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Mount Thielsen Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: Standard route Date Climbed: July 5, 2003
|Great day to climb this peak. Not a cloud in the sky and tremendous views in all directions. I must admit to being a little intimidated at first by the last 80 feet but finally made the effort to stand on the summit after being prodded by fellow summitposter rfbolton who went right up it with no hesitation. The register is a lead pipe with bits of paper scraps stuffed in it and a red pen inside. I'm not sure how long entries will last as it is a sketchy set up. .
|Posted Jul 6, 2003 2:21 am
|Route Climbed: West? - Standard Date Climbed: August 2002
|Easy hike in. Last few hundred feet are a little hairy, loose rock slabs. The pinnacle is easy class V, the group I was with didn't rope up but a group ahead of us placed protection -- it feels fairly exposed. The weather was beautiful, hot. Bring lots of water and sunscreen if you climb during the summer.
|Posted Feb 6, 2003 4:33 pm
|Route Climbed: W Ridge Date Climbed: Several
|Great peak. Several summits of this mountain including a winter attempt thwarted by overhanging snow cauliflowers 50 ft. shy of the summit.
|Posted Nov 22, 2002 1:00 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: October 27, 2002
|Fun climb - we did it twice over the weekend. Last pitch of rock is fun with no real exposure and easy climbing. Weather seemed much better on the mountain both days in the morning, with clouds rolling in around noon-2pm.
|Posted Nov 17, 2002 6:00 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 23, 2001
|A gorgeous day to climb, lots of scree near the top, a fun scramble the last few feet for the summit.
|Posted Oct 20, 2002 8:41 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: September 2001
|Both Mary and I hiked to the PCT on a beautiful day in September. We took a short break and started up the climbers trail. We had packed our rock climbing gear and a rope and just before the saddle we decided this was just taking too much gear. Especially after speaking with some climbers who passed us, we left our equipment stashed on the way up. Once we gained the saddle and scoped the summit pinnacle we started our scramble. The pinnacle was very easy climbing and unexposed. You can stay in between boulders and the handholds are large. Down climbing was only a bit more challenging. This is a great mountain to sharpen your teeth on.
Don't forget to sign the summit log.
|Posted Oct 19, 2002 1:33 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 22, 2000
|Large good holds on pinnacle made unprotected solo ascent non-scary.
|Posted Oct 18, 2002 9:10 am
|Brian Jenkins
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 25, 2002
|My most satisfying solo climb to date. Dramatic looking mountain. Had the mountain to myself until right before I got back to my car. Car to summit back to car in under 5 and 1/2 hours. Summit pinnacle was easier than I expected. One or two fifth class moves but the majority was 3rd and 4th class I thought. No need for a rope. Climbed it in just a few minutes. Downclimbing was easy. Summit register was missing the cap and it was just scraps of paper inside so no chance to sign it. Clouds rolled in as I summitted but views were nonexistent below me anyway due to the wildfires. Couldn't even see Diamond Lake. Got down quickly as I wanted to avoid that whole "lightning rod of the Cascades thing." Saw about 700 freaking chipmunks on the trail and one huge wild turkey. Awesome climb. Would like to go back and do the McLaughlin Memorial route up the west face. Fun!
|Posted Aug 27, 2002 5:18 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: July 5, 2002
|Great day! First Group to summit as we got an early start in order to beat the heat. Passed many a hiker/climber on the way down. Only wished I would have taken care of my hot spots on my heels a little earlier! Nothing like raw meat, however got to dip them in Diamond lake before the drive to Smith Rock.
|Posted Jul 9, 2002 12:54 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: June 16, 2002
|We hit snow just after the 2 mile mark on the way up, and the trail disappeared! Route finding to the west ridge was very straight forward. We set up camp by the PCT junction with a great view. Stay close to the ridge above timberline to avoid very loose, steep talus. Summit block is an easy climb, but unless you enjoy exposed downclimbing bring a rope.
|Posted Jun 19, 2002 1:24 pm
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 1997
|Awsome climb/hike to the summit. It is a great short and fun climb that only takes about 1/2 a day.
The summit boulders are pretty exposed, but you can manage without a rope. However, I would not recommend it for people who are not used to climbing.
|Posted May 18, 2002 5:14 am
|Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: August 96 or 97
|Slept on the saddle just below the summit pinnacle. Climbed up in the predawn light to see the sunrise from the summit. The needle shadow is something to see. Another guy came up about an hour later, and while we were hanging out we saw a helicopter dip below the rim of crater lake and never come back up. We were some of the last people to see that chopper before it crashed into the lake.
|Posted Mar 29, 2002 6:28 am
|Route Climbed: west ridge Date Climbed: summer 94
|I agree with dshoe about the rope. At least take one.
I might not have used mine on a nice day, but the wind was screamin and I was glad I had one for the way down.
|Posted Feb 1, 2002 6:16 pm
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Route Date Climbed: 06-17-01
|This climb/hike is probably one of my most favorite that I have done so far. It is definitely "short and sweet!" Round-trip took about 6 hours. Some nice third class scrambling just below the "saddle." Despite my better judgement, went ahead and climbed the summit block without a rope; can honestly say that I probably would not do it again without one. The views from the top are awesome, and the experience is grand, but the consequences of what could happen on that last 80 feet or so, unroped, are not really worth it.......................................In other words, no matter how good you think you are, you would be very wise to take a rope.
|Posted Dec 21, 2001 10:04 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: June 97
|I enjoyed the last steep section of the climb & the summit was pretty neat, being it was so small. Had a good time camping & hanging-out at Diamond Lake, we also had to play tourist & check-out Crater Lake.
|Posted Nov 2, 2001 3:00 pm
|Route Climbed: West ridge Date Climbed: 8-25-01
|Climbed with (and took summit photo of) "Hammer". The climb was pretty straight forward. I enjoyed it, and would do it again, but its a hell of a long drive.
|Posted Sep 19, 2001 10:37 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 25, 2001
|Great climb with the Chemeketan Climbing Club. Great views of Crater Lake, Diamond Lake, and of the Sisters Complex to the North.
Our Climb went well with my uncle leading the summit pinnacle. I think if I was to do it again I would free climb it and save the weight of the rope. Some however might freak with the down climb.
|Posted Sep 19, 2001 5:26 am
|Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: August 4,2001
|Last 100 feet on Northeast ridge. Route moves to East with great exposure as you near the summit. A bit much for unaided climb. Can see into Crater Lake from summit.
|Posted Aug 24, 2001 9:42 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: May, 1992
|This was my first class 3 scramble and scared the pants off me. But Eric and I felt like brave mountaineers after overcoming our initial fear and climbing the summit blocks. Great little volcanic needle with excellent holds.
It was this view from Crater Lake that got our attention as we drove north, and literally climbed this on a whim. It's hard to just drive by without it getting your attention.
|Posted Aug 21, 2001 11:32 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge Date Climbed: June 17, 2001
|After hiking most of the way up on the West Ridge, I took the NW (?) ridge for the last hundred feet to the summit. It came in at about 5.4 or so on pretty solid rock. Great exposure!
From the summit you can see all the way south to Mount Shasta and all the way north to Mount Jefferson. Quite impressive.
|Posted Jun 29, 2001 9:29 pm


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First WIMP search results from the Large Underground Xenon experiment
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), was cooled and filled in February 2013. An overview of the experiment and detection techniques will be provided followed by results of the first WIMP search dataset, taken during the period April to August 2013, presenting the analysis of 85.3 live-days of data with a fiducial volume of 118 kg, demonstrating the path to the world-leading sensitivity of the LUX experiment.
Star Formation in a Galactic Context
Gas accretion from the cosmic web and its transformation into stars drives the evolution of galaxies. Consequently, the formation of molecular clouds and then stars are significant steps in our cosmic origins. Understanding these processes in a galactic context represents a major, long-standing goal of astronomy. New facilities across the spectrum, including ALMA, at last give us the tools to identify the physical drivers of these processes across the galaxy population. I will discuss our current knowledge and future prospects focusing on three key steps: the emergence of a molecular interstellar medium, the formation of dense gas within this medium, and the formation of stars from this dense gas. Each of these processes represents a limiting step across a key part of the galaxy population, from dwarf galaxies to starbursts. In particular, I will show how an interplay of metallicity and gravity drives the molecular abundance and show how dense, turbulent superclouds drive the enhanced efficiency in starbursts. Finally, I will highlight the exciting prospects for rapid progress in this field using the awesome spatial resolution and sensitivity to physical conditions of the next generation of long wavelength instruments.
The chemo-dynamical structure of the Milky Way
Observations of the structure and dynamics of different stellar populations in the Milky Way's disk provide a unique perspective on disk formation, evolution, and dynamics. I will review our current knowledge of the chemo-orbital structure of the disk and its implications for our understanding of how the Milky Way formed and evolved. In particular, I will show recent results from a dissection into mono-abundance populations (MAPs) of the Galactic disk based on SDSS/SEGUE data. These results show that the individual components are simple, but exhibit very different spatial and kinematic structure, with important implications for the formation and evolution of the Milky Way's disk. I will further present a new dynamical measurement of the MW's surface density between 4 and 10 kpc, obtained by rigorous 3-integral modeling of the vertical kinematics of MAPs. Combined with the latest measurements of the MW's rotation curve, this allows us to separate the disk and halo contributions to the gravitational potential and to measure the mass of the MW's stellar disk.
Assessing the Role of Stellar Feedback from Small to Large Scales
Stellar feedback has a profound influence in many astrophysical phenomena, yet it is often cited as one of the biggest uncertainties in galaxy formation models today. This uncertainty stems from a dearth of observational constraints as well as the great dynamic range between the small scales (<1 pc) where feedback occurs and the large scales (>1 kpc) of galaxies that are shaped by this feedback. In this talk, I will show how multiwavelength observations can be used to overcome these challenges and to assess the role of many stellar feedback mechanisms (e.g., radiation, photoionization, stellar winds, supernovae, protostellar outflows, and cosmic rays). I will present results from the application of this approach to a variety of sources and discuss the implications regarding the dynamics of star-forming regions. Finally, I will highlight the exciting prospects of using current and upcoming facilities to explore feedback in the diverse conditions of nearby galaxies and to probe the effect of feedback on molecular gas properties.
Very High Energy Photons from Distant Blazars and the Potential for Cosmological Insight
Gamma-ray blazars are among the most extreme astrophysical sources, harboring energetic phenomena far beyond that attainable by terrestrial accelerators. These galaxies are understood to be active galactic nuclei that are powered by accretion onto supermassive black holes and have relativistic jets pointed along the Earth line of sight. The very high energy photons emitted by these extragalactic sources are detectable with ground based imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescopes such as VERITAS. As these photons propogate extragalactic distances, the interaction with the diffuse starlight that pervades the entire Universe results in a distance and energy dependent gamma-ray opacity, offering a unique method for probing photon densities on cosmological scales. These galaxies have also been postulated to be potential sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, a theory which can be examined through the deep gamma-ray observations of sources which probe moderate gamma-ray opacities.
Chasing the Cosmic Dawn with 21 cm Tomography
Realizing the promise of 21 cm cosmology to provide an exquisite probe of astrophysics and cosmology during the cosmic dark ages and the epoch of reionization has proven extremely challenging. We're looking for a small signal buried under foregrounds orders of magnitude stronger. We know that we're going to need very sensitive, and thus very large, low frequency interferometers, which present their own set of difficulties. And, as I will explain, we're going to need a rigorous statistical analysis of the maps we make to extract interesting cosmological information. I will discuss the steps we've taken to overcome these obstacles with prototype data from the Murchison Widefield Array by isolating foregrounds to a region of Fourier space outside a clean ''epoch of reionization window.'' Additionally, I will present some of most recent and exciting predictions for what 21 cm cosmology can tell us as we move to larger telescopes and higher redshifts.
Axions and Moduli in Cosmology: from the Primordial Epoch to Galaxy Formation
Axions and Moduli are ubiquitous in theories of beyond the standard model particle physics, in particular those containing SUSY and/or extra dimensions. The mass scales of these particles are unknown and so priors are important and can be motivated by various considerations, including naturalness, least information, or even within string theory. When masses span a large range, so do the cosmological phenomena produced. In this talk I will explore two aspects of the physics of axions and moduli with relevance to cosmology and astrophysics. Firstly, I will discuss the generation of perturbations in dark matter and dark radiation during and following inflation, and how, using CMB data, these constrain the inflationary epoch and SUSY. In the second half of the talk I will discuss late time dark matter phenomenology of axions. Ultra-light axions can behave as "Fuzzy" dark matter, and imprint a characteristic scale on structure formation. For a particular range of masses this scale is relevant to the small-scale problems of cold dark matter, and can out-perform a warm dark matter solution. I will close with discussing future prospects from data and challenges for theoretical techniques.
Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background: Past, Present and Future
From its discovery 50 years ago through recent measurements of its fine angular scale anisotropy, the study of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) has led to surprises and spectacular progress in our quest to understand the origin, make up and evolution of our universe. We now have a standard cosmological model, LCDM, that fits all cosmological data with only six parameters -- although tensions in the data are beginning to surface. Far from being the last word in cosmology, the model points to exciting times ahead using the CMB to explore new physics, i.e., inflation, dark matter, dark energy, neutrino masses and possibly extra relativistic species, or dark radiation. This talk will review the current status of CMB measurements, with an emphasis on recent results from the South Pole Telescope, and discuss ongoing work and future plans for increasingly sensitive polarization and fine angular scale anisotropy measurements.
Cosmology with Lyman-alpha forest
I will discuss recent results from measurements of the Lyman-alpha forest in the spectra of distant quasars by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III). Our main success to date is detection of the baryon acoustic oscillation feature at z ~ 2.4 in the three-dimensional correlation function of the transmitted flux fraction. This result is derived from a sample of ~60k quasars in Data Release 9. In a striking confirmation of the standard cosmological model, the position of the baryonic peak is measured with 2% statistical and 1% systematic error and is consistent with the LCDM model. Pending permission from the collaboration, I will present results for the ~140k high redshift quasars in the Data Release 11. In addition and somewhat unexpectedly, we have also detected BAO in the cross-correlation between Lyman-alpha forest and quasar positions. Combination of low and high-redshift BAO measurements allow us to put non-trivial constraints on the cosmological model without inclusion of the CMB data. Finally, I will mention some of the other developments: measurement of the 1D power spectrum of flux fluctuations, first measurements of the Lyman-beta forest power spectrum and renewed efforts to simulate the intergalactic medium responsible for the forest.
Excess of Diffuse Gamma-ray Emission from the Inner Galaxy: Bubbles, Jets, and Dark Matter
Our analysis of data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope revealed a pair of large gamma-ray bubble structures, named the Fermi bubbles, each extending ~10 kpc above and below the Galactic center. I will present new results using five years Fermi-LAT data and multi-wavelength observations of the Fermi bubbles in X-ray, microwave, and radio, including updates from dedicated observations. New observations help us to distinguish hadronic from leptonic origin of the cosmic-ray electrons emitting gamma-ray/radio emission, and constrain the magnetic field within the Fermi bubbles. I will also show our numerical simulations which demonstrate that the bubble structure could be evidence for past accretion events and outflow from the central supermassive black hole. Furthermore, we recently found gamma-ray evidence for large-scale collimated jet-like structure penetrating through the bubbles from the Galactic center, which might provide further evidence of a past activity in the Galactic center. We have proposed to change the survey strategy of Fermi to increase the exposure at the inner Galaxy by more than a factor of 2. This new survey strategy has been initiated since December 2013 and will last for at least one year. I will end up with a discussion of future gamma-ray space missions.
Science with CMB Spectral Distortions: a New Window to Early-Universe Physics
Since COBE/FIRAS we know that the CMB spectrum is extremely close to a perfect blackbody. There are, however, a number of processes in the early Universe that should create spectral distortions at a level that is within reach of present day technology. I will give an overview of recent theoretical and experimental developments, explaining why future measurements of the CMB spectrum will open up an unexplored window to early-universe and particle physics, with possible non-standard surprises but also guaranteed signals awaiting us.
Measuring the Power Spectrum of Dark Matter Substructure with Gravitational Lensing
The abundance of substructure within dark matter halos surrounding galaxies has been an area of intensive study for over a decade. Quantifying the small-scale structure of dark matter halos, which is influenced by the spectrum of primordial density fluctuations and the micro-physics of dark matter, can allow us to probe multiple areas of fundamental physics. Observationally, however, very little is known about the true abundance and the structure of dark matter sub-halos. In this talk, I will discuss the promising prospects of using ALMA and the recently discovered populations of strong gravitational lenses in mm/submm-wave surveys (SPT, Herschel, ACT, Planck) for mapping the small-scale structure of galaxy halos. In particular, I will show that we can measure the power spectrum of dark matter substructure by analyzing the correlations in perturbations of strongly lensed images. I will show that the large number of discovered lenses and the spectacular power of ALMA paint a bright future for a robust characterization of the small-scale structure of dark matter halos.
The Weak Lensing Signal and Clustering of SDSS-III CMASS Galaxies
Weak gravitational lensing is a powerful tool to understand how galaxies populate dark matter halos. In this talk, I report a weak lensing measurement of SDSS-III/CMASS galaxies, which is a luminous, high redshift (z~0.5), spectroscopic galaxy sample. For this analysis, I use the publicly-available CFHTLenS galaxy catalog for shapes and photometric redshifts of source galaxies. After performing systematic tests carefully, I find a highly significant detection of the CMASS weak lensing signal with signal-to-noise ratio of 28. Combining with clustering signals, I fit a halo model to the measurements. Based on this result, I will discuss details of matter properties of the CMASS galaxies such as stellar mass and halo concentration. In addition, I will introduce preliminary results of cosmological constraints obtained by combining the lensing and clustering measurements.
The first three years of AMS-02 experiment on the International Space Station
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a precision large-acceptance high energy particle detector which was successfully deployed in 2011 on the International Space Station (ISS) where it will operate for the next decades. To date, the detector has collected over 40-billion cosmic ray events. Among the physics objectives of AMS are a search for the understanding of Dark Matter, Antimatter, the origin of cosmic rays and the exploration of new physics phenomena. An overview of the operations and performance of the AMS-02 detector as well as the results based on data collected during the first three years of operations in space will be presented.
Seeking Gravity and Light from Binary Supermassive Black Holes
In a major merger, two supermassive black holes will meet at the center of the merger remnant. Before their eventual coalescence, the giant black hole pair endures prolonged interaction with its environment, which may produce electromagnetic emissions. If observed, these would represent direct probes of late-stage merger dynamics, and could provide a smoking gun for gravitational wave emitters detectable by "Pulsar Timing Arrays".
No small-orbit binary systems have yet been conclusively confirmed. We are investigating the use of both electromagnetic observations and Pulsar Timing Arrays to constrain, support, or disprove the binary SMBH hypothesis in current candidate binary systems. We will present results from ongoing searches for binary supermassive black holes, and will consider the prospects of Pulsar Timing Arrays to place physically interesting gravitational wave limits on target systems.
Towards a first measurement of pp neutrinos in real time
The Sun is fueled by a series of nuclear reactions that produce the energy that makes it shine. Neutrinos produced by these nuclear reactions exit the Sun and reach Earth within minutes, providing us with key information about what goes on at the core of our star. This talk presents progress towards the rst measurement of pp neutrinos in the Borexino detector, which would be the rst direct real-time measurement of pp neutrinos independent of other experiments. This would be, furthermore, another validation of the LMA-MSW model of neutrino oscillations. In addition, it would complete the spectroscopy of pp chain neutrinos in Borexino, thus validating the experiment itself and its previous results.
Supernova neutrinos at present and future underground detectors
A core collapse supernova is a very powerful source of ~ 10-20 MeV neutrinos. In the extreme environment of the collapsing star, the phenomenology of these neutrinos is very rich, and, in many respects, unique. I will first review the theory of neutrino emission and propagation inside a supernova, with focus on the physics of neutrino oscillations. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss what fundamental properties might be learned from future detections of supernova neutrinos. I will emphasize the potential of studying the diffuse flux of neutrinos from all the supernovae in the universe. This flux is constant in time and therefore it is a guaranteed signal at a detector of mass 0.1 Mt or higher. It also offers a unique possibility to study the whole population of supernovae, including those with failed or very dim explosions.
Planck Data Reconsidered
We re-analyse the Planck data and find that the 217GHz x 217GHz detector set spectrum used in the Planck analysis is responsible for some of the tension between the Planck parameters and other astronomical measurements. We will describe our map-based foreground cleaning procedure, which relies on a combination of 353 GHz and 545 GHz maps to reduce residual foregrounds in the intermediate frequency maps used for cosmological inference. While in broad agreement with the results reported by the Planck team, the parameters we obtain using our foreground cleaning imply a universe with a lower matter density of Omega_m=0.302 +- 0.015, and parameter values generally more consistent with pre-Planck CMB analyses and astronomical observations. We compare our cleaning procedure with the foreground modelling used by the Planck team and find good agreement. The difference in parameters between our analysis and that of the Planck team is mostly due to our use of cross-spectra from the publicly available survey maps instead of their use of the detector set cross-spectra which include pixels only observed in one of the surveys. We show evidence suggesting residual systematics in the detector set spectra used in the Planck likelihood code, which is substantially reduced for our spectra.
Weighing the Giants: Accurate Weak Lensing Mass Measurements for Cosmological Cluster Surveys
Surveys of galaxy clusters provide a sensitive probe of cosmology by measuring the evolution of the halo mass function. With a number of surveys at optical, millimeter, and X-ray wavelengths on-going or starting in the near futures, cluster count experiments will be one the most important cosmological probes over the next decade. However, none of the typical survey observables (X-ray luminosity, optical richness, SZ flux) directly measures the cluster mass. Already current cluster surveys are systematically limited by uncertainties in the relation between cluster mass and observables. Cluster weak lensing is the most promising observational method to calibrate the mass scaling to the required precision, but requires the control of systematic errors to a few percent each. I will review our "Weighing the Giants" project to measure accurate individual weak lensing masses for the largest sample of clusters to date, and discuss its first cosmological applications for cluster count experiments as well as the baryonic mass fraction test.
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U.S. District Judge John Tharp said federal law requires the corps to keep shipping channels open between Lake Michigan and at least one of the Chicago waterways. The judge said he was aware of the potential harmful effects of the Asian carp, but the proper way for the states to physically separate the network of lakes and rivers from Lake Michigan would be through Congressional action.
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Judge Tharp said he would consider new arguments if the states file the case again.
Scientists say if the carp make it into the Great Lakes, they could severely damage the seven billion dollar fishing industry.


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Growing Up: "Big Boy" Rooms
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They hardly seem like "big boys" at age 2 or 3, but that is generally the age when parents consider making tweaks and changes to nurseries to accomodate the evolving interests and needs of their child. Earlier, we looked at 10 of our favorite "big girl" rooms from the past year and here's their counterpart, 10 "big boy" rooms:
• Niko's Antique Toys Toddler Room
• Jeremiah's Nursery Grows Up
• Evan's Overseas Big Boy Room
• Malcolm's "Fit for a Gentleman" Room
• James' Little Explorer Room
• "Little Mr. Man's" Hand-Me-Down Room
• Steady Winds in Phillip's Sailor Room
• Gabe's Rustic Retreat
• Sky's Cozy Big Boy Room
• Green & Navy Big Boy Room
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It's heart-breaking to look at all these kids rooms and think of the now vacant ones in CT. AT should do something to commemorate or at least acknowledge what's happened there. With a nation in mourning it hardly seems right to go on talking about how to decorate children's rooms.
Does anyone know the brand or style of the bed? It looks perfect!
Donkenzie, I truly appreciate the sentiment, it is heartbreaking to think of all those empty rooms. I am sure everyone at AT is just as saddened by recent events as all of us readers. But we all go on loving our children, and it's OK if that includes reading design blogs and decorating our kids' rooms.
dearmisha, I totally agree! I just meant that a post about it would be thoughtful.
In the top room (Niko's blue room)? The bed is a kura from IKEA.


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Where were you born? Any interesting stories connected with your birth?
I just think it would be fun to hear the answers, particularly given our international community. I was born at Kaiser Hospital, on Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood, California. A famous street in a famous place. The reason it was Kaiser is that my dad was a Los Angeles schoolteacher, and all the Los Angeles city employees had Kaiser Healthplan medical benefits.
If you like, you can say when you were born, and what things were like back then, although here in the States some think it's rude to ask a woman her age.
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Jun 27 2013: I was born in 1961, on the beginning day of the great bengali festivity of Durgapuja. I was born in home through a trained midwife at a place named Garbeta in West Bengal, India. I am not sure what festivity my birth brought in the family, as my father was just joining civil services in Calcutta giving up his job as a teacher while my mother was taking vacation from her studies to help my coming to this world. India, a young nation (14 years into independence) was having romantic misadventure under Nehru and less than under one year from my birth she would see herself engaged in Sino-Indian war learning a bitter lesson.
On account of a mistake my umbilical cord was clamped in such way as to trap some air within, which would later appear as a pump horn making squeaky noise each time my mom would massage it. To my young mother's misery and fun of other family members this episode continued for several months until a good neighborhood doctor would release me and my mother of the post natal indignation.
"I think your son is a communist," the doctor would say jokingly. In the early sixties Communist Party of India would ultimately break into two giving birth to Communist Party of India (Marxist) just after Sino-Indian war. They were the most noisy people around then just like my squeaky navel.
Jun 27 2013: Hey squeaky.....nice story:>)
I was born the youngest of 8 children, and I was born 9 years after the other 7. My mom was 43, and thinking that she was beyond childbearing age.....HA....tricked her! My father came home from the war (WWII), and here I am:>)
My mom was in the garden when she went into labor for me......we went to the hospital.....did our thing.....and went back home to the garden. I like to say I was born in the garden, and I've had gardens ever since:>)
Jun 27 2013: When it comes to the numerical aspect - I was born first of the ninth son and the ninth daughter :D Kind of interesting and fun to tell.
Unfortunately, I was born at a hospital, not a garden, bet hey...define a garden! But most of us are born at hospitals nowadays. More stories to tell here :)
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Jun 30 2013: Thanks, Colleen!
"Interesting numerical aspect Anna!
Define a garden......how about earth? So, maybe you WERE born in a garden:>)"
I was born at a hospital, 2 weeks after the so-called 'term', born too slow. My mother was in labour for days, but she managed it. My father was away. After having me my mom was sent home to the village where we lived, she lived above a village school that only had one classroom. She didn't have electricity or heating, just me, herself and the fact that my dad will come back. When he did (he travelled a lot, working), he came with oranges and gifts, almost like a santa claus. We didn't always have oranges then, it was a difficult time.
As I said, a lot more stories to tell.
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Watch on as our own Annie, Gina, and Willow, with the guidance of our dance captain (and intern), Samm, pick up — or at least mostly pick up — Queen B's killer choreography. Next stop: the Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. After all, life is but a dream, right?
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Mexican superstar singer Luis Miguel got burned playing the Bal Harbour real estate game this year.
A little!
Miami-Dade County property records show the singer of La Incondicional bought a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo at the new Bal Harbour North South building next to the St. Regis Resort in June.
According to the records, El Sol paid $1.95 million for the two-bedroom condo.
He sold it in October to a Philadelphia woman for $1.87 million.
What gives? Isn't the market recovering?
"It was an investment property," said Realtor Julian Johnston. "He never intended to use it because he just got a bigger yacht and that's where he stays when he comes to Miami."
The singer, 43, can be found in these parts two or three times a year for some R&R.
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From getting the party going in places like LIV or Story and into the real estate business is a jump that well-known Miami Beach nightlife impresario Tommy Puccio is doing matter-of-factly.
Got to give to "Pooch," his business plan's a doozy: He's hiring some of his favorite nightclub hostesses and bottle girls to market the properties he wants to sell.
"I put together a really good-looking team," Puccio says about his new T Pooch Realty. "I'm hiring my bottle girls [whose jobs are to push expensive bottles on well heeled patrons in nightclubs] as 'marketing consultants.'
"Of course, they're not Realtors, so they can't show houses or negotiate. But they can get leads because they meet these guys who come here on vacation.
"I'll send those who are successful to get trained so their can get their license."
Thing is, Pooch doesn't have his license either.
But he partnered with Paul King, who works the Sunny Isles Beach area.
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio is among a slew of celebrities scheduled to descend on Miami this week for the revelry, and shopping opportunities, of Art Basel.
Tuesday, DiCaprio was spotted at the balcony of his suite at the Soho Beach House in dark sunglasses with hat low on his brow.
Also at the hotel: Hollywood uber-producer Brian Grazer ( 24, A Beautiful Mind, Rush) and Gerard Butler, who was spotted getting very friendly with a pretty fan poolside.
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Its newscasts scored clear wins in several time slots for the prized audience of adults 25 to 54.
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We are hearing from the woman who was instrumental in picking the OJ Simpson jury. And she's been watching the Jodi Arias case closely.
"I don't think that process will be a very fast process," says Jo-Ellan Dimitrius.
Jo-Ellan Dimitrius knows juries. She helped pick the jury that acquitted OJ Simpson in 1995.
She believes the jurors deliberating on the 5th floor of the courthouse in Phoenix are well aware that their decision could lead to Arias getting the death penalty.
"Anybody in any situation is going to take that very slowly and weed through all of that information."
Dimitrius travels the country helping attorneys select jurors. But unlike other states, jurors in Arizona can ask questions.
"Jurors being allowed to ask questions is a tremendous advantage to both sides because you know a little more about the mindset of the jury."
Dimitrius believes the questions the jurors asked Arias during her days on the stand showed many of them doubted her story.
"Very clearly they were tuned into her manipulative ways."
The jury has had its share of drama too. Two jurors who were kicked off the case came back to court as spectators.
"It says that they are so captivated by what is going on, they want to see it through to closure."
Dimitrius feels the jurors are going to take their time but eventually convict Arias of first degree premeditated murder.
"These folks are in no hurry. They get to sit through the most sensational trial Arizona has had in a very long time and they get to be paid for it."
In Arizona, a juror on a long trial can get paid up to $300 a day. It all depends on how much income the juror is losing by being part of a long trial.
By the way, in the OJ trial, jurors deliberated for less than four hours before finally acquitting him in the murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Nurses Who Love Their Jobs.
I talked to two nurses who love their jobs today. You know how great that is when you hear stories about somebody who genuinely loves what they do? Of course you do.
Laura is an ER nurse who happened to float to the unit today. She's a vivacious (no really, that's the word) brunette, a little shorter than me, bright brown eyes. Very cute, roughly my age. She doesn't mind these messy ICU train wreck patients, and she can obviously handle them. But what she loves best is "keeping as many balls in the air as I can at one time." That's her talent and her love: juggling this that and the other thing and taking care of lots of different people with unexpected medical problems. She talked with enthusiasm about managing chaos. That's what she takes pride in....the ability to think fast, think on her feet and to react quickly to things.
And it makes her happy. How cool is that?
Sariah is a nurse who was finishing up hemodialysis on one of my patients when I came on shift. Sariah has coffee brown eyes, and she wears a modest scarf to cover her head. Her manner is always calm and soothing, unhurried. She loves to teach...anytime I've asked her a question about the workings of the dialysis machines, she's been wonderful about stopping and thoroughly explaining things to me. Now, I've been sending out feelers for other additional job opportunities, so I thought I'd ask her about what she does. I love CRRT...maybe I would like doing dialysis on an occasional basis. She really perked up when I asked.
She's been doing dialysis for over 30 years, she said, having started in general ICU. What she loves is knowing pathophysiology deeply and understanding that when she assesses a patient pre-treatment and finds a K+ of 9.0, she watches the change in the T wave on the EKG lead as she treats the patient, watches it improve as the dialyzer filters. She listens to the patient's lungs after she begins treatment and hears improvement, sees their breathing become easier, more relaxed. Dialysis is easy, she says! You should apply! It's wonderful to be involved in watching a patient improve, and so many of them recover so well after transplantation. She just glowed and it was obvious the great joy she gets from directly helping patients get better.
That was just so. Awesome.
And you know what? I'm having a great night. It totally set my night. Because I gotta tell ya...I LOVE ICU. I love sick as snot patients, people that have complex crisis needs. There's not a patient I take care of that isn't in the midst of a big turning point in their lives. They're not only sick but afraid, and in the midst of hard decisions. I love that I need to understand extreme pathophysiology: not that I don't have volumes to learn, I most definitely do. But I know that the body is likely to break in a handful of ways, and I know how to start getting a handle on those things emergently. There's always ways for me to learn more deeply. The deeper I learn, the better care I can provide for my patient clinically, and the better help, reassurance and knowledgeable resource I can be for families.
Laura was telling me that I'm a "good ICU nurse" because I'm "obviously a control freak". I was telling her that I love doing CRRT, really enjoy tweaking this drip to change the central venous presure here, futzing with the dialysis rate to improve this lab here, focusing on ONE patient at a time, and understanding that patient comprehensively and completely. Knowing their history, understanding the messiest of pathophys. Love it.
I'm good in a crisis situation, too....last night both of my patients had severe respiratory decompensation within the first hour of my arrival: one got reintubated, the other CPAP. I can do that. But unlike the ER, I don't want to leave those patients after the initial crisis is past. I'm happy talking to the family members about what happened, how their loved one is, what to do now, how recovery will look.
It's silly, but I'm a clean freak, too, and I do like doin that nursey stuff and giving baths and providing that fluffy comfort too. Don't ask me to do it for seven patients in a night...(screw that), but for people THIS sick, THIS fragile and suffering THIS much... Years ago, I was in a car accident and I got a free trip in an ambulance. One thing I remember is that hours later, my parents had seen me, a few friends had seen me...and my then-roommate Kelly arrived late that night. She said, "You look like shit, man." And she wiped the blood off my face. Nobody'd even told me I had blood all over my face. I'll always remember that stupid kindness of wiping the blood off my face. That stupid kindness of You Look Like Shit Man.
I know now all about prioritizing: airway, breathing, circulation is what I do. The most important things I do. But when my patients are stabilized, none of them ever have blood on their faces or anywhere else.
(Don't tell anybody. I don't think that fussy stuff is fashionable among professional nurses anymore.) (Doesn't mean I don't love looking up new drugs I don't know to learn the pharmacological effects on blood pH and other neato stuff.)
I love my job, too.
Cool, huh? I hope you love your job, too, some days. Pass it on if you do.
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I like my patients clean, and I'm kind of poked fun at because of it. As a general baseline, I want my patients (a) breathing, (b) not falling, and (c) clean. It is a peeve of mine to walk in a dark, cluttered room and smell dirty laundry and B.O. How can a person get better in such an environment? I know it's all Florence Nightengale, but I firmly believe that hygiene is important!
- June 10, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Hey JCMJ,
I am in my 10th month of working in ICU, just out of nursing school. Its really hard. I work in a crazy-busy >40 bed ICU on the west coast and so far I know that the things I love most are 1) working through the patho "puzzle" 2) making my patients and families as comfortable as possible--although that sometimes backfires with the blood pressure gods...3)focusing on one patient (as in, one-to-ones). I come originally from a business background and ironically, I still have a long way to go on my time management skills and the whole "expedient ball-juggling" thing. Many times I get very frustrated, anxious and very discouraged. A lot of times I find myself still stuck in the "get it done" phase, and I get to savor the whole puzzle only when I get home. Luckily I work with a great team that likes to teach and is very patient with me. I may not stay in Adult critical care, but the learning experience has been great. Its nice to hear about people who love what they do...(you give me hope!)...thanks for sharing.
- June 10, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- audrey said...
I just found your blog and love it! I actually linked it on mine. I work in a nursing home as an aide and it's tough. I don't love my job, like parts of it, and I can tell you for certain my future is NOT in geriatrics. Your post definately made me sit and think!
- June 12, 2008 at 9:37 PM
- RehabNurse said...
You can really tell you're a former rehab nurse...you gotta love the whole patient, including getting the dirt off him/her.
I may never make it to the ICU, but I'd be happy to have someone like you as my nurse. If you're stable and the nurse can do it, you should be clean, too. No questions asked...clean skin, clean linens, whatever clean stuff it takes.
There is enough cr*p hanging out in hospitals, we certainly don't need to provide it a place to live on dirty patients.
Those people who are too dignified or degreed to clean need to find another job in my book! My people are not dirty if I can help it...they can refuse, but I'm gonna keep asking. Sometimes they just want to say no.
Everyone's got the right to change their minds.
- June 14, 2008 at 7:34 PM
- Trauma Diva said...
Yeah, it is nice when you kind find some RNs who aren't completely burnt out. I know, I have been there too. When burned out in the ED, rotate off and come back!
I enjoy your blog, would you mind posting a link to my little world? www.traumadiva.blogspot.com
- June 25, 2008 at 3:48 PM
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It's so awesome that you (and the other two nurses) love your job so much. I think alot of nurses (sadly) get caught up in the "I'm at work, let's get it over with" that they don't take the time to really enjoy their job.
I graduate in 28 days and have been extremely fortunate that the pediatric ER fell in love with me and has taken me under their wing. Like one of the nurses you mentioned, I thrive in chaos and am at my best when pushed to my limits so I enjoy the ER environment.
I've had good days, bad days and downright boring days during my clinicals...none that I hated but also none that I loved until I got to the ER setting (adult and child). I ended up spending so much time in the Peds ER that they requested me to do my preceptorship there (which I am doing now) and I absolutely LOVE it.
From a students point of view, I think it's very important as nurses to find somewhere we are happy and enjoy what we do and not just somewhere to get through the next 12 hours.
Now I can't imagine working anywhere other than the ER.
Great post! One that I am SO happy to read because I cannot not tell you how many nurses in the last 2 years of my training who have told me how much they hate their jobs and many who have actually told me that "it's not too late to change my mind" (about becoming a nurse)
I didn't intend this to turn into a novel but Thank You!!!
- July 5, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Lisa said...
This post is exactly what I needed to read! I have been feeling a little, okay alot, apathetic lately. But my past 2 days at work has started the fire again. I do love what I do but some days I just am too tired to remember that. Thanks for a great post that I feel I could have written but haven't had the energy to!
- July 8, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- Tex said...
Just found you.
I love my job, too.
I hate nurses that complain about their job.
Don't love it? Leave it!
Besides, I'd never want a nurse to care for me or a family member if they didn't enjoy their profession.
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- Phil Baumann said...
This post should have a Digg button. I think a lot of Diggers would love this post.
I'll be returning to the ICU in a few weeks. Your post re-freshed my interest in critical care.
Nursing can be rough, under-appreciated work, so I'm glad to hear stories about happy nurses.
Cool post! Thanks.
- July 13, 2008 at 1:32 PM
I hate nurses with a passion! They are such perverts! My God, I can't believe they get away with all the perverted things they do. I truly wish they would all die! I'm serious!
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1 package (10 ounces) frozen spinach
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I like the kid too. Problem is Blazers have an extremly bad history with Centers. The last beast at center we had was a guy named Lloyd Neal. Thar guy was not afraid of anything.
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Correction: the last beast we had at center was this Lithuanian guy named ARVYDAS SABONIS! Maybe you forgot about him...
Anyway, 8.8 mil for a #1 pick in the NBA (especially a potentially dominant center) is not much money. It's an atrocious amount of money for anyone to make, but he's relatively cheap. Actually, if he hadn't been injured, he would probably cost twice that, and don't be surprised if he gets some big offers from other teams. And we can't cut his salary because he's been injured. Would you like it if you were injured on the job and your employers took away 75% of your salary, somehow blaming you for the injury? Lawsuit anyone?
Therefore, my take on Oden is this: do your best to keep him. The team already knows how to play without him, so there's only something to gain from him getting healthy and playing next season; there's nothing to lose from him remaining inactive.
That being said. Even if GO comes back and has no restrictions on his minutes, I don't think he'll be starting over Camby. I think he and Brandon will be coming off the bench next year.
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Oden & Roy off the bench, with Batum,Nolan and Johnson.Hmmmm...perhaps.
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Dr. Shannon Hostetter's work is in the role of Shiga toxin (Stx) production and dissemination in proinflammatory cytokine alterations observed in clinically-affected patients. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a systemic complication of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, is the number one cause of renal failure in children in the United States. The goals are to 1) clarify the role of Stx in inflammation during Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection 2) identify specific interactions between Stx and neutrophils to assess the potential role of this leukocyte in Stx transport during STEC infection and 3) assess the efficacy of an oral Stx-binding agent at preventing systemic disease following STEC inoculation. The animal model used is edema disease of swine, a naturally occurring STEC disease of weaned swine caused by host-adapted strains of E. coli. Experimentally infected swine are colonized in the intestinal tract and approximately 30% of individuals develop clinical edema disease manifested by neurological symptoms due to systemic Shiga toxemia. Edema disease has been used as an animal model to study HUS based on the similar pathogenesis between the two diseases.
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Introduction to Veterinary Cytology and Laboratory Techniques (VPTH 409), 1 credit required professional course (VM3), instructor/lecturer for 6 lecture/labs (12 hours total lecture/lab time), Instructor, Spring 2010. Instructor in charge.
Clinical Pathology (VPTH 425), 4 credit required professional course (VM2). 6 contact hours weekly. Main clinical pathology course for the veterinary students in which they learn principles of diagnostic testing and interpretation of laboratory data. Approximately 120 ISU students enrolled, course telelinked to University of Nebraska Lincoln with an additional 24 students enrolled. Instructor in charge.
Clinical Pathology Laboratory Practicum (VPTH 457), 1 credit, year round. Required rotation in 4th year of professional curriculum. Instructor for rotation, 5-6 students per rotation block, 40 contact hours per rotation, average 10 rotations per year.
Pathology Case Seminar (VPTH 604), 1 credit, 2-5 students (Veterinary Pathology Residents) average, offered every fall and spring. Case contributor/lecturer for clinical pathology cases (cytology, hematology, or clinical chemistry). Semesters taught: Fall 09, Spring 10, Fall 10, Fall '11.
Independent Study in Clinical Pathology (VPTH 490x), 2 credits (one rotation block), 4th year professional student. Intensive one on one study in clinical chemistry, hematology and cytology, with emphasis on diagnostic interpretation. 60 contact hours per rotation.
A. Education
1994, Washington and Lee University, B.S. Biology, magna cum laude
2000, Iowa State University, D.V.M.
2009, Iowa State University, Ph.D. and residency in Veterinary Pathology
B. Specialty Certifications
2009 Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists – Clinical Pathology
Meyerholz DK and Hostetter SJ. Unilateral perinephric pseudocyst with hydronephrosis in a C57BL/6J mouse. Veterinary Pathology 42(4):496-8, 2005.
Meyerholz DK, Vanloubbeeck YF, Hostetter SJ, Jordan DM, and Fales-Williams AJ. Surveillance of amyloidosis and other diseases at necropsy in captive trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 17(3):295-8, 2005.
Gibson-Corley KN, Hostetter JM, Hostetter SJ, Mullin K, Ramer-Tait AE, Boggiatto PM, Petersen CP. Disseminated Leishmania infantum infection in two sibling foxhounds due to possible vertical transmission. Canadian Veterinary Journal 49:1005–1008. 2008.
Ostojic J, Hostetter SJ, Riedeisel E, Richardson-Bill R, and Jarvinen J. What is your diagnosis? Lung nodule in a dog. Journal of Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 40/1:99-100. 2011.
Burrough ER, Myers RK, Hostetter SJ, Fox LE, Bayer BJ, Felz CL, Waller KR, and Whitley E. Amyloid deposition in 2 feline thymomas. Veterinary Pathology. 2011 Mar 7. [Epub ahead of print]
S.J. Hostetter. Neutrophil function in small animals. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 42(1):157-71 2012.
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1993
Recipient, Premium for Academic Excellence (PACE) Award, Iowa State University, 1998
Phi Zeta Veterinary Medical Honor Society, 2005
Recipient, C.L. Davis Student Scholarship Award, 2006
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2007
Recipient, SCAVMA Teaching Excellence Award in the Basic Sciences, 2012
Member, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Member, American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology