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For Some Strange Reason the Nurses at This Chinese Hospital Dress Like Flight Attendants

Posted: 21 May 2014 03:33 AM PDT

A hospital in eastern China has decided to do away with plain white nurse uniforms. Instead, they have their nurses dressing up like flight attendants. The new initiative began earlier this month at the Lianshui Traditional Chinese Medicine hospital in Huai'an city. Their idea is to glamorize the otherwise thankless profession of nursing, and also provide patients with superior customer service.

Bu Haijuan, head of the hospital's nursing unit, came up with the idea as a way to remind her nurses to improve their bedside manner. "If you think of all the professions of the world, which one comes to mind when you think of good customer service?" she asked. "It's airline stewardesses, isn't it? Nurses learn all sorts of technical skills at college but customer service can be easily overlooked. But flight attendants are specifically trained to have a good attitude and manners."

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Husky Dog Raised around Cats Actually Acts Like One

Posted: 21 May 2014 02:07 AM PDT

Tally, a shy husky mix, is a dog with a difference. While most dogs chase cats, Tally prefers to behave like one. Well, she can't be blamed for it – she was raised around cats so, you know how it goes, doggy see, doggy do.

Redditor Dong_of_justice, recently put up photographs of the insanely adorable dog. She can be seen sitting around the house with her legs tucked under her body, and hanging out under the dining table or in boxes. And she never barks – the poor thing probably doesn't even know that she can.

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Japanese Actor Who Specializes in Getting Killed by Samurai Has Died More Than 50,000 Times on Screen

Posted: 21 May 2014 12:56 AM PDT

If you're a Japanese samurai movie buff, you know that there's always at least one guy who dies in the most peculiar manner. He's stabbed, or slashed, or sliced with a Samurai sword, and then he twists into weird shapes before he keels over and dies. Well, now you get to know the man himself – Seizo Fukumoto. He's been dying in Japanese cinema for over 50 years now, and he's one of the top 'kirareyaku' actors – stuntmen who specialize in being killed by the hero samurai.

Being the bad guy who always gets might not sound like much, but Fukumoto says that it's a crucial part in the movie. "The way my characters die has a huge impact on the impression the lead character gives in a film." The more 'cringe-worthy' the death, the better the hero looks. According to the 71-year-old thespian, a true kirareyaku is "the one who can make them ask, 'Is he okay?'"

He deliberately adds an awkward grotesqueness to his movements while dying; this is called 'buzama' in Japanese. "Whenever we die, we have to do it in a way that is unsightly or clumsy, not graceful," he explained. "In this buzama, we find beauty. To die in an uncool way is the coolest."

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