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...nearly impossible. That problem is at the root of much of what health-care reform is supposed to change, and one of the primary weapons intended to do that is a poorly understood, often overlooked facet of the various proposals that is dubbed the health-insurance exchange. (Read "Howard Dean on the Politics of Health-Care Reform...
...OSHA spokesman Dean Fryer said the state is doing a better job educating growers and that currently 16% of employers visited by inspectors violate the rules as compared to 67% three years ago. Yet the UFW and its attorneys contend that last year the agency conducted only 750 inspections among the approximately 35,000 farms statewide - and found "that nearly 40% had violated mandatory heat-safety regulations." According to the lawsuit, six farm workers died from heat-related illness in 2008. State officials count three. There have been no deaths in 2009, but the union says there have been numerous...
...will trim its staff from four employees to one. "At the same time we're cutting back, we have one of the fastest growing states in the country, full of people who come here for the beauty and want to be able to get out and enjoy nature," says Dean Winstanley, director of Colorado State Parks...
That's why critics don't think the program was worth the effort, questioning if niche industries like boats and RVs deserve the same financing aid as the auto industry. Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research said that although the financing program leaves some of the risk on the lenders, (only 75% is guaranteed by the SBA, not the maximum 90%) it's hard to see what the Administration's goal is and how effective the plan will be over time. "The question is, what exactly do we hope to do with subsidizing this...
...Even before Harvard felt the full effects of the financial crisis, the Medical School had been working to revamp faculty development and diversity efforts. These initiatives, Tarbell said, had been identified as one of the many priorities spawning from Medical School Dean Jeffrey S. Flier's strategic planning process launched in Oct. 2007, soon after Flier assumed his post...