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P:  3/14/2009 3:41:36 PM  
klewis
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This is such a great story I thought you might like to hear about it too.

A 50 year old woman who is a double amputee, decided to get herself a tail that would enable her swim. She wrote to Weta workshop, the people behind lots of movie special effects - who loved the idea and threw themselves into the project donating their time to design her a custom made tail. This was reported quite widely here and the photos of her using the tail are beautiful as is the story itself . Here's the link if you're interested.


http://www.wetanz.com/a-mermaid-s-tale/
Posted:  3/14/2009 3:41:36 PM

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P: 3/14/2009 7:07:36 PM
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Very cool!  Thanks for posting that!

Posted:  3/14/2009 7:07:36 PM
P: 3/14/2009 7:14:51 PM
lili
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How cool.
Thanks for posting the interesting story.

Posted:  3/14/2009 7:14:51 PM
P: 3/14/2009 7:28:18 PM
klewis
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Sorry I didn't get the link quite right, but here's a small pic from the article.




 

 

Posted:  3/14/2009 7:28:18 PM
P: 3/14/2009 7:45:22 PM
Kaleigh
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That's awesome.  This should be added to the good news thread....  I love stories like this!!

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Posted:  3/14/2009 7:45:22 PM
P: 3/14/2009 10:17:15 PM
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Date: 3/14/2009 7:45:22 PM
Author: Kaleigh
That's awesome. This should be added to the good news thread.... I love stories like this!!
Me too; awesome post!!  Thanks!

Skippy






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Posted:  3/14/2009 10:17:15 PM
P: 3/16/2009 4:47:44 PM
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Wicked cool!


Posted:  3/16/2009 4:47:44 PM
P: 3/16/2009 6:15:10 PM
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AWESOME!

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Posted:  3/16/2009 6:15:10 PM
P: 3/17/2009 8:57:07 AM
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So cool!  I always wanted to be a mermaid, well, ever since I saw Splash as a kid. 

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Posted:  3/17/2009 8:57:07 AM
P: 3/19/2009 2:02:02 AM
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That is so awesome. Seriously.

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Posted:  3/19/2009 2:02:02 AM
P: 3/19/2009 5:19:40 PM
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Very cool!

Posted:  3/19/2009 5:19:40 PM
P: 3/21/2009 8:03:40 PM
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I read about this, and it's so amazing. If I were actually going to use my bioengineering degree, this is totally the kind of thing I'd want to do!

Posted:  3/21/2009 8:03:40 PM
P: 3/21/2009 9:06:17 PM
klewis
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Date: 3/21/2009 8:03:40 PM
Author: somegirl932
I read about this, and it's so amazing. If I were actually going to use my bioengineering degree, this is totally the kind of thing I'd want to do!


You could help create a school of mermaids. I think that would be the correct collective noun, but we could be creative - a pod of mermaids or a dazzle of mermaids?

Posted:  3/21/2009 9:06:17 PM
P: 3/21/2009 11:06:39 PM
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Date: 3/21/2009 9:06:17 PM
Author: klewis
You could help create a school of mermaids. I think that would be the correct collective noun, but we could be creative - a pod of mermaids or a dazzle of mermaids?



I agree that school is correct, but I vote for dazzle anyway. Unfortunately I haven't been paying attention to my biomechanics or biomaterials classes...

Posted:  3/21/2009 11:06:39 PM
P: 3/22/2009 8:58:38 AM
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That is awesome. Absolutely amazing.

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Posted:  3/22/2009 8:58:38 AM
P: 3/26/2009 7:24:56 PM
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Date: 3/14/2009 7:45:22 PM
Author: Kaleigh
That's awesome. This should be added to the good news thread.... I love stories like this!!

Ditto!  How COOL!

Stephanie

Posted:  3/26/2009 7:24:56 PM

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