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Originally Posted by no_name

While I may not agree with blast fishing what this guys did was commendable.

Hope people read this story and fund his idea. He said the only drawback is it is too heavy, because it is made of steel, I'm sure you can just easily make it out of aluminium and plastic parts.

Anyone played Deus Ex: Human Revolution?

Originally Posted by jackliu

Hope people read this story and fund his idea. He said the only drawback is it is too heavy, because it is made of steel, I'm sure you can just easily make it out of aluminium and plastic parts.

Anyone played Deus Ex: Human Revolution?

Normal plastic and aluminium may not be durable enough for long term day to day activities though.

Originally Posted by no_name

Normal plastic and aluminium may not be durable enough for long term day to day activities though.

The arms can be made out of aluminium, the fingers can be made of steel.

Originally Posted by no_name

While I may not agree with blast fishing what this guys did was commendable.

Sun Jifa determination is an inspiration for us all, but his curiosity for making homemade explosives for blast fishing paid a heavy price and I'm sure he regrets it.

China's President Hu Jintao (R) shows the way to his Costa Rican counterpart Laura Chinchilla in front of a Chinese national flag during an official welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 16, 2012.

Lei Jun, founder and CEO of China's mobile company Xiaomi, pauses in front of his company's logo at a launch ceremony of Xiaomi Phone 2 in Beijing August 16, 2012. In China's booming smartphone market, which is set this year to overtake the United States as the world's largest, a host of little-known local firms are primed with cheap phones to squeeze market share from U.S. giant Apple Inc's iPhone. In the latest local challenge to the iPhone, Xiaomi Technology on Thursday launches the successor to its popular MiOne smartphone, which is expected to have top-end specifications exceeding those of the iPhone 4S - at around half the price.

A user of Xiaomi uses his mobile phone to take a photo at a launch ceremony of Xiaomi Phone 2 in Beijing August 16, 2012.

A boat, center, is surrounded by Japan Cost Guard's patrol boats after some activists descended from the boat on Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, in East China Sea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Regional tensions flared on the emotional anniversary of Japan s World War II surrender as activists from China and South Korea used Wednesday s occasion to press rival territorial claims, prompting 14 arrests by Japanese authorities. The 14 people had traveled by boat from Hong Kong to the disputed islands controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.

Chinese activist , that landed on the disputed island known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are arrested by police at Naha port in Japan's sourthern island of Okinawa on August 16, 2012. Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists landed on August 15 on an island at the centre of a bitter territorial row in an episode that threatens to further destabilise fractious ties.

Members of the Hong Kong Democratic Party display eggs wrapped in paper printed with the Japanese national flag as they join protesters outside the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong on August 16, 2012.

A paramilitary police officer guards the entrance of the Japanese consulate in Shanghai August 16, 2012. Protesters marched towards the consulate to demand the release of detained activists after they landed on the disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan, or Diaoyu in China. China urged Japan on Wednesday to immediately and unconditionally release 14 Chinese nationals held over a protest landing on disputed islands that have long been a source of tension between the two big Asian powers.

Chinese protesters hold a national flag and a banner that reads "Return our territory, return our people" during a ralluy in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Fourteen Chinese people were arrested Wednesday for landing without authorization on disputed islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, in the East China Sea. The protesters had traveled by boat from Hong Kong to the uninhabited islands controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.

A Chinese protester tries to throw a traffic cone towards the Japanese Embassy during a protest against the arrests of 14 activists, in Beijing Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.

Visitors (L) taste Japanese products at the Hong Kong Food Expo 2012 in Hong Kong on August 16, 2012, where Japanese food is featured in a dedicated pavilion with over 220 exhibitors. A Japanese minister said that food is crucial in maintaining good relations between his country and Hong Kong, after Japan arrested pro-China activists who landed on a chain of disputed islands.

Protesters asking for the release of activists burn paper printed with the military flag of Japan outside the Japanese consulate in Hong Kong on August 16, 2012. Japan arrested 14 people after pro-China activists from Hong Kong and Macau landed on the archipelago -- known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan -- that has been at the centre of a festering territorial row.

Activist are transferred from a patrol boat of Japan Coast Guard after being arrested for landing on a set of islets known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, at a port in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012. Regional tensions flared on the emotional anniversary of Japan s World War II surrender as activists from China and South Korea used Wednesday s occasion to press rival territorial claims, prompting 14 arrests by Japanese authorities. The 14 people had traveled by boat from Hong Kong to the disputed islands controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.

Activist are transferred to vehicles after being arrested for landing on a set of islets known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, at a port in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012.

Activists carry Chinese and Taiwanese flags as they landed on Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, in East China Sea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Regional tensions flared on the emotional anniversary of Japan s World War II surrender as activists from China and South Korea used Wednesday s occasion to press rival territorial claims, prompting 14 arrests by Japanese authorities. The 14 people had traveled by boat, seen at bottom left, from Hong Kong to the disputed islands controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan.

Activists holding Chinese and Taiwanese flags are arrested by Japanese police officers after landing on Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, in East China Sea Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012.

I'm surprised that no one has commented on this rather intriguing photo..And the photos of the arrest of the Chinese activist..



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now this is different..

This picture taken on August 16, 2012 shows Chinese beachgoers wearing body suits and protective head masks, dubbed 'face-kinis' by Chinese netizens, on a crowded public beach in Qingdao, northeast China's Shandong province. The face masks were initially designed to protect from sunburn but it turns out they are also quite handy at repelling insects and jellyfish, as many people in China dislike getting a tan, especially on the face(huh??).

Wow!

Security guards try to control fans of NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant before Bryant attends a promotional event in Wuhan, Hubei province, August 16, 2012.

A referee(R) explains the rules of a beer drinking competition to a competitor(M) during the International Beer Festival in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 16, 2012.

Visitors takes part in a beer drinking competition during the International Beer Festival in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 16, 2012. The 22th Qingdao International Beer Festival has set a beer drinking competition, attracting worldwide participants. After various event, the final winner will get a brand-new car as prize. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

A young boy poses for a picture with a car at the first Pudong International Auto Fair in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Aug. 16, 2012. The five-day Fair, which kicked off on Thursday at Shanghai New International Expo Center, attracted nearly 70 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Xu Sheng)

Singer Rainie Yang attends a press conference of her new album "Wishing For Happiness" in a hotel of Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Aug. 16, 2012. The new album "Wishing For Happiness" will be officially released on Aug. 17 this year. (Xinhua)

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I see both the mainland flag and the Taiwanese flag together. LOL...Pretty soon you'll get accusation from the other Asian press accusing them of conspiring together to cause trouble in the SCS.

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YES...I DO!

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LOL...how gay! Then again...I won't be surprise to see my parents wearing one someday. Good give's me the opportunity to poke fun at them..what they're not going to lose face with that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucha_libre beach mask on.

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Originally Posted by Equation

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YES...I DO!

I cant see that diamond in the ring you bought her. It must be a small one.

V

Originally Posted by bd popeye

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I can imagine this repelling more than just jellyfishes.

Imagine you are lying on the water basking in sunlight...and this thing blows out of the water in front of you suddenly...

Yuan Zi ('chubby') a Chinese panda sucks an ice cube flavoured with honey and apple in his enclosure at Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan central-western France, on August 17, 2012. The animals left their breeding centre in southwestern China for a 10-year stay in France, on a loan sealed after years of top-level negotiations

A Chinese activist (2nd L), detained after landing on a disputed island, raises his hands as they board a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship for their deportation to Hong Kong, at a port in Ishigaki island, Okinawa prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 17, 2012. Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbour against further "escalation" in tension. Japan and China, Asia's two largest economies, have been at odds since the activists were detained on Wednesday after using a boat to land on the rocky, uninhabited isles known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. Seven activists took off for Hong Kong from Okinawa, the Immigration Bureau said, and the rest of the 14-strong group were expected to head home by boat later on Friday. Mandatory Credit.

Chinese activists detained after landing on a disputed island are escorted by airport officials and unidentified officials as they board a flight for their deportation to Hong Kong, at the Naha airport in Japan's southern island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 17, 2012.

Chan Yu-lam (C), the spokesman for the action committee for defending the Diaoyu islands talks to the media as he arrives at the airport to welcome his fellow activists in Hong Kong on August 17, 2012, following their deportation from Japan. Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has approved the deportation of pro-Beijing activists, a spokesman said on August 17, as Tokyo seeks to defuse a potentially destablising row with China over disputed islands.

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 17: Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla (L) meets with Chinese Chairman and Party Secretary of the National Peoples Congress Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People on August 17, 2012 in Beijing, China. President Chinchilla is on her first state visit to China and the main purpose of her visit is to improve diplomatic relations which have only been established in the past five years.

A family poses for a photo next to a Mercedes convertable sports car on display at the Pudong Auto Show in Shanghai on August 17, 2012. Growth in Chinese auto sales slowed to 8.2 percent on year in July, traditionally a slack season in the world's largest car market, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a recent statement.

Anti-Japan protesters hold printed Chinese characters, that reads "Japan Get Out," to form a slogan "Japan Get Out of Diaoyu Islands" with other protesters outside Japanese Embassy in Beijing, China, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012.

This picture taken on August 16, 2012, shows workers assembling a car in the Chang'an automobile factory in Beijing.

Candidates prepare for an interview for flight attendant in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2012. The Shandong Airlines Co,. Ltd launched a job interview to recruit 100 flight attendants from all over the country, which attracted more than 4,000 applicants. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

Doctors rush to the colliery, the roof of which collapsed and trapped at least 18 people, at Ruifeng Coal Mine in Fugu County of Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 17, 2012. The accident occurred on Thursday evening at the coal mine when a roof collapsed in a colliery, causing at least 18 trapped underground. [Xinhua]

Relatives (1st and 2nd L, front) of trapped miners wait for rescue information outside the colliery, the roof of which collapsed and trapped at least 18 people, at Ruifeng Coal Mine in Fugu County of Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 17, 2012. The accident occurred on Thursday evening at the coal mine when a roof collapsed in a colliery, causing at least 18 trapped underground. [Xinhua]

US basketball star Kobe Bryant, left, poses for photos with Chinese actress Xu Qing, who is holding up Bryant's gold medal won at the London Olympic Games, at a charity dinner held by the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation in Shanghai, Aug 14, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

US basketball star Kobe Bryant receives a work of calligraphy, which reads "sky walker", from organizers of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, at a charity dinner in Shanghai, Aug 14, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2012, shows China's icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon", as it arrives at an outport of Reykjavik, capital of Iceland. China's 5th Arctic expedition team will pay a 4-day visit to Iceland since Friday. It will be Chinese arctic expedition team's first formal visit to an Arctic country. [Xinhua]

notice the number of female crew members..

The ambassador to Iceland Su Ge welcomes the arrival of China's icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon", at an outport of Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, Aug. 17, 2012.

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I cant see that diamond in the ring you bought her. It must be a small one.

V

Well...I'm large where it counts for her...LOL!

Originally Posted by bd popeye

That's Xi Jinping not Wu Bangguo

^^^ Sorry about the caption. However I'm not as familiar with Chinese leaders as I should be..and.. I don't write the captions. Once again sorry.



The old gent on the left is seen in many, many protest in Hong Kong. now check my first photo below..

A protester burns a China national flag during a protest to urge Chinese authorities to carry out a proper investigation into the death of Li Wangyang ,outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong June 10, 2012.

Activists (from L to R) Koo Sze-yiu, Bull Tsang Kin-shing, Wu Xi-yao, Fang Xiao-song and Lu Song-chang, who are part of the group of Chinese activists who went to the disputed Senkuki or Diaoyu islands, cheer as they arrive at Hong Kong airport August 17, 2012. Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbor against further "escalation" in tension.

Activist Bull Tsang Kin-shing hugs his wife as he arrives at Hong Kong airport August 17, 2012, after being deported from Senkuki or Diaoyu islands. Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbor against further "escalation" in tension.

Activists Koo Sze-yiu (3rd L) and Fang Xiao-song, who are part of the group of Chinese activists who went to the disputed Senkuki or Diaoyu islands, hold a Chinese national flag in front of a banner as they arrive at Hong Kong airport August 17, 2012. Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbor against further "escalation" in tension. The banner reads, "Successful landing on Diaoyu islands, Activists show their ambitions, Welcome back".

Chinese activists on board a fishing boat (R) wave to members of the media on a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship as they leave a port for their deportation to Hong Kong, in Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 17, 2012. Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbour against further "escalation" in tension. Japan and China, Asia's two largest economies, have been at odds since the activists were detained on Wednesday after using a boat to land on the rocky, uninhabited isles known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. Seven activists took off for Hong Kong from Okinawa, the Immigration Bureau said, and the rest of the 14-strong group were expected to head home by boat later on Friday. Mandatory Credit.

Local farmers plant rice shoots during a successful Guinness World Records attempt in the fields of Hsinwu, northern Taoyuan county on August 18, 2012. Some 1,215 local farmers planted 3 million rice shoots in twenty-five miniutes to hold the new Guinness World Record for the largest amount of people gathered to plant rice.

A visitor looks at food carvings made of apples during the 2012 Taiwan Culinary Exhibition at TWTC exhibition hall in Taipei August 17, 2012. The show runs from August 17 to 20.

Miner Wang Qiming makes a call to his parents with his wife by his side after he was rescued and sent to hospital in Fugu County of Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Aug. 17, 2012. The roof of a colliery collapsed and trapped 16 people at Ruifeng Coal Mine on Thursday evening. Fifteen have been rescued so far. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)

Kobe Bryant of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers talks to young players from his training camp in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, Aug 15, 2012. It is Bryant's seventh consecutive summer visit to China. A five-time NBA champion and 14-time All-Star, Bryant enjoys an overwhelming popularity in China. His jersey sales topped the Chinese market in all of the past six years. China sees an influx of big-name NBA stars on sponsor-backed visits every summer. Besides Bryant, Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets and Shane Battier of Miami Heat are also in China meeting fans. LeBron James of the Heat and Kevin Durant of Oklahoma Thunder will kick off their China tour later this month. And the NBA announced earlier this month that they will hold a preseason game on Oct 11 in Beijing. The two teams are defending champion Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers. [Photo/CFP]

Muslims pray amid rain at Dongguan Mosque in Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, Aug. 18, 2012. About 200 thousand muslims across the province gathered here on Saturday to celebrated the Lesser Bairam Festival, or Eid Al-Fitr marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)

People in a water park in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, Aug. 18, 2012. The maximum temperatures in Chongqing reached 40 degrees Celsius(104F) Saturday while an orange alert on high temperature has been released by local meteorological observatory. Water parks became good summer resorts for local people. (Xinhua/Li Jian)

A model poses with a car on 2012 Jiangsu (Nanjing) International Auto Show in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 17, 2012. The 5-day international auto show, displaying a total of 800 cars of 60 brands, opened here on Friday. (Xinhua

Bikini photos of Liu Yan- China.org.cn