Thursday, July 24, 2008
USMC taser training
A Taser is an electroshock weapon that uses Electro-Muscular Disruption (EMD) technology[1] to cause Neuromuscular Incapacitation or NMI[2] and strong muscle contractions through the involuntary stimulation of both the sensory nerves and the motor nerves. The Taser is not dependent on pain compliance making it highly effective on subjects with high pain tolerance. For this reason it is preferred by law enforcement over traditional stun guns and other electronic control weapons.[3][4][5] Currently there are two main police models, the M26 and X26. Both come with various accessories, including a laser sight and mounted digital video camera that can record in low-light situations. Taser International is also marketing a civilian model called the C2 model.
Tasers were introduced as less-lethal weapons to be used by police to subdue fleeing, belligerent, or potentially dangerous subjects, often when what they consider to be a more lethal weapon would have otherwise been used. The use of Tasers has become controversial following instances of Taser use which have resulted in injury and death.
New Legend of White Snake Lady
The story is set in the Southern Song Dynasty.
A female white snake demon, Bai SuZhen, dreams of becoming a goddess, so she takes on human form and goes to the human realm. There she meets a green snake demon, Xiao Qing, who causes disasters in the area she lives. Bai SuZhen holds her captive at the bottom of a lake, though she promises the green snake that she'll come back in three hundred years to free her.
After three hundred years she keeps her promise and frees her. They become sisters. Then they meet a sorcerer called FaHai who believes that every demon should be eliminated. But FaHai also knows that Bai SuZhen is already in the process of becoming a goddess. He can't eliminate her immediately so he vows that he will if he sees them again.
Bai and Qing rested in a half world called Ban Bu Duo where they try to do good things by bringing rain to a places that hasn't had any water for three years. But Qing caused a great disaster which almost flooded the whole town! Bai, sadly, loses her chance of becoming a goddess, but Guan Yin informs her that she may have another opportunity.
However Bai and Qing have accidentally brought a scholar Xu Xian and his friend to the demon world. Bai has to protect them from the demons. After the battle with the Leader of the underworld, Xu Xian confesses his feelings for Bai, claiming that from the first time he saw her it was like love at first sight. But in order for a human to go back to the human world they have to be knocked by ghosts who will make them forget everything. Xu Xian knows about this so he avoids getting knocked and is about to go into the other realm when FaHai tricks him into being knocked.
Now Xu Xian is back into the human world but has forgotten everything. Since he and his friend went through the portal separately they land in separate places. There Xu Xian meets many new people.
Soon after Bai takes the final step to becoming a goddess which is to collect human tears. Bai sees Xu Xian with another girl and assumes that they are a couple. The former green snake, Xiao Qing, figures that Xu Xian got knocked by the ghosts, but also realises that when Xu Xian and Bai meet, Xu Xian will again fall in love with Bai. They got married, opened a medicine shop and lived happily.
But since demons and humans aren't supposed to marry, the town was struck by a plague and it was soon on the verge of becoming extinct. Bai, Qing and FaHai finally agreed to a truce and obtained the magical herb needed to help the population.
Later Bai gets pregnant, but Fahai continues to try to eliminate her and Qing.
On the fifth day of the fifth month, the Dragon Boat Festival is held. On that day demons revert to their true selves. Bai thus decides to take Qing and Xu Xian back to Ban Bu Duo, but Xu Xian falls for FaHai's tricks yet again and Bai shows her true self, scaring Xian literally to death! Bai retrieves the herbal medicine and brings Xian back to life.
But after giving birth to a son Bai can't control herself anymore and is forced to tell her husband the truth about her origins. Xian kindly accepts her, but Fahai then attacks the weakened Bai and holds her to eternal captivity in the Leifeng Pagoda.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Study: Viagra may boost depressed women's libido
Viagra pills are seen in a handout photo.(Xihua/Rueters Photo) BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Viagra, a popular drug that turns around the sex lives of many older men, now may help women on antidepressants have better sex, U.S. media reported on Wednesday.
They found women on antidepressants who took Viagra had fewer sexual side effects than those who took a placebo. Sexual dysfunction can prompt many people to stop taking drugs to treat depression.
Up to 70% of men and women who take antidepressants for major depression experience sexual dysfunction, according to an article in Tuesday Journal of the American Medical Association.
Sexual dysfunction is linked with most commonly used antidepressants, including selective and nonselective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. These drugs represent 90 percent of the 180 million antidepressant prescriptions filled in the United States each year, according to the researchers.
The researchers studied 98 women with an average age of 37 who had symptoms of sexual dysfunction, including delay of orgasm or lack of arousal, and whose depression was in remission after treatment with antidepressants.
Women took a dose of Viagra or the placebo one to two hours before anticipated sexual activity for eight weeks.
72% of women who took Viagra saw their symptoms improve, compared with 27% of women who took placebos.(Agencies)
Dark Knight Bale denies assault
BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Did the Dark Knight attack his family?
"The Dark Knight" star Christian Bale has denied allegations by his mother and sister that he had assaulted them, and he is cooperating with police, media reported on Wednesday.
Bale's London-based law firm issued a statement denying that an assault took place.
"Christian Bale attended a London police station today, on a voluntary basis, in order to assist with an allegation that had been made against him to the police by his mother and sister," the statement said.Christian Bale, 34, was arrested and released Tuesday. The arrest reportedly was delayed until after Monday night's glittering European premiere of the actor's latest Batman movie.
The British press reported that Bale was accused of lashing out at his mother and sister Sunday in his suite at the downtown Dorchester hotel. Bale was questioned by police for four hours Tuesday morning and released.
Bale's mother, Jenny, and sister, Sharon, who both live outside of London, reportedly made the allegations in a police station in the southern England county of Hampshire.
Bale is in London after the British premiere of "The Dark Knight," the latest Batman movie and a Warner Brothers film. Warner Brothers is owned by Time Warner.
Bale plays Bruce Wayne/Batman in "The Dark Knight," which co-stars the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. (Agencies)
"The Dark Knight" star Christian Bale has denied allegations by his mother and sister that he had assaulted them, and he is cooperating with police, media reported on Wednesday.
Bale's London-based law firm issued a statement denying that an assault took place.
"Christian Bale attended a London police station today, on a voluntary basis, in order to assist with an allegation that had been made against him to the police by his mother and sister," the statement said.Christian Bale, 34, was arrested and released Tuesday. The arrest reportedly was delayed until after Monday night's glittering European premiere of the actor's latest Batman movie.
The British press reported that Bale was accused of lashing out at his mother and sister Sunday in his suite at the downtown Dorchester hotel. Bale was questioned by police for four hours Tuesday morning and released.
Bale's mother, Jenny, and sister, Sharon, who both live outside of London, reportedly made the allegations in a police station in the southern England county of Hampshire.
Bale is in London after the British premiere of "The Dark Knight," the latest Batman movie and a Warner Brothers film. Warner Brothers is owned by Time Warner.
Bale plays Bruce Wayne/Batman in "The Dark Knight," which co-stars the late Heath Ledger as the Joker. (Agencies)
Yang Liwei Promoted to Rank of Major General
Chi Wanchun (Right), head of the General Armaments Department of People's Liberation Army (PLA), awards the rank of major general to Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut on Tuesday, July 22, 2008. [Photo: CFP]Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut has been promoted to the rank of major general, china.com.cn reported.During the promotion ceremony held on Tuesday, Chi Wanchun, the head of the General Armaments Department of People's Liberation Army (PLA), awarded the rank to Yang Liwei.Yang completed a historic 21-hour space mission, which began on Oct 15, 2003, and became an instant hero in China.
36 Miners Remain Trapped in Flooded Coal Mine
Doctors administer emergency treatment to a miner who was rescued after a flood trapped 56 people in a coal mine in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday, July 21, 2008. [Photo: Xinhua]Thirty-six miners remained trapped in the Nadu Mine in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where flooding occurred on Monday afternoon, rescuers said on Tuesday morning.The rescue team led by Guo Shengkun, secretary of the regional Communist Party Committee, confirmed 56 miners were working underground, when the mine flooded at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.Seven of the workers managed to escape, and rescuers saved another 13 miners in an overnight rescue effort. The workers have been sent to hospital for treatment.Rescuers said they had established contact with 12 of the trapped miners, who were stuck in a "relatively safe working face" underground."They were trapped in a place about 2,000 meters from the entrance. The lack of oxygen in the narrow mining tunnel would make it difficult for the exhausted miners to get out by themselves," a rescuer said.Ma Biao, Guangxi's regional government chairman, and Peng Jianxun, the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety deputy director, were overseeing the rescue operation in the cordoned off area.Rescuers said they were trying to send mineral water and porridge to the 12 miners.The rescue team had yet to establish contact with the other 24 miners.Rescuers continued to pump water from the mine early on Tuesday.Huang Zhao, chief engineer of the mine, said the ventilation, drainage and lift facilities in the mine complied with regulations.The mine has estimated reserves of 2.98 million tons of coal and is owned by the Youjiang Mining Bureau in Baise, which began the mining in 2003.
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