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The Ice Bucket Challenge , sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge , is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research. It went viral throughout social media during mid 2014. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the United Kingdom , people also participate in the challenge for the Motor Neurone Disease Association .         The origins of the idea of dumping cold water on one's head to raise money for charity are unclear and have been attributed to multiple sources. From mid-2013 to early 2014, a challenge of unknown origin often called the "Cold Water Challenge" became popular on social media in areas of the Northern United States . The task usually involved the option of either donating money to cancer research or having to jump into cold water.The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation popularized the "Cold Water Challenge" in early...

Carl Bovard is passionate about the future of big cats like tigers, lions, and panthers. As a way of fighting for their future, Bovard opened a sanctuary, Single Vision , in Florida for these big cats. Oh, but did we mention that the 43-year-old Bovard is half blind?   Meet Carl Bovard. 13-years-ago Bovard suffered a terrible accent that left him completely blind.                  After some time spent recovering, Bovard eventually regained sight in one of his eyes. During his time in complete blindness Bovard said what he missed most of all was seeing animals.                   l    Shortly thereafter he adopted his first two tiger cubs and founded his non-profit sanctuary for big cats, Single Vision. Bovard runs Single Vision from his home in Melros...

Being  a kid is weird. Your life will transform into essentially two oscillating extremes of super boring and crazy-go-nuts out of control. One minute you're watching your kid finish his dinner at glacial speed, the next moment you're chasing him around trying to get him back in the tub. Here are some photos from around the Internet that perfectly capture those insane moments that every parent goes through, but doesn't want to talk about, because they hava pass through the same 1.) Hey, put your shirt on, it's nippy in here...I mean nippy.                        2.) Honey, when did we get an indoor pool?     3.) Buddy, I want to BE your hair.                        4.) I mean what are those ...

While searching for an address on Google Maps, Yousuke Ozawa noticed something about the virtual buildings. Using the satellite images, he discovered the tops of several locations resembled letters of the alphabet. The art director then went in search of all 26 letters. The project took him a week of zooming and scrolling over miles of cityscapes, but the eye strain was worth it when he succeeded in finding all letters. He then used those images to create the " Satellite Font ." You never know what you'll discover when you look close enough. Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr Tumblr

MEXICO CITY—A Mexican governor resigned on Thursday following increasingly violent protests over the fate of 43 students who vanished in his state after being allegedly abducted by police last month. Angel Aguirre, governor of Guerrero state, said he requested an indefinite leave of absence—the usual way that governors in Mexico resign—to facilitate the search for the missing students. “I am convinced this is the most responsible decision,” said Mr. Aguirre, 58 years old. The governor has been under pressure since police in the Guerrero city of Iguala killed six people and detained 43 college students last month before allegedly delivering them to a local drug cartel, prosecutors say. The missing students are widely believed to be dead. Mr. Aguirre, a member of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, is the second Mexican governor driven from office recently by public fury against gangland violence and the alleged connivance of local and state officials with gangste...