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As we continue to celebrate National Donate Life Month, we love to get and give updates on some of our patients. When we last told you about kidney transplant recipient Ken Sutha, he had just won three medals – two gold and one silver – at the 2010 National Kidney Foundation (NKF) U.S. Transplant Games. Sutha, who received a donor kidney from his father, competed in the 100-yard medley, 50-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, and 500-yard freestyle events. Ken also has completed in triathlons.
Ken's success goes well beyond athletics, though. After his transplant, Ken received a four-year academic scholarship from the Georgia Transplant Foundation, which helped support his education through graduate and medical school. After graduating from Emory University School of Medicine last summer, he moved to Seattle where he has been in training as a pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington. While enjoying life in the Pacific Northwest, he's been caring for many different kinds of kids, including some who are awaiting transplants or who already have had transplant.
"I've been getting involved in transplant and donation awareness organizations out here, but I do miss everyone back at the Georgia Transplant Foundation and the Emory Transplant Center," says Sutha. "Before my transplant, I would have never imagined the direction my life could take. I am so grateful to the transplant community for giving me the opportunity to succeed in many different aspects of my life!
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October 14, 2011
Dear friends,
In genealogy's first 150 years, visiting the NEHGS research center in Boston or other repositories were the principal means of finding original and unique family history materials. "Back in the day," painstaking efforts to find and record genealogical information was the norm: card catalogues, index card record-keeping, charts speckled with notations, and, of course, many seemingly insurmountable brick walls. While several of those tried and true resources remain important, it is amazing to think how far we have come in recent years!
With the enormous capacity of Internet databases and social networking venues, research has never been as close to our fingertips as it is today. One can simply type in a name on content-rich web sites, including our award-winning AmericanAncestors.org, and presto, potential results present themselves in seconds. Impressive, but I underscore the word, "potential." Unfortunately, many data sources downplay, if they mention it at all, that an entirely separate (and very large!) layer of research, namely expert analysis of data, ultimately leads to reliable, historical truth.
When an NEHGS member interacts with us after building a family history solely with Internet searches, we inevitably end up "killing off" false ancestors. In the trade, we call these genealogical missteps "former ancestors."Sadly, today we see more of these inaccurate lines being widely recycled elsewhere than at any time in the past. To help solve this problem we share our expertise so that true history is determined and recorded with proper sources. The two key words in this process are interact and share.
NEHGS is committed to a forward-thinking, user-focused approach to discovering and authenticating one's family history. Complementing our growth to over 50,000 members, registered users and Facebook friends, interacting, consistently and meaningfully, remains core to our work and bolsters our leadership position among nonprofits. While thousands of members meet with our experts around the country at events and on tours, technology has enabled our personal sharing of knowledge to go well beyond the confines of physical travel. The success of our Capital Campaign has led to investments in more and more personal online interaction. Our very busy Online Genealogist, David Allen Lambert, is a prime example. We were the first institution in America to take one of our professional genealogists and make him a fulltime "online genealogist." Scores of members ask questions and receive helpful and constructive replies from David every day. A wonderful strategist, David is available for questions through our website, by email, telephone, our Facebook page, or by mail. Fully understanding the challenges and road blocks inherent to the field, he is here to help our constituents better navigate their family history research journey.
While David continues to lead this type of interacting and sharing, he is not alone in this effort. Marie Daly, our Library Director, now frequently answers Irish research questions posed on Facebook. And new and important resources for Jewish genealogy are now available to our members through an exclusive collaboration with the American Jewish Historical Society. The innovations go on and on. NEHGS is abuzz with activity and our staff members travel the country to meet with our members and friends to share their expertise broadly. As many of you know, these education programs take place in the form of research tours (throughout the United States and beyond), seminars, and lectures. We have plans (to be enabled by the Capital Campaign) to offer these incredible experiences in a virtual and interactive setting via some new online tools.
To lead these increasingly popular opportunities to learn from the experts on the NEHGS staff, it is my pleasure to announce that we have concluded our national search for our next Director of Education. Leah Walczak will be joining us from Historic New England (formerly SPNEA), where she is currently Museum Operations Manager. With Bachelor and Master Degrees from Cornell and Syracuse, and advanced historical studies in the United Kingdom, her background also includes an impressive track record of programmatic management. We are very pleased to recruit someone of Leah's caliber to our team and know that you will enjoy working with her on future programs.
Whether it is a visit to our research center in Boston, a virtual conversation with David Lambert, or participation in our expansive educational offerings, NEHGS members are making transformational strides in documenting the histories of families in America. With over 70% of our $50 million comprehensive capital campaign committed, we have already invested this philanthropy in endeavors that advance all your diligent work. Together, we are reaping the fruits of such generous investments.
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There is nothing I hate worst than those who devote their lives to scamming people out of their hard earned money. How scam artists are able to sleep soundly still boggles my mind. I just have to accept some people have no conscious when it comes to obtaining money by hook or crook. All we can do is arm ourselves with as much knowledge as possible. So when my local television news station, WXII 12, featured these scams I felt the least I could do was post them. If it keeps even one person from being scammed, I feel this post won't have been in vain. The Better Business Bureau named these the top scams to watch out for. Arm yourself with knowledge and common sense (remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is), and try not to get scammed in 2013:
Top overpayment/fake check scam: car advertisements
The online ad would say "Get Paid Just for Driving Around" – a prominent company is offering $400+ per week if you'll drive around with their logo all over your car. They send a check to you, which you are supposed to deposit in your account and then wire part of the payment to the graphic designer who will customize the ad for your vehicle. Whoops! A week later, the check bounces, the graphic designer is nowhere to be found, and you are out the money you wired. The Internet Complaint Center (www.ic3.gov) says they saw this one a lot in 2012.
Top sales/rental scam: real stars, fake goods
Sports memorabilia and phony tickets always make the list of top counterfeit goods. From the Super Bowl to the World Series, counterfeiters manage to have their hands in your pocket all year long. With the London Olympics added to the mix, it appears that 2012 was a good year for sports fakes. Some scammers were selling cheap knock-offs in front of stadiums. Remember, if a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Top emergency scam: grandparents scam
The "Grandparents Scam" has been around a while, but it's still so prevalent: grandchild/niece/nephew/friend is traveling abroad and calls/texts/emails to say he or she has been mugged/arrested/hurt and needs money right away ("…and please don't tell mom and dad!"). Plus the FBI says that, thanks to social media, it's getting easier and easier for scammers to tell a more plausible story because they can use real facts from the supposed victim's life ("Remember that great camera I got for Christmas?" "I'm in France to visit my old college roommate."). Easy rule of thumb – before you wire money in an emergency, check with the supposed victim or their family members to make sure they really are traveling. Odds are they are safe at home.
Top home improvement scam: Sandy "Storm Chasers"
This year there was an unusual amount of "storm chaser" activity following Super Storm Sandy. Tree removal, roofing, general home repairs – some were legitimate contractors who came from other areas for the volume of work available; others were unlicensed, uninsured and ill-prepared for the work; while some were even out-and-out scam artists who took the money and never did the work. In an emergency, it's tempting to skip reference checking, but that's never a good idea.
Top advance fee/prepayment scam: nonexistent loans
Loan scams continued to fester in 2012. It seems for every legitimate lender out there, there is a scammer waiting to prey on people in desperate situations. Most of the scams advertise online and promise things like no credit check or easy repayment terms. Then the hook: you have to make the first payment upfront, you have to buy an "insurance policy," or there is some other kind of fee that you have to pay first to "secure" the loan. This year there was an aggressive twist on loan scams: consumers who were threatened with lawsuits and law enforcement action if they didn't "pay back" loans they said they had never even taken out in the first place. Some got calls at their workplace, even to relatives. The embarrassment of being thought of as a delinquent caused some victims to pay even when they knew they didn't owe the money.
Top employment scam: mystery shopping
If you love to shop, working as a secret shopper may sound like an ideal way to supplement your income. But scammers have figured that out, too, and many job offers are nothing more than a variation on the overpayment/fake check scam. Sometimes they even tell you that evaluating the wire service company is part of the job, which is why you need to send back part of the money. The Mystery Shopping Providers Association says it's not the practice of their members to pre-pay shoppers.
Top sweepstakes/lottery scam: Jamaican phone lottery
This is an old one that flared up again this year. In this one, the calls come from Jamaica (area code 876) but the person claims to represent the Better Business Bureau (or FBI, or another trusted group). Great news: you've won a terrific prize (typical haul: $2 million and Mercedes Benz) but you have to pay a fee in order to collect your winnings. There are lots of variations on this; sometimes it's a government grant. Best just to hang up and then file a phone fraud report with the appropriate government agency.
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Top identity theft scam: fake Facebook tweets
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Scam of the year: Newtown charity scams
Within hours of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, social media pages dedicated to the child victims began cropping up and some of them were scams asking for money. The FBI arrested one woman for posing as the aunt of one of the children killed, and state and federal agencies are investigating other possible fraudulent and misleading solicitations.


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The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo inhabits a variety of habitat types, but prefers eucalypt woodland and pine plantations. They are found in south-eastern Australia, from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia to south and central eastern Queensland.
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A Brief Word About Hagel
Since I penned a piece warning not to assume we know why President Obama floated Hagel's name in the first place (maybe that's what they mean by lack of enthusiasm), I should say that I'm pleased that the President is going through with the nomination. And I'm hopeful that Hagel, who I remember from the Senate as being someone who didn't quite have the courage of his own purported convictions, has changed with time and retirement from the Senate. I'm not expecting Hagel to set foreign policy – that's the responsibility of the President, and whatever advice Hagel might give him in office he could also have given him privately. But if we're actually going to trim military expenditures, we need someone at Defense who isn't captive to the interests who want to keep spending at a maximum. Whatever else Hagel may or may not be, he is somebody who has publicly called for cutting defense spending.
I said in my previous note on Hagel that the charges leveled against him of being anti-Israeli or even an anti-Semite are baseless, but I wanted to add that while it is plain that Israel has benefitted from American sponsorship generally, there's much less evidence that a carte blanche attitude has benefitted either Israel or the US-Israeli relationship. It's kind of become a cliche for critics of Israel to say they are the truly pro-Israel voices, because they are trying to save Israel from itself, and I think there's an understandable resistance to what looks like concern trolling from that corner. But, nonetheless: it's a fact that the only time Israel was threatened with catastrophic defeat, it was saved in the clutch by President Richard Nixon, who was personally no lover of the Jewish people; it's a fact that the Camp David Accords, negotiated under the aegis of President Jimmy Carter, who got a lower percentage of the Jewish vote than any modern Democrat when he ran for reelection, hugely benefitted Israel's security position; and it's a fact that George H. W. Bush, whose Secretary of State infamously said, "f- the Jews; they don't vote for us anyway" midwifed, by careful management of the end of the Cold War and the conduct of the Gulf War, a more favorable strategic environment for Israel than it ever enjoyed before or since.
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A chestnut racehorse held by a groom by the winning-post at Nantwich racecourse in Cheshire
Oil painting on canvas 25 x 30 inches (76 x 63 cm..), signed and dated 1776, and contained in a good carved and gilt period frame.
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Killingbeck was a Yorkshireman, and was probably born at Pontefract where he was married in 1769. He was called by then in the local newspaper "an eminent painter and limner", and certainly he was exhibiting at the major London venues of the Society of Artists, the Free Society of Artists and the Royal Academy from that year. Likewise, he early enjoyed the patronage of such distinguished patrons as the Marquis of Rockingham, the Earl of Eglinton, the Tattersalls and the Wentworth family. This was distinguished company, for these people were likewise major patrons of the developing genius of George Stubbs.
Killingbeck's best known works are of a sporting nature, though he also produced landscapes and portraits. His paintings often exhibited a wholly engaging trace of eccentricity, and betray an idiosyncratic ability in eye catching composition. (One wonders what his missing picture, exhibited 1773, entitled "A view of a gentleman's house, and a remarkable instance of a Turkey Cock seizing a hawk" could possibly look like !). His technique is extremely sound, and his pictures have withstood the vagaries of time exceptionally well; the freshness of palette, crispness of execution and eye for fine detail are themselves notable.
The composition of the present painting owes not a little to Killingbeck's apparent mentor, George Stubbs, and shows the latter's influence in the positioning of the main subject-matter in a distant landscape which is suggested tonally rather than depicted with a topographer's precision. There are a number of surviving portraits of racehorses by the artist, though perhaps the closest analogy is another painting of a horse on Nantwich racecourse (now long vanished) which is in the local museum:
Benjamin Killingbeck: Mr Walsh's Bay racehorse "Perdita" on Nantwich racecourse. Oil painting on canvas 25 x 30 inches. Signed and dated 1781.(Nantwich Museum). The painting records the filly's victory in the Noblemen and Gentlemen's purse of £50 on 10 July 1781, her only win. The same winning post and judges' box may be seen in both paintings. This is the only painting by the artist in a public collection in the UK. It is quite possible that the present painting and that in the Nantwich Museum were originally commissioned by the same owner: the jockey's silks in the latter are the same colours as the livery worn by the groom in our painting.


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I find it very interesting that we would have to pass a bill to encourage the most obvious and active "new" technologies ["Back at it: Waldo brings Microsoft calling," News, March 18].
Thousands of businesses and foreign governments are using freeware like Linux, so this is very old information. The fact that MS got upset is also old news, as they have a long track record of fighting open source technologies. I cannot see anything really new here other than the usual showboating.
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BAY CITY, Mich. — Tom Kirinovic, who has gained recognition for his skills in areas of athletics management, public relations, marketing, and fundraising, served as a member of the Ferris State University athletics department staff for more than 27 years. He was appointed interim athletics director in mid-July 1999 before becoming a unanimous choice for the athletic director's position, which he held until his retirement in June 2010.
In his 11-year tenure as athletics director, Kirinovic was responsible for overseeing the Bulldogs' 15-sport intercollegiate athletics program. Under his leadership, more than 800 student-athletes received academic all-conference honors and more than 375 student-athletes were tabbed as all-conference performers. The Bulldogs also won 13 conference championships and more than 85 student-athletes attained All-America recognition.
Additionally, in the Kirinovic era, FSU completed or renovated athletic facilities for basketball, football, softball, track, volleyball, ice hockey, tennis and golf under his watch along with developing the Bulldog Athletics Hall of Fame. Ferris placed four times among the nation's top 35 programs in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division II All-Sports Standings over his final six years, including the school's highest finish ever at 21st in 2004-05. In his final three years, two different FSU student-athletes were also chosen as the nation's top overall student-athlete in any sport at the Division II level with both coming from the Bulldog football program.
In his time as AD, 14 of FSU's 15 teams qualified for NCAA National Tournament competition and five posted their highest-ever national finishes at the Division II level. The Bulldogs finished in the upper half of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) President's Trophy All-Sports Standings all 11 years under Kirinovic, including two runner-up efforts and six top three showings. He was also responsible for hiring five of Ferris' current head coaches who presently direct 10 of FSU's 15 varsity programs.
Kirinovic was honored as Ferris State's 2009-10 "Pete Peterson Pride Award" recipient for his loyalty and unselfish support of Bulldog Athletics.
Prior to becoming athletics
director, Kirinovic was formerly the department's associate
athletics director since August 1994. He was originally
appointed interim athletics director on April 8, 1993, following
the retirement of then athletics director Dean Davenport. Kirinovic
also served a two-year (1992-93) stint as assistant athletics
director at FSU
after holding the dual position of assistant athletics director and ice arena manager from 1987-91. In 1991, he was appointed as fundraising manager in the department.
He initially began his FSU career in August 1982, returning to his alma mater as athletic business manager. Along with his administrative work, Kirinovic coached the 1989 Ferris State softball team to a 17-15 overall record and its first winning season in six years. He also logged five years of coaching experience at Ovid-Elsie High School in Elsie, Mich., as a varsity assistant for both football and basketball while also serving as head coach of the school's freshmen and junior varsity baseball program.
Kirinovic was active in conference, regional and national committees during his tenure at Ferris State. Most recently, he served on the NCAA Division II Athletics Directors Association (DII ADA) Board of Directors along with the NCAA Division II National Football Committee. He was also a member of the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee and the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Basketball Ranking Committee. Kirinovic served as the GLIAC President for the 2005-06 athletics season.
In addition to being a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), Kirinovic has held membership in the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administration (NACMA). He is a member of the Big Rapids (Mich.) Lions Club, is a past chair of the Mecosta-Osceola United Way Drive, and a past president of the Big Rapids Public Schools' Board of Education.
Kirinovic, 56, received a bachelor's degree in business education from Ferris in 1977 and a master's in education administration from Central Michigan University in 1982. He and his wife, Marge, are the parents of two sons, Blake (29) and Matt (26), both of whom have been involved working in the athletics field.
Kirinovic becomes the 23rd recipient of the Donahue Award and the second FSU employee to earn the accolades, joining Dr. Mark Kosciuszko (2003). The 22 previous award winners are: George MacDonald, Grand Valley State University (1988); Bob Hensee, Hillsdale College (1989); Ted Kearly, Michigan Technological University (1990); Barb Patrick, Northern Michigan University (1991); Bud Cooper, Lake Superior State (1992); Vern Norris, GLIAC Commissioner (1993), Dorothy Dreyer, Wayne State University (1994); Dr. Thomas Hendrix, Grand Valley State (1995); Jack McAvoy, Hillsdale (1996); Jack Finn, Northwood University (1997); Bob Becker, Saginaw Valley State University (1999); Chris Petrouleas, Wayne State (2000); Joan Boand, Grand Valley State (2001); Dr. Charles Jones, Lake Superior State (2002); Dr. Mark Kosciuszko, Ferris State University (2003); Michael Corbett, Gannon University (2004); Bob Wendling, Ashland University (2005); Rick Yeo, Michigan Tech (2006); Bill Crawford, Lake Superior State (2007); Bob Brennan, Wayne State (2008); Tom Brown GLIAC Commissioner (2009); and George Eastland, Faculty Athletics Representative (2010).


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BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Arvest Bank is pleased to announce three additions to its mortgage team in Benton County.
Randy Dunham has been named mortgage loan officer and vice president, while Laura A. Andrade and Heather Davis will serve as mortgage lenders.
Dunham has worked in mortgage lending since 1993, and most recently managed Arvest's internet mortgage lending department.
"We're glad to have Randy on our team," said Maria Lau, Arvest's mortgage loan manager in Benton County. "His experience is an invaluable asset, particularly when it comes to the relocation process. He really understands what our customers in those situations require and is able to tailor his service."
Dunham, who will office at Arvest's Financial Center branch in Bentonville, earned a bachelor's degree in finance and banking at the University of Arkansas. He and his wife, Rebecca, have one daughter and are active members at Christ's Church of Oronogo.
Andrade began her banking career in 2002 and currently offices at Arvest's branch on New Hope Road in Rogers. She lives with her husband and their two children in Bentonville, where they are active members of Bentonville Church of the Nazarene.
"Laura has a real passion for her work," Lau said. "She is a great reflection of Arvest's core values, and that shows in the work she does helping her clients understand their unique needs and how to address them."
Davis began her career at Arvest in 2010, and has been part of its mortgage operations since 2013. She offices at the bank's downtown Bentonville branch.
"Heather is yet another associate who understands how to identify her clients' needs and find the best way to address them," Lau said. "She has worked in both Benton and Washington counties, which often gives her a perspective our customers appreciate."
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CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA - A second-half brace from Omar Salgado carried Vancouver Whitecaps FC to a 3-2 win over North American Soccer League expansion club Indy Eleven in their first match of the 2014 preseason Wednesday at Grande Sports World.
Down 2-1 late in the second half, Salgado equalized for the 'Caps in the 77th minute and then scored the eventual winner in the 81st minute in his first match since suffering a fractured right foot last spring.
Salgado speaks with whitecapsfc.com after the match
"It felt great," Salgado told whitecapsfc.com. "I'm glad to be back after a long injury. I'm just excited to keep going … there's still a lot of work to do."
Salgado's first goal came off quickly played free kick by Residency midfielder Mitch Piraux. After going down with a hard tackle, Piraux alertly picked up the ball and played in Salgado down the left wing before the 6-foot-4 striker snuck it in past the keeper with his left foot. Just a few minutes later, Salgado headed in a pinpoint cross from left back Sam Adekugbe to give the 'Caps a 3-2 lead.
"He had 30 minutes today and he's going to play again tomorrow," assistant coach Martyn Pert told whitecapsfc.com. "Obviously, as a goalscorer at the top end of the pitch, you're judged on your goals and he got two, which is pleasing."
Salgado, 20, was one of several young faces in the 'Caps lineup on Wednesday, as Carl Robinson opted to go with a squad composed mainly of trialists, Residency players and recent draft picks in his first match as Whitecaps FC head coach.
The club's first three selections in the recent MLS SuperDraft, Christian Dean, Andre Lewis, and Mamadou Diouf, each drew into the starting lineup - as did Residency duo Marco Bustos and Jackson Farmer.
Dean, who wore the captain's armband for Whitecaps FC, and Farmer both played the full 90 minutes and didn't look out of place, limiting Indy Eleven to just two shots on goal.
"Both worked their socks off, played the full 90 minutes and competed well," said Pert. "Very pleasing"
Bustos, who played in the attacking midfield position behind Diouf, and Lewis, who played in front of the back line alongside Aminu Abdallah, were also both heavily involved in the first half.
One player who was particularly involved, however, was U-23 midfielder Ben Fisk. The Vancouver, B.C. native had several chances in the first half and eventually found the back of the net in the 26th minute, after outwaiting the keeper and slotting in the ball from in tight. Diouf, who set up the goal with a well-timed throughball from midfield, was awarded the assist on the goal.
Indy Eleven's Pedro Mendes responded just a few minutes later with a free kick from about 30 yards, as the two sides entered the half knotted at 1-1.
Both teams made a number of substitutions at halftime - as is usually the case the case with matches this early in the preseason. The 'Caps also made four changes in the 59th minute, which is when Salgado replaced Fisk on the left side.
The Indianapolis outfit would eventually take their first lead of the game in the 71st minute, courtesy of Jamaican striker Don Smart. It wasn't enough, however, as two quick goals from Salgado sealed the deal for the Blue and White.
"It was a good game," said Pert. "There are a lot of new players, so it was mainly the fitness element that we wanted to get out of the game. It was a good test for us. The Indy team came out and worked hard … it was a good first game."
The 'Caps are right back at it on Thursday morning, when they meet Cascadia rival Seattle Sounders FC in their second match of the preseason. Kickoff is set for 10:30 a.m. PT from Grande Sports World.
Scoring Summary:
26' - VAN - Ben Fisk (Mamadou Diouf)
29' - IND - Pedro Mendes
71' - IND - Don Smart
77' - VAN - Omar Salgado (Mitch Piraux)
81' - VAN - Omar Salgado (Sam Adekugbe)
Match Stats:
Shots: Vancouver 14 - Indy 8
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 5 - Indy 2
Saves: Vancouver 3 - Indy 0
Fouls: Vancouver 13 - Indy 11
Offsides: Vancouver 7 - Indy 6
Corners: Vancouver 6 - Indy 1
70' - VAN - Erik Hurtado
39.Simon Thomas* (18.Patrick McLain 46'); 42.Jordan Cyrus* (29.Solomon Kwambe* 59'), 41.Jackson Farmer+, 22.Christian Dean, 27.Ethen Sampson^ (3.Sam Adekugbe 59'); 46.Adam Mena# (Michael Calderon# 46'), 25.Andre Lewis (51.Michael Kafari# 46'), 32.Marco Bustos+ (38.Kianz Froese+ 46'), 26.Aminu Abdallah (25. Mitch Piraux+ 46'), 30.Ben Fisk^ (17.Omar Salgado 59'); 45.Mamadou Diouf (19.Erik Hurtado 59')
+Whitecaps FC Residency
^Whitecaps FC U-23
#Whitecaps FC MLS Draftee
24.Kristian Nicht (Nathan Sprenkel 45'); Trialist (14.Chris Wey), Trialist (3.Baba Omosegbon 45'), Trialist (Trialist 45'), 4.Kyle Hyland (Trialist 45'); 8.Brad Ring (Trialist 45', Trialist '60), Trialist (Trialist 45'), Trialist (Trialist 45'); 2.Mike Ambersley (12.Don Smart 45'), 5.Pedro Mendes (Trialist 45'), 10.Walter Ramirez (Trialist 45')


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Lunar Meteorites
What is a Meteorite?
A meteorite is a rock that was formed elsewhere in the Solar System, was orbiting the sun or a planet for a long time, was eventually captured by Earth's gravitational field, and fell to Earth as a solid object. A meteoroid is what we call the rock while it is in orbit and before it is decelerated by the Earth's atmosphere. A meteor is the visible streak of light that occurs as the rock passes through the atmosphere and exterior of the rock is heated to incandescence. Most (~99.8%) meteorites are pieces of asteroids. A few rare meteorites come from the Moon (0.1%) and Mars (0.1%).
More Detail: See "How Do We Know That It's a Rock from the Moon?"
Do All Lunar Meteorites Come from One Big Impact on the Moon?
There are persuasive arguments (cosmic-ray exposure ages, chemical and mineral composition) that the "YAMM" meteorites, Yamato 793169, Asuka 881757, MIL 05035, and MET 01210 are source-cratered paired or launch paired, that is, the four meteorites were ejected from the Moon as separate rocks by a single impact, the rocks traveled to Earth separately, and that they fell to Earth at different places (Warren, 1994; Arai et al., 2005; Zeigler et al., 2007). Other likely cases of launch pairing are the "YQEN" meteorites, Yamato 793274/981031, QUE 94281 EET 87521/96008 (Arai and Warren, 1999, Korotev et al., 2003), and NWA 4884 (Korotev et al., 2009) and the "NNL" meteorites, NWA 032/479, NWA 4734, and LAP (Zeigler et al., 2005). Almost certainly, some of the numerous feldspathic lunar meteorites are source-crater paired. So, the lunar meteorites represent somewhat fewer impact sites on the Moon than the number of meteorites (list).
Where on the Moon Did They Come From? Are Any from the Far Side of the Moon?
Although scientists like to speculate that a certain lunar meteorite came from a certain crater or region of the Moon, no one has identified with certainty the source crater from which any of the lunar meteorites originated.
There is some evidence and model results indicating that asteroidal meteoroids strike the western (leading) hemisphere of the Moon (that is, the "side" with Mare Orientale, which means east because astronomical telescopes see the Moon upside down!) a bit more frequently than the eastern hemisphere (the Mare Marginis "side"). On the other hand, lunar meteoroids leaving the eastern hemisphere may have a slightly better chance of reaching Earth. Overall, however, there's probably little East-West bias in our lunar meteorite collection. There are reasons to expect that asteroidal meteoroids strike the equatorial areas of the Moon a bit (1.28 times) more frequently that the polar regions.
There are no reasons to suspect that lunar meteorites come from the nearside of the Moon preferentially to the farside, or vice versa. So, half of the lunar meteorites come from the far side of the Moon. It's that simple. We just don't know which ones those are. There is no scientific basis for a statement in an advertisement on ebay: "The ONLY LUNAR meteorite from the dark side of the moon." (Also, of course, the "dark side" of the Moon keeps changing with lunar phase! Except for some locations at the poles, any place in the dark will be sunlit 14 days later.)
Some great technical reading: Gladman et al. (1995), Le Feuvre and Wieczorek (2008), and Gallant et al. (2009).
For any given lunar meteorite, the probability is not exactly 50-50 that it came from either the near side or the far side. There is more mare basalt on the near side than the far side (FeO map below), so the chance is better than 50-50 that an iron-rich meteorite (mare basalt or basaltic breccia) is from the near side and that an iron-poor meteorite (feldspathic) is from the far side. As explained below, Sayh al Uhaymir 169, Dhofar 1442, Northwest Africa 4472/4485 and Northwest Africa 6687 must derive from the near side.
How Big Are They?
The largest single stones are Kalahari 009 at 13.5 kg (30 lbs), Northwest Africa 5000 at 11.5 kg (25 lbs), and Shisr 162 at 5.5 kg (12 lbs). The largest named stone, which was found in several pieces, is NWA 10309 at 16.5 kg (36.4 lbs). At the other extreme, several of the lunar meteorite fragments found in Antarctica and Oman only weigh a few grams (a U.S. nickel weighs 5 grams). The smallest named stones are Graves Nunataks 06157 at 0.788 g and Dar al Gani 1048 at 0.801 grams.
Where, How, and When Are They Found?
How Do I Recognize a Lunar Meteorite?
Although the discovery that there are rocks on Earth that originated from the Moon is relatively new, lunar rocks have surely been dropping from the sky throughout geologic history. Mikhail Nazarov and colleagues of the Vernadsky Institute in Moscow estimate that "several tens or few hundred kilograms" of lunar rocks in the mass range of 10-1000 g strike the Earth's surface every year. That fact does not make lunar meteorites easy to find or recognize, however. Under ideal conditions (e.g., Antarctica), some lunar meteorites are almost instantly recognizable as lunaites because they have fusion crusts that are highly vesicular. No Earth rock and no other kind of meteorite has a crust that is as vesicular as that of lunar meteorites QUE 93069 or PCA 02007. Some lunar meteorites (the basalts) do not have such vesicular fusion crusts, however, and the fusion crust of most lunar meteorites found in hot deserts has been ablated away by the wind. In the absence of a fusion crust, a lunar (or martian) meteorite is less likely to be recognized as a meteorite than is an asteroidal meteorite because it more closely resembles terrestrial rocks in mineralogy and density. A weathered lunar meteorite would not be an impressive or suspicious looking rock if found in a cornfield or streambed (see Dar al Gani 400 or QUE94281) and a brecciated lunar meteorite could easily be overlooked in the field as a terrestrial sedimentary or volcaniclastic rock. Even experienced meteorite collectors admit that Kalahari 009 does not "look like" any kind of meteorite. Lunar meteorites contain a much smaller amount of metal than ordinary chondrites, so most are not attracted to a magnet. Also, they have densities similar to terrestrial rocks; they're not heavy for their size, as are most meteorites. Although I had been studying Apollo lunar rocks for 18 years, I did not recognize the MAC88105 lunar meteorite as a Moon rock when another member of the 1988 ANSMET team handed it to me in the field and asked "What do you think about this one?" Unfortunately, lunar meteorites and some kinds of Earth rocks strongly resemble each other in hand specimen. Bottom line: Even for an expert it's not usually possible to identify a lunar meteorite just "by looking." Only expensive and time-consuming tests can prove that a rock is a lunar (or martian) meteorite. "Looks like" is not a good test for lunar meteorites. People have sent me photos of broken concrete that they claim "looks like" some of the photos of lunar meteorites on my website.
More Detail: See "How Do We Know That It's a Rock from the Moon?"
How Are They Named?
What's the Difference Between a Lunar Meteorite and a Tektite?
How Are Lunar Meteorites Classified?
Lunar rocks are classified by the minerals they contain (mineralogy), how the mineral grains are put together (texture), how the rock formed (petrology), and chemical composition (chemistry). These different parameters sometimes cause confusion because a geochemist might call a rock "feldspathic" (dominant mineral) or "aluminum rich" (chemical composition) while a petrologist might call it an "anorthosite" (mineral proportions and implied mode of formation) or "regolith breccia" (texture and type of rock components).
Since the time of Galileo, the lunar surface has been divided into two types of terrane, the mare (pronounced mar'-ay, which is the Latin word for sea) and the terra (land) or highlands.
Feldspars are some of the most common minerals of the crust of the Earth and Moon. Rocks of the lunar highlands contain a high proportion (60-99%) of a type of feldspar known as plagioclase. In particular, the plagioclase of the lunar highlands is the calcium-rich variety known as anorthite (the more sodium-rich varieties are rare on the Moon). Mineralogically, a rock composed mostly of the anorthite is called an anorthosite, and most rocks of the lunar highlands are, in fact, anorthosites. Lunar scientists often refer to the highlands crust as "feldspathic," indicating the major mineral, or "anorthositic," indicating the major rock type. Anorthite, like all forms of feldspar, is rich in aluminum and poor iron.
Rocks from the maria are classified as basalts because they are crystalline, igneous rocks (texture) consisting mainly of pyroxene and plagioclase (mineralogy). Specifically, they are called mare basalts because they formed when magmas from inside the Moon erupted (petrology) into the basins formed by the impacts of small asteroids early in lunar history to form the maria. Mare basalts are subclassified by chemical composition (chemistry), for example, "low-titanium (Ti) mare basalt." Mare basalts are rich in iron because they contain pyroxene, olivine, and ilmenite, all of which are iron-rich minerals, and the amount of pyroxene + olivine + ilmenite exceeds the amount of iron-poor plagioclase.
Igneous anorthosites are rare in the lunar highlands, but some were found on the Apollo missions. Impacts of asteroidal meteorites on the Moon both break rocks of the lunar crust apart and glue them back together. All lunar meteorites from the highlands are breccias (pronounced brech'-chee-uz), a textural term for a rock that is composed of fragments of other rocks and that is held together by shock compaction or by material that was partially or totally molten. An impact can melt rock, forming impact melt. The melt usually collects rock fragments called clasts as it is forced away from the point of impact within a crater. When the melt cools, it forms an impact-melt breccia - clasts suspended in a matrix of solidified (glass or crystalline) impact melt.
The concentration of iron or aluminum serves as a useful chemical classification system in lunar rocks. Lunar meteorites that are mare basalts (e.g., NWA 032) or breccias composed mainly of mare material (EET 87521/96008) are poor in aluminum and rich in iron. In contrast, meteorites from the feldspathic highlands are rich in aluminum and poor in iron. Glass spherules and basalt fragments from the maria have been found as clasts in most of the highlands meteorites and some (e.g., Yamato 791197) contain a higher proportion of mare material than others. Such meteorites plot on the high-iron end of the range of highlands (feldspathic) lunar meteorites. Some intermediate lunar meteorites (e.g., QUE 94281) apparently derive from a place where the mare and the highlands are in close proximity because they are breccias consisting of clasts of both mare and highlands rocks. (All regolith samples from the Apollo 15 and 17 missions are mixed in this way.) Such meteorites have intermediate concentrations of iron and aluminum. We might expect, as more lunar meteorites are found, that the gaps in the aluminum-iron plot above will be filled in.
More Detail: See "Chemical Classification of Lunar Meteorites"
Why Are Lunar Meteorites Important?
It may seem, considering that 382 kg of well-documented rock and soil samples were obtained from nine locations by the Apollo and Luna missions, that a few small rocks from unknown points on the lunar surface cannot be very important. For several reasons, however, the lunar meteorites have provided new and useful information.
The Apollo missions all landed in a small area on the lunar nearside, and some of those missions were deliberately sent to sites known to be geologically "interesting," but atypical of the Moon. (On Earth, Yellowstone National Park is geologically "interesting," but hardly typical.) The gamma-ray and neutron spectrometers on the Lunar Prospector mission (1998-1999) have shown that all of the Apollo sites were in or near a unique and anomalously radioactive "hot spot" on the lunar nearside in the vicinity of Mare Imbrium. This existence of this hot spot, sometimes known as the Procellarum KREEP Terrane or PKT, indicates that the mare-highlands distinction of the ancient astronomers is not adequate in a geochemical sense. Many rocks collected on the Apollo missions that likely originated from the PKT (especially those from Apollos 12, 14, and 15) are neither mare basalts nor feldspathic breccias. They are rocks (usually impact-melt breccias) of intermediate FeO concentration (~10%) with high concentrations of the naturally occurring radioactive elements: K (potassium), Th (thorium), and U (uranium). Such rocks are often called "KREEP" because, in addition to K, they have high concentrations of other elements that geochemists call incompatible elements such as the rare-earth elements (REE, like lanthanum and cerium) and phosphorus (P). Lunar meteorite Sayh al Uhaymir 169 with a whopping 30 ppm Th is a "KREEPy" meteorite. Almost certainly, it derives from the PKT. Other meteorites that have high concentrations of Th, like NWA 4472/4485 and Dhofar 1442 also likely originated in or near the PKT. Most of the rest of the lunar meteorites appear to have come from outside the PKT because they have low concentrations, typically <1 ppm, of Th. This distribution is reasonable in that we believe that the lunar meteorites are rocks from randomly distributed locations on the lunar surface, and most locations on the lunar surface are not high in radioactivity.
Also, most of the lunar meteorites are breccias composed of fine material from near the surface of the Moon. This fine-grained material has been mixed by many impacts. As a consequence, the composition and mineralogy of a brecciated lunar meteorite is likely to be more representative of the region from which it came than any single unbrecciated (igneous) rock from the same region.
We know that over much of the Moon, and most of the far side, the material of the lunar surface has only 3-6% FeO because it is highly feldspathic.
About half of the lunar meteorites have 3-6% FeO, thus these meteorites are entirely consistent with derivation from typical feldspathic highlands.
These various factors lead to the ironic circumstance that the feldspathic lunar meteorites together provide us with a better estimate of the composition and mineralogy of the typical highlands surface than we were able to obtain from the Apollo samples.
The lunar meteorites have also provided us with crystalline mare basalts that are different from any collected on the Apollo and Russian Luna missions. In particular, the Northwest Africa 773 stones are different from any rock in the Apollo collection (e.g., Jolliff et al., 2003).
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German Scholarships Programme
The German Scholarships Programme (Internationales Preisträgerprogramm) is a fantastic opportunity for all UK citizens, aged 16+, in their penultimate school year (Year 12 in England and Wales, S5 in Scotland, Year 13 in Northern Ireland) to improve their language and learn more about German culture.
Congratulations to the 2019 German Scholarships Programme participants!
- Sophie, Regent House Grammar School
- Matthew, Dame Alice Owen's School
- Jack, Rossall School
- Miranda, Redcliffe Sixth Form Centre
- Kate, Wrekin College
- Riya, The Abbey Senior School
- Lucy, Hamilton College
- Misha, Devonport High School for Girls
What is the German Scholarships Programme?
The programme is run by the Pädagogischer Austauschdienst (PAD) and administered in the UK by UK-German Connection. It provides a unique opportunity for pupils to get first-hand experience of German life and culture and improve their German language skills at the same time. The German Scholarships Programme is an international programme and participants will experience German language learning and travelling in mixed international groups.
Who can take part?
Candidates need to have studied German for at least two years and have achieved excellent results. They also need to have a good command of the spoken language and a good general knowledge about Germany, as well as very good personal, social and intercultural skills. Participants are expected to actively take part in all the programme activities.
Preference will be given to those showing particular ability in German. As competition for these places is high, places may be restricted to one place per school. Preference may also be given to those who have not previously had the chance to participate in similar opportunities.
Please note: this programme is for permanent UK residents only. It is not open to German nationals and German native speakers.
When does it take place?
This is a four-week programme which usually takes place in July and August in various locations throughout Germany. Last year, the programme took place from 3 July to 2 August 2019.
What does the programme include?
- an introductory week in Bonn to meet the rest of the international participants and to find out more about the four-week programme ahead
- school visits and project work in mixed international groups
- a two-week home stay with German host families
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UK participants pay for the cost of domestic travel to a London airport and their own pocket money.
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Participants are expected to take a very active and constructive part in all aspects of the programme and follow all programme guidelines and code of conduct. If participants don't comply with the rules, they may be sent home at their own / their parents' expenses.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Don't die here, not yet.
A good French manicure should never be wasted;
So keep fluttering your hands,
Asking for water (good!),
And variously demonstrating that the heart within you still beats.
You think me unkind.
I stomp on anybody's hands
When I find them hanging from the high wall by their fingertips like that.
If Goddess meant for us to be vines,
She would create us as slender,
Rising things;
Not great crashing beasts
Caught in nets,
Idiotically bellowing.
Hold still.
Be a lady for once.
Pretend that you forgive me,
And I will build a nest from assorted debris,
As birds do,
A little round emblem of natural perfection
That we can call home
Just long enough
To fall out of.
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23 comments:
- Semaphore said...
I had to consult Wikipedia for "cowbirds" to figure this all out, but what a lesson! As always, you have a perspective that's slightly off-center, that forces you to look again at something that seems so ordinary, to figure out what it is you've found that elevates it.
The other thing I like about this is the first-person voice, such an unusual choice, but it makes it intensely personal, and draws the reader in as the implicit listener to the narrator.
- March 12, 2012 at 10:16 PM
- Cloudia said...
cruel mistress!
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- March 12, 2012 at 10:45 PM
- hedgewitch said...
Every parasite is cruel by nature, by definition. The last stanza made me ache. "Pretend that you forgive me" because real forgiveness has too many strings...making it much harder to fall out.
- March 12, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Kay L. Davies said...
Fabulous, Shay. I love the way you've done this.
- March 12, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- HermanTurnip said...
Wow...seems *somebody* got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning ;-)
Keep on building those precarious nests. (loved that bit)
- March 12, 2012 at 10:51 PM
- Sioux Roslawski said...
I had to end the night reading your poem, Shay, and what a way to top off the evening.
- March 12, 2012 at 11:30 PM
- Isadora Gruye said...
I am an absolute sucker for a poem about birds. I don't know why (blame Poe?). I think you did justice to the entire genre. Loved the tone of the narrator and the wry add ons like the french manicure. Viva la
- March 12, 2012 at 11:38 PM
- Sherry Blue Sky said...
So good, and poignant. The building of a nest just long enough to fall out of. Your voice is unique and amazing.
- March 13, 2012 at 12:46 AM
- Lynn said...
Now I had to look up cowbirds. :) That's quite a story you build around them.
- March 13, 2012 at 5:41 AM
- Kerry O'Connor said...
The title is a very intriguing one, and I love how you spin out the metaphor.. the last stanza is so very beautiful with its talk of nests, forgiveness and home.
- March 13, 2012 at 9:21 AM
- Herotomost said...
MaybeiIts a good thing we fall out, otherwise the repairs might prove costly and for naught. And maybe we just move to a two story condo nest down by the river to get a fresh perspective. This has a very straightforward tone and message,I find it refreshing when someone can so adeptly tell it like it is and not miss a brush stroke in the telling. Great stuff.
- March 13, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- cosmos cami said...
Oh I do feel like a great crashing beast so much of the time...
- March 13, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- TALON said...
I loved the tension twined in this poem, Shay. Caught between grace and gracelessness.
- March 13, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Brilliant! - through you, goddess' creatures speak again... and saying sooo much more than what words alone convey. For which I thank you.
- March 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Sara said...
I will never look at cowbirds the same way again:~)
We have them in our yard and they do lay their eggs in other birds nests, often cardinals.
I always think of how strange it is for the cowbird who must feel like the ugly duckling as it follows the cardinals around.
- March 13, 2012 at 12:56 PM
You always have such a great unique perspective to every topic you write about. I love visiting here.
- March 13, 2012 at 1:10 PM
I heard my mother's voice in my head when I read your title, "Damn cow birds scare all the pretty one's a way. They're such pigs they take all the good seed."
- March 13, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- shawnacy said...
love this.
love. this.
so many things - in each stanza it seems that the perspective shifts slightly. a slight tilt of the lens.
really straight telling, leafed in metaphor as it is.
think i'll hold onto this one today.
- March 13, 2012 at 3:06 PM
- ❁ said...
Love this: "And I will build a nest from assorted debris ... That we can call home Just long enough
To fall out of."
- March 13, 2012 at 3:46 PM
- Lolamouse said...
Wow. I'm putting my pen down now. (hangs head)
- March 13, 2012 at 9:14 PM
the old be a lady speech...been there done that. make them go away.
four animal dedication senryu
- March 14, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- Mama Zen said...
"Hold still.
Be a lady for once.
Pretend that you forgive me"
That cuts right to the bone.
- March 15, 2012 at 9:00 AM
what she said!
i can relate to the "fall out of" {fell off the sofa again last night.}
i bet you could write about pickles and olives and make it an amazing effing poem!
{mumble...grumble...}{rubbing my head from when i hit the floor}{i am NOT jealous!}{.........}
- March 18, 2012 at 12:34 AM


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