Word: recommendations
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...concern about the safety of vaccines is not unique, at least not in the liberal, wealthy part of L.A. where we live. Several friends have not vaccinated their children, and we know pediatricians who recommend avoiding some or all shots. And I know almost no one who is willing to get the swine-flu shot, and not because everyone here is Jewish. It's because while the far right gets a lot of crap about not believing in science, the left isn't crazy about it either. Only instead of rejecting facts that conflict with the Bible, it ignores anything...
...Health agencies have bombarded the public with guidance on how to prepare for the virus. But people who study risk have advice of a different sort. They recommend seeking out information and not relying on emotion alone. Often, the best information can be found by checking with multiple sources - the kind that don't always agree. Come up with a plan for how you might stay home with your children for a week, if need be. Give your brain something to do. Be careful about relying too much on TV news, a highly emotional medium. The brain can stagnate...
...Major League Baseball’s participation in last Friday’s Career Forum is a reminder that many alternatives to internships with investment banks, hedge funds, and consulting firms do exist. In fact, the students who have explored this option of working for a professional sports league recommend it highly. Senior Tommy Balcetis worked as an intern with the NBA last summer and found his experience more rewarding than many of his friend’s.“Everybody wants to get into I-banking and consulting,” he said. “If people...
...ASIS’ standards, Harvard’s security measures are appropriate. Layne would not recommend that museums arm their guards or install doors that could be locked remotely. “There is very little need for a museum to have an armed guard,” he says. “You don’t want a gunfight in a museum.” And as for lockdown doors, “There are some legalities involved. You can’t trap someone in a place...
...those students. Auffant signed up for Rosetta Stone’s Korean program because he was going to be traveling to Korea over the summer and wanted to review what he’d learned before and during freshman year. Although he said that he would recommend the program to those interested in being introduced to a new language, he added that “it was helpful, but only at an elementary level.” On the other hand, Rebecca K. Gilmore ’12 said she thought the program was effective. She said...