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It’s raining sunshine and meteorites
Good morning, Waco and Central Texas, especially northern McLennan County where chief photographer Rod Aydelotte, videographer Chris Oliver and myself got to tag along with a group of meteorite hunters from Arizona and were there when one of them found a piece of the meteor that fell from the sky Sunday.
Days like yesterday is the reason I got into journalism. The science geek in me was enthralled to be in on the hunt and it was even more thrilling for them to find one of the rocks; I was nearly standing on top of it.
Check out Chris’ video below. Michael Farmer, who appears the most in the video, is a really fun and engaging individual. Their hunt yesterday had the feel of an Indiana Jones movie … well, without the poisoned darts, large rolling rocks and Nazis.
The Arizona-based meteorite hunters are now working with the two University of North Texas astronomers detailed in this Associated Press story.
The whole experience was way cool, much like this morning’s temperatures. We’re at 46 degrees with a wind chill of 39. The high today will only reach about 63 under sunny skies and with a north-northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph.
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By sirgeraldbirkin
August 8, 2009 11:50 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Allen Stanford’s school of serial swindlers use name dropping, stamped passports, falsified tax returns, and donations to St. Jude’s to gain trust and power over private companies with aspirations to go public. According to SEC files, Sydney Trip Camper botched a deal with the Ahkoy family’s Datec and was fired from Elandia Inc. by Allen Stanford. With help from his new partner in crime, Sydney Camper went on to his next victim in Los Angeles and ruined this private company by forming a shell holding company, opening secret bank accounts, and using all THEIR assets to get OTHER people to loan HIM money = PONZI SCHEME!!!! In true Stanford form, Sydney Camper moved on to InZon and Ed Berkhof is orchestrating a new scam with FMC Telecom. Frank Cassidy, owner of FMC Telecom, is either his new fellow fraudster or Mr. Cassidy has fallen victim to Ed Berkhof’s new Ponzi scheme. The FBI and SEC are investigating Allen Stanford, James M. Davis and their den of thieves including Sidney D. Trip Camper III and Ed Berkhof.
By sirgeraldbirkin
August 8, 2009 11:53 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Allen Stanford’s school of serial swindlers use name dropping, stamped passports, falsified tax returns, and donations to St. Jude’s to gain trust and power over private companies with aspirations to go public. According to SEC files, Sydney Trip Camper botched a deal with the Ahkoy family’s Datec and was fired from Elandia Inc. by Allen Stanford. With help from his new partner in crime, Sydney Camper went on to his next victim in Los Angeles and ruined this private company by forming a shell holding company, opening secret bank accounts, and using all THEIR assets to get OTHER people to loan HIM money = PONZI SCHEME!!!! In true Stanford form, Sydney Camper moved on to InZon and Ed Berkhof is orchestrating a new scam with FMC Telecom. Frank Cassidy, owner of FMC Telecom, is either his new fellow fraudster or Mr. Cassidy has fallen victim to Ed Berkhof’s new Ponzi scheme. The FBI and SEC are investigating Allen Stanford, James M. Davis and their den of thieves including Sidney D. Trip Camper III and Ed Berkhof.
By sirgeraldbirkin
August 8, 2009 11:54 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Allen Stanford’s school of serial swindlers use name dropping, stamped passports, falsified tax returns, and donations to St. Jude’s to gain trust and power over private companies with aspirations to go public. According to SEC files, Sydney Trip Camper botched a deal with the Ahkoy family’s Datec and was fired from Elandia Inc. by Allen Stanford. With help from his new partner in crime, Sydney Camper went on to his next victim in Los Angeles and ruined this private company by forming a shell holding company, opening secret bank accounts, and using all THEIR assets to get OTHER people to loan HIM money = PONZI SCHEME!!!! In true Stanford form, Sydney Camper moved on to InZon and Ed Berkhof is orchestrating a new scam with FMC Telecom. Frank Cassidy, owner of FMC Telecom, is either his new fellow fraudster or Mr. Cassidy has fallen victim to Ed Berkhof’s new Ponzi scheme. The FBI and SEC are investigating Allen Stanford, James M. Davis and their den of thieves including Sidney D. Trip Camper III and Ed Berkhof.