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...Government officials say the stimulus money will be earmarked for investment in long-term infrastructure projects that will help revive the construction industry, for aid to companies to reduce layoffs and for education. Data on German industrial orders indicate there will be no respite soon. Figures out Thursday showed orders fell a huge 6% in November from the month before, and orders in the final quarter of 2008 were down 43.6% from the same quarter a year ago. (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...worried about going without heat - its gas reserves cover about 25% of its annual gas consumption - but when gas deliveries to Germany abruptly stopped this week, Merkel went into action to try to keep the political conflict between Russia and Ukraine from escalating and to ensure the long-term security of gas supplies. She called Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukranian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday, persuading them to allow European experts to help resolve the conflict...
...rent ratio of 21.7 in Miami, compare it to a 15-year average of 16.8 and realize the market still has quite a bit of room to fall. Just like it's simple to see a price-rent ratio of 13.9 in Indianapolis, line it up against a long-term average of 14.8 for that area and decide it might be time to start house-hunting. If you click here, you can see the breakdown for all 54 metro areas...
What are other health consequences? Frequent marijuana use can seriously affect your short-term memory. It can impair your cognitive ability (why do you think people call it dope?) and lead to long-lasting depression or anxiety. While many people smoke marijuana to relax, it can have the opposite effect on frequent users. And smoking anything, whether it's tobacco or marijuana, can seriously damage your lung tissue...
...care? As Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, puts it, "Numerous deleterious health consequences are associated with [marijuana's] short- and long-term use, including the possibility of becoming addicted...