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...Even the improvements that the industry never tires of trumpeting--more efficient, longer-running plants--do little to comfort antinuclear activists. "They're running these reactors hotter and longer," says Paul Gunter of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. Last year the Indian Point 2 plant, part of a trio of upstate New York reactors Entergy recently bought for around $1 billion, was temporarily closed down after radioactive water leaked from a ruptured steam tube. Just as the plants are getting older and more prone to problems, critics assert, the nrc is letting operators police themselves...
...size spout for drinking. "They're sort of like liquid pacifiers," says Dr. William Cochran, a pediatric gastroenterologist in Danville, Pa., who served on the panel. The cups continually bathe the teeth in the juice's sugars, which can promote cavities and teach kids to turn to food for comfort...
...project sales and earnings for the next few quarters. That's visibility. When times are tough, companies may still book orders at a predictable, albeit slower, pace. They still have visibility; it's just not a pretty picture. Either way, execs relay what they see to investors, creating a comfort zone that keeps the stock from gyrating--even when it falls...
...visibility is an odd duck. It means that business has slowed to unexplainable levels. Executives have no confidence in whether the pace of new orders will slow further, stabilize, or pick up dramatically. That's typically when a company clams up--then it's "so long, comfort zone," and the stock jumps around. Last week web-design firm Macromedia forecast low visibility through the quarter, and its stock fell 22%. Others with vision problems include Ericsson, Nortel and Corning. Outside of telecom, Heidrick & Struggles, Kodak and Aetna need a stockthomologist...
...someone who has practiced yoga 60 minutes a day for 10 years, I can tell you that yoga prepares you for what is ahead. It builds a mind-set to accept things and look for patience and comfort amid the daily pains all of us go through. It gradually changes you. It does not teach you to relax for those 45 minutes a day. It does not tell you to take things easy. It makes things easy to face and accept. Yoga could bring the entire healthcare industry to its knees. SAMPATH RENGACHARI Southfield, Mich...