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...fall of 2003, none of that seemed possible. A crash with another skater in a corner of the Olympic Oval in Calgary left Klassen with a horrific gash in her forearm. Lying on the ice in shock, Klassen didn't fully comprehend her predicament until she began to read the expressions on the faces of the skaters and coaches surrounding her. A blade had severed tendons, an ulnar nerve and, most dangerously, a major artery...
...common in people with depression. Beddoe's plunge into madness had begun. When a neighbor revved his motorcycle within earshot of a sleeping Jemima, Beddoe flew into a rage, chasing him and screaming profanities. That night, preparing dinner, she used a knife to make shallow cuts in her left forearm, just to see how it felt. Over time her psychiatrist added tranquilizers, an extra antidepressant, lithium and eventually an antipsychotic to Beddoe's diet of drugs. There was also a course of electroconvulsive therapy. But her condition worsened. In 2000 she tried to end her life by overdosing on sleeping...
Jamal Abu Samhadana meets visitors in a narrow first-floor room in the Gaza Strip town of Rafah, in a dwelling lit only by a small, battery-powered fluorescent strip. He proffers a misshapen right hand for a shake. Shrapnel from an Israeli tank shell broke Abu Samhadana's forearm in 2001. His hand looks caved in, his wrist bends grotesquely and his skin is unnaturally smooth and hairless, as though the limbs had been melted. For a tough guy like Abu Samhadana, such disfigurements are badges of authenticity. "Luckily," he says, "I shoot with my left hand...
Thomas had damaged ligaments in his left thumb, and wore a cast on his forearm. Berg had “a couple injuries” but both were to be cleared yesterday. Sonkur’s injured hamstring is expected to be cleared tomorrow...
...These skeletons too were headless; some had had their clavicles removed as well. Teeth sprinkled around the top of the spines suggest that the skulls were dug up at least a year after the dead were buried, by which time the teeth would have come loose. While clavicles and forearm bones are known to have been favored as tools, the fate of the skulls, and the burial positions, are curious enough to ensure that "people will be arguing about this for the next 100 years," says Matthew Spriggs, professor of archaeology at the Australian National University...