I haven’t heard something this majestic and beautiful in a long time.
This Soldier And His Dog Are Recovering In Hospital Together After Being Injured In Afghanistan
A photo shared on Facebook by the 89th Military Police brigade is going viral after the image, showing a loyal army dog and his handler recovering together in hospital, captured everyone’s hearts.
Army Spc. Andrew Brown and Rocky the dog were injured in Afghanistan when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) detonated during an operation.
They’re keeping each other company while they recover in the same room in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC, US.
The post has since been shared thousands of times after the brigade asked people, “Please remember them, as well as all our soldiers deployed around the world, during the holiday season.”
Both were award the Purple Heart, with Rocky opting to clip his onto his collar.
They’re both said to be doing well, with Andrew returning to his family and Rocky heading back to Fort Hood very soon.
2 Skiers Put On LED Suits And Reveals Something I NEVER Seen Before
Skiing can be a beloved hobby, sport, or simply a fun activity to try out once in a while for people from all over the world.
I’ve personally only tried it a time or two and loved it. I’ll never forget that feeling of exhilaration as you’re speeding down a hill.
But whether you like skiing or not, I think everyone can appreciate this clip.
Clad in LED suits, these adventure seekers embark on a kind of skiing I’ve never seen before- but was certainly glad I watched. The scenes, coupled with the background music, make for a pretty cool clip indeed!
Please share further if you also found this pretty – to very cool.
Sweet Husband Writes Loving Mirror Note For Wife Battling Depression
For better, for worse,” is a phrase uttered thousands of times every day, but how many people truly understand its meaning? Los Angeles-based engineer Tim Murphy has certainly lived up to his vows by writing an adoring note on the mirror for his new wife Molly, who is suffering from depression.
“I’ve been juggling a LOT lately. Trying to do well at work. Just got married. Couldn’t afford a wedding. Family is sparse. Falling out with friends,” Molly wrote on Imgur.
Molly, who suffers from depression, returned from a trip to San Francisco to find this tender love note written on her bedroom mirror by her new husband:
“I’m not saying mental illness is cured by nice words on a mirror. In fact, it takes professional care, love, empathy, sometimes even medication just to cope.”
“Many people struggle with it mental illness — more than we probably even realize… show them kindness and remind them things can and WILL get better. Everyone needs a little help sometimes. If that person can’t be you — see if you have any resources for therapy.”
“It may just be a few words on my mirror, but I’ll look at them when I wake up and know I’m not alone. I’ll know I have my best friend, my co-pilot in life to help guide me through.”
Here is the list in full:
1. She is my best friend.
2. She never quits on herself or me.
3. She gives me time to work on my crazy projects.
4. She makes me laugh, everyday.
5. She is gorgeous.
6. She accepts the crazy person I am.
7. She’s the kindest person I know.
8. She’s got a beautiful singing voice.
9. She’s gone to a strip club with me.
10. She has experienced severe tragedy yet is the most optimistic person about humanity I know.
11. She has been fully supportive about my career choices and followed me each time.
12. Without realizing it, she makes me want to do more for her than i have ever wanted to do for anyone.
13. She’s done an amazing job at advancing her career path.
14. Small animals make her cry.
15. She snorts when she laughs.
San Francisco’s Homeless Get Showers-On-Wheels With Transformed Old Buses
US non-profit organization Lava Mae is transforming old city buses into mobile bathrooms to give showers to around 200 homeless people in San Francisco every week.
Lava Mae, which roughly translates as Spanish for “wash me,” has installed ‘hygiene pods’ with showers, toilets, sinks and hair dryers in the decommissioned buses.
They park near homeless shelters, channel water from fire hydrants through their on-board water heaters and offer people a chance to scrub up.
Founder Doniece Sandoval was inspired to create the service after passing a homeless woman in San Francisco repeating to herself, “I can’t get clean.”
Doniece researched public shower facilities in the city and found just 16 for the estimated 3,500 people sleeping rough each night.
She then challenged herself to go one week without a shower to really empathize with how homeless people felt.
She told TODAY, “It gave me a sole sense of how hard and demoralizing it is to be dirty.”
She added, “You can’t overcome adversity if you don’t have dignity and a sense of self.”
“I started to ask myself, if you can put gourmet food on wheels and take it anywhere, why not have mobile showers and toilets?”
Bobby, who uses Lava Mae’s service regularly, said in a video, “It was clean, it was quiet, it was personal. People were courteous, they were kind, and I feel brand new.”
Lava Mae currently have two buses donated by the city with a third on the way in 2016.
They hope to create a way for others to mimic their success, says Doniece: “What we need to do is create an open-source toolkit for people to follow what we do A-Z.”
“If we can minimize the amount of time people have to run from place to place to get essential services, we’ll be able to help the problem better.”
Watch Bobby talk about his first shower below:
A Daughter’s Words Is Moving Millions: “Dear Dad, I Will Be Called A Whore.”
Norwegian charity organization CARE campaigns for women’s rights. They’ve released a short film reflecting the impact of men’s violence against women and the danger that both girls and women live with in our society today.
The short film has already been viewed by several million people, and I don’t think a single one has was left unmoved by its important message, delivered in a very powerful way.
So take five minutes of your time to watch this. If not for yourself, then for your children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and everyone else around you. This is simply very important.
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Portraits Of People From Different Countries Paired With Most Common Google Searches Call For A Change
Google autocomplete results have already been the source of many poignant memes and listicles scattered all across the Web.
However, this project takes it to a different extreme and is likely to cause more painful grins than happy smiles.
Brazilian copywriter Tiago Abreu and art director Linus Oura joined their talents and initiated a thought-provoking awareness project titled People Are Equal. Inspired by Google’s autocomplete functionality, Abreu and Oura wanted to explore what information people search on other cultures.
What they found was not pretty. At all.
‘French are … rude / famous for / beautiful.’
“Google’s auto-complete feature gives suggestions based on the most frequently performed searches. When we search for any nationality on it, most of the results are prejudices,” Abreu and Oura explain on their website.
Startled by people’s negativity towards each other, they decided it’s no longer appropriate to sugarcoat it — on the contrary, it is time to address the issue in a rather daring kind of manner.
‘Chinese are … rude / coming / cruel / smart.’
Abreu and Oura invited a bunch of photographers from all over the world to contribute portraits of people of different nationalities and then paired them with the most common results from Google.
When put all of these photographs side by side to send an incredibly powerful message.
You can see the negative, demeaning search terms repeat themselves regardless of the nationality. Judging by this, pretty much the entire world is racist and rude. But is it really so?
‘Germans are … smart / cold / aryans / known for.’
‘Americans are … brainwashed / spoiled / ignorant / I hate Americans.’
‘English are … German / rude / reserved / the best.’
‘Brazilians are … annoying / not Latinos / not Hispanic / white.’
‘Ugandans are … romantic / the laziest in East Africa / lazy / beautiful.’
‘Russians are … the scariest white people / the black people of white people / idiots / tough.’
‘Estonians are … slow / racist / rude / known for.’
‘Indians are … rude.’
‘Japanese are … weird / rude / Chinese.’
‘Hungarians are … Mongols / racist / Turks / from Mars.’
‘Swedes are … boring / racist / cold.’
‘Australians are … weird / idiots / lazy / racists.’
‘Polish are … tall / rude / known for / taking our jobs.’
‘Cubans are … arrogant / annoying / racist / white.’
“We are not trying to prove anything, but to make people think about how the world is filled with hatred and prejudice,” Abreu and Oura told A Plus.
“At the end, there are no lazy, ugly or stupid people. We just need to realize that we are simply … equal.”