[meteorite-list] An embarrassment to us all (but mostly me)!Hi

[Paul Harris]

Dear Tom,

The following anti-nut caption has been added to your picture... Can't 
promise anything :-)
** Please Note: The house fly was a house fly slide. Part of a child's 
"Insects under the microscope" set. **

The Meteorite Exchange, Inc. has reported the copyright violation to 
CNNiReport and the story is no longer available.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-426479

To Everyone:

Jim and I are always here to help in anyway we can whenever your 
material on our sites is causing an issue.

Thank you all!

Paul and Jim


Starsinthedirt at aol.com wrote:
> Hi list.  Some of you have pointed out the  eBay seller claiming to have 
> human blood vessels in Martian meteorites.   Cute and harmless nut?
>
> I just stumbled onto  this!
>
>
> http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-426479
>
> A housefly  found in a meteorite
> March 30, 2010 | Taiwan | Vetting explained 
>
> This  "report" is not he first time this guy has used my images and my name 
> to make  insane claims.  But this is the first time he has said that  
> microphotographer (Tom Phillips), (Me), said he found a house fly in a meteorite  
> slice.  This is embarrassing to all meteorite collectors. 
>
> It is  just a photomicrograph of a house fly to demonstrate a 
> microphotography  technique.   This is explained clearly in the Meteorite Times article  
> he swiped the image from.  Stating otherwise could not be an honest  error.  
> He has made up words and said I was the author of those words.  
>
> This guy should be banned from posting, all his posts should be removed,  
> and if possible his computer taken away and given to a child who knows how to 
>  use it.
>
> Any ideas of how to stop this insanity would be appreciated.  
>
> My micrographs are already unconventional.  I pursue more art than  science 
> and I ignore standard techniques used in meteorite examination.   The most 
> obvious difference in my images is magnification levels higher than  what is 
> even useful in petro grade determinations.  As a result, I have  come up 
> with some unusual looking features in meteorites.  When you come up  with the 
> unusual you have a high standard of accuracy to maintain or every thing  is 
> dismissed.  
>
> I did not find a house fly in a meteorite slice!!!  The house fly was a 
> house fly slide.  Part of a child's "Insects under the  microscope" set.
>
> Why are his eBay listings claiming human body parts in  Martian meteorites 
> (very high priced) still allowed on eBay???  Does the  IMCA have no 
> influence with eBay? 
>
> Thanks,   Tom Phillips  
>
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