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kyanges

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That's because taser was not initially an actual word but was derived from an acronym. TASER = Tom A. Swift Electric Rifle.
Yes I have a bunch of useless knowledge in my noggin. :confused:

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Nah that's interesting, not useless.

Anyway, it's still not a rifle either. :( .

On a separate note, I like how that picture has gotten a new lease on life in the past few years.
 

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Local residents receive free vegetables at a community in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 22, 2014. In order to ensure a warm Spring Festival for families with difficulties, a total of 32 tons of vegetables were given to needy residents for free in Xi'cheng District of Beijing on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Cui Junying (L), 81 years old, receives free vegetables at a vegetable market in Xinjiekou Community in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 22, 2014.

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Sun Mengru, 74 years old, receives vegetable for free at a vegetable market in Xinjiekou Community in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 22, 2014.

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A woman poses for photos in front of New Year decorations at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 23, 2014. (Xinhua/Wong Pun Keung)

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Workers pack vegetables at a vegetable distribution center in Haidong, the second largest city in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Jan. 22, 2014. Qinghai provincial capital Xining has made efforts to ensure supply of vegetables during the Spring Festival by importing vegetables from surrounding areas including Haidong. The Spring Festival, or the Chinese traditional lunar New Year, begins on Jan. 31 this year. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)

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A migrant worker has breakfast before taking on a home-going trip by motorcycle from Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 23, 2014.

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Migrant workers take on a home-going trip by motorcycle from Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 23, 2014. More than 1,500 migrant workers in Fujian, most of whom from the provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui and Hubei, started their home-going trip by motorcycle on Thursday. On average, the motorcycle travellers will ride a 700-kilometer distance before they arrive in their homelands for family reunion during the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 31 this year. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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A little "migratory bird" is on the way home with parents. (Photo source: cnr.cn/Wang Haibin)

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Passengers queue up to check in at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Jan. 18, 2014. (Photo source: chinanews.cn/Qian Xingqiang)

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A passenger sleeps on the train L8586 which runs from east China's Shanghai Municipality to Fuyang in east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 23, 2014. China has kicked off its annual Lunar New Year travel rush period, with more than 3.62 billion trips expected to be made on roads, and via trains, planes and ships around the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 31 this year. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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Actress Liu Shishi covers fashion magazine...English.news.cn | 01.23.2014 | Editor: Yamei Wang
 

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with President of the French National Assembly Claude Bartolone in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 23, 2014.(Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

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People eat beef noodles at a noodle restaurant in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 22, 2014. With a long history of over 100 years dating back to Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), beef noodle has won fame both at home and abroad. There are over one thousand beef noodle restaurants in Lanzhou, which sell over one million portions of beef noodles every day. To people of Lanzhou, it is not only a food tradition, but a way of lifestyle. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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Noodle restaurant owner Kao Chunmei cooks beef noodles in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 23, 2014.

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Chef Ma Wenbin cooks beef noodles in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 22, 2014.

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A waitress serves beef noodles at a noodle restaurant in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 22, 2014.

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A man carrying a boy boards a train at the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 19, 2014. China has kicked off its annual Lunar New Year travel rush period, with more than 3.62 billion trips expected to be made on roads, and via trains, planes and ships around the Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 31 this year. (Xinhua/Wang Jianyun)

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Passengers wait for their trains at the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 22, 2014.

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Passengers enter the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 23, 2014.

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Passenger Liu Changxin (2nd L) and his son wait for their train for migrant workers at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 23, 2014. A special train was arranged exclusively for 600 migrant workers of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture by Wuhan Railway Bureau on Thursday in order to send them home for the coming Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Hao Tongqian)

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Passenger Fu Chenyi (2nd L) and his family wait for their train for migrant workers at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 23, 2014.

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Workers with the Lanzhou Railway Bureau examine Hexie 3D electric locomotives before they are put to use in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Jan. 24, 2014. The Hexie 3D electric locomotive can transport 3,000 passengers at a maximum speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It is the latest model of the Hexie class electric locomotives. Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. CNR Group, the manufacturer, has already provided 40 Hexie 3D locomotives to the railway system for use during the "Chunyun", a 40-day Spring Festival travel rush period starting from Jan. 16 this year. (Xinhua/Nie Jianjiang)

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Rescuers put out a forest fire near a village in Fuquan City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 24, 2014. Five people were killed and one more injured in the fire which broke out on Thursday morning. (Xinhua/Zhang Yong)

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Students have special dinner at East China Jiaotong University in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 24, 2014. The university on Friday prepared reunion dinner for dozens of students who have decided to remain on the campus during the winter vacation. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)

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Staff members of the Shenyang Taoxian Interntional Airport stage a flash mob dance for passengers to celebrate the Xiaonian Festival in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Jan. 23, 2014. (Photo: chinanews.com)
 

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Models draw huge crowds and attentions during Taipei Game Show in Taipei World Trade Centerin, Jan. 23, 2014. (Photo source: Chinanews.com)

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Street snap of Ni Ni in Paris...English.news.cn | 01.24.2014| Editor: Yamei Wang

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Angelababy hugs God of Wealth in commercial event...English.news.cn | 2014-01-24 11:07:47 | Editor: Yang Yi

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Liu Yiti in black low-cut cocktail dress...English.news.cn | 01.21.2014 | Editor: Luan
 

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Just found these.. looks like a vice bust.

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广西柳州市公安局1月20日、21日连续两晚组织警力对该市大型娱乐场所、酒店展开治安清查行动,抓获一批涉嫌吸毒、卖淫嫖娼人员。目前,案件仍在进一步审理当中。图为涉嫌卖淫嫖娼人员被押上警车。摄影:彭洪

Liuzhou, Guangxi Public Security Bureau on Jan. 20, the 21st consecutive nights on the city police organizations large entertainment venues, the hotel inventory to start policing action, arresting a number of suspected drug use, prostitution staff. Currently, the case is still under further pending. Pictured suspected prostitutes were brought to the police car. Photo: Peng Hung
 
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