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Google Finds Most Cows Point North
The Los Angeles Times reports German researchers, through the help of Google Earth, have discovered that 2 out of 3 cows point North.  read more
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posted at: 12:00am on 31-Aug-2008
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Scrolling & Expanding List
This list scrolls within a DIV, and also fully expands. East to implement. Can be used in many different ways.
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Technorati tag(s): javascript, programming, scripting
posted at: 12:00am on 30-Aug-2008
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Acer Aspire One Review
Acer's 2.3-pound ultraportable boasts a sunny 8.9-inch screen, a not-too-small keyboard, and a price even lower than the seven-inch Eee PC that started the netbook craze.
 
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posted at: 12:00am on 30-Aug-2008
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Report: Spam Ratio Depends on Address's First Letter
If a study by a Cambridge researcher is accurate, email addresses with less common first letters get less spam than those with more common ones.
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posted at: 12:00am on 30-Aug-2008
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Sale, partnership stir increased bookings at VMA
The new managers of the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts and Cultural Center (VMA) hope to bring the historic theater back to its grand days in the 1950s and 1960s, when international superstars such as Leonard Bernstein, Luciano Pavarotti and Rudolf Nureyev graced the stage.
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posted at: 12:00am on 30-Aug-2008
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Sales target bonus offer from Panda Security.
Panda Security is pleased to announce the launch of our 2009 titles; Panda's Home and Home Office products are now even better! To celebrate the 2009 product launch we're going to give away [one year full product licenses] of the new titles to our valued affiliates through our; '2009 Product Launch Affiliate Bonus Competition'. The competition will run from August 27th through to October 1st [12:00 AM PST]. Here's what you have to do to win a prize:
- Sell 4 copies of any Panda Security title through a Commission Junction affiliate link: Win a 1 year license of Panda Antivirus Pro 2009. [Product value: $49.95].
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Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:01am on 29-Aug-2008
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eCommerce Gets a Wake Up Call
All the way back in 2006, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Target could be sued over their site not being accessible to the blind. Now over half way through 2008, Target has reached a settlement with regards to the class action lawsuit that ensued.
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posted at: 12:01am on 29-Aug-2008
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Basic Formatting in Microsoft Word
Our resident document diva, Helen Bradley takes us on a tour of the rudimentary, but essential, formatting features in Word 2003.
 
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posted at: 12:01am on 29-Aug-2008
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Carcieri, Council 94 ordered into arbitration
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams today ordered the Carcieri administration and Rhode Island Council 94 into mediation, putting on hold all legal actions over their ongoing contract dispute.
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posted at: 12:01am on 29-Aug-2008
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September Coupons from Emitations
Cubic Zirconia & Celebrity Style Jewelry Patrick has just updated the 'auto-updating coupon banners' with Emitations.com latest deals. These will auto-refresh on your site with the latest promotions once you've added the code. To grab the code for the below banners please log-in to your ShareaSale account here. 
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Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:01am on 28-Aug-2008
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MooTools Basic Tips for Web Designer: Part 1
This tutorial series illustrates some simple tips to begin working with MooTools. This first installment shows how to manipulate element properties, in particular how to get DOM element by ID, how to use getStyle(), setStyle(), and toInt() and some examples to introduce writing unobtrusive JavaScript code.
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posted at: 12:01am on 28-Aug-2008
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SMBs in the Dark on Power Outage Protection
Are you ready if the lights go out? A recent survey indicates that for most small businesses, it won't be business-as-usual during a power failure.
 
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posted at: 12:01am on 28-Aug-2008
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AMC Gets Mad at Mad Men Tweets
AMC (American Movie Classics) has a show called "Mad Men" about an ad agency in the 60s. Some people like this show so much that they create fictional profiles on Twitter and pretend to be characters. AMC caught wind of this and decided it wasn't too thrilled.
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posted at: 12:01am on 28-Aug-2008
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$11.3M relief for Mass. fishermen set to begin
BOSTON – The Bay State this week will disburse $11.3 million in federal aid to more than 500 commercial fishermen and fishing businesses hurt by limits on the harvest of “groundfish” such as cod, haddock and flounder. Those payments are slated to be issued this Friday, by electronic fund transfer (EFT) or check, the governor’s office said today.
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Technorati tag(s): Rhode Island, Providence, New England
posted at: 12:01am on 28-Aug-2008
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Pre-Labor Day Cleanup
I’m finally able look up for more than two minutes this week. That means that cleaning off my desk and my cleaning out my inbox before the big three-day weekend. Here are some things I found during my frenzy that I thought I’d share.
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posted at: 12:01am on 28-Aug-2008
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Apple Takes the "Tris" Out of iPhone Tetris
It's not been a good week for developers of well-established game knock-offs. Facebook favorite Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like game developed by two brothers in India was just removed in the UK and Australia, after already being forced down from the social network in North America last month.
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posted at: 12:00am on 27-Aug-2008
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Microsoft Caters to Small Business Needs
Combining a passion for fresh food, community and the environment, Than Hua built her business using 'friendly and familiar' Microsoft technology.
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posted at: 12:00am on 27-Aug-2008
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R.I. child poverty rate worsens in 2007
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island lost ground on child poverty last year, when the statewide rate was the 20th lowest nationwide according to a report this afternoon by Rhode Island Kids Count. In this year’s analysis, the Ocean State fell three notches from its 17th-place finish in 2006 but remained 15 places above 2005’s 35th-place finish. In child health coverage, however, the state was No. 11, with 6.9 percent of children uninsured in the 2005-2007 period.
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posted at: 12:00am on 27-Aug-2008
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New Fall Arrivals for Baghaus
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Melie Bianco Convertible Woven Bag With Chains - $75.00
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Melie Bianco Double Zipper Tote - $74.00
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Carnival Hobo - $48.00
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posted at: 12:00am on 26-Aug-2008
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Free: A Year of Open Source CRM
Concursive offers companies up to 100 seats of its on-demand, open source CRM suite for one year. And it really is free.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:00am on 26-Aug-2008
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JSLint
This script takes a JavaScript source, scans it, and returns a message describing any problems and their approximate location within the source. It looks at some style conventions as well as structural problems. It does not prove that your script is correct, it just provides another set of eyes to help spot problems.
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Technorati tag(s): javascript, programming, scripting
posted at: 12:00am on 26-Aug-2008
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Popular Facebook App Shut Down
About a month ago, one of the most popular applications on Facebook was yanked in North America. That application would be Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like game developed by the Agarwalla brothers from India who were met with a lawsuit by Hasbro.read more
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:00am on 26-Aug-2008
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Council 94 dispute heads back to court
PROVIDENCE – The dispute between the state and its largest labor union continues. Rhode Island Council 94 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, is seeking a stay of an R.I. Superior Court ruling that declined to forbid governor from imposing new health-care fees on some state workers. The parties were slated to meet with the judge today, for the second time since last week’s ruling.
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posted at: 12:00am on 26-Aug-2008
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iPhone Application Developer Interview
What started out as a pleasant chat with someone who was writing some iPhone applications has rapidly blossomed into an extraordinary outpouring of interest from the iPhone developer community. As a result, I've decided to run a series of developer spotlights, probably 20 or more, over the next few weeks. It'll offer you insight into the time involved, complexity and rewards of developing a game or utility for one of the most interesting software sales environments on the planet: the Apple iPhone. I hope you enjoy the series!
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:00am on 24-Aug-2008
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Dojo
An open source, portable JavaScript toolkit that lets you build interactive modules quickly, animate transitions, and construct Ajax requests with ease.
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Technorati tag(s): javascript, programming, scripting
posted at: 12:01am on 23-Aug-2008
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OpenOffice: Tips and Tricks Part II
We continue our series on hidden timesaving treasures in Open Office with a look at how to import the MS Office custom dictionary, saving docs in the MS Office format, and how to use MS Office templates.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:01am on 23-Aug-2008
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Can You Digg the Democratic and Republican Conventions?
 Katie Couric isn't the only vessel connecting Digg to the U.S. presidential candidates.read more
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posted at: 12:01am on 23-Aug-2008
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Improved Dunk a downtown centerpiece
Since 1973, when the Providence Civic Center opened its doors, Bernard V. Buonanno Jr. has held season tickets to Providence College basketball games. And when he returns to Section 107 this season, his seats will be different in two ways: they will be gray and they will be comfortable.
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posted at: 12:01am on 23-Aug-2008
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EVGA Adapter Lets You Adopt More Monitors
If an expansive display is what you’re after, this external adapter from EVGA offers a quick and easy way to add more screen real estate to your system.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:01am on 22-Aug-2008
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RWMC researchers awarded $11.8M NIH grant
PROVIDENCE - Roger Williams Medical Center announced today that it has been awarded an $11.8 million grant to study tissue repair, with specific focus on the role of adult stem cells in the healing process.
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Technorati tag(s): Rhode Island, Providence, New England
posted at: 12:01am on 22-Aug-2008
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The Internet Radio Problem Bigger Than Pandora
The other day I posted an article about Pandora's probably upcoming demise as a result of a royalty rate hike put in place by SoundExchange, which represents record labels and the artists signed to them. If popular opinion around the 'net is any indication, the issue is a lot larger than Pandora shutting down.
An Industry in Peril
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:01am on 22-Aug-2008
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Form Focus
This snippet places the cursor in a selected form field upon page load. It uses the ID attribute, making it easy to target any field, regardless of form changes. Easy to add to any form. Updated.
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2008
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Epson Rolls Out Printers for the Smallest SMBs
Companies with fewer than five employees may be small in number, but that doesn’t mean they don't need big print power. Epson aims to fill the void with four new inkjets.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2008
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Disney the Latest Looking to Score with Social Media
Disney launched a new social network today as an extension of its site Family.com. The social part encourages moms and dads to "share the pride of being a parent".
Focusing on Parents
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posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2008
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NSTAR to slash big firms' electricity rates
BOSTON – Large Massachusetts businesses that buy their electricity from NSTAR will get some relief from high energy costs in the fourth quarter, when the utility plans to lower electricity rates by more than 21 percent.
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Technorati tag(s): Rhode Island, Providence, New England
posted at: 12:00am on 21-Aug-2008
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Study: Google Tops in e-Business Satisfaction
Customer satisfaction with Web-content services are on the rise, while researchers claim portals are losing out to search engines.
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Technorati tag(s): ecommerce
posted at: 12:00am on 20-Aug-2008
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Phelps Feeling the Love All Over the Net
Multiple Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps is one popular guy.
Times of the Internet points out that (like many others these days) Phelps prefers Facebook to MySpace.
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:00am on 20-Aug-2008
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Secure, Remote Access to Biz Apps and Data
World Extend says its IronDoor 3.5 lets you access your entire business, not just your desktop, from afar.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:00am on 20-Aug-2008
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July PPI shows largest increase since 1981
WASHINGTON – Producers saw a year-over-year gain of 9.8 percent on the prices they pay for goods in July, the largest such increase since June 1981, according to a report issued today by the Labor Department.
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posted at: 12:00am on 20-Aug-2008
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Affiliate Summit Boston Recap
Where do I start? The Affiliate Summit is over! Oh, you want more info? Okay let me give you the quick run down.
Before the Summit officially kicked off there was the Affiliate Dinner, which roasted FlamingoWorld.com’s head bird, Connie Berg. It featured truly hilarious videos from the Brother’s Schaaf (Brook and Forrest) and one from Missy Ward that had people rolling in the aisles. If you know Connie and missed the special issue of Revenue dedicated solely to Connie, email me and I’ll send it to you. Or maybe I can get the Web folks here to post the PDFs.
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:00am on 20-Aug-2008
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Yahoo! UI Library: Get Utility
The Get Utility provides a mechanism for attaching script and CSS resources including cross-domain resources to the DOM after the page has loaded.
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Technorati tag(s): javascript, programming, scripting
posted at: 12:01am on 19-Aug-2008
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Selling Travel Online: It's Not Just for the Big Guys
Whether you run a boutique travel agency or book adventure tours, your business won't go anywhere without an online presence. The good news is you don't need William Shatner to market your small travel business, just a great e-commerce site. We showcase several successful ventures.
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Technorati tag(s): ecommerce
posted at: 12:01am on 19-Aug-2008
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Review: HP xw4550 Workstation
When a mere PC won’t do, a full-fledged workstation gives architects, engineers and graphics artists the power to complete demanding tasks quickly plus the capability to keep the machine current for years to come.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:01am on 19-Aug-2008
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Google Reader Getting Into Politics
Think of it as a tech-savvy, politically-oriented version of Oprah's Book Club: Google Reader's new Power Readers in Politics program is supposed to let anyone and everyone see what stories the main candidates and a number of journalists are viewing.read more
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:01am on 19-Aug-2008
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R.I. Hospital verified as Level I trauma center
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island Hospital, the state’s only trauma center, has been verified as a Level I trauma center by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons after a “rigorous review” of its resources, the hospital said today.
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posted at: 12:01am on 19-Aug-2008
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GoodOrient.com Beijing Olympics Celebration
Join the Beijing Olympics Celebration with a 20% Off Site Wide on purchases of $100 or more at GoodOrient.com. A discount this large happens almost as infrequently as the games themselves - so make the most of it. The below tracking link is for ShareaSale - just replace !!USERID!! with your own Shareasale tracking ID. Click on either Commission Junction or PepperJam to login to your account if you're an existing affiliate on these networks. Offer: Celebrate the Beijing Olympics - Save 20% Off Chinese Clothing, Gifts & Home Decor at GoodOrient
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Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:06am on 18-Aug-2008
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Journalist/Blogger Leroy Sievers Passes Away
Leroy Sievers passed away on Friday.
He won quite a few awards for his journalism and news production efforts over the years, working with NPR, CBS, and ABC.
The Blogosphere may know him better for his blogging and podcasting however.
A couple of years ago, he discovered that he had colon cancer and started the blog on NPR's website, which documented his struggle and treatment with the cancer.
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posted at: 12:06am on 18-Aug-2008
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Google Defamation Suit Sparks Blogging Controversy
The Wired Blog Network, revealed the mystery behind the Google defamation law suit in India.read more
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:07am on 17-Aug-2008
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Windows Easy Transfer: New System, Meet Old Data
Vista's Windows Easy Transfer makes getting a new system up and running a more manageable process.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:00am on 16-Aug-2008
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qTip
This script creates tooltips for anything on your page. You select what tags it can be attached to and then just add them to the page.
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Technorati tag(s): javascript, programming, scripting
posted at: 12:00am on 16-Aug-2008
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Google Tops of Top 50
For whatever kind of internet list, which company do you think is the odds-on favorite to be at the top of it? If you bet on Google, you'd bet wisely. Google sits at the top of Comscore's Top 50 Internet properties list, reaching 141.5 million US Internet users out of 189 million counted. But that's not the interesting part. . .
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posted at: 12:00am on 16-Aug-2008
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Teachers see businesses from the inside
At Teknor Apex, a high-tech firm in Pawtucket, Tom Holstein is working on the cutting edge of commercial technology as part of a research team creating products to supply the growing market for halogen-free, flame-retardant insulation compounds.
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Technorati tag(s): Rhode Island, Providence, New England
posted at: 12:00am on 16-Aug-2008
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New Baghaus Arrivals for August
Check out these new bags just in from the warehouse and ready to be sold at Baghaus right now: 
Ed Hardy Jane Weekender - $148
Urban Expressions Versatile Weekender - $62.00-
Giraffe Print Medium Duffle - $52.00 
Zip Around Hobo - $56.00
Nicole Lee Multi-Zipper Patent Tote - $72.00 Information about the program can be found on the Baghaus affiliate program page. Sign up for the affiliate program here.
Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:05am on 15-Aug-2008
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CBS Storms Into Mobile Weather Alerts
Severe weather details for hurricanes and other conditions in near real-time form the eye of the latest CBS digital initiative.
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Technorati tag(s): online marketing
posted at: 12:05am on 15-Aug-2008
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Central Desktop Shows What's Hot for Summer
The company adds more features and flexibility to its Web-based business collaboration service.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:05am on 15-Aug-2008
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Carcieri: Force National Grid to buy renewable energy
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today called on the R.I. Public Utilities Commission to force National Grid, the state’s major power company, to sign long-term contracts to buy electricity from renewable energy generators.
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posted at: 12:05am on 15-Aug-2008
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New Products from KegWorks this Week
KegWorks has just released a line of products focused on crowd control for outdoor events. Here are some great new products that have been added to KegWorks.com this week: - 889U - Tensabarrier® Advance Crowd Control Post
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- 8G1U - Tensabarrier® Gallery Crowd Control Post
- 885 - Tensabarrier® Outdoor Crowd Control Post
- 875 - Tensabarrier® Popular Crowd Control Post
- RB1 - Tensabarrier® Rollabarrier® Crowd Control Post
- 890U - Tensabarrier® Slimline Crowd Control Post
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Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:02am on 14-Aug-2008
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Dell: Customer Collaboration Results in Totally New Latitudes
The company unveils a line of Latitude notebooks sporting new technology, design, security and breakthrough battery life – innovations inspired by the people who need them most.
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Technorati tag(s): small business
posted at: 12:02am on 14-Aug-2008
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Image Navigator
This script works by sliding the background image of one DIV element, using the background-position to correspond with the coordinates of another DIV. Great for showing details in a small space.
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The Joy Of 404-Ing
A 404 "page not found" error shows a problem happened when someone tried to reach a web page. Webmasters should reach for the opportunity to make those occasions work for them, not against them.
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posted at: 12:02am on 14-Aug-2008
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P&W Railroad 2Q revenue grows 11.17%
WORCESTER – Providence and Worcester Railroad Co. (Nasdaq: PWX) posted a second-quarter profit of $320,000, a 7.78-percent decline from the year-ago period’s $347,000, on revenue that grew 11.17 percent to $8.28 million. Diesel expenses more than doubled compared with the 2007 second quarter, to $618,000.
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posted at: 12:02am on 14-Aug-2008
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Inflation, Credit Crunch Hit e-Commerce
Analysts see growth tailing off, but also note opportunities for those who can weather the storm.
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posted at: 12:03am on 13-Aug-2008
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URI economist: state index sets record low
KINGSTON – Rhode Island plumbed new depths in June, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, as his Current Conditions Index (CCI) fell to 0 for the first time.
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Yahoo Lights Up Location Data With Fire Eagle
Yahoo's Brickhouse incubator opened its latest work: Fire Eagle, a location data management platform for web applications.
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posted at: 12:03am on 13-Aug-2008
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Review: The ClickFree Automatic Backup Drive
If you can plug in a toaster, you're qualified to backup files with this dead-simple external drive. If only everything technical were this easy.
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posted at: 12:03am on 13-Aug-2008
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Auto Expire
Set "go live" and "expire" dates for content, such as "Latest News" or various promotional content. Great for when you don't have time to remember to go back and take old content down, or when you want to create content and have it go live at a later date.
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posted at: 12:03am on 12-Aug-2008
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Google Assures Congress: No Deep-Packet Inspection Drives Ads
The dominant search advertising company may have plenty of ways to get ads in front of Internet users, but they say deep-packet inspection isn't in their arsenal.
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posted at: 12:03am on 12-Aug-2008
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Economic Pressure Drives Telecommuting Trend
Survey finds SMBs making creative changes to combat rising cost of business-as-usual.
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posted at: 12:03am on 12-Aug-2008
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WPRO-AM drops 5 spots in a.m. ratings when ‘tainted’ diaries are excluded
PROVIDENCE – In what radio insiders say is a rare occurrence, Arbitron Inc. revised ratings for the local morning market after learning that a media-related household in East Greenwich apparently tried to cheat by turning in six ratings diaries. Most affected was the morning slot at WPRO-AM, including talk-show host John DePetro, left, which fell five notches to No. 9 among listeners ages 25 to 54.
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Microsoft Upgrades Live's Webmaster Tools
Most people think the Webmaster Tools programs as a bit like black holes. You send in a question, concern or idea and nothing ever happens…it just sort of disappears. Nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, the truth is light years away from this thinking. Witness Live’s revised and expanded WMT program.read more
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posted at: 12:02am on 11-Aug-2008
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Music Onebox from Google in China!
Looking for free music online in China just got a lot easier - and its legal!read more
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posted at: 12:01am on 10-Aug-2008
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‘I put in a good day’s work today’
After four months without a job, Providence resident Eugene Carter was willing to make a career change for the sake of survival. “Money was getting really tight,” Carter, 30, recalled last week. “I almost lost my car.” But his crisis is over, thanks to an unusual job-training partnership between City Hall and an expanding Providence steel company that desperately needed workers. Keith D’Amico, left, another program graduate, is now working as a welder.
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posted at: 12:01am on 10-Aug-2008
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The Hosted PBX Advantage: Doing Better for Less
Thrifty New England-based credit union solves several communications problems with a hosted phone system from VoIPnet Technologies.
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posted at: 12:00am on 09-Aug-2008
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Google Unit Sale Sidesteps Controversy
The Internet giant completes the dispersal of Performics, a search marketing division it recently acquired through DoubleClick.
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posted at: 12:00am on 09-Aug-2008
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Filler Text
Use this snippet to display text on a Web page when testing and doing design layout work. The amount and type of text can easily be changed, according to your preferences and needs.
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posted at: 12:00am on 09-Aug-2008
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Nofollowed Links Not Completely Unloved
Amazingly enough, the nofollow attribute doesn't spur a berserker rage in every webmaster. Quite a few can live with such links pointing to their sites.
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posted at: 12:00am on 09-Aug-2008
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Citizens Financial parent RBS posts first loss in 40 years
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. today posted a $726 million operating profit for the first half of 2008, a decline of $515 million, or 41.50 percent, from the year-ago period’s $1.24 billion. But its parent, Royal Bank of Scotland plc, posted a first-half loss of 5.9 billion pounds ($11.4 billion). RBS CEO Fred Goodwin, left, called the results “unsatisfactory.”
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posted at: 12:00am on 09-Aug-2008
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Brand New Widget Highlighting Best Sellers
Log into Shareasale now and check out the widget gallery for Baghaus. We have a brand new widget, just released today highlighting the top 15 selling bags right now for Baghaus. And even if you don't use the widget for your site, check it out in preview mode to grab the links and bag info to promote on your site via another method or via PPC. Information about the program can be found on the Baghaus affiliate program page. Sign up for the affiliate program here.
Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:01am on 08-Aug-2008
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Review: Fujitsu LifeBook A6210 Notebook PC
Ready to replace that desktop PC? Consider this full-featured notebook instead, and get all the comforts of a desktop with portable convenience.
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posted at: 12:01am on 08-Aug-2008
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Cuil Traffic Cools Down
Homeostasis in the search world has returned to normalcy and last week's much-hyped potential Google competitor has slipped back into relative Internet obscurity in terms of traffic. That's not a bad thing, really. Cuil's servers needed a break.
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posted at: 12:01am on 08-Aug-2008
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Star Gas posts fiscal 3Q gain of $11.85M
The nation’s largest retail distributor of home heating oil, Star Gas Partners L.P. (NYSE: SGU), posted a profit of $11.85 million for its fiscal third quarter – compared with a year-ago net loss of $8.27 million – on total sales that rose 16.01 percent to $248.07 million. “Margin management is crucial, since a large portion of our operating costs … are of a fixed nature,” said CEO Daniel P. Donovan.
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posted at: 12:01am on 08-Aug-2008
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Panorama
This script provides a panorama view of an image, without using Flash or Java. Scrolls to the left and to the right. Easy to implement.
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posted at: 12:00am on 07-Aug-2008
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SMB Disaster Recovery Insurance Plan
MasterIT bears the disaster recovery burden for staff-strapped Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance.
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posted at: 12:00am on 07-Aug-2008
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Facebook Higher-Ups Cashing In Their Chips
Permission to sell their insider shares led some Facebook executives to taking substantial discounts from the company's $15 billion valuation to get those sales done.
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posted at: 12:00am on 07-Aug-2008
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U.S. mortgage applications rise 2.8%
WASHINGTON – The number of mortgage applications filed nationwide last week rebounded from the 2008 low of the week before, as rates dipped slightly, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today in its weekly report.
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posted at: 12:00am on 07-Aug-2008
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Revenue Magazine at Affiliate Summit Boston
I’m headed out to Boston at the end of the week to attend the Affiliate Summit East 08. Here are some things you need to know about Revenue at the Affiliate Summit.
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posted at: 12:00am on 07-Aug-2008
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Special Weekly Ink Deals August 5 - September 4
This weeks we have 2 super discount deals, 1 on Canon Pixma ink, and the other on a protective iPhone 3G case. LowerPrice Special Ink Coupon: Offer: 14-Pack Compatible Inkjet Cartridge Combo Without Chip for Canon Pixma iP5200R, MP950 Printers (Four PGI-5 BK & Two of Each CLi-8 C/M/Y/PC/PM) - $15 Off w/Free Shipping (Regular Price $59.99)
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Technorati tag(s): advertising, marketing, online marketing
posted at: 12:00am on 06-Aug-2008
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Yahoo Sings Out With Music API
Yahoo opened a new API for developers, this time tapping their index of information about music and artists.
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posted at: 12:00am on 06-Aug-2008
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Measuring Broadband Consumption, What You Don't Know Could Cost You
The kitchen may be closing on the all-you-can-eat bandwidth buffet, so start measuring usage. And remember, it's not just about PCs anymore.
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posted at: 12:00am on 06-Aug-2008
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Northeast leads nation in farm prices
ITHACA, N.Y. – “While commercial and residential development has slowed in many regions, farm real estate values continue to increase,” according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report that set the average price per acre this year at a record to a record $2,350. Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut had the highest values, helping make the Northeast the priciest of 10 regions nationwide.
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posted at: 12:00am on 06-Aug-2008
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Create Marketing Materials in Publisher
Our designing diva, Helen Bradley shows you how to create your own sharp, professional marketing materials using Microsoft Publisher.
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posted at: 12:00am on 05-Aug-2008
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Non-blocking JavaScript Downloads
External JavaScript files block downloads and hurt your page performance, but there is an easy way to work around this problem: use dynamic scripts tags and load scripts in parallel, improving the page loading speed and the user experience.
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Microsoft Cleans The Panes On Windows Live
Microsoft's collection of services under the WindowsLive.com banner received a little attention from the company's makeover artists.
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posted at: 12:00am on 05-Aug-2008
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AAA: R.I. gas prices fall 9 to $3.869
PROVIDENCE – “There’s more relief at the pump for Ocean State drivers: Gasoline prices in Rhode Island tumbled” for the fourth week in a row, AAA Southeastern New England said today in its weekly fuel price report.
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posted at: 12:00am on 05-Aug-2008
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The New Self-Distribution Model
Following the July 30 announcement from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about new guidance concerning Regulation FD, there has been plenty of online commentary and opinion on what people think it means for business, investors and communicators.read more
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posted at: 12:00am on 04-Aug-2008
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Don't Forget About Yahoo! Maps
It's been a long time since we've heard anything about Yahoo! Maps and just when we thought that Yahoo! had forgotten all about the map service, Yahoo! has surprised us by performing a major update to Yahoo! Maps.
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posted at: 12:00am on 03-Aug-2008
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Suggest Messages
This script will display information when a field is selected with the cursor. An excellent method for providing additional or important instructions to your visitors. Easy to implement.
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posted at: 12:00am on 02-Aug-2008
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Review: HP Officejet J4680 All-in-One
You know you can buy a versatile all-in-one inkjet for $300 or $400. But for a fraction of the price (and the size), you can get this small-business breadbox from HP that's full of surprises.
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posted at: 12:00am on 02-Aug-2008
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Boaters feel pinch of fuel costs
Boaters in Rhode Island are offsetting rising fuel costs by cutting back on splurges, using moorings instead of expensive dock space and enjoying life on the water closer to home.
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posted at: 12:00am on 02-Aug-2008
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Developers Beware: AdWords Report Changes Coming
Updates to the AdWords API arriving on August 19 mean developers will want to make sure they don't impact the data in their reports.
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posted at: 12:00am on 02-Aug-2008
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SaaS E-commerce Services on the Rise
Convenience and low pricing will lure new entrants, small businesses and departments of large corporations to e-commerce delivered as a service.
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posted at: 12:22am on 01-Aug-2008
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Review: Trustware BufferZone 3.01
Although it takes some getting used to, this handy utility creates a virtual space on your PC where you can safely surf the Web, run applications or open files without infecting your computer.
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posted at: 12:22am on 01-Aug-2008
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SEOMoz Dishes On 'Give It Up' Secrets
Rand Fishkin blogged about the little bits of secrets discussed at a session of the recent SMX Advanced conference; the session centers on some of the tips and tricks that aren't widely known in search marketing.
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posted at: 12:22am on 01-Aug-2008
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Carcieri imposes health fees on union workers
PROVIDENCE – In an executive order today, Gov. Donald L. Carcieri (shown signing the state budget in June) imposed health-plan changes and fees on the members of all state employee unions that have not ratified the state’s “memorandum of settlement.” His action drew a swift response from the state’s largest union: “Today, Governor Carcieri has made a difficult situation worse,” said Council 94 Executive Director Dennis R. Grilli.
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posted at: 12:22am on 01-Aug-2008
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