Barefoot (and more!) in the park
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Arts & entertainment: Larry Craig is old hat - three decades earlier, Kohei Yoshiyuki's eerie and beautiful photographs captured people having sex in public places.
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To their high society owners, a pair of haute couture shoes can be a precious thing.
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If walking upright first set early human ancestors apart from their ape cousins, it may have been their eventual ability to run long distances with a springing step over the African savanna
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By Joan MorrisStaff  Despite global warming, wars in far away places and Paris Hilton's escapades, the old Earth keeps spinning. And the first officialweek of summer is underway. Yes, dust off the flip-flops- it's a time for some sum-sum-summertime fun.
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When it comes to choosing fall-proof footwear, elderly people should wear athletic shoes whenever possible, and avoid going barefoot, new research suggests.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 9--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- The Sarasota Polo Club's Bermuda grass is so soft people sometimes just flip off their shoes and socks to feel it on their bare feet.
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Life & style: Gallery: Some of fashion's finer details - the micromini for example - appeal to a limited demographic. Not so the inclusive T-bar sandal.
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Last summer, Crocs wearers ranged from children to senior citizens, from the image-indifferent to the celebrity chef Mario Batali. The suggestion of ubiquity was probably magnified by the fact that seeing one pair of the oversized and often brightly colored footwear felt like seeing five. The Washington Post noted the "goofy" shoes were spreading "like vermin," and Radar Magazine anointed ...
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I heard a report on NPR a couple of weeks ago, and thought it was very interesting.  A study of a group hotel maids found that even though they lead active lives, get lots of exercise, their health isn't good. High blood pressure, overweight, body-mass index, the usual signs of a sedentary life.  They interviewed them, asking if they were active -- no. Did they get exercise? No. (The correct answer was yes to both.) So they formed two groups, with one group they did nothing, with the other they had a series of classes where they showed them how doing maid work compared to other forms of exercise. The kept going until they understood that they were active and living a healhty lifestyle. A few months later they checked blood pressure, weight, BMI and amazingly the group they had educated had become healthy!
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The new Nike+ iPod Sport Kit provides a wireless link between your running shoes and your music player. Researchers demonstrate how stalkers and unscrupulous marketers could tap into your sneakers from afar. By Annalee Newitz.
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Q I have a friend who just broke her ankle. She's used to a very active lifestyle (running five to 10 miles per day), but of course now she's bound in a cast. What kinds of exercises do you recommend to keep her from going crazy?
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A little less conversation and a little more action
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WASHINGTON -- At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the clunky soft-soled clogs known by the name of the most popular brand, Crocs.
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Walking may not be enough alone to produce significant health benefits, research suggests.
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BOILING SPRINGS, Pa. - More than 500 people hike the entire Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia, each year. Ron Zaleski has been trying to accomplish the feat barefoot. His goal is to bring attention to the need for combat veterans to receive counseling.
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By Jessie Mangaliman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 22--Bay Area park officials are on high alert today through most of Saturday, following a fire weather warning from the National Weather Service.
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Your secret shame is over. A start-up in Pennsylvania says it can cure foot-odor problems with nanosocks.