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Helping Hands Monkeys

May 9th 2009 04:54
Helping Hands is an organisation located in Boston Massachusetts in the US that trains, and provides, Capuchin Monkeys to care for and assist the physically disabled. As well as providing their mobility-impaired owners with day to day tasks, they also give the gift of love and companionship.

Helping Hands Monkey

Although extensive research is always being carried out to seek a cure for spinal cord injuries, a cure has yet to be found. That’s where these wonderful little ‘helping hands’ come into the picture. For those who need help doing things they cannot do for themselves, these wonderful little monkeys provide that help.

From the Helping Hands Website:

A monkey's natural antics and playfulness lead to the synergy between a monkey helper and his or her companion. Our monkeys use their hands to perform functional tasks that no other assistance animals can accomplish. We have found that the joy and emotional bond between a monkey and a person is equally strong and fulfilling for both. Monkeys are nurtured, stimulated, educated, rewarded and loved, as is the person. Our commitment is to provide lifetime support for all monkeys in our program.

To read more about this innovative program CLICK HERE.

Like Guide Dogs for the blind, these monkeys provide assistance and companionship that is quite unique. They are not little slaves, they genuinely enjoy what they do and it is rewarding for both the helper and the person being helped. There is always an unmistakable bond of love that grows between these wonderful animals and their owners. They make a huge impact on the lives of the person they are helping allowing them to live more independently. They also have much longer life spans than dogs and because of their unique abilities, can perform amazingly complex tasks that only hands can provide.

I think this organization is truly marvelous, and through them, many lives are being changed for the better.

There are links on the site if you wish to donate or volunteer. What a truly worthy cause.

To see the Monkey College in action just watch the video below, it's really worth a look.



More information from the website:

Monkeys are born at our closed colony at Southwick's Zoo in the Boston area.

• Monkeys are raised in volunteer foster homes until they move to the training center.

• Monkeys are monitored by foster family advisors, who regularly review the monkey's behavioral and developmental status and provide health, nutrition, and behavioral support.

• Monkeys are educated at the Helping Hands Carvel Foundation Training Center in Boston where they are taught the essential helping tasks, then matched by personality and needs to a particular recipient, and finally prepared for tasks specific to the needs of the selected recipient.

• Monkeys are placed in the home of the recipient during a special placement week that includes eight days of set-up and on-site training by the placement team, which also furnishes customized equipment and adaptations to the recipient's living space.

• Each monkey is supported post-placement by a placement specialist (including life-long health and behavioral support) and training for new tasks, when needed.

• Monkeys are provided with lifetime medical care overseen and paid for by Helping Hands, including all necessary care for chronic illnesses and geriatric care, by a specially selected network of veterinary and human doctors.

• Monkeys are given all necessary respite and retirement care, if needed.


All information, including picture and video, is from the Monkeyhelpers.org website and all copyright belongs to them.


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My Awakening

May 6th 2009 11:44
I have always wanted to write fiction but writing a book seems so unbelievably unattainable. I don't have the patience nor, most likely, the talent to pull it off. Very few people have the ability to write a good novel but oh how I love to read them.

I blog, I draw and I paint to give me a bit of a creative outlet as my job is not creative in the least. Even a short story seemed quite out of reach and then I remembered reading a post by Morgan Bell some time ago titled COUNTING WORDS that described the many types of writing by the length of the piece so I dropped by again to have a look. Until I read that piece I had no understanding of the many types of writing out there that is based purely on the number of words and I thought, maybe I could do one of these!

So, in keeping with my love of vampires, I thought I'd y my hand at my first piece of Flash Fiction which is a piece between 250 and 750 words. In other words, a very short story.

So please come over and take a look and see what you think. Genuine critiques are most welcome. Savaging me for my lack of knowledge on the art of writing will see me hunting you down and staking you

Just click on this link.

My Awakening
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My New Vampire Website

April 15th 2009 06:35
Do you like vampires or things that go bump in the night? Do you like having the bejeebus scared out of you? Would you also like to see reviews of movies, books and such that cover this deep and bloody underworld? Then I have just the thing for you!

Vampire


I have started a website called Vampire Daze. Although the biggest focus will be on vampires, it will also cover other horrors and nasties such as shapeshifters, werewolves, witchcraft and the list goes on. If you can think of something otherwordly, I’ll probably write about it. It will also cover the subculture that goes with the various netherworld topics.

Vampire Daze


I’ve been a big fan of vampires since I read Bram Stoker’s Dracula when I was twelve. I was totally hooked. I soon became a fan of the horror genre and I devoured (no pun intended) books, videos and anything else I could get my hands on. I blame my mum, who is in her seventies, but is a big fan of horror herself.

Although my tastes are far more varied now, I still have a soft spot for all things vampy, both the horror and the camp.

Anyway, I hope you’ll drop by for a visit and, if it takes your fancy, subscribe.

Vampire Daze also has a Twitter account and a Myspace page so come on over…

…I won’t bite

Fangs


…much!
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The animal kingdom never ceases to amaze me. A predator whose instinct is to kill is transformed by the wonder that confronts it.

This piece of footage by National Geographic follows a leopard which after taking down one its most feared enemies is puzzled by the baby its kill was carrying. In an astonishing piece of footage you see what can only be described as a true mystery and miracle


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Amazing edible art.

April 5th 2009 04:59
I remember the days when a birthday cake was a couple of sponge cakes slapped together with some icing and sprinkles and wedding cakes were layers of fruit cake with marzipan and a simple bride and groom perched on top. How things have changed.

These cakes are true works of art and look almost too good to cut up and eat


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iPhone no longer secure

March 12th 2009 21:26
IPhone 3G


For years, published examples of security breaches at banks, credit card companies, and on home PCs have put us all on guard for identity theft. Would you be surprised to find out that, despite all this bad news, the iPhone and the iPod Touch are not as secure as they should be? It's true: neither of these devices does what it should to protect your personal information, and the upcoming O'Reilly Forensics Workshop--a meeting that highlights various ways to get data out of either of these popular Apple devices--proves it


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Hiatus

February 21st 2009 01:22
Due to personal circumstances I am taking a short hiatus from blogging. I hope you will all understand and that I don't lose my lovely audience. I'll be back to it as soon as I can.


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Zentertainment has a new member

February 17th 2009 00:58
Hi all

I just wanted to let you know that Zentertainment has a new member - Techman. He will be posting on all things tech and gadgety very soon and I hope you will give him a warm welcome


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MySpace has banned 90,000 sex offenders

February 4th 2009 04:17
MYSPACE has booted 90,000 registered sex offenders from its popular online social-network, it revealed this week.


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Funniest Complaint Letter Ever!

February 3rd 2009 05:26
This is a completely hilarious complaint letter sent to Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Airlines.


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