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The least severe include skin problems such as discoloration and the hardening of skin on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.
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According to Amnesty's global torture report, electric shocks were reported in more than 40 countries, beatings on the soles of the feet in more than 30 and mock execution or death threats in 50-plus countries.
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The rash is usually most noticeable on the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet.
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On the palms of his hands and the tops of his feet were black, fleshy protuberances (not bloody holes, as in the paintings) that looked like nail heads, while on the opposite sides the tops of his hands and the soles of his feet there were protuberances resembling nail points, but bent back, in a curve.
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Imagine a gym powered by a sea of workout-hamsters, each producing significant energy from the soles of their feet.
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Another respectable human-rights monitoring group, Helsinki Watch, says that giving electric shocks to prisoners' genitals, beating the soles of their feet, sexual abuse, putting prisoners on blocks of ice and hanging them by the arms, are all methods still used.
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The sound of feet, of bare soles, flat African feet pat-patting the earth.
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This effect allows geckos to walk on the ceiling, using tiny hairs on the soles of their feet.
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He appeared to have been beaten all over including on the soles of his feet, with something like a belt.
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Start by focusing on the soles of your feet or as you breath in and out for five minutes, then 10, etc.
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