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Hypercalcemia - Article
Article: Hypercalcemia
This patient summary on hypercalcemia is adapted from the PDQ summary written for health professionals by cancer experts. This and other credible information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, supportive care, and ongoing clinical trials is available from the National Cancer Institute. Hypercalcemia is a disorder in which the level of calcium in the blood is too high. Hypercalcemia is the most common life-threatening disorder associated with cancer. This brief summary describes hypercalcemia, its causes and treatment.
Hypercalcemia occurs in 10%-20% of people with cancer. The cancers most often associated with hypercalcemia are cancer of the breast and lung, as well as certain cancers of the blood, particularly multiple myeloma. Early diagnosis and treatment with fluids and drugs that lower calcium levels in the blood can improve symptoms in a few days, but diagnosis may be difficult. Symptoms of hypercalcemia can appear gradually and may resemble symptoms of many cancers and other diseases. Early diagnosis and treatment are not only lifesaving in the short term, but may also increase the patient's ability to complete cancer therapy and improve the patient's quality of life.
Patients who have advanced terminal cancer and are no longer receiving treatment for the cancer may choose not to be treated for hypercalcemia. This option should be considered by a patient and his or her family in advance, before symptoms of hypercalcemia occur.
Normal calcium regulation
Healthy people consume about the same amount of calcium in their diet as their bodies lose in urine, feces, and sweat. Hypercalcemia associated with cancer disrupts the body's ability to maintain a normal level of calcium.
Kidney function
Normal, healthy kidneys are able to filter large amounts of calcium from the blood, excrete the excess not needed by the body, and retain the amount of calcium the body does need. However, hypercalcemia may cause such high levels of calcium in the body that the kidneys are overworked and become unable to excrete the excess. Some tumors produce a substance that can cause the kidneys to excrete too little calcium. This results in a large amount of urine being produced, which then causes dehydration. Dehydration may lead to appetite loss, nausea, and vomiting which make the dehydration worse. Inactivity caused by weakness and tiredness may increase the amount of calcium in the blood by increasing the amount of calcium that is absorbed from the bones. Calcium deposits may collect in the kidneys, causing permanent damage.
The main causes of hypercalcemia due to cancer are an increase in the amount of calcium absorbed from the bones, and an inability of the kidneys to excrete excess calcium. Some cancer cells secrete substances that cause calcium to be absorbed into the bloodstream from bones. Immobility, dehydration, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting may also increase calcium levels.
Hypercalcemia occurs most frequently in patients with lung and breast cancer. It may also occur in patients with multiple myeloma, head and neck cancer, cancer of unknown primary origin, lymphoma, leukemia, kidney cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer.
There is little relationship between symptoms of hypercalcemia and the actual level of calcium in the blood. Symptoms of hypercalcemia resemble symptoms of other illnesses, making an early and rapid diagnosis difficult. The severity of the symptoms may depend on other factors, such as previous cancer treatment, reactions to drugs, or other illnesses a patient may have.
Most patients do not experience all of the symptoms of hypercalcemia, and some patients may not have any symptoms at all. However, most patients with high calcium levels in the blood do have symptoms. Some patients develop signs of hypercalcemia when calcium levels are only slightly high, while patients who have had higher calcium levels for a long time may show few symptoms.
The most common symptoms of hypercalcemia are feeling tired, difficulty thinking clearly, lack of appetite, pain, frequent urination, increased thirst, constipation, nausea, and vomiting.
Symptoms may be classified by the affected body part:
Nervous system
Calcium plays a major role in the normal functioning of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). Symptoms of hypercalcemia may include weakness, loss of reflexes in the muscles, and decreased stamina. Patients with central nervous system symptoms may have changes in personality, difficulty thinking or speaking clearly, disorientation, or hallucinations. Eventually, coma may result. Headaches can also occur, which can be made worse by vomiting and dehydration.
Hypercalcemia affects normal heart rhythms and increases sensitivity to some heart medications (such as digoxin). As calcium levels increase, irregular heartbeats may develop, and may lead to a heart attack.
Increased stomach acid often is produced with hypercalcemia and may intensify loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. Constipation may result from the dehydration associated with hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia causes the kidneys to not function correctly, leading to the production of large volumes of urine. The large amount of urine combined with less liquid intake leads to symptoms of dehydration, including thirst, dry mouth, little or no sweating, and concentrated urine. Patients with myeloma often have kidney problems due to hypercalcemia. Kidney stones may result from long-term hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia of cancer can result from bone metastases or bone loss, and may contribute to broken bones, bone disfigurement, and pain.
Laboratory assessment
A blood test is done to check the level of calcium. Other blood tests may be done to check kidney function.
Clinical assessment
Patients with high calcium levels should be examined for the following:
- Symptoms:
- Nerves and muscles (muscle strength, muscle tone, reflexes, tiredness, indifference, depression, confusion, restlessness)
- Heart (high blood pressure, heart changes, irregular heartbeat, digitalis poisoning)
- Kidneys (production of too much urine, night-time urinating, sugar in the urine, excess thirst)
- Gastrointestinal (loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, constipation, abdominal bloating)
- Other (muscle and bone pain, itching)
- History:
- How fast did the symptoms appear?
- Is there x-ray evidence of primary or metastatic bone disease?
- Has the patient been taking tamoxifen, estrogen, or androgens?
- Is the patient taking digoxin?
- Is the patient receiving calcium in intravenous fluids?
- Is the patient receiving thiazide diuretics, vitamins A or D, or lithium?
- Is there another disease present that could cause dehydration or lack of movement?
- Are there effective treatments for the patient's cancer?
Decision to treat
The decision to treat hypercalcemia depends on the treatment goals determined by the patient, caregivers, and the physcian. The natural course of untreated hypercalcemia progresses to loss of consciousness and coma. This may be preferred by some patients at the end of life who have unrelieved suffering and/or untreatable symptoms.
Patients at risk of developing hypercalcemia may be the first to recognize its symptoms, such as fatigue. Measures to prevent hypercalcemia include drinking enough fluids, controlling nausea and vomiting, walking and being active, and cautious use or elimination of drugs that can contribute to the development of hypercalcemia or affect its treatment. Calcium in the diet should not be reduced or eliminated, however, because the body's absorption of calcium is reduced in patients with hypercalcemia.
Managing hypercalcemia
Fluids are given to treat dehydration. Medication is given to stop the breakdown of bone. The cancer causing the hypercalcemia should be treated effectively.
The severity of the hypercalcemia determines the amount of treatment necessary. Severe hypercalcemia should be treated immediately and aggressively. Less severe hypercalcemia should be treated according to the symptoms. Response to treatment is shown by the disappearance of the symptoms of hypercalcemia and a decrease in the level of calcium in the blood.
Mild hypercalcemia does not usually need to be treated aggressively. Patients with mild hypercalcemia and central nervous system symptoms are harder to treat. Younger patients are especially difficult to treat because they tolerate hypercalcemia better. Other causes of the central nervous system symptoms should be ruled out before deciding that they are caused by hypercalcemia alone.
Treatment for hypercalcemia can improve symptoms. Increased urination and thirst, central nervous system symptoms, nausea, vomiting, and constipation improve with treatment more easily than other symptoms, such as loss of appetite, and tiredness. Pain may be more easily controlled once calcium levels are normal. Effective therapy that lowers calcium usually improves symptoms, enhances the quality of life, and may allow the patient to leave the hospital.
After calcium levels return to normal, urine and blood should continue to be checked often to make sure the treatment is still working.
Mild hypercalcemia
Giving fluids by vein and observing the patient is an accepted treatment for patients with mild hypercalcemia (but no symptoms) and who also have cancer that responds well to anticancer treatment (such as lymphoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancers, or multiple myeloma). If the patient has symptoms, or has a cancer that is expected to respond slowly to treatment, then drugs to treat the hypercalcemia should be started. Other treatments should focus on controlling nausea, vomiting, and fever, encouraging continued activity, and limiting use of drugs that cause sleepiness.
Moderate to severe hypercalcemia
Replacing fluids is the first and most important step in treating moderate or severe hypercalcemia. Replacing fluids will not restore normal calcium levels in all patients, but it is still important to do first. The patient's mental state should improve, and nausea and vomiting should decrease within the first 24 hours, but this improvement is only temporary. If cancer therapy (surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy) is not able to be started immediately, then drugs to lower the calcium levels must be used to control the hypercalcemia.
Drugs that may help stop the breakdown of bone include calcitonin, plicamycin (mithramycin), bisphosphonates (etidronate, pamidronate, and clodronate), and gallium nitrate. Steroids and phosphate may also be used to treat hypercalcemia. Dialysis is used as a treatment for hypercalcemia in patients with kidney failure. Other drugs are currently being studied as possible treatments for hypercalcemia. Combinations of drugs may also be used.
Patient and family education
Because hypercalcemia effects quality of life and can be life-threatening if not treated, patients and their care givers should be aware of the symptoms. They should also learn how to prevent hypercalcemia, what can make it worse, and when to see the doctor.
Supportive care
Even with improved treatment for hypercalcemia, many patients do not survive this complication of cancer. Only effective anticancer therapy improves the patient's chances for long-term survival.
Supportive care includes measures to provide the patient with protection from injury, prevention of fractures, and treatment of symptoms.
Treatment of symptoms is important, especially the prevention of accidental or self-inflicted injury if a patient is confused. Nausea, vomiting, and constipation may also need to be controlled until calcium levels go down. Broken bones may occur due to weakening, so patients need to be moved gently, and falling must be prevented. Activity and weight-bearing exercises should be encouraged. Any new bone pain should be reported so that it can be evaluated for possible fractures.
Supportive care to comfort terminally ill patients and their family members becomes necessary in the last stages of the disease. Changes in the patient's thinking and behavior may especially upset the family.
Psychosocial management
Usually, treatment of the hypercalcemia will eliminate delirium, agitation, or mental changes, but some patients may need other medications to treat these symptoms. Mental changes may take some time to get better, even after calcium levels return to normal.
Lethargy (mental and physical sluggishness) is often a symptom of hypercalcemia. Family members (and sometimes medical staff) may think that the patient is depressed until the actual cause is determined. Most patients will not have symptoms of depression (such as hopelessness, helplessness, guilt, worthlessness, or thoughts of suicide) and instead will appear to be indifferent.
Patients and family members should report symptoms of hypercalcemia such as lethargy, fatigue, confusion, loss of appetite, nausea/vomiting, constipation, and excessive thirst to the health care provider.
Hypercalcemia usually develops as a late complication of cancer, and its appearance is very serious. However, it is not clear if death occurs due to a hypercalcemia crisis (uncontrolled or one that comes back and gets worse) or due to the advanced cancer.
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December 2007 Journal of Geoscience EducationVolume 55, Number 6
Special Issue: Broadening Participation in the Earth Sciences
Issue Editors: Eric M. Riggs, Purdue University; Claudia J. Alexander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Eric M. Riggs, Purdue University
Claudia J. Alexander, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Diversity in the Geosciences and Successful Strategies for Increasing Diversity
Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University
Melissa J. Lane, National Science Foundation
Data available from the National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics demonstrate that since 1966 fewer bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees have been awarded in the geosciences than in any other STEM field. Data spanning the time period from 1995-2001 indicate that the percentage of bachelor's and master's degrees awarded to members of racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in STEM fields was lower in the geosciences than in other STEM fields. The percentage of Ph.D. degrees awarded in the geosciences to students drawn from underrepresented groups from 1995-2001 was similar to the percentage awarded in math and computer science, physical science, and engineering. It appears that the geosciences retain a greater number of students drawn from underrepresented groups during the transition from master's to Ph.D. degree programs, and/or recruit underrepresented students into Ph.D. programs from other STEM fields.
The geosciences have had success recruiting and retaining women since 1966, and the lessons learned in increasing gender diversity in the field may help the geoscience community increase its racial and ethnic diversity in the future. Four strategies that consistently appear to be effective in increasing diversity are: demonstrating the relevance of the field and opportunities for high-paying careers in it; developing partnerships among multiple stakeholders to reduce 'leaks' from the educational pipeline; promoting strong mentoring relationships among students and geoscience professionals, including opportunities for students to conduct research prior to graduate school; and providing financial assistance when necessary.
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The Geoscience Pipeline: A Conceptual Framework
Roger Levine, American Institutes for Research
Raquel Gonzalez, University of Maryland - College Park
Susan Cole, American Institutes for Research
Miriam Fuhrman, Rock Solid Testing Services
Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research
In order to assess the effectiveness of projects intended to increase the participation of members of traditionally underrepresented groups in geoscience careers, short-term indicators of "success" must be identified and developed. Our first step in identifying these indicators was the creation of a model of the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career pipeline, based on a literature review of factors associated with STEM career choice in minority populations. To validate the appropriateness of this model for the geosciences, as well as to identify factors specific to geoscience career choice, we conducted a critical incident study and further refined our pipeline model. We used the model to determine the potential efficacy of different approaches that are being employed by geoscience diversity projects and to show how it can be used for determining the effectiveness of these projects.
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Raising Scholastic Achievement in Minority-reached Classes Through Earth Systems Teaching
Nir Orion, Weizmann Institute of Science
Oded Ben-Menacham, Weizmann Institute of Science
Yaron Shur, Weizmann Institute of Science
This article studies the effect of an Earth systems Science for All program intervention. This intervention was aimed at cultivating a sense of success and developing cognitive skills among students in classes with a dominant number of students from Ethiopian origin who are characterized by a low scholastic achievement level. The effect the earth systems approach curriculum was studied through a mix of quantitative and qualitative research tools. The battery of qualitative and quantitative research tools that were used in this study, enabled to the collection of data concerning the cognitive and affective outcomes of the implementation of the Earth systems science program. All the different sources of data consistently indicate a very positive influence of the earth systems based science program on the students in both cognitive and emotional domains. These findings were consistently supported by two different sources of information - students and teachers.
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Sharing the Land: Attracting Native American Students to the Geosciences
Eric M. Riggs, Purdue University
Eleanora Robbins, San Diego State University
Rebekka Darner, San Diego State University
Native American reservation communities nationwide exercise sovereign control over natural resources and land-use within reservation boundaries. With the recent rapid economic growth of many of these communities, development pressures and infrastructure issues have become a foremost concern. Despite the clear need for geoscience professionals on reservations and the deep cultural connection many American Indian cultures have with the Earth, Native American students remain poorly represented in the earth sciences. The Indigenous Earth Sciences Project is an effort based at Purdue University designed to address this problem systemically by providing local, culturally-responsive avenues for success for college-bound American Indian students in the geosciences in partnership with regional universities. The Sharing the Land program is a partnership between Purdue and colleges and universities in the San Diego region, providing on-reservation education to environmental managers who often lack geoscientific expertise, and a portion of the Young Native Scholars residential summer college bridge program for area high school students. The program also reaches younger children through the Explorers Club outdoor education program. We have also constructed an internship program in tribal environmental offices for Native high school and college students. This far-reaching project provides the minimum level of support to create a truly integrated pathway for Native American students to gain geoscience degrees. Native-focused programs must have full community participation at all levels to succeed, and must provide authentic work experience to make the earth sciences relevant for students. Involvement of Native educators and elders is also critical to ensure cultural connection and continuity. This article outlines the entire STL program, strategies for replication elsewhere, and highlight research opportunities in cross-cultural science education.
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An Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions: A Framework for Producing Minority Scientists in NOAA-Related Disciplines
Larry Robinson, Florida A&M University
Jacqueline Rousseau, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Delicia Mapp, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Vernon Morris, Howard University
Meka Laster, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
An effective partnership with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) has been established with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Building on a commitment to increase research collaboration with MSIs, a collaborative program developed by NOAA and its MSI partners has led to a significant increase in the education and graduation of students from underrepresented communities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that support NOAA's mission. NOAA's Educational Partnership Program (EPP) with Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) was established in 2001 with a primary goal to increase individuals trained in STEM fields from which NOAA may select its future workforce. The program uses the National Science Foundation (NSF) data and internally developed performance metrics to illustrate a measurable impact on national statistics. To date, over 900 undergraduate and graduate students have benefited directly from educational and research experiences through the EPP and over 340 secondary (middle school and high school) students have participated in EPP activities designed to encourage students to pursue degrees in STEM fields. The EPP framework demonstrates that an effective partnership, with best practices, and concrete examples of success is available as a template for institutions and agencies working to replicate these successes.
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A Decade of Lessons Learned
Donald K. Walter, South Carolina State University
Shermane A. Austin, Medgar Evers College CUNY
Leon P. Johnson, Medgar Evers College CUNY
Penny A. Morris, University of Houston-Downtown
Carlos Salgado, Norfolk State University
We describe our efforts at building programs in Earth and space science over the past decade at four Minority Institutions, Medgar Evers College, Norfolk State University, South Carolina State University and the University of Houston-Downtown. We present our institutional models of success and programmatic outcomes as well as barriers to success and lessons learned. The unique path to success for each school is described, along with experiences common among all four. Since these institutions do not offer graduate programs in the geosciences, they have concentrated on recruitment and retention of students in the K-16 pipeline while preparing them for graduate school and careers in the field. These schools represent a range in size, location, population served and in the type and nature of the Earth and space science programs they offer. As such, the experiences described herein offer a broad perspective on what does and does not work in attracting and retaining underrepresented minority students in the geosciences.
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BEST Practices for Broadening Participation in the Geosciences: Strategies from the UCAR Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program
Rajul E. Pandya, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Sandra Henderson, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Richard A. Anthes, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Roberta M. Johnson, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
This article offers a set of design principles distilled from the Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) examination of over 100 programs with documented success in recruiting and retaining minority students in sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. By illustrating these principles in the context of the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program, we provide examples for applying them in the realm of the geosciences.
The SOARS Program combines multiple summer research experiences with intensive, multidimensional mentoring and a robust learning community to help undergraduate students complete college and make successful transitions into graduate school in the Atmospheric and related sciences. SOARS has been widely recognized through formal and informal assessments as a highly successful program.
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Introducing the Geosciences to Alaska Natives via the Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI)
Catherine L. Hanks, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Denise Wartes, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Roger Levine, American Institutes for Research
Raquel Gonzalez, American Institutes for Research
Sarah Fowell, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Greg Owens, University of Alaska Fairbanks
The Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI) is an intensive, six-week residential high school-to-college bridging program aimed at preparing talented rural Alaska youth for the social and academic challenges of college. Since its inception in 1983, RAHI has demonstrated that it is an effective means of encouraging Alaska Native students to attend college and finish a post-secondary degree. Since 2003, a four credit, college-level, field-intensive, introductory geoscience course has been part of the RAHI curriculum. While it is difficult to evaluate what effect this specific course is having on the long term goal of recruiting more minority geoscientists, short term indicators suggest that the course is very effective in increasing the visibility of geology as a desirable career option amongst college-bound Alaska Native youth.
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The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success (MS PHD'S) in Earth System Science Professional Development Initiative: Enhancing Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact of Diversity through Alignment of Vision, Goals and Objectives, and Measurement
Ashanti J. Pyrtle, University of South Florida
Vivian A. Williamson-Whitney, Institute for Broadening Participation
The MS PHD'S Program facilitates the involvement of minority undergraduate and graduate Earth system science students in a series of activities designed to: (1) increase exposure to and engagement in the Earth system science community, via participation in scientific conferences, mentoring relationships, virtual activities, and field trips; (2) enhance professional skills, grantsmanship, oral and written communication; (3) provide funding, education and career opportunity resources; (4) facilitate networking opportunities with established researchers and educators; (5) and sustain on-going interaction, communication and support via membership within a virtual community comprised of peers, junior/senior-level researchers, and educators actively involved in facilitating full participation of minorities in the Earth system sciences.
These activities, conducted in three phases, occur during professional society meetings, field trips, and a 'capstone' event at the National Academies. At the conclusion of the five-year MS PHD'S in Earth System Science Initiative's Professional Development Program, it is anticipated that a minimum of 100 Earth system science undergraduate, graduate and recent minority graduates will be better prepared to achieve their academic and professional goals. It is also expected that because of mentor-mentee partnerships, science exposure, and networking activities, MS PHD'S participants will remain actively engaged in their fields of specialization and respective professional societies.
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Virtual Community Building for Effective Engagement of Students of Color in Earth System Science: Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth Science Case Study
Ashanti J. Pyrtle, University of South Florida
Jozan M. Powell
Vivian A. Williamson-Whitney, Institute for Broadening Participation
The NASA and NSF-funded Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science - Professional Development Program (MS PHD'S PDP) initiative provides professional development and mentoring experiences that facilitate the advancement of persons of color committed to achieving outstanding Earth system science (ESS) careers. The three MS PHD'S PDP phases are connected by virtual community-building activities that occur through asynchronous/synchronous web-based dialogues. The purpose of this case study is to investigate virtual team building methods as tools for engaging and developing sustainable communities of students of color in ESS.
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Building a Diverse and Innovative Ocean Workforce through Collaboration and Partnerships that Integrate Research and Education: HBCUs and Marine Laboratories
Matthew R. Gilligan, Savannah State University
Peter G. Verity, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Clayton B. Cook, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
Susan B. Cook, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education
Melissa G. Booth, University of Georgia Marine Institute
Marc E. Frischer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) attract, retain and award science degrees to African Americans at a higher rate than majority institutions. Because they offer life-changing and career-orienting experiences for students, field stations and marine laboratories are well positioned to help increase the number of students opting for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers and ocean science and education careers, in particular. Two kinds of partnerships have developed between Savannah State University (SSU), an HBCU, and marine laboratories as a result of federal funding: a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program between SSU and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, and an internship/graduate program between SSU and the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. These collaborations and other funded projects since 1998 have resulted in an increase in the percent of graduates from SSU's Bachelor of Science in Marine Science degree who had a significant research experience from 25% before 1999 to 66% percent afterwards and an increase in the number graduating with honors from 30% prior to 1999 to 41% after 1999. The growth and productivity of marine science degree and research experience programs at Savannah State University illustrates how collaboration and partnerships can be an effective way to increase access and eventually pay big dividends by increasing diversity in geoscience professions.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Jackson State University Program in Fish Stock Assessment
Paulinus Chigbu, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Ambrose Jearld Jr., National Marine Fisheries Service
Michael J. Fogarty, National Marine Fisheries Service
There is a great need to recruit and train students in fish population dynamics/stock assessment to meet the staff needs of state agencies, universities, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA/NMFS), and international aid agencies in order to more effectively manage our fisheries resources. The need prompted the U.S. National Research Council to convene a workshop in 2000 to discuss ways of increasing the number of fisheries stock assessment specialists in the United States. In 2001, NOAA and Jackson State University (JSU), a historically black institution, established a three-year summer program consisting of a four-week course at JSU and a four to eight-week internship at NOAA/NMFS laboratories. The program, the first of its kind in the United States, was funded by NOAA Educational Partnership Program. Students majoring in biology, mathematics, computer science, or related fields from various institutions were recruited and exposed to fisheries science, particularly fish stock assessment. Forty-one students from 18 institutions and NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pascagoula Laboratory participated in the short course; 23 of the students were undergraduates. Eighteen of the students interned at NOAA laboratories after taking the short course. Seven of the participants are currently in graduate programs in fisheries science/applied mathematics, four of whom belong to underrepresented groups. The program was subsequently expanded, and funds were secured from the National Science Foundation to conduct an interdisciplinary training of students in biological and mathematical sciences with emphasis on fisheries stock assessment.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/dec07.html#v55p541
Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences through Providing HBCU Science Majors Training in Natural History Interpretation and Teaching Experiences in Predominantly African-American Communities
Carol J. Pride, Savannah State University
Margaret M. Olsen, UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium
A model deployed at Savannah State University (SSU) for enhancing diversity in the geosciences provides much needed African-American role models in the sciences for school aged children in the surrounding community. The most common and effective means of getting children excited about nature and science is to immerse them in the natural environment. Our aim is to inspire more young Americans to continue in the geosciences by increasing the number of African Americans teaching in informal educational centers and increasing the number of trained geoscientists teaching in the schools. This program model depends on strong partnership between a university and science educators from formal and informal education settings. In two iterations, this program trained 19 science majors from a historically black university in natural history interpretation and provided outdoor marine science camp experiences to children of a barrier island community. It also provided classroom teaching experience to more than 30 marine science majors who delivered geoscience lessons to nearly 300 school children in one academic year. Twelve percent more marine science graduates have pursued teaching positions in the past two years compared to our long term average.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/dec07.html#v55p550
Recruiting and Graduating Minority Geoscientists from the University of New Orleans
Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso
Lisa White, San Francisco State University
Terry L. Pavlis, University of Texas at El Paso
The University of New Orleans (UNO), Department of Earth and Environmental Science has been successfully recruiting minority geoscience students since 1974. The basis for that program is a field trip for high school students supplemented with scholarships and mentoring for those students who subsequently choose to attend UNO as geoscience majors. We have developed a program model that we believe may be exported either by components or in its entirely for recruiting racially and ethnically diverse high school students into the geosciences.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/dec07.html#v55p560
A Multi-Level, Multi-Component Program at San Jose State University to Enhance Diversity in the Geosciences
Richard Sedlock, San Jose State University
Ellen Metzger, San Jose State University
Applications of a GIS Program to Tribal Research: its Benefits, Challenges and Extensions to the Community
Sylvio Mannel, Oglala Lakota College
Kim Winkelman, Comanche Nation College
Stacy Phelps, Oglala Lakota College
Mike Fredenberg, Oglala Lakota College
This paper provides detailed ideas on how to set up a GIS program and how to develop it for maximum benefits in the areas of education, research and community outreach. We draw our experience from setting up the GIS program at Oglala Lakota College (OLC), Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. GIS can be useful in many fields and is inexpensive to set up. Native Americans applied science in the past and now embrace GIS technology for everyday decision making. This article presents the wide range of GIS applications using OLC's GIS program as an example. We present our educational activities, research and community outreach. An example is the "Lakota Land" project in which we mapped historical sites and businesses and then published an interactive map through the internet. This report is presented to give detailed advice on how to set up a successful GIS program and to promote geospatial technology to other tribal or non-tribal colleges and universities.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/dec07.html#v55p574
A Multifaceted Outreach Model for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences in Buffalo, NY
Philip J. Stokes, University of Arizona
Gregory S. Baker, University of Tennessee
Jason P. Briner, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Dara J. Dorsey, Buffalo State College
Startling national statistics continue to illuminate the need for increasing the number of underrepresented minority students graduating with degrees in the geosciences. With increasing minority populations in the U.S., diversity becomes a key issue for the sustained success of college geoscience departments. The under-funded Buffalo Public School system struggles to provide quality science education to underrepresented students, which leads to few minorities pursuing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) degrees in local colleges and universities. The Buffalo Geosciences Program (BGP) was created to provide opportunities for these underrepresented groups to participate in geoscience activities in Western New York. Our current program model (through many modifications) has now resulted in success of this objective by offering science education and outreach programming to a broad variety of public institutions at the primary, secondary, and postsecondary grade levels. During these interactions, students are made aware of geoscience career options and encouraged to pursue internships through the BGP. The ultimate (and attained) goal has been to produce minority geoscience undergraduate majors in colleges and universities.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/dec07.html#v55p581
Earth Core: Enhancing Delivery of Geoscience Content in a Diverse School System During Times of Changing State Standards
John L. Pecore, Georgia State University
Beth A Christensen, Adelphi University
Heather Mobley, Qualitative Research Consultant
Nydia R Hanna, Georgia State University
The Earth Core program provided a one week earth science content workshop to urban public school sixth grade teachers who lacked geoscience training with the goal of increasing participants' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and confidence in teaching earth science. The workshop evolved from a concern that teachers would not have the training or experience required to engage students with earth science material due to new state standards switching geoscience instruction from 8th to 6th grade. The program, aligned to Cochran's (1992) five suggestions for enhancing teachers' PCK, was designed to encourage participants to reflect by sharing teaching ideas, discuss what we found to be often naive earth science conceptions, share lesson plan ideas, and conduct action research. Field trips facilitated a bonding experience that encouraged collaboration by participants, and interactive lesson activities helped participants recognize their limited knowledge of earth science. Both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were used in a mixed methods approach to this study. Participant confidence in teaching earth science was slightly elevated after the workshop. The study suggested that teachers realized how little earth science understanding they have after being confronted with advanced level geoscience concepts.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/dec07.html#v55p589
Effectiveness of a Summer Experience for Inspiring Interest in Geoscience Among Hispanic-American High School Students
Kate C. Miller, University of Texas at El Paso
Tina Carrick, University of Texas at El Paso
Carmen Martinez-Sussmann, American Institutes for Research
Roger Levine, American Institutes for Research
Christopher L. Andronicos, Cornell University
Richard P. Langford, University of Texas at El Paso
Summer programs are a common strategy for increasing interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers among K-12 students. Here we report four years of results from a two-week program designed to expose Hispanic-American high school students in El Paso, Texas to content and careers in the geosciences. The goal of the program was to grow interest in geoscience among a group of students already interested in STEM careers in order to spur a long-term increase in the number of students entering the geosciences from a demographic group that is now greatly under- represented in the geoscience workforce. Short-term indicators, in the form of data from pre- and post-participation surveys, show statistically significant positive changes in participants' attitudes towards geoscience. Longer-term indicators, in the form of survey results designed to track participants' college careers, show that 55% are still in the geoscience pipeline, as measured by a choice of a STEM discipline as a college major and 10% are geology majors. This high retention rate compares very favorably with national data that show that in 2001, 32% of all bachelor's degrees were awarded in science and engineering disciplines of which 1% were in geosciences.
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Hartford, Conn., Oct. 23, 2012 –The Trinity College football team, which won, 27-10, at Bowdoin last weekend to remain unbeaten at 5-0, will host the Middlebury College Panthers on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 12:30 p.m. in a battle of the last two undefeated teams in the both the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) and in New England Division III football. Head Coach Jeff Devanney (7th season, 46-7) and the Bantams are looking to extend their nation-best 45-game regular-season winning streak at home against a Panther squad that has not lost since a 42-7 setback to Trinity last fall in Vermont. Trinity leads the all-time series against Middlebury, 26-9, and has won the last two meetings. Saturday's game will be the first time Trinity and Middlebury face off when both teams have 5-0 records. Trinity won last year's game to improve to 6-0, and Trinity blanked Middlebury, 43-0, in 1992 to drop the Panthers to 5-1 the last time the Panthers entered this game undefeated. Trinity is currently ranked No. 1 in the New England Division III Poll and No. 7 in the ECAC Lambert Meadowlands Poll, and the Bantams received seven votes in the latest D3Football.com National Poll and two votes in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) National Poll.
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Trinity took advantage of five Bowdoin turnovers and scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns on Saturday. Senior QB Ryan Burgess Dracut, Mass.) threw for 225 yards and a pair of touchdowns while junior RB Evan Bunker (Topsfield, Mass.) rushed for 136 yards and scores of one and seven yards. Burgess found senior WR Drew Grombala (Cincinnati, Ohio) on a 15-yard scoring strike and connected with junior WR A.J. Jones (Freetown, Sierra Leone from 68 yards away. Grombala finished as Trinity's leading receiver with four catches for 70 yards, while senior S Julian Brown (Philadelphia, Pa.) had seven tackles, including two for a loss, a fumble recovery and an interception.
Trinity leads the NESCAC in rushing offense (294.2 ypg, 8th in nation) and pass efficiency (158.9 eff.), and tops the league in pass defense (119.2 ypg, 6th in nation), pass efficiency defense (73.4 eff., 2nd in nation), and total defense (229.2 ypg, 5th in nation). Bunker is the conference's top rusher with 780 yards (156.0 ypg, 4th in nation) and also leads in all-purpose yards with 887 (177.4 ypg, 10th in nation) to go with six touchdowns, while junior RB Ben Crick (Middlebury, Conn.) ranks fourth on the rushing list with 357 yards on the ground and seventh in all-purpose yards with 570. Burgess leads the NESCAC signal callers with a 168.6 efficiency rating (12th in nation), having completed 55 of 94 attempts for 847 yards with 11 touchdowns and just two picks. Grombala leads the Trinity pass catchers with 14 receptions for 190 yards, while Jones ranks eighth in the conference with 247 receiving yards on eight grabs (30.9 per catch).
Sophomore LB Tom Szymanski (Dracut, Mass.) has a team-high 28 tackles with four tackles for loss, while Brown has 26 tackles, four tackles for loss, and two interceptions, senior tri-captain S Rae Haynes (Hartford, Conn.) has 25 hits, two pass breakups, and two interceptions, and senior CB Nick Campbell (New Albany, Ohio) adds a team-high five pass breakups, a fumble recovery, an interception, and a blocked kick. First-year Kyle Pulek (Cheshire, Conn.) is the second-leading punter in the league with an average of 36.9 per boot.
The Middlebury football squad, under the direction of Head Coach Bob Ritter (12th season), is 5-0 after a 38-23 win against Bates on Saturday. Averaging 35.2 ppg this fall, the high-powered Panther offense starts with junior QB MacCallum Foote who is averaging 383 yards per game passing with 21 touchdown tosses. Senior WR Zach Driscoll and senior TE Bill Chapman have 95 receptions between them, including 11 touchdown catches by Driscoll, and senior Remi Ashkar adds a team-high 311 rushing yards. Freshman LB Tim Patricia leads Middlebury in tackles with 56, including 2.5 for loss, while senior LB John Wiet adds 48 tackles and three sacks, and senior DB Daniel Kenerson has 27 tackles, three interceptions, and three pass breakups. Foote missed last autumn's meeting between the teams with an injury.


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Kanye West skipped out on one of music's biggest nights Saturday, staying away from the BET Hip-Hop Awards just weeks after he was publicly lambasted for storming the stage on MTV to protest country crooner Taylor Swift's win.
West was scheduled to attend the awards ceremony but didn't make an appearance at the Atlanta show, where he was nominated for several of the night's biggest honors.
The rapper and producer was panned nationally after he jumped onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, stealing the microphone from 18-year-old Taylor Swift, who had just won the award for Female Video of the Year. West told the audience he thought Beyonce Knowles deserved the award, preempting Swift's thank-you speech and causing a raucous chorus of boos from the audience.
A remorseful West later apologized for his outburst on national television and twice on his blog.
Rapper T.I. wasn't present at the awards show either, but for an entirely different reason -- he remained behind bars in an Arkansas prison on federal weapons charges, where he's been since May.
T.I. won Saturday evening for Album of the Year and Best Collaboration, awarded to his record "Paper Trail" and his hit "Live Your Life" with superstar R&B singer Rihanna.
The rapper's fiance Tameka "Tiny Cottle" accepted the honors on T.I.'s behalf.
"Although I'm not there with you all, I'm there in spirit," Cottle quoted T.I. from a letter the rapper wrote. "My road to redemption is almost over."
Other notables at the BET Awards included "MVP of the Year" winner Jay-Z and Rookie of the Year winner Drake, the child star-turned-rapper behind the hit "Best I Ever Had."
DJ AM also won an honorary posthumous award for DJ of the Year, presented by Busta Rhymes.
The show will air Oct. 27.


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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray).
This is the legacy Bug Tracking System for the POV-Ray project. Bugs listed here are being migrated to our github issue tracker. Please refer to that for new reports or updates to existing ones on this system.
FS#115 - More cutaway_textures
Opened by Jim Holsenback (jholsenback) - Friday, 21 May 2010, 19:22 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Friday, 20 January 2017, 15:45 GMT
Think this is still a problem. See the attached scene file. Find the WindowFrameSegment declaration for more info. The scene as-is shows the problem (SOME portions of the difference inherit the color of the room) the window opening is scaled larger to show that they AREN'T touching. The problem goes away when (in WindowFrameSegment) the 1st occurrence of the applied texture is commented out and the 2nd occurrence is uncommented, and cutaway_textures is commented out.
Looks like objects with cutaway_textures, when being used in another CSG compound, get their cutaway textures overridden by any textures explicitly specified at the parent compound level.
While this behaviour is the same as in 3.6, I do agree that it is bogus.
Could this task be elevated? I've run into this problem again on my current project ... Task Type → Definite Bug, and Severity → Medium so maybe it might get some attention (pretty please ... with a cherry on top)
Can you confirm that this is still a problem in RC3?
- Field changed: Status (New → Tracked on GitHub)
Now tracked on github as issue #196.


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The eighth annual Newspaper Rock 10K race, set for October 11, will feature a few new twists this year. In addition to the eighth year of the spectacular 6.2-mile race, the race will also feature an optional 26K trail run.
The 10K race begins at 10 a.m. (9:30 for walkers) and will wind its way through spectacular Indian Creek Canyon in the height of the fall colors.
The course begins at Newspaper Rock and finishes, 6.2 breathtaking miles later, near the Dugout Ranch at the mouth of the canyon.
The trail run begins at 8 a.m. at Foy Lake and will follow Shay Ridge road to Indian Creek. From there, racers run nearly six miles on a single-track trail to Newspaper Rock and then follow the 10K race course to the finish line.
The race fee is $35 for the 10K race and $70 for the 26K trail run. The first 15 trail rin entries receive a free training shirt.
There are awards in a host of racing categories, giving the fastest, and even many of the slowest, a chance to win an award.
The San Juan Record in-house designer, Andrea Montgomery, is working on a great design for the shirts and awards that will be the envy of your running friends.
The course is ideal for a 10K race, with a gentle downward slope and constantly turning road in front of the racers. The fall colors of the cottonwood trees should be stunning.
The race is focused on local runners and walkers who can culminate a summer of beautiful weather with a breathtaking race.
The race is not possible without the assistance of a large group of sponsors, including the title sponsor San Juan Record and major sponsors Utah Navajo Health Systems and Blue Mountain Hospital.
Other sponsors include San Juan Pharmacy in Monticello, High Altitude Communications, Canyonlands Lodging, All-Star Tumbling, Inn at the Canyons, Schafer's Auto, Maverik and PJs.
Partners include the City of Monticello, San Juan County Visitor Services and a large number of other groups and volunteers.
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Yesterday Sony unveiled Move.Me, a software application that allows hobbyists and academics access to the Move controller to do things like operating robots remotely. Today, we see the Move operating a robot remotely.
While not quite as impressive as some of the things we've seen hobbyists do with Microsoft's Kinect, moving a robot around remotely using motion control is certainly a thing. Until now we've had to rely on keyboards and mice to move our robots around remotely over the internet. Surely this ushers in a new age of not being tethered to the computer to get mechanical beings to do our bidding.
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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. -- Ralph Branca, a native of Mount Vernon and the pitcher who served up Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World" Home Run, died on Wednesday morning, according to multiple reports. Branca was 90.
The death was announced by Branca's son-in-law and former New York Mets Manager, Bobby Valentine of Stamford, Conn. Valentine stated that Branca died in his Rye home, but did not give a cause of death, ESPN reported.
Branca began his baseball career in 1944 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He won 88 games over his career against 68 losses. He was a three-time all-star who spent most of his career pitching with the Dodgers, but also had short stints with the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees.
Branca's career, however, will be best remembered for his relief appearance on Oct. 3, 1951 against the New York Giants.
In baseball's first-ever nationally televised game, Thomson hit a line drive, three-run home run in the ninth inning to secure the National League pennant for the Giants.
The play, accompanied by Russ Hodges call: "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"has become part of baseball lore.
Branca and Thomson became friends, often appearing at card shows and signings together, ESPN said.
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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – A strong second-half showing from the Georgia College women's basketball team (4-14, 2-7 PBC) fell short against No. 24 Lander University (14-3, 9-0 PBC) Saturday afternoon at the Centennial Center, as the Bobcats lost 70-52.
The 'Cats out-dueled the Bearcats in the second half, scoring 33 points on 12-of-30 (40 percent) shooting from the field compared to 31 points and 13-of-33 (39.4 percent) shooting from Lander.
Outside a sloppy first half, GC held their own against the nationally-ranked Bearcats, cutting a 41-19 deficit down to 45-31 early in the second frame.
Three Bobcats ended the day in double-figures, as freshman Enisha Donley (Loganville, Ga.) led the way with 12 points on 6-of-12 (50 percent) shooting from the field. She nearly missed on a double-double, pulling down nine rebounds.
Fellow classmates Mikalyn DeFoor (Gainesville, Ga.) and Shanteona Keys (Roswell, Ga.) added 10 points apiece against the stingy Bearcat defense.
The battle of the boards was played evenly, with Lander grabbing just one more rebound than Georgia College at 41-40. Belinda Schaafsma (Momence, Ill.) corralled 10 rebounds to head GC in that category.
Unfortunately, the Bobcats coughed the ball up 17 times leading to 24 points, compared to just 10 turnovers and six points given away by the Bearcats.
For the game, Georgia College shot 20-of-54 (37 percent) from the field and 4-of-12 (33 percent) from three-point land, while Lander was 26-of-66 (39 percent) from the floor and 11-of-29 (38 percent) from beyond-the-arc.
It was a two-woman show for the Bearcats starring Mukia Myrick and Brittni Johnson, who scored 23 and 14 points, respectively. Center Kaylyn Small handled the rebounding efforts for Lander, crashing the boards for a game-high 12.
Georgia College takes on the University of Montevallo (7-11, 2-7 PBC) in the second of six consecutive home games at the Centennial Center Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 5:30 p.m. The game will also mark "Pack the House in Pink" to support breast cancer awareness, sponsored by Zeta Tao Alpha.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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program requests and reads a list of file names (one per line). Program ends when a blank line is entered.
If a file name endsWith ".txt" then print "Text File: xxxx" where xxxx is the full file name. If the file name contains the string "del" print "Delete: xxxx". If the file satisfies both conditions just do the text file option. Otherwise do not print anything.
So far I have done this but I can't figure out how to do the part where you output Text file: if it contains both .txt and del. Could anyone help me out?
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text: This exhibition was organized by the Asian Art Museum in partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, People's Republic of China. Images: Armored General, Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE). China. Terracotta. Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, serial number 002747.


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The Teton design features distinctive sloped side supports that create an A-shaped frame.
Handcrafted in the town of Harmony by our team of experienced crafters.
Hand-made to your specifications in 6-10 weeks, then hand-delivered to your home in 1-3 weeks.
The Teton headboard is 52" tall, the footboard is 32". The height to the top of the slats is 52".
Our crafters are specialist woodworkers who have been creating bedroom furniture for three generations. They love their work, their skill and dedication shows up in the finished product. They can work magic with hardwood.
And it is a kind of magic, when you see the finished product first-hand. The result is what I like to call Furniture Art.
It's beautiful, artisanal-quality hardwood furniture created by crafters who have mastered their art and the hardwoods of their region through three generations of practice and study.
"Erik Organic is without a doubt one of the best companies we have ever done business with! Our Haiku platform bed arrived exactly in the agreed time frame. The driver delivering the bed was very courteous and helpful. I was blown away with the craftsmanship; there were no flaws anywhere. The joinery was flawless and the stain was perfect. Overall, a great product at a reasonable price!
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Many thanks, William Bushman"
We use 100% genuine hardwoods in our furniture.
Our beds are created from beautiful Minnesota oak, cherry, maple, hickory and walnut. Our bed slats are created from solid poplar or maple.
A note of caution: Just like nutrition labels on food, many furniture websites mask the origin and characteristics of their 'wood'.
For example 'walnut' is not necessarily lumber from the species Juglans Nigra, or a related species. It's probably walnut laminate glued on top of a low-quality filler wood.
There is a profound difference between Juglans Nigra walnut lumber and 'walnut'. We use the real thing.Request a Hardwoods Guide
Our bedroom furniture is hand-made and hand-delivered.
We guarantee that you'll love your new bedroom set -- and you have one year to return it for a 100% refund if you don't!
Only 14 people have returned furniture to us over the past 19 years, mostly for issues relating to improper fit or size.
We are very, very good at what we do.Details on Our Return Policy
We've been successful for over 19 years, because our customers have come to trust the Erik Organic 'no compromises' brand of quality.
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STEMM students recognized for achievement
At the recent STEMM event at COSI are, front row from left: students Emily Gardner, Joe DiFrancesco, Christina Gambino, and advisor Laura Shady. Second row, students Max Mraz, Spencer Gardner, David Kopechek, Maggie Odiorne, Tommy Odiorne, and Keith Hamrick. Third row: students Brad Stahl, Keegan Fitzpatrick, Casey Branson, Matthew Yohman, and Kristin Balmert. Back row: Professor Larry Mayer, President Harrison, Professor Wendy McCullen-Vermillion, Chairs Jonathan Baker, and Michael Hailu and Shane Guzman, a past graduate of the Columbus State STEMM program.
Approximately 500 Choose Ohio First scholarship recipients were recognized for their achievements at the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM) Scholar Showcase, held recently at COSI.
Keegan Fitzpatrick
Columbus State student Keegan Fitzpatrick was one of only three student speakers at the event, and the only speaker currently enrolled in a STEMM program. Two graduates of the program at Kent State and Baldwin Wallace also spoke.
Choose Ohio First scholarships are awarded to students who are studying in the STEMM fields, ranging from $1,500 to $5,200 per student, per year.
At the event, students were also able to network with businesses and Ohio Means Jobs representatives with access to thousands of job openings.
Spirit Week basketball games Wednesday
Glenn Cosey
The men's and women's basketball teams play Cincinnati State Technical and Community College on Wednesday, February 15 at home—the women's team tips off at 5:30 p.m. and the men follow at approximately 7:30 p.m. This week is Spirit Week, so there will be some special giveaways and raffle prizes at both games at half time. One raffle prize is VIP ticket packages for two at an upcoming Blue Jackets game! Don't forget, students and employees get into the games free with Cougar ID.
The men's team is 22-3 and ranked No. 3 nationally in their division, and the women are 15-9. On Wednesday, a possible all-time scoring record could be made at the men's game, as Cougar forward Glenn Cosey goes for 1,000 career points, as well as the all-time record of Bryant Jones (1993-1995), who had 1,011 career points. Don't miss it!
Columbus Bicentennial Lecture Series: A call for faculty submissions
Columbus State is participating as a sponsor and partner in Columbus' Bicentennial Celebration: 200Columbus. Throughout 2012, the city is maintaining a calendar of events that focus on the history of our city and the celebration of its 200th year.
Columbus State would like to offer a series of faculty lectures, open to the campus and the community, that deal with some aspect of history, leadership, politics, the arts and culture of Columbus, Ohio. The Lecture Series would be presented during the Fall Semester, beginning in late August.
If you have an area of specialty that you would like to submit as an approximately one-hour lecture subject, please submit your idea to Robert Fitrakis, Social Sciences, or Paul Graves, Humanities, by the end of Winter Quarter, March 16, so we may begin creating a calendar for the series.
Saturday Writers Workshop invites new members
The members of Columbus State's Saturday Writers Workshop take journeys with the written word every third Saturday of the month in the Communication Department's Conference Room on the lower level of Union Hall.
The workshop is coordinated by Professor Rita Bova of the Communication Department and Clay Cormany, adjunct instructor in English. Group members critique each other's writings, share the issues they are facing as writers, and offer encouragement and guidance to those seeking to publish their work.
Poems, short stories, memoirs, screenplays, and novels are all fair game. If you are an aspiring or published writer, the Saturday Writers Workshop invites you to join. The next meeting will be Saturday, February 18, in Union Hall 048-K, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Please email Clay Cormany if you plan to attend.
"For me, writing is exploration," says science fiction author Jack Dann, "and most of the time I'm surprised where the journey takes me."
Gospel Vocal Ensemble honors broadcasting pioneer March 10
Columbus State's Gospel Vocal Ensemble will honor a broadcasting pioneer with "Triumph: The Sounds of Victory," a free concert on Saturday, March 10 at 7 p.m. in the Nestor Hall Auditorium.
The concert is a tribute to James Edward "Eddie" Saunders, the first African-American disc jockey in Columbus. In 1948, Saunders started the longest running gospel radio program in the country on WVKO called, "Sermons & Songs." His television program, "Eddie Saunders Presents" ran for 20 years.
The ensemble, under the direction of Emma Easton, will re-create his famous radio program by presenting tunes routinely heard from the 1940s to the 1970s. Additionally, various individuals, including local disc jockeys, who personally knew Saunders will recount experiences. Special musical talent is the vocalist Camille Doughty-Banner.
ITDL Webinar
LGBT on Campus: Three Critical Issues to Consider in 2012
This fall, Elmhurst College, Ill. became the first college in the nation to ask applicants about sexual orientation. Other colleges are considering this move as well as other ways that they can create a more welcoming environment for their LGBT population on campus.
While there have been strides in understanding concerns relevant to the LGBT population, it is essential that academia address the emerging issues and concerns impacting LGBT people within institutions of higher education. The Campus Pride "2010 State of Higher Education for LGBT People" revealed an alarming degree of harassment and discrimination toward LGBT people.
Join our expert presenters as they bring a voice to the LGBT population on campus and equip administrators, faculty, staff and campus-policy makers with the knowledge and awareness to implement changes to improve the campus climate for LGBT people.
When: Wednesday, February 15 (2:00 PM - 3:30 PM) - Register
Where: NH 013
Panelists: Shane L. Windmeyer, M.S., Ed., serves as cofounder and executive director of Campus Pride. (Click here for full bio)
Dr. Sue Rankin serves as Associate Professor in Education Policy Studies/College Student Affairs at The Pennsylvania State University. (Click here for full bio)


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March 13, 2006
FARO, Portugal - The U.S. Women's National Team got a goal from captain Kristine Lilly just 28 seconds into the game and another from former Santa Clara star Aly Wagner en route to a 4-1 win over France in its final Group B match at the Algarve Cup.
Wagner, Lindsay Tarpley, and Natasha Kai all tallied in the second half to secure the USA's spot in the Algarve Cup Championship for the fourth straight year. It was Kai's second goal in as many games after scoring in her national team debut against Denmark on March 11. Lilly's goal was the 109th of her career.
For the second year in a row, the Americans will face Germany for the Algarve Cup title when the two world powers clash on Wednesday, March 15, at the Stadium Algarve. The championship match features the top two teams in the world in the current FIFA rankings as well as the 2004 Olympic champions (USA) against the 2003 Women's World Cup champions (Germany). The game will kick off at 4:30 local time / 11:30 a.m. ET and fans can follow all the action on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker.
The Germans, who had already qualified for the championship match after two wins in their group, finished off Group A with a 1-0 victory over Norway while playing numerous reserves, and will head into the title game having scored nine goals while allowing none. The USA has also scored nine goals.
"I am very, very happy with today's game," said U.S. head coach Greg Ryan. "We wanted to go out and put France under a lot of pressure, try and create chances behind them. I thought we did that well throughout the game, but we took our chances better in the second half. France has been defending really well in their other games so I was happy we could break down their defense as much as we did."
The lightning quick U.S. goal came after Wagner scooped up a free ball while running at the French back line just over the center circle in France's defensive half. She played a quick ball on the ground to Abby Wambach, who was making a run up the middle. The U.S. forward collected the ball as she slowed a bit and then played a square pass to Lilly on the left edge of the penalty area. Lilly's first touch couldn't quite settle the bouncing ball, but that turned out to be fortuitous, as she hammered a half-volley that dipped over French goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi, hit off the underside of the bar, bounced down hard on the goal line, and then back up into the roof of the net.
During the USA's 0-0 tie with France at the Four Nations Tournament in China in January, the Americans struggled to create scoring chances, especially getting balls in dangerous spaces behind the French defense. That was not the case at Stadium Algarve as Wagner probed the French defense with deft passes for the entire game while the USA fired 20 shots, putting half of them on goal. The U.S. defense limited the French to just one shot in the first half and four for the match.
Needing a victory to make the championship game, France came out with some increased energy early in the second half, and got one good chance from star forward Marinette Pichon, but U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo made a diving save to catch the 12-yard shot at the left post.
The save loomed even larger as the U.S. then attacked and scored a pair of goals in two minutes to put the match away.
Heather O'Reilly set up the first in the 49th minute after she sprinted down the right flank only to be cut off by French defender Laura Georges. O'Reilly then pressured her into a horrible clearance in the back, latched onto the rolling ball and dribbled into the penalty area. She wound up to shoot, drawing a defender to her, then unselfishly slipped an square ball inside to Wagner, who was making a run behind her. Wagner took a good touch to get behind the defense and had a one-on-one with the `keeper before slotting it past the onrushing Bouhaddi into the left corner. It was her 20th international goal.
One minute later, O'Reilly was the catalyst again, streaking down the right sideline before cutting the ball back to the inside and playing a looping left-footed cross over the defense into the left side of the penalty area. A French defender tried to clear, but instead played the ball into the path of Tarpley, who cracked a first-time left-footed half-volley into the left side netting from 14 yards out. It was Tarpley's ninth career international goal.
U.S. defensive midfielder Shannon Boxx was dominant on the ground and in the air during the match, leading a U.S. defense that pressured the French all over the field.
Aside from Pichon's chance, halftime substitute Hoda Lattaf was France's most dangerous player, and she finally broke through the U.S. defense in the 64th minute. Lattaf's goal was the first against the USA from the run of play in the last 1,442 minutes, a span equal to 16 matches.
It was a beautiful goal as she ran under a cross from the right flank and took it down well in the left side of the penalty area. She then lifted the ball over Christie Rampone before slipping past the U.S. defender and hammering a left-footed full volley past Solo from 14 yards out.
The U.S. stuck in the dagger in the 76th minute as Kai scored after coming on just three minutes earlier. Wambach slipped a pass from the left side through the defense and Kai made a great run to beat the restraining line. Finding herself one-on-one with Bouhaddi, Kai tried to dribble around her to the right, but the French goalkeeper made a good save to stuff the ball at her feet. Kai stumbled to the ground, but as the ball popped loose, she regained her footing and spun to the inside to chip the ball over the goalkeeper and into the net with her left foot. It was a remarkably similar finish to her first goal against Denmark.
Bouhaddi came up with a handful of quality saves, including a flying stop of Wagner's header after O'Reilly had lifted a perfect pass to the far post from the left flank late in the first half.
France played the last 20 minutes with 10 women when Sandrine Soubeyrand was sent off in the 69th minute for a second yellow card after a hard foul on substitute Carli Lloyd. Soubeyrand had oddly received her first yellow card in the 56th minute for cutting across the field of play to get from the endline to midfield in order to re-enter the game after she had gone off for an injury behind the goal.
Defender Stephanie Lopez earned her first-ever start with the full National Team and the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team captain played extremely well at left back, going the entire 90 minutes in just her third ever game for the senior squad.
For the second game in a row, Ryan was able to make all six allowed substitutes in the second half, getting quality minutes for several young players including Kai (22 years old), Lloyd (23), Amy Rodriguez (19), and Leslie Osborne (22).
In the other games on MatchDay 3, China hammered injury-plagued Denmark, 6-0, and will face Sweden, a 4-1 winner over Finland in Group A, for third place. Mexico also lit up the scoreboard, routing host Portugal, 6-0, to win Group C. The Mexicans will face Finland for seventh place, France will play Norway for fifth place and Denmark will play Ireland for 9th place.
Match-up: USA vs. France
Competition: 2006 Algarve Cup
Venue: Stadium Algarve; Faro, Portugal
Date: March 13, 2006; Kickoff – 3:30 p.m. local / 13:00 a.m. ET
Attendance: 400
Weather: Sunny, light breeze – 70 degrees
Scoring Summary:
USA – Kristine Lilly (Abby Wambach) 1st minute.
USA – Aly Wagner (Heather O'Reilly) 49.
USA – Lindsay Tarpley (unassisted) 50.
FRA – Hoda Lataff (n/a) 64.
USA – Natasha Kai (unassisted) 76.
USA: 18-Hope Solo; 2-Heather Mitts (3-Christie Rampone, 61), 4-Cat Whitehill, 8-Tina Frimpong, 21-Stephanie Lopez; 7-Shannon Boxx (12-Leslie Osborne, 76), 5-Lindsay Tarpley (11-Carli Lloyd, 56), 10-Aly Wagner (15-Marci Miller, 70); 9-Heather O'Reilly (6-Natasha Kai, 73), 20-Abby Wambach, 13-Kristine Lilly – Capt. (16-Amy Rodriguez, 80)
Subs not used: 1-Jenni Branam, 14-Amy LePeilbet, 19-Christie Welsh.
Head Coach: Greg Ryan
FRA: 16-Sarah Bouhaddi; 3-Peggy Provost, 4-Laura Georges, 5-Sabine Viguier (2-Delphine Blanc, 84), 7-Sandrine Dusang (20-Laure LePailleur, 46); 6-Sandrine Soubeyrand, 8-Sonia Bompastor, 10-Camille Abily, 15-Elise Bussaglia (14-Louisa Necib, 61); 9-Marinette Pichon (13-Ludivine Diguelman, 72), 11-Laetitia Tonazzi (18-Hoda Lattaf, 46).
Subs not used: 1- Celine Deville, 12-Elodie Thomas, 17-Marie-Ange Kramo, 19-Amelie Coquet.
Head Coach: Elisabeth Loisel
Statistical Summary:
Shots: 20 / 4
Shots on Goal: 10 / 3
Saves: 2 / 3
Corner Kicks: 6 / 2
Fouls: 10 / 11
Offside: 8 / 1
Misconduct Summary:
FRA – Sandrine Soubeyrand (caution) 56th minute.
FRA -- Sandrine Soubeyrand (caution) 69.
FRA -- Sandrine Soubeyrand (sent off) 69.
FRA – Laure LePailleur (caution) 79.
Referee: Jenny Palmqvist (SWE)
Asst. Referee: Hege Steiland (NOR)
Asst. Referee: Susanne Borg (SWE)
4th Official: Dagmar Damkova (CZE)
ussoccer.com Woman of the Match: Aly Wagner
On the match:
"I am very, very happy with today's game. We wanted to go out and put France under a lot of pressure, try and create chances behind them. I thought we did that well throughout the game, but we took our chances better in the second half. France has been defending really well in their other games so I was happy we could break down their defense as much as we did."
On the first goal:
"We kept playing and putting them under pressure, but France continued to play well. They created a great chance before halftime that Hope saved. To be honest, I didn't feel like the first goal changed the game, I just felt like it was the same match and France was still in it if they could get an equalizer. I think what changed the game was the first goal in the second half. When that one went in, you know that they are in real trouble and they have to step up even more, and then we got the third."
On the nine goals in the last two games:
"I think we are understanding how to attack as a group now and we didn't have that understanding before. We are starting to figure out how to use everyone's abilities. Aly's ability to play runners in behind, O'Reilly's ability to make great runs and Abby's ability to target. Every time you get Lilly around the goal, it's dangerous. I think we are growing in our ability to attack."
On Wambach:
"Abby is the soul of this team. It's her fighting spirit, always battling, and the goals are going to come for her. We are not going to worry about that because we have plenty of people who can score goals, but she gives us that special quality of energy and power."
On Natasha Kai's two goals in two games:
"Tasha's a goal scorer. She loves scoring goals. Every time she steps on the field, she believes she's going to score and she's right most of the time."
On her first start:
"I think when you get into a game like that, there is so much to think about out there, constantly going up and back, you don't have time to think about how nervous you are about starting in a national team game against France. You are just thinking about all the things you have to do."
On the quick goal:
"I thought the first goal sent a message to France that we were ready for this (game). After tying them in China, we definitely wanted to come out and put pressure on them, and what a great shot by Lil'."
On the two quick goals in the second half:
"That's pretty impressive, two goals in two minutes, but the most important thing to realize is that it comes from our defense. We are playing great team defense and from there, that's how our attack is built."
U.S. MIDFIELDER Aly Wagner
Contrasting today's match against the teams' last meeting at the Four Nations Tournament in January:
"The field was bigger and the field was smooth, it was great turf, so that makes (the midfielders) job a heck of a lot easier. We were able to settle it. We knew going into the game, after they tried to squeeze (the midfield) last time, that we had to play balls over the top and play them wide. We didn't really have that mindset in China like we needed to. I think we had the composure on the ball and we were just trying to stretch them, then play underneath, so I think our decisions and execution were ten times better."
On her goal after 28 seconds:
"For this group right now, if you can get an early goal, it relaxes a lot of nerves out there. I was fortunate enough to get one in the first minute, which was nice. We caught them expanding the defense and Abby played a great ball to me… When it hit the crossbar, I was like 'please just bounce over the line.' When something like that happens, the team can take a breath, and you can get into the game a bit easier."
On the team's attack:
"Right now, we're finishing our chances, and we are creating more…France was trying keep the game real small and real tight, and we were stretching them with balls over the top. But what's on now is that our balls are there, and the runs are there. And we're getting chances on the break, and we're putting them in. Players are finishing when they need to, which is great right now."


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Yesterday a LG device with model number LG-V500/LG-V507L appeared in Bluetooth Special interest Group.The LG-V series hints towards to LG G Pad(tablet).As in Past we had seen Optimus Pad(LG-V900) with this series.
It has also been confirmed from Korean Patent Offices that LG is again working on tablets which may be showcased during IFA2013 held in Berlin.Other Hint from Bluetooth SIG website which confirms that it not a mobile phone.Whenever any LG mobile Phone clears the Bluetooth certification,in Phone description it was written LG 3G Mobile Phone/LG GSM Mobile Phone/LG LTE Mobile Phone.
But in case of V-500/V-507L,Product description is LG mobile device.Specifications of device is yet unknown,but a hint from Software version indicates that device may comes Snapdragon APQ8064
Processor.Now there are two models in this certifications,it may be possible that one model is Wifi and other is 4G LTE supported.
While L in LG-V507L may indicates that this model is for LGU+ carrier in South Korea