Son saves father’s life thanks to the first-aid lessons he received at primary school
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| Teaching kids about basic first aid and healthcare in school can always come in handy during times of crisis. Thanks to a 7-year-old’s knowledge about health emergencies, the life of a father could be saved in the nick of time. A 44-year-old Australian man named Nick Wilson had just left playing at an arcade on a family vacation in Geelong, Melbourne when he started feeling uneasy all of a sudden, reports ABC News. Wilson felt prickling sensations in his face and he felt something was wrong. “I couldn’t breathe properly, and I said to Harry, ‘We’ve got to go mate’,” he recalled telling his young son, Harry. |
| “As we walked across the road, which would have been all of 30 meters, I got very short of breath,” Wilson continued. “I felt something was seriously not right here.” Wilson understood that he was in the middle of a medical emergency and even managed to dial 000 to call an ambulance but soon after he couldn’t stand any longer and collapsed into a seat. Little Harry had to move quickly and do something sensible rather than panicking before the paramedics arrived. |
| Harry carried on with the call and instructed the ambulance operators regarding where to find him and his father. He mentioned the detailed location of the pair, highlighting certain street signs and nearby shops around their location. Wilson had collapsed near Malop Street in Geelong’s central business district. Wilson recalled to the news outlet that nobody in the area stopped to aid him and his son since they were not familiar with the locals. The father said, “It was hard because we aren’t from the area, so we weren’t familiar with where we were.” |
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Designer transforms sister’s small studio apartment into a stunning and spacious haven
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| Living in New York is a dream fostered in people by countless shows like “Friends,” “Gossip Girl” or “Sex and the City.” However, many folks don’t realize it is not all peach and dreamy like in those shows, especially its housing. The cost is off the roof and the space is a far cry from being comfortable. People have long given up on their aesthetic aspirations and embraced the mess of New York street in their homes. Madison Malaga, an interior designer—who goes by @madisonmalaga on TikTok—decided to change the game when her sister, Rylee, moved into a small 200-square-foot New York studio. Putting her artistic mind and thrifting skills into use, Malaga managed to create a haven out of the apartment as a surprise for Rylee’s birthday. The whole setup turned out to be suave and chic, with many in the comment section wanting to hire her for their renovation needs. |
| The video starts with Rylee walking into the transformed apartment, completely taken aback by all the changes. After that, it flashes back to all the efforts put in by Malaga to make the whole apartment come to fruition. The one thing that came in handy for Malaga was her eye for materials. In the places where people saw cast-out items, she saw beautiful furniture for the apartment. She explained, “I saw these scrap pieces of wood in the trash. They could be awesome floating shelves.” It was one of the first things she made for the apartment. She cleaned and sanded the wood to give it a smooth texture. |
| The next stop was a “local New York City hardware store.” The experience of visiting the store and checking out was great but “way more expensive” compared to foraging from the trash. Still, they managed to pick up furniture and accessories under the budget. The apartment had “gray floors,” which did not fit with the theme Malaga had in her mind. Therefore, they decided to cover it all up. The wood that was remaining after making up the furniture was used as a tape measure to hang Roman shades on the wall. Malaga also wanted to incorporate some “beautiful burrow wood frames” but found it too empty. Therefore, she ripped some pages from the book she had recently thrifted and used them as art in the frame. |
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Different shape of our faces determines if we are ‘rich’ or ‘poor,’ new study suggests
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| We often think that people make judgments about us by looking at the clothes or bags that we carry or how well-kempt we are. Have you ever thought that people judge if one is rich or poor by looking at the facial shape? Yes, that’s true. A recent study by the University of Glasglow has found that people are quick to make impressions about other people’s social class by looking at their face shapes. The research was conducted by a team of researchers at the University’s School of Psychology and Neuroscience. It was carried out with white participants from Western cultures. They were asked to look at 3D models of faces and make judgments on their wealth and social standing, reports Indy100. |
| “The results reveal a unique constellation of facial features that underlie judgments of social class. Faces perceived as poor exhibited particular characteristics such as being wider, shorter, and flatter, with downturned mouths and darker, cooler complexions,” says the research. Moreover, it said that these facial features also appear “more incompetent, cold, or untrustworthy.” On the contrary, faces that are perceived as rich are “narrower and longer with upturned mouths and lighter, warmer complexions–features which corresponded to those associated with perceptions of competence, warmth, and trustworthiness.” |
| One of the authors of the study, Dr. R Bjornsdottir said, “People who are perceived to be of high or low social class standing are also often judged as having advantageous or unfavorable traits, respectively. Such judgments are formed even just from facial appearance, and this can have substantial downstream consequences, including disadvantaging those who are perceived to be of lower social class standing.” |
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