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Power Play: Asks servile idiot-stick-figures-with-no-soul to peel the skin off her almonds...
Power Play: Asks servile idiot-stick-figures-with-no-soul to peel the skin off her almonds...
...been overwhelmed by an outbreak of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread from the urine of infected rats and other animals. (In Sri Lanka, where there was a large outbreak in 2008, leptospirosis is known as "rat fever.") The bacterium is transmitted by the standing floodwater through cuts in the skin and by people swallowing contaminated water. This month's leptospirosis outbreak - the worst by far that doctors here can remember - has swollen the disaster's death toll, claiming 157 victims from mostly poor communities. (See pictures of the storm...
...than to work on Wall Street because on Wall Street, you’re really screwing around with other people’s money,” Ian says. “To be blunt, a lot of them really don’t have enough of their own skin in the game.” Though some poker players might be capable of beating a bigger game, they don’t move into higher stakes because they know that their bankroll can’t withstand the variants, he says. One of the biggest mistakes a novice player...
Taking obvious to a whole new level, the character Edwart Mullen is based on Meyer’s Edward Cullen, who made pale skin, fangs and a thirst for blood sexy. Belle Goose, the new girl in “Nightlight” is similarly obviously based on Meyer’s Bella Swan. Just as the new names mirror the original, there are some pretty obvious parallels between the two plots...