Monthly Archives: February 2006

Feb 28

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Maryland’s leg­is­la­ture has passed a bill requir­ing com­pa­nies with more than 10,000 employ­ees to spend at least 8% on health care or put the money into a state fund for poor res­i­dents’ health care. Peo­ple have been call­ing it the … Read More

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Feb 27

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O’Reilly’s Meerkat is being shut down, effec­tive March first. Sure, there are other alter­na­tives, but Meerkat freed you from hav­ing to do much setup and just worked. Oh well. Tags: RSS Meerkat

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Feb 27

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There are fewer and fewer peo­ple who want to be vol­un­teer fire­fight­ers every year. Recruit­ing and reten­tion efforts help but they’re up against a num­ber of fac­tors out­side their sphere of influ­ence. If you live in an area served by … Read More

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Feb 27

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Ever see some­thing at work that you know is ille­gal? While there may be laws that pro­tect you from retal­i­a­tion by your employer if you blow the whis­tle, you can still be pros­e­cuted. You’re prob­a­bly bet­ter off just black­mail­ing your CEO. … Read More

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