Day 3990: Track star and Crochet?

   

"Forestall": junk mail collage, ink.

                                         

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10-year-old amputee defying obstacles breaking records

Carmen Wilkey, 10, was born without her left fibula, outside metatarsal, and pinky toe, which led to an amputation as a baby.

 

Just last year, Carmen Wilkey started running track.“In her first year, she actually set three national records of her age group, classification, and gender,” her father, Michael Wilkey, told Nexstar’s KDVR.

DENVER (KDVR) – A 10-year-old amputee in Colorado is defying odds as a track star, and now she’s about to compete at the national level.

She recently competed in the Endeavor games in Oklahoma and qualified in every event. On Monday, they’re off to Homewood, Alabama for nationals. These meets were put on by Move United.

Before they head to nationals though, the family made a stop in Nashville, Tennessee, where Carmen was fitted for a new running blade and leg provided by Amputee Blade Runners.

“It’s been a very exciting and fun ride,” she said. “It’s been crazy at times but very fun. I love being out here and being able to meet people like me with disabilities, I just think that’s great.” Meanwhile, Michael just wants other parents to know this outlet is available for kids like his daughter.

This is only the beginning for Carmen, she’s got some big dreams and wants to be a Paralympic athlete in track and snowboarding, which she also excels at. Her dad couldn’t be happier about it, Video, here.

Crochet?

A cute update from CNN's ever-inventive founder who tasked the AI program ChatGPT with churning out crochet patterns and instructions to see whether the program could capably create something beyond its usual prompts. The results were, naturally, bizarre! AJ asked ChatGPT to create a crochet pattern for a banana.

ChatGPT instructed AI to make two yellow balls. Not quite right! Baby Yoda came out as a little green ball with two ears, one brown.

So for those worried that AI might one day replace creators, fear not — these programs might know how to spit out a serviceable essay about "Catcher in the Rye," but they can't quite crack the arts.

 

 

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