parrotParrot Awarded For Yelling About Choking Baby
Willie The Parrot Awarded For Repeatedly Yelling ‘Mama, Baby’ After Toddler Started To Choke

A parrot that alerted his owner about a baby who was choking was recognized as a hero by the Red Cross. Willie the parrot was given the Animal Lifesaver Award during the “Breakfast of Champions” event attended by Gov. Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper.

Willie received the award Friday for his actions in November, when he and owner Megan Howard were baby-sitting a toddler. Willie repeatedly yelled “Mama, baby” when Howard went to the bathroom and the toddler started to choke on her breakfast.

Howard saved the baby by performing the Heimlich maneuver but she said Willie “is the real hero.”

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brazilian waxNew Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing. The state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on genital waxing after two women reported being injured in their quest for a smooth bikini line.Both women were hospitalized for infections following so-called “Brazilian” bikini waxes; one of the women has filed a lawsuit, according to Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for New Jersey’s Division of Consumer Affairs, which oversees the cosmetology board.

Technically, genital waxing has never been allowed—only the face, neck, abdomen, legs and arms are permitted—but because bare-it-all “Brazilians” weren’t specifically banned, state regulators haven’t enforced the law.

“The genital area is not part of the abdomen or legs as some might assume,” Lamm said.

waxOfficials with the National Cosmetology Association and National-Interstate Council of State Boards of Cosmetology said they were unaware of another state that has banned genital waxing.

Regular bikini waxes would still be allowed.

Genital waxing can be dangerous in that the hot wax can irritate or tear delicate skin in the bikini area, resulting in infections, ingrown hairs and rashes, according to skin care experts.

Despite such risks, millions of American women—and some men—choose to have the hair down there ripped away, and a majority of salons in New Jersey offer the procedure for between $50 to $60.

The state Board of Cosmetology meets next on April 14 and will decide whether to move forward with banning the procedure, made popular in Brazil to accommodate skimpy thong bikinis.

The earliest the ban could take effect would be sometime in May, Lamm said, and salons that continue to perform it could be fined.

For salon owners, discontinuing the popular service could mean a substantial drop in business, especially as summer swimsuit season nears.

Spa owner Linda Orsuto, who owns 800 West Salon & Spa in Cherry Hill, estimates that most of 1,800 bikini waxes performed at her business last year were Brazilian-style.

“It’s huge,” she said, adding that her customers don’t think their bikini lines are anyone’s business but their own. “It’s just not right.”

She said many customers would likely travel across state lines to get it and some might even try to wax themselves.

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wineThe U.S. Embassy in Japan has advised Americans to avoid bars and clubs in central Tokyo’s Roppongi nightlife area, saying on its website that there had been a sharp rise in cases of Americans being served spiked drinks.

“Typically, the victim unknowingly drinks a beverage that has been secretly mixed with a drug that renders the victim unconscious for several hours, during which time large sums of money are charged to the victim’s credit card or the card is stolen outright,” the Embassy said.

A Tokyo Police spokesman said no claims had been filed about such incidents in recent weeks. The U.S. Embassy was unable to confirm how many cases it had been advised of.

Among the entertainment on offer in Roppongi are hostess bars, where men pay hundreds of dollars to drink and chat with women.

“The crime in Roppongi is kind of a recurring problem, unfortunately,” said U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Lori Shoemaker.

Roppongi has been home to large numbers of restaurants and bars since the suburb was home to a U.S. Army base after World War Two.

Briton Lucie Blackman was killed while employed by a Roppongi hostess bar in 2000. Her remains were later found in a seaside cave.

Is this another conflict ?

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boyMehul Kumar(3) is lucky to be alive after being speared through the torso with a 1 metre iron rod.

The boy, from Jharkand, India, was rushed to the hospital after he impaled himself falling off a terrace and onto a rod last week.

The boy was fully conscious when he arrived at the hospital. Doctors removed the rod during a 4-hour operation and said he had lost a lot of blood and suffered some injuries, but “nothing major.”

“Opening the abdomen, we discovered his liver was injured, the stomach was injured, but thankfully, the spleen and pancreas were safe,” said surgeon Sandeep Aggarwal said. “The child was lucky that he did not suffer any major injury but yes he had substantial injuries.”

Aggarwal praised Mehul for his strong willpower.

Mehul was playing with colours on the terrace when he fell on an iron rod left standing on the under-construction terrace, his uncle Raja Kumar Vishwakarma said. The rod pierced through his body and then broke, resulting in his fall from the roof.

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moneyOne taiwanese (66) 11 times was fraud in the same way, the police stated. It is through the Internet was false information to the lottery won the premium, but that has to pay a certain sum of money in the name of processing costs and taxes, in order to gain that he could be paid.

Man every time believed and paid, so in that way he gave to fraudsters more than 100,000 U.S. dollars.
“Incredible that every time he came to report that he is foxed. Despite the fact that we always spoke to him to not pay until he check all, he done it again,” said a representative of police.

Chang says that he knows that they fraud him, but he hopes that still someone will give him reward.
“Only one payment would be sufficient to return all the money i gave,” says irreparable Chang.

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meow-catOne woman bought cheap sofa for living room, not knowing that she got cat with it.

She bought sofa in Washington for only 27 dollars. The same day when guys brought sofa in the house began to be heard quietly meowing.

Her boyfriend Chris sitting on the couch and watching television, and meowing got louder. At the same time, felt a wiggle! Onward the couch from the wall, and realized that in the hole on the back of sofa is cat.

She immediately called the store where purchased couch, but employees did not have information about previous owners.

Girl contacted local media, to find the owner of cat, and several days later owner called and came for his pet Kelly.

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drunk26-years-old American from Pennsylvania John Wilson called the police after a binge in the nightclub in order to tell them that he completely drunk plans to go home by car.

He said to them even where he is, but he still sat in the car and started driving. Fortunately,he had to stop after about 500 meters to buy gasoline and police patrol found him about half hour after midnight at parking lot at the gas pump.

“We appreciate what the man called us, but if he already done that, he should to wait us. We will take him to the house and all would be fine. Now he will be charges, because he drove the car in that condition,” said one of the officers.

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