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They can detect life-threatening health issues.

Dogs can also be trained to identify when their human counterparts experience a seizure. Or for people who struggle with severe allergies to peanuts, a dog’s extraordinary sense of smell can be used to catch that nut before their owner has a potential reaction.




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They can help boost your immune system.

Just petting a dog may be enough to keep that pesky cold away. One study conducted on college students reported benefits to overall health, particularly to the immune system of those students who were asked to pet dogs (as opposed to those asked to pet stuffed animals or nothing at all). So next time you feel the sniffles coming, reach for the tissuesâ€"and your trusty sidekick.

They ease workday pressures.

Bringing your dog to work may have a positive impact on your stress levels on the job. Research shows that employees who brought their furry friends to the office reported lower levels of perceived stress throughout the day. How to convince your boss? Point out an office pooch provides a low-cost wellness bonus for employees.

They can help you quit smoking.

Still lighting up but trying to quit the habit? A new roommate of the canine variety may be just what you need. In one study, 28 percent of smokers who owned pets reported that knowledge of the harmful effects of secondhand smoke on their pets would motivate them to quit.

They ease social isolation.

Rejection can sting, but it eases off when you’re greeted with a wagging tail. And science confirms pets help our sense of belonging. One study found that pet owners reported having higher self-esteem, felt more conscientious, and even bounced back from social rejection better. Another study revealed that women and single adults found the most benefit of mental well-being from owning a dog. No wonder dogs are considered man’s best friend.

They lower blood pressure.

Blood pressure might sound like a concern for people in their golden years, but really everyone can benefit from keeping their numbers in check. And a study from the American Heart Association found when pet owners get support from their furry friends, it’s enough to lower blood pressure brought on by mental stress. We like to think that means we’re that much closer to getting a prescription for dog snuggles.

They lower your stress levels.

Yes, we know our pets can make us happier, but research shows that interacting with dogs can help reduce stress. Even something as simple as playing fetch or petting your pup can increase levels of the feel-good hormone oxytocin in your brain, and lower production of cortisol, a stress-inducing hormone.

They keep us moving.

If you have a dog, you’ve probably walked it, right? Well, all that walking can add up. One study found that dog owners were 34 percent more likely to achieve their recommended 150 minutes of exercise per week than non-dog owners. And don’t dismiss walking as wussy exercise. Just because it’s low-impact (for your joints) doesn’t mean it’s no-impact (for your health).

They can sniff out cancer.

Did you know that dogs have a sense of smell that’s 1 million times stronger than ours? Working dogs use their keen sense of smell to locate bombs and drugs, but amazingly, pups can also sniff out what’s going on inside our bodies. Research has found that your everyday, average household pooch can be trained to distinguish the differences in the breath of those with breast and lung cancer to those without. Another study found that dogs could be trained to detect biomarkers in the urine of those with prostate cancer.

They can act as furry therapists.

Pet therapy, or animal-assisted therapy (AAT) as it’s also called, has been linked to the reduction of anxiety, pain and depression in people with a range of mental or physical health problems. Many people can benefit from pet therapy, including patients undergoing chemotherapy, veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and physical therapy patients working on their fine motor skills. Even some academic institutions are taking note. At Miami University, students can take advantage of pet therapy that alleviates feelings of homesickness and depression. Dogs are on call during midterms and finals when those feelings are at an all-time high.

They’re good for your heart.

Sure, snuggling up with your pup can warm your heart. But researchers at the American Heart Association found that having a dog could actually reduce your risk of getting cardiovascular disease.

DOGGY LOVE

Monday, June 15th, 2015

SCIENCE TELLS YOU TO GET A PUP NOW

AWEFUL day at the office? Bad blind date? Or annoyed for no reason? Dog owners know that it just takes one sloppy wet kiss from your furry BFF to turn that frown upside down. It’s even a scientific fact that pets make us happier. And aside from putting smiles on our faces, it turns out pets have the ability to make us healthier.

Quote from: Mike Ortega Ligalig on July 03, 2007, 11:58:53 AM
Diabetes could be avoided if people ate a "stone-age" diet consisting of fruit, nuts, vegetables and lean meat or fish, a study suggests.

glad it is not imperative to look like stone-age people.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 01:19:24 PM
...ug dako ang katingala ni Aylandil kay si Bay Bugsay man diay tawon to...

si bugsay ang nilamoy sa kanding?  bantog rang wa na mogimaw dinhi...

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We invite you to take a moment to today to meditate on these words, to savour them, for they are full of mercy and love. Then take a moment and think of others that might benefit from hearing them, those who right now need in a special way some words of encouragement and consolation, and share these images with them so that they too might rejoice in their warmth.

A few words from Pope Francis:

Dear brothers and sisters! Jesus Christ is the blessing for every man and woman, and for all of humanity. The Church, in giving us Jesus, offers us the fullness of the Lord’s blessing. This is precisely the mission of the people of God: to spread to all peoples God’s blessing made flesh in Jesus Christ. And Mary, the first and most perfect disciple of Jesus, the first and most perfect believer, the model of the pilgrim Church, is the one who opens the way to the Church’s motherhood and constantly sustains her maternal mission to all mankind. Mary’s tactful maternal witness has accompanied the Church from the beginning. She, the Mother of God, is also the Mother of the Church, and through the Church, the mother of all men and women, and of every people.

10 Messages from the Virgin Mary that Every Catholic Should Know

Garrett Johnson
Catholic Faith | Holy Mary
31/05/2015

Catholics are known for our devotion to Mary. For good reason, the Mother of God was full of both grace and wisdom.  Did you know that Mary continues to speak to us today? We would like to share with you a collection of 10 messages from the Virgin Mary that we think every Catholic should know. Especially for those who are actively engaged in apostolic activity, a deep and personal relationship with Mary is an absolute must.

Let us never forget that Mary is considered to be the first disciple of Christ; she is therefore model, guide, and Mother to all those who wish to bring others to a new life in the Lord Jesus.

lisod man god ning judge nga magpa-wild-wild, acting up kaayo morag batang nagpa-attention.  angay lang to siya ug sine atbang ni kris aquino, o kaha entertainer sa senado.

kung sine pa ni, malagmit ang title "ang babayeng kalabera nga unggoy sa alcoy".

mao na gyod niy sakyan nako sa cebu-bohol-cebu roundtrip imbis supercat o oceanjet.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 01:17:26 PM
Oh, no! Look again and you'll see a proper tomcat's fat jowls, thick neck and macho moon face...

must still be in the process of surgery to feminize the face.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 12:19:20 PM
He he, think of it in terms of Harry Potter-Voldemort synchrony/dichotomy...

yes, yes, yes.  the avatar is he-who-must-not-be-named.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 12:14:43 PM
...diin ang maong burning bush walay ing langitnong kahulogan kay kini nalaya tungod sa El Niño ug naduslitan lang sa mangungumpay nga nanigarilyo samtang nalibang diin sa samang higayon ang nahisgotang tingog walay lain kondili ang bagutbot sa lubot sa libangero nga wala kahilisi sa gikaon nga paklay ug gisuyop nga bahal sa miaging gabii...

...ug dayon misulbong ang lubot nga gabagutbot nga ang tag-iya nagkapyot sa pisi nga nagbitay sumpay sa iyang dila nga nagdiwalwal... dayon ingon:

mihihihihi, mihihihihi...

aaahhh, now you look truly handsome, er, beautiful, ala caitlyn jenner.

The pair are both believed to be about 10 years old, and they were likely abandoned because of their age and Glenn's condition, Critchlow said.

But the good news is that the rescue organization has received over 20 calls already from interested adopters, she said.

"Some dogs are here months and months and not one person looks at them or has interest, so there's an unusual amount of interest in them," Critchlow said. "Everyone is in love with them, and they're both just so friendly, lovable and very chill."

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"They are inseparable," said Critchlow, 21. "They instantly had a bond when they came in, so we kept them together. Whenever they're separated they start crying and barking for each other."

Buzz leads Glenn during walks, looks after him and constantly keeps him company, Critchlow added.

"They have to stay together," she said.

Meet Abandoned Blind Dog and His Trusty Canine Guide Who 'Acts as His Eyes'

By AVIANNE TAN
June 23, 2015
Good Morning America

Glenn is a blind, medium-sized Jack Russell Terrier, and Buzz is a large Staffordshire Bull Terrier, who acts as Glenn's trusty guide.



The two were recently discovered abandoned and rescued after found wandering inside a sea tunnel together in Hartlepool, United Kingdom. The pair are currently under the care of rescue organization Stray Aid in Coxhoe.

Glenn and Buzz are now looking for a home, but only if they're taken in together, Stray Aid volunteer Hannah Critchlow told ABC News today.

if i were the dog, i'd rather bite those in haste than bark.

my uneducated guess: he might claim he's that boy.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 12:48:38 PM
Well, at least the photo was well-shared enough to deter some plagiarist from claiming it as his own and entering it in a contest, as what happened a couple of years ago or so when such a photo won the grand prize!

let's wait and see what a three-year-old filipino boy today will do with this image 15 years from now.

finally, a real good representative for our country.

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 12:36:26 PM
Na Son said he made efforts to clarify and to claim copyright of the photo but with little success.

"This is perhaps my most shared photo but unfortunately in the wrong context."

at least it's a great photo.

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 12:33:45 PM
In less than a week, this photo has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter, credited as "Two-year-old sister protected by four-year-old brother in Nepal".

There have been attempts to look for the brother and sister among the earthquake's victims, even calls for donations.

can't blame them for their sincerity.  given the chance, i would have looked for these kids myself just to find out if they're all right.

Quote from: islander on June 25, 2015, 12:35:10 PM
Na Son published the photo on his personal blog and was surprised to discover three years ago that it had been shared among Vietnamese Facebook users as a photo of "abandoned orphans".

"Some people even weaved intricate tales about the kids," he said, "like their mother had died and their father left them".

It didn't stop there. He later found the photo with credits such as "two Burmese orphans" and even "victims of the civil war in Syria".

well, it's nice to believe in things we want to believe in...

Na Son said he made efforts to clarify and to claim copyright of the photo but with little success.

"This is perhaps my most shared photo but unfortunately in the wrong context."

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Na Son published the photo on his personal blog and was surprised to discover three years ago that it had been shared among Vietnamese Facebook users as a photo of "abandoned orphans".

"Some people even weaved intricate tales about the kids," he said, "like their mother had died and their father left them".

It didn't stop there. He later found the photo with credits such as "two Burmese orphans" and even "victims of the civil war in Syria".

"I was passing through the village but was stopped by the scene of two Hmong children playing in front of their house while their parents were away working in the field."

"The little girl, probably two years old, cried in the presence of a stranger so the boy, who was maybe three years old or so, hugged his sister to comfort her."

"It was both moving and cute, so I quickly made a shot."

In less than a week, this photo has gone viral on Facebook and Twitter, credited as "Two-year-old sister protected by four-year-old brother in Nepal".

There have been attempts to look for the brother and sister among the earthquake's victims, even calls for donations.

Only, the photo was taken nearly a decade ago in northern Vietnam.
Its real author, Vietnamese photographer Na Son Nguyen, told the BBC: "I took this picture in October 2007 in Can Ty, a remote village in Ha Giang province".

i'm sad and relieved at the same time that there's something else to this photo...

Haunting 'Nepal quake victims' photo from Vietnam

By Nga Pham
BBC News
4 May 2015


Two Hmong children in Can Ty, Ha Giang province, Vietnam (2007).  These two children have been described online as Burmese orphans and victims of Syria's civil war

This must be one of the most shared photos on social media in the wake of the earthquake in Nepal last week.

The haunting picture of two young children hugging each other, the little girl clinging to her brother as if to look for shelter from the outside world, the boy's scared eyes…

It creates a truly heart-wrenching image.

seven years after the last post, and you're still a kind kitten, bai hubs?

i hope so too. 

Quote from: Lollapalooza on June 17, 2015, 12:20:40 PM
Last week, I have bid my goodbye to my 11 year-old cat, Kenshin.. Thank you for being with me Kenshin.. Namatay sa katigulang niya, half-blind tapos namayat siya bisan unsaon nako pakaon pod..

my condolence, loll.  i read this post before and felt so bad myself, so i tried to pretend that kenshin is still around.  then i remembered this, now, and got real.

something in us is diminished when a pet dies, as we both know.

here are wishes that you remain happy and healthy for all your present and future pets.

thanks.  hahaha, duol-duol baya mog posing.  look at your avatar...

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 11:49:52 AM
...unya gikalibang sa kabaw ang gilamoy niyang pisi sa kanding nga karon gihimong lasso ug gigamit sa reporter pagbitik sa kanding samtang kini misulbong...

...ug naa dayoy nitingog gikan sa burning bush adtong dapita...

dili kana maayo, ter.  ikaw bay kanding nga mosulbong, lalim ba.  sunoga na lang nang pisi, unya lamoya.  chill, man. 

or welcome to the world, pandatitos!



Good Morning America ‏@GMA  9h9 hours ago
🐼 China debuts its newborn panda twins: http://abcn.ws/1dgv4G7 

now i know your type, bai hubs.

bai hubs, na-double m ang imong img, mao tingali nga wa koy makit-an bisan gaantiyohos ko.

headline tingali sa banat kun ang pisi sa kanding gilamoy sa kabaw human gigamit paghikog unya natuboan ug pako sa anghel ang gahikog pero ang kanding ang nilupad.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 25, 2015, 12:22:51 AM
Hmm, morag jaga-jaga man jamo ning balik-balik nga mention sa pisi sa kanding...

aw, banat na god na.  i take this paper as a tabloid that tries its best to make light, if not fun, of tragedies.  it also makes mountains out of moles on human skin.  perhaps, until the tragedy involves one of the reporters... (simbako lang).

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from the BBC

Your 10 favourite TS Eliot lines



Thomas Stearns Eliot

The American-British poet Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 â€"1965) is today regarded as one of the 20th Century's major poets. In 1948 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his incredible contribution to literature. In 1915 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was published in the June issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse at the instigation of Ezra Pound. In honour of the centenary of its publication, BBC Culture asked readers to celebrate the timeless poetry of TS Eliot by sharing their favourite lines. (Credit: Alamy)

37 anyos?  intawon, dugaya ni ondoy nga nidako.  hinoon, obyus nga daghan pa nig hinungdan.  sayon lang pasumanginlan ang kuwang nga plete.  may he find peace in death that eluded him in life. 

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 24, 2015, 06:18:28 PM
Hmm, monyeka nga inahan? Sama ani?

sama ani...

there is no defense for cruelty.  who cares what a country's cultural practices are.  won't the chinese condemn cannibalism?  those cannibals surely have their own defense for what they do.

Quote from: hubag bohol on June 24, 2015, 06:02:03 PM
You don't say. Makailad baya pud ning mga unggoya ni.

kana kun unggoy pod ang mga botante unta.

haraw dakpon ning mga bastosa.  kanus-a god tawon nahitabo sa ato nga por kilo na ang pamasahe.

mga monyeka tingali na sa mga inahan aning mga bataa, mao nga niliwat kay gipangamkon man ning mga bataa sa pagmabdos nila.

sample average prices of goods/services in luanda in (US$):

Restaurants      

Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant-  20.00
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught)-  2.50
Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle)-  3.00
Cappuccino (regular)-  2.40
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle)-  1.25
Water (0.33 liter bottle)-  1.00

Markets   
   
Milk (regular), (1 liter)-  2.37
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g)-  1.75
Rice (white), (1kg)-  2.28
Eggs (12)-  4.65
Apples (1kg)-  3.90
Oranges (1kg)-  3.90
Tomato (1kg)-  3.80
Potato (1kg)-  2.75
Pack of Cigarettes (Marlboro)-  1.80

Utilities (Monthly)   
   
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Water, Garbage) for 85m2 Apartment-  223.19
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans)-  0.60
Internet (6 Mbps, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL)-  170.00

Sports And Leisure   

Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult-  166.67
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend)-  20.00
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat-  17.00

Clothing And Shoes   
   
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar)-  150.00
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...)-  100.00
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range)-  160.00
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes-  118.67

Rent Per Month
   
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre-  3,125.00
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre-  2,600.00
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre-  9,166.67
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre-  5,100.00

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aray.  manglimos man diay ko ug mahiadto ug luanda.

mahadlok lang ko why naapil man intawon dinha si escudero, cayetano ug trillanes uy.  simbako.

one more lesson.



sa gamay nga background ani sa una pa (puro lang hinoon "kuno"), makaingon gyod hinoon tag mirisi, kun tinuod man galing nga purya ni siyag batasan ug daghan ni siyag gipahilak sa poder pa ni siya.  giabot nga duha ka inahan sa duha niyang gipahilak mga academicians nga nagkukig utingkay sa iyang academic records kay didto baya ning mga inahana gatrabaho sa kintahay iyang alma mater.  tua, gigukod hinoon ug nabansiwag.  "hell hath no fury than a woman..." feeling gidaugdaog ang iyang anak.

a sad lesson for all.   

Imelda Marcos’s Beltrami Sandals (1987-92)

No exhibition about footwear could fail to mention Imelda Marcos, the widow of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who is a notorious shopaholic with a penchant for shoes. Born in 1929, over the course of her life she supposedly amassed a collection of some 3,000 pairs of shoes â€" including these sling-back high-heel sandals, decorated with black embroidery and rhinestones, which were made by the Italian designer Beltrami. Marcos signed the upper lining of each sandal in the pair, which now belongs to Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum. Today Marcos embodies the obsession that shoes still engender in many people, including those passionate collectors who acquire footwear never to be worn, but only to be marvelled at. (Credit: V&A)

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Pair of Geta (1880-1900)

Shoes are an essential weapon in the armoury of seduction and desire. The prostitute in Manet’s scandalous oil painting Olympia (1863), for instance, is naked except for a black ribbon around her neck and one high-heeled mule on her left foot (the other mule has already provocatively slipped off). In feudal Japan, high-status courtesans called “oiran” wore traditional “geta” like this vertiginous velvet-and-lacquer pair, more than 20cm (7.9in) high, which resembles a hybrid between clogs, flip-flops and a skyscraper. The idea was that, while wearing them, prostitutes would be forced to adopt a slow, shuffling gait â€" alternately dragging their feet in a half-circle â€" so that their beauty could be scrutinised more easily by men. (Credit: V&A)

Furry Ankle Boots (1943)

Sometimes it is possible to achieve a luxurious high-fashion look with a make-do approach. These ankle boots were commissioned during World War Two by a well-to-do Londoner who took a mink stole and two coats â€" one made of red leather, the other from ocelot fur â€" to her local shoemaker in Kensington, and asked him to turn them into a new pair of shoes. The eye-catching results stood out in a period of wartime rationing. “They are a bit too flashy, a bit too high,” says Helen Persson, who has curated Shoes: Pleasure and Pain. “But I think that’s the most wonderful story: that in the middle of war it was still important to have something beautiful and new â€" so she came up with the idea of sacrificing her clothes. If I could take away any pair of shoes in the exhibition, it would be these.” (Credit: V&A)

Brogued Oxfords (1989)

As any Sex and the City fan will know, haute-couture shoes by the likes of Manolo Blahnik can be exorbitantly expensive. So can handmade shoes for men: even a relatively simple pair of bespoke Oxfords could cost more than £3,000. This pair of brogues was made by traditional British shirt and shoemaker New & Lingwood, using Russian calf leather salvaged from the wreck of a Danish ship sunk in Plymouth Sound off the coast of Cornwall in 1786. Even though the leather was hundreds of years old, it could still be used because it had been wrapped in oilskins. Constructing a pair of luxury shoes like this can be exceptionally complicated, involving more than 200 specialist steps. (Credit: V&A)

Super Elevated Gillie Shoes (1993)

While Ottoman bath clogs suggest that using shoes to gain height is nothing new, one pair of high heels is more infamous than any other: British designer Vivienne Westwood’s leather-and-silk blue “mock-croc” Super Elevated Gillie platforms, with their 21cm-high heels. In 1993, the supermodel Naomi Campbell was wearing them on the catwalk during Westwood’s show in Paris Fashion Week, when they proved to be so lofty that they caused her to fall. Without warning, one of the shoes suddenly keeled over, sending Campbell tumbling to the floor of the catwalk. It was an iconic moment in fashion history â€" and a reminder of the extreme lengths to which some women will go in pursuit of appearing fashionable. (Credit: V&A)

Bath Clogs (19th Century)

Beginning in the 16th Century, men and women visiting the hammam, or communal bathhouse, in the Ottoman Empire commonly wore bath clogs â€" or “qabâqib” in Arabic. A trip to the hammam was part of everyday life, and originally bath clogs had a practical function: they were designed to raise the bather above the hot, dirty, slippery floor. In time, though, practicality was sacrificed on the altar of fashion â€" as attested by this improbably tall pair of wooden qabâqib used in 19th Century Egypt. Lavishly decorated with shell and metal inlay, they are 28.5cm (11.22in) high, making them the tallest shoes in the V&A’s new exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain. They would have ensured that their affluent owner could elevate herself above her fellow bathers. (Credit: V&A)

Poulaine (1375-1400)

During the Middle Ages, European fashionistas didn’t bother with high heels. Instead, they were obsessed with narrow shoes boasting long and unnaturally pointed toes, like this example made out of practical leather. Since courtiers were more likely to wear impractical versions made using velvets and satins, it probably belonged to someone middle-class. A craze for shoes like this, which to modern eyes look like precursors of the winkle-picker, swept the continent in the late 14th Century, when they acquired various names, including “crackows” (from Krakow) and “poulaines” (French for “Polish”). In order to keep their shape, the points were stuffed with moss. They were then curled upwards, to facilitate walking. Still, poulaines were hardly known for providing comfort: medieval wearers would have complained of bunions and hammer-toes. (Credit: Museum of London)

Red Ballet Shoes (1948)

As well as attributes of power, shoes can also be objects of fantasy. Historically, they have played an important role in folk and fairy tales: when Cinderella’s foot fits the glass slipper, for instance, she is elevated from housemaid to princess. A version of the Cinderella story â€" involving the ruler of Egypt, a Greek slave girl and a “slipper test” â€" can be traced back to the 1st Century BC. These red ballet pumps, made out of silk satin and leather, were produced for Moira Shearer when she starred in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 film The Red Shoes, which was loosely based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. (Credit: V&A)

Gold Mojari (1790-1820)

This sumptuous pair of men’s “mojari” (mules), which were most likely made in Hyderabad in India, makes the gilded sandals from ancient Egypt look positively ordinary. The leather uppers have been entirely covered with gold embroidery, while the throats are decorated with gold designs embellished with precious gems including diamonds, emeralds and rubies. The quality of the construction is so high that they may once have belonged to the Nizam of Hyderabad â€" though it also appears that they were never worn. Whoever commissioned them wanted his feet to project an unambiguous statement about his seemingly limitless wealth and power. (Credit: Bata Shoe Museum)

STATE OF THE ART| 18 June 2015

Ten shoes that changed the world

Alastair Sooke



Gold Sandal (About 30 BC-AD 300)

Shoes have always been powerful status symbols, even in antiquity â€" as this delicate gilded papyrus sandal from Roman Egypt reminds us. Embellished with nearly pure gold leaf, it is a wonderfully slender and refined object â€" but it bears little relation to the actual physical shape of the average human foot. As a result, this elfin piece of footwear belongs at the beginning of a long tradition of shoes distorting our feet for one reason or another. Often, as well as pleasure, high-end shoes can cause their wearers extravagant pain. (Credit: V&A)

India's International Yoga Day observance

yabag ka, dear hubag.  iningles ba ang imong gi-bold letters?

Unpacking the Shroud of Turin



#The first historical reference to the shroud was in 1357 in Lirey, France

#It was sold to the Duke of Savoy in the 15th Century. His descendant donated it to the Catholic Church in 1983

#The 14ft-long cloth has survived a number of fires, the first in 1532 and the last in 1997

#It has religious meaning to many Christians who see it as a reminder of Jesus' suffering

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