Hartford Blogger nominated for industry award. Announces web site will match winning funds and establish an internship for Hartford High student. I’m not a big fan of self promotion but I am a big fan of helping others and trying new things to get wins.  So I thought I’d have a little fun with this post and [...]

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So you have a few more hours to decide who you’ll vote for in tomorrow’s mid-term election.  So how do you decide who gets your vote? If you use the negative campaign ads that we’ve been subjected to watch or you solely rely on a name, then you probably don’t have too much to go [...]

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Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) have announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee approved two appropriations bills with more than $1.95 million in funding for a number of projects across Connecticut.  One of those projects is the The Green Urban Business Incubator (GUBI) in Bridgeport which will receive $150,000 to assist up to [...]

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The Connecticut Emerging Professionals, a young professionals organization affiliated with the Connecticut Green Building Council, is offering a LEED® Green Associate Study Group Session on Thursday, July 15 at 6 p.m. at OFI, 28 Garfield Street, Newington. I believe the session is free of charge. So who takes the LEED Green Associate Exam? Anyone in [...]

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Recently, best selling author and social commentator Thomas Friedman, wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about attending the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search dinner.  Friedman wrote about how he was in such awe of this elite group of American high school students who were being recognized for top honors in math and science [...]

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