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That’s one for the money: The only pair of blue suede shoes ever owned by Elvis on sale for £80k

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unnamedThe only pair of blue suede shoes Elvis Presley owned after his hit single are expected to sell for $80,000.

The iconic size 10 brogues were ordered for him after he hit the charts with Blue Suede Shoes in 1956.

They became part of Elvis’s wardrobe of stage outfits and were worn by him so much the soles have circular wear from his famous gyrating dance moves that wowed audiences.

unnamed (1)They are the only known pair of blue suede shoes owned by Elvis in existence.

Elvis owned them for four years before he gifted them to his best man and roadie Joe Esposito during a wardrobe clear-out after returning from duty in the US Army in 1960.

In 1994 they were bought by museum owner Chris Davidson who put them on display at his Elvis-A-Rama institution in Las Vegas.

Experts have tipped the shoes to fetch $80,000 when they go under the hammer.

The auction will take place on December 6 in Los Angeles.

French jet placed in quarantine after passengers develop symptoms of swine flu and crew discover they had all recently been to Asia

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Air FranceA plane full of passengers on a French runway has been quarantined after many developed swine flu-like symptoms.

During the flight, 47 passengers started coughing and spluttering while others developed signs of a fever, local media reported.

As flight attendants questioned passenger, it emerged that many were returning from Asia.

The plane operated by Hop, the budget subsidiary of Air France, landed at Blagnac Airport near Toulouse, authorities decided to take precautions and quarantine everyone in their plane seats according to The Local.

Many of the passengers were returning from a trip to Bangkok, Thailand and flown via Dubai.

Paramedics examined each passenger which took several hours before allowing all but 16 to continue their onward journey.

The remaining 16 people were taken to the infectious diseases department at Purpan Hospital where further testing were carried out and found to be suffering just the simple flu and were discharged from hospital according to France TV.

Young girl had a ‘fully grown’ dandelion inside her EAR and had to have it surgically removed by doctors in China

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խատուտիկDoctors were left stunned after discovering a dandelion growing inside the ear canal of a 16-month girl.

The flower was found by medics in Beijing, China, after the child was taken to hospital crying and in pain by her worried mother.

It had partly flowered and had grown to nearly 2cm long before being surgically removed, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

The parents of the girl, called Ranran, said their daughter had been complaining about an earache for four months but both had dismissed her.

But after the girl started scratching the offending ear, her mother had a look and saw ‘something’ inside.
After trying and failing to get it out, she took the child to hospital where the shocking discovery was made.

Doctors said the dandelion had grown into the girl’s ear and had completely filled the canal wall, which could have caused the infant serious damage.

The warm and humid conditions in the ear canal are likely to have encouraged growth, added the doctor.

It is far from the first time a disturbing discovery has been made in someone’s ear.

In July, an English woman who had unexplained headaches learned that her ears were filled with flesh-eating worms she picked up in Peru.

And last year, a woman in China who complained of an itch was found to have a spider living inside.

Much Love to My One and Only Armenia, May You Prosper and Live Forever

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HaikFirst of all, I would like to apologize for making this long. I just thought it would be nice to put all my thoughts and emotions I have been keeping inside for the past 40 days on paper. I am writing this in English so that everyone can understand including Armenians around the world who can’t read Armenian and my European comrades. I think it is important to tell everyone my experience being in the fatherland for the first time in my life. Forty days have passed and today is my last day in the fatherland. It breaks my heart to have to go back because I am leaving a place which is very dear to my heart. All my life I have felt a sort of emptiness and alienation which vanished the second I stepped foot on the land of my forefathers. I am angry about all the negative things I have been told about Armenia from my fellow Armenians, nearly all of it turned out to be a complete lie. I have never felt more of a complete person, mentally, physically and spiritually as I do in my own country. Being around your own kind and living on the land which your forefathers have fought, suffered and died gives you a sort of strength which words cannot describe. I did not just visit my country as a tourist going to only the tourist attraction sites and staying in a fancy room in the center of town. I rented a simple and convenient place in the south part of town where no tourist will even set foot on and spent my 40 days with people from all walks of life. I have met and spent time with professors, freedom fighters, generals, politicians, soldiers, labor men, doctors, police officers, programmers, villagers, taxi drivers and many others to really understand and feel how life is over here. I have hiked mountains, swam in rivers next to a waterfall, ate lunch with labor men in their work field, spent days at villages, danced “kochari” with freedom fighters at weddings and did so much more. The time I have spent here will never be forgotten and will be ingrained in my memories forever. I always knew and felt that Armenia is where I belong and this trip really showed me that not only is Armenia made for me but that I am made for Armenia. Everything about Armenia really speaks to my soul. There is definitely something very spiritual about this place and while living here I really felt my body unite with my spirit.

 

All my life I knew without a doubt that I have a special destiny here and this trip was a total confirmation. Do not believe anything people say until you experience something for yourself, that is another very important lesson I learned while being here. I have met with many people here and I can honestly say that almost all was nothing but positive experiences. I have met more dear friends here in 40 days than I have living in California my whole life. The love for my people, the loyalty to my people and country is something that no amount of money in the world can take away from me. It is absolutely crucial for us to understand that we must accept personal responsibility for whatever situation our country is in, good or bad. We must accept personal responsibility and do whatever we can do to make sure that our future descendants have a better country to live in instead of throwing blame on others and expecting them to make it better while we sit on our hands. Everyone can participate no matter what with NO excuses whatsoever. We are lying to ourselves by saying that we can still stay Armenian by living outside the fatherland, something which is impossible and foolish to believe. Armenians can only remain Armenian in Armenia and that is the plain and simple truth. I have come to the conclusion that the only place for a true nationalist and patriot is his or her own fatherland. The adventure I had was not only a journey to discover Armenia, but more of a journey to discover myself. The experiences I had here was nothing short of magical and I would like to thank everyone who made this trip so wonderful for me. I feel like I am reborn and this was definitely my 40 days “in the desert” or more like 40 days in the mountains. I end my trip with a joyful heart in the knowledge of what my real calling has always been and what it will always be, to serve Armenia by any means necessary without any ifs, buts, where’s, how’s or whys and to one day very soon return to her and never look back.

Much love to my one and only Armenia, may you prosper and live forever.

 

Haik Nazaryan
July 11, 2013, 10:25PM, Los Angeles

Cher Says Thanksgiving Celebrates ‘a Great Crime’

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Cher doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. In fact, the 67-year-old singer/songwriter blasts the holiday tradition on Twitter, “I DON’T! 4 me & my Family,it’s a day,When every1 is free 4Diner & a movie,Not 2 celebrate the beginning of a GREAT Crime.”
When one of her followers asked her to elaborate what she meant with the “crime,” the mother of two quickly explained, “Stealing Land,from a ppl,Who believed,Owning LAND Was LIke Owning SKY! We gave them Blankets laced w/Smallpox.”

Cher whose real name is Cherilyn Sarkisian has Cherokee ancestry from her mother’s side. She apparently believes Thanksgiving celebrates the day the settlers stole from Native Americans who had no concept of property and infected them with smallpox.

Despite her opposition to the holiday, Cher wished her friends a happy day on November 28. “2 My Crew, I Hope Tomm.is a Glorious day 4 ALL OF U. Remember..A Kind Word,Gesture,Or Compliment,can make ANY1’S DAY! THANX4BeingThere4Me,” so she wrote.

 

‘My 14in nails are my babies – I’ve named the longest one Miss Attitude’: Childminder, 54, hasn’t cut her talons for EIGHT years

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A mother-of-four has says she has spent an astonishing £10,000 in keeping her 14-inch nails in tip-top shape and has not cut them for over eight years.

Larue Drummond, 54, started growing her nails out at age 13 as a cure for compulsive nail biting.

Լարու Դրամոնդ, եղունգներNow she says her extreme talons are like her babies and she can spend up to 12 hours at a time getting them pampered.

LaRue shells out hundreds having her nails coloured and adorned with rhinestones.

The grandmother-of-eight says she attracts attention wherever she goes from people curious about her extreme nails.

And while her look is shocking to many, LaRue says she wants to grow them even bigger.

Up until eight years ago LaRue, from New Jersey, USA, kept her nails at a ‘sensible’ three inches, but then decided to grow them as long as possible.

LaRue spends 30 minutes cleaning her nails every day and gets her nails shaped and painted each month, costing £100 for a session, which can last up to 12 hours.

 

Spain Sets Heavy Fines for Violent Protests

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The Spanish government has approved draft legislation that sets fines of up to 30,000 euros ($40,800) for offenses such as burning the national flag, insulting the state or causing serious disturbances outside Parliament. The draft Citizen Security Bill presented Friday by Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diez has been heavily criticized by opposition parties, judicial and social groups as an attempt by the conservative government to muzzle protests against its handling of the severe economic crisis. The measures, an update of a 1992 law, also include fines of up to 1,000 euros for insulting or threatening police officers during demonstrations. Similar fines are planned for disseminating photographs of police officers that endanger them or police operations. The bill must be approved by Parliament, where the ruling party has an absolute majority.

Commuters PUSH train off a suicidal woman who had jumped in front of it on Japanese subway

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A woman trapped under a train was freed when commuters worked together to push it backwards.

The incident happened yesterday afternoon on the JR Yamanote Line at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan.

The woman, reportedly in her 60s, was heard crying out for help from beneath the train and she lay between the rails of the track.

Reports in Japan suggested the elderly woman had attempted to kill herself by jumping in front of the oncoming train.

Then, following an announcement over the station’s public address system informing commuters that a woman was trapped beneath the train and asking for their help, the crowd intervened.

Dozens of people managed to push the carriage back far enough for station staff to be able to help her.

The woman was freed at taken to hospital for treatment.

Reports suggest that the accident, which occurred just before the evening rush hour, affected more than 26,000 commuters along the line.

In July earlier this year, Japanese commuters helped another stranger in need.
On July 22, around forty passengers at the JR Minami-Urawa station, just outside Tokyo, helped push a 32-ton train carriage to free a woman trapped in the platform gap during rush hour on a Monday.