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mas makapatay tingali ang tsinelas kun maoy ihapak.

ingnon lang wrong spelling.  what he meant was "f*ck the foolish".

The Northern Lights in the skies near Faskusfjordur on the east coast of Iceland, March 8, 2012. A solar storm shook the Earth's magnetic field, but scientists said they had no reports of any problems with electrical systems. (AP)

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The US president goose stepping

Overstepping the bounds of goose stepping?


oh-oh, is that a nuclear warhead she's holding?

North Korean female soldiers goose stepping

A Pakistan Ranger, left, and an Indian Border Security Force soldier marching. Photo: AP/Aman Sharma

East Asia and Southeast Asia

    Cambodia
    China, The Republic of
    China, The People's Republic of
    India
    Indonesia
    Laos
    Mongolia
    Myanmar
    North Korea
    Pakistan
    Thailand
    Vietnam


Soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China goosestepping, 1943


A Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard goosesteps

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Middle East and Central Asia

    Afghanistan
    Armenia
    Azerbaijan
    Iran
    Kazakhstan
    Kyrgyzstan
    Lebanon
    Tajikstan
    Turkmenistan
    Uzbekistan
    Yemen

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Africa

    Algeria
    Cameroon
    Chad
    Djibouti
    Egypt
    Gabon
    Mauritania

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Europe

    Albania
    Belarus
    Bulgaria
    Czech Republic
    Poland
    Russia
    Ukraine


Color guard of the Russian Army honor guard goosestepping in the 2009 Moscow Victory Day Parade.

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Current adoption

The goose step is a feature of military ceremonies in dozens of countries, to varying extents.

Latin America

    Argentina
    Bolivia
    Chile
    Colombia
    Cuba
    Ecuador
    Guatemala
    Honduras
    Mexico
    Nicaragua
    Panama
    Paraguay
    Peru
    Venezuela


Cuban Honor Guards goose-stepping at the Mausoleum of José Marti, Santiago de Cuba

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Quote from: BolBuhol on April 11, 2013, 12:11:36 AM


may pagka songdalo sang rasya si mister ben.

kini siya pod.

Quote from: BolBuhol on April 11, 2013, 12:10:03 AM
mobikangkang diay haw?

kay ready nga mosipa.

Honour guards also use the goose step during solemn ceremonies, such as at war memorials or military cemeteries. It has been featured in several Olympic opening ceremonies held in goose stepping countries, as military units pay respect to the Olympic flag as they would their own flag.



In the most rigorous form of goose stepping, the leg is raised almost horizontally. In a modified form found in large military parades, the leg is raised only to knee-height, or even to calf height. This makes it easier to maintain balance and unit cohesion at the standard march tempo of 120 paces per minute. Flagbearers and honor guards will frequently march with a higher goose step than the mass of troops following.



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memo to bolbuhol:

bad boy, bad bolbs!  makagaba ang iding, okay?

Goose stepping is often seen in military parades. Because it is difficult to maintain for long periods of time, troops will only begin to goose-step when they approach the reviewing stand, and will switch back to their normal march step once they have marched past. Large military parades require several days of practice to ensure that troops can perform the goose step without injuring themselves. Preparatory training includes having soldiers march in small groups, with arms linked to maintain balance. (wikipedia)


Changing of the guards, Kremlin

Ceremonial usage

The goose step is a difficult marching style that takes much practice and coordination. It is therefore reserved for ceremonial occasions today.


East German Guards doing the goose step

By the mid-19th century, the widespread replacement of muskets with rifles, with their greater range and accuracy, made the practice of marching forward into battle in precise formation obsolete. However, armed forces continued to drill recruits in marching techniques that now had only a ceremonial function. This was true in Prussia and the later German Empire, where the goose step became emblematic of military discipline and efficiency. (wikipedia)

History

Like other march steps, the "Stechschritt" originated in the 18th century as a method to keep troops lined up properly as they advanced towards enemy lines. It was introduced into German military tradition by Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, a Field Marshal whose close attention to training transformed the Prussian infantry into one of the most formidable armed forces in Europe. Other armies adopted different march steps which served the same purpose: in the British Army, soldiers were trained to swing their arms in a wide arc to allow officers to keep the advancing line in order. (wikipedia)

kaon na lang diha ug isda, bolbs.  ayaw na siya hilabti kay amiga mi ana niya.  di bahal imong mainom kun di endrin.

Quote from: BolBuhol on April 10, 2013, 10:36:44 PM

type mo gid ang gander, bolbs, indi goose.

Originating in Prussian* military drill in the mid-18th century, the step was called the Stechschritt (literally, "piercing step") or Stechmarsch. Although "goose step" is a pejorative term in English, it is used officially by the armed forces of the nearly 50 countries that maintain the tradition. (wikipedia)

*Prussia: today part of Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Denmark, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland



German soldiers of the Weimar Republic's Reichswehr goosestepping in 1932. The goosestep is commonly and inaccurately depicted as originating with the Nazi Party on its establishment.

The goose step is a special marching step performed on formal military parades and other ceremonies. While marching in parade formation, troops swing their legs in unison high off the ground, while keeping their legs straight and unbent. (wikipedia)


Russian soldiers goose-stepping in Moscow

kini akong future orders.  unsaon, fan man gyod ko ni R2D2.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on April 06, 2013, 07:46:21 PM
Thanks kaayo Ms. Isle kontakon jud ni nako siya puhon ug magsugod na ko patrabaho sa akong balay

that would be great, raqz.  interested pod bitaw ko nga mohangyo ani ni bugsay para sa among balay nga dako pag trabahoon.  problema lang kay naa siya sa bohol unya ang among balay tua sa cebu.  di ko maka-afford ani ug transport niya ug iyang workers.  pero mangambisyon lang gihapon ko in the near future.

so far, nakapa-custom built na ko ni bugsay ug ottoman.  mao ni ang hitsura:





bigger versions also made by bugsay are coming up nga ako pong gi-order.  ganahan kog ottoman iparis sa daybed sa living room kay hapsay sa mata.

wa na ko say.  blue-blooded revolutionaries gyod na sila, and true to form, bahal ang fuel sa ilang petromax.

mora man na ug si kris aquino nga nag-emote.

nangita kog trabaho online.  kanang home-based unta, puslan man nga milagro na lang kun mogawas ko. yet i'm wary of many online gimmicks...

funny we don't know what is in store without applying for the job first, and it means giving some personal details.  so i chose a website that i felt fitted what i wanted to do.  the pay per article is almost the same as cebu's dailies.  it's just right; not too much, not too cheap either.  (it cannot be compared with bohol's papers, which pay a trifle, if at all.)

what a shocker.  the academic specialization and job experience requirements of that particular website would limit its contributors to the league of paul krugman!  pffft went my ambition, hehe.

haaay, kalami na lang unta kun maka-biking kog ingon ana, in that safe setting away from crazy traffic jams.  stationary na lang intawon ang akong bike, kanang way ligid.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 08:41:07 AM

where's my beanie?  i'm cold too, y'know.

Richard Watson ended up in Volusia County Branch Jail under charges of attempted felony murder, domestic battery by strangulation, and battery, but was released on $22,500 bail, according to the Volusia County Clerk’s website. Public records published in the Daytona Beach News Record indicate that the Watsons’ marriage was dissolved this month.

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Heavy Metal

By Olivia B. Waxman
April 02, 2013



While some of the biggest stars in music were rocking out at the “12-12-12″ concert on Dec. 12, to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy, things were rocky at one Orange City home. When Debra Watson reportedly brought out a frozen pizza to share with her husband Richard while watching the show, he allegedly became so outraged that the pizza crust was “raw” that he threw his plate at the front door, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. He then allegedly shoved his wife’s face into a dog bowl filled with three inches of water and threatened to kill her, according to police reports.

i've been searching for any possible news report on what the police did to the guy after this horrific video went viral.  no such luck.  still hoping he's behind bars now...

Ehler responded to criticism in the FAQ section of her website: "As with everything in life there will be negative attitudes and I can't be responsible for people who refuse to educate men and feel the device is medieval," and responds by calling the Rape-aXe "a medieval device for a medieval deed."

Other critics fear that use of the device could possibly enrage an attacker and further jeopardize the victim. Ehlers responded:

    "Sadly, many women have been killed over time, as nobody can guarantee the outcome of any rape. However, the huge plus-factor is that the discomfort and pain is such that the rapist would be disabled temporarily, giving you time to get away and get help."

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Criticism

Critics have objected to Ehlers' invention as "vengeful, horrible, and disgusting" and oppose its planned sale in drugstores.

    It is like we are going back to the days where women were forced to wear chastity belts. It is a terrifying thought that women are being made to adapt to rape by wearing these devices ... Women would have to wear this every minute of their lives on the off-chance that they would be raped.  â€"Lisa Vetten (Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa)

    This is a medieval instrument, based on male-hating notions and fundamentally misunderstands the nature of rape and violence against women in this society.  â€"Charlene Smith

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Rape-aXe was unveiled on August 31, 2005 in South Africa. Although media coverage at the time implied that mass production was due to begin in April 2007, the device has never been marketed to the public and it remains unclear whether the product will ever be available for purchase. (wikipedia)

The Rape-aXe is a latex sheath embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing barbs that would be worn by a woman in her vagina like a female condom. If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, his penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the attacker excruciating pain during withdrawal and giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the attacker's body when he withdrew and could only be removed surgically, which would alert hospital staff and police. Like most condoms, Rape-aXe also usually prevents pregnancy and the transmission of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. (wikipedia)

Quote from: islander on April 10, 2013, 02:59:54 AM
However the idea of an anti-rape device is not a new one. In South Africa the controversial ‘Rape-Axe’, a latex condom embedded with inward-facing barbs, was proposed in 2005 to mixed reception.

Rape-aXe

An anti-rape female condom using a different design was invented by Sonnet Ehlers, a South African woman. Ehlers was motivated to create it while working as a blood technician with the South African Blood Transfusion Service, during which time she met many rape victims. Ehler mentioned that she was inspired to create RAPEX (later renamed to Rape-aXe) when a patient who had been raped stated, "If only I had teeth down there," suggesting the myth of the vagina dentata. Initially called RapeX, the name was changed in 2006 upon discovering that RAPEX is also an EU warning system against dangerous goods on the market. (wikipedia)

The rape and death of a young woman in Delhi last year has highlighted the problem of sexual violence in India. The students cite both the Delhi gang rape as well as another incident in Bangalore as their impetus for finding a solution to the problem.

However the idea of an anti-rape device is not a new one. In South Africa the controversial ‘Rape-Axe’, a latex condom embedded with inward-facing barbs, was proposed in 2005 to mixed reception. Though the Society Harnessing Equipment can reportedly deliver up to 82 shocks, it’s considerably tamer than the Rape-Axe. The students are hoping to make their design available for purchase in April.

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“A person trying to molest a girl will get the shock of his life the moment pressure sensors get activated,” he told the newspaper. The GPS link and a cell phone transmitter would also send an SOS text to emergency services “as well as to parents of the girl,” she said.

The circuitry for the GPS and sensor modules are both based near the bosom â€" as according to research on attempted rapes and sexual harassment, that is where women are first attacked, say the students.

Mohan and her fellow designers outlined the inspiration behind their design in the project profile:

    “Studying in a convent girls school, we were always taught to be good to everyone around and bear a cheerful smile. After stepping into the real, cruel world we realized that our smile could not last for long as the threat to our purity and integrity always lingered on. Since the law makers take ages to come up with just laws and even after that, women are unsafe.”

Indian Students Develop ‘Rape-Prevention’ Underwear

By Kharunya Paramaguru
April 05, 2013

Three engineering students in India have developed lingerie that they claim has “anti-rape” features that will help women protect themselves against possible attacks.

The underwear â€" dubbed Society Harnessing Equipment â€" features GPS technology (to alert the police) as well as pressure-activated electrodes “capable of sending shock waves of 3,800 kV” Manisha Mohan, one of the developers behind the product, told the Times of India.

According to this dietary source, the top reasons that people choose to eat grains (fiber and heart health) shouldn’t be quite compelling enough to make wheat a regular part of one’s diet. Fiber and B vitamins can be found in much higher quantities in other foods like collard greens and peas. Essentially, if you can get the nutrients that wheat has to offer from a healthier fruit or vegetable, then you should. There’s nothing in wheat that can’t be found just as easily somewhere else.

http://dailyhealthpost.com/

Why Wheat Isn’t All That Great

Let’s start at the beginning. The “wheat” we’re referring to is hardly wheat at all. In fact, if you could give someone from the 18th century a baked loaf of bread (even whole wheat), they would hardly even recognize it.

Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist, is one of many scientists and doctors that tries to educate others on the truth about modern wheat. If you want to learn more about the distinctions between modern wheat and the “true” wheat of centuries past, check out this interview he did with CBS News.

1 Super-Common Food That’s Ruining Your Skin, Joints & Blood Sugar

by Fiora Stevens
February 6, 2013



Sometimes it’s difficult to discern trend diets from the truth about nutrition. It seems that everyone has an agenda, a special diet, a “limited time offer.” However, we’re here to tell you about one incredibly common food that is absolutely wrecking most people’s skin, joints, and blood sugar.The best part? There’s no agenda here. The worst part? This food is probably in just about every one of your meals. Curious to know what we’re talking about? Wheat.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 04:19:31 PM



Like a boss!

hehe, daghan na ta...

or depende tingali kun abli ba akong email address o di, hehe.  i dunno.  otrohon na lang nako ang tanan through photobucket...



look at the view, my sweet.
thanks for this great vacation, dahlin'.


uyyy, nag-unsa na man pod nang duha? abi kay nakagawas sa pantaw kadiyot...


hahay, nag-corny na pod ang duha... puro ra ba neutered urban cats, hahaha! daghan na mi...

uy, naa na man lagi ang uban, bai hubs.  di na invisible akong cats.  kit-an nako without repairing/repeating in some other way.  depende gyod diay tingali sa sapot sa imong connection...

so here i do repeat, making sure the images are there...



Ma n'atu sole
cchiù bello, oje ne'.
O sole miowww
sta 'nfronte a te!
O sole
O sole miowww...

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 04:18:56 PM
Hu hu hu, can't admire Ms. Isle's invisible cats...

sorry, di man diay makapatik ang akong gibuhat, syalan ba diay... 

these kids were told to play inside--

dancing?  he's either lecturing or nagging.

Pyongyang's methods have been highly consistent since the early 1960s. "Its strategy has been to lash out at its enemies when it perceives them to be weak or distracted, up the ante in the face of international condemnation (while blaming external scapegoats) and then negotiate for concessions in return for an illusory promise of peace."

-Sung-Yoon Lee, professor of Korean studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University


from Is North Korea's threat more than posturing this time? by Peter Beaumont; for more, here's the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/07/north-korea-posturing-predictable

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 06:50:35 PM

ballet dancers?

from the platters' 'sleepy lagoon', with pakapin:

A sleepy lagoon
A tropical moon and two on an island
A sleepy lagoon
And two hearts in tune
And a baboon like you.

ugh, there's something askew here... why not study human sounds to understand baboons?

Quote from: islander on April 09, 2013, 12:56:50 PM
art should speak for the man and for humankind.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 07:00:48 PM
But then again, art appreciation has nothing to do with the ultimate value of art, which in the end will most likely contribute nothing to the preservation of the human race--not that this is a desirable goal at all.

aaahhh, kind sir.  i wrote only of speak, and you went further with preservation.  argumentum ad hominem et reductio ad hubagum.

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 06:56:57 PM
Hmm, argumentum ad misericordiam...

what did you expect?  a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid?

aguy, kun patoo ko ani, angay diay ko magtrabaho ug menteryo tungod sa akong ngan, huhuhu.

moadto ug dagat to have all the amenities of a 7-star land hotel?  ay dong anderstang.  wa niy kalainan sa submarino nga iadto sa banat-i sa tagbilaran.

Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

Do not argue with an idiot.  He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way.  So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

kun doctor nang baye unya mao nay magdaghan nga pasyente, na, daghan gyod ang doctors nga tabangonon.

if this were true, at least they're doing it quietly, unlike the noise that politicians make.

at the risk of repeating myself for the nth time since last year, personally, i am against the rh bill, not because it constricts my rights (no one can ever impose their choice on me, ever) but because it reflects more of the same existing laws that are already in place (maternal care for women is already addressed by the magna carta of women). 

what i cannot take is that my 10-year-old will be taught about human sexuality anytime soon.  it's like robbing her of the innocence of childhood too early in the day.  i don't believe our generation is any worse because we learned about the birds and the bees relatively much later.

also, there was pressure from first world countries expressed through denial of certain funds.

there was unmistakable lobbying from big pharmaceuticals who stand to gain the most. 

some are presumed to have gotten rich over the bill's passage, courtesy of very thankful sectors.  but that's between them and their god.

maayo ra gyod nga di mahimong polis.  makuhaan daan ug balbahotog ang kapolisan.  nikuha ug criminology nga kurso aron mo-commit ug crime?  purya. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 08:50:43 AM
I am a huge fan of Picasso, I’ve made that clear on this blog several times (don’t like the man, love the art).

starting today, i choose not to like both the man and the art.  i used to pretend that i like his art (not only because i can never own the real mccoy save for the frameable posters of his line drawings, the banana republic had also now and then explained picasso's works to me so well), but now i dare not even pretend.  art should speak for the man and for humankind.  was he human?  big deal.

Reading John Richardson’s biography of Picasso, I was struck by the fact that Carl Jung labeled Picasso “schizophrenic.”

Art publisher, Christian Zervos, dealing with Picasso in 1932, wrote that “I know the pleasure he gets from seeing someone suffer physically or mentally. For instance, when he is at his chateau, he takes great pleasure in having his Saint Bernard dog attack the cats and watching them agonize as their backbones crack.”… (http://artmodel.wordpress.com/)

Quote from: chicogon on April 09, 2013, 11:30:02 AM
Taga Balingsya kaliwat ani nila

bugsay, lorenz!  wo bist du?

Quote from: hubag bohol on April 09, 2013, 06:28:46 AM
Lascivious fruits...

confused fruits too.

una, di gyod mabug-atan.  natural ba nga ang laki mabug-atan sa ilang itlog, gawas tong naay sakit?

ikaduha, di na tinuod.  chances are photoshopped ra na, or hollywood gone geometrically dumb with breast implants.  that proportion is humanly impossible.  dako gani ug two-toy, directly proportional pod kadak-a ang hawak in the normal course of human anatomical development and deterioration.  aw, ambot nganong niliko kog serious-serious ani.  giluod lang tingali kong gatan-aw, hehe.

kun naka-gets ko ani (arang ka-brayt ra ba gyod nakog computer, purya), nahimong mouse ang coffee cup?  unya, inig lad-ok, mao ba kaha na ang copy and paste?  o heater lang ba kaha ang tuyo sa wire?

unsa na pod kaha ang sunod kabuing.  hinoon, anha na ko bilib kun coffee dispenser na ang pc.

opkors, buhi gyod.  sleeping kay nahiluna.  di makaantos ang nagkuha ani nga picture kun dead pa na siya.  and that's on the presumption that the one who took this picture is a human being.  clear?

Quote from: chicogon on April 09, 2013, 11:24:43 AM
C. A. A. = Chic, Aylander ug Ang Botoy hehe

Chic, Aylander, ug Ang Booboy pod, interchangeable with Ang Botoy.

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on April 09, 2013, 09:01:56 AM
Si Ms. Isle ug ako.

kitang duha president, raqz.  si botoy ang muse.

i'm curious.  i believe i need this, having almost all the symptoms.  add a dash of hypochondria, hehe.  and cigarette smoking.  but i truly have tingling arms and legs, though my hallucinations are limited to tubagbohol.  what do you say, lorenz?  will you recommend this? 

(i hate to go to a doctor here nowadays as i'm having quarrels over my kind of health insurance.  most doctors here unfortunately hate health insurance and they treat bearers like second-class citizens...)

8 April 2013

Margaret Thatcher, who has died following a stroke, was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th Century.


Baroness Thatcher, 1925-2013

Her legacy had a profound effect upon the policies of her successors, both Conservative and Labour, while her radical and sometimes confrontational approach defined her 11-year period at No 10.

Her term in office saw thousands of ordinary voters gaining a stake in society, buying their council houses and eagerly snapping up shares in the newly privatised industries such as British Gas and BT.

But her rejection of consensus politics made her a divisive figure and opposition to her policies and her style of government led eventually to rebellion inside her party and unrest on the streets.

more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10364876

Along with Georges Braque, Picasso founded Cubism.



Picasso at his studio in Vallauris in southern France in 1953 Picture: PRESTON STROUP

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/

Picasso's first painting was called Le picador, of a man riding a horse in a bullfight.



Picasso on the beach
Picture: IAN JONES

When he was born, the midwife thought he was stillborn. Picasso had this to say about his uncle, who, apparently, saved him: "Doctors at that time used to smoke big cigars, and my uncle was no exception. When he saw me lying there he blew smoke into my face. To this I immediately reacted with a grimace and a bellow of fury.”



Pablo Picasso in Spain Picture: LP / Roger-Viollet / Rex Features

Picasso's painting Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, which depicted his mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, was sold at auction for $106.5 million. It broke the record for the painting sold for the most at auction, which had been set by Munch's painting The Scream.



Boy leading a horse, 1905 by Pablo Picasso
Picture: PAINTING / Alamy

One of Picasso's many muses was a dachshund called Lump. The dog belonged to photographer David Douglas Duncan. Lump died a week before Picasso.



Guernica by Pablo Picasso, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. Picture: Ingolf Pompe 85 / Alamy

Picasso was also a writer. He wrote around 300 poems and two plays.



Harlequin and Companion, 1901. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: © The State Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Picasso had four children by three women.



Pablo Picasso with his two children by his mistress Francoise Gilot, Claude Picasso (left) and Paloma Picasso. Picture: REX

More of Picasso's paintings have been stolen than any other artist, and 550 of his works are listed as missing.



Weeping Woman, 1937, by Pablo Picasso Picture: Guy Bell / Alamy

Two of Picasso's lovers, Marie-Thérèse Walter and Jacqueline Roque (who became his wife) killed themselves. Marie-Thérèse hanged herself four years after his death. Roque shot herself in 1986, 13 years after Picasso died.



Seated Harlequin, 1901. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: The Metropolitan Museum of Art © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource/Scala, Florence

Picasso’s final words were “Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink any more.” He died while he and his wife, Jacqueline Roque, entertained friends for dinner.



Child with a Dove, 1901. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: Private collection

Picasso donated a public sculpture to the city of Chicago, USA in 1967 and would not accept payment.



Pablo Picasso in France in 1930

Picasso met the French artist Henri Matisse in 1905 at the house of writer Gertrude Stein.



Dwarf-Dancer, 1901 by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: Museu Picasso, Barcelona (gasull Fotografia)

Picasso's sister Conchita died of diphtheria in 1895.



At the Moulin Rouge, 1901. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: Private collection

Picasso burnt several of his paintings as a young artist in Paris in order to stay warm.



Absinthe Drinker, 1901. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Picasso's first exhibition took place when he was 13, in the back room of an umbrella shop.



Picasso in Spain Picture: LP / Roger-Viollet / Rex Feature

Picasso is buried in the grounds of a château he bought in 1958 in Vauvenargues, in the south of France.



Self-Portrait (Yo - Picasso), 1901. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: Private collection

Picasso's first word was "piz" - which is short for "Lapiz", which means pencil in Spanish.



Photograph of Picasso seated in his studio, in Paris, with his agent Pere Mañach to the left and the painter Torres Fuster and his wife to the right. Spring or summer 1901. Currently on display as part of the Courtauld Gallery's Becoming Picasso exhibition. Picture: © Photo RMN-GP