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The article is from last year, I wonder if he's published his initial findings yet. very recent articles offer no results.

Is It Raining Aliens? Jebediah Reed 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˚F. (The known upper limit for life in water is about 250˚F.) 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. “I would be most happy to accept a simpler explanation,” he says, “but I cannot find any." To hear more on India's red rains, subscribe and stay tuned to the PopSci Podcast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 2005 Popular Science A Time4 Media Company All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Privacy Policy

oops, i meanst inside the front cover, of course. thanks.

what miles album had 'for duke' written on the front cover?

ayler is hallowed ground. prima materia, led by rashid ali has done, i think, a very nice albert tribute called BELLS.

http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/jazzalley/

i enjoy very much his love for the american songbook, and his mining of forgotten songs and composers, although he is a tad prissy. i consider him a craftsman, not a great talent.

we are both elated to know that mr. shearing is apparently recovered from some health problems.

being a hopeless romantic i think i might cotton to this: http://www.jazzreview.com/article/review-4376.html

gerald wilson orchestra. portraits. pacific jazz 80---------a splendid effort!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i have heard him online a couple times from his seattle flagship. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ever checked this place out as a performing venue? http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- another beautiful performance place in cleveland is the bopstop

"But 40 years ago "he" couldn't put more than about 40 minutes of music onto one album. Considering many of his pieces are in the 10 minute range, that didn't leave room for very many cuts." or 40

currently some nice sounds........metheny-coleman. new andrew lamb trio, etc. great mp3 128k stream! http://www.wnur.org/

check out company of heaven artist management for 2006-2007...

what exciting news to know she is still gigging with the cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pete fallico, a dj who has a fine website about organists, one being miss myers, knows her well and corresponds with her. he is most cordial and informative. this is his website: http://doodlinlounge.com/index.html

likewise!

beautifully stated. i cannot think of anyone i would rather hear lead in a proper context.

i have, thank you.------ her piano version reminded me of the stupendous richter solo version of pictures at an exhibition

40 years ago, i bought the ones HE wanted me to hear. that's all i care about.

a generation ago, i heard a public broadcasting tape of a live gig by amina claudine myers, during which she performed an extended performance of her 'song for mother e', including a very long impassioned piano solo. this performance showed an absolutely breathtaking combination of skill, taste, anger, and love. talk about power and feeling and technique. someday i hope to find a recording of this or a similar performance.

thanks

south pacific was i think the first cello i had heard in jazz

have a lovely-paul bley-eyges quartet disc. not at all sweet and celloey..........

would love to hear you guys kickin it with a big jivin band. anything planned?