| Thanks for bringing me back to life
A Welsh boatbuilder has thanked two paramedics who flew by air ambulance and used a new wonder drug to bring him back from the dead after his heart stopped. Grandfather Mike Webber, 57, of Porthmadog, thought the heart attack that almost killed him was indigestion caused by a burger gulped down at a pub lunch. But Mike owes his life to the speed and skill of Welsh Ambulance Service paramedics, Ian Binnington and Meurig McMillan, who were manning the North Wales Air Ambulance. Paramedic Team Leader Ian Binnington and Paramedic Meurig McMillan flw to the scene and Ian who was the attendant on the day disembarked from the aircraft and went to the ambulance to meet the crew and assess the patient. Michael was assessed in the back of the ambulance and Ian decided he fitted the criteria for Thrombolysis.
Stage: Diversity in dance
Modern dance pioneer Martha Graham once said, "Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery." The Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Companys 37th annual show, "Dancing on the Edge," promises to be a voyage of discovery to test the boundaries of the art. Orchesis, named for the Greek term "to dance," is Cal Polys oldest performance dance company. Here, students and faculty come together to share their love of dance with each other and with members of the community. "This year the concert addresses ideas about the edges of dance," said Orchesis director Maria Junco. "Some works challenge physical boundaries of the art form. For example, faculty member Diana Stanton has choreographed an amazing work where the entire set is composed of pipes and beams that the dancers move across and around and under.
Kicking Super Bowl habit
It is the revenge of the Stupor Bowl, perhaps. A portion of the American population will not be watching the big game today.
They are Super Bowl challenged, Super Bowl clueless. Many are just plain Super Bowl oblivious.
They do not know that in a few hours, the nation will be knee-deep in chili and Buffalo wings and chocolate cakes shaped like footballs. They do not comprehend the hoopla over giant linesmen; the halftime show escapes them entirely. They are clueless about sports announcers who make solemn pronouncements about "the halfback pass," and they puzzle over whirling special effects that confine the actual game to about a third of the television screen.
Ask them who's playing, and they stare off into space and say, "Uh-h-h, Joe Namath?"
Oh, the anti-Super population means no harm.
Week of 01/21/07
1. "Plum Lovin" by Janet Evanovich: A former beau of Stephanie Plum arrives with an offer that the Trenton bounty hunter just can't refuse.2. "For One More Day" by Mitch Albom: A touching novel by the author of "Tuesdays with Morrie" that asks the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a loved one?3. "The Hunters" by W.E.B. Griffin: Presidential agent Charley Castillo roams the world, searching for the culprits behind the assassination of a shady diplomat.4. "Cross" by James Patterson: Beloved forensic scientist Alex Cross juggles single parenthood and hunting down the rapist/murderer known as "The Butcher of Sligo."5. "Next" by Michael Crichton: Science fact blends with futuristic fiction in this exciting biogenetic thriller. Another action-packed novel by the author of "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain."6.
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