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...More common in children than adults, CSD triggers fever, enlarges lymph nodes and may damage major organ systems. Toxoplasmosis A big problem for pregnant women (it can produce miscarriages and birth defects), toxoplasmosis is caused by a protozoan that can be picked up by eating undercooked meat or by contact with infected cat feces more than a day old. Salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis These illnesses, caused by bacteria in the feces of infected dogs, cats, birds, farm animals and reptiles, can cause diarrhea, nausea and abdominal cramping. Ringworm These are round, crusty skin lesions caused by a fungus that can spread...
...friendly email or thirty from “the management” at harvard.edu will convince campus gadflies at last that Harvard values one-on-one contact between students and their academic advisers. Suckas...
Think about it: if we hated publicly, we might cause a huge brouhaha. There would be all sorts of awkwardness, avoiding of eye contact, forced fake hellos—who needs that? Better to hate privately, and smile tolerantly in public, give more genuinely fake hellos. This form of hatred is healthy, harmless, and a whole lot of fun. It allows us to have all sorts of lively conversation behind our enemies’ backs, and we all know these conversations are spectacular...
...join his family and friends in mourning the loss of this fine young man,” Vest said. “I encourage any among us who feel the need for advice and comfort to contact MIT Medical, or talk with counseling deans or [residence hall officials...
Jeff Bond, former head psychologist at the Australian Institute of Sport, uses the term "pedestal syndrome" to group all the factors that make some athletes believe they can do virtually as they please. League players are especially prone to it, he argues, because theirs is a contact sport: "They're fit, they think they're indestructible." They've also made it in a sport that has recently begun to reward its players lavishly and long encouraged heavy drinking when celebrating a win. Most players are decent people. But they're also younger, richer, more idle and more full of themselves...