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Photo: A dog sits on the bed of its master at a university dormitory. Raising pets has become fashionable in some universities as students turn to four-legged companions for comfort.

Bilingual news: Freezing meat once it is home from the supermarket can kill deadly bugs. The process of freezing meat kills up to 90 percent of campylobacter cells. Campylobacter bugs can cause upset stomachs, vomiting and diarrhea. Families should freeze and defrost chicken if they want to avoid food poisoning, a British health chief said on Nov 17. Six in every 10 chickens sold by supermarkets contain potentially lethal bugs that infect half a million people a year. Around 100 of the victims die from vomiting and upset stomachs.

Buzzword: "Midday crisis" refers to the situation in which people are in desperate need of a siesta because they have become extremely tired in the afternoon and coffee isn't cutting it any longer, or when it's the middle of the day and they realize they have a lot to do and not enough time to do it. As a result, your mind locks up and you can't work; you can only sit and feel sorry for yourself.