'Dead' Grandmother Comes back to Life

A woman declared dead after she suffered a massive heart attack astonished doctors and her grieving family when she suddenly came back to life.

Relatives of Lorna Baillie were devastated when a team of medics withdrew treatment after spending three hours trying to revive her. The family gathered around her hospital bed to say their goodbyes after doctors told them the 49-year-old grandmother was 'technically dead', being kept artificially alive only by a combination of adrenaline, electric shocks and CPR.

It was then, 45 minutes later, that Mrs Baillie's disabled husband John, 58, whispered 'I love you' to his wife. As John, his son and three daughters sat beside Mrs Baillie, they were surprised to see her colour gradually improve.

A nurse present in the room assured them this was a normal side effect of prolonged emergency treatment. And when Mrs Baillie's eyelids flickered and she appeared to squeeze her eldest daughter Leanne's hand, the nurse again assured the family that 'involuntary movements' were to be expected.

Unconvinced, the family demanded the nurse call in a doctor, who found a pulse and rushed Mrs Baillie to intensive care. Daughter Leanne Porteous, 31, said: 'I asked the nurse if it was normal that she squeezed my hand and that she had opened her eyes and she said it was.

'We are so close as a family and we are not the kind of people to just give up. We were telling my mum to be strong. I kept saying to her, "Come back, Mum, come back".'

'At one point my dad said, "Lorna come back, I love you," and then –just like that – she was there again.'

Two weeks later, the former auxiliary nurse from Prestonpans, East Lothian, has even managed some 'high-fives' after sitting up in bed and communicating with her family.

Mrs Baillie, a keen gardener and dog walker, collapsed at her home at 4.30pm on February 10. Paramedics battled to resuscitate her before taking her to Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary where, at 8.45pm, a doctor told the family she had died.

Leanne said: 'His words were that she was technically dead, but they had to wait until she had stopped breathing before they could pronounce her medically dead.'

Mrs Baillie's miraculous signs of recovery followed, but medics warned that her chances of survival remained slim because her kidneys had failed and she was in a coma.

The family were still so worried that her daughter Charlene, 23, asked the hospital chaplain to obtain a special licence to allow her to get married by her mother's bedside. But Mrs Baillie's condition continued to improve and last week she was moved from intensive care to a medical ward. An MRI scan yesterday revealed no obvious brain damage.

The family are now seeking an explanation from NHS Lothian and senior doctors have assured them staff will receive 'extra training' as a result of the incident. Dr David Farquharson, medical director of NHS Lothian, said: 'Mrs Baillie's family were told to prepare for the worst but when she was checked again her vital signs had returned.

'This type of recovery is extremely rare and she is continuing to make progress.

Nasa Identifies New Asteroid Threat Which 'Could Hit Earth'

It is 460ft wide and soaring through space - on a possible collision course with Earth. Nasa has identified a new asteroid threat to our planet and calculated that it could potentially impact on February 5th 2040.

The 2011 AG5 has already attracted the concern of the UN Action Team on near-Earth objects, which has begun discussing ways to divert it. They have put the odds of it hitting us at one in 625, though that could change nearer the time.

Were the rock to land on a city it could cause millions of deaths, although mankind would live through it. The asteroid which wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was nine miles wide, compared to 460ft for the 2011 AG5.

Scientists have not yet been able to work out much more about it than its size as they have only been able to observe it for half its orbit. But between 2013 and 2016 they will be able to monitor from the ground and will make a more detailed assessment.

In 2023 the rock will make a ‘keyhole pass’ of Earth, which is an area it passes through on the orbit before it would hit Earth. According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, this will will be within a mere 0.02 astronomical units of our planet, or 1.86 million miles.

According to NASA, amongst the ways of deflecting it are putting a probe onto the rock and using the extra gravity the craft generates to steer the asteroid away over millions of light years.

Another option would be sending a probe into it so the impact would have the same effect. Nuclear weapons have also been discussed, but this would create a shower of rocks instead of just one.

There are roughly 19,000 such 'mid-sized' asteroids within 120 million miles of Earth, according to Nasa's latest sky-scans. Mid-sized refers to asteroids in a size range between 330 and 3,300 feet wide, which could destroy a city-sized area were they to hit Earth.

NASA's latest scan used the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE and took two infrared scans of the entire celestial sky in a series of infrared photos between January 2010 and February 2011.

Much of the world’s attention on asteroids has been on the Aphophis asteroid, which is the size of two and a half football fields and is predicted to pass close to Earth in 2036. If the forecasts are true it will come within 18,300 miles of Earth’s surface and will be visible from most of Europe, Africa and Asia

In recent years it has not just been asteroids that have threatened Earth - falling satellites have also caused problems too. In October Germany's Roentgen satellite X-Ray telescope entered a 12,500mph death dive and split up into around 30 huge chunks when it was deliberated crash landed.

Experts however had no idea where it landed and could only say somewhere South of Berlin and North of Wellington in New Zealand. The odds of being hit by one of the pieces was put at 2,000 to one, more likely than getting a hole in one in golf, though no injuries were reported.

Chris John Fights Japanese Challenger

Semarang - WBA Fly-weight Super Champion Chris John is to face Japanese boxer Shoji Kimora in a title fight at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on May 5, a spokesman of his promotor said.

Chris’s opponent is 34 years old and has an orthodox boxing style, Fathan Rangkuti, media and promotion officer of Mahkota Promotions, said here Tuesday. At the same time and venue, IBO Asia Pacific fly-weight champion Daud Yordan would be fighting Philippine boxer Ramie Laput, he said.

"Daud’s opponent is 33 years old and also has an orthodox boxing style. He descended to bantam weight," Fathan said.

The contracts on Chris John’s and Daud Yordan’s matches had already been signed and what they now had to do was preparing themselves for the upcoming fights, he said. "Late February Chris John will leave for Australia to train at Herry’s Gym in Perth under supervision of his trainer Craig Christian."

When in the ring with Shoji Kimora, Chris John who is nicknamed The Dragon would be defending his title for the 16th time. 

De Puniet and Espargaró register points in CRT debuts

The Power Electronics Aspar riders had a difficult first race of the season, with a number of unexpected setbacks halting their progress on Sunday. Randy De Puniet and Aleix Espargaró both fought with all they had over 22 laps in order to get a positive finish in Qatar. De Puniet had been affected by two crashes in practice, but his big problem was a gearbox issue that almost caused him another fall at the end of the home straight. He gradually regained places, placing 13th at the chequered flag.

On the other side of the garage, Aleix Espargaró continued to experience chattering issues with his bike. The Spaniard would not be beaten by the problem, however, and concluded his return to the premier class in a creditable 15th place.

Randy de Puniet:
“In general, this weekend has been rather strange. I crashed twice and I ended up with a bike that didn't behave as well as in Jerez -I suppose that was due to the lack of grip on this track. These small things made me lose my confidence a little and I started the race with doubts in my mind. However, the situation turned around in the race. After the opening laps I started to make a comeback through the field and began to catch Edwards, but then we had an unfortunate issue with the gearbox and at the end of the straight I was unable to move down gears. That meant that I began to lose time again and I had to regain more positions. Right at the end I began to note the lack of grip on the rear, which probably means that we made a mistake with the suspension configuration. The positive thing is that we adapted to everything that was thrown at us and placed second out of the CRT bikes -thirteenth overall. I think that this is a good result, but we have to keep on going in the same way in order to ride as fast in Jerez as we did in the tests.”

Aleix Espargaró:
“I gave my all in the race and got a positive result, but I leave Qatar disappointed because we weren't able to solve all the chattering problems that plagued us this weekend. It is strange, but we've been here four days and we looked to have got an idea as to which direction to take things, but we weren't able to overcome our adversities. This is a situation that hurts your confidence a little, but I'm not going to get downhearted and I know that this is a long season. We are going to turn this around, we have all worked extremely hard and we will carry on doing so when we go to Jerez. We have two weeks in which to find solutions and get our motivation back up to maximum.”

Power Electronics Aspar press release

Abraham leads Simoncelli tribute at Brno

After the success of its tribute to Marco Simoncelli at the end of 2011, the Brno Circuit held a similar event over the weekend in which 1349 bikes took to the World Championship track in remembrance of the late Italian rider.

Led by MotoGP™ rider Karel Abraham and Moto3™ talent Jakub Kornfeil, more than a thousand enthusiastic fans took their bikes onto the 5.4km layout on Sunday, setting a new circuit record for the highest number of machines on track at one time.

"I think the outcome is amazing," said Abraham. "This was one of the first opportunities for bikers to get together after the winter. The Brno Circuit is one of the best venues for such an event."

Ivana Ulmanová, Executive Director of the Brno Circuit, added: "I have to thank everyone. I am glad so many people came even though the weather was far from perfect. There were even some 

Crutchlow: "I'm a lot more confident this year"

How are you feeling after the race in Qatar?
"Good! It was nice to finish really and get the first one out of the way. I don’t want to think that just because I finished fourth it means suddenly we're near the front. There's a long way to go and you never know, the next race you could finish tenth. I'm not saying it's close, because obviously there's a big gap from me and Dovi (Andrea Dovizioso) to the guys behind but things can change so quickly. We could easily be back in that battle or we could easily be a bit nearer to the front battle, so you don’t know. I just think it's a nice way to start the year, that's the way I look at it."

What was the reaction like back at home?
"It was good. I had some good press and people were happy to see it. You always have people who are not very happy to see it obviously, like fans of other riders, which I fully appreciate because it's like you supporting Liverpool, which is rubbish, and me supporting someone else, like Blackburn! Some people like to see me at the front which is nice. I had something like 2,500 messages on my Twitter. I couldn’t scan them all but most of them said well done, which is nice. Better than them saying it's rubbish."

Even though winter testing went so well for you, a lot of people were still surprised by your performance in Qatar. Were you?
"After the testing I think I expected to be in the top six but I didn’t expect that Dovi and I would be so far ahead of that group behind but I also never expected that we'd be so far behind the front three. But it's a good way to start the year. We're not on factory equipment and the only bikes that beat me in the race were factory equipment. But even if I was on factory equipment would I beat the guys in front? No, probably not. Not at the first race of the year, so I'll just chip away. I think we expected to be stronger than what we were last year but to finish fourth in a solid ride at the first round was good, but I don’t know if it was to be expected. I expected to do better than what I did last year but that's it."

Looking at your lap times it seems you could have been fighting up there if you'd have gone past Dovi earlier.
"I made a mistake in the race no doubt. I got a bad start and then I should have passed Dovi earlier. If I had passed him on lap three when I caught him I probably could have got across to the other guys. But with the new Bridgestone tyres if you really hammer them for a lap you won't last the race and I was panicking more that if I hammered the tyres for a lap and didn’t finish the race or got caught at the end, I'd be in a worse situation than I would have been if I could still go fast at the end of the race. We had the third fastest lap on the last couple of laps and the guys that were leading the race weren’t going that much faster than I was at the end of the race. So, I should have just gone earlier and got across with them, but I think if I had a decent start and went with them three I would have been a lot closer to them at the front. I still don’t think I would have been on the podium so it doesn’t matter if I finish fourth and really close to them, or fourth far behind them, I was happy enough anyway."

Do you think the M1 package has stepped up for the 1000s?
"What you have to consider for Dovi and I is that we're not on the same bike as Jorge and Ben. I really hope it doesn’t happen – it happened last year and normally happens every year to be honest – that Qatar and the tests are the closest we ever are to the factory team, with machinery. Because they have an endless budget and can keep developing. We all seem to start the year with very similar stuff. They're already a little bit ahead of us, which is fair enough as they are the factory team but I hope that they don’t keep developing and we don’t get it, because then the gap just gets bigger and bigger and we have to ride harder and harder."

Do you think then that's its important for you to get results in the first few races while the machinery is more equal?
"I think so but not many people understand that that's what sometimes happens – that the gap gets a little bit bigger because of that. But the people in the know, know it. There's nothing really you can do about it."

What do you think has contributed to your great start this year?
"I think that coming into this year I was more confident. I had a good race at the last race last year and the 1000cc suits me a little bit better, and I have a little bit more experience with the tyres sliding around than maybe the other guys do. I also think it's my second year, I want to be in MotoGP next year and my contract is up at the end of this year. I feel that I'm riding better because of that as well. I'd like to not necessarily prove people wrong, but I'd like to show what I can do if I really need to as well. There's a lot at stake for this year so I think all in all with everything put together – I had a good off-season – that's why we're going a little bit quicker this year. But if we were on 800s I still think I'd be nearer the front than what I was last year. Anyway, yes, 1000s seem to be a little bit better."

Did you step up your training over winter for the 1000s?
"I've always trained hard. I like cycling, that's a big passion of mine but it's just in everything, I think that I've not got rid of stuff in my life, but concentrated more on racing the bike and not complaining about it. I've got what I've got and that's it and I will ride what I've got as hard as I can ride it. There's no point saying 'I want this, I need that', you've just got to do the best job you can on what you've got and I took that attitude in my life as well, not just for racing a motorcycle. I'm a lot more calm this year. I think last year was a tough year because I started the year so well, especially the second and third races. And then obviously I crashed and had a few bad races, and then in the middle of the year it was just a disaster. So I think I needed to regroup myself and get my confidence back as well because I know that when I'm at the top of my game, when I won World SuperSport, was winning World Superbike races and was the fastest guy out there, I felt it was all about confidence and I never had it at the end of last year and I've never had that so it was a big wake up call for me. Not confidence in a cocky or arrogant way, just confidence as in knowing that I can do it and I feel that I've got that back again now. Not to say it went away, I just think I needed a little bit of time. And maybe I needed that result at Valencia to know that it's still there, I'm not far away. Then obviously we tested the 1000cc after and I tested well on the 1000 as well. I think we just need to keep building on what we've started this year. I think this year with a little bit of a different attitude there's no reason why we can't be challenging up near the front for a lot of the year."

Do you think podiums are possible this year?
"Yes, I'd like to think so. Where and when I don’t know but I've always said that my aim or goal is to be at the front of the guys on privateer bikes and if I can beat some factory guys now and again I'll be very happy. You cant do much more than that. Is it possible to beat some of the factory guys now and again? Yes I think it is but you have to just do the best on what you've got and that's what I'm looking at doing. Andrea finished third overall last year and there were only two guys that beat him, which are the two best guys in the world who have won the title last year and the year before, so being anywhere near Andrea is… I'm not saying I'm happy with that, obviously if Andrea's tenth I don’t want to be ninth or eleventh, but I think with his calibre of how good he is, I'm happy to be around near that sort of area."

Do you see Dovi, as your team-mate and potential rival for a 2013 seat with Tech 3, as the first guy to beat?
"No, not at all. People will obviously think that way but if I'm there or there about I'm not expecting to beat Andrea, that's the thing for me. As I said he finished third last year in the world title, I finished a lot further down. He's won a MotoGP race and had many podiums but at the end of the day, it's not just me out of contract this year, there's a lot of riders out of contract, nearly every single one of them. So I've just got to do the best job I can and hopefully something will come. It's a long way off yet and I'm just concentrating on doing my job which is to finish as high as I can finish."

Maybe there's even a possibility for you to go into the factory team?
"Well Yamaha have got two fantastic riders there and in all honesty, if you ask me now, I can't see them changing. So I'm not necessarily just looking at that, I'm just looking at doing what I can do now and proving to people that I'm fast enough and that this year I'll be consistent and try my best. At the minute I think I've done that because last year at this point in the season I'd crashed about seven times with testing and stuff, but this year I've crashed once so far since Valencia. So I obviously feel more comfortable and more confident. I'm happy with the team, the team have done a great job over the winter and it's good that I've got the second year with them. This is the first team that I've been with for six years where I've stayed with the same team twice. So it's a little bit of continuity and the same bike essentially, a Yamaha MotoGP bike."

It must be good to be going back to Jerez where you tested so well while you have the momentum from Qatar?
"Jerez is a hard track, it's a very difficult track for me because I've only been there twice, I raced there last year and I tested there earlier on in the year. Testing obviously went okay but it's a little different, I think the race will be tougher than the test was. It's about knowing the tracks well and when those boys have been there for 10 years it's difficult. I think Estoril will be a good one for me, I liked that circuit when I was there last year. Not to say I didn’t like Jerez particularly but it wasn’t my best track. I felt Estoril was good and I think we'll be a little bit closer at Estoril than we will in Jerez, but you never know what's going to happen. People ask how do you plan the race but you can't plan anything in motorcycle racing because it never goes the way that you planned it. So I'll just do my best at both races and see how we go from there."

How are you dealing with the weight of British expectation?
"The British crowd are great, I've always said, when I won in World SuperSport and World Superbike in Britain, the crowd are phenomenal and they always back you but the problem is that sometimes they're the first ones to jump on you if you don’t do very well, which is difficult. But the thing is we don’t have the Spanish and Italian breed of winning, how much they're winning Grands Prix. But that's only because we're not brought up on Grand Prix bikes. But when it comes it will be good because it's been a long time waiting with Jeremy [McWilliams] being the last one and that was in 2000. I'm not saying that I'm gonna get on the podium but I hope so and I hope it for the British fans as much as myself as well."

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 3G

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Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 3G
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