August 13, 2004:
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Focus Rhode Island airs on WRNI 3-4p.m. every Friday, Saturday 6-7 p.m., and Sunday 8 - 9 p.m. Audio of the entire show is archived on the web two hours after the end of Friday's broadcast. The archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format.
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Medical Resident Work Rules
Work rules that limit the work hours of medical residents have been in place for a year and are being reviewed by the medical community.
We look how those rules have been affecting Rhode Island's teaching hospitals. We talk with Dr. John Murphy - Director of Graduate medical Education at Brown University, Ingrid Philibert - Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and Dr. Randy Pellish - Chief Resident for Internal Medicine at Rhode Island Hospital, Miriam Hospital and the VA Hospital

Graffiti Art at the Masonic Temple
We report on efforts to photograph and preserve Graffiti art as renovation of the Masonic Temple in Providence gets underway.

Political Roundtable
Host Deborah Becker speaks with Maureen Moakley, chair of the political science department at The University of Rhode Island and Scott MacKay, political writer at The Providence Journal.

Fighting Wal-Mart
We talk with film maker Steven Alves about his new film Talking to the Wall. The film is about the successful efforts of residents in Greenfield, Massachusetts who opposed the construction of a Wal-Mart in their town. The movie is part of the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

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