January 9, 2014 Page 5 Looking Up Beatles Legend John Lennon Among Those Honored by Newly Named Mercury Craters By Bob Eklund Legendary Beatles singer and songwriter John Lennon was among those honored when names were recently assigned to 10 impact craters on Planet Mercury. The International Astronomical Union (IAU)—the arbiter of planetary and satellite naming since its inception in 1919—assigned the names in keeping with the established naming theme for Mercury craters, which calls for all newly designated features on this planet to be named after “deceased artists, musicians, painters and authors who have made outstanding or fundamental contributions to their field and have been recognized as historically significant art figures for more than 50 years.” The newly named craters are: --Barney, for Natalie Clifford Barney (1876- 1972), an American-French playwright, poet and novelist. --Berlioz, for Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), a French Romantic composer best known for his compositions Symphonie Fantastique and Grande Messe des Morts. --Calder, for Alexander Calder (1898-1976), an American sculptor best known as the originator of the mobile, a type of kinetic Working Can Benefit Those Suffering with a Chronic Illness (BPT) - No one needed to tell Houston’s Robert Gandy that he would reap health and wellness benefits from continuing to work after he started dialysis four years ago. For more than 42 years, Gandy has worked in the restaurant business. The thought of leaving the job he loves never crossed his mind when he started treatment for kidney failure - he would find a way to make dialysis fit with his work and his life. “Going to my job takes me away from the fact that I have end stage renal disease (ESRD), because I’m absorbed in my work,” says Gandy, an executive chef, proud grandfather and DaVita dialysis patient. As Gandy discovered - and studies have proven - when patients continue working after they go on dialysis, it can help them feel healthier, happier and more financially secure. Nearly 50 percent of new ESRD patients are of working age and currently there are 430,000 people in the U.S. with end stage renal disease. Individuals who work are more likely to receive a kidney transplant, according to a recent collaborative study from the University of New Hampshire. Those who work fulltime are the most likely to be placed on the transplant waiting list and receive a kidney. In addition, people on dialysis who keep their jobs are generally happier, the study found. Working patients tend to experience lower rates of depression, their survival rate is notably 6 percent better than those who are not working and overall they are less likely to be hospitalized, which can dramatically improve quality of life. For individuals who have been diagnosed with ESRD, DaVita encourages them to: * Get educated - Talk with their doctor and care team about any limitations. Sign up for a free Kidney Smart (SM) class to learn about kidney disease and taking control of their kidney health. * Understand their treatment options and insurance benefits - Employer-provided insurance may offer additional coverage for transplants and better access to the care team of their choice. * Inform others about their illness - Tell their family and friends to build their support network and find support online. • “Continuing to work can benefit chronically ill patients with extra income, a bigger support network and even a greater sense of purpose,” says Dr. Allen R. Nissenson, DaVita chief medical officer. “Talk to your work to make sure dialysis fits in, so you put the least amount of stress upon yourself as possible,” shares Gandy. “But get the information, process it and talk to your family.” For more information about living with kidney disease, visit DaVita.com/WorkingPatients or call (888) 405-8915. • Seniors sculpture made with delicately balanced or suspended components that move in response to motor power or air currents. --Capote, for Truman Capote (1924-1984), an American author whose short stories, novels, plays and nonfiction include the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the true-crime novel In Cold Blood. --Caruso, for Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), an Italian tenor who sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas and appeared in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. --Ensor, for James Sidney Ensor (1860- 1949), a Belgian painter and printmaker considered an important influence on expressionism and surrealism. --Giambologna, for Jean Boulogne Giambologna (1529-1608), a Dutch sculptor known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style. --Lennon, for John Winston Ono Lennon (1940-1980), an English songwriter, musician and singer who rose to worldwide fame as a founding member of the Beatles, the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed band in the history of popular music. --Remarque, for Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970), a German author best known for his novel All Quiet on the Western Front, which depicted the horrors of war from the viewpoint of young German soldiers. --Vieira da Silva, for Maria Elena Vieira da Silva (1908-1992), a Portuguese-born French painter of intricate, semiabstract compositions. These 10 newly named craters join 114 other craters named since the MESSENGER spacecraft’s first Mercury flyby in January 2008. More information about the names of features on Mercury and the other objects in the solar system can be found at the U.S. Geological Survey’s planetary nomenclature website: http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ “The MESSENGER team is delighted that the IAU has named an additional 10 impact craters on Mercury,” said MESSENGER Principal Investigator Sean Solomon of Columbia University. “We are particularly pleased that eight of the 10 individuals honored made all or many of their artistic contributions in the 20th Century, the same century in which the MESSENGER mission was conceived, proposed and approved for flight. Imagine!” “You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one…” —from the song Imagine, by John Lennon • Crater Lennon on Mercury. Diameter: 59 miles.
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