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Posted by Johnny Cat in Everything Else, Video Clips on November 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm

YouTube Link with HD

William Hoffman is a New York filmmaker who put this video together and uploaded it last August.  It’s finally getting some viral activity, and rightfully so.  It’s “a celebration of life that was inspired by David Eagleman’s book, Sum.”

I do enjoy a perfectly realized edit, and this one’s full of them.  William’s website.

 
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A Face For Chrissy

Posted by Johnny Cat in Medicine on October 2, 2009 at 2:54 pm

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Ten years ago, Chrissy Steltz lost her eyes, nose, and part of her face when another teenager fired a shotgun from five feet away.  She has been denied prosthetic surgery because the Oregon Health Plan considered the procedure “cosmetic”, but thanks to her doctor and some charitable friends, she’ll soon have a new face.
Her injuries haven’t stopped her from living: she’s been teaching blind children life skills.  “Life is what you make it,” she said.
And now she and her partner, Jeffrey, who’s also blind, are raising their 2-month-old baby boy, which leaves no time for self-pity.  “Just because you have a tragic thing happen in your life, it doesn’t mean that your life is over,” she said.
Link with Video
Previously on Neatorama- America’s First Face Transplant
Video stills above courtesy KATU TV.
 
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The Inspiratomatic

Posted by Queuebot in Blog & Internet on February 11, 2009 at 12:46 am

If an inspiration poster is good, then three of them would be much better, right? That’s the idea behind The Inspiratomatic, which “remixes” a new motivational poster every time you hit the “Inspire Me” button. The result is at times quite funny!

Link – via thelastvcr

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by PatBarrett.

 
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40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes

Posted by Alex in Video Clips on December 15, 2008 at 2:38 am

If it’s an inspiring speech, you betcha it has been said in the movies somewhere. Here’s a truly inspiring video clip, edited by Matthew Belinkie of OverthinkingIt: 40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.

Transcript:

Shame on you. This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you’re going to let it be the worst. And I guarantee a week won’t go by in your life you won’t regret walking out, letting them get the best of you. Well, I’m not going home. We’ve come too far! And I’m going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it is not THIS day. The line must be drawn HERE. This far, no further! I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. You’re going to work harder than you ever worked before. But that’s fine, we’ll just get tougher with it! If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination, failure is not an option. That’s how winning is done! Believe me when I say we can break this army here, and win just one for the Gipper. But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time: you’ve got to get mad. I mean plum mad dog mean. If you would be free men, then you must fight to fulfill that promise! Let us cut out their living guts one inch at a time, and they will know what we can do! Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions! You’re like a big bear, man! This is YOUR time! Seize the day, never surrender, victory or death… that’s the Chicago Way! Who’s with me? Clap! Clap! Don’t let Tink die! Clap! Alright! Let’s fly! And gentlemen in England now abed shall know my name is the Lord when I tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our Independence Day!

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Miss Cellania

 
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