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July 24, 2006

Martin Kace: Why I'm Doing This

I’ve been living in a wheelchair for the past 5 and a half years. It’s gotten to the point where it doesn’t bother me most of the time. I can just go ahead and live what feels to me like a normal life most of the time.

Except when I want to kiss my wife and kids. They have to bend over and strain their backs when we want to kiss. And hugging is a bit of a drag since they have to get in my lap for a real hug. Otherwise, it’s just one of those sterile cheek-hugging, pat-on-the-back things.

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July 27, 2006

Jonathan Nachum: Doing the Homework

I’m the office manager and researcher at Empax. Being extremely interested in how society views and acquiesces to social change – specifically, how perception dictates political realities – I can’t help but get excited about the prospects of helping out, especially for a project like this.

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