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...Catalano also said that while the students in this case kept Vick around until the police arrived, HUPD does not encourage students to risk their safety by helping apprehend a suspect. “We don’t recommend that students put themselves in any danger or harm; we only ask that they do what they’re comfortable with,” he said. “A rapid call to the HUPD is the best thing that can be done. We take calls of suspicious people in resident halls very seriously and we rapidly respond...
...tempted by the promises of antiaging medicine, I would advise you to use it selectively. Always assess the potential for harm of any intervention. Then try to evaluate the evidence for any claimed benefits. Weigh potential benefits against possible risks, including exorbitant costs. Get second opinions from doctors who are not part of the antiaging enterprise. If you do decide to follow a special treatment regimen, set a time limit for judging whether it does you any good--say, three to six months. Then determine if it was worth the cost...
...students are some of the most avid music fans,” Engebretsen wrote. “Because the music habits and customs they develop now are likely to stay with them for life, it’s especially important for us to educate them about the law, the harm suffered by musicians, labels and retailers alike, when music is stolen and the great legal ways to enjoy music online...
...shelf network routers?the switches that zip data around the Internet?to block offending Web addresses. Then, in 2000, Beijing spelled out its strict Internet philosophy: State Council Order No. 292 barred nine types of content from websites, online bulletin boards and chat rooms, including anything that might "harm the dignity and interests of the state" or "disturb social order." The government has also made it difficult to maintain anonymity. The majority of Chinese go online at cybercaf?s, and in order to rent computer time users must register with their national ID numbers. Cybercaf? employees watch what their customers...
Complexly satiric and tragic, Lulu is a portrayal of an uncommonly animalistic female sexuality. And yet this devouring, voyeuristic female role is a lens through which to comment on the harm of social divisions. It’s a conclusion reached through the unusual device of maintaining Lulu’s overt sexuality from the height of her social stature through her decline and fall. Lulu embodies the commonality that bonds humanity: the sexual craving...