7-month-old Japanese baby’s hair goes viral
UNDATED: A 7-month-old Japanese girl has captured the hearts of internet users, but not because of her chubby cheeks or big round eyes, it’s all thanks to her impressively lustrous and thick hair.
The number of posts on Baby Chanco’s Instagram is just 47, but the munchkin has managed to rake in over 1.5 lakh followers since her profile was created in May this year.
While the toddler is yet to to walk or talk, she has taken the internet by storm with over 10 thousand likes on every post. This baby girl surely has something that millennials yearn for!
Instagram users are overwhelmed with delight, all thanks to this baby’s voluminous deep-black hair.
Not just her hair, but Baby Chanco’s style is also quite impressive. In her pictures, she can be seen sporting a series of adorable expressions, with her hair styled in different ways. On some days, it is adorned with clips and cute bows. And on others, it is left in its impressive, natural state.
She also might be the youngest person on social media with more than 1 lakh followers. (ANI)
Dog finishes half-marathon, wins medal
Sydney: A dog called Stormy has been awarded a medal after completing a half-marathon in outback Australia and winning the hearts of its human competitors.
The crossbreed diligently ran the 21-kilometre Goldfields Pipeline Marathon near the West Australian town of Kalgoorlie this month in two-and-a-half hours, the average time of participants.
“People were amused. It was a very friendly dog, and prior to the half-marathon, he was going around saying hello to a lot of people and when the race started, he took off with them,” race organiser Grant Wholey told AFP on Tuesday.
“At the race stations he was having a little runaround and saying hello to the volunteers and participants, and then he would team up with another runner and keep on following the crowd.
“He was just out there having a trot through the bush and enjoying people’s company.” Wholey said the black and brown canine came from a nearby Aboriginal community where school teachers said it was known to locals as Stormy.
Race organisers were told it belonged to the community rather than a single owner, and the one-year-old was impounded by rangers when no-one claimed him after the race.
Wholey said he visited Stormy last week to award a participation medal in the hope the publicity would see an owner come forward. If not claimed in a week, the dog will be put up for adoption with some of the runners keen to take the pooch home, Wholey said.
While Stormy did not appear to have the traditional physical attributes of a marathon runner and had “legs as long as a Basset Hound”, he endeared himself to everyone, Wholey added.
“He looks a really friendly, lovable dog. He’ll make someone a good companion.” (AFP)
Minor gets New Zealand to change sexist road signs
Wellington: The New Zealand Transport Agency will update its signs from “Linemen” to “Line Crew” after receiving a letter from a seven-year-old who pointed out that “women can be line-workers too”.
The letter was written by Zoe Carew who became incensed when she saw the “Linemen” signs while on her way to visit her grandparents in the city of Eastbourne, the Guardian reported.
The sign “Linemen” indicate that people installing or fixing power lines are working in the area.
“Why does the sign say ‘Linemen’ when the people working on the lines may be men or women? I think this sign is wrong and unfair. Do you agree?” Carew wrote in a letter to Fergus Gammie, the chief executive of the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).
“I don’t really want to be a line-worker when I grow up because there are so many more exciting things I would like to do, but some girls might want to learn to linewomen,” Carew said.
“Can you please change the sign to say ‘Line-workers’ instead, or something else correct and fair like that,” she asked. Gammie wrote back to Carew, in a letter that her proud mother shared on Facebook alongside her daughter’s original note.
The chief executive commended her for her suggestion and “for taking action where you think something unfair should be fixed. Well done”, the Guardian quoted from the social media post. (IANS)
US may soon allow laptops, liquids in carry-on bags
Washington: Passengers might be allowed to keep liquids and laptops in their carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints in the US if screening technology being tested at select airports is widely adopted.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced plans on Monday to test computed tomography (CT) scanners for carry-on bags, with up to 40 units expected to be in place at US airports by the year end, reports CNN.
The X-ray scanning equipment creates 3D images that can be analysed on three axes for explosives and other threats. The CT technology is similar to that used for medical imaging. Current screening machines for carry-on bags generate 2D images.
“Use of CT technology substantially improves TSA’s threat detection capability at the checkpoint,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske in a statement.
CT technology testing started in 2017 at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport and Boston’s Logan International Airport. New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport has also received a scanner. (IANS)