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...Republicans across the board have denounced the proposal, with many calling it the first step to socialized medicine. In a nod to the concerns of his GOP colleagues and some moderate Democrats, Baucus introduced an alternative to the public plan: nonprofit state or regional cooperatives that, except for some seed money from Washington, would be exclusively financed by members' premiums. The hazy concept of co-ops has been pushed by North Dakota Democrat Kent Conrad, who was part of the bipartisan so-called Gang of Six that worked to draft the Baucus bill, but many health-policy experts view...
...Crimson coaching staff did have one major selling point that had nothing to do with academics—Harvard’s famous upset of Stanford during the opening round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament. The win remains the only time a 16-seed has ever defeated a one-seed in NCAA Tournament history...
...first-year faced no ranked opponents over the weekend, she did defeat challengers who had beaten the No. 73 and No. 107 nationally-ranked collegiate players. On the other side of the draw, Cao opened the fall season with a 6-3, 6-4 win and then squashed third-seeded Yevgeniya Stupak 6-0, 6-1 in the quarterfinals. Stupak, from East Tennessee State University, was ranked No. 98 in the nation. In the semifinals, Cao dueled Michaela Kissel of Marshall, who was seeded first and ranked No. 36 nationally. After a long battle, Cao emerged with...
...Slow Money investment model - with its local, hands-on orientation - gives business owners the means to stay true to their mission during critical growth periods, says Tom Stearns, President of High Mowing Organic Seeds, an organic seed company in Wolcott, Vermont, who participated in Vermont's Slow Money Institute in November, 2008. Traditionally, when a company takes investment money, that means setting itself up to sell, he says. "How else do investors make money? But if you're mission- or place-based, that's the first thing to go out the window," he says. "I think a new generation...
...Agriculture Secretary does concede that the absence of the virus among American hogs so far does not mean that the herds will remain clean. He reported government scientists have thus developed a master seed strain of H1N1 that they are making available to five veterinary-drug makers that can prepare vaccines to be rolled out if and when any herds come down sick. "By making the seed virus, we estimate we've saved two to four months of development time. We hope the manufacturers will now make the vaccine," said Vilsack. The Agriculture Department is also stepping up surveillance efforts...