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¤¤002¤¤ Man with 10-year erection
Mercredi 28 juin 2006 à 10 h 53
Man with 10-year erection awarded $400,000
Malfunctioning penile implant is painful and can't be removed
Updated: 8:07 p.m. ET June 23, 2006
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection.
Charles "Chick" Lennon, 68, received the steel and plastic implant in 1996, about two years before Viagra went on the market. The Dura-II is designed to allow impotent men to position the penis upward for sex, then lower it.
But Lennon could not position his penis downward. He said he could no longer hug people, ride a bike, swim or wear bathing trunks because of the pain and embarrassment. He has become a recluse and is uncomfortable being around his grandchildren, his lawyer said.
In 2004, a jury awarded him $750,000. A judge called that excessive and reduced it to $400,000. On Friday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed that award in a ruling that turned on a procedural matter.
"I don't know any man who for any amount of money would want to trade and take my client's life," said Jules D'Alessandro, Lennon's attorney. "He's not a whole person."
A lawyer representing both Dura-II manufacturer Dacomed Corp. and the company's insurer declined to comment. Dacomed maintained that nothing was wrong with the implant.
Health odds & ends
Hang up your cell or get hit by lightning
The implant consists of a series of plastic plates strung together with steel surgical wire, almost like a roll of wrapped coins. Springs press against the plates, creating enough surface tension to simulate an erection, D'Alessandro said.
Lennon cannot get the implant removed because of health problems, including open-heart surgery, his lawyer said. Impotence drugs could not help Lennon even if he were able to have the device taken out, because tissue had be to removed for it to be implanted.
Dacomed was later acquired by a California company whose sales dropped when Viagra was introduced on the market. The company filed for bankruptcy the following year.
© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Malfunctioning penile implant is painful and can't be removed
Updated: 8:07 p.m. ET June 23, 2006
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A former handyman has won more than $400,000 in a lawsuit over a penile implant that gave him a 10-year erection.Charles "Chick" Lennon, 68, received the steel and plastic implant in 1996, about two years before Viagra went on the market. The Dura-II is designed to allow impotent men to position the penis upward for sex, then lower it.
But Lennon could not position his penis downward. He said he could no longer hug people, ride a bike, swim or wear bathing trunks because of the pain and embarrassment. He has become a recluse and is uncomfortable being around his grandchildren, his lawyer said.
In 2004, a jury awarded him $750,000. A judge called that excessive and reduced it to $400,000. On Friday, the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed that award in a ruling that turned on a procedural matter.
"I don't know any man who for any amount of money would want to trade and take my client's life," said Jules D'Alessandro, Lennon's attorney. "He's not a whole person."
A lawyer representing both Dura-II manufacturer Dacomed Corp. and the company's insurer declined to comment. Dacomed maintained that nothing was wrong with the implant.
Health odds & ends
Hang up your cell or get hit by lightning
The implant consists of a series of plastic plates strung together with steel surgical wire, almost like a roll of wrapped coins. Springs press against the plates, creating enough surface tension to simulate an erection, D'Alessandro said.
Lennon cannot get the implant removed because of health problems, including open-heart surgery, his lawyer said. Impotence drugs could not help Lennon even if he were able to have the device taken out, because tissue had be to removed for it to be implanted.
Dacomed was later acquired by a California company whose sales dropped when Viagra was introduced on the market. The company filed for bankruptcy the following year.
© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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3 commentaires, dernier de Ghash.
¤¤001¤¤ babes & football
Lundi 26 juin 2006 à 11 h 39
4 pages de photos de babes du mondial: { ICI }
extrait:


Question: sauras tu reconnaitre la babe d'arabie saoudite ?
extrait:


Question: sauras tu reconnaitre la babe d'arabie saoudite ?
15 commentaires, dernier de hide.
#100 - OK 1 point pour toi batard...
Samedi 24 juin 2006 à 19 h 06
Voila c'est officiel je me suis fait enculé mon portefeuille cette apres midi à la piscine j'ai rien vu venir j'ai rien senti et pourtant je me suis fait enculé au niveau de la caisse... La/les personnes/s qui m'ont p0wné pourront au moins se dire devant la glace "je ne suis qu'un gros con de lache mangeur de bébé qui fait ça en fourbasse avec des doigts crochus pour 12 euros". Et oui connard tu n'as pus récupérer que 12 euros. Certe ça représente 1L de blanche pression en terrasse et à peine 25% du prix d'une place de cinéma en plein tarif mais ça me fou les boules. Ça me fout les glandes pour ma carte de kebab et de go sport et aussi plus accessoirement pour mon permis de conduire, ma carte d'identité, carte de réduction SNCF, carte de mutuel, la carte vital ,la carte étudiante, carte bancaire et ainsi de suite... J'ai fait opposition forcèment...
Maintenant je prie le petit Jessus pour 2 choses, déjà pour que disparaissent les maladies grâve comme le communisme mais également pour que mon larfeuille soit retrouvé et que je n'ai pas à me gallèrer à faire refaire ces putains de carte à la con.
A noter également que les flics sont sympa et qu'ils ont de l'humour, merci d'avoir enregistré ma déclaration de vol, puisse t'elle bien enculé à son tour le fils de chacal qui m'a chourré mes papiers AMEN.
edit: une AMV de iced earth et des lyrics qui vont bien.
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Maintenant je prie le petit Jessus pour 2 choses, déjà pour que disparaissent les maladies grâve comme le communisme mais également pour que mon larfeuille soit retrouvé et que je n'ai pas à me gallèrer à faire refaire ces putains de carte à la con.
A noter également que les flics sont sympa et qu'ils ont de l'humour, merci d'avoir enregistré ma déclaration de vol, puisse t'elle bien enculé à son tour le fils de chacal qui m'a chourré mes papiers AMEN.
edit: une AMV de iced earth et des lyrics qui vont bien.
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6 commentaires, dernier de bigmac.
#99 - Revenge Of The Gangbang Zombies
Vendredi 23 juin 2006 à 22 h 11
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attention au son assez fort
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attention au son assez fort
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edit: modification du lien vu qu'on peut mettre des vidéos embaded
5 commentaires, dernier de Defenders.
#98 - Judge Dismisses Child Rape... [MaJ]
Jeudi 22 juin 2006 à 12 h 58
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Judge Dismisses Child Rape Case After Attorney Late For Court
'Don't Treat Me Like A Punk,' Judge Says
POSTED: 11:29 am EDT June 20, 2006
CLEVELAND -- A Cuyahoga County, Ohio, judge threw out the charge against a man accused of raping a girl six years ago when the prosecutor in the case was 45 minutes late to trial.
Prosecutors have filed an appeal and said, if necessary, they will refile the charge against Norman Allen Craig, 22, of North Ridgeville, Ohio.
The mother of the now 16-year-old Rocky River girl said her daughter feels victimized by the judge's decision.
Common Pleas Judge Eileen Gallagher dismissed the case when Assistant County Prosecutor Mark Schneider had not shown up by 1:45 p.m. June 12, after she told both sides to be in court at 1 p.m.
Schneider was in his office preparing an appeal seeking to prevent the judge from continuing with the trial.
Earlier in the day, Schneider had asked the judge to remove herself from the case, saying the judge said last year that she thought the accuser had credibility problems.
"Nobody should be rendering opinions from the bench before trial," Schneider said. "A child victim who's being put through the wringer deserves a fair shake at trial."
Gallagher said her decision to throw out the charge had nothing to do with the girl's credibility.
"It was all about the unprofessional actions of a prosecutor," she said. "You don't show up -- too bad. Don't treat me like a punk and not show up in court without giving us the courtesy of notifying us where you are."
County Prosecutor Bill Mason said calls were made to Gallagher's office, and she should have been aware of Schneider's pending arrival before deciding to throw out the case.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Judge Dismisses Child Rape Case After Attorney Late For Court
'Don't Treat Me Like A Punk,' Judge Says
POSTED: 11:29 am EDT June 20, 2006
CLEVELAND -- A Cuyahoga County, Ohio, judge threw out the charge against a man accused of raping a girl six years ago when the prosecutor in the case was 45 minutes late to trial.
Prosecutors have filed an appeal and said, if necessary, they will refile the charge against Norman Allen Craig, 22, of North Ridgeville, Ohio.
The mother of the now 16-year-old Rocky River girl said her daughter feels victimized by the judge's decision.
Common Pleas Judge Eileen Gallagher dismissed the case when Assistant County Prosecutor Mark Schneider had not shown up by 1:45 p.m. June 12, after she told both sides to be in court at 1 p.m.
Schneider was in his office preparing an appeal seeking to prevent the judge from continuing with the trial.
Earlier in the day, Schneider had asked the judge to remove herself from the case, saying the judge said last year that she thought the accuser had credibility problems.
"Nobody should be rendering opinions from the bench before trial," Schneider said. "A child victim who's being put through the wringer deserves a fair shake at trial."
Gallagher said her decision to throw out the charge had nothing to do with the girl's credibility.
"It was all about the unprofessional actions of a prosecutor," she said. "You don't show up -- too bad. Don't treat me like a punk and not show up in court without giving us the courtesy of notifying us where you are."
County Prosecutor Bill Mason said calls were made to Gallagher's office, and she should have been aware of Schneider's pending arrival before deciding to throw out the case.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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#97 - porn et bière
Mercredi 21 juin 2006 à 21 h 26
Non bien sur ce n'est pas du porn c'est de... l'art oui de l'art à ne pas confondre avec du porno hein bande d'incultes ! Perso je vois 2 personnes qui niquent dont une qui s'est fait casser les fesses mais je ne dois pas avoir la fibre artistique si vous avez saisi toute la "profondeur" lachez un message.
1000 methodes pour ouvrir sa bière c'est plus artistique qu'alcoolique, et ça par contre ça me parle.
1000 methodes pour ouvrir sa bière c'est plus artistique qu'alcoolique, et ça par contre ça me parle.
2 commentaires, dernier de Kosogu.
#96 - vos extensions firefox ? I
Mardi 20 juin 2006 à 15 h 27
J'ai pas mal d'extensions pour firefox:

comme indiqué:
- Talkback (qui est installé par defaut pour envoyé des rapport d'erreur)
- Flashgot (pour utiliser-intégrer flashget et autre gestionnaires de téléchargement dans firefox)
- IE Tab (on a la class ou on l'a pas, genre faire du windows update dans firefox)

- Adblock Plus et Adblock Filterset.G Updater (pour virer les pubs et les signatures en 400*300 gifs animé des connards sur les forums)
- PDF Download (pour récuperer les pdf tout connement)
- Crash Recovery (permet de récuperer TOUT après un crash comme ça vient de le faire à l'instant au milieu de la rédaction de cet article, le texte qu'on est en train d'ecrir, les onglets...)
- Fasterfox (parceque ça accélère parrait il, moi je veux bien le croire si les geek le disent)
- Google preview (pour humilier les potes sous IE quand ils viennent à la maison)

- Sage (le lecteur de flux rss ultime pour les feignasses)

- VideoDownloader (qui permet de récuperer toutes les video en flash, quicktime, wmv et autre, presentes sur youtube, google video et ainsi de suite) le dernier exemple d'utilisation grâce à koskoz ça donne ça:
et 
Ma question: Vous avez d'autres extensions interessentes, leur nom et ça sert à quoi ?

comme indiqué:
- Talkback (qui est installé par defaut pour envoyé des rapport d'erreur)
- Flashgot (pour utiliser-intégrer flashget et autre gestionnaires de téléchargement dans firefox)
- IE Tab (on a la class ou on l'a pas, genre faire du windows update dans firefox)

- Adblock Plus et Adblock Filterset.G Updater (pour virer les pubs et les signatures en 400*300 gifs animé des connards sur les forums)
- PDF Download (pour récuperer les pdf tout connement)
- Crash Recovery (permet de récuperer TOUT après un crash comme ça vient de le faire à l'instant au milieu de la rédaction de cet article, le texte qu'on est en train d'ecrir, les onglets...)
- Fasterfox (parceque ça accélère parrait il, moi je veux bien le croire si les geek le disent)
- Google preview (pour humilier les potes sous IE quand ils viennent à la maison)

- Sage (le lecteur de flux rss ultime pour les feignasses)

- VideoDownloader (qui permet de récuperer toutes les video en flash, quicktime, wmv et autre, presentes sur youtube, google video et ainsi de suite) le dernier exemple d'utilisation grâce à koskoz ça donne ça:
et 
Ma question: Vous avez d'autres extensions interessentes, leur nom et ça sert à quoi ?
36 commentaires, dernier de bigmac.
#95 - demain la detresse
Mardi 20 juin 2006 à 13 h 40
Ça veut dire que comme chaque année des ados vont sortir leur ampli de 1x5 Watts posé sur des chaises de jardin en plastiques de couleur verte pour massacrer des classique de punk et pop rock. J'ai déjà des sueurs froides rien qu'en pensant aux instruments non accordés et au son saturé tel celui des enceintes présentes sur les PC 486 monobloc multimédia 2X des années 90.
Ces groupes sont généralement accompagnés d'un "chanteur" qui crie comme une truie qu'on égorge et qui se roule par terre en faisant de la guitare imaginaire en fin de morceau c'est a dire au bout de 2 minutes 20 en général car ils ne connaissent pas le morceau en entier. Souvent le look vestimentaire est aussi pitoyable mais je ne m'entendrais pas sur ce thème, je donnerais juste un exemple. L'an dernier j'ai pus assister à la prestation remarquable de teenz portant des lunettes de ski à font jaune, qui leur donnait un look cheap de cyclope dans X-Men le tout avec fringues de bobo et des instruments pouvant atteindre 90% de leur taille (pour le bassiste).
Mais rassurons nous quand même tout n'est pas si ignoble en effet nous pourront admirer ces artistes wanabee équipés de traces duveteuses inégalement réparties sur la lèvre supérieure le tout agrémenté du diabolique appareil dentaire à faux palais et barre chromée provocateur de salivement incontrôlés lors de l'émission de leur voix sur-aigu n'ayant pas franchi le cap de la puberté. Nous pourrons également admirer des guitaristes n'ayant pas l'innervation nécessaire pour leur permettre de jouer des notes. Une fois un mauvais accord trouvé, ceux ci se contenteront de bouger frénétiquement l'avant bras sur leur instrument (tel qu'ils le font le soir dans le lit en pensant très fort à Kurt Cobain) pour nous donner nausée et mal de tête.
Comme chaque année les seuls groupes de metal présents seront des groupes de mauvais black, de neo et de brutal death amateur non mélodique avec un batteur épileptique et un bassiste inaudible à la pilosité surdéveloppée qui recouvrera son visage défiguré par l'acné. Ceci permettra de faire perdurer encore longtemps la vielle légende qui veut que l'amateur de métal soit un gros boeuf sataniste qui ne sait pas jouer de son instrument et qui écoute du bruit.
Pourquoi dans ma ville n'y a t'il jamais de groupe de metal prog ou de speed metal ou de bonne surprise avec un petit guitariste qui torche et qui est capable de faire du mélodique ? Forcement c'est plus simple de faire de la merde que d'être bon et j'en suis bien conscient mais sur une agglomération comptant environ 400.000 personnes c'est quand même pas de chance de ne jamais voir quelque chose de potable durant le fête de la musique... heureusement qu'on pourra se balader avec nos sac à dos rempli de binouses fraîches pour oublier ça.
12 commentaires, dernier de Fopa.
#94 - chien d'infidels
Lundi 19 juin 2006 à 23 h 17

Burger King recalls 'sacrilegious' desserts
JOHN INNES
THE fast-food chain, Burger King, is withdrawing its ice-cream cones after the lid of the dessert offended a Muslim.
The man claimed the design resembled the Arabic inscription for Allah, and branded it sacrilegious, threatening a "jihad".
The chain is being forced to spend thousands of pounds redesigning the lid with backing from The Muslim Council of Britain. It apologised and said: "The design simply represents a spinning ice-cream cone."
The offending lid was spotted in a branch in Park Royal last week by business development manager Rashad Akhtar, 27, of High Wycombe.
He was not satisfied by the decision to withdraw the cones and has called on Muslims to boycott Burger King. He said: "This is my jihad. How can you say it is a spinning swirl? If you spin it one way to the right you are offending Muslims."
A Muslim Council spokesman said: "We commend the sensitive and prompt action that Burger King has taken."
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21 commentaires, dernier de nassos_tartare.
#92 - LE BILAN BIERE
Dimanche 11 juin 2006 à 16 h 20
Suite au post #91 voici le bilan des différentes bières conseillées par les membres & les visiteurs de NoFrag pour les matchs du mondial de foot ou alors pour oublier le mondial et sombrer dans la spirale infernale de la drogue et de la cirrhose du foie.
Ce résumé comprend une 40ène de bières différentes, majoritairement belge et allemande classées par ordre alphabétique, pour tous les goûts: des blanches, des brunes, des blondes, et des bières aromatisées (cerise, péche, téquilla...) ect.. Les ° d'alcool allant de 4° et des poussières jusqu'à 14°.
Bref merci à tout le monde.
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barbar:

biere du chateau:

blanche pression (la bière génèrique oui c'est un médoc):

bourgogne des flandres:

boxer:

chimay / chimay bleue:

coreff:

corona:

Cuvée des Trolls (la):

Delirium Tremens:

démon (La bière du):

desperados:

dremmwel:

Duvel:

Faro:

Fischer:

Grimbergen:

guiness:

Hoegaarden:

Judas:

Jupiler:

kriek:

Leffe:

maredessous: (si quelqu'un a une page d'info, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)
mort subite:

Ottweiller: (si quelqu'un a une page d'info, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)

Pêcheresse:

Pietra:

Pink killer:

pirate (si quelqu'un a une page d'info, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)

Samichlaus bier (biere de st nicholas): (lien en allemand)

st bernardus:

Stella:
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Super Des Fagnes:

Weihenstephaner:

Vieux Temps:

weizen (Franziskaner):

Westvletereen:

weizenbier:

Zillermarkt: (si quelqu'un a une page d'info et une photo, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)
Ce résumé comprend une 40ène de bières différentes, majoritairement belge et allemande classées par ordre alphabétique, pour tous les goûts: des blanches, des brunes, des blondes, et des bières aromatisées (cerise, péche, téquilla...) ect.. Les ° d'alcool allant de 4° et des poussières jusqu'à 14°.
Bref merci à tout le monde.
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barbar:

biere du chateau:

blanche pression (la bière génèrique oui c'est un médoc):
bourgogne des flandres:

boxer:
chimay / chimay bleue:

coreff:

corona:

Cuvée des Trolls (la):

Delirium Tremens:

démon (La bière du):

desperados:

dremmwel:
Duvel:

Faro:

Fischer:

Grimbergen:

guiness:
Hoegaarden:

Judas:

Jupiler:

kriek:

Leffe:

maredessous: (si quelqu'un a une page d'info, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)
mort subite:
Ottweiller: (si quelqu'un a une page d'info, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)
Pêcheresse:

Pietra:

Pink killer:

pirate (si quelqu'un a une page d'info, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)

Samichlaus bier (biere de st nicholas): (lien en allemand)

st bernardus:

Stella:
.jpg)
Super Des Fagnes:

Weihenstephaner:

Vieux Temps:

weizen (Franziskaner):

Westvletereen:

weizenbier:

Zillermarkt: (si quelqu'un a une page d'info et une photo, à votre bon coeur dans les commentaires...)
8 commentaires, dernier de Mark_Havel.
#91 - les bières pour le mondial [°MAJ°]
Samedi 10 juin 2006 à 13 h 37
à tester:
ect...
Cette été de foot bourrez vous la guelle ok mais au moins avec de la blanche ça changera de la traditionnelle kro, heineken, et de 33 export la bière du prolo masson. Merci d'avance.
ect...Cette été de foot bourrez vous la guelle ok mais au moins avec de la blanche ça changera de la traditionnelle kro, heineken, et de 33 export la bière du prolo masson. Merci d'avance.
34 commentaires, dernier de bigmac.
#90 - You've Been Ninja'd [MAJ]
Jeudi 8 juin 2006 à 18 h 00
You've Been Ninja'd (video)
Snake Vs Eagle Claw (video)
best fight ever
remember
MAJ:
http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2006/06/tigress-adopted-baby-pigs.html
http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/14955/The_Gint_Asian_Hornet_High_Res_Images
Snake Vs Eagle Claw (video)
best fight ever
remember
MAJ:
http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2006/06/tigress-adopted-baby-pigs.html
http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/14955/The_Gint_Asian_Hornet_High_Res_Images
4 commentaires, dernier de Bernardo_Guy.
#88 - faire du feu...
Dimanche 4 juin 2006 à 17 h 09
...avec une capote et de l'eau, c'est quand même la class.
#87 - Mysterious red cells might be aliens
Dimanche 4 juin 2006 à 16 h 15
Mysterious red cells might be aliens
By Jebediah Reed
Popular Science
Friday, June 2, 2006; Posted: 12:36 p.m. EDT (16:36 GMT)
As bizarre as it may seem, the sample jars brimming with cloudy, reddish rainwater in Godfrey Louis's laboratory in southern India may hold, well, aliens.
In April, Louis, a solid-state physicist at Mahatma Gandhi University, published a paper in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Astrophysics and Space Science in which he hypothesizes that the samples -- water taken from the mysterious blood-colored showers that fell sporadically across Louis's home state of Kerala in the summer of 2001 -- contain microbes from outer space.
Specifically, Louis has isolated strange, thick-walled, red-tinted cell-like structures about 10 microns in size. Stranger still, dozens of his experiments suggest that the particles may lack DNA yet still reproduce plentifully, even in water superheated to nearly 600 degrees Fahrenheit . (The known upper limit for life in water is about 250 degrees Fahrenheit.)
So how to explain them? Louis speculates that the particles could be extraterrestrial bacteria adapted to the harsh conditions of space and that the microbes hitched a ride on a comet or meteorite that later broke apart in the upper atmosphere and mixed with rain clouds above India.
If his theory proves correct, the cells would be the first confirmed evidence of alien life and, as such, could yield tantalizing new clues to the origins of life on Earth.
Last winter, Louis sent some of his samples to astronomer Chandra Wickramasinghe and his colleagues at Cardiff University in Wales, who are now attempting to replicate his experiments; Wickramasinghe expects to publish his initial findings later this year.
Meanwhile, more down-to-earth theories abound. One Indian government investigation conducted in 2001 lays blame for what some have called the "blood rains" on algae.
Other theories have implicated fungal spores, red dust swept up from the Arabian peninsula, even a fine mist of blood cells produced by a meteor striking a high-flying flock of bats.
Louis and his colleagues dismiss all these theories, pointing to the fact that both algae and fungus possess DNA and that blood cells have thin walls and die quickly when exposed to water and air.
More important, they argue, blood cells don't replicate. "We've already got some stunning pictures -- transmission electron micrographs -- of these cells sliced in the middle," Wickramasinghe says. "We see them budding, with little daughter cells inside the big cells."
Louis's theory holds special appeal for Wickramasinghe. A quarter of a century ago, he co-authored the modern theory of panspermia, which posits that bacteria-riddled space rocks seeded life on Earth.
"If it's true that life was introduced by comets four billion years ago," the astronomer says, "one would expect that microorganisms are still injected into our environment from time to time. This could be one of those events."
The next significant step, explains University of Sheffield microbiologist Milton Wainwright, who is part of another British team now studying Louis's samples, is to confirm whether the cells truly lack DNA. So far, one preliminary DNA test has come back positive.
"Life as we know it must contain DNA, or it's not life," he says. "But even if this organism proves to be an anomaly, the absence of DNA wouldn't necessarily mean it's extraterrestrial."
Louis and Wickramasinghe are planning further experiments to test the cells for specific carbon isotopes. If the results fall outside the norms for life on Earth, it would be powerful new evidence for Louis's idea, of which even Louis himself remains skeptical.
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L'abstract de la publi en question

MAJ: { autre source }
By Jebediah Reed
Popular Science
Friday, June 2, 2006; Posted: 12:36 p.m. EDT (16:36 GMT)
As bizarre as it may seem, the sample jars brimming with cloudy, reddish rainwater in Godfrey Louis's laboratory in southern India may hold, well, aliens.In April, Louis, a solid-state physicist at Mahatma Gandhi University, published a paper in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal Astrophysics and Space Science in which he hypothesizes that the samples -- water taken from the mysterious blood-colored showers that fell sporadically across Louis's home state of Kerala in the summer of 2001 -- contain microbes from outer space.
Specifically, Louis has isolated strange, thick-walled, red-tinted cell-like structures about 10 microns in size. Stranger still, dozens of his experiments suggest that the particles may lack DNA yet still reproduce plentifully, even in water superheated to nearly 600 degrees Fahrenheit . (The known upper limit for life in water is about 250 degrees Fahrenheit.)
So how to explain them? Louis speculates that the particles could be extraterrestrial bacteria adapted to the harsh conditions of space and that the microbes hitched a ride on a comet or meteorite that later broke apart in the upper atmosphere and mixed with rain clouds above India.
If his theory proves correct, the cells would be the first confirmed evidence of alien life and, as such, could yield tantalizing new clues to the origins of life on Earth.
Last winter, Louis sent some of his samples to astronomer Chandra Wickramasinghe and his colleagues at Cardiff University in Wales, who are now attempting to replicate his experiments; Wickramasinghe expects to publish his initial findings later this year.
Meanwhile, more down-to-earth theories abound. One Indian government investigation conducted in 2001 lays blame for what some have called the "blood rains" on algae.
Other theories have implicated fungal spores, red dust swept up from the Arabian peninsula, even a fine mist of blood cells produced by a meteor striking a high-flying flock of bats.
Louis and his colleagues dismiss all these theories, pointing to the fact that both algae and fungus possess DNA and that blood cells have thin walls and die quickly when exposed to water and air.
More important, they argue, blood cells don't replicate. "We've already got some stunning pictures -- transmission electron micrographs -- of these cells sliced in the middle," Wickramasinghe says. "We see them budding, with little daughter cells inside the big cells."
Louis's theory holds special appeal for Wickramasinghe. A quarter of a century ago, he co-authored the modern theory of panspermia, which posits that bacteria-riddled space rocks seeded life on Earth.
"If it's true that life was introduced by comets four billion years ago," the astronomer says, "one would expect that microorganisms are still injected into our environment from time to time. This could be one of those events."
The next significant step, explains University of Sheffield microbiologist Milton Wainwright, who is part of another British team now studying Louis's samples, is to confirm whether the cells truly lack DNA. So far, one preliminary DNA test has come back positive.
"Life as we know it must contain DNA, or it's not life," he says. "But even if this organism proves to be an anomaly, the absence of DNA wouldn't necessarily mean it's extraterrestrial."
Louis and Wickramasinghe are planning further experiments to test the cells for specific carbon isotopes. If the results fall outside the norms for life on Earth, it would be powerful new evidence for Louis's idea, of which even Louis himself remains skeptical.
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#84 - Three-armed boy to have surgery [MAJ]
Jeudi 1er juin 2006 à 13 h 17
Three-armed boy to have surgery
Last Updated: Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 09:30 GMT 10:30 UK
A baby boy born with two left arms is set to undergo surgery to remove one of them in Shanghai.
However, the team at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center are unsure how best to proceed, and have yet to set a date for the operation.
Neither arm is fully functional and tests have so far been unable to determine which was more developed.
The boy, Jie-jie, cries when either of his left arms is touched, but smiles and responds normally to other stimuli.
The arm closer to the body is very slim and is always bent.
The other one is normally shaped but does not move unless it is pulled, and does not have a palm.
Jie-jie, who is in stable condition in the intensive care unit, was born on 1 April at a small hospital in Anhui Province.
He is also reported to have just one kidney, and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine.
Dr Chen Bochang, head of the orthopaedics department at Shanghai Children's Medical Center, said: "His case is quite peculiar.
"We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm.
"It's quite difficult to decide how to do the operation on him."
Dr Chen's hospital is one of China's most experienced in dealing with unusual birth defects, including separating conjoined twins.
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Last Updated: Wednesday, 31 May 2006, 09:30 GMT 10:30 UK
A baby boy born with two left arms is set to undergo surgery to remove one of them in Shanghai.However, the team at the Shanghai Children's Medical Center are unsure how best to proceed, and have yet to set a date for the operation.
Neither arm is fully functional and tests have so far been unable to determine which was more developed.
The boy, Jie-jie, cries when either of his left arms is touched, but smiles and responds normally to other stimuli.
The arm closer to the body is very slim and is always bent.
The other one is normally shaped but does not move unless it is pulled, and does not have a palm.
Jie-jie, who is in stable condition in the intensive care unit, was born on 1 April at a small hospital in Anhui Province.
He is also reported to have just one kidney, and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine.
Dr Chen Bochang, head of the orthopaedics department at Shanghai Children's Medical Center, said: "His case is quite peculiar.
"We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm.
"It's quite difficult to decide how to do the operation on him."
Dr Chen's hospital is one of China's most experienced in dealing with unusual birth defects, including separating conjoined twins.
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