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...administration hinted that this would be the last one. And so Davis is moving on with his solution No. 1, the state's auction of long-term, fixed-price supply contracts, aimed at stabilizing the long-term power supply now that the spot market is killing the state's power buyers. (This was almost a part of the original deregulation plan, but the utilities thought they could do better with short-term purchasing. They were wrong...
CONSIDER TAKING TIME OFF. True, you may have to forfeit some portion of your tuition and fees, but the short-term financial loss may be worth the long-term health gains. Talk it over with your parents, your doctor and your academic adviser...
...PROFESSIONAL HELP. If you fear that you are a danger to yourself or others, head for the nearest emergency room. Otherwise, visit your college counseling center. Ideally, the staff should be able to screen for mental illness, prescribe medication and offer short-term treatment--or refer you to someone who can. But if your college's center falls short, look elsewhere. Keep in mind that for hospitalization or skillful long-term treatment, you'll probably need to go off campus anyway...
Sure, Wall Street let us down. What else is new? No one expected the Fed to cut short-term rates a half-point last week. That done, few figured stocks would be sinking by week's end after a one-day rally and Friday's healthy jobs report. Studies show that when asked whether long-term rates will rise or fall--a fifty-fifty proposition--economists get it right only a third of the time. Market gurus fail at predicting the Dow. Analysts miss more than they hit when forecasting earnings. This is very old stuff. Nostradamus predicted the world...
...Over the past five to 10 years, however, doctors have come to realize that heart disease is more complicated than that. They're not by any means ready to abandon surgery, but now they rely more heavily on different types of drugs to treat both the long-term and short-term effects of heart disease...