Quad amputee Moshe runs for the very first time, thanks to state-of-the-art prosthetics). (PROSTHETICS IN MOTION/CATERS NEWS) A 9-year-old quadruple amputee – the son of a Hasidic student who survived a bullet to the brain in the fatal 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting – has learned to run for the very first time thanks to a pair of brand new prosthetics. A broad smile plastered to his face, Moshe Sasokin joyfully bounds through the halls of Prosthetics in Motion, which fitted him with custom-made running blades, in video taken last month. Moshe was just 6 months old when he was diagnosed with a severe case of meningitis – leading doctors to amputate below his elbow and knee in order to save his life. In 2015, he first learned how to walk at age 6 after being fitted with his first pair of prosthetic legs. But the staff at PIM, which is headquartered in Midtown, knew he was destined for bigger things. “Moshe had never been fitted with running … [Read more...] about Prosthetics help 9-year-old quadruple amputee run for the first time
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Seniors share their stories as first-time authors
By ROBERTA BAKERNew Hampshire Union Leader July 22. 2018 11:45PM Marge Burke of Weare, who wrote a book about her family coping with her husband's Alzheimer's, at Gibson's Bookstore in Concord on Monday. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER) Six years ago Marjorie Burke, 82, started asking her husband Donald, now 86, what it’s like to have Alzheimer’s disease. “It’s like standing on melting ice. I’m unsteady,” he said.Since 2009, when the retired building contractor first struggled to open windows and doors and lay things squarely on a table so they wouldn’t fall off, Marjorie has tapped into moments they’ve shared in nearly 60 years of marriage to reach and spark joy in her soulmate. Recently, the memories have become touchpoints of recognition. The couple’s closeness has boosted communication. It also enabled the creation of a very unusual memoir, “Melting Ice — Shifting Sand: One Couple’s Journey with … [Read more...] about Seniors share their stories as first-time authors
Houston hits triple-digits Sunday for the first time in 2018
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New pension panel meeting for first time
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The new Connecticut Pension Sustainability Commission is meeting for the first time.Created by the General Assembly, the panel is scheduled to convene on Tuesday. It has been charged with addressing the state's unfunded pension liability. It has been a key factor in the state's ongoing budget deficits and a major issue in this year's gubernatorial campaign.Related Content: Malloy budget office revises deficit to nearly $505 millionDemocratic Rep. Jonathan Steinberg of Westport is the commission's chairman. He says members will focus on ways to generate revenue streams to help pay down the unfunded liability. He says they will examine ways to monetize under-valued state assets, "such as select, state-owned real estate and the Connecticut State Lottery."A news conference is planned before the meeting begins on Tuesday at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford. … [Read more...] about New pension panel meeting for first time
Prime minister of Ethiopia to visit Minnesota for the first time
The prime minister of Ethiopia is expected to visit Minneapolis on July 30, and city officials are urging him to help end conflict between that country’s Oromo and Somali communities. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in April. His trip would mark the first time that an Ethiopian prime minister has visited the Twin Cities, according to Minneapolis City Council Member Abdi Warsame. Clashes between Ethiopia’s Somali and Oromo ethnic groups in recent years have resulted in hundreds of deaths, mass arrests and the forced displacement of thousands. Abiy has been praised as a reform-minded leader who this month vowed to end hostility between Ethiopia and Eritrea following a brutal border war two decades ago. Warsame recently raised a resolution condemning what he called a “humanitarian crisis” in Ethiopia. He urged the Ethiopian government to respect both the Oromo and Somali communities, and for Abiy to take actions to end national violence and return displaced … [Read more...] about Prime minister of Ethiopia to visit Minnesota for the first time