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What's Hot
Although not hot in the classic sense, this has been making big news in the genealogy community: beloved web site Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) has gone down – and will stay down – indefinitely. I first heard about it from Vermont Genealogy, RAOGK is Down Indefinitely. Dick Eastman has also posted about this news at Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness (RAOGK) will be Offline for Some Time. Be sure to read the comments for suggestions on how to help in other areas. Also, check out the RAOGK Facebook Page where folks have also been offering assistance.
Serious Threat to VA Vital Records Access — Your HELP is Needed NOW!
You still have time to go RootsTech on the cheap: RootsTech Conference Discount Oct 27-29 ONLY from SCGSGenealogical Society Blog. Hurry, deadline is October 29, 2011.
National Archives Joins iTunes U Community.
National Genealogical Society Seeks Nominations for the 2012 Genealogy Hall of Fame. Deadline for nominations is January 31, 2012.
Cool Stuff
Video: 10 Years of Fires on Earth Seen From Space from Wired Science.
Looking for creative gift ideas? Check out Christmas is Coming! from From Helen V Smith's Keyboard by Helen V Smith.
Another possible gift idea? Write an Ancestor's Story For an Original Piece of Artwork from Remember by Betsy Cross. No deadline is given, but the winner will be announced on October 31, 2011, so get your story in before then!
I don't, but I might: DO YOU TATTOO? WEARING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY from Irish Genealogy: Help! The Faery Folk Hid My Ancestors! by Deborah Large Fox.
In case you missed it: Jennifer Shoer at The Scrappy Genealogist invited several geneamommybloggers to share their secrets in her series: How She Does It – Secrets from a Geneamommyblogger. Six moms – and a dad! – bared their souls, telling how they juggle family, work, genealogy, blogging, personal hygiene, and life in general.
In the News
Safer Down Syndrome Test Hits Market Monday
Gone but not forgotten: Latter-day Saints clean up neglected black cemetery
New Irish DNA atlas will uncover makeup of Irish
Help Wanted
Who is she: Another Baby Doll is Looking for a Name from The Turning of Generations by Michelle Goodrum.
He's a cutie, but who is this Mystery Little Boy (from Nutfield Genealogy by Heather Rojo)?
Here's another: Unidentified Photograph – Can You Help? from Are You My Cousin? by Lisa.
Calling all people who can read old handwriting: 1789 document from Bridgwater concerning John Chubb needs transcribing (from Bridgwater Gene Pool by Ursula Martin).
"The Rideau Township Historical Society, located just south of Ottawa, has announced that they are still collecting information and photos of barns in the former township of Rideau before they all disappear." See Barns Appreciation Project from Genealogy Canada by Elizabeth Lapointe for details.
Decisions, decisions: D Lee from A Patient Genealogist needs help selecting the most useful class at an upcoming genealogy conference. See Thankful Thursday to offer your advice.
If you like working at home in your PJs, here are a couple of volunteer projects that you might enjoy: The San Joaquin County Obituary Indexing Project Is A Go! from The Educated Genealogist by Sheri, and Volunteer Opportunity: Civil Cases Project from the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society.
From the Blogs
What set you on your genealogy journey? The Moment You Knew from The Armchair Genealogist by Lynn Palermo.
A Window into Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Car from Nebraska History Blog by lmooney.
Public Libraries Are Free; So, Does That Mean They Don't Cost Anybody Anything? from Mnemosyne's Magic Mirror by Mel Wolfgang.
Do those Captcha codes make you nuts when you try to comment on a blog? Yeah, me, too, and we're not alone: Easy & Fast is the Name of the Comment Game from For Your Family Story by Caroline Pointer.
Genealogy and the Brand New You – Part Deux from Family Cherished by Valerie.
Good Source for World War I Overseas Research from a3Genealogy by Kathleen Brandt.
Mine was "Lamb Chop," and I did it in my bedroom and my car: Reminiscing – Before Twitter from Ancestors Live Here by Leslie Ann.
Fave photo of the week: Wordless Wednesday – the Lamb family from Blundering Blindly Backwards by RAH. I've seen some scared-looking new dads before, but this guy takes the cake!
The Last Byte
Last Tuesday, I made an out-of-the-blue decision to schedule a mammogram. This was a big deal for me because two medical procedures that I never, ever wanted to have again were a mammogram and a colonoscopy. Eewww.
I'll try to write more about my experience next week, but for now, suffice it to say that the mammogram wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered it being 13 years ago (yes, I put it off for a while).
So ladies, in the spirit of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I encourage you to schedule a screening for yourself. Your family needs you to be alive and healthy so you can take care of them… and carry on the family history research.
And if you still think you need a reason to do this, I invite you to read this post by Jim's Girl: Wisdom Wednesday: Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Why I am Taking a Blogging Break.
I dare you not to have the phone in your hand as soon as you finish reading it.
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Hundreds of students, parents and community members came out to celebrate Oglethorpe's First Annual Fall Festival on a beautiful autumn weekend, making the event a rousing success!
The Fall Festival festivities included Night of the Arts, a historical tour of campus by alumnus Paul Hudson '72, "A Taste of Oglethorpe" featuring local restaurants, artisans, and children's activities, and then hot air balloon rides in the evening, sponsored by the Oglethorpe Student Government Association.
"The idea was to transform Parents' Weekend into a festival atmosphere so that parents and their families could spend some quality time together," said Robin Brandt, Oglethorpe's Director of Experiential Learning.
The new tradition will continue next fall!
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Keep the red carpet in Hollywood; it's almost time to roll out the green carpet for a cast of an ag-centric movie.
On May 1, the widely-anticipated "Farmland" film will be coming to theatres in more than 60 major markets. It will also be screened in rural communities as well. A full least of theaters can be see here.
Created by award-winning filmmaker James Moll, "Farmland" follows six young farmers and ranchers from across the industry and country. It focuses on – and is told by – these hardworking men and women, all in their 20s.
"In 'Farmland,' audiences will hear thoughts and opinions about agriculture, but not from me, and not from a narrator," Moll says about his film in a news release. "They're from the mouths of the farmers and ranchers themselves."
Moll hopes to use the film to go beyond ag audiences. He hopes it reaches urban and suburban audiences who are generations removed from the farm. Moll himself had no background in agriculture, but that was quickly changed after his experience filming the participants.
"I have heard so much from my friends about how unhealthy some of our food is and how we have to be careful about some of the things we buy and make the right choices, and ultimately the experience became one of fear," Moll told Politco in an article here. "And after making this film, that fear has subsided quite a bit."
At the recent National Pork Industry Forum in Kansas City, Mo., Ryan Veldhuizen, a fourth-generation Minnesota hog producer, explained that it wasn't just Moll who learned more about agriculture. The crew was also asked questions and left with a life-changing experience.
Click here to learn more about Veldhuizen and his five costars or the embedded video above to see the film's trailer.


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Brandon Rush for Anthony Tolliver
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Interesting trade idea. Big for guard, is typically a good thing. I would like to see Rush under Vogel for a season. Just see what a different coach will do with him. I'd rather lose him for nothing at the end of the year while giving us an option for a sign and trade than trade him now, but we do need depth up front and Tolliver a serviceable big for sure. Solid deal. Both expiring and the same age. Both good defenders. Decent shooter.
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No injuries reported; investigation under way
One crew offloaded boxes of M&M's candies as another crew began clearing the track after the last two cars of a southbound BNSF Railway train derailed north of Krum at about 1:15 p.m. Thursday.
Krum firefighters responded to reports that refrigerant may have been leaking from one of the cars. No injuries were reported.
Firefighters found no spill or other hazardous materials, according to Capt. Brad Sebastian.
From the scene, it appeared that a worker may have thrown a switch early where the tracks go from one line to two, Sebastian said.
"The last two cars went to the left side while the rest of the train was on the right side," Sebastian said. "It [the train] carried them slowly down the line until the curve and then it yanked right off."
One car was overturned. The other car, while derailed, was still upright when firefighters arrived, he said.
Joe Faust, spokesman for BNSF, said the cause of the accident remains under investigation. The company had a team on scene to assess the situation.
"We don't have an estimated time when the track will be reopened," Faust said.
The company was already working on a plan to reroute some of its train traffic that would be affected by the line's closure.
This is the second time this year a train has derailed near Krum.
On July 22, seven cars of a 37-car freight train heading southbound from Tulsa, Okla., to Fort Worth derailed near Krum Jackson Cemetery. That derailment damaged trees, but no injuries were reported.
Those cars were carrying sand.
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And if it is then this has to be a record or close to it.
And if it is then this has to be a record or close to it.
The box score says 11 were left on base for the Reds today. The Nationals left 6 on.
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21 on Yahoo, and yes I think you're right that would be the MLB record.
What's a 22-man-lob?
I hope it's never sunny in Philly again.
According to the box score, the Reds left 11 on base. The Nats left six on base.
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Are you talking about today's game?
In reality it doesn't matter much when your club scores more runs than anyone in their league.
When a team gets a lot of runners on base, some of them will get left out there.
No biggie.
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
Code:Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG R Freel CF 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 .262 F Lopez SS 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .289 A Dunn LF 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 .260 A Kearns RF 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 .274 S Hatteberg 1B 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .294 E Encarnacion 4 0 2 1 1 2 1 .292 B Phillips 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 .327 D Ross C 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 .280 B Arroyo P 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .154 K Mercker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Weathers P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 9 3 5 10 21
doesnt the 21 lob mean that the team left 21 runners on base in total, as in if there were 2 men on and then freel, lopez and dunn all got out without driving them in it would be 6 total left on. when the team really only left 2 on. that might be the difference between the two totals. if that made any sense
You got it.Originally Posted by MasonBuzz3
ut oh - i'm sensing the train is leaving the station for Brandon Phillips.
Career Norms and all.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
It's cool, it was one game.Originally Posted by Heath
I hope it's never sunny in Philly again.
Well, agreed - but a hot week last week would sense a letdown anyway this week.Originally Posted by TC81190
I'd imagine that Freel's gonna start at 2B on Friday if Junior returns.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
Are team LOB counted differently than individual LOB? Like say if the Reds get bases loaded with 0 outs and the next three guys K, is that 3 LOB or 9 LOB (3 x 3)? It seems like the 21(22) LOB is counted by adding up the men LOB by each batter, so then maybe 11 is the number of men actually left on base by the entire team.
edit: MasonBuzz beat me to it
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Sixty-five chefs, restaurant owners and other culinary leaders joined us to launch the Bee Friendly Food Alliance. Through the Alliance, chefs and restaurateurs are calling attention to the importance of bees to our food supply, the dramatic die-off of bee populations, and the need to protect our pollinators. LEARN MORE.


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Checking OutBy Avi Steinberg
Porn books and librarians have always had a passionate, mutually defining relationship—it was, in fact, a prudish French librarian in the early nineteenth century who coined the word pornography. So it comes as no surprise that the sexy librarian, a fixture of the pornographic imagination, is most at home in books. Each year, new titles are added to the librarian-porn bookshelf. This past season's crop included additions like Hot for Librarian by Anastasia Carrera; Lucy the Librarian—Dewey and His Decimal by John and Shauna Michaels; The Nympho Librarian and Other Stories by Chrissie Bentley and Jenny Swallows; A Librarian's Desire by Ava Delaney, author of the Kinky Club series; and soft-core selections like Sweet Magik by Penny Watson. The conventions of the form—the dimly lit stacks, the librarian's mask of thick glasses and hair tied into a bun, et cetera—are, of course, well known. Unlike video porn, where these conventions are typically used as a wholesale substitute for narrative, porn books still feel the compulsion to tell a story, to make the glasses and bun mean something. I was curious just what story these new books were telling. What does our most current version of the librarian fantasy say about us? To answer this question, I visited the library.
Almost immediately, I hit a snag. It is close to impossible to browse a serious library's collection of porn and porn criticism without getting sucked into big, sexy historical theories. Within an hour of my visit to Harvard's Widener Library, I was beginning to suspect that smut had been behind the rise of … everything. I discovered that pornos caused the French Revolution, and that the Renaissance really got going when images of hard-core, swan-on-guy action began to circulate among the people. Every pornographer of note, it seemed, was a pop philosopher; every philosopher, a closet pornographer. As for the rise of the novel, of literary realism, this, I learned, was linked to a certain eighteenth-century depiction of a ponytailed dude taking it from behind from another ponytailed dude while the first dude gets sucked off by a chick, who is also taking it from behind from yet a third ponytailed dude, all while another chick—who happens to be wearing a lovely Dormeuse-style cap—rides piggyback on the first dude, which positions her perfectly to flog the third dude, while being orally pleasured from behind by the second dude. The caption to this illustration reads, "A Typical Scene." According to the pile of books I'd stacked onto my library desk, our story is nothing but the evolutionary history of the Porno sapiens.
Just as I was letting this thought settle in, I began to hear moaning sounds. At first, I dismissed these as some kind of auditory hallucination, an occupational hazard of reading too much porn. But then I looked around and determined that this particular moaning belonged to a real woman standing a few rows away. To be precise, she was in the process of being properly pinned to the bookshelf by a male companion. After a hasty glance, I retreated to my carrel but can report that the proceedings were, if not quite spirited, certainly forceful—a book fell from the shelf—and that they terminated in muffled resound and a swift escape.
I was alone again in the silence of the stacks. Never before had the questions of the library sex fantasy been so close at hand yet so elusive. What was the relationship between these library fuckers and what I had been reading? And what was the relationship between the library fuckers and what they had been reading? Wasn't library sex all about harmonizing books with experience, about connecting our unruly and our rule-abiding selves? And, if so, why did I find that the stories told in last year's library-porn books consistently painted a grim picture of twenty-first-century library sex? Why did many of the best sex scenes in today's librarian porn take place outside of a library? Read More


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My last year end list: The five turning points for media in 2012, from Newtown to the 47 percent
From the killing of an unarmed, African-American teen in a Sanford, Fla. subdivision to the results of an election that confounded major segments of the nation's conservative media structure, the biggest turning points for media in 2012 turned out to be the biggest turning points for all of us.
We here in Florida learned that firsthand -- again! -- when George Zimmerman's Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin became an international story debated in newspapers from Great Britain to South Africa, fueled by a petition drive and social media campaign which reached sympathetic ears across the globe.
Besides speeding up the news cycle to ridiculous proportions, our new media ecology has made us more distracted and distractable than ever, with tablet computers and smartphones propped on our laps even as we're supposedly relaxing while watching television. (Forget about savoring that dramatic moment on Mad Men or Walking Dead; gotta post a quip about the scene on Twitter before anyone else does!)
The result: a pace of media so frantic most every major detail originally reported about the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. by major news outlets was wrong or misleading.
Clearly, we have a lot left to learn about our new media lives.
Here's a step in the right direction: My list of The Five Biggest Turning Points for Media in 2012.
5) Media Gets Too Much Wrong in Newtown. Bad enough that CNN and Fox News initially mis-reported the Supreme Court ruling upholding much of President Obama's health care law. On Dec. 14, when a gunman killed 28 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., much of what was reported for hours during the emergency was completely wrong.
The shooter wasn't 24-year-old Ryan Lanza, but his 20-year-old brother Adam. The killer's father wasn't shot in New Jersey, but his mother Nancy Lanza was killed in Connecticut. Nancy Lanza didn't teach at Sandy Hook Elementary and Adam Lanza didn't target one of her classes there. All of this information was initially reported by respected news organizations such as CNN, NPR, the Associated Press, the New York Times and ABC News, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.
Some experts have suggested this is price for a social media-drenched journalism process, with tremendous pressure to get and keep audiences by offering the latest developments. But it has always been easier to galvanize audiences by disregarding journalism rules; we learned long ago such moves sacrifice long term credibility for a quick audience that mostly gets a front row seat to our mistakes.
4) Fox News Election Night Meltdown. Watching conservative political mastermind Karl Rove forced to concede an Obama win in Ohio by the vote-crunching election desk at conservative cable newschannel Fox News, you had the sense of a corner turned.
For months, an array of conservative media outlets, pundits and news sources had been assuring their audiences of Republican victories Nov. 6. When that didn't happen, media figures and the GOP itself were forced to consider that their ideology had become so impervious to outside facts, it was trapped in its own bubble of unreality.
3) Newspapers and Magazines Retrench, Curbing the Era of Free News. The decision by New Orleans' Times-Picayune newspaper to cut staff, focus on its online platforms and restrict its print run to three days in most weeks was one of the most-visible examples of an unwelcome trend. Newsweek also announced plans to end print publication this year, while Mashable notes the number of newspapers with paywalls limiting their free content online doubled in the past year.
The result: fewer journalists in print and less free news on the Internet.
2)Trayvon Martin Case Bursts Open Racial Divides in Media. By the end of March, the Feb. 26 shooting death of Martin, an unarmed black teen, had become the year's second most-covered news story, seriously dividing media.
Anchors on left-leaning MSNBC wore hoodies on air as PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton also served as spokesman for Martin's family in its quest to see shooter George Zimmerman prosecuted. And online outlets such as the Daily Caller and Business Insider published photos and tweets taken from the dead teen's social media accounts that made him look thuggish. Here's a look at some of my comments on the coverage.
1) Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Video. More than anything in media, this video, secretly recorded at a fundraiser in Boca Raton, may have crippled GOP candidate Mitt Romney's presidential effort. Posted by liberal newsmagazine Mother Jones in September, it revealed the multimillionaire telling a roomful of wealthy patrons that 47 percent of the country would vote for Obama because they felt "entitled" to things like health care, food and housing.
As proof fate isn't without irony, consider the final figures on Romney's percentage of the popular vote:
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David Cook is going out of his way to not discuss girlfriend Kimberly Caldwell lately, but for an idea of how serious they are, look no further than his head of hair. The Idol champ is featuring a new hair style after switching to Caldwell's regular stylist. Caldwell even oversaw the most recent Cook haircutting adventure at the Luxelab in Santa Monica last week. "Kimberly was giving him pointers," says a source. According to the source, Caldwell sat in the salon chair next to Cook's, consulting with the stylist and David. "She was very hands on, very involved," the source says. When not on hair patrol, the pair were affectionate to each other the entire time they were there. "They were pretty lovely-dovey, always touching," says the source. "Kimberly was picking pieces of stray hair off of his face, and shoulders." Under Caldwell's guidance, Cook received a cut and color that was "edgier, darker, and more up to date." The final result brought a squeal of delight from Caldwell, with the insider saying, "She seemed to be quite happy with the new look." — Reagan Alexander


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From: Boulder, CO
Mar 21, 2007
|A buddy of mine once climbed this route in a day car to car. So what, you say? Well, this was a winter ascent! Perfect snow conditions down low and dry rock up high. Still a rather amazing feat.
By Darin Lang
Mar 21, 2007
rating: 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
|For mortals it's a full day even in the summer - although better, in my opinion, than lugging bivy or camping gear if this is your only objective.
By builttospill
Jul 19, 2007
Calling this route 4000 feet is a bit misleading. People are going to think that there are 4000 feet of class 4 scrambling and 12 full pitches of class 5 climbing.
That is far from the truth. From the Lower Saddle to the summit it is less than 3000 feet (more like 2,700 if I remember correctly). And at least a few hundred of those feet (perhaps 700-800) to Wall Street are non-technical, maybe class 2-3.
Just sayin'
By Buff Johnson
Jul 19, 2007
Well, can we say that this climb could easily get into Grade III+ due to various factors outside of the technical characteristics?
It is certainly not a route to take lightly but is a fine route in any respect.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 22, 2007
Yeah, "length" is ambiguous for alpine routes. On rock climbs I think this means linear length, the length as measured by your rope. But on alpine climbs vertical feet is often used. I think it is around 2150 vertical from the Lower Saddle (11,600+) to the summit, and from Wall Street it must be around 1000 vertical to the top. I'm not sure why I said 4000 feet, this would be 20 full pitches with a 200' rope!
[I calculate the vertical rise from Wall Street (~12,800') at 1000', and the horizontal distance from Wall Street to the summit as 1400' (from the topo map), so the length of the route is around 1700'.]
By Joe M
From: Beckley, wv
Aug 27, 2008
rating: 5.4 4a 12 IV 10 VD 3c
|Very fun route indeed! I just wish there were more technical pitches and not so much scrambling. We had some difficulties following the route but made it to the summit anyway, probably creating our own variations. Cant wait to go back!!!
By Andy Laakmann
Site Landlord
From: Bend, OR
Jul 23, 2009
Just climbed this with my wife. I had done the Full Exum and Petzold Ridge before (both finished with soloing the Upper Exum), but never Wall Street to Upper Exum.
Some notes/comments that others might find helpful:
By boulderkeith
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 1, 2009
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
IMO The route doesn't simul that well on even half a rope. Works better as short fixed pitches followed by solo/short rope/scrambling. There are about 4 horizontal ridge sections on the route where a belay is pretty optional for experienced alpine climber (easy moves, no exposure). We did the route as 7 pitches with 1 simul pitch (rope drag!) and 3 sections of soloing with a short rope between us (no drag!). It took us about 5 hrs from the Lower Saddle to the summit. Unless you are inexperienced, don't take too much of a rack. We never placed more than about 3 pieces on lead. Green and yellow aliens were useful for the friction pitch.
Lower saddle to the summit (which includes several hundred feet of class 3 approach scrambling) is ~2000', not 4000'
By Sadun Tryst
Sep 11, 2009
|Hey I have a quick question, when the ranger station closes or whatever it does, can you still get a permit to camp up at the lower saddle? Let me now I would greatly appreciate it!
By CalebSimpson
Dec 29, 2009
|How can this possibly be grade II if it takes all day?
By boulderkeith
From: Boulder, CO
May 11, 2010
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
It's not grade II. It's silly that it is indicated as such and the page owner should change it. Yes, the fast and the light can crank it out the approach from the saddle, the route, and the descent pretty quick but for most people that will be 5 to 10 hrs. It took us about 6 hrs from the saddle to the summit and back to the saddle and we simuled about a third of the route.
By EB
From: Winona
May 12, 2010
|When in doubt go right. At worst it puts you on the east face area which is quite easy. Its huge up there so don't underestimate the routefinding. Much of this can be climbed without a rope due to the multitude of easy climbing. I would definately recommend the directs you have less hiking for the approach and its super classic. In addition, I would really recommend doing it in a day, simply leave around 3am and hike slowly and consistently- no heavy packs and beer an pizza at the end of the day instead of camp meals!
By Doug Lintz
From: Kearney, NE
Aug 18, 2010
What a route! Not technically difficult but a few spots with tremendous exposure. We roped up for the three main pitches (Golden Stair, Friction, and V) plus a short belay for the Wall Street exit and the exposed "jam crack" move near the top, steep scrambling for everything else. The whole route can be easily done with a single set of Friends, nothing larger than a #3 at that.
As said before the upper part of the descent can be tricky to find if you're not following the masses. Check out the guidebook's description just in case.
By alpinista83
From: San Francisco, CA
Sep 21, 2010
My partner and I gumbied up with a successful summit, car-to-car in 17 hours about two weeks ago. The 17 hours included getting lost, taking breaks, searching for a hat of sentimental value and talking to campers hanging out on the upper saddle. If you're confident that you know where you're going, you can do the whole thing in 12 hours.
No need to bring your climbing shoes if you're only doing the Upper. We were comfortable doing it all in hiking boots. If you want to go uber light for the rack, I'd take one yellow alien, one BD .5, 1, 2 and one alpine draw for a pin on the friction pitch.
We free solo'd 80% of the route, and I am not a free soloist. We roped up for two or three moves, here and there, and then coiled. Roped up for "the jump", most of the friction pitch, half of the v-slot pitch and an exposed move, here or there before the top.
It bears repeating, the approach can be tricky if you are an unprepared idiot like we were. We didn't read or receive beta before going, so yeah, we deserved to get lost.
From the car until the caves, if you are questioning whether you are on the trail, YOU ARE OFF THE TRAIL! Fun! The approach is super well defined and beaten. Once you see the river, the path goes right along it.
We were even misled by a ginormous cairn, which belonged to the guided company. What we thought was the upper saddle was actually the lower saddle. From the guides' base camp, we still had about 2 and a half hours before reaching Wall Street. The eye of the needle and "chockstone/chimney" were not identifiable to us until the descent. Try not to get tunnel vision and get frustrated that you can't find these supposed "remarkably" distinct features. They didn't seem so distinct when we finally spotted them.
Despite our fumbling around, we were happy to beat the storm that was rolling into the Tetons. After the two rappels, we took the same descent back down to the upper saddle and back down again via the fixed lines. We weren't sure about a different way down through the gully. We were tired; we went with what we knew.
Make sure to bring a camera. The views were.. breathtaking. That, or maybe it was the altitude for me.
By Daaave
From: SLC, UT
Feb 7, 2011
|My friend and I climbed in two days last August, we camped in luxury in the meadow but watched everyone we passed hiking up keep going and camping higher. From the meadows to lower saddle took an hour hike in the morning, getting off trail and boulder hopping in the moraine in the dark. We hit the wallstreet as the light was getting perfect, soloed most of the route only placing three pieces in total when simul climbing. From meadows to summit, back to meadows for lunch and packing up to car was 12 hours moving pretty fast passing every party we climbed with. Don't underestimate the size as we did on our first alpine route.
By Teton Climber
Jun 19, 2011
|At 50, I hike & solo free climb this route in under 10 hours on my worst day and that's with bad knees, etc. That's the round-trip time from Lupine Meadows. I skip the rap to the Upper Saddle. Given the record round trip time of just over 3 hours, I'm not winning any races but I'm not wasting my time lugging a heavy pack, either. Go fast and light and you'll have more fun. Guide for Solo Free Climbers
By Christian West
Oct 13, 2011
rating: 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
|We simul climbed the whole thing really fast. It was really fun passing groups going up the faces sometimes to pass them if I remember correctly. Awesome route! Such a classic
By Ryan N
From: Bellingham, WA
Aug 22, 2012
|Did this route in the beginning of August 2012. Weather was great. The information that I thought would be usefull that I didn't find was the descent route via Owen Spaulding. The raps off OS were pretty easy to find just stay with the weakness in the rock and you will naturally end up in the sergents chimney. A single 60 m rope gets you to a ledge you can downclimb. Then head left again taking the weakness to the final double rope rap. Look for chains about waist height. Did this with 60m doubles and got to the base fine. then you can see the obvious upper saddle head for it. Once you start down the obvious gully below the upper saddle the hike becomes very scree. There's not an obvious trail. The guide book says to stay right which seems wrong until you find very intermittent cairns. After they run out I thought I was going to cliff out. I just kept with it following the weakness and eventually got to the needle. I can't stress enough that the descent seems wrong while your doing it but once you get to the needle the trail appears and it becomes obvious.
By Fink Fink
From: Jackson, WY & Bozeman, MT
Sep 11, 2012
No need for two ropes to do the rappels--just one 60.
At the main rappel station, DON'T rap off the bolts (which is 40m). Instead, rap off the giant boulder slung with climbing ropes 6 feet to the right of the bolts, and head south (climber's right / skier's left) as you rappel. A 60m will make it with ~3-4 feet to spare. Sounds sketchier than it is.
The new Teton Rock Climbs guidebook by Aaron Gams states this as well.
By 54lamar
Jun 16, 2013
|'79, solo, 10 1/4 hrs parking lot to summit to ranger station, sneakers, snickers, water and extra clothes just in case. Carried an ice-axe to the lower saddle, should have left it in the car. Now that I'm older and my joints hurt, I'm thinking that slower descents would probably have been a good idea. But, what the hell, everybody hurts when they get old.
By claytown
From: Boulder, CO
Jul 14, 2013
Tons of beta pictures at this link
By Floridaputz
From: Oakland Park, Florida
Jul 29, 2013
|I just climbed this again after 13 years. Much easier route finding this time. Prefect weather, and a good partner allowed for maxium fun. I recommend staying at the moriane camp if not doing this Car to Car.
By Matt Schroer
From: Logan, Utah
Aug 1, 2013
|Classic line with exhilarating exposure and stunning views the whole time. I highly suggest doing this one as light as possible: carrying an ultralight rack, rope up when needed, then solo the rest. Otherwise, you are in for one long day.
By EricV Volk
From: Woodbury, MN
Aug 4, 2013
|Just completed this Yesterday! Absolutely amazing experience. Started and ended at the parking lot. If you are a competent climber, don't bother belaying all the pitches. Such perfect weather. Careful, the night before got to the high 20's with some wind.
By Ty Morrison-Heath
From: Bozeman, MT
Sep 1, 2013
rating: 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
Awesome climb in an awesome setting! Expect a long day and try to pack light. I brought .5-1 c4's and a half rack of nuts and it felt ample. We simuled the whole climb and it took around an hour and a bit to go from Wall Street to the summit. Can be climbed with a 60 meter rope if care is taken on the last rappel to go to skiers left and not down the crack.
For map nerds here is a GPX file of the approach and climb that can be imported into most GPSs. There is some multipathing in areas so the track is not exactly on route all of the time but it is usually not off more than ~20 meters except near Wall Street where it is off by ~150 meters.
And for everyone else here is a KML file that can be opened in Google Earth and oogled at. Same accuracy standards apply as the GPX file.
By DJ Reyes
From: Northern Nevada
Aug 4, 2015
I climbed the Upper Exum last Thursday car to car in 16 hours. What an awesome day! This was my first time on the mountain and my partner and I got lost a time or two, but probably lost no more than an hour in total.
We left the Lupine parking lot at 2:45 am and got to the boulder field in the dark and got off track there. In the daylight The path was much easier to discern, but still not great. Not really many cairns on the trail like I would have expected. It seems that every boulder field has it's own number of braided pathways through it due to no main trail being marked. Keep that in mind if it's your first time. It seems to me that the fragile ecosystem would be better served with a well delineated trail; especially above the fixed rope onto the area of the lower saddle.
At our pace, which I would classify as somewhat relaxed, we reached the summit at 1:00 pm. We brought a rope and minimal gear and used only a piece, if that, per pitch. If I were to do it again I would leave the gear behind. We basically soloed the route anyway. BTW, the friction pitch was for me the crux of the climb and I just ended up dragging the rope behind on that section.
Great route and quite a memorable day.
By Keith Leaman
Oct 29, 2015
|Today, I posted 3 photos of the climb which we did in 1968 with Perry-Mansfield climbing students and staff. On the trail down, we had the honor of meeting and later having dinner with Paul Petzoldt and a few of the NOLS leaders. Great memories!
By gdalias
From: Colorado
May 6, 2016
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
|We did this unguided. My party got way off-route, climbing the ridge to the west of the Friction Pitch and above the Golden Staircase, and missing the V Pitch. Don't do this: not recommended.
By Gee Double
Sep 11, 2016
|Exum Ridge.
By Gary G Park
Nov 28, 2016
|Having done the Upper Exum, the Owen-Spaulding, the NW Arete of Sir Donald (Selkirks) and the West Ridge of Mt. Stuart (Cascades), it seems to me that the historic Grade II is a bit misleading. I certainly would elevate it to a III based on overall length, commitment, difficulty, complexity and difficulty of the descent. FWIW.
By Teresa Bieber-Rehsi
Jul 23, 2017
|Summited last week with perfect weather conditions!!! There is quickly melting snow in many places before you reach the lower saddle. Made for a wet and slippery hike. Friction pitch was the most challenging pitch when fatigued but the average climber who is conditioned to lengthy climbs and this altitude should be fine. The long descent is by far the most painful part. Mental strength gets you down. Novices should hire a guide. Too many exposures.
By tkessel
From: Windsor,CO
Jul 31, 2017
rating: 5.5 4b 13 IV+ 11 MS 4a
|Fantastic exposed route! Easy climbing and great rock for the most part, soloed every pitch but the friction and the v pitch
By SummitSender
Aug 1, 2017
|Soloing this is Cruiser. Even V Notch pitch isn't that exposed really. Down climbing OS would be a little hairy. But pack a harness and wait in line to rap with everyone else. Someone will be nice I bet. Raps off with 1 60M from 1st and 2nd station (fire Hose). RAD CLIMB!


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We are still a very inconsistent basketball team and on any given night against almost any given opponent you really don't know which team will show its face.
But no matter how you look at it going 2-1 on a 3 games in 3 nights is a good thing, it certainly beats going 1-2 or even 0-3.
Oddly enough I did not realize before the game that the bucks were also on game 3 of 3 nights as well and had to fly in from Charlotte last night. However they had to land in Chicago due to fog and drive up, not arriving till 1:30 a.m. I have no idea what time the Pacers arrived but it couldn't have been but maybe 2-3 hours before that so that is no excuse.
On this night we got the good Pacers, you know the one's who when they play like this make many of us long time observers proclaim greatness and that nobody wants to play us in the Playoffs. This is of course the opposite side of the Pacers, you know the one's that make many of us long time observers proclaim how much they suck and that we really would have been better off with a high lottery pick.
Now I know that we have been filled with a lot of gloom over the past month, and with good reason, however there is another slight trend starting to develop. We are starting to play a little better on a more consistent basis. The Suns game was just one of those times where we played pretty good but just not good enough. A stop here and a score there and we might have had a 3-0 series.
But let's just focus on tonight's game.
First and foremost I always start any and all postings whenever we play against any team coached by Scot Skiles by stating my admiration for him as a coach. Since Larry Brown finally lost his mind prior to getting put out of the league I believe Scot is the best coach in the game. Now to be honest he has some very stiff competition by Thibadeau up in Chicago & of course our very own Frank Vogel, but till further notice I still believe Scot is the best. The fact that he can take that train wreck of a roster and have them winning 7 of their previous 8 games prior to our game is just unbelievable. When Scot was a player (yes sadly I'm old enough to remember him as a Pacer) he was the kind of player who would bite you rather than let you get around him to score. While the Bucks don't defend at the level I am used to his teams defending he still has them trying to.
At the end of the day the Bucks are just too small. Yes they will be able to win some regular season games but under no circumstance do I think they can do any kind of damage in the playoffs. They might win a game or two but that is only because they have a punchers chance. Our starting shooting guard is as tall as their center.
That doesn't mean that they aren't talented and it doesn't take anything away from the victory, it's just an observation that if that club is ever going to do anything they are going to have to make it so poor Drew Gooden, who is playing out of his mind good for them, doesn't have to face the 7'2" Roy Hibbert or Dwight Howard. Vnzla told me on twitter and I agree with him, the Bucks need to really pursue Chris Kaman in the off season.
Ok, enough about them.
Let us once again bask in the glory that is the Indiana Pacers.
The word for tonight is efficiency.
As a team we shot 51.2% from the field & 58.3% from the three point line. More often than not when you shoot that well you are going to win, obviously the Suns game was the other side of that but for now we will all just pretend like that game didn't happen.
But the one thing that I want everyone to circle the date on the calendar for is this. We more than doubled the Bucks from the free throw line. We shot 38 free throw shots to their 18.
Remember at the beginning of the season when we were really good? Remember what some of us were just gushing over, well besides the fact that we were actually rebounding, playing tough, not chucking three's like a Gatling gun and Satan was not attempting to spread his evil over the masses from our sidelines. We were thrilled because we were out shooting our opponents from the line and doing it quite often.
You do that when you only take 12 three point shots. You do that when your small forward attacks the rim and doesn't settle for a jumper. You do that when both of your backup guards drive the lane.
I know that the opponent wasn't really that tough on the interior but let's just go ahead and say it, during this game we played smash mouth basketball. There was a real concerted effort to attack the rim and take it inside.
The night was also not without its comic relief either. We had in the matter of a few min. Mike Dunleavy blocking a shot like he was Ben Wallace to then turn around and channel Rick Mahorn and lay out Tyler Hansbrough by being the enforcer. I fully expected the next sequence of events would be for George Hill to flip the ball out to Lou Amundsen who would rise up and swish a three.
Overall though this was just another game where we came together and the sum was greater than the parts as several players played good to great games and the team overall was just a juggernaut.
Let's do the Good the Bad & the Ugly.
The Good:
Very tempted to just say the entire team and leave it at that but that would be cheap.
David West: He set the tone early. He very intentionally took the ball down in the painted area and made Ilyasova attempt to guard him, which he could not. I like him as a good young player (hard to imagine he is only 24) but he just could do absolutely nothing against the girth and width of David West and the fact that West can hit that nice mid range shot did not allow him to back off of him. Even when West missed he was making the defense react to him so both Danny & Roy could get in place for offensive rebounds. He also had 7 boards to go along with his 15 points and a block.
Roy Hibbert: Just absolutely befuddled Gooden all night long, which btw is no real shame to Drew. Roy has two things going for him in this matchup. 1. He is actually pretty good when he is on, God knows we've all seen enough of Roy when he is not on to know that he in theory could have trouble here. But when he is actually good Roy and on, Drew Gooden has no hope in hell of stopping him. 2. He is 7'2" tall and you can't teach that. At best Gooden is 6'10" (I don't know or care what he is listed at he is no taller than either West or George) and he just could not even reach the ball when Roy held it up.
Danny Granger: The single most impressive thing for Danny tonight was that he made a very concerted effort to drive the ball and not settle for the jumper that he can get at almost any time. His reward for doing this, he got to shoot 10 free throw shots hitting 9. That is something you want to see from him every game if you can. Also he just kills me when he does that dribble between the legs pull up for a jumper move. Like he is Michael Jordan or something, fortunately for everyone involved (well minus Delfino) he made the shot. Also for those of you keeping score at home Danny Granger had 15 points on the night and Monta Ellis had 11 and the Pacers won again. At this rate I believe that Danny and the team would welcome playing whatever team Ellis is on at least 10 times a year.
George Hill: Assassin. George just came in and became Kano on the Bucks and ripped out their hearts. He all but shut Jennings out of the game once he was on him on one end and just scored at will on the other end. BTW Collison did an excellent job on Brandon as well tonight. I know he is supposed to be a good player but I swear that I have never seen the guy have a good game. Anyway back to George he was just on a murderous rampage in the second half, which is good considering he didn't play worth a crap the two previous games.
Darren Collison: I'm going to go ahead and throw him a bone here because even though the numbers don't show it I think he had a very good game. For once his defense didn't make me want to gouge out my eyes and his speed came in so handy that Jennings had to foul him because he couldn't keep him in front of him, which made me question if this was opposite day.
Dahntay Jones: To add insult to injury to those who like Monta Ellis, ahem you know who you are, Dahntay outscored him as well. For whatever reason he was on a mission to score tonight and when you hit 3 of 5 from three point range I guess you earn the right to take a few shots. Solid play on both ends of the floor and he was rewarded with extended min.
The Bad:
Hard to say that anybody really played bad for us but if there was one player who you would say didn't have the best of games it would be Paul George. This is about 3 or 4 games in a row now that he has got into some foul trouble and turned the ball over more than you would care to see happen. I'd like to say that his defense held firm but he only got to play for 14 min. tonight so it's hard to say.
Monta Ellis: For a guy that someone compared to Derrick Rose & LeBron James in his ability to score he sure hasn't scored much vs. the Pacers. Or if he has then I guess that makes Danny Granger Michael Jordan.
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The one truly great thing about this win was that it made it so we didn't have to suffer a three game losing streak as we are going to face the Heat mercifully for the last time on Monday.
I don't have to have a win, I don't even have to have a loss of 5 points or less. But for the love of God could we please make certain that we don't get put away in the 1st quarter.
Hey who knows though we might catch a break and they will rest the big three thinking that they can take us without them.


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Escondido City Council members say they plan to appoint a city resident — instead of holding a special election — to fill the vacancy created when Councilwoman Marie Waldron was elected to the state Assembly.
Residents interested in serving the final two years of Waldron's council term can apply for the job next week through Dec. 3, Mayor Sam Abed said, adding that an appointee would probably be chosen during the Dec. 12 council meeting.
Applications will be available at escondido.org and City Hall, 201 N. Broadway.
Council members said last week that making an appointment was the right choice because a special election would cost roughly $500,000.
Several residents have lobbied the council to appoint Don Greene, who finished third in a race for two open seats Nov. 6 behind re-elected incumbents Olga Diaz and Mike Morasco.
Diaz, an ally of Greene, has expressed support for appointing him. But the rest of the council — Abed, Morasco and Ed Gallo — said they want to review all the applications before deciding.
"We had great success last time," said Abed, referring to the council's appointment of Morasco in 2010 to fill the last two years of Abed's council term when he was elected mayor. "We want to give the opportunity to everybody to apply and get the most qualified people for the position."
But the process wasn't smooth when the council chose an appointee in 1998.
That time, it took three rancorous meetings for the council to choose someone to serve out the term of Lori Holt Pfeiler when she was elected mayor.
The process was so contentious that the district attorney's office eventually launched an investigation into possible "backroom" deals between two council members and the appointee, Jerry Kaufman.
Nothing came of the investigation, but it created lasting turmoil on the council.
But in 2010, Morasco was unanimously chosen from a pool of 25 candidates who applied and answered a long questionnaire, which sought information about their backgrounds and their stances on a variety of issues and proposed projects.
And because Abed, Morasco and Gallo are strong allies with similarly conservative views on most subjects, it's unlikely the council would deadlock on an appointee this year.
Morasco said last week that he enjoyed the process two years ago and was optimistic it would work well in 2012.
"It stimulated interest from over two dozen individuals in 2010 who might not otherwise have participated," he said.
While the appointee will have to go through a rigorous process, it would seem to be less difficult than running for office. Getting a seat on the Escondido council typically requires raising $25,000 from donors and spending hundreds of hours campaigning.
Waldron, who served 14 years on the council, said last week that she probably attended her final council meeting Oct. 17 without realizing it.
She missed Wednesday's meeting because she was in Sacramento for Assembly training, and the council's next meeting is scheduled for Dec. 5 — two days after she's scheduled to be sworn in to the Assembly.
"I was hoping to attend one more meeting, but the scheduling prevented it," she said.


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Heart and Skeletal Muscle Problems in Neuroacanthocytosis
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The purpose of this study is to learn about heart and skeletal muscle problems related to neuroacanthocytosis (also called Mcleod's syndrome and Levine-Critchley disease). This inherited condition causes problems of blood, brain, heart and muscle function. About 60 percent of patients have an unusual heart muscle abnormality that increases the risk of sudden death. Although the molecular (genetic) changes responsible for neuroacanthocytosis have recently been identified, the heart and skeletal muscle problems are not well understood. This study will try to correlate the specific genetic abnormalities with the clinical features of the disease and identify possible causes of sudden death.
Patients and first degree relatives of patients with neuroacanthocytosis 18 years of age or older may be eligible for this study. Participants will be admitted to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center for 2 to 5 days for the following tests:
- Electrocardiogram - to measure the electrical function of the heart
- Echocardiogram - uses ultrasound to measure heart thickness and detect heart vessel obstructions
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - uses a magnetic field and radio waves to provide pictures of the heart for measurements of muscle thickness and muscle function
- Exercise testing on a stationary bicycle - to measure and record symptoms during exercise, exercise duration, heart rate and blood pressure, oxygen consumption and aerobic threshold
- Holter monitoring - uses a device attached to the chest for continuous recording of heart rhythms
- Blood tests - to look for muscle damage, to exclude other causes of muscle disease, and to perform DNA (genetic) testing
- Neurological consultation - to test muscle function, coordination and tests of certain brain functions such as memory and concentration
Patients with evidence of muscle disease may also undergo a muscle biopsy. This is done under a local anesthetic and possibly small amounts of sedation. A small area of skin over a large arm muscle (biceps) is numbed, a short incision is made and a small sample of muscle tissue is removed for microscopic examination.
Patients with evidence of heart disease may also undergo the following additional tests:
- Cardiac catheterization and electrophysiological study - to determine the extent of heart disease and study abnormal heart rhythms. Cardiac catheterization is done under mild sedation. The groin is numbed with an anesthetic and catheters (thin plastic tubes) are inserted and passed through the blood vessels into the chambers of the heart. Pressures inside the heart are measured and pictures may be taken of the heart arteries. During this procedure an electrophysiology test may be done to study abnormal heart rhythms.
- Cardiac biopsy - to examine heart muscle tissue. This may be done at the end of the cardiac catheterization. Small samples of heart muscle are obtained using a fine instrument passed through the catheter in the groin.
Family members who do not have signs of heart or muscle disease will only undergo non-invasive tests. All participants will be given the results of all tests and treatment options will be discussed.
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|Study Type:
|Official Title:
|Characterization of Cardiac and Skeletal Myopathy, Risk Evaluation, and Phenotype-Genotype Correlation in Patients With Neuroacanthocytosis
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2000
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2003
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Patients of either gender, aged greater than or equal to 18 years, with previously diagnosed NA or with clinical features consistent with that diagnosis.
First degree family members of either gender, aged greater than or equal to 18 years, of patients with NA and relatives proven to be heterozygous for the disease genotype.
Positive pregnancy test.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00007228
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|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|NCT00007228 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 15, 2000
|Last Updated:
|March 3, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Sudden Death
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Movement Disorders
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
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The Genetic Investigation of Reproductive Disorders (Including Kallmann Syndrome)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the genetic basis of reproductive disorders.
|Kallmann Syndrome Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Precocious Puberty
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|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
|Official Title:
|The Genetic Investigation of Reproductive Disorders (Including Kallmann Syndrome)
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Kallmann syndrome central precocious puberty familial male-limited precocious pubertyU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Nelly Pitteloud, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- rare sequence variant(s) in gene(s) [ Time Frame: 1 year (ongoing if no variants are identified) ]The investigators aim to discover genes associated with reproductive disorders by identifying rare sequence variants (mutations) in patients
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- functionality of identified rare sequence variants (mutations) [ Time Frame: 1 year (following variant identification) ]The investigators will use a variety of scientific approaches to assess the functional impact of the identified rare sequence variants (mutations)
- mode of inheritance [ Time Frame: 1 year (following variant identification) ]The investigators will examine family pedigrees and study family members to determine the inheritance patterns (how the disorder is transmitted in the family)
- genotype-phenotype correlation [ Time Frame: 1 year (following variant identification) ]The investigators will study the phenotypic spectrum (how the disorder presents clinically) in patients with identified rare sequence variants (mutations)
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
whole blood, serum/plasma, white blood cells, DNA
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2022
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|March 2022 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Patients with reproductive disorders will be recruited for: specimen collection (DNA/serum/plasma), completion of medical questionnairre, smell testing, and review of medical records.
Family members
Family members of patients with reproductive disorders will be recruited for: specimen collection (DNA/serum/plasma), completion of medical questionnairre, and smell testing.
Detailed Description:
The World Health Organization estimates approximately 10% of couples experience some sort of infertility problem.
In humans, puberty is the process through which we develop reproductive capacity. Disorders of puberty have provided insight into the biology of reproduction and genetic technologies have enabled us to deepen understanding in this field. The focus of this study is to better understand the genetic control of puberty and human reproduction.
Increasing understanding of the molecular basis (genes) of inherited reproductive disorders may enable investigators to:
- improve diagnostic testing and treatments for these problems
- develop new diagnostic tests and therapies for patients
- enhance counseling for patients and families with reproductive disorders
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Study participants will be a convenience sample of those patients with reproductive disorders (and their family members) who are interested in participating in this genetic study.
Inclusion Criteria:(any of the following conditions)
- hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
- Kallmann syndrome
- adult-onset hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
- hypothalamic amenorrhea
- polycystic ovarian syndrome
- primary gonadal failure
- precocious puberty
- family members of the above groups
Exclusion Criteria:
- acute illness/hospitalization
- pituitary tumors
- iron overload (hemochromatosis)
- infiltrative diseases (sarcoidosis)
- chronic alcohol abuse
- illicit drug use
- anabolic steroid abuse
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01601171
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01601171
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|Contact: Cheng Xu, MD
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
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Keywords provided by Nelly Pitteloud, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois:
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Miraoui H, Dwyer AA, Sykiotis GP, Plummer L, Chung W, Feng B, Beenken A, Clarke J, Pers TH, Dworzynski P, Keefe K, Niedziela M, Raivio T, Crowley WF Jr, Seminara SB, Quinton R, Hughes VA, Kumanov P, Young J, Yialamas MA, Hall JE, Van Vliet G, Chanoine JP, Rubenstein J, Mohammadi M, Tsai PS, Sidis Y, Lage K, Pitteloud N. Mutations in FGF17, IL17RD, DUSP6, SPRY4, and FLRT3 are identified in individuals with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 May 2;92(5):725-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.04.008.
Villanueva C, Jacobson-Dickman E, Xu C, Manouvrier S, Dwyer AA, Sykiotis GP, Beenken A, Liu Y, Tommiska J, Hu Y, Tiosano D, Gerard M, Leger J, Drouin-Garraud V, Lefebvre H, Polak M, Carel JC, Phan-Hug F, Hauschild M, Plummer L, Rey JP, Raivio T, Bouloux P, Sidis Y, Mohammadi M, de Roux N, Pitteloud N. Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with split hand/foot malformation: a clinical entity with a high frequency of FGFR1 mutations. Genet Med. 2015 Aug;17(8):651-9. doi: 10.1038/gim.2014.166. Epub 2014 Nov 13.
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|Nelly Pitteloud, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Service, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
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|NCT01601171 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|May 15, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 6, 2016
Keywords provided by Nelly Pitteloud, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois:
GnRH deficiency
cleft lip
cleft palate
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Kallmann Syndrome
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Puberty, Precocious
Pathologic Processes
Gonadal Disorders
Endocrine System Diseases
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Menstruation Disturbances
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Disorders of Sex Development
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A Handy Guide for Judging the GOP Wave by the Numbers
Political analysts of all stripes are attempting to forecast how many seats the Republicans will win in the next Congress. But that isn't the only — and certainly not the most sophisticated — way to measure the size of the Republican wave of 2010 that will break ashore Tuesday. After the jump are 10 factors designed to gauge not just how many seats the Republicans win, but how deeply the GOP cuts into historically Democratic territory, how much their performance has improved compared to 2008, and how much strong GOP candidates are helping weaker candidates elsewhere on the ballot.
In addition, the following factors take into account several layers of government — not just Congress, but also the governorships, the state legislatures and state attorneys general.
The intention is to give a genuinely broad-based measurement of how thorough the Republican domination of 2010 turns out to be.
Each of the 10 factors comes with a sliding scale of points that are awarded to the Republicans based on how impressive their record of victories is in the election. The idea is to tally up the points from all 10 questions and measure them against a composite scale to determine how large the wave is. The ranges of point values were constructed so that the midpoint represents roughly what would happen if the leading handicappers are correct. The outer ranges of the point scales represent what would happen if one party or the other runs the table with competitive seats.
Political junkies, sharpen your pencils. Here we go:
1. How many Democratic-held House seats does the GOP seize in states won by Barack Obama?
This calculation should give a good indication of how much Obama's presidency has been a burden on Democratic lawmakers in relatively friendly territory.
As of Oct. 20, political handicapper Charlie Cook rated 13 Democratic-held seats in states won by Obama as Likely Democratic, 24 as Lean Democratic and another 28 as Toss-Up.
0-9 seats: 0 points
10-19 seats: 1 point
20-29 seats: 2
30-39 seats: 4
40-49 seats: 5
50-59 seats: 7; 60+ seats: 9
2. How many GOP-held House seats do the Democrats flip?
If the Democrats can flip at least a handful of House seats, it will be an indication that there's an anti-incumbent undertow to this wave, rather than just an anti-Democratic sentiment. Cook rates three Republican-held seats as Lean Democratic, one Republican-held seat as a Toss-Up and five Republican-held seats as Lean Republican.
9+ seats: 0 points
6-8 seats: 1 point
3-5 seats: 2
1-2 seats: 4
0 seats: 6
3. How many more House seats in the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic states does the GOP hold after the election than before it?
As the GOP's Southern flavor has intensified in recent elections, the party's hold on congressional seats in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions has dwindled to just 16 House seats out of 89 in the region. Can the GOP gain ground this year even in such challenging territory?
States are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland.
No change in seats: 0 points
Increase of 1-4 seats: 1 point
Increase of 5-9 seats: 2
Increase of 10-14 seats: 4
Increase of 15-19 seats: 5
Iincrease of 20-24 seats: 7
Increase of 25+ seats: 9
4. Cumulative percentage points that 2010 GOP Senate candidates in competitive races exceed John McCain's percentage in states that Obama won in 2008.
For instance, if McCain won 45 percent of the vote in a certain state in 2008, and if the Republican candidate for Senate wins 52 percent in the same state in 2010, it counts as a seven-point improvement. Add up the improvement in all the states in this calculation to get a composite total. This factor and the following one should quantify how much difference it makes to Republicans to be running in a more favorable political climate, especially in states where Obama and other Democrats ran well in 2008.
States are: California (McCain won 37 percent), Colorado (McCain won 45 percent), Connecticut (McCain won 38 percent), Illinois (McCain won 37 percent), Indiana (McCain won 49 percent), Nevada (McCain won 43 percent), New Hampshire (McCain won 45 percent), Ohio (McCain won 47 percent), Pennsylvania (McCain won 44 percent), Washington state (McCain won 41 percent), Wisconsin (McCain won 43 percent). However, we won't calculate Florida, since the results could be misleading as a three-way race.
Less than 60 cumulative percentage points: 1 point
60-70 cumulative percentage points: 2 points
70-80 cumulative percentage points: 3
80-90 cumulative percentage points: 4
90-104 cumulative percentage points: 6
105-119 cumulative percentage points: 8
120+ cumulative percentage points: 10
5. Cumulative percentage points that 2010 GOP Senate candidates in competitive races exceed the performance of 2008 Senate GOP candidates running in the same state.
States are: Colorado (Republican won 42 percent in 2008), Illinois (Republican won 29 percent in 2008), Kentucky (Republican won 53 percent in 2008), New Hampshire (Republican won 45 percent in 2008), West Virginia (Republican won 36 percent in 2008).
0-19 cumulative percentage points: 0 points
20-39 cumulative percentage points: 1 point
40-49 cumulative percentage points: 2
50-59 cumulative percentage points: 3
60-69 cumulative percentage points: 5
70+ cumulative percentage points: 7
6. In how many states does the GOP win a competitive Senate race and competitive gubernatorial race?
This factor gauges whether there's a strong correlation between Republican victories in Senate races (which are heavily subject to the national political environment) and gubernatorial races (which are more apt to be shaped by statewide factors). States are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin.
0-1 states: 0 points
2-3 states: 2 points
4-5 states: 4
6-7 states: 6
8 states: 8
7. How many governorships does the GOP win in states won by Obama in 2008?
This is another factor that gauges how deeply ingrained Republican victories are in relatively unfriendly territory.
Obama-won states with competitive gubernatorial races in 2010 are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin.
0-3 governorships: 0 points
4-6 governorships: 1 point
7-9 governorships: 2 points
10-12 governorships: 3
13-15 governorships: 4
16-18 governorships: 6
19-20 governorships: 8
8. How many of the following blue-state governorships occupied by Republicans can the GOP hold onto in 2010?
If the GOP is able to maintain the governorships in such moderate-to-liberal states as these, it will be a sign that Republicans have benefited from a strong tide. But if the Democrats succeed in flipping these seats, it would show the limits of GOP gains in more challenging territory for the party.
Governorships are of California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont.
0 governorships: 0 points
1 governorship: 1
2 governorships: 2
3 governorships: 3
4 governorships: 5
5 governorships: 6
6 governorships: 8
9. How many Democratic-held legislative chambers is the GOP able to flip?
If the national anti-Democratic trend pushes an especially large number of legislative chambers into the GOP column, it will be a sign of how deep the wave reaches, because legislative contests are often local and state-based.
5 or fewer chambers: 0 points
6-9 chambers: 2 points
10-13 chambers: 3
14-17 chambers: 4
18-21 chambers: 6
22-25 chambers: 7
26-29 chambers: 8
30+ chambers: 9
10. How many of the following competitive state attorney general races are won by the Republican candidate?
If the Republicans can flip a large number of attorney general races — contests that are ordinarily pretty well removed from national trends — it will be a good indication that the GOP wave is significant. AG races are: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island.
0-1 AG races: 0 points
2-3 AG races: 1 point
4-5 AG races: 3
6-7 AG races: 4
8-9 AG races: 6
10-11 AG races: 7
12-13 AG races: 8
Composite score for all 10 factors:
0-10 points: Very disappointing wave
11-24 points: Disappointing wave
25-39: So-so wave
40-52: Decent wave
53-65: Strong wave
66-77: Very strong wave
78+ points: Massive wave
Louis Jacobson, a staff writer with PolitiFact.com, has handicapped state and federal races for publications that include the Cook Political Report, the Rothenberg Political Report, Roll Call, stateline.org, Governing, PoliticsPA.com and the St. Petersburg Times' Buzz blog. He can be reached at email@example.com. This article originally ran in the Perspective section of the St. Petersburg Times on Sunday.


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Republicans are getting an early start attacking U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, a Democrat representing the 7th District since 1997.
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