Real life Heroes:

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Hero PitBulls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdY9Z5ub9xw

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My HeroE


. . . MrGray - of coursE

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BOINC Wiki . . .

Science Status Page . . .

LOLOL

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Inside the Presidents SUV convoy:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0dd_1187202294


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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Every time I hear someone refer to an over paid professional athlete as a "hero," it makes me want to puck.

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I used to be a big fan of football and baseball but somewhere along the lines I lost the fever. Way to many people distracted from real issues.

I do appreciate athletic ability but can't see paying what they get paid or getting so involved as to forget other global problems and take time away from research I could be getting done.

That's just me though.

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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c4_1186738686

9 Yo Takes Wheel Of Big Rig To Save His Dads Life.

A 9 year old boy is a hero after taking
the controls of his fathers big rig,when
he collapsed at the wheel,and steered it
to safety.

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Oskar Schindler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Schindler

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Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu


Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela


...and these men and women.

Not is any specifc order...heros all.

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Thank you, Dogbytesâ„¢

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

My heroes are all the men and women all over the world who took the job upon them to save lives or to help saving lives. And those who fight for a more human world.

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Thank you, zwerg8_thorin

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

I seem to agree with the trend or concensus in this thread.

Heros are people who do extra ordinary things (bravery in battle, help people in need, endure bad times and come up smiling, etc).

The ones worshiped as herod but clearly are not are the highly paid professional athleats, politicials, public servants, etc.

I support real heros!

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Volunteers

Wiki....

A volunteer is someone who serves in a community or for the benefit of natural environment primarily because they choose to do so. Many serve through a non-profit organization – sometimes referred to as formal volunteering, but a significant number also serve less formally, either individually or as part of a group. Because these informal volunteers are much harder to identify, they may not be included in research and statistics on volunteering.

By definition, a volunteer worker does not get paid or receive compensation for services rendered.

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Very good.

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

I agree with what has been said here so far.

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What you do today you will have to live with tonight

Wilm Hosenfeld
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




Wilm Hosenfeld (full name: Wilhelm Hosenfeld; May 2, 1895 in Mackenzell, Hessen-Nassau, Germany–August 13, 1952 near Stalingrad), originally a teacher, was a German army officer who rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war. He helped, hid, or rescued several Poles, including Jews, in Nazi-occupied Poland. He is most remembered for saving Polish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman from death in the ruins of Warsaw.

Hosenfeld was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939 and stationed in Poland from mid-September 1939 until his capture by the Soviet Army on January 17, 1945. His first destination was Pabianice, where he was involved in the building and running of a POW camp. Next stop, from December 1939, was Wegrów, where he remained until his battalion was moved another 30 km away to Jadów at the end of May 1940. He was finally transferred to Warsaw in July 1940, where he spent the rest of the war, for the most part attached to Wach-Bataillon (watch battalion) 660, part of the Wach-Regiment Warschau, where he served as a staff officer as well as the battalion sports officer.

Although a member of the Nazi party since 1935, Hosenfeld grew disillusioned with the party and Nazi policies as time passed and, especially, as he saw how Poles were treated. He and several fellow officers felt sympathy for the people of occupied Poland; ashamed of what some of their countrymen were doing, they offered help to those they could whenever possible.

Hosenfeld befriended numerous Poles and even made an effort to learn their language. He also attended mass, took part in communion, and went to confession in Polish churches, even though this was forbidden. His actions on behalf of Poles began as early as autumn 1939 when he allowed, against regulations, Polish POWs access to their families and even pushed (successfully) for the early release of at least one. During his time in Warsaw, he used his position to give refuge to people, regardless of their background, who were in danger of persecution—even arrest by the Gestapo, sometimes by getting them the requisite papers and jobs at the sports stadium that was under his oversight.

Hosenfeld was captured by the Soviets at BÅ‚onie, a small city about 30 km west of Warsaw, with the men of a company he was leading. He was sentenced to 25 years at hard labor for alleged war crimes simply on account of his unit affiliation. Despite the many who filed petitions on his behalf, the Soviets refused to believe that he had not been involved in war crimes. He died in Soviet captivity on August 13, 1952, shortly before 10:00 in the evening, from rupture of the thoracic aorta.

Hosenfeld was played by Thomas Kretschmann in The Pianist, a film based on Szpilman's memoirs.

Szpilman's son, Andrzej Szpilman, has long called for Yad Vashem to honor Wilm Hosenfeld as a Righteous Among the Nations, non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue Jews. Along with him, the Szpilman family and thousands of others are asking that Hosenfeld be recognized in this way for his acts of kindness throughout the war.

References

* Wilm Hosenfeld: "Ich versuche jeden zu retten"—Das Leben eines deutschen Offiziers in Briefen und Tagebüchern (Wilm Hosenfeld: "'I try to save each one [I can]'—The life of a German officer in letters and diaries"), compiled and with commentary by Thomas Vogel, published by the Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamt (MGFA: Military History Research Institute), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich, 2004. ISBN 3-421-05776-1 (German)
* Szpilman, Władysław. The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–1945. Picador; 2nd edition, 2002 ISBN 0312311354 (ISBN-10), ISBN 978-0312311353 (ISBN-13). This book includes a foreword by Andrzej Szpilman, excerpts from Hosenfeld's diary, and an epilogue in the form of an essay by Wolf Biermann.

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I have a heroin,

She is not famous or in the books but she is as special to the people she effects as anyone could be.

I'd like to introduce you to old 'Joyce' my neighbour:

Almost everyday she is out on the street and goes knocking on people's doors until she gets an answer.

She knocks on the doors of people who are ill, those who are old or those who are in need.

She is a lonely old soul but she shares herself without shame.

When you stop her in the street she always lets you know you are special to her because it is a joy to her that you simply stoped to talk to her..

I can't think of a better hero than someone who has nothing in special terms but gives people they meet so much more.

Joyce is one of my heros for doing nothing more than sharing herself freely with hope with people in my community.

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I have a heroin,

She is not famous or in the books but she is as special to the people she effects as anyone could be.

I'd like to introduce you to old 'Joyce' my neighbour.

Almost everyday she is out on the street and goes knocking on people's doors until she gets an answer.

She knocks on the doors of people who are ill, those who are old or those who are in need.

She is a lonely old soul but she shares herself without shame.

When you stop her in the street she always lets you know you are special to her because it is a joy to her that you simply stoped to talk to her..

I can't think of a better hero than someone who has nothing in special terms but gives people they meet so much more.

Joyce is one of my heros for doing nothing more than sharing herself freely with hope with people in my community.

She is truly a very special Lady...in the truest sense.

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