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How to remove Exchange Server transaction log files
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This article also contains information about deleting the transaction log files. In a worst-case disaster scenario, you may not be able to recover all your data without the log files if the database becomes corrupted. Transaction log files provide a high level of recoverability. Therefore, you should only perform the procedure that is discussed in this article as a last resort in emergency situations if you cannot complete a full backup. A full backup permanently deletes the committed logs automatically after backing them up.
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Exchange Server database transaction logs record all changes to an Exchange Server database. Over time, these log files accumulate and use all the available disk space if they are not periodically removed from the hard disk.
Exchange transaction log files have a fixed size. For Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and all earlier versions of Exchange Server, this size is exactly 5 megabytes. When a transaction log is full, the transaction log is renamed with a numeric sequence number, and a new current log is generated.
The current transaction log is the one most recently created by Exchange Server. In Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, the current transaction log is always named Edb.log. In Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003, the current log is named with the storage group prefix. For more information, see the "Storage groups" section.
Exchange automatically removes unnecessary log files by using one of the following methods:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/147524/ )How circular logging affects the use of transaction logs
258470If any one of the following conditions is true, the transaction log files will increase in number until the hard disk drive space is exhausted:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258470/ )How to modify the circular logging setting
Note For the purposes of this article, "removing" a transaction log file means moving that transaction log file to another location where the transaction log file can be backed up, stored, or deleted, depending on your requirements. For the purposes of this article, "deleting" a transaction log file refers to the kind of removal that does not let you to back up or restore that transaction log file.
Manually removing transaction log files that are not requiredTo correctly remove excess transaction log files, follow these steps:
Database statesIf an Exchange Server database has not been shut down correctly, the database remains "attached" to its transaction log stream. This means that not all the data from the transaction log file has been secured to the database files. During the next startup of the database, Exchange Server detects this condition. Exchange Server then applies the missing data to the database files. If the log files that contain this data are not available, the database cannot be started.
When an Exchange Server database is shut down correctly, that database "detaches" from its transaction log stream. In this situation, the database does not require the previous transaction log files when that database next starts. However, these log files could be useful if a backup or an earlier version of the database were to be restored. The log files will be used to roll the database forward from the time of backup. Therefore, transaction log files should not be permanently deleted until you are sure that you will not want to replay them into an older version of the database.
Before you manually remove any transaction log files, you should determine the state of any database that used the particular transaction log files. In this situation, determine the "attach" or "detach" state of each database that used the particular transaction log files. You can determine whether a database is attached or detached by examining the database file header by using the Eseutil utility's /MH command switch. For example, run the following command at a command prompt where database_name is the name of the database that you want to examine:
eseutil /MH database_nameFor example, to examine the Mailbox Store (Server1) database, type
eseutil /MH "Mailbox Store (Server1).edb"Note To examine the header of a database by using the Eseutil command, the database must be stopped.
After you run this command, examine the State value in the header information that appears. The State value provides the following information about whether the database has been correctly detached:
Sometimes the capacity of both of the reserve transaction log files might be exceeded. This causes all the databases in the storage group to be stopped in a Dirty Shutdown or Inconsistent state.
Warning If you run out of disk space on the transaction log drive, the databases may not be able to shut down cleanly. If one or more of the databases are in a Dirty Shutdown or Inconsistent state and if you delete all the transaction log files in order to free disk space, no databases in the affected storage groups will be mountable again without being repaired or restored. You must not delete log files that are still required by one or more of the databases.
Storage groupsExchange Server databases are organized into storage groups. A storage group is a set of databases that share a single transaction log file stream. In Exchange Server 5.5, there is a single Information Store storage group that contains up to two database files. These two database files are named Priv.edb and Pub.edb respectively. Additionally, Exchange Server 5.5 contains a single Directory Service storage group that contains a single database file that is named Dir.edb.
In Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003, there is no Directory Service storage group. In Exchange 2000 Server and in Exchange Server 2003, there can be up to four Information Store storage groups per server. Each of these storage groups can contain up to five databases. The names of these databases are configurable by the administrator.
If the transaction log drive becomes full, all databases in the storage group will be stopped immediately. When you start any database in a storage group, the state of all databases in the storage group is checked. Any required transaction log file replay is performed together for all databases before the first database can start. Transaction log file replay operations and events generally apply to all databases in a storage group, not to an individual database.
Important You should verify that each database file is in a Clean Shutdown or Consistent state. One or more databases in a particular storage group may be correctly detached even though another database in that same storage group is not correctly detached. Do not assume that all databases in a storage group are in a Clean Shutdown state based on the state of the first database that you examine.
Note For Exchange Server 5.5, you must examine each database that is contained in a single .edb file by using the Eseutil command. For Exchange 2000 Server and for Exchange Server 2003, each database is divided into two files. The two files are an .stm file and an .edb file. Examine the state of both the .stm file and the .edb file by using the Eseutil command.
Log filesTo determine which transaction log files are required by the databases in a particular storage group, follow these steps.
For Exchange Server 5.5Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
For Exchange 2000 Server and for Exchange Server 2003
Note The Log Required field may report a range of one log, but the corresponding numbered log file cannot be found. For example, The Log Required field may report a range of 28221-28221, but the log file that is numbered 28221 cannot be found. This can occur if the checkpoint is in the most recent log file. The most recent log file is always named with only the storage group prefix. For example, the most recent log file may be named E01.log. Until this log is full and until a new log is generated, the file name of the current log does not include the log sequence number.
You can verify the actual internal sequence number of the current log file by viewing the log file header by using the following Eseutil command:
eseutil /ML log_prefix.logFor example, if the log prefix is E01, use eseutil /ML E01.log. The lGeneration field of the log file header reflects the actual sequence number of the log file.
If you must restore an Exchange Server database from a backup, and if you want to recover the Exchange Server database without losing data, you must also restore all the transaction log files that were created after that backup was performed. If there is a break in the sequence of the transaction logs, you cannot roll forward past that break. In this situation, you must remove all the higher-numbered logs after the break. This includes the current log file.
Note Even if all the databases in a storage group are in a Clean Shutdown or Consistent state, you should not remove the most recent log file. If you remove the most recent log file, a new set of log files is generated, starting with the sequence number 0x000001. This new set of log files will prevent an Exchange Server database from a previous backup from being rolled forward.
For more information about how to repair an Exchange Server database, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893083/ )Top support issues for the Exchange information store
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Ba'al-Hamon (Punic: lbʻl ḥmn,[1] "Ruler of a Crowd or Multitude") was the chief god of Carthage. He was a deity of sky and vegetation, depicted as a bearded older man with curling ram's horns.[2] Baʿal Hammon's female cult partner was Tanit.[3]
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Ba'al-Hamon (sometimes written Ba'al-Hammon, Ba'al Khamon, or Baal-Ammon) was a place mentioned in Song of Solomon 8:11. It was the location of a productive vineyard owned by Solomon, who let out the vineyard to tenants, each of whom was to bring him a thousand silver shekels. The locale has been supposed to be identical with Baal-gad, and also with Hammon in the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:28). Others identify it with Belamon, in Central Palestine, near Dothaim. Some have suggested that it is not to be taken as a literal place, but a figurative indication to the wealthy realm over which Solomon ruled.
See also[edit]
- ^ Дьяконов И. М. Языки древней Передней Азии. Издательство Наука, Москва. 1967.
- ^ Brouillet, Monique Seefried, ed. From Hannibal to Saint Augustine: Ancient Art of North Africa from the Musee du Louvre. Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University: Atlanta GA, 1994.
- ^ Carthage, a history, Serge Lancel, p195
- ^ Moscati, Sabatino (2001). The Phoenicians. Tauris, p. 132. ISBN 1-85043-533-2
- ^ "Carthaginian Religion by Roy Decker". About.com. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ Robert E.A. Palmer, Rome and Carthage at Peace (Franz Steiner, 1997), pp. 63–64.
- ^ Carthage, a history, Serge Lancel, p197
- ^ Walbank, Frank William (1979). A historical commentary on Polybius, Volume 2, Clarendon Press, p. 47
- ^ Edward Lipinski, Dictionnaire de la civilisation phenicienne et punique (1992: ISBN 2-503-50033-1).
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I'm sitting on the edge of the bed. The room is dark, filled with the sound of flesh smacking flesh and throaty "ahhhhhs." Next to me are huddles of middle aged men, standing, pants-off, half-hard. I'm sitting upright, purse in lap feeling a bit overdressed.
In front of me is a triple set of couples, all in the doggy-style position, fucking in front of a mirror. Guy on girl, guy on guy, guy on girl. The earthy smell of anal sex filters the air.
It's a swinger party. Or "lifestyle party" if you prefer. But something here is different. This party is Chicago's first and only all bisexual lifestyle party. Usually, guy on guy sex is sort of not allowed.
I'm here undercover, doing a story for Gapers Block (click for entire story) In the lifestyle, I've learned, male bisexuality is taboo. Just like on TV or in small towns or high-schools.
I admire bisexual men. Not only do I find them strong and courageous and cool but I have a thing for them. They're my "type." Or, everyone is secretly bi and I just pull it out of the guys I date. Okay, I don't *really* believe that, but because I'm bi, I tend to assume everyone else is too.
With swingers, female-bisexuality isn't just encouraged, it's expected. But why is male bisexuality feared? Is it because we associate homosexuality with taking on a female role? A silent patriarchal ban on men acting like women? In ancient Greece, homosexuality was permissible–only when the man was in the "top" role.
At the party, one woman said what set the bi party apart from the regular parties was that it's a bit more aggressive. At most parties, women have control and men are less active in initiating. But in this space where men hit on other men, testosterone flourishes. I didn't feel unsafe, but I did feel this vibe. The guys were there to play, and it felt like a celebration of male sexuality. Is that why we are so scared of their bisexuality? I wondered Is it because we condemn and dismiss male sexuality as a whole?
This woman's husband was the bottom-half in the guy-on-guy scene. I asked him, why the taboo? "Honestly, I think it is leftover from AIDS and the big scare that caused in the '80s. I think since then we've had this fear of male bisexuality, not female bisexuality."
As homosexuality is no longer erased, it seems bisexuality would adjacently become acceptable. But I think that homophobia hasn't gone anywhere, it's instead pushed inside. Even the squarest, straightest people know it's not cool to gay-bash. Instead of "you're a fag" it's become "well that's okay for you, I guess, but I'M NOT gay."
This makes exploring bisexuality kinda impossible. It takes a lot of self-awareness and courage to probe the fact that you might be bisexual and much more to come out (and play.)


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The Honor Flight program needs donations now more than ever.
The program pays for veterans to see the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. built in their honor.
More than 30 World War II veterans from Spokane will land on the east coast Monday night to visit our nation's capitol.
In the past, Honor Flight received donated airline tickets from Southwest. Those tickets are no longer available so it costs about $1,000 for each veteran to take the trip.
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Now that LMFAO is on temporary hiatus, Sky Blu , the younger member of the duo, is ready to step out solo. He's offering his first solo album, Rebel Music, as a free download on July 4, and he says the music you'll find on it is different from the party rock anthems he and his uncle Redfoo created.
"I truly believe there's a song for everybody on this record because it's very eclectic," Sky explains. "I mean, so many people are telling me, 'Man, that's a very broad record you're putting out.' And I said, 'Hey, man, I'm an artist and I want people to know that.'"
So far, Sky has released several singles from this disc, including "Pop Bottles," "Salud" and "I Want to Party." But even though all those songs seem to involve drinking, Sky, whose birth name is Skyler Gordy , says, "I don't want people just to take me for, you know, just being part of one genre."
"Yes, my group is that. And it represents a lifestyle and it represents a whole party rock genre," he explains. "But who I am as a person...I live life. I experience things. I go through ups and downs, and so I express them creatively and artistically. And that's what's on my record."
He adds, "I'm funny and I am going through human stuff."
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New Yorkers can get a bad rap for their in-your-face attitude, but when it comes to the service industry, they may be the friendliest of the bunch.
"No, because I mean I've been in this business for about 45 years and usually I've all the levels of restaurants, diners and everywhere they are very generous," said diner manager Spiro Argieros.
A new poll by discount company CouponCodes4U.com names New Yorkers as the best tippers in the country.
"I think so. I think it's true. Because I'm a limo driver, and they give tips," said Eddie Marin.
And the stingiest? Sorry Arkansas, looks like you're getting a bad rap. Then comes West Virginia, North Dakota, Georgia and Alabama on the low end of the generosity scale.
How about Arizona? Let's say you're at a nice meal. What do you tip? Here are some of the responses we received:
"20 percent.. every time? If it's good service."
"About 12 or 15 percent.. just depends."
"Between 15 and 20 percent."
More than half of the people polled nationwide say they'd rather pay a higher bill than tip. About a quarter say it depends on the service. And more than half say they feel pressured to tip, even when they get bad service.
Back here in the valley, would you ever dine out without leaving a tip?
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When compared to other countries, the United States comes in second for having the best tippers behind Germany. The worst tippers are in Italy.
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President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13505 on March 9, lifting restrictions on federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells. The draft guidelines would allow funding for research using human embryonic stem cells that were derived from embryos created by in vitro fertilization for reproductive purposes and no longer needed for that purpose.
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It took a jury only a little more than two hours on Wednesday to find Daniel Arteaga guilty for the murder of Kim Schmidt. The prosecution said Arteaga was very jealous that his relationship was ending with Schmidt and she was moving on. They say that's part of the reason why he decided to kill her at the beginning of 2012. The defense disagreed saying that Arteaga was not there when she died and they think she may have even died of suicide. The defense also argued that Arteaga cooperated with detectives as much as possible. They said a guilty man would not have done that. Despite those claims, the jury found Arteaga guilty.
Arteaga was on trial for the murder of Schmidt, a 34 year old mother he dated for more than 6 years. While Arteaga dated Schmidt he was married to a different woman for more than 20 years. Police believe Arteaga killed Schmidt around the turn of the New Year in 2012.
On New Year's Day Kim's mom Toni found her daughter's body after receiving a call from Arteaga, who was apparently concerned for Kim's safety. She had not been heard from since 4:00 a.m that morning so Daniel called Toni to check on her. When Toni arrived at the house she found Kim in her bed, murdered, with a gunshot wound to the head.
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Georgia's 44-41 win over LSU wasn't just a thrilling game or an important victory for the Dogs.
It was a proud day for the Bulldog Nation, too. I've been going to Georgia football games for 50 years and I can say without hesitation that was the loudest I've ever heard Sanford Stadium from first kickoff to final whistle. On that last futile drive by LSU, particularly the fourth-down incompletion, the place was literally vibrating with a decibel level that must have approached that of a jet engine.
A spine-tingling moment that never will be forgotten by the fans who were there.
Overall, from "GameDay" on the Myers quad to the terrific "Awaken the Nation" pregame video to the team coming back out on the field 10 minutes after they'd gone to the locker room to celebrate some more, it was one of the most electrifying game day atmospheres imaginable. And thanks to the "redout" and the fact that a free red shaker was provided on every seat, it also was the reddest I've ever seen that stadium. A magnificent sight for the national TV audience.
It was a pretty entertaining football game, too, featuring two high-powered offenses and the much anticipated quarterback duel between former roommates Aaron Murray and Zach Mettenberger.
Mettenberger is an extremely talented QB and he played a whale of a game Saturday, making one key pass after another, and he and his big arm are no doubt going to get plenty of playing time on Sundays. But the game wound up encapsulating the former Bulldog's career in Athens — no matter how good he was, Murray came out on top.
And for the second time in a month, Murray led the Dogs to victory in one of those "big" games that his detractors had declared him incapable of winning.
Statistically, Murray and Mettenberger were pretty close, except in yardage, where Mett ruled.
Murray completed 20 of 34 for 298 yards and four touchdowns. He also ran for another. And he had several passes dropped by receivers. Of course, he also got away with a couple of ill-advised balls thrown into heavy coverage that went incomplete but could have been picked off. Early on, one pass was intercepted.
Mett, meanwhile, completed 23 of 37 for 372 yards and three TDs, but he also threw several passes that could have been picked off except the young Georgia defenders never broke on the ball. A learning experience, I think they call that.
Still, it was the kind of game fans of college quarterbacks absolutely love. With neither team excelling on the defensive side, the back-and-forth scoring was like a tennis match on center court at Wimbledon.
Actually, the day wasn't a complete wash-out for Georgia's green defense. While Todd Grantham didn't call his best game — no pressure on Mettenberger allowed him to complete a key third-and-22 pass on the Tigers' last scoring drive — and the Dogs' inexperience showed in the secondary, the much-maligned Bulldog run defense actually had a pretty good day. LSU was held to just 13 yards running in the first half, and while they got back on track somewhat in the third quarter, the Tigers still wound up with only 77 yards rushing on the day.
Meanwhile, Georgia persevered even after losing star tailback Todd Gurley in the first half (who at that point already had 73 yards on eight carries for an average of 9.1 yards per run). Keith Marshall stepped up big-time with his 96 yards on 20 carries. But there probably wasn't a more important run Saturday than fourth-string freshman back J.J. Green's 18-yard scamper on the Dogs' final, game-winning drive.
And let's not forget Mike Bobo, who generally called a terrific game.
However, with 1:47 remaining on the clock, there was the fear among many fans in my section that Georgia had scored too quickly and left too much time for Mettenberger to bring them back. After all, LSU was a phenomenal 10 out of 15 on third-down conversions, which should send Grantham and his staff back to the drawing board this week.
But the Tigers were unsuccessful on their one attempt at making it on fourth down. And that was the one that really mattered. Georgia's D might not have been very good, but they were good enough. In the end, they got the big stop. And LSU didn't.
And, thanks to CBS, the roar from Sanford Stadium was heard across the country.
Awaken the nation, indeed.
A great day to be a Georgia Bulldog …
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September 28th, 2013
10:19 pm
I should have been there… Go Dawgs!
September 28th, 2013
10:19 pm
Electric atmosphere in Sanford Stadium today, wow what a game!
I would have to think the big-time recruits visiting like Lorenzo Carter & McMillan had to be impressed with the Dawgs, crowd and atmosphere!
September 28th, 2013
10:20 pm
So happy and so proud. I will have to rewatch the game to really enjoy the win, because I was just too nervous. Worried about Gurley, hope he isn't gone for too long. Murray was awesome, especially on the first drive and the last drive. I'll worry about the defense tomorrow (Scarlett O'Hara). Go Dawgs!
September 28th, 2013
10:25 pm
I usually hate hype videos. They're mostly garbage, set to horrible rap music.
But this video, set to what's a pretty fantastic queue from Han Zimmer's very good Man of Steel score gives me goosebumps, from the opening piano notes until the grafted-on Redcoat Band Trumpeter belting out those first notes to the Battle Hymn of the Bulldog Nation.
Perfection in every way.
Much like this game. Such a great game.
As far as all the idiot pundits like Pat Forde and such making cracks about, "I thought the SEC was supposed to play defense," on twitter, I'm a little sick of the lack of logic on their parts. I guess logic doesn't sell papers, but it's fairly obvious what's going on: the SEC's bet teams sent a record number of junior & senior defenders into the NFL draft last year.
We're all YOUNG right now.
Honestly… looking at UGA, LSU, and Bama this year on D, NEXT year is the year we'll all be great.
So watch out.
September 28th, 2013
10:34 pm
We want Bama, we want Bama! Great game, proud of everybody!
September 28th, 2013
10:35 pm
ATTENTION: Bulldawg35
Flat tire dweeb
Bootylicious or bubba licious or whatever you hillbilly name is
The buckeye boys
Kiss my bottom! You negative losers can find another blog that gives a squat to your dribble…oh never mind, you won't be found for a few days……….hey bdawg35, how that mett thing working out for you now?? Don't give a cuss about Murray and record …..bwahahahahaha
September 28th, 2013
10:54 pm
This is a great post, Mr. King. Really well written. I was there today, and I really will never forget that exact moment you mentioned. Go Dawgs!
September 28th, 2013
11:05 pm
When you're on a blog after a big Georgia win it's like turning on the lights and watching the roaches scurry out of sight.. Where are all the haters, and who cares? GO DOGS! WOOFWOOF!!.
September 28th, 2013
11:10 pm
The best moment for a Georgia fan was watching the LSU safety throw his hands up in the air and look up after Murray's 3rd TD pass to Michael Bennett. It was like a baby crying for help and looking desperately towards his mother not knowing what to do….LOL. GO DAWGS!!!!!
September 28th, 2013
11:13 pm
This was an Ali/Frazier type of game. Truely awesome!
September 28th, 2013
11:17 pm
I told you so!
September 28th, 2013
11:19 pm
Great win for the Dawgs – congrats. It took a team effort.
This one hurt Less Miles and he gave UGA little credit – blaming it all on his poor defense.
Poor loser!
September 28th, 2013
11:24 pm
I'm exhausted, I'm going to bed.
September 28th, 2013
11:24 pm
One game at a time boys WOOF WOOF WOOF
September 28th, 2013
11:31 pm
What a game…..not to grip about a great win, but what was with the Refs and not calling Pass interference….LSU was mugging our guys all day, and I do mean mugging…..cost us a couple of drives in the first half or we would have pulled away a bit then….just a stellar performance to over come the Refs and LSU….
September 28th, 2013
11:39 pm
Where's the dope from OSU? Oh forgot, they played another lowly ranked team and almost lost.
September 28th, 2013
11:45 pm
Great Dawg WIN!!!!! Flar-Duh…True Dawgs enjoy our win and dont give a S%^3 bout Les!
September 28th, 2013
11:52 pm
Great article Bill!….All LSU fans went home….and your Dawg haters can't complain bout em!!! They'll surface as Bama fans or will love Dawgs again…
September 29th, 2013
12:01 am
Great win! And Coach Richt did it all while more Christian. That proof how Dawgs is best and deserves BCS title. We beat LUSer Bungle Tigers like they was sorry. They could'nt stop Aarron Murray if they line up 15 a there boys on D against 11 UGA men. That was a great win between hedgse to put Les in his place. Them west teams now see Dawgs is for real and will expose west in Dome this year.
Go Dawgs!
September 29th, 2013
12:20 am
Definitely one of the two or three best games ever in Sanford Stadium. Great to see the players back on the field hitting high fives with the crowd after they went to the locker room. A truly awesome day in Athens from watching the band practice this morning, Game Day at Myers, Dawg Walk, and post-game with the band and players. Busting with pride. Once a DAWG, always a DAWG, How Sweet It Is!
September 29th, 2013
12:30 am
So, Mettenberger won the Qb battle, but lost the game.
Imagine, the Qb who has the highest qbr rating in the game, wins 85% of the time. And Mett\s Qbr in this game was of course higher than Murray's.
Mett outplayed Murray, but it wasn't enough.
Murray got a stop from his defense, but Mettenberger converted so many 3rd downs, I've never seen a qb that clutch on 3rd downs.
Murray only converted 4 3rd downs all night, Mett converted 10.
Murray threw a pick, met did not.
But the UGA defense stopped the run, and got a stop to end the game.
Since Murray never accepted any blame for the losses, Murray can't take the credit for the win.
Since the defense got blamed for the losses, the defense gets the credit for the win.
Great job UGA defense.
Even though Mettenberger played out of his mind, and won the qbr qb battle, UGA somehow won the game.
And that only happens 15% of the time when a qb loses the qbr battle, yet wins the game.
September 29th, 2013
12:33 am
By the way, both qb's finished in the top 10 qbr for best games of the week nationally.
Mett had an 86 qbr rating, Murray finished with a superb 82 qbr.
What a duel.
September 29th, 2013
12:37 am
UGA Oline protected Murray better than the LSU OLine protected Mettenberger, especially on both's last dirve.
September 29th, 2013
12:38 am
Game ball to UGA defensive line for stopping the run and getting the final stop.
Other game ball to UGA oline.
This one was won in the trenches.
September 29th, 2013
12:45 am
I told you so too………….and have been tellin' you all for some time. Question: wonder what all those big time recruits think about being a DAWG now?………….Quite a few *s were at the game today.
September 29th, 2013
12:56 am
Bill, excellent commentary!
The play of the game was that incredible pass 33 yd pass to Conley on 3rd and 9 in UGA's first drive of the second half…the defender was hanging all over Conley and Murray placed it perfectly. LSU had just kicked a FG and the Dawgs were in danger of going 3 and out…there was a sort of stale feeling to the Dawgs' approach at that point…but that perfect pass to Conley got things going again. Sure, the LSU defense is young, but perfect throws like that are hard for the toughest of defenses to defend.
September 29th, 2013
1:01 am
Play of the game was the UGA Dline sack, can't remember who it was, but that pretty much put LSU so far behind the 8 ball.
LSU had a tough problem handling the UGA dline all night, 4 sacks, a lot of qb hurries, and less than 100 yards rushing from LSU's excellent running backs.
September 29th, 2013
1:02 am
However, with 1:47 remaining on the clock, there was the fear among many fans in my section that Georgia had scored too quickly and left too much time for Mettenberger to bring them back.
And a fear among many fans sitting in front of TV screens. That was a heart attack game.
September 29th, 2013
1:10 am
It was poor clock management by Richt & Bobo to score with so much time on the clock, reminiscent of the Willie Martinez years when Bobo would score quick to put the blame back on Willie for the loss. Not a real team oriented management of the clock.
Did it look like LSU let UGA score to get the ball back, like GT did to UGA a while back? I ask because 2 receivers were wide open and well behind the defense If so, it was a smart strategy by LSU, and a dumb move by UGA.
September 29th, 2013
1:12 am
Murray was pedestrian most of the night, until the last drive, he was 15 for 30. Mett was 23 for 33 until the last drive for LSU.
September 29th, 2013
1:16 am
UGA Special teams also won their duel against LSU special teams.
Special Teams- UGA
Defense- UGA
Offense- LSU
September 29th, 2013
1:17 am
Enter your comments hereFedoraFred–Don't know what game you were watching—–complete idiot!
September 29th, 2013
1:20 am
FedoraFred, I thought the 4 and 10 QB hurry was much bigger than the sack. Murray wasn't at his best, but i'm not sure how you can say he was "pedestrian" most of the game when he had 5 TDs.
September 29th, 2013
1:22 am
LSU's offense was unstoppable most of the night, until the last drive when they became too 1 dimensional and predictible, 10 for 15 on 3rd downs, won time of possession, Mett outhrew Murray by almost 100 yards.
Mett had a better qbr, more yards, more yards per pass, no turnovers.
Murray has more td's.
September 29th, 2013
1:23 am
FedoraFred, we all know about the "let the other team score so we can get the ball back trick," but seriously…do you really think LSU intentionally let UGA score when they had a 4 point lead???
Also, I actually thought the coaching staff and Murray handled the clock-burning better than they have in the past.
September 29th, 2013
1:24 am
Mett beat Murray in 5 out of 6 categories:
accuracy, yards, yards per pass, turnovers, qbr.
September 29th, 2013
1:25 am
I think it's quite possible LSU let UGA score on the final score to get the ball back, Miles said he thought UGA "scored too soon" and "made a mistake by leaving too much time on the clock".
September 29th, 2013
1:27 am
UGA did something I didn't think they could do against LSU…they showed superiority on both lines. The rushing game went to UGA by a land-slide.
September 29th, 2013
1:29 am
The UGA Oline did the unthinkable, gave up 0 sacks, and won the rushing battle handily.
September 29th, 2013
1:30 am
UGA Dline got 4 sacks, and held LSU to under 100 yards rushing.
September 29th, 2013
1:30 am
If the game is tied, or if LSU leads by one or two points…I can see why they would do that because UGA would only need a FG to win in that case. However, with a 4 point lead, intentionally giving up a TD absolutely makes no sense. And judging by the reaction of the LSU secondary, that was not the intention.
September 29th, 2013
1:32 am
LSU only threw at UGA DB Langley once all night. Considering how Clemson burned Langley for 3 td's, thought LSU made an error there in their strategy.
September 29th, 2013
1:37 am
Rare to win a game where you give up 370+ passing yards, 40+ points, and 10 3rd down conversions.
Turnover by punt return cost LSU dearly. But Connor Norman made an alert recovery.
September 29th, 2013
1:58 am
@Fedora freddy
do you really think someone gives a crap what you think? Stats are for losers remember?
Get a life dude!
September 29th, 2013
6:01 am
Great column, Bill. Great win Dawgs. Our O line played an incredible game. Murray was Murray. He should end up with most of the records in the SEC QB book, and it isn't surprising. If the line had blocked like that for the last four years, he would have had them all last year. He is phenomenal. Marshall is a great RB. Gurley is quickly becoming a Georgia legend! Receivers–great game! How many times have we seen receivers drop balls in the past. Even with the weird rules the refs used (tackling before the ball arrives OK) they played awesome! (I'm not whining, they let our guys do it, too). The front 7 on the D played great, their best game of the year by far. At times, our secondary looked like the average age was less than some high schools–never seen so many freshmen. They have heart and ability. They need a lot of coaching and experience. All things work together for good…and Mett had a great day, just coming up short. LSU fought valiantly. Great game to watch.
September 29th, 2013
6:30 am
Greatest game ever. Loudest crowd I have ever been apart of.
My voice is gone but the memories of that great day will linger forever. Glad I was there with my 2 boys.
Go Dawgs!
September 29th, 2013
6:35 am
Some of y'all owe Marshall Morgan an apology. Wonder why he is the starting PK anymore? That kick would have been good from 60+.
September 29th, 2013
6:36 am
I Fedora Fred really Bill King?
September 29th, 2013
7:01 am
"I think it's quite possible LSU let UGA score on the final score to get the ball back, Miles said he thought UGA "scored too soon" and "made a mistake by leaving too much time on the clock".
@ Fedora Fred – Um, wasn't LSU already winning when UGA started the final drive? I guess Miles was thinking *We have the game won if we can stop UGA. Let's let Murray drive the team 75 yards, but do it quickly so we can get the ball back and drive 70 to win the game or at least force overtime.
Uh huh, sure.
September 29th, 2013
7:15 am
fedora fred is actually a gt or ohio university fan,


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by Jim Clemmer
"To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler and less trouble." - Mark Twain
A woman was asked why she was wearing her wedding band on the wrong finger. "Because I married the wrong man," she snapped. Before we make a commitment to spend time together, let's make sure this book is the right fit for you. If you're trying to change and improve a team, business, or large organization, then we're off to a good start. Where you are in the organization is less important than what you are. You need to be (or strongly aspire to become) a leader. Now that doesn't mean you must have a "leadership" job in the traditional management sense. Rather, it means you are trying to initiate and guide change and improvement in a team, business, or organization.
But before you try to change anyone else, you've got to change yourself. Self-leadership is at the heart of effectively leading others. Self-improvement is the beginning point to team or organization improvement. If that sounds as if I've been bungee jumping with a cord that was just a little too long, then we clearly aren't right for each other.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
This book is a result of my continuing quest to combine, compress, and connect the key principles and practices that lead to ever higher team, business, and organization performance. My first book (written with Art McNeil), The VIP Strategy: Leadership Skills for Exceptional Performance, outlined (and explained how to develop) many of the interpersonal communication, coaching, team, and cultural skills used by exceptional leaders to improve their organization's performance. My second book (written with Barry Sheehy), Firing on All Cylinders: The Service/Quality System for High-Powered Corporate Performance, outlined the strategic organizational tools and techniques of customer service improvement. After completing my third book, I debated its title with the Canadian (Macmillan of Canada) and U.S. (Irwin Professional Publishing) publishers. We decided to call it Firing on All Cylinders since the first edition was never published in the United States and the Implementation Architecture (or "cylinder model") still formed the book's central framework. However, the second edition of Firing on All Cylinders was substantially larger and broader than the first edition. It outlined in much greater depth the implementation tools and techniques of service/quality improvement, building a team-based organization, and process management.
Pathways to Performance cuts through the "labelism," jargon, buzzwords, and narrower tools of excellence, customer service, quality, benchmarking, continuous improvement, empowerment, teams, reengineering, process improvement, and the like to identify the underlying performance principles of successful organization change and improvement. The results of those efforts hinge on the leadership skills and personal effectiveness of the people leading and implementing them. So the book draws from and combines the fundamental principles underlying organization improvement, leadership development, and personal effectiveness.
Many of the issues and principles I will touch on throughout Pathways to Performance aren't new. In fact, they've been with us for decades, if not centuries. But we continually need to rediscover them for ourselves, repackage them for our time, and make them relevant for today's circumstances or sets of problems. In writing this book, as in most of my work, I am not driven by what's new as much as I am pulled toward what works. When it comes to dealing with personal and people issues, the fundamentals of what works have remained fairly constant through the years.
If we continue to spend time together, you'll be hearing these core themes many times in the pages ahead:
The themes just listed are expanded on in Chapters 1 to 4. Chapter 1 discusses the nature of change and how you might approach, anticipate, and welcome (but not manage) it. Chapter 2 lists the reasons improvement efforts often fail, reasons that reside in the misuse of tools and techniques for improvement. Chapter 3 focuses on leadership its task of managing paradox and on performance as a balance of technology, systems and processes, and people. It introduces the management-leadership balance found throughout the rest of this book. Chapter 4 provides the starting point of leadership self-leadership. Once these themes have been developed, Chapter 5 maps out the path the rest of the book will take.
Experience is a comb that nature gives us when we are bald. - Chinese proverb
Pathways to Performance flows from three paths of my intense study and experience in organization improvement, leadership development, and personal effectiveness. A brief look at these will help you understand "where I'm coming from." You'll also understand the performance and improvement biases I've developed and tried my best to embed in this book.
I've often been asked how long it took me to write a particular book. This one has taken more than 20 years. That's when I first began studying and applying the personal effectiveness principles found here.
I was raised on a dairy farm in the 1960s near a town so small that its only heavy industry was a farm equipment welding shop and a 300-pound encyclopedia salesman. My father taught (and especially modeled) the values of hard work and self-sufficiency. He had an eighth-grade education and planned for me to take over the family farm, so learning, personal development, and higher education weren't important. But my mother nurtured in me a deep love of reading. I did well in grade school, but was a C student in high school until I completely lost interest and dropped out at the end of tenth grade, when I was sixteen.
In 1974, after two years of working in a local grocery store, I took a job with Culligan Water Conditioning selling water treatment equipment. I was eighteen, and I discovered an exciting new world. The doors to that world opened when I took a Dale Carnegie improvement course and read Claude Bristol's 1950s bestseller, TNT: The Power Within You. I began to understand and apply the principles of personal development and visioning and many of the others you'll find in Chapters 4 to 9 and sprinkled through the rest of the book. I started my monthly subscription to Success magazine (which I still get today) and began studying personal development books by Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Zig Ziglar, Og Mandino, Wayne Dyer, and others. I listened to audiotapes by Earl Nightingale (and many others) in my car to and from my office and in between sales calls. I also took every personal effectiveness, communications, sales, and management course Dale Carnegie offered and began to help teach them.
At nineteen I became a Culligan sales manager and began studying and applying many of the leadership and personal development principles introduced in Chapters 3 and 4 and embedded throughout this book. The power of these principles, tools, and skills propelled me rapidly through a successful series of training and general management positions at Culligan. I continued my personal development through evening classes to finish high school and university business, writing, communications, and liberal arts courses.
By 1980, I was running one of Culligan's largest company-owned branches with full profit and loss responsibilities in the same way the company's franchised operations were managed by their owners. The organization improvement, leadership development, and personal effectiveness principles I had been studying and applying worked so successfully that I began to look for ways to help others learn and use them. I started by researching the consulting and training field in my university's library. I then began a series of interviewing and exploration discussions with companies in the field.
Early in 1981, I connected with Art McNeil. He had just started a company he called "Achieve Enterprises." One of the first training programs he offered after moving from his basement to a shared office was SUPERVISION from California-based Zenger-Miller, Inc. I found the people skills, values, and practical approach offered by SUPERVISION powerful and exciting. It was a combination of that program, the opportunity to help thousands improve their personal and organizational performance, and the attraction of owning (Art offered to sell me shares in Achieve) and managing a company with such an exciting future that convinced me to get off my fast Culligan career track, take a drop in pay, and join Achieve.
From 1981 to 1991, when Art and I sold The Achieve Group to Zenger-Miller, revenues mushroomed and multiplied many times over. Using the principles and approaches outlined in this book, we had become the largest "strategic consulting/training" company in Canada. Many of our competitors either scaled back or closed down their Canadian operations, and many of their managers applied to us for jobs.
Achieve's growth is modest compared to that of the legendary companies that hit hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in revenues within their first 10 years. But it was just successful enough to induce me to further develop my personal experiences and applications of the principles that have found their way into this book. We did well and built a strong organization. But during those 10 years we also almost went bankrupt, missed payrolls, lived off our credit cards, invested heavily in products that didn't sell, hired the wrong people, created a bureaucratic maze of interconnected companies, and made a bunch of dumb moves. So I've got just enough entrepreneurial experience to make me dangerous. In the pages ahead, I'll use some of those Achieve experiences to provide a few firsthand illustrations of the agony and ecstasy found in the concepts we'll be exploring.
Living through the sale and merger of Achieve to Zenger-Miller (which is in turn owned by Times-Mirror Training Group) helped me get an up-close and personal understanding of the challenges that mergers, acquisitions, and culture change bring. Watching the company you raised being managed differently by someone else is very difficult. It's probably like trying to live with one of your married kids. The dynamics of your control or influence in their daily decisions and the new life and routines they've developed are now very different. That's one of the key reasons I moved back out on my own and formed The Clemmer Group at the beginning of 1994.
A Student of Organization Change and Improvement
In the early 1980s my attention was focused on establishing Achieve and carving out a presence in the very crowded leadership skill training market. In 1983, Zenger-Miller and Achieve worked with Tom Peters as his and Bob Waterman's book In Search of Excellence was gaining momentum. Our work with Tom to develop an executive action planning process built on the excellence principles was another personal turning point. I now had just enough experience with leadership skill development to understand how hard (nearly impossible) it was to sustain new behaviors if the culture didn't encourage or reinforce the new skills. The "Toward Excellence" process that emerged from our work with Tom introduced strategic keys to culture change, participation and involvement, delegating autonomy ("empowerment" later became the popular label), service and quality improvement, innovation, and system alignment. The excellence principles of vision, values, service, participation, and innovation also meshed with what I'd learned from my previous 10 years of work on personal effectiveness.
In 1984, the work with Toward Excellence kicked off an intense period of personal study, writing (dozens of articles, columns, and three books), and speaking on leadership development and organization improvement that continues to this day. I developed an extensive filing system to catalog and easily retrieve the articles I had (and continue to save) from Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Training, and many other magazines and newsletters. My expanding library contains hundreds of books I continue to use in the course of this ongoing research. I've given more than 1,200 presentations on leadership development and organization improvement. I've run nearly two hundred senior management retreats (usually two to three days in length), workshops, and seminars to help management teams understand and apply these principles and approaches. I get to see the inside of many cabs, airplanes, airports, meeting rooms, and hotel rooms. And some day I might even have half as much fun on one of these business trips as my family thinks I'm having.
This work is now my full-time job. It's coming dangerously close to being my whole life. But the main reason for telling you all this is to assure you that the principles, concepts, and suggestions contained in this book are well grounded in research and have been rigorously field tested.
How to Bend, Mutilate, and Otherwise Use this Book
We know by doing, but we don't always do by knowing.
As you'll soon discover, I've jammed as many "how to" tips and techniques into Pathways to Performance as I could without turning it into a tome that you need to put wheels on. But if all you do is read this book, I've failed. So let's start with a few suggestions for how to move this book beyond what I hope is "a good read" to a catalyst for action:
The turn-of-the-century French philosopher Henri Bergson implored us to "think like someone of action, and act like someone of thought." May this book help you to contemplate and reflect on your approaches to organization improvement, leadership development, and personal effectiveness. But most of all, may it cause you to act.
Jim Clemmer
Kitchener, Ontario


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Seasonal allergies, sometimes called "hay fever" or seasonal allergic rhinitis, are allergy symptoms that occur during certain times of the year, usually when outdoor molds release their spores, and trees, grasses, and weeds release tiny pollen particles into the air to fertilize other plants.
The immune systems of people who are allergic to mold spores or pollen treat these particles (called allergens) as invaders and release chemicals, including histamine, into the bloodstream to defend against them. It's the release of these chemicals that causes allergy symptoms.
People can be allergic to one or more types of pollen or mold. The type someone is allergic to determines when symptoms occur. For example, in the mid-Atlantic states, tree pollination is February through May, grass pollen runs from May through June, and weed pollen is from August through October — so kids with these allergies are likely to have increased symptoms at those times. Mold spores tend to peak midsummer through the fall, depending on location.
Even kids who have never had seasonal allergies in years past can develop them. Seasonal allergies can start at almost any time, though they usually develop by 10 years of age and reach their peak in the early twenties, with symptoms often disappearing later in adulthood.
If your child develops a "cold" at the same time every year, seasonal allergies might be to blame. Allergy symptoms, which usually come on suddenly and last as long as a person is exposed to a particular allergen, can include:
These symptoms often come with itchy, watery, and/or red eyes, which is called allergic conjunctivitis. If your child has wheezing and shortness of breath in addition to these symptoms, the allergy may have progressed into asthma.
Seasonal allergies are fairly easy to identify because the pattern of symptoms returns from year to year following exposure to an allergen.
Talk with your doctor if you think your child might have allergies. The doctor will ask about symptoms and when they appear and, based on the answers and a physical exam, should be able to make a diagnosis. If not, the doctor may refer you to an allergist for blood or allergy skin tests.
To determine an allergy's cause, allergists usually do skin tests in one of two ways:
Even if a skin test or a blood test shows an allergy, a child must also have symptoms to be definitively diagnosed with an allergy. For example, a child who has a positive test for grass pollen and sneezes frequently while playing in the grass would be considered allergic to grass pollen.
There is no real cure for seasonal allergies, but it is possible to relieve symptoms. Start by reducing or eliminating exposure to allergens. During allergy season, keep windows closed, use air conditioning if possible, and stay indoors when pollen counts are high.
Have your child wash hands or shower and change clothing after playing outside. And a child with seasonal allergies should not mow the lawn (this tends to kick up pollen and mold spores).
If reducing exposure isn't possible or is ineffective, medicines can help ease allergy symptoms. These may include decongestants, antihistamines, and nasal spray steroids. If symptoms cannot be managed with medicines, the doctor may recommend taking your child to an allergist or immunologist for regular allergy shots (immunotherapy), which can help desensitize kids to allergens.
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In the spirit of the holidays, patients, parents and doctors share inspirational stories of healing and hope. From surviving heart failure and a near-death drowning to battling a flesh-eating disease, witness how the impossible became possible thanks to the care patients received at Seattle Children's Hospital.
Miracle Season, hosted by Steve Pool and Molly Shen, aired Dec. 8, 2013, on KOMO 4 TV. The annual holiday special celebrates the remarkable lives of Seattle Children's patients.
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