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...rapid series of thought-provoking images, it’s a difficult task to generate the complex representation that an issue such as sexual identity seems to require. “It’s easy to take a stereotype and turn it into a commodified tool that is bite-sized and easy to digest rather than necessarily challenge the standard notions people have,” says Caroline Light, lecturer and director of studies in the Women, Gender and Sexuality department. “It’s a tough question: how do we incorporate everyone and not just...
After examining the two, Flores discovered both had been bitten on their toes; the clean incisions and the profuse bleeding were telltale signs of a vampire bat attack. The vampire's bite is quick and razor sharp, so the sleeping victim doesn't feel the incision; and the animal's saliva contains a strong anticoagulating agent that leaves the victim bleeding for hours after the bite...
...even realized he was out of his hammock and inspecting the perimeter net. In an instant, Amador was at his side, and the two men - wearing thick fire gloves - untangled the aggressive baby vampire from the net, grabbing it carefully as it squealed and hissed madly, trying to bite its handlers through their gloves. The veterinarians applied a poisonous gel to the body of the captured vampire and released it, allowing the animal to return to its roost, where the other bats - up to dozens in the colony - would dutifully lick it clean, killing themselves in the process...
...approximately midnight on Feb. 5, just as the Russian winter was finally starting to bite, Gilani Shepiyev, the former deputy mayor of Grozny in Chechnya, was returning to his home in western Moscow. Shepiyev did not make it. He was found less than a foot away from the wood-paneled door to his apartment block. Blood from three gunshot wounds stained the dirty snow on the pavement; the weapon, a Baikal pistol, lay discarded next to him. Typical signs of a contract killing. Shepiyev had survived one assassination attempt in Grozny in 2006. This time he was not so lucky...
...steps to cut the budget deficit. However, a large deficit is much more harmful to an economy at full employment than it is to an economy with a gap between potential and actual production. This compelled Obama to sign the stimulus into law. But his bark must match his bite. By mixing his messages, he casts doubt about his plans and his dedication to fixing the economy. The details of the budget don’t take into account the possibilities of other potential measures Obama might have to take to save the economy. The current downturn was sparked...