Quadruple Amputee's New Hands

It's the simplest thing, the grasp of one hand in another. But Lindsay Ess will never see it that way, because her hands once belonged to someone else.

Growing up in Texas and Virginia, Lindsay, 29, was always one of the pretty girls. She went to college, did some modeling and started building a career in fashion, with an eye on producing fashion shows.

Then she lost her hands and feet.

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When she was 24 years old, Lindsay had just graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University's well-regarded fashion program when she developed a blockage in her small intestine from Crohn's Disease. After having surgery to correct the problem, an infection took over and shut down her entire body. To save her life, doctors put her in a medically-induced coma. When she came out of the coma a month later, still in a haze, Lindsay said she knew something was wrong with her hands and feet.

"I would look down and I would see black, almost like a body that had decomposed," she said.

The infection had turned her extremities into dead tissue. Still sedated, Lindsay said she didn't realize what that meant at first.

"There was a period of time where they didn't tell me that they had to amputate, but somebody from the staff said, 'Oh honey, you know what they are going to do to your hands, right?' That's when I knew," she said.

After having her hands and feet amputated, Lindsay adapted. She learned how to drink from a cup, brush her teeth and even text on her cellphone with her arms, which were amputated just below the elbow.

"The most common questions I get are, 'How do you type,'" she said. "It's just like chicken-pecking."

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Despite her progress, Lindsay said she faced challenges being independent. Her mother, Judith Aronson, basically moved back into her daughter's life to provide basic care, including bathing, dressing and feeding. Having also lost her feet, Lindsay needed her mother to help put on her prosthetic legs.

"I've accepted the fact that my feet are gone, that's acceptable to me," Lindsay said. "My hands [are] not. It's still not. In my dreams I always have my hands."

Through her amputation recovery, Lindsay discovered a lot of things about herself, including that she felt better emotionally by not focusing on the life that was gone and how much she hated needing so much help but that she also truly depends on it.

"I'm such an independent person," she said. "But I'm also grateful that I have a mother like that, because what could I do?"

Lindsay said she found that her prosthetic arms were a struggle.

"These prosthetics are s---," she said. "I can't do anything with them. I can't do anything behind my head. They are heavy. They are made for men. They are claws, they are not feminine whatsoever."

For the next couple of years, Lindsay exercised diligently as part of the commitment she made to qualify for a hand transplant, which required her to be in shape. But the tough young woman now said she saw her body in a different way now.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/quadruple-amputee-lindsay-ess-hands-life/story?id=18126139

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Atom smasher hiatus sets stage for more discovery

FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March 2013 , aiming to reach maximum energy levels that may lead to more stunning discoveries after hunting down the so-called "God particle. But physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, won't exactly be idle as the US $10 billion proton collider goes on hiatus for maintenance and retooling _ in preparation for unlocking more mysteries. There are still reams more data to sift through since the July 2012 discovery of a new subatomic particle called a Higgs boson and promises a new realm of understanding in subatomic science. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus,File)

FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file picture the globe of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, is illuminated outside Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March 2013 , aiming to reach maximum energy levels that may lead to more stunning discoveries after hunting down the so-called "God particle. But physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, won't exactly be idle as the US $10 billion proton collider goes on hiatus for maintenance and retooling _ in preparation for unlocking more mysteries. There are still reams more data to sift through since the July 2012 discovery of a new subatomic particle called a Higgs boson and promises a new realm of understanding in subatomic science. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus,File)

FILE - In this March 30 2010 file picture s cientist of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, react in the SMS experiment control room at their headquarter outside Geneva, Switzerland. The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March 2013 , aiming to reach maximum energy levels that may lead to more stunning discoveries after hunting down the so-called "God particle. But physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, won't exactly be idle as the US $10 billion proton collider goes on hiatus for maintenance and retooling _ in preparation for unlocking more mysteries. There are still reams more data to sift through since the July discovery of a new subatomic particle called a Higgs boson and promises a new realm of understanding in subatomic science. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

GENEVA (AP) ? The world's largest and most powerful atom smasher goes into a 2-year hibernation in March, as engineers carry out a revamp to help it reach maximum energy levels that could lead to more stunning discoveries following the detection of the so-called "God particle."

With the reopening of its $10 billion proton collider in early 2015, the stage will be set for observing more rare phenomena ? and unlocking more mysteries, said James Gillies, chief spokesman for the European particle physics laboratory known as CERN.

The Large Hadron Collider under the Swiss-French border will operate for two more months then shut down through 2014, allowing engineers to lay thousands more superconducting cables aimed at bringing the machine up to "full design energy," Gillies told The Associated Press on Friday.

Physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, known by its French acronym CERN, won't exactly be idle as the collider takes a break. There are still reams more data to sift through since the July discovery of a new subatomic particle called the Higgs boson ? dubbed the "God particle ? which promises a new realm of understanding of the universe.

For the next two months, the Large Hadron Collider will be smashing protons with lead ions, then undergo several weeks of testing before it shuts down. The collider launched in September 2008, but had to be switched off just nine days later when a badly soldered electrical splice overheated, causing extensive damage to the massive magnets and other parts of the collider some 300 feet (100 meters) below the ground.

It cost $40 million to repair and improve the machine. Since its restart in November 2009, the collider has performed almost flawlessly and the power produced has been ramped up to ever-new record levels, creating a treasure trove of new data to sift through.

But because of the 2008 accident, the collider could only run at an energy level far below what it was designed to do. To fix that, Gillies said, engineers over the next two years will install 10,000 redesigned superconducting cables that connect between the magnets. That will vastly improve its capacity to simulate the moments after the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago.

"It will bring you more collisions. Which means that the more collisions you have, the more likely you are to see rare events," he said. "The Higgs particle was just one of many on the wish list that we'd like to find, so higher energy increases your discovery potential."

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Safety Survey Reveals Lab Risks

An international poll provides a lens into lab workers' attitudes to workplace welfare. Image: Flickr/mars_discovery_district

Scientists may have a false sense of security about the safety of their laboratories, according to early results from the first international survey of researchers? workplace attitudes and practices.

Some 86% of the roughly 2,400 scientists who responded said that they believe their labs are safe places to work. Yet just under half had experienced injuries ranging from animal bites to chemical inhalation, and large fractions noted frequent lone working, unreported injuries and insufficient safety training on specific hazards (see ?A question of safety?).

?Understanding this disparity will be key to positively changing safety culture,? says James Gibson, head of environmental health and safety at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The university?s Center for Laboratory Safety, a research initiative set up in March 2011, commissioned the study as part of a wave of US-led efforts to examine safety culture following the shocking death of a 23-year-old research assistant, Sheharbano Sangji. She received horrific burns in a UCLA lab fire four years ago (see Nature http://doi.org/dnws3n; 2009), and her supervisor, organic chemist Patrick Harran, may face a criminal trial over her death. Other incidents, including a second lab death, at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2011 (see Nature 472, 270?271; 2011), have added to the concerns.

The study ?is the most comprehensive attempt at gathering data on attitudes to safety that I?ve seen???and one more piece of information in a growing body of reports that point to the need to improve the culture around safety in our academic laboratories,? says Dorothy Zolandz, director of the US National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. Nature Publishing Group,the publisher of Nature, helped to launch the survey, as did the firm BioRAFT, which provides software for safety compliance and receives investment from Digital Science, a sister company to Nature Publishing Group. UCLA?s Center for Laboratory Safety plans to analyze the data more closely later this year, but shared early results with Nature.

Part and parcel
Some of the anonymized survey participants ? who were mostly from the United States and United Kingdom, but also hailed from Europe, China and Japan ? felt that any injuries they sustained were just part of the job. ?Was scratched by a monkey,? one scientist wrote. ?It?s bound to happen in that line of work, no matter how careful you are.? Another was bitten while extracting venom from rattlesnakes; a third reported being sprayed on the face and hands with sulphuric acid, leading to US$3,000 of dermatology treatments. The most common injuries were minor???cuts, lacerations and needle pricks???but 30% of respondents said they had witnessed at least one ?major? lab injury, something that required attention from a medical professional. More than one-quarter of junior researchers said that they had experienced an injury that they hadn?t reported to their supervisor.

Yet the overwhelming majority of respondents asserted that their labs were safe places to work, that they had received sufficient safety training to minimize injury and that appropriate safety measures had been taken to protect employees. This level of comfort is similar to that found in other, smaller surveys, says Ralph Stuart, secretary of the American Chemical Society?s health and safety division (which has conducted its own surveys on the matter).

But more specific questions in the survey reveal that safety standards are often not adhered to. Only 60% said they had received safety training on specific hazards or agents they worked with, and around half agreed that lab safety could be improved, with chemists (60%) most likely to feel this, and neuroscientists (30%) significantly less so.

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Celebrate Jump Out of Bed Month with Finding Time's Solo-E ...

Francestown, NH, January 03, 2013 ?(PR.com)? January is National Jump Out Of Bed Month and one Solo-E.com certified expert is celebrating and helping other heart-based solopreneurs and small business owners to stay energized and excited to jump out of bed each morning with inspiration and purpose.

?It?s not enough to have a business as a solo professional,? says Paula Eder, owner of Finding Time in Francestown, New Hampshire. ?To achieve success, you need to focus on what gets you excited each and every day ? what gets you to jump out of bed, ready to take on the challenges ahead.?

Founded in 2006, Finding Time helps heart-based entrepreneurs and small business owners, from the inside out, to align their core values and energy with their time choices and behaviors. This helps them make more money, create more freedom, and find more time.

Eder is one of 50 solo professionals who have met the requirements of the only international post-graduate certification program for solo entrepreneurs to become a Solo-E.com certified expert.

?By finding what inspires you in your business ? that is, what makes you excited to start your work each day ? you?ll not only burst out of bed every morning, but you'll do it before your alarm clock reminds you!? says Terri Zwierzynski, CEO and founder of Solo-E.com.

Both Eder and Zwierzynski recommend a few tips for getting inspired each and every day:

? Find your passion. ?Kids will do anything to avoid going to sleep at night. Why? It?s because they don?t want to miss a thing!? says Solo-E.com Certified Expert Eder. ?As adults, we often lose this excitement because our lives are filled with tasks and to-do lists. The key, then, is to make sure you set fun, life enhancing goals for yourself, and schedule specific ways of achieving them.?

? Make a daily plan. ?If you want to achieve goals, you need a plan that starts right now,? says Zwierzynski. ?A plan often is the catalyst for having an awesome, productive day.?

? Find help and support. ?As a solo professional, it?s easy to feel like you live on an island,? says Eder. ?Finding like-minded people who can help you achieve your goals and support you along the way will make a big, big difference.?

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Market Report, "Japan Real Estate Report Q1 2013", published

Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/01/2013 -- The Japan Real Estate report examines the commercial office, retail, industrial and construction segments throughout the country in the context of reconstruction efforts post-Tohoku coming to fruition at a more moderated rate than previously anticipated.

With a focus on the principal cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama, the report covers the rental market performance in terms of rates and yields over the past 18 months and examines how best to maximise returns in the commercial real estate market, while minimising investment risk and exploring the impact of the completion of new supply on a market which was surprisingly resilient in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Our most recent round of in-country interviews (conducted in July 2012) showed that rents continue to struggle with stability across all sub-sectors.

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Key Points:

- The Cabinet office of Japan revised down its estimate of growth in Q212 to an annualised rate of 0.45% quarter-on-quarter, in line with our expectations for the Japanese economy to cool as volatility in the external environment has an adverse impact on domestic economic activity levels. The September Tankan survey and other economic indicators suggest that businesses are likely to see conditions deteriorate, which bodes poorly for private investment growth. We believe that growth is likely to slow further in 2013, to come in at a subdued 1.2%, and highlight the growing risks of recession.
- Even with the election of new party chiefs in both the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), we believe that the political impasse will remain, as the opposition parties continue to push Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to call for an early dissolution of the House of Representatives. Our core view is for the LDP to win the largest number of the seats in the lower house, but fail to secure a majority and thus need to seek more partners to form a ruling coalition. As such, we expect the current policy gridlock to remain, which could present downside risks to our forecast.
- We believe that Japanese real GDP will decline to 1.2% in 2013, from 1.5% in 2012, as the country struggles to find sources of growth as it faces weakening demand both at home and abroad. Moreover, we expect the political impasse to impair the government's ability to stimulate the economy and expect the public sector to shrink its contribution to growth as the current rate of debt growth is unlikely to be sustained. In addition, we see growing downside risks to our downbeat growth forecasts as the deterioration in economic data from Japan's trading partners suggests that another global recession could be at hand.

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