2007

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Saturn Sc 2 Wet Trunk

William Cassidy at the Palacio de Correos de Buenos Aires

On Friday September 14, 2007, William Cassidy visited the Philatelic Bureau at the Palacio de Correos de Buenos Aires and acquired 21 copies of the stamp reproduces the meteorite "El Chaco" that he discovered in 1969.

That afternoon he left for Campo del Cielo.

Friday, September 14, 2007

How Much Is Plan B Walmart

NEW YORK (AP) - The Willamette Meteorite is a sacred icon to the Oregon-based Clackamas Indians. The tribe has its own name for the massive space rock, Tomanowas, and holds an annual religious ceremony with the meteorite in its home at the American Museum of Natural History.
Now a chunk of the 10,000-year-old meteorite is up for auction , and the tribe is denouncing its sale.
But the owner of the fragment, noting the vast majority of the 15.5-ton meteorite remains untouched, said his sympathy for the group's complaints would not halt next month's sale. The 30-pound piece, sliced from the renowned rock's crown nearly a decade ago, is expected to bring in more than $1 million.
"We are deeply saddened that any individual or organization would be so insensitive to Native American spirituality and culture as to traffic in the sale of a sacred and historic artifact," said Siobahn Taylor of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, which includes the Clackamas.
"As a tribe, we do not participate in such sales and auctions," Taylor said Thursday. "We view them with dismay."
The piece of the Willamette is the biggest draw at the upcoming auction of meteorites and related memorabilia at the Bonhams auction house. The meteorite is the largest ever discovered in North America.
Darryl Pitt , owner of the slice of the rock, said he understood the Grand Ronde's concerns.
"I'm saddened by their being saddened," Pitt said. "While I regret the Grand Ronde has taken offense, the bottom line is that a portion of the meteorite is simply changing hands."
The meteorite belongs to the Museum of Natural History, which swapped with Pitt the small piece up for sale in return for his half-ounce piece of a meteorite from Mars. The deal occurred in 1998, before the Grand Ronde group staked its claim to the Willamette.
According to Pitt, about 20 pieces of the Willamette are in the hands of private collectors.
The meteorite was discovered in 1902 in the Willamette Valley by a part-time Oregon miner, who removed it from land belonging to a local iron company. The miner charged a quarter to view the meteorite until a court order compelled him to return it to the iron company in 1905.
A New York philanthropist then paid $20,600 for the rock and donated it to the Manhattan museum.
In September 1999, the Clackamas tribe made a claim for ownership of the meteorite, which the tribe believes was sent to earth by the Sky People. The Grande Ronde Tribal Council and the museum agreed to keep the Willamette in New York

More on Willamette: Who owns a meteorite?

Friday, September 7, 2007

Game Of Life Replacement Parts

Meteor Surprise Pocito

This large meteorite was dug on September 26, 2005 the crater's Surprise in the town of Gancedo, the southwestern province of Chaco, in the area where it occurred ± 4000 years meteor scatter known as Campo del Cielo. The allazgo occurred at about 7 feet deep, when the Provincial Road bulldozer driven by Hector Ramon Aquino operator sounded the alert had "hit something hard."

The binational issue who discovered it was headed by the American scientist William Cassidy, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, and Argentine experts and Carlos Mario Vesconi Cerrutti, founders of the Chaco Astronomy Association (ACHA) . American geologists were also involved Shawn P. And Kevin K. Wright Willams, and a group of locals who made the excavation work. The mission was supported by the mayor of Gancedo, Alberto Korovaichuk and was funded by NASA.

After being extracted from the crater was deposited on a trailer and transported to the village, where they paraded through the streets. An industrial scale determined by weight 14,850 kilograms. He is currently on display, located next to the crater where it was discovered.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Living In Singapore In The 1970

Rune: First major meteorite Campo del Cielo leave (and first official complaint) Meteorites and international auctions

In 1803, Lieutenant Colonel and head of the border of Santiago del Estero, Diego Bravo de Rueda, an expedition in search of the Meson de Fierro , legendary Campo del Cielo meteorite that had been extraiviado in 1783. Near the place called Rune Pocito, without reaching the Mesón de Fierro, found a large piece of iron, weighing about 1000 kilograms, which was transported to the city of Santiago del Estero, and sent then to Buenos Aires.

Desposito this block in the Fabrica de Armas of the State, with their direct the Gunnery Sergeant, Don Esteban de Luca, a distinguished citizen, whose name is among the literary glories of the country, built in 1816 by government order, rifles and holster pistols of these were sent as a gift a couple, the president of the United States of America, and General Manuel Belgrano.

With a fraction of this iron, Lt. Col. Don Diego Bravo de Rueda, leader of the expedition, who believed him from heaven, he carved an image of St. James, their descendants, according to Dr. Don Jorge Söhl held it until 1871, which referred to the exposure of Cordoba, was lost. Recognized

United Provinces of Río de la Plata in England, the largest piece of this metal was kept in the Fabrica de Armas who weighed 600 kilograms, more or less, was donated to the Consul Mr. Woodbine Parish, who sent to the British Museum in London in 1825. Today is in exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, England.

This grant led to the claim of the widow of Bravo de Rueda, María Josega of Goyechea believed to own the 'Pope of iron' as she said, and represented by Dr. Don Felix Ignacio Frias request of the Governing Board in 1811, the return of the 'piece of iron', or its equivalent in money.

Santiago del Estero, September 1811.

Subordinate Lords of the Board,

Da. Maria Josefa de Goyer, widow of Lt. Col. and deputy commander of the Militia of this city D. Diego Bravo de Rueda, in the form of law, to VS should look like and say to me, that after this my request, will serve as certification If it is true that if the deceased expressed pulled and pulled my husband, a father of iron that weighed fifty-seven arrobas at their expense and statement of the interior of the Chaco, located on the borders of the Rio Salado, and that this referred to the capital Buenos Aires, in order to refer to Europe, so do not verify because of the war who suffered and are suffering, with the French nation. Original returning for the purpose that suits me. For both pray and beseech VS deign to enter my plea is fair.

Maria Josefa de Goyer.

drawing and text extracted (and adapted) from "The meteorite del Chaco", Antenor Alvarez, Ed Peuser
Photo 1926 Runa meteorite Pocito (National History Museum, London): Pancho Tolchinsky

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Hygiene Therapist Personal Statement

is a prestigious Bonhams auction house founded in 1793 and sits on several cities in USA, Europe, Autralia and Hong Kong. Since 2005 auction Campo del Cielo meteorite, setting a record in April 2006 with the sale of a specimen of 161 kg for the sum of 93,000 dollars. This sale also said a new era of consumption for meteorites, not only as objects of scientific research but also as works of art .

Bonhams.com - Department of Natural History

History auctions / meteorites CoC

Los Angeles, June 3, 2007, Sale 14798 - Lot No: 3312 / Los Angeles, 3 Dec 2006, 14046 Sale - Lot No: 8238 , Lot No: 8241 , Lot No: 8242 / Los Angeles, June 4, 2006, Sale 14004 - Lot No: 4253 , Lot No: 4254 / New York, April 11, 2006, Sale 14423 - Lot No: 2125 , Lot No: 2132 / Los Angeles, 16 Jan 2005, Sale 13070 - Lot No: 2093 , Lot No: 2099 , Lot No: 2100 , Lot No: 2101 , Lot No: 2102 , Lot No: 2103 , Lot No: 2104

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

How To Make A Tractor Birthday Cake

The Senate declared the cultural Meteorites Meteorite

a national plan be developed to prevent and combat illicit trafficking in meteorites and other celestial bodies dating from 4000 BC There is still no law that protects them.

In developing the plan should at least provide for:

a) The preparation and updating of an inventory of all meteorites and celestial bodies in the present are within Argentine territory or entering it in the future.

b) The development of educational campaigns, particularly through the use of mass media, to promote respect and the need to protect cultural property under this Act;

e) The obligation of of national and provincial officials to report immediately to the INTERPOL network all information related to cases of theft, robbery, theft or loss of cultural property.

f) Regular monitoring of Internet sites dedicated to the marketing of goods or objects to effect cultural prevent illicit trafficking.

i) Any other action or measure to protect and preserve meteorites, prevent and combat illicit trafficking and ensure their cultural heritage belonging to Argentina.

more at: http://www.senadoucr.gov.ar

Monday, August 27, 2007

Getting Dogs Hair To Grow Again

Chaco finally recognized by the Argentine State