Dim Mak

The Death Touch refers to any martial arts technique that can kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body. The concept known as Dim Mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; literally "press artery"; Jyutping: dim2 mak6), alternatively diǎnxuè (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese: 點穴) traces its history to Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture. Tales of its use are often found in the Wuxia genre of Chinese martial arts fiction. Dim mak is depicted as a secret body of knowledge with techniques that attack pressure points and meridians, said to incapacitate or sometimes cause immediate or even delayed death to an opponent. There is no scientific or historical evidence for the existence of a touch of death.

The concept known as Vibrating Palm originates with the Chinese martial arts Nei Jing ("internal") energy techniques that deal with the Qi energy and the type of force (jin) used. It is depicted as "a technique that is part psychic and part vibratory, this energy is then focused into a wave". According to a United States National Institutes of Health consensus statement in 1997, concepts such as qi "are difficult to reconcile with contemporary biomedical information."

World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters, risk expert warns

Edit The Guardian 24 Apr 2016

With cascading crises – where one event triggers another – set to rise, international disaster risk reduction efforts are woefully underfunded. Global development is supported by. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. @swajones ... Last year, earthquakes, floods, heatwaves and landslides left (pdf). Yet the international community spends less than half of one per cent of the global aid budget on mitigating the risks posed by such hazards ... ....

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2012 file photo, singer Kanye West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian attend a benefit in New York. Reports attributed to anonymous sources broke over the weekend that Kardashian has given birth to her baby with West.

Kim Kardashian posts steamy NSFW photos from friend’s wedding

Edit Celebrity Café 24 Apr 2016

Kim Kardashian attended a friend’s wedding this past weekend and she captured the night’s events with some racy images that are definitely NSFW ... 001. A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Apr 23, 2016 at 6.05pm PDT. 014 ... 006 ... He married model Isabela Rangel ... ....

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World music star Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage

Edit The Hindu 24 Apr 2016

Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said. He was 66. Culture Minister Baudouin Banza Mukalay confirmed the musician’s death on Sunday, calling it a “great loss for the country and all of Africa.” ... He was taken to a nearby clinic, but couldn’t be resuscitated ... Keywords....

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Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo arrives for the inauguration of the new Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja , Nigeria, Friday, May 29, 2015.

Africa's longest serving leader seeks new 7-year term

Edit Graphic 24 Apr 2016

The country's opposition leaders and international civil society groups have already dismissed Sunday's vote as "not credible". President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo faces six mostly unknown opponents, with most of the opposition boycotting the poll ... Critics accuse the 73-year-old of failing to distribute the country's oil wealth to the population of about 700,000 ... In the last election in 2009, Obiang won 97 percent of the vote....

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US President Barack Obama and Prince William while Catherine Duchess of Cambridge plays with Prince George at Kensington Palace during visit to Britain.

'Adorable' Prince George wows Obama in pyjamas

Edit Deccan Herald 23 Apr 2016

Barack Obama has described Prince George as "adorable" after the 2-year-old son of Prince William and Kate Middleton was allowed to stay up past his bed-time to meet the US President. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hosted Obama and wife Michelle for an informal dinner at Kensington Palace in London last night, after which photographs were released of the guests kneeling down to shake hands with the young prince in his pyjamas ... ....

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Europe's Consumers Are Silver Lining to Gloomy Profit Outlook

Edit Bloomberg 25 Apr 2016

The hope is that a delayed effect from the oil slump and the European Central Bank’s stimulus program will stir home-market demand even as weaker global growth dims sales prospects for export-dependent companies such as Unilever and Pernod Ricard SA. ... Further dimming the outlook, European economic growth is predicted to slow to just 1.5 percent this year, compared with January forecasts of 1.7 percent ... fund-manager survey ... ....

What's on TV Tuesday: NCIS

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 25 Apr 2016

Mark Harmon looks tired. Not sleepy, just weary and worn down from dealing with everyone's damn stupid crap, made all the more intolerable by being damn stupid naval crap ... Advertisement ... Ironically, it's about the only thing they do keep a straight face for ... it is because she is very stupid ... Further viewing. Reno Rumble (Nine, 9pm) reaches the thrilling climax that literally dozens of people have been dimly aware of ... ....

'Carrie' Movie Review

Edit The Examiner 25 Apr 2016

Wait, "Carrie"? That's a good movie. I get to review a good movie! Praise Odin I get to review a good movie. After those last two movies, this will be a breath of fresh air let me tell you. The prologue quickly establishes Carrie as the outcast, botching a hit in a volleyball game at match point. The girls mock and sneer at her as they walk away towards the locker room ... The principal is. ... That's a whole new level of dim right there ... ....

Stronger than ever: new Audi TT RS Coupé and new Audi TT RS Roadster (Audi AG)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Apr 2016

(Source. Audi AG). 'The new aluminum five-cylinder engine delivers 400 hp, which is 60 hp more than its predecessor,' says Dr.-Ing. Stefan Knirsch, Audi Board Member for Technical Development ... Impressive performance. the new five-cylinder engine ... Pure dynamics ... The light can be continuously dimmed, it does not cast any shadows and does not require any reflectors - this makes the OLEDs in 3D design efficient, light and visually impressive....

Man Arrested For Trump Rally Bomb Threat

Edit The Daily Beast 24 Apr 2016

Reuters /Carlos Barria ... He was released on $25,000 bond.  Read it at WTNH. More From The Beast ... By Tim Mak. ....