Alex Kim with his cat Obi on his shoulder flashes peace signs at police officers. He was one of two protesters arrested after defying an order to vacate the encampment on Sproul Plaza.

OccupyCal 11/18/11

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L’Equipe Petit - A great story about a little team in Catalunya with golden values

In Catalan, there’s a saying “amb un Parell de pebrots” or “with a couple of peppers”, which means to be brave and to face situations without fear. These little Catalan children play without any awareness of fear. When these boys and girls are on the pitch, fear does not exist. Joy and positivity dominate, like Barcelona’s possession. The game’s parameters do not base around winning or losing, but rather the idea of possibility. For every moment that these children continue to play is a moment filled with possibility. To pass. To shoot. To score. To win. To carry on playing for the sake of playing.

Pol mentions, “If one day I score, I’d be so happy that I’ll fly.” But hasn’t Pol already reached the clouds?

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Russian soldiers sleeping with a puppy in Prague during World War 2.

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seacrash:

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The wonderful young woman above is my friend Asma. She is an incredible, passionate, intelligent (two doctorates), compassionate, beautiful (inside and out) person who deserves everything in this world, but, unfortunately, is extremely sick right now and dealing with complications from issues that have gone undiagnosed for years -  and may be caused by leukemia.

Like so many other people in the United States, Asma doesn’t have health insurance. Even worse, getting it is very expensive and near impossible due to her pre-existing health issues. Horribly, things only keep adding up and getting worse. There is an insurance company willing to take her on and set up a payment-type-plan for all the work she needs (starting with some major surgeries) but, this is where I ask you for any help you can provide. She has no money to put towards beginning this, and the procedures she needs are essentially endless at this point in time. We all hope she only improves and moves towards health as time progresses, but with the costs of such being so large and exponentially growing, she could use any dollar you have to spare.
I know everyone has been going through some rough times with money during these past couple years, but literally, even a single dollar you could spare would help her so much. Everything adds up, and she and myself and all those who love her would be eternally grateful.

Any donations can be sent to her paypal account mashakilmaker@yahoo.com, and please remember to mark it as a personal—>gift so no fees are applied (though, I think there is a very small fee no matter what that you can select to pay yourself so she doesn’t end up with it.)

Thank you so much for reading. I know that you may not know Asma personally, but she is a truly beautiful person inside and out and deserves this more than anyone else.

Even if you can’t donate, reblog! Everything helps

It pains me to say an old plea is more necessary than ever.

please please help

everyone please help, she’s such a lovely person<3

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Barack Obama with his mother in Hawaii.

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A girl who has been isolated at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels, looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, March 14, 2011. (Reuters)

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A little girl receiving tests is gazing into a water bin of baby ducks as one of the hospital’s methods of using therapy with animals, by Francis Miller, 1956

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npr:

Three years ago, three-year-old Peng Xinle was kidnapped by child traffickers. His father, Peng Gaofeng, flooded the Chinese version of Twitter with photos and pleas for help. After three years of doing this, he finally found him, and now they’ve been reunited. Photo by NPR’s Louisa Lim. #china #children #happyendings.