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Here is another case in the annals of over-paid executives of not-for-profit health care organizations, this time from the Burlington (VT) Free-Press , Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont overpaid its former chief executive officer by $3 million over an eight-year period and has been ordered to pay the money back to its subscribers by 2012 in the form of reduced premiums , a top state regulator said Wednesday.
oDesk has decided to make MY life easier as a freelancer by offering me benefits that only an employer would offer–decisions I’d rather make for myself now completely done for me! Finally, no more troublesome thinking! That gives me more mental bandwidth for thinking about things like gadgets and power tools and sports! The whole reason I became a freelancer was so that I could have decisions made for me. I like being lorded over
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oDesk Offers Health Insurance!
Quarterly estimated taxes are coming up next Tuesday. Honestly, I don’t really like to think about emptying my pockets for Uncle Sam until I absolutely have to, but paying quarterly taxes in April, June, September and January Is just a sad fact of life for we poor, suffering freelance writers
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Alleviate Quarterly Estimated Tax Burden By Paying… Monthly?
(Chicago) – Kristie Tamsevicius and Rick Rimmele — are now man and wife. The two tied the knot during a private ceremony on May 16, 2010 at the Flamingo Hotel gardens in Las Vegas.
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Work at Home Expert Kristie Tamsevicius Weds Photography Studio Owner Rick Rimmele
If you have a blog, you tell stories. You may have dealt with the frustration of not having very many people see your stories, of not having enough subscribers or readers. Nevertheless, you keep on documenting your story in your blog posts, your Facebook status updates, your Twitter feed.
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How to Use Stories to Change the World
The project is a large circle made from horizontal bands of tiny pieces. It is made by hand sewing tapes of pieced fabric with back stitch onto a foundation. We need to use two needles, one for sewing the work firmly with a back stitch, and the second for mending split seams and attaching a new tape
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circle project
I’ll just say this–thank god there’s summer programming. All my favorite TV shows with one exception are off the air and I’d be bored during the day if it weren’t for the Food Network anyway, but there’s a few shows that have started to tide me over until fall. What did people do in the days before cable?
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Freelance Writing Jobs – June 8th, 2010
Being a freelance writer and working from home are great. There are some obvious cost savings. For example, you won’t have to pay the cost of commuting to and from work, so you’ll save money on gas.
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Is Working From Home Really Cheaper?
The Automated Profit Package sales page has the look and feel of a lot of other questionable sites that WorkAtHomeTruth has reviewed in the past. But while that may be a clue that Automated Profit Package might be worth avoiding I try to look for other potential red flags before making a final decision
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Automated Profit Package sales page review
In Barnes and Noble and Now Shipping! Barnes and Noble – Amazon To celebrate the release of 101 Snappy Fashions , I am giving away a goodie pack each week for the next few weeks. The goodies are themed by chapter and will include a signed copy of the book, a grand prize and a few fun extras! Keep coming back each week and enter to win another set of goodies. Follow my blog , my facebook or my twitter to stay in touch! 
Add your designs to Flickr! I have been getting lots of emails with pictures of snapsuits and toddler tees created from the book.
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Week 9 – 101 Snappy Fashions Giveaway
Spanish public sector workers are striking today in response to planned austerity measures which according to the BBC, reportedly include a 5% cut in public sector pay, followed by a pay freeze in 2011. Strikes are affecting essential services such as emergency services, schools and hospitals. Public sectors are apparently angry that they feel they are being penalised over the private sector. However, the Spanish Government have unveiled plans to untie some of the legal shackles of the labour market by making it easier for employers to hire and importantly, dismiss employees
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Armageddon?
There have been plenty of posts about the re-acquisition of Tracking202 by Wes Mahler and Steven Truong, so I’m not going to rehash those here. All the buzz and discussion about this topic, as well as the original sale to Bloosky, have made me think quite a bit about what was the cause of all this. Fact is, there would never have been a sale to Bloosky or a re-acquisition in the first place if Wes & Steven hadn’t poured out their sweat and their wallets to create a truly original product. Although there are competitors now, when 202 came out it was the first of its kind on the block. They were able to capture almost the entire market for the affiliate tracking software niche with little trouble or competition.
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Thoughts on Tracking202
Dear Dee and Mary Ann and Gardening Friends Everywhere, Do you know how long it takes to shell eight cups of peas? I do! I can tell you from my own experience that it takes about an hour, and that’s an hour working steadily at it with no breaks. That’s a lot of peas and my fingers were sore afterward.
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Dear Friends and Gardeners: June 7, 2010
quick cover before work because i haven’t posted anything in forever, i know it’s not the best.
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Coffee Break – Forever The Sickest Kids Cover
Don’t throw away those scraps! Spare felt, yarn, and ribbons are the key ingredients for this incredibly easy mermaid doll. Supplies: Cotton twill fabric – body color Sewing machine or hand-sewing needle Matching thread Pillow stuffing 1 –2” wide ribbon/tail base, 6” long Assorted ribbons, 20-30 pieces (10-18” long) Fusible hem tape (such as Stitch Witchery) Felt: 1 body color, 1 orange, 1 bluegreen 1 skein eyelash yarn (for hair) Iridescent dimensional paints (sea greens, blues, silvers) Fantastic Face doll iron-on transfer 15 – 20 shell buttons 4 dozen small pearls White embroidery floss 6 mini seashells Hot glue gun Bone folder Iron Pressing cloth Pins Tailor’s chalk / pencil Click to save and re-size larger or smaller. Steps: 1.
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Make it: Mermaid Doll
What we know about Google TV is only a small piece of the pie, but it’s safe to say Google’s next technology innovation will reach millions of people who already use Google Search, Docs, Gmail, Google Earth, and more Web technologies every day. The leading search engine and marketing company is not new to the Web, but they are new to TV
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Will Google TV Help Marketing?
Our contest for Peter Bowerman’s The Well-Fed Writer (our book club pick of the month) is now over. The following two folks were our winners: First Place Mark Hopkins was our first prize winner, winning a hard copy version of The Well-Fed Writer. His submission in 5 words or less explaining why he deserved to win the book was: “Writing dream, lost in corporate.” Second Place Our second prize winner, winning the e-book version of The Well-Fed Writer, was Amy Blades with: “I’m skeptical
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Well-Fed Writer Contest Winners Announced
Looking to write your name in different styles? Here’re some online tools to help you do just that: 1. Google Transliterate – India is a land of many languages and this online tool from Google will help you write your name in almost all prominent languages of the country including Hindi, Urdu, Tamil and Bengali
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Write Your Name in Different Styles & Languages
[This giveaway is for Indian residents only] There are tons of interesting things you can do with the new Microsoft Office 2010 that weren’t possible with the previous versions of Office. For instance, you can deliver an online presentation right within PowerPoint. You and your colleagues can work on the same document simultaneously.
If you have added the web address (URL) of your Gmail inbox to your browser bookmarks, make sure that the bookmarks are not getting synched with a public service like Delicious or Google Bookmarks. That’s because when you bookmark your Inbox or any other folder in Gmail, your email address is added to the title of the bookmark.
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Don’t Add Your Gmail Inbox to Public Bookmarks