a celebration so dress to impress! This is a dress-up affaire! 10. Awesome Food - Send the invitation form and check by Monday,...... |
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| Back in September 2009, ProGreenSports polled more than 50 North American professional sports teams in the National Football League, National Hockey League, National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball. The survey results released late last month reveal, rather convincingly, that pro... |
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| By Alan Seeger I. First, London, for its myriads for its height, Manhattan heaped in towering stalagmite But Paris for the smoothness of the paths That lead the heart unto the heart s delight.... Fair loiterer on the threshold of those... |
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| Catching up the old blog here since it's been five days. My main news is that I went to Worcester to see a doctor and was told I do NOT need elbow replacement. That is the good news. The bad news... |
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| I recently spent a relaxing weekend at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont with some good friends of mine. When I say Trapp, I mean the real Trapp's, the ones made famous by the Sound of Music.... |
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| I decided to quit smoking for real this past week, and I've done so pretty decently. I've been quitting and then quitting my quitting since November, but with Phil Elvrum as my witness now I'm truly going to stop. American Spirits... |
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| Mountain lions, beavers and fishers, oh my! A roundup of local doings on these (possibly) Connecticut creatures.... |
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| This morning, the focus of our "Digging In" series shifted to Communion in a message entitled "Do you Love Me?" We examined several key understandings of communion with God,and evaluated where we are in our love-relationship with Him. Click here...... |
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| Today, across the country, football fans woke up like its Christmas morning betting pools are now being finalized, cheese-laden dips are being stirred to heart-stopping perfection and beer cans are clicking open at an alarming rate, all in preparation for the... |
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| Ooooowee, glad we are not around the Susan Bysiewicz breakfast table Sunday. The Secretary of the State had what is equivalent in baseball terms, as the Golden Sombrero, striking out four times in a game. Bysiewicz took four major hits to... |
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| In 1966, Ronald Reagan won his first political campaign in a landslide victory against the two-term Democratic Governor of California, Edmund Brown. What is sometimes forgotten is that the preceding Republican primary had been a highly contested one. According to Reagan,... |
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| Choose a color and knit up this adorable bunny for a little one s Easter Basket. pattern... |
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| The cul-de-sac is perhaps the quintessential symbol of suburban America. Perhaps millions of them have paved over greenways throughout the country. Haled for their safety (no traffic that can run over kids) and prized by developers because they allow more houses... |
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| aHa artists welcome Spring and Celebrate Snow with their OOAK creations, and some join in on the One World One Heart Blog event!... |
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| I am speaking a lot about LinkedIn these days. A lot. Everywhere I can, in front of groups, teaching in small virtual classes, and offering suggestions to those in my leads groups. LinkedIn, for me, is a PROVEN a way to... |
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| Here is thinking out of the box let us tax Connecticut lobbyists. There are 3789 lobbyists representing 1327 clients that were registered in the state as of 2008. I do not have the figures for 2009. But wait here is a... |
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| The nerves in the neck as well as the rest of the body control how the body functions. Keeping pressure off the nerves with good spinal alignment and posture helps keep us healthy. Come and Visit the Neck Pain Support Blog... |
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| Theres been a lot of media hype and political hoopla of late about Connecticut receiving $40 million from the Feds for high speed rail. While any money spent on rail is great, lets take a reality check. That federal money (combined... |
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| Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low would approve of her organization's recent plunge into viral marketing. After all, Low used the then-newfangled telephone almost a century ago to declare her intention to start the Girl Scouts to a friend. Like technology,... |
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| More reviews. And more spoilers. So dont read beyond THIS point if you dont want to find out that Adam Sandler doesnt die in Funny People. The Boat That Rocked (2009) - This could have been great. A dramatic re-creation of... |
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| Tom Graves,Class of 1994, turns 35 today!... |
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| One of my more recent e-mails comes from Steve Palmer of Watertown, whose feeder visitors have included a couple of flickers. These big, intricately marked woodpeckers have been the subject of several reports from column and blog readers in the past... |
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The goal of Connecticut Weblogs is to help draw attention to state blogs and bloggers. How this works: Each half hour Connecticut weblogs searches for updates to blogs in our registry. It looks for updated RSS feeds -- the same feeds that alert search engines to content changes on your blog. 