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Saw an item about these guys on TV3's Sunrise this morning and looked them up on Youtube. Some shots are quite amazing! http://bit.ly/kOugi

Here is one of their best videos!

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Saw the tralier for James Cameron's new film 'Avatar' and really like the look of it.  The story is set in the future, and is centered around a paralysed soldier who gets the chance to walk again thnanks to a neural link with a genetically enginnered 'Avatar.'  Once connected, he gets the chance to explore a rainforest covered extraterrestrial moon as a forward scout for a military force sent to extract minerals.  He then falls in love with one of the native aliens (the Na'vi) and becomes confilicted over his actial mission.

If you want to read more, Wikipedia has a good synopsis.

Here is the trailer, which I think is quite spectacular.

Would you hand over your password for a chocolate bar?

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We all love chocolate, or most of us do. But no matter how much you love the stuff would you give a total stranger your name, contact number and computer password for a chocolate bar? Surely not.

I found this item from TVNZ's 'CloseUp' to be quite alarming, even though some of the people who were stopped gave fake passwords.  The list of the top 50 most common passwords internationally, is quite shocking as well!

Fashion of the 'Conchords

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HBO'S 'FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS' racked up six Emmy nominations for its second season, including nods for writing, directing, acting, music and general comedy excellence. One thing the show did not get acknowledged for was its costuming. Sure, the wardrobe on "The Tudors" probably took a bit more ...

I think this is a fun article to read, especially from a NZers point of view.

"Big Night In" story from the NZ Herald

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Story about the Big Night In Telethon. The first telethon in 15 years.

From Saturday at 7pm to Sunday at 6pm TV3 held the first telethon NZ had seen in 15 years, raising $1,944,225 for the KidsCan charitable trust, which is involved in supporting children living in poverty.

Overall it was a lot of fun, with TV3 personalities, NZ celebrities, and a few Aussies thrown into the mix as well.

I totally support the cause and am glad that so much money was raised.  Here is the highlights reel that was played at the end of the event.

I'm very glad, as my sister Elizabeth is back in NZ (albiet for a very short time).  Currently she is touring around to Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch playing at the university music schools with the Ensemble Selisih.  Afterwards, she is going to stay here for a time after the rest of the group leaves.

Upbeat - Dieter Mack and Elizabeth Farrell

Not long enough though.

Elizabeth has already been featured on Radio NZ's Concert FM programme, Upbeat, and the group she is a part of received a good review from the NZ Herald.

Funny commercial, mouse avoids death!

Watch the cat getting in and out of the box, it's very entertaining!

Since I have recently switched back to VOX as my primary blogging platform, I thought I'd give a brief summary of what has happened so far.

Currently I have a 13 year old Ministry of Health (MOH) funded chair. Over the past 13 years I have been very lucky that I have had no major problems with it. Now with it getting slightly more rusty every year, it's about time to upgrade.

Under the current system, for a wheelchair to be replaced, your chair has to be assessed and found to be beyond reasonable repair. Once this happens you get put in either Priority 1 or 2. If your chair can be repaired, you have to live with your current chair, no matter how old it is. I think this is really bad, as patients on ACC get better equipment when needed. There is someone who has been fighting for equity for a while, and she has set up a website at Equity for Illness. Walking is Overrated also has a good post on the MOH vs. ACC debate.

Got in touch with the Disability Resource Centre a couple of months ago, and because I haven't seen a wheelchair therapist or occupational therapist since leaving school, they told me to get a referral through the Taikura Trust.

After getting the referral, I had to get another needs assessment before anything could happen. The assessment went well and I had a visit from an OT a few weeks later. When she came, I assumed from what she said, that I would get a chair very similar to my current one, only newer. While waiting for it, my OT changed and she turned out to be very good.

I finally got the chair, but it wasn't what I expected, the OT then said that I should have been referred on to Mobility Solutions. She took the chair away and has done that for me.

Now we wait...