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Experts say part of the reason it is so common to intervene in dementia cases is that the patient, by definition, cannot make medical decisions autonomously, leaving a relative or friend to serve as their health-care proxy. "Family members are much less likely to forgo treatments or let go. An 80-year-old patient will tell you, 'I have lived a good, long life. I have no regrets.' But talk to his 50-year-old son, and he isn't ready. Being the decision maker for someone else is a much harder thing to do," says Sachs, who says...
...police did arrive in 15 minutes but dismissed the issue. The Cabot student, who in a later e-mail dubs himself the "Alfred and Melinda Prufrock Professor of Common Decency," concludes his e-mail by declaring...
Here comes a great course offered by [name redacted], Alfred and Melinda Prufrock Professor of Common Decency at Harvard University: Common Decency 10 - How to Ask for Help (no 101's at Harvard, that is for inferior schools. Thanks to the genuine numbering system, Harvard is the best college in the country...
Apparently, getting dirty at Harvard starts first with a man making serial killer eyes at a room full of scantily clad women freaking in some poor student's common room (0:30). It also means freaking in the shower (0:34). Or freaking in bed while a fellow student enjoys the show (0:40). Or maybe moving your roommate's shit from the closet into the hall so you can use the closet for some more private freaking (0:47). Better yet? Freaking on a futon while pretending you're Akon (0:50). Or getting back at the Building Manager...
...Before the attack on the Sri Lankan team, Aqeel's group had already won a fearsome reputation as al-Qaeda's foot soldiers in Pakistan and pioneered the terrorist attacks that have now become depressingly common. An offshoot of the Pakistani anti-Shi'ite Sipah-e-Sahaba militant group, LeJ gained notoriety in 1998 after attempting to assassinate then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. After al-Qaeda leadership arrived along the Afghan border, LeJ underwent a transformation, says militancy expert Rana. "They developed a nexus with foreign militants there. In many major attacks, LeJ was involved, including the killing...