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Here is the 2009 draft order for the first 4 rounds and an explanation on how compensation works from the draft coverage of MLB.com.
First Round
2. Seattle Mariners
3. San Diego Padres
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Baltimore Orioles
6. San Francisco Giants
7. Atlanta Braves
8. Cincinnati Reds
9. Detroit Tigers
10. Washington Nationals (9B, for unsigned 2008 No. 9 overall pick Aaron Crow)
11. Colorado Rockies
12. Kansas City Royals
13. Oakland A's
14. Texas Rangers
15. Cleveland Indians
16. Arizona Diamondbacks
17. Arizona Diamondbacks (from Dodgers - Orlando Hudson)
18. Florida Marlins
19. St. Louis Cardinals
20. Toronto Blue Jays
21. Houston Astros
22. Minnesota Twins
23. Chicago White Sox
24. Los Angeles Angels (from Mets - Francisco Rodriguez)
25. Los Angeles Angels (from Yankees - Mark Teixeira)
26. Milwaukee Brewers
27. Seattle Mariners (from Phillies - Raul Ibanez)
28. Boston Red Sox
29. New York Yankees (28B, for unsigned 2008 No. 28 overall pick Gerrit Cole)
30. Tampa Bay Rays
31. Chicago Cubs
32. Colorado Rockies (from Angels - Brian Fuentes)
34. Colorado Rockies (Brian Fuentes)
35. Arizona Diamondbacks (Orlando Hudson)
36. Los Angeles Dodgers (Derek Lowe)
37. Toronto Blue Jays (A.J Burnett)
38. Chicago White Sox (Orlando Cabrera)
39. Milwaukee Brewers (CC Sabathia)
40. Los Angeles Angels (Mark Teixeira)
41. Arizona Diamondbacks (Juan Cruz)
42. Los Angeles Angels (Francisco Rodriguez)
43. Cincinnati Reds (Jeremy Affeldt)
44. Texas Rangers (Milton Bradley)
45. Arizona Diamondbacks (Brandon Lyon)
46. Minnesota Twins (Denny Reyes)
47. Milwaukee Brewers (Brian Shouse)
48. Los Angeles Angels (Jon Garland)
49. Pittsburgh Pirates (48B, for unsighed 2008 No. 48 overall pick Tanner Scheppers)
51. Seattle Mariners
52. San Diego Padres
53. Pittsburgh Pirates
54. Baltimore Orioles
55. San Francisco Giants
56. Los Angeles Dodgers (from Braves - Derek Lowe)
57. Cincinnati Reds
58. Detroit Tigers
59. Colorado Rockies
60. Arizona Diamondbacks (from Royals - Juan Cruz)
61. Chicago White Sox (from Athletics - Orlando Cabrera)
62. Texas Rangers
63. Cleveland Indians
64. Arizona Diamondbacks
65. Los Angeles Dodgers
66. Florida Marlins
67. St. Louis Cardinals
68. Toronto Blue Jays
69. Houston Astros
70. Minnesota Twins
71. Chicago White Sox
72. New York Mets
73. Milwaukee Brewers (from Yankees - CC Sabathia)
74. Milwaukee Brewers
75. Philadelphia Phillies
76. New York Yankees (75B, for unsigned 2008 No. 75 overall pick Scott Bittle)
77. Boston Red Sox
78. Tampa Bay Rays
79. Chicago Cubs
80. Los Angeles Angels
82. Seattle Mariners
83. San Diego Padres
84. Pittsburgh Pirates
85. Baltimore Orioles
86. San Francisco Giants
87. Atlanta Braves
88. Cincinnati Reds
89. Detroit Tigers
90. Colorado Rockies
91. Kansas City Royals
92. Oakland A's
93. Texas Rangers
94. Cleveland Indians
95. Arizona Diamondbacks
96. Los Angeles Dodgers
97. Florida Marlins
98. St. Louis Cardinals
99. Toronto Blue Jays
100. Houston Astros
101. Minnesota Twins
102. Chicago White Sox
103. New York Mets
104. Toronto Blue Jays (from Yankees - A.J. Burnett)
105. Milwaukee Brewers
106. Philadelphia Phillies
107. Boston Red Sox
108. Tampa Bay Rays
109. Chicago Cubs
110. Los Angeles Angels
113. Seattle Mariners
114. San Diego Padres
115. Pittsburgh Pirates
116. Baltimore Orioles
117. San Francisco Giants
118. Atlanta Braves
119. Cincinnati Reds
120. Detroit Tigers
121. Colorado Rockies
122. Kansas City Royals
123. Oakland A's
124. Texas Rangers
125. Cleveland Indians
126. Arizona Diamondbacks
127. Los Angeles Dodgers
128. Florida Marlins
129. St. Louis Cardinals
130. Toronto Blue Jays
131. Houston Astros
132. Minnesota Twins
133. Chicago White Sox
134. New York Mets
135. New York Yankees
136. Milwaukee Brewers
137. Philadelphia Phillies
138. Boston Red Sox
139. Tampa Bay Rays
140. Chicago Cubs
141. Los Angeles Angels
The former Club of a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A or B Player shall be entitled to receive compensation in the form of a Draft choice in the First-Year Player Draft succeeding the Player's election of free agency.
A Type A or B shall be a Player who became a free agent and ranks as a Type A or B Player under the statistical system of ranking Players set forth by the Elias Sports Bureau, using statistics based on a two-year average for each respective position group. Type A and Type B players necessitate that the Player's former Club receive a sandwich pick in between rounds one and two. Additional picks in the second, third and fourth rounds are exchanged from one club to another for the losses of Type A free agents.
Type A Players now rank in the upper 20% of his respective position group by the Basic Agreement, instead of the upper 30% as was stipulated in the previous collective bargaining agreement.
Type B Players now rank in the upper 40%, but not in the upper 20%, of his respective position group. Under the previous collective bargaining agreement, Type B Players ranked in the upper 50% not in the upper 30%. Before the most recent collective bargaining agreement took effect for the 2008 season, a Club would receive compensation for losing a Type C free agent. Under the new Basic Agreement, Type C free agents no longer call for a Draft pick as compensation.


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The Year in Photos 2006
In May 2006, the UIS Office of Web Services created a new feature for the campus home page, The Photo of the Day. Below is a motion slide show of photos that appeared on the UIS home page from May through December 2006. Turn on your own holiday music (we don't have a music license right now) and enjoy!
Produced by the UIS Office of Web Services. Special thanks to UIS students Jeremy Wilburn, part-time photographer in the chancellor's division who took many of these photographs, and Uttra Singh in the ITS department who provided technical assistance.
This is a large file (34 MB) and will take several minutes to download on slower connections.


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As parents, we consider many factors when selecting a childcare situation for our children – among them cost, convenience, philosophy, hours and the ratio of caregivers to kids. But how many of us give a thought to environmental health? We should, because young children's developing bodies are very susceptible to chemical exposures.
To make it a little easier, Environmental Working Group put together these tips on how to create a green childcare environment, with an emphasis on the steps that matter most. We're all about strategic changes that make the biggest difference to kids' health. Parents can use these tips to assess childcare facilities – and share the downloadable tip sheet with staff to help them create a greener space. Remember, a few simple actions can reduce many exposures to toxic chemicals. Why not start today with this great list?
Most important for infants:
Mix formula with fluoride-free water, as the American Dental Association recommends. If your tap water has fluoride, buy non-fluoridated water.
Don't serve ready-to-eat formula – it contains more BPA (from the can lining).
Never microwave food or heat milk in plastic. Use glass or ceramic instead.
Use glass or BPA-free baby bottles. Discard older plastic ones, especially if scratched.
Use fragrance-free wipes, diapers & diaper cream.
Create a healthy space
Seal or remove arsenic-treated wood decks & play structures. Those built before 2003 likely contain arsenic. Don't allow children to eat at older picnic tables (or cover them with a cloth).
Have kids wash hands after playing near these surfaces, or avoid them altogether.
Watch for lead paint. Older paint may contain lead. Kids face health risks from loose chips and lead in dust. If your building was built before 1978, use a certified lead-safe contractor for any repairs.
Don't use bug spray or weed killer inside or out.
Clean greener & disinfect when kids aren't around. Choose certified green cleaning supplies, dust & vacuum often (with a HEPA filter), use fragrance-free laundry detergent and skip air fresheners & dryer sheets. Disinfectants can be toxic. Where necessary, disinfect with safer peroxide-based products or bleach. Always follow product directions.
Remove or repair furniture & mattresses with exposed foam. Before 2005, most foam was treated with toxic fire retardants.
Take care with compact fluorescent light bulbs. Don't put them in lamps that can fall, releasing mercury. If a bulb breaks, clear the room, air it out, put on gloves, safety glasses and a dust mask, seal the waste, wash up. Replace mercury thermometers & thermostats with mercury-free options.
Eating & drinking
Offer healthy snacks. Choose fruits & veggies from EWG's Clean 15 list or buy organic – and always wash them. Don't microwave food in plastic. Microwave popcorn bags contain toxic chemicals – try air-popping instead. Choose organic dairy and meat when possible; buy rBGH/hormone-free milk. Use BPA-free dishware.
Wash little hands before eating – with plain soap & water. Skip anti-bacterial soaps – they're no better than plain soap and contain toxic triclosan. If you use alcohol-based hand sanitizers, choose fragrance-free.
Drink safer water. Filter tap water as needed to remove contaminants. Check EWG's Tap Water Database to find an effective filter. Test water fountains for lead.
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Apply safer sunscreen. Use EWG's Sunscreen Guide to find ones with SPF 30+ and zinc or titanium. Skip oxybenzone, retinyl palmitate, sprays, added bug repellent. Wear hats & avoid mid-day sun.
Adjust outdoor play based on local air quality using AIRNow.gov. On high pollution days, limit high-energy outdoor play for kids, especially those with asthma.


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Stones constitute the largest group of meteorites. They originated in the outer crust of a planet or asteroid. Recently-fallen stone meteorites are covered by a thin, black rind known as fusion crust, which forms as the rock's surface is burned during flight. Fusion crust is fragile and deteriorates easily, so stone meteorites that have been on the surface of our planet for a long time have a similar appearance to Earth rocks. Visible inside most stone meteorites are tiny, glassy, spheres known as chondrules. Forged at the very dawn of the Solar System, these chondrules are far older than our own planet. Some stone meteorites, known as carbonaceous chondrites, have been found to contain water, salt, and even amino acids. In the distant past, these meteorites may have carried the very building blocks of life to Earth.
Our catalog of stone meteorites for sale is presented here, in alphabetical order. Click on any image for additional photographs. All specimens are fully guaranteed and we pride ourselves on outstanding customer service. Please contact us directly with questions.
Ordinary chondrite L3, Witnessed fall in Oyo, Nigeria, April 19, 2018
History: On the afternoon of 19 April 2018, a large fireball detonated over the Nigerian state of Oyo. This fireball was recorded by NASAs Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) as event 2018-04-19 14:02:27. The meteoroid entered at 20.9 km/s and detonated at an altitude of 30 km at 7.5'N, 3.6'E releasing a calculated total impact energy of 0.23 kt. Many stones fell between the villages of Ipapo (8°7'50.84″N, 3°30'34.58″E) and Tede to the north (8°33'21.49″N, 3°26'46.31″E). Stones were collected at multiple locations. The meteorite is named for the village of Aba Panu near the center of the strewn-field: multiple kg-sized stones were found in and around this village. Current total known weight is near 160 kg – as per the Meteoritical Bulletin.
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A wave of mad excitement tore through the meteorite community of researchers and collectors alike, when news arrived of the Costa Rican fall that would be named Aguas Zarcas ("clear and pure water" in Spanish). A significant fireball traveling from the northwest to the southeast, shortly after 9 pm on April 23, 2019 was seen by many witnesses and recorded on cameras belonging to the National Seismological Network. Fireballs that produce new meteorites on Earth are always big news, but not since 1969 had there been a comparable event. It was not the size of the fireball, or the number of stones that fell which generated almost unprecedented excitement, but the type of meteorite — and extremely rare carbonaceous chondrite classified as an Anomalous-CM2. Meaning it rich in organic compounds and water!
In 1969, a CM2 known as Murchison fell in Victoria, Australia and so the Aguas Zarcas fall was immediately compared to this event. Murchison is a highly desirable meteorite very rarely seen on the collectors market and a subject of great scrutiny and interest for researchers. CM2 meteorites contain water and organic compounds and it has been widely theorized that this type of meteorite may have brought water, carbon, amino acids and other materials to Earth, during our planet's distant past. It is possible that meteorites similar to this CM2 were, therefore, responsibly, or partially responsible, for carring life-generating elements and compounds to Earth. A later statement from the Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU, Tempe noted that although, Aguas Zarcas presents initial similarities to Murchison, it is actually quite distinct.
One of our colleagues journeyed immediately to the fall site and was fortunate enough to recover numerous quality pieces very shortly after their fall. Meteorites have existed in a cold vacuum for, perhaps, millions or billions of years and they begin to react to Earth's moist, oxygen-rich atmosphere as soon as they arrive. Recently-recovered pieces are more valuable to scientists and exhibit pristine features that are desirable to the collector. The Aguas Zarca fall produced primarily small stones, the majority of which were unbroken; a rare occurrence due to the violence effects experienced by most meteorites as they blast through Earth's atmosphere. Meteoriticists noted the stone's high degree of brecciation. Some stones exhibit clasts with abundant chondrules. Some spacimens are rich in nickel-iron and will adhere to a magnet, while others show no attraction. The variation in these specimens is a reflection of the heterogeneity of the parent body, caused by pummeling and reaccreation of other asteroidal material as it hurtled through space.
CM2s are extremely rare an represent approximately 0.8% of all known meteorites. Of those, only 17 are recorded in the database as being witnessed falls and those are notoriously difficult for the collector to acquire. The Aguas Zarcas fall was a boon to scientists — one notable meteorite researched said it was the "most important fall in 100 years" — and collectors, who dream of acquiring an example.
Full slices show a charcoal-grey matrix with an intoxicating dusting of delicate, light-colored ancient chondrules — survivors from the very dawn of our solar system. The exterior edges shows some original fusion crust. Extremely rare, desirable, and scientifically extraordinary.
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Carbonaceous chondrite CV3.2, Witnessed fall in Chihuahua, Mexico, February 8, 1969
Often described as "the most studied meteorite in history," Allende is one of the most fascinating and desirable space rocks available to collectors. It is a very rare witnessed fall carbonaceous chondrite and its massive nighttime fireball was seen by hundreds of people in rural Mexico in 1969. Many pieces were picked up by locals the next morning and acquired by Dr. Elbert King who designated NASA's Lunar Receiving Lab from the Apollo Era. Allende contains carbon and microscopic diamonds, believed to be the last remnants of an exploding sun that predates our own solar system! As such, at an estimated 12 billion years, they are the oldest things any human has ever touched. Space diamonds from the beginning of time.
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Ordinary chondrite H5, Witnessed fall in Mauritania, October 16, 2006
At approximately 4 am on the morning of October 16, 2006 a shower of stones fell in and around the village of Bassikounou in the southeast corner of Mauritania, near the border with Mali. Many stones, including this one, were picked up very shortly after the fall in a 8 km strewnfield, and as a result the pristine black fusion crust has been perfectly preserved.
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Ordinary chondrite L6, Found in United States, 1950
This exquisite full slice of the celebrated Kansas black chondrite comes from the Oscar Monnig Meteorite Collection and has been cut marvelously thin to offer fantastic surface-to-weight ratio. Click on photo to see the extremely unusual micro-breccia in detail photos. We've never seen this in a meteorite before! Quite dazzling and a gorgeous, impressive display piece.
Carbonaceous chondrite CBa, Found in Australia, 1930
The strangest space rock! Bencubbin, found in Australia in 1930, gives its name to the ultra-rare bencubbin class. Appearing in every way like an iron (or at least a stony-iron) meteorite, it is, bizarrely, actually a stone carbonaceous chondrite. Showing unique features, this odd bird of the space lanes is as strange as they come, and almost, never available on the collectors' market.
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Ordinary chondrite H4, Witnessed fall in Canada, November 28, 2008
Buzzard Coulee was one of the most spectacular witnessed falls of modern times. Aerolite CEO, Geoff Notkin, made two successful expeditions to the strewnfield, one of which was filmed for the popular "Buzzard Coulee/Whitecourt" episode of "Meteorite Men." These excellent specimens were found by Geoff's Canadian hunting partners and all specimens have legal export papers from Canada. Quickly snapped up by collectors, these are our last examples of this must-have witnessed fall. All specimens show excellent fusion crust.
Eucrite, Found January 1984 in Western Australia
Eucrites are part of the HED (howardite, eucrite, diogenite) group of stones and all three are quite closely related. HED group achondrites are stone meteorites without chondrules, and some specialists believe they may have originate on the large asteroid Vesta.
The total recovered weight of all Camel Donga stones is estimated at only 50 kg, and this unusual and intriguing meteorite is very rarely offered for sale. The Camel Donga strewnfield was discovered in 1984 in a very remote part of Western Australia on the Nullarbor Plain. It is a Ca-rich meteorite and exhibits a remarkably glossy fusion crust, which is typical of this type of meteorite.
Ordinary chondrite LL5, Witnessed fall in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 15, 2013
Every meteorite enthusiast will forever remember the astonishing news of the truly massive fireball and explosions over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February of 2013. It was easily the largest meteoritic event since the Sikhote-Alin fall of 1947. Many of these pieces show impact melt features and a dark grey to nearly black interior. This superbolide was traveling at an astonishing speed of 42,900 mph and generated light brighter than sun. The shock wave from the fireball caused damage to over 7,000 buildings spreading across six cities.
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Ordinary chondrite H5, Witnessed Fall in Mali, July 2 or 3, 2007
A new meteorite fall was reported in the Republic of Mali in Western Africa in June or July of 2007, making this stone one of the more recent meteorite arrivals on earth. It is a very fresh fall with extremely rich, black fusion crust. The first specimens were tentatively named Mali, but the name was later officially changed to Chergach, after the nearby town of Erg Chech. Meteoritical Bulletin states: "Nomads reported the stones fell after a smoke cloud was seen and several detonations were heard over a wide area during daytime in July 2007. The finder of the first meteorites was Mr Ouled Bleila, who died in a car accident on his way back from the trip to the Chergach strewn field in October 2007. According to the Tuareg people from Algeria who visited the fall site in September 2007, the elliptical strewn field stretches for more than 20 km in a northeasterly direction. No fireball was reported."
Ordinary chondrite L4, Found on April 6, 2015 in Clarendon, Texas
It is perhaps the only meteorite to ever be discovered by a horse. In addition, it happens to be one of the largest chondrites ever found in the United States.
Frank and DeeDee Hommel, owners of the lovely and housewarming Bar H Working Dude Ranch in Clarendon, went on a brief excursion with their horses about the countryside on April 6, 2015. Sometime along their ride, their horses "went crazy" when they encountered and sniffed a rather bizarre 760-pound rock a few acres away from the ranch. They, along with Aerolite Meteorites CEO Geoff Notkin, Aerolite Meteorites' Christian Meza, and colleague Ruben Garcia ("Mr. Meteorite") uncovered several more kilograms of fragments from the site. The main mass now resides at the Texas Christian University in Fort Worth where it will be displayed to thousands of visitor about how close to home one of the most remarkable marvels of the solar system came to be.
Be sure to check out our Meteorite Minute and Minelab Promo videos featuring the Clarendon (c) meteorite!
Ordinary Chondrite H5, Witnessed fall in Covert, Kansas, 1896
This historic stone meteorite was recognized in 1929 by pioneering meteorite researcher H.H. Nininger. A search was conducted and a total of ten meteorites were recovered from the area. Some had been used by locals as door stops, weights, and fill for a concrete floor. Aerolite Meteorites recently acquired a large mass from a prominent old collection and had it sliced and prepared by one of our favorite prep artists. These gorgeous slices display a wealth of metal flecks in a velvety night sky matrix. We requested only one side be fully polished while the other was left untreated, thereby clearly showing the brecciation in this fascinating meteorite.
Ordinary Chondrite CV3, Libya, 1997
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Ordinary chondrite L4, Found in Western Australia in 1941
South of Dalgety Downs, Australia in 1941, 217 kilograms of broken fragments — which came from a single large mass — were found. Several additional masses were recovered in subsequent decades. Totaling an impressive total find weight of nearly 500 kilograms, making Dalgety Downs the largest L4 meteorite on record to date. The exteriors of this marvelous meteorite have been weathered as it sat on the surface of our planet in a hot desert climate for potentially thousands of years, being effected by the elements. The interiors display chondrules and are a gorgeous pale blue color — beautiful in contrast to the metal flakes.
Ordinary Chondrite H5–6, Found in Mali, Africa, 2013
A strewnfield roughly 10 km in diamater produced about 85 kg of fragments and individuals, with an average weigh of perhaps a few hundred grams. Only a couple of larger masses were recovered and these excellent full slices come from one of them. These slices have a medium polish on one face and a protective coating on the other (giving a particularly nice, glossy finish). These large slices are very attractive, showy pieces, with abundant, shiny metal flakes and make for impressive display pieces.
Ordinary Chondrite H5, Found in Tamaulipas, Mexico, 2013
Numerous fragments and several whole stones, totaling 19.62 kg, were found by an American prospector and his hunting partners in 2013 in Sonora, Mexico, while metal detecting for gold nuggets. The first piece (and the largest), a complete individual weighing 2,396 g, was found on the surface in a sandy area on the eastern side of a large dry wash, a few kilometers northwest of the town of El Boludo. A search with metal detectors of the surrounding area produced numerous additional fragments and a few smaller whole stones. We met with the prospector, purchased all known pieces, and proceeded with the classification process. El Boludo is an Aerolite exclusive.
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Ordinary Chondrite L3, Found in Mexico, 2013
El Tiro (meaning "the shot") was discovered in January of 2013 by a gold prospector colleague of ours, close to the small settlement of El Tiro in Sonora, Mexico. Only a single stone was recovered with a total known weight of just 2.4 kilograms. The stone displayed gentle regmaglypts, weathering cracks, and a fair amount of fusion crust. El Tiro's grey, blue and brown matrix exhibits abundant, multi-colored breccia clasts, metallic flakes, and dark chondrules. We acquired the entire mass from the finder and proceeded with classification. El Tiro is an Aerolite exclusive.
Ordinary chondrite H5, Witnessed fall in Burkina Faso, March 5, 1960
A large number of meteorites fell on March 5, 1960 over the African nations of Burkina Faso (previously the Republic or Upper Volat) and the resulting thunderous sound was heard over 100 kilometers away! Many pieces were later found by farmers working in their fields. Originally named Gao, its was later determined by scientists to be identical to another African meteorite, Genie, and the two names were fused into one. Specimens show fusion crust and an attractive ochre-patina. Many also show classic features of orientation, including rollover lips.
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Most incoming potential meteorites spin and tumble as they plummet through the atmosphere. Occasionally, one will maintain a fixed orientation towards the surface of our planet, causing the leading edge to ablate into a shield, nose cone, or bullet shape. When meteorites ablate, some of their mass is removed as a result of vaporization. Meteorites which display such features are quite rare, highly collectible, and are described as oriented. Oriented meteorites were studied by early NASA spacecraft designers and the leading edges of such meteorites are reminiscent of the heat shields on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space capsules.
Ordinary chondriteL4 , Found in United States, 1995
An Arizona gold prospector, Jim Kriegh, discovered ancient stone meteorites in an area of arroyos in Mohave County, Arizona. His friend and fellow metal detectorist, Twink Monrad, joined him in the hunt and they spent years carefully documenting their finds. Gold Basin has been described as "one of best mapped strewnfields in history." We filmed a first season episode of Meteorite Men at this famous site in 2009.
While Gold Basin doesn't look particularly interesting on the outside, when prepared in the lab, it reveals a wonderland of colorful relict chondrules, Impressionist-like mists of matrix color, with a peppering of metal flakes. These half stones were cut and expertly polished on a diamond lap to show off their gorgeous interiors.
Ordinary chondrite L6, Found in Australia in 1966
Hamilton is a stone, veined olivine – hypersthene chondrite meteorite found near Hamilton Station in Queensland, Australia. We are pleased to present Hamilton, as we have not seen them in quite some time. These coffee colored chondrite part slices came out of an old collection and were purchased by Geoffrey in the back of an old train car where they have been stored. They are sliced thick and stand up naturally on their own. Marvelous!
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Ordinary chondrite L/LL6 , Witnessed fall in United States, 1912
July 19, 1912, on a hot and dry desert summer evening, a series of loud booms, and several explosions rocked the quiet town of Holbrook, Arizona. Many thousand stones showered the ground, most the size of a pea. The largest weighing just 6 kilograms (14 pounds). Initially, an estimated 14,000 stones were recovered. Most with pristine rich-black fusion crust, which is obtained during it's fiery journey through our atmosphere.
A team of esteemed meteorite hunters visited the area to celebrate the falls recent 100 anniversary, each successfully returning with a pea sized treasure of their own. Due to the size and age of the fall, Holbrook has been an extremely well studied meteorite. It has educated scientists in the rate of terrestrial weathering (the slow decay of the delicate rind called fusion crust).
These magnificent fusion-crusted Holbrook individuals are from the historic H.H. Nininger American Meteorite Lab Collection. They were acquired directly from the Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU in an institutional trade. ASU purchased the bulk of Nininger's collection during the 1960s and these specimens were stored in a tray of AML specimens, alongside larger specimens with numbers. Our Holbrook peas are accompanied by a special certificate of authenticity/ID card verifying its ironclad Nininger provenance.
H.E.D. Impact Melt Breccia
Eucrite Impact Melt Breccia, Pending Classification
Take advantage of pre-classification prices with this brand new eucrite melt breccia thought to have originated from asteroid Vesta! A breccia is a rock made up of fragments of other rocks that have been compressed or cemented together. Meteorite breccias show us that some meteorite parent bodies are, or were, active and have experienced some geologic processes similar to those found on Earth. The H.E.D (Howardite, Eucrite and Diogenite) classes of meteorites are thought to have Asteroid Vesta as their parent body, meaning they were once part of that asteroid.
The exteriors of these marvelous rocks are awesomely mottled and vesiculated/melt pocketed in appearance. While the interiors are a cluster of interesting mix of melt breccia set on a black groundmass. Captivating!
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JIDDAT AL HARASIS (JaH) 020
Ordinary chondrite L6, Found in Oman, 2000
These attractive whole stones display good remnant fusion crust, have very appealing shapes and are amazing affordable. A great way to add a sizable stone meteorite to your collection at a bargain price.
JIDDAT AL HARASIS (JaH) 073
Ordinary chondrite, L6, Al Wusta, Oman, found 2002
With its weathered orange exterior, this is a great "throw rock" for meteorite hunters to test their eyes (and metal detectors) in the field.
Ordinary chondrite, LL5/6, Guelmime Es Smara, Morocco, Probable fall July 12, 2017
History: On Wednesday, 12 July 2017, around 23:13 Summer Moroccan time (GMT+1,) a bright fireball was widely seen throughout southern Morocco, traveling from the NE to the SW, with termination of the fireball southwest of Tata. The fireball lasted for several seconds and was followed by a series of sonic booms heard throughout southern Morocco. This event was subsequently reported on the national TV news station. The authorities of the area including soldiers reported the fireball. The fall site is in a militarized area within Morocco, but close to the border with Algeria. Military and nomads where the first to arrive at the fall site and the first piece was found within 12 hours of the fireball, on 13 July. A field mission was organized by H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane (FSAC), M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra and H. El Harbi on Saturday, 15 July to collect the fall information and samples for classification and the submission. The team were granted authorization to enter the militarized area, and on 16 July traveled to the fall site. The team meet several hunters with fresh, black, fusion crusted stones. The largest complete piece that they have seen was about 850 g. Coordinates for three smaller stones are a complete 15 g stone (28°59'03.3″N, 8°24'38.7″W) and two pieces totalling 22 g (28°57'28.3″N, 8°25'39.6″W), and a stone of ~1 g (28°59'55.1″N, 8°24'25.5″W). Total mass collected to date is near 10 kg. – As per the Meteoritic Bulletin.
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Unclassified chondrite, Found in Northwest Africa, 1999
During the mid-to-late 1990s the French meteorite hunting Labenne family began finding stone meteorites in the arid deserts of Northwest Africa. These finds were made years before the NWA classification system was adopted, and were some of the very first Sahara meteorite discoveries. Each carries a unique hand painted field number. For example "99053" was the 53rd meteorite found during the 1999 expedition. Several have nice polished windows. Historic pre-NWA hot desert meteorites with original field numbers.
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Stone meteorite, polymict eucrite (EUC), Witnessed fall Western Australia, October, 1960
Not only is Millbillillie a very rare witnessed-fall eucrite, it is also one of the most visually appealing meteorites available to collectors. Eucrites are achondrites (stone meteorites without chondrules) — volcanic rock from other worlds, and comprised largely of silicate minerals. Millbillillie meteorites are light in weight, similar to terrestrial pumice, so even a specimen as modest as 6 or 7 grams can still be enjoyed and studied without magnification. Millbillillies typically exhibit a dazzling color combination: glossy black fusion crust mixed with bright orange Australian desert soil which adhered to the crust, producing a color contrast of unique and striking beauty. The afternoon fall occurred in October of 1960, and was witnessed by only two men, near the town of Wiluna in Western Australia. It was ten years until the first stone was found.
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Ordinary chondrite L3 – 6, Found in Northwest Africa, 2000
Born by fire, Northwest Africa 869 is one of the most fascinating and affordable meteorites available to collectors. It has a highly unusual classification, L 3-6, meaning it shows characteristics of different meteorite types within the same mass. NWA 869 is a breccia — a rock made up of fragments of other rocks that have been compressed or cemented together. The most likely explanation for the formation of this mosaic-like mixture of space material is the collision of asteroid, millions or billions of years ago, somewhere in the void between Mars and Jupiter. NWA 869 illustrates the monumental processes at work in the solar system and its diverse and fascinating structure means it is sometime described as "an entire meteorite classroom in a single rock."
We consider NWA 869 to have one of the most attractive interiors of any chondrite and these gorgeous full slices show this fascinating chondrite at its absolute best. All pieces have been expertly prepared by one of our top labs and meticulously finished on a diamond lap to the very highest standards.
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Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3), Found in Algeria, 2005
With its shiny black exterior and dark brown interior, punctuated by large orange chondrules, this interesting carbonaceous chondrite looks very atypical from most members of its group. Classified by T. Bunch and J. Wittke it is officially described in the Meteoritical Bulletin has having "well-defined chondrules, chondrule fragments, and refractory inclusions set in a slightly weathered matrix." Our full slices, half stones, and end cuts have been highly polished on a diamond lap to show 4502's intriguing interior features in the best possible light. With its colorful undifferentiated chondrules, 4502 is a glimpse back to the formation of our solar system, over 4.6 billion years ago.
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HED Diogenite, Found Algeria 2006
Diogenites are believed to originate from deep within the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta and are among the rarest of meteorite types, and it is extremely difficult to find a specimen large enough to prepare into slices of this size! An olivine-rich treasure.
Stone meteorite, Achondrite (aubrite), Found in Northwest Africa 2007.
This aubrite is one of fifty from the Achondrite, aubrite class. It is heavily brecciated, telling the tale of a violent history for it's parent body. Most aubrites are are witnessed falls or finds from the blue-ice fields of Antarctica. Their fragile composition and light colored fusion crust makes these meteorites extremely difficult to find. Only 16 aubrites have been recovered from the hot deserts of Africa. Apparent on NWA 4799 is evidence of terrestrial desert weathering. Simply incredible!
Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3, Found in Northwest Africa, 2009
Containing organic compounds and divided into five-sub classes, there is little in the world of meteorites that fascinates like carbonaceous chondrites. Rare and very ancient, some have been shown to contain water, carbon, and even amino acids, suggesting they may have brought the building blocks of life to Earth! The CV3 sub-group often displays beautiful chondrules (small, glassy spheres) that formed 4.6 billion years ago, at the very dawn of the solar system.
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Ordinary Chondrite LL3.8, Found in Northwest Africa,
This marvelous LL3 is a honeycomb of densely-packed yellow, grey and green chondrules. In the pre-NWA days a chondrule-rich LL such as this would have sold for hundreds of dollars a gram. Beautiful complete polished slices at only $8/gram. That's a lot of chondrules for your buck.
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Stone meteorite, Ungrouped Achondrite
Green in color, with mysterious "bubble trains" suspended in orthopyroxene, NWA 6704 is so unusual it doesn't fit into a typical classification group. It is classified as an ungrouped Achondrite with metal flakes! All pieces come from a single, broken stone recovered in the Sahara in 2011 and show the rare minerals awaruite and albite.
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Ordinary Chondrite, H3.4
This highly unusual meteorite was found in 2011. It shows an uncommon cocoa-colored background, sprinkled with beautifully-preserved, dusty-grey chondrules of varying sizes.
Carbonaceous chondrite, CV3, Found in Northwest Africa, 2012
A kaleidoscope of chondrules! The colorful, rounded grains clearly visible in NWA 7454 are chondrules that formed in the solar nebula 4.6 billion years ago, as our solar system was being built. These tiny glass spheres hold within them a key to understanding how the rocky bodies of the solar system — including our very own home planet Earth — were born.
Ordinary Chondrite, L5 melt breccia, Found in Northwest Africa, 2012
Northwest Africa 7457 is one of nine specimens classified as L5 melt breccia, a material formed when extreme pressure and heat generated by an significant impact partially melts the parent rock. These meteorites show a deformed and melted matrix as a result of the collision. The total known weight of this rare meteorite is only 15.5 kilograms.
Ordinary Chondrite L4, Found in Morocco, 2012
The total known weight of this very pretty L4 is only 1,101 grams. Its attractive, dark interior is packed with large grey chondrules and very fine nickel iron flakes. This chondrite is rich in troilite, "some decorating chondrule rims, scattered taenite and kamacite, minor CI-rich apatite and high-Ca pyroxene."
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Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3, Found in Morocco, 2012
NWA 7678 was acquired by a friend and colleague and classified at the Institute of Meteoritics in Albuquerque. We purchased a significant number of slices as this is one of the finest chondrule-rich meteorites we have ever seen. Extraordinary chondrule density and color makes this lovely, and very affordable, stone one of the most alluring examples of a carbonaceous chondrite on the market.
HED Achondrite, Diogenite, Found in Western Sahara, 2013
Diogenites are among the very rarest of all space rocks. Of almost 58,000 officially recognized meteorites, only about 470 are diogenites. Thought to have formed within the asteroid Vesta, they contain little or no iron and display large, green crystals. Sliced ultra thin, NWA 7831 is gloriously translucent and visually reminiscent of a pallasite made entirely of olivine.
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HED Achondrite, Eucrite, Found in Northwest Africa, 2008
Eucrites are igneous rocks from the crust from a differentiated planet body. The HEDs (howardite, eucrite, diogenite), only about 5% of all meteorite falls, are thought to originate from asteroid 4 Vesta. NWA 8177 is a a stunning meteorite "composed of small basaltic eucrite clasts and related debris" per the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. We were able to acquire only one piece of this remarkable meteorite.
Carbonaceous Chondrite CR2, Found in Northwest Africa, 2015
This chondrule-laden CR2 has a small total known weight of just 707.3 grams. Aerolite acquired six identical appearing full stones with smooth abraded fusion crust. Preparation in the lab revealed many distinct chondrules of variable size set in a dark-grey groundmass. This rare CR2 is thought to have been heated at higher temperatures as compared to other carbonaceous chondrites (CI/CM) and formed in an aqueous environment. An Aerolite exclusive!
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Primative Achondrite (Lodranite), Found in Northwest Africa, 2015
Two vivid silicates are imbedded within this acquired lodranite: spring-green colored pyroxene and yellow-brown olivine crystals. Lodranites are a part of a very small group of primitive achondrites containing meteoritic iron and silicate minerals of mostly olivine and pyroxene. Often we expect olivine crystals to be the prominent silicate, but we find that the pyroxene crystals within this meteorite have rivaled our previous presumptions.
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Eucrite, Found in Northwest Africa, 2015
Eucrites are rare achondrite (without chondrules) meteorites that belong to the HED class. HED meteorites are thought to have originated within the large asteroid Vesta, making them part of only a tiny handful of meteorites with a specific known origin point — lunar and Martian meteorites being the others. Eucrites are particularly difficult to find in the field as — unlike the vast majority of other meteorites — they contain little or no iron, so will not attract strongly to a magnet. The eucrite NWA 10514 is a marvelous stone with a ton of character. There are only 12 kilograms total available. This massive half stone is sure to be a conversation starter.
HED achondrite, Eucrite, Found in Northwest Africa, 2016
Northwest Africa 11081 is a eucrite — a scientifically important altered volcanic rock from the mighty Asteroid Vesta. One of the few meteorites with a specific known origin point, eucrites are unusual in that they do not attract to a magnet. They are also proof of geologic activity (volcanoes, etc) on large asteroids within our solar system! This meteorite is exclusive to Aerolite Meteorites.
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Rumuruti chondrite (R4), Found in Northwest Africa, Classified April 2018
Petrography: (A. Irving and S. Kuehner, UWS) The specimen is a breccia mostly composed of well-formed, relatively small chondrules (apparent diameter 250±150 µm, N = 12) in a finer grained matrix (~30 vol.%), but some petrologically-similar, angular lithic clasts (including type 3 and type 4 clasts) are also present. Both olivine and orthopyroxene have very magnesian cores, but the predominant mafic minerals are much more ferroan. Other minerals are clinopyroxene, sodic plagioclase, pentlandite, pyrrhotite and magnetite. – As listed by the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Eucrite melt breccia, Found in Northwest Africa, Classified December 2018
Eucrites are rare achondrite (without chondrules) meteorites that belong to the HED class. HED meteorites are thought to have originated within the large asteroid Vesta, making them part of only a tiny handful of meteorites with a specific known origin point — lunar and Martian meteorites being the others. Eucrites are particularly difficult to find in the field as — unlike the vast majority of other meteorites — they contain little or no iron, so will not attract strongly to a magnet. A eucrite impact melt is most likely the result of a giant meteorite crashing into asteroid Vesta and melting target rock into a new form. That in itself is remarkable. As any type of impact melt — even in the abundant chondrite family — is highly unusual. So, here we have an exceptional impact melt from Vesta!
Stone meteorite (H and L chondrites)
These stone meteorites were found in the Saharan Desert in Northwest Africa, likely by nomads. In order to classify them it would be necessary to cut off a section for analysis. Although they are exceedingly rare when compared to terrestrial rocks, these are the most abundant type of meteorite and are referred to as "common chondrites." H and L (designating the amount of metal contained) type chondrites have been already extensively studied, and so these attractive stones have been left intact. Composed largely of spherical grain-like silicate chondrules, these stone meteorites were likely once part of the crust of a planet or large asteroid. Some academics believe that chondrules are older than the solar system!
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One of the first places I brought Carlos when he was my boyfriend was to a pumpkin patch, and one of the first things I showed him was how to to carve a jack-o-lantern. I've always been interested in other cultures and traditions, but there was also something exciting about showing Carlos my own.
Fifteen years later, going to the pumpkin patch as a family each October is one of our favorite things.
The pumpkin patch we usually go to has goats and you can buy food pellets for them from a bubble gum style machine for a quarter. Over the years, Carlos has come to be more of an animal lover. He looks so happy petting the goat here.
After feeding the goats we considered giving the corn maze a try but it takes 45 minutes to go through, (maybe an hour given my sense of direction) – so we decided we'll come back another day to do it.
Into the pumpkin patch.
My boys are getting bigger, (The oldest is taller than Carlos), but they haven't outgrown the pumpkin patch.
There's a type of squash in El Salvador called Pipián. We aren't sure if this squash here is related but when you're accustomed to their palm-sized Latin American cousins, these are kind of hilarious.
Now that we've picked our pumpkins and brought them home, we'll soon carve them into jack-o-lanterns. When we clean out the inside of the pumpkin we always reserve the seeds for roasting and eating. Roasted pumpkin seeds, funnily enough, remind Carlos of El Salvador.


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Happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone :)
Don't ask me why I am up this early on a day off, but I just can't sleep!
Ever have ideas just bouncing around in your head? Yep thats where I am at today!
So i have been changing up my work area and I took away my filming and picture taking area, cause it was taking up WAY TOO MUCH SPACE!
i am trying to learn to film and take pix all over again in different areas. I think i really like taking pix outside the best. Let me know what you all think :)
Here are a few things I have made lately :)
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Walter B. Woodbury Photograph Collection
In the late 1850s and early 1860s, the pioneering British photographer Walter Woodbury captured images of Java, and especially its capital city Batavia (modern day Jakarta). Working in partnership with James Page, the two established a photographic firm that continued to produce and sell images long after Woodbury's return to England in 1863.
Consisting of 42 albumen prints, the Woodbury Collection includes numerous images of the landscape and colonial buildings in Batavia, Buitenzorg (Bogor), and Surabaya. A few photographs capture images of the European community in Java, and local Javanese residents.


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Urban Planner: January 22, 2013
In today's Urban Planner: a public transit symposium, Christina Petrowska Quilico and Constantine Caravassilis launch their album, Visions: Rhapsodies & Fantasias, and Elvis Monday at The Drake... on a Tuesday.
TRANSIT: Have an idea on how to improve the TTC and unlock gridlock in our city? Join the Transit Alliance tonight as they hold a public transit symposium to discuss just that. Panelists will include TTC CEO Andy Byford, former chief city planner Paul Bedford, and city activist (and Torontoist contributor) Desmond Cole. The 2nd Floor (461 King Street West), 7–9 p.m., FREE.
ART: Indulge your eyes and ears tonight as pianist/painter Christina Petrowska Quilico and composer Constantine Caravassilis launch their new dual album, Visions: Rhapsodies & Fantasias. Petrowska Quilico will perform a selection of Caravassilis's pieces for solo piano, and she'll also be showcasing over 100 of her paintings, all of them inspired by the music. Glenn Gould Studio (250 Front Street West), 7:30 p.m., $20, $15 for students and seniors.
MUSIC: No one in their right mind would want to repeat a Monday, except maybe for a special edition of Elvis Monday, Toronto's longest running indie showcase. Tonight, join guest curator Dorian Wolf of Austra as he celebrates his birthday with Dusted, DIANA, Omhouse, and Dwayne Gretzky, who promise to play long into the night. Drake Underground (1150 Queen Street West), 9 p.m., FREE.
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A mathematical paper about arranging rectangles.
A website to try it out yourself with some HTML.
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A mathematical paper about arranging rectangles.
A website to try it out yourself with some HTML.
Overhead transmission lines are among the utility industry's most widely distributed assets, traversing tens of thousands of miles, often in remote locations. Reliability requirements, component aging, and right-of-way inspection compliance drive the need for thorough, timely inspections along the entire length of these lines. Such comprehensive assessments by maintenance personnel, working on the ground or in aircraft, currently entail significant expense.
To expand inspection capabilities and increase cost-effectiveness, EPRI is developing a transmission line inspection robot designed to traverse 80 miles of line at least twice a year, collecting high-fidelity information that utilities can act on in real time. As the robot crawls the transmission line, it identifies high-risk vegetation and right-of-way encroachment and assesses component conditions by means of various inspection technologies.
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Start thinking about your Halloween costume… because the original 25th Annual Student Tours Halloween "Costume" Club Crawl is back! We've always said, why party at just one venue on Halloween when you can go to four! That's right, you do the partying and we do the driving between four of the hottest downtown venues! Join us for the biggest and best Halloween Costume Crawl in Canada for students! Guaranteed to sell out every year in every city across Canada. Thousands upon thousands of Halloween enthusiasts dressed in the coolest, scariest, and most amazing costumes will hop aboard hundreds upon hundreds of party buses to be taken on a wild ride to the hottest Halloween bars and parties. Yes, this will be Canada's wildest party on wheels! You don't want to miss this epic night!
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Although the city's lowest paid workers are in need higher salaries – they are currently paid the state minimum wage of $7.25 an hour - the recent attempts from the City Council to push through the "prevailing wage bill" is a failed approach.
A long-fought battle between the City Council to raise pay for the lowest hourly income employees to $10 an hour with benefits and $11.50 without, has seemed to come to an end in court with the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The law aimed to mandate higher union-level wages for security guards, custodians and building service workers that receive government subsidies.
After overriding the administration's veto, Bloomberg sued the city Council, sending the case to state court.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Write shot down the proposal yesterday, stating its attempts to raise the minimum wage was invalid as it was obstructed by the current state minimum wage.
You would think that was the end.
"We disagree with the judge's decision and it will take appropriate legal steps to have it overturned," said Council spokesperson Jamie McShane following the decision.
Speaker Christine Quinn, currently seeking Bloomberg's seat in the 2013 mayoral election, has used the position as a platform for her campaign and gathered support of unions like Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union and the building service workers union.
Julie Ward, a spokesperson for the mayor, said, "This ill-conceived legislation threatened some of the most important job-creating projects in the city. Legislation like this makes it harder for companies to invest in NYC at a time when we need to be making it easier."
While it is true the lowest paid workers in NYC are struggling in an economy that seems to have left them behind, the solution isn't to create another obstacle for current and future employers.
To avoid an unfair balance and create a fair living wage for all employees, the City Council should petition Governor Andrew Cuomo to raise the minimum wage statewide quicker than the projected increase to $9 over the next three years, not try to take the matter into their own hands.
It's time for the City Council to abide by the judge's decision and drop the appeal.


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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Celtics are prepared to go through growing pains this season as they continue learn to adapt to life without franchise stalwarts Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.
Coach Brad Stevens is ready for a long process, but will take a few wins like Friday night along the way.
Brandon Bass had 16 points, including a pair of free-throws in the closing seconds to help the Boston Celtics fight back from an early hole and hang on for a 91-89 victory over the Orlando Magic.
"We talked before about making winning plays in winning time, and we did. That was neat," Stevens said afterward. "Overall, I'm very pleased with the result but we still have a lot to work on. We're not that much different than if we wouldn't have won the game."
Trailing by three, the Magic had a chance to tie the game in the final minute, but Arron Afflalo's jumper came from just a half-step inside the 3-point line.
The win is the Celtics' second straight and extends their win streak over Orlando to nine games. They will try to make it three straight Saturday at defending champion Miami.
Avery Bradley added 14 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics.
Boston survived a 36 percent shooting night from the field and 2-for-14 performance from beyond the arc.
It was the fourth straight opponent that the Magic held under 40 percent. But after taking an early lead they let the Celtics back in the game by committing a season-high 20 turnovers that led to 25 points on the other end.
Afflalo led the Magic, who had their three-game win streak ended, with 23 points. Nik Vucevic finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds but was mostly bottled up by Boston's defense.
Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said the turnovers also contributed to Vucevic's off night.
"That didn't help us initiate our offense and then secondly, they did a good job of trying to deny him the basketball," he said. "You've got to give them credit for their defense."
Boston slipped out at a seven-point lead to begin the fourth quarter, but the Magic fought back to tie it at 75.
The cushion grew again when Bradley stripped Victor Oladipo at midcourt and sprinted ahead for a dunk and eventual three-point play to put the Celtics back up 81-77 with under 6 minutes to play.
Afflalo knocked down a 3-pointer and was fouled by Bradley with 1:38 left. He promptly completed the four-point play to pull the Magic within 86-84.
Kelly Olynyk responded with a jumper on Boston's next possession, but after rebounding a Magic miss on the other end, a floater by Jeff Green caromed off the rim and landed out of bounds.
The Magic weren't done. Afflalo saved a shaky possession with a driving layup and three-point play to cut the Celtics' lead back to 88-87 with 26.5 remaining.
Boston tried to run down the clock and Bass was eventually fouled and was able to connect on both of free-throws.
Following a timeout, Afflalo got loose and banked in a jumper from the wing, but a review confirmed it he was inside the 3-point line.
Bradley was fouled and connected on 1 of his 2 attempts. Oladipo then missed a desperation 3-pointer off the backboard at the buzzer.
"We stuck together when we were missing shots, a lot of easy shots," Celtics guard Jordan Crawford said. But everybody stuck together as a team."
Afflalo said the loss stings because they felt it was a throwback to lessons they thought they learned a year ago.
"This team has been through a lot last year in understanding how valuable wins are," he said. "Outside of that opener (10-point loss to Indiana), we've lost two games now that we felt we should have won. So we are learning in a process, but I think we came to play.
"I think the focus just needs to be sharper for a team that's trying to be a team that just won three in a row."
NOTES: With the college basketball season opening on Friday night, Stevens said that he has stayed in tune with his former Butler team. "Yeah, I pay attention to it," he said. "You're always invested more in the people you know and the people that you're really tight with and friends with. I'll be interested to see if my family watches our game (Saturday) night or the Butler game."... Magic F Tobias Harris missed his sixth straight game with a sprained left ankle. ... Pro golfer Bubba Watson sat courtside at Friday's game.


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I've been trying to find out the maximum amount of xbox controller Unity3D can handle on one editor. I know through networking, Unity is capable of having as many people as your hardware can handle. But I want to avoid networking as much as possible.
Thus, on a single computer, and in a single screen (think Bomberman and Super Smash Brothers) how many xbox controllers can Unity3D support?
I have done work in XNA and remember that only being capable of support 4, but for the life of me, I can't find any information that tells me how many Unity can support.


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Severed Selves
Two separate divided silences,
Which, brought together, would find loving voice;
Two glances which together would rejoice
In love, now lost like stars beyond dark trees;
Two hands apart whose touch alone gives ease;
Two bosoms which, heart-shrined with mutual flame,
Would, meeting in one clasp, be made the same;
Two souls, the shores wave-mocked of sundering seas:--
Such are we now. Ah! may our hope forecast
Indeed one hour again, when on this stream
Of darkened love once more the light shall gleam?
An hour how slow to come, how quickly past,
Which blooms and fades, and only leaves at last,
Faint as shed flowers, the attenuated dream.
-- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Latin for 'art.' As in the MGM motto 'Ars Gratia Artis' - art for art's sake.
David Sensei, blank verse IS iambic pentameter but without end rhymes.
Sometimes the words just fall into place, this time into Adelaide Crapsey's cinquain form, five lines with 2, 4, 6, 8 and 2 syllables:
"I think,
"Therefore I am,"
Said the philosopher.
Bunk! He didn't feel; he only
Half was.
I like "Love to a Soldier"
I was a soldier once.
I like it, Write4U. Very much. The chaos behind everyday life showing thru, overlaid with humor/pathos.Very well done indeed.
Nice work, write4U. This poem's got everything - evocative imagery of both scenery and people, nature and humanity, and more important, a story to tell. I like the way you ended where you began. There is pathos there, a hidden sadness behind the superficially happy scene. You write4US!
Very nice David. Funny and insightful.
Well, Moses got to see His back parts but the Bible doesn't record how hairy the crack was. Would have been interesting to know if He was circumcised.
Uh oh! It's Sunday. I feel a poem coming on. Yes, here it comes ...
(Genesis, I, i)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
So the bible lays it down. Let's see what this is worth
In the beginning must be god, fundamentalists insist
Something can't from nothing come, that seems to be their gist
But god is surely something, isn't he or she?
(Apparently, it is assumed our maker is a he,
Though no one's seen his genitals, least of all you or me)
Something can't from nothing come, so where does that leave we?
It leaves us with the problem of who made the mighty maker
A problem not addressed, neither by puritan or quaker
Not by catholic, protestant or eastern orthodox
Something can't from nothing come, that is the paradox
Who made the maker's maker, and who made the previous one?
As you can see, cat up a tree, in Genesis verse one
That's only the beginning, there is plenty more to come.
Something can't from nothing come, and our heads are up our bum.
In the beginning? Before the maker's maker god begat?
In the beginning? Well, my friend, what happened before that?
Nothing, you say? So we cannot exist - that's my conclusion
Something can't from nothing come is just a mere illusion.
Life can't just happen, fundamentalists solemnly declare
From that primeval soup of bonding chemicals, when and where?
Well dingaling, that's just the thing our scientists are about.
Something can't from nothing come? One day we will find out.
I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercise. And indeed, it goes so heavenly with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the Earth, seems to me a sterile promontory. This most excellent canopy the air - look you, this brave o'er-hanging firmament, this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire - why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.
What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties. In form and moving, how express and admirable. In action, how like an angel. In apprehension how like a god. The beauty of the world, the paragon of animals. And yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
Hamlet, Act II scene 11 287-298
This is still my favorite quote from Shakespeare's plays. It's usually called 'What a piece of work is man'. It's very popular and I'm sure many of you know it. It's written in blank verse rather than the usual 'iambic pentimeter', and spoken by Hamlet to Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern in Act II. I especially like the second part.
It suggests an atheistic or agnostic world view quite advanced for its time and though it refers to a 'heavenly frame'. I think it parallels, though a lot more lyrically, Eric Idle's words from 'Always look on the bright side of life' (Monty Python's Life of Brian). When Eric sings 'Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it' he's actually paraphrasing this passage in a modern vernacular.
In the late 1960s musical 'Hair', scandalous at the time due to full frontal nudity for the first time on Broadway, this speech was set to music by Galt McDermott Ingeniously, the lyricists, Gerome Ragni and James Rado, switched the two paragraphs around for much better effect. Try reading it this way.
The paragraphs are inserted by me and I've modernized Shakespeare's original words somewhat for better impact. I've also deleted some material from the beginning and the end, but otherwise nothing is omitted.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted last week for a stopgap bill that would keep the government running through mid-December, but also defund the landmark health care law.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted last week for a stopgap bill that would keep the government running through mid-December, but also defund the landmark health care law.
The 230-189 party-line vote came on a Republican spending bill that would fund the government through Dec. 15 at reduced levels set by the budget-cutting sequester law.
But by stripping out funding for "Obamacare," the GOP-led House erected an impasse with the Democrat-controlled Senate that could threaten a shutdown of large parts of the government if some agreement is not reached by October 1.
"The American people don't want the government shut down and they don't want Obamacare," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said after the vote.
The Senate is expected to vote in the coming days on a spending bill that would keep on track the health care program that is preparing to accept enrollments on October 1.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said any bill that defunds Obamacare would be "a waste of time" in the Senate.
The health care law that is being rolled out in stages would expand health coverage to 25 million people over the next 10 years, about half the population of uninsured. It also upgrades coverage for many procedures and contains other consumer protections.
Republicans, who have never supported the law and have tried insistently to kill it or ramp it back, say it will raise costs for families and businesses, and harm the economy.
Reps. Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, Tom Cole, R-Moore, James Lankford, R-Edmond, Frank Lucas, R-Cheyenne, and Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, voted for the stopgap spending bill that would defund the health law.
Food stamp targeted for cuts
House Republicans also pushed through changes to the food stamp program that would result in about $4 billion in savings each year by toughening eligibility rules and limiting state waivers.
Republicans said reforms are needed to rein in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, program, which saw a 70 percent increase in participation between 2007 and 2011. About 45 million people received monthly benefits in 2011 at a cost of about $78 billion for the fiscal year.
Democrats objected to the proposed cuts saying the growth in SNAP usage was caused by a weak economy that has left many unemployed or underemployed. They claim that about 4 million low-income people would lose the benefit under the GOP reforms and hundreds of thousands more would see their benefits reduced.
The vote was 217-210. All but 15 Republicans voted for the bill. No Democrats voted for it.
The Senate included the nutrition programs in a broader farm bill that was approved earlier in the year with bipartisan support. That bill had reforms that would trim the program by about a tenth as much as the House, or $400 million a year.
Bridenstine, Cole, Lankford, Lucas and Mullin voted for the bill.


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As a native of Butte and an MSU graduate, White was awarded the "Best Executive Award" at the American Business Awards in New York. Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post, The American Business Awards are the first national all-encompassing awards honoring great performance in the workplace.
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