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Jeff Head

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I saw that article, and Considered posting it for a millionth of a second but decided it would fit in my category of flame bate.

The fertility clinic that helped the couple become pregnant insisted the man's semen sample was the one used to impregnate his wife, so the man took a genetic ancestry test, which found the man to be the child's uncle.

Starr said the result was due to his being a human chimera -- the result of the man absorbing cells from a deceased twin during the early stages of their mother's pregnancy. The man's sperm was found to be a 10 percent match to the infant, while the genes in his saliva -- which were used for the paternity tests -- were not a match.

The geneticist said the case marked the first known instance of paternity tests being fooled by a human chimera.

"Even geneticists are blown away by this," Starr
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That's pretty bizarre and amazing.
 

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My condolences to the victims families.:(

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A fire and explosion in a Bucharest nightclub killed 27 people and injured 155 during a rock concert that featured fireworks late on Friday, Romanian government officials and witnesses said.

In one of the capital's worst disasters in decades, about 400 people, mostly young adults, stampeded for the exit as the club in the basement of a Communist-era factory filled with smoke.

Several witnesses said there were fireworks inside the club. Colectiv Club's Facebook page said the show would feature pyrotechnic effects.

A pillar and the club's ceiling went up in flames and then there was an explosion and heavy smoke, the witnesses said.

TV footage showed police officers and paramedics trying to resuscitate young people lying on the pavement while sirens wailed with more ambulances deployed to the scene.

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People walk outside a nightclub following an explosion in Bucharest, Romania October 31, 2015. REUT …
"There was a stampede of people running out of the (Colectiv) club," a man who escaped without shoes told Reuters.

A young woman who was released from the hospital after minor injuries described the club bursting into flames.

"In five seconds the whole ceiling was all on fire. In the next three, we rushed to a single door," she told television station Antena 3.

The victims were admitted to 10 hospitals in Bucharest, said Deputy Interior Minister Raed Arafat.

"The situation is slowly stabilizing ... we have many people with burns, intoxicated with smoke and people squashed," he said, adding many victims have no identification.

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Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea said an investigation into the causes of the incident was already under way, and the health minister launched a public appeal for blood donations.

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said in a statement: "I want to assure you of all support from rescuing forces and ask you to trust they put all efforts to limit the impact of this catastrophe."

An emergency meeting of cabinet ministers was set for early on Saturday to assess the incident.

Some of the deadliest nightclub disasters in the world were started by fireworks.

In the southern Brazilian college town of Santa Maria in 2013, a musician lit an outdoor flare inside the Kiss nightclub and started a fire that killed at least 241 people, investigators said.

Fireworks were also blamed for nightclub fires in Russia’s Perm that killed 156 people in 2009 and in Argentina’s Buenos Aires in 2004 that killed 194.

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There must be lots of rich people with large compounds and travel long distances in Chengdu, Sichuan.

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2015-10-28 15:47 | China News Service | Editor:Li Yan

Oct. 27th, Chengdu, a private aircraft store started in Chengdu, this store will supply "aircraft show, test driving, selling" to customers. It is the first private aircraft store in the southwest of China. (CNS photo/An Yuan)

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Some things in China never fails to amaze me!

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2015-10-29 09:32 | CNTV | Editor: Mo Hong'e

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The development project, named "East Montage", covering over 400 thousand square meters, has cost a total of 8 billion yuan, or 1.26 billion, U.S. dollars. (Photo/Xinhua)

The development project, named "East Montage", covering over 400 thousand square meters, has cost a total of 8 billion yuan, or 1.26 billion, U.S. dollars.

With a canal, European-style buildings, and frescoes reminiscent of renaissance-era Italy, the developer, Dalian East District Corporation, not only aims to build commercial real estate, but also a to build a landmark for Dalian city itself.

Zhang Juan, a local resident queuing up for a ride on the gondola, says the East Montage has already attracted a significant crowd of tourists as of late October.

"This is a good thing. This is an opportunity for people who could not go abroad to enjoy the same scenery as that in foreign countries, and expand their vision to learn more about foreign customs and practices. This is really good."

Many tourists believe that east Montage has provided a pleasant blend of nature and classical occidental architecture.

According to Yan Wei, Vice General Manager of Dalian East, four kilometres of a Venetian-style canal have been constructed.

"We took architecture from Venice and France as blueprints. We channelled sea water to the 4-kilometre-long canal to create what is for China an unprecedented kingdom on the ocean and architectural development complex. Proudly, our East Montage project, since the start of its construction, has made room for the capacity of an urban culture with iconic buildings."

Yan said that the city is not a direct copy of a classical European city, but is a combination of western and local culture.

"Each building has its own prototype design. I'm not saying that we copied these designs, but we have integrated the maritime and regional cultures of Dalian together with its humanistic principles, and further expanding, innovating, and improving them. It combines the western and Dalian's features, integrating Dalian's ideals and maritime culture."

Most of the completed development in East Montage has already been sold, but plenty of the other unfinished buildings in the city are still up for sale.

Development projects such as East Montage are not uncommon across China. In 2007 Shanghai built its own "mini Paris" complete with a small scale Eiffel Tower, and a detailed building-by-building replica of an Austrian village was finished in southern Guangdong province in 2012.

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