Patrick JamesOver the course of the next five or so minutes, what this video compilation of the most amazing feats of human awesomeness—on skis, skateboards, bikes, and wheelchairs; flying across terrifying gaps and plummeting into rivers and pools; and shooting, kicking, and flat-out heaving balls into far-away hoops.
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
This college student is "on a mission to show you don't have to pay a lawyer $225 an hour to get your voice heard."
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When Wells Fargo stopped responding to a Philadelphia homeowner he read up on mortgage law and then used the bank's own playbook against it.
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Louis C.K. channels misanthropic humor into delivering health care, water, and capital to people in need.
Every day thousands of sanitation workers do their jobs unnoticed. Let's change that.
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When Sonja Sohn’s castmates returned to Los Angeles at the show’s conclusion, she stayed behind to help.
Thomas Weller had been driving San Diego's highways since 1966, helping people in need of roadside assistance—until his car was totaled.
After struggling for decades in silence, college senior Sarah McBride has finally let the world know who she really is.
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A senior high school football player fulfills a dream on the last play of his last game.
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Would you come to the aid of someone who'd just given you the finger?
