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Guest Post: More Physicians Joining the EHR Trend
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Elise Redmann is currently a student at the University of South Florida where she is earning her Bachelor's degree in business advertising and international business. She works as a writer with the Jacksonville University School of Nursing Online RN to BSN online programs where she covers topics on healthy living. You can follow her @EliseRedmann712 on Twitter.
An electronic health record (EHR) is a digital record that typically captures a variety of health and personal information. An EHR can include a patient's medical history, including test results, medications, allergies, illnesses and other conditions. It can also include personal details, such as demographic and billing information.
The use of EHR systems is on the rise as many hospitals and other healthcare providers replace paper record systems with digital records. According to a December 2012 report by the National Center for Health Statistics, 72% of office-based physicians used an EHR system in 2012, up from 48% in 2009.
Some of this growth has been fueled by the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, which offers healthcare providers incentives to implement EHR systems. In order to qualify for these incentives, providers must demonstrate that they are "meaningfully using" certified EHR systems by meeting certain objectives, many of which represent key benefits of implementing electronic health record systems.
Collaborative Care Made Easier
The primary advantage in transitioning to electronic health records is the ease with which physicians can review patient health records across time and across multiple providers. Since EHR systems capture medical data over the patient's lifetime, physicians can search the digital records or review a composite of a patient's medical history without resorting to searching through paper record archives.
In addition, physicians and other healthcare providers with access to an EHR system can more easily collaborate with each other and provide consistent and improved patient care since all involved can review each other's notes, diagnoses and treatments.
Safer and Faster Prescription Processes
An EHR system can vastly improve safety and workflow efficiency relating to prescription medication. Once a physician enters a prescription into the system, it becomes part of the patient's health record. The system then checks the medication against the patient's list of other medications and allergies, and issues the physician with an interaction or contraindication warning. If there are no problems with the medication, the system will then automatically send it to the patient's pharmacy.
The systems help to ensure that patients receive the medication they need and it also saves the physician time in reviewing and updating the patient's records and sending the prescription to be filled. In addition, it monitors drug usage and helps eliminate errors associated with illegible handwriting.
Putting Patient Data to Good Use
Digital health records make it not only possible but relatively effortless for physicians to generate an array of reports for individual patients, as well as on their overall practice. Aggregated data can be used to publish treatments and outcomes, while individual data can be given directly to patients. Physicians can provide patients with an electronic copy of their health information and can also quickly produce clinical summaries for patients after each visit.
Digital Charting
Digital charts using an EHR system allow physicians and nurses to be comprehensively informed about a patient's health history, ensuring proper medical care. Digital charts store patient history and demographic information, and maintain an up-to-date list of current and past diagnoses and treatments, as well as an active medication list.
Digital records can also reduce costs. Chart rooms could be converted to revenue-generating spaces and the increased efficiency means that physicians can see more patients without working longer hours.
Patients benefit from digital charting as they can receive immediate answers about medical matters. In urgent or emergency situations, physicians can access records remotely using an Internet connection, giving them the ability to respond quickly and correctly.
With so many benefits to physicians and patients, implementing an EHR system makes sense. With EHR systems now in such wide use, patients are increasingly seeking out physicians who incorporate electronic health records into their practices.


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A little-known aspect of SQL Server 7.0 can prevent you from getting up-to-the-minute database recovery. But you can make some simple system-configuration changes to ensure that your organization's business data is protected.
The problem is that in SQL Server 7.0, if you can't access the primary data file for a database and you try to use backup log prod with NO_TRUNCATE, you'll see a series of error messages:
Server: Msg 3446, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Primary file not available for database 'prod'.
Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.
When you try to restore a broken database, a bug in SQL Server 7.0 prevents you from accessing or restoring any log records that SQL Server has written since the previous log backup. But don't panic. You can make some simple changes that will let you recover your data.
Follow the Rules
First, you need to ensure that you're following good database configuration practices. I follow three basic rules when I set up the physical file locations for a database.
- Keep the log and the data on separate physical drives.
- Keep the data and the master database on separate physical drives.
- Mirror the log.
These simple rules will help improve performance and form the foundation for no-data-loss recoveries.
Backing Up the Database
Suppose you back up your database weekly, on Sunday at midnight. Transaction log backups occur every six hours, at noon, 6:00 p.m., midnight, and 6:00 a.m. On Wednesday at 5:00 p.m., you discover that the data drive has failed, corrupting the database.
You need to recover the production database from the log and database backups. Because the last transaction log backup executed at noon and it's now 5:00 p.m., the transactions that have completed since noon are in the transaction log, but not on a tape. So, you can recover only transactions that committed before noon Wednesday, which is unacceptable. Wouldn't you love to have a transaction log backup from the point after the database broke?
An ordinary backup log scans the database's system files to discover the location of the log. But in this example, because the database is inaccessible, an ordinary backup log won't work. However, SQL Server lets you do a special log backup when you use the NO_TRUNCATE option of the backup command—even after the database is inaccessible.
How can SQL Server find the transaction log when the database is unavailable? In SQL Server 6.x and earlier, the master database can find the transaction logs by accessing the sysdevices and sysusages tables, which hold the log location information. When you use
backup log with NO_TRUNCATE
SQL Server retrieves the log location from the master database instead of the prod database system tables. The SQL syntax for SQL Server 6.5 and earlier is
dump log with NO_TRUNCATE
In SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft changed the syntax to
backup log with NO_TRUNCATE
This command bypasses the database and talks to the master database, which directs the log backup in the absence of the data files.
When a drive corruption invalidates the data files, you need to use
Backup log prod to
with NO_TRUNCATE
Then, you can load the database backup, each of the previously backed-up transaction logs, and finally, the last special log backup that you made after the disk crash. If you follow this procedure, you won't lose any committed transactions.
Recovery in SQL Server 6.5
In SQL Server 6.5, the conditions that let this backup plan work are
- You need an intact copy of the log. If you mirror the log, as I recommended in rule 3, you will have an intact copy.
- The SQL Server machine must be running, which means the master database must be available. To ensure the master database is available, keep the data away from the master database, as I recommended in rule 2. The scenario I use in this example is designed to keep the master database and transaction logs undamaged even if the data becomes corrupt. But if you keep the data and the master database together and the data and the master database become corrupt, you can't use backup log with NO_TRUNCATE to restore your database.
The three rules I recommended help preserve the capability to restore the database. Figure 1 illustrates a scenario in which if the data drive (the D drive) malfunctions, the transaction logs also are damaged, so you lose any transactions that haven't been copied to tape or disk.
Figure 2 illustrates a scenario in which the master database and all user databases reside on the C drive, and all transaction logs are on the D drive. In this scenario, when the C drive goes down, you still lose transactions because the master database is unavailable for the backup.
If you use SQL Server 6.5 and earlier versions, you can ensure the ability to recover your database with no loss of data if you put the master database and transaction logs together on one drive and all data on another drive, as Figure 3 shows. However, if you use SQL Server 7.0, following this configuration isn't sufficient to protect your data.
Recovery in SQL Server 7.0
If you use SQL Server 7.0, you need to follow a different practice to ensure up-to-the minute database recovery. In SQL Server 7.0, the master database no longer contains information about the location of each transaction log, so you can't recover all transactions. In SQL Server 6.5 and earlier, the sysdevices and sysusages tables contain this information. In SQL Server 7.0, the sysusages table doesn't exist and the sysdevices table, which contains backup devices, is only for backward compatibility. SQL Server 7.0 keeps information about the transaction log location in the sysfiles table in each database.
To get up-to-the-minute recovery with no data loss in SQL Server 7.0, you need to protect the database system tables in the same way that you protect the transaction log. You need to place the system tables with the log and put the data in a separate location. You can also keep the system tables in a location separate from the transaction logs, as long as the system tables are separate from the user tables and indexes.
The primary filegroup contains the system tables and, in a default configuration, the data. If you mirror the system tables to protect them, you also mirror the entire database, which is an expensive proposition. I propose a scheme that separates the system tables from the data, so that you can mirror the system tables with the transaction log and store the data separately. You still need to keep the master database separate from the data. To set up a usual configuration in SQL Server 7.0, you can use the CREATE DATABASE command as in Listing 1. This configuration does not include the changes necessary to recover all your data.
The results of this command are similar to the results you'd get if you used the Create Database wizard or Create Database dialog box. The command creates a Primary filegroup, which contains one file, PRODSYS, and a separate transaction log file, PRODLOG, on another drive. Figure 4 shows this configuration. The Primary filegroup contains the system tables and user-defined tables and, in this case, the Primary file PRODSYS.
For backup log with NO_TRUNCATE to work successfully, you need to place the data files in a different filegroup from the system tables, then protect the system tables as you would the transaction log. Only then can you get up-to-the-minute recovery with no data loss.
To separate the system tables from the user tables and indexes, you can modify the CREATE DATABASE command, as Listing 2 shows, to add a second filegroup, called datagroup, and place one file in this group. Listing 2 shows the proposed changes to your initial CREATE DATABASE command. These changes will let backup log with NO_TRUNCATE work correctly. Figure 5 shows the configuration.
Then, to ensure that all new tables and indexes will go to datagroup by default instead of to the Primary group, mark datagroup as the default filegroup.
Remember that the default filegroup is Primary unless you change it. You can use the following statement to change the default:
Alter database prod modify filegroup datagroup default
Now, even if the database file PRODATA fails, you still have the transaction log and the system tables. The backup log with NO_TRUNCATE command will now work.
In a minimum configuration, you can put the Primary data file and the transaction logs on the same drive with the master database and put the data on a second drive.
In any case, you need at least three hard drives to get complete recovery. Figure 5 shows a proposed minimum configuration for a production database.
When you create a database is this manner (changing the default filegroup to datagroup), you probably won't have to change any CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX scripts. Check your scripts for the keywords ON PRIMARY:
Create table mytable (id integer not null, name char(10) not null) ON PRIMARY
The ON syntax causes SQL Server to create the table (or index) on the filegroup named in the ON clause. In the example above, SQL Server will create the table in the Primary filegroup. But for the purposes of this article, you need to avoid this configuration. Commenting out (or deleting) the ON clause lets SQL Server create the table or index in the default filegroup, which in this case, is the datagroup filegroup. The correct syntax is
Create table mytable (id integer not null, name char(10) not null)
Protecting Existing Databases
If you already have a production database with data, you can protect the data without having to perform a backup and restore or do a logical rebuild. You need to create the datagroup, as in the previous example, and move all user tables and indexes to the datagroup. The goal in this example is to move the system tables from drive D to the mirrored drive E, while leaving the data on D. So, add another filegroup, called datagroup, to the D drive, and mark it as the default filegroup. Then, move the user tables and indexes from the Primary filegroup to the datagroup, leaving only the system tables on the Primary filegroup. Last, move the Primary filegroup to the mirrored log drive E. Listing 3 shows the syntax to create the datagroup with one data file and mark it as the default filegroup. Be sure to back up your databases before you begin. Also, make sure you have enough disk space on the appropriate drives.
No type of backup-and-restore routine exists that can help you move the tables and indexes away from the system tables. To move the tables and indexes, follow this procedure:
- Drop all foreign-key constraints.
Move the tables with clustered indexes. To do so, you need to drop and recreate every index on tables that have a clustered index. Always drop non-clustered indexes first, then clustered indexes. Add the clustered index for a table first, then the non-clustered indexes. When you recreate these indexes, they will move to the default filegroup (datagroup). Because the clustered index includes the data, the table also moves.
- Drop the non-clustered indexes first, regardless of whether you used Create index or Alter table add constraint to create them.
- Drop the clustered index.
- Recreate the clustered index.
- Recreate the non-clustered indexes.
- Add the foreign-key constraints.
Move the heap tables (a heap table is one that doesn't have a clustered index).
- Drop all the non-clustered indexes, regardless of whether you used Create index or Alter table add constraint to create them.
- Add a clustered index on every heap table, which moves the heap table to the new location.
- Drop the clustered index, which leaves the table in datagroup.
- Recreate all the non-clustered indexes.
- Add the foreign-key constraints.
Use the attach/detach method to move the data files to their final location. Make sure no one's using the database, then use the following syntax in Query Analyzer:
exec sp_detach_db prod
Copy the Primary file to its final destination, the E drive. Use this syntax at the command line:
Copy d:\mssql7\data\prodsys.mdf to e:\mssql7\data \prodsys.mdfIn Query Analyzer, use this syntax:
Exec sp_attach_db prod, 'e:\mssql7\data\prodsys.mdf', ' d:\mssql7\data\prodata.ndf', 'e:\mssql7\data\prodlog.ldf'
When you create the indexes, you can use the ON DATAGROUP syntax to explicitly place the objects on datagroup, but this syntax isn't necessary because datagroup is the default filegroup. Don't use the ON PRIMARY syntax when you recreate your indexes, because that syntax will replace the indexes on the PRIMARY filegroup.
In the steps I outlined, you must drop and recreate all indexes. Remember that primary-key and unique constraints also create indexes. To drop and recreate the indexes added by primary key/unique constraints, you use the Alter table drop constraint/Alter table add constraint command.
What Doesn't Work
In testing, I first used DBCC DBREINDEX to drop and rebuild the indexes. This method didn't move the indexes or tables, even after I made the datagroup the default filegroup. I also tried to use the SQL Server Enterprise Manager Generate SQL Scripts option, but this method does not drop foreign key, primary key, or unique constraints because it drops the entire table. Using the Data Transformation Services (DTS) Object Transfer option generates scripts, but this method doesn't generate drops for foreign-key, primary-key, or unique constraints, either.
Last Notes
Microsoft's article on this subject (Q218739) recommends that you "ensure redundancy for any drive used to store the primary data file." Until this problem is resolved in a future release of SQL Server, you need to put data files in a different filegroup from the system tables. Then, protect the system tables just as you would the transaction log. Only then, can you ensure up-to-the-minute database recovery with no data loss.
The method I propose in this article is simple to execute for new databases, but it involves extensive planning and testing for existing databases. Perhaps you can afford to lose some data. If not, get to work!

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How can tess holiday look better than me? I'm half her size. Well, I can skateboard and freerun though,which I couldn't do if I was in the discomfort of her size. Not regretting health…but she does look better than me :/
While her face would look conventionally attractive if she were of average size, I very much doubt she looks better than you. She's just shot from further away in lighting that hides imperfections/double chin, is wearing a ton of makeup and probably has this face and pose studied to look the most flattering.
when miley cyrus looks to be the most down to earth of the bunch…. smh
Are all the people in Julianne Hough's workout pic related? They look so alike to me. Love her tights, that's a way to make useful holiday decoration 🙂
You know who's really obnoxious and annoying? Ashley Graham! Every time this overrated model speaks its basically her objectifying herself, humble bragging and then just straight up arrogance. Like she "hit the genetic jackpot", she needs to "show this THING off", "i need to show ALL THIS off." lolololol ugh gross.
What do you think would happen to these celebs if they couldn't prove how beautiful they think they are via the cardinal rule of a selfie a day? Would they just all implode from the confusion and frustration or..?
I hate it when there's no skinnyvscurvy for days then suddenly 5 new page -.-
🙂 We have a one day break a week, usually Saturday – on rare occasions, we take the full weekend off… but the amount of posts / day also depends on what new pictures / stories are out there, some days are slower than others.


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Did you know that if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, you are 3 times more likely to be hospitalized and 3 times more likely to die from the flu and its complications than other people?
But there are steps you can take to protect yourself.
People with diabetes should talk with their health care provider now to discuss preventing and treating the flu. People infected with the flu can pass it on to others a day or two before any signs appear. That's why it is important to make sure the people around you get a flu shot as well.
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Why does having diabetes put me at higher risk for getting the flu?
Diabetes can decrease your body's ability to fight germs, such as the flu virus. It also puts you at an increased risk of flu-related problems like pneumonia. Being sick can raise your blood glucose and prevent you from eating properly.
How can I protect myself from getting the flu?
Getting the flu shot is the best way to protect yourself from getting the flu. (Watch Video)
If you have diabetes you should get the flu shot, not the nasal spray. The nasal spray is not safe for people with diabetes.
Because you have more of a chance of getting pneumonia, talk to your doctor about pneumonia shot to protect you. In addition to getting these shots, follow the Center for Disease Control's CDC everyday steps to keep yourself healthy this flu season.
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Ohio girl, 8, gets kidney donation from teacher
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio girl is recovering after getting a critical kidney transplant — with the organ donated by her former kindergarten teacher.
Nicole Miller, an 8-year-old first-grader at Mansfield Christian School, got the kidney last week from Wendy Killian, who was her kindergarten teacher last year.
"See you soon, sweet girl," Killian told Nicole just before they both taken into the pre-operation area last week, The Mansfield News Journal reported.
Nicole suffered from a genetic disorder that caused kidney malformation and other problems. Kidney problems left her frequently tired, and caused her to miss school often.
"For her to be able to feel good and not live in a fog because her body's not able to dispose of waste properly ... seeing what she's going to be like is the exciting part for me as a parent," said Brian Miller, her father.
"The next six months will be the most difficult," he said. "After six months, things can settle in, and hopefully we can really see what her life is going to be like."
Killian became involved during a parent-teacher conference with Nicole's mother. The teacher asked for the criteria needed to be a donor and found she met them. She said she was inspired to be a donor because her son needed and received a blood platelet transfusion a few years ago.
Killian's husband, Stu, supported her decision, which she talked through with him.
"I thought it was a great thing to do," he said. "God puts you in certain situations for a reason."
Lifeline of Ohio reports that someone in Ohio dies every 48 hours while waiting for a transplant; more than 2,000 have died in that situation in the past decade.
The transplant happened April 23 at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland.
Nicole's mother Letitia said receiving a new kidney from someone she knew was helpful.
"She's been excited about the thought of getting a new kidney," she said. "The thought of being in the same room with Wendy was really comforting to her."
Information from: News Journal, http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com


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Two San Diego groups were involved in fund raising deals recently. Here is a round up of the investments.
Tech Coast Angels
Tech Coast Angels, a Southern California group that backs early stage companies, said that its members invested $3.2 million as part of Savara Pharmaceuticals' second round of venture funding.
This is the largest single funding amount ever raised by the Tech Coast Angels network, which has a chapter in San Diego.
In all, Savara, which is based in Austin, Texas, raised $16 million. Three other angel networks -- Keiretsu Forum, the Central Texas Angel Network and the North Texas Angel Network – also participated. Angel rounds typically total between $200,000 and $1.5 million.
While angel network members work together to analyze the potential of a young company, it's up to individual members to decide whether they want to invest their own funds in a deal.
Savara Pharmaceuticals will use the money to support clinical trials evaluating its treatment of a certain type of infection in cystic fibrosis patients. Called AeroVanc, the treatment is an inhaled antibiotic.
"Completing a Series B of this size with 100 percent angel money is a major accomplishment," said Sergio Gurrieri, who helped orchestrate Tech Coast Angels evaluation of Savara. "It demonstrates Tech Coast Angels' increasing effectiveness at syndicating deals with other angel networks to raise larger rounds and drive innovation."
Proximal Data raises $2 million
San Diego's Proximal Data, a maker of data management software for Information Technology departments, said it has raised $2 million in a second round of venture capital funding.
Current investor Avalon Ventures of San Diego participated in the round. It was joined by Divergent Ventures of Seattle, which specializes in early stage companies with a focus on virtualization and storage.
Overall, Proximal has raised $5 million since it was founded last year. It rolled out its first product – software which caches data on virtual servers, in July.
The company will use the money to boost sales distribution and expand into more global markets. It also will make improvements to its AutoCache software.
Rory Bolt founded the company and is its chief executive. He previously founded Avamar Technologies in Orange County, which was sold to EMC for $165 million. Prior to that, he was technical director at NetApp.
AutoCache software eliminates bottlenecks in virtualized servers by detecting and managing data hot spots that can slow down network performance. It does this work with software rather than hardware.


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"Aussie Creationist Superstar" was the label used by sceptical Center For Inquiry guru for John Mackay following Johns debate at Uni BC January 25 against Prof Dan Ryder. John Mackay and his case for creation were however quickly dismissed as nothing better than a Gish Gallop, while the guru then criticised evolutionist Ryder for relying on technique rather than data. But then he couldn't (or wouldn't say) who lost the debate, which coming from a CFI blogger is a real compliment. This was qualified by predicting Ryder would mop John Mackay up in the online debate: "Be it resolved that the genetic and fossil evidence supports the evolution model and refutes the biblical creation model" starting mid-February on;
The crowd was impressive. By 6:45 the Arts and Science amphitheatre was packed and by 6:55 the overflow room holding another 150 seats was overflowing. By 7:00 pm we were hoping the fire warden would not come anywhere near us as folks took up positions along the walls in both venues. .
Since this Trinity professor claimed to have once been a young earth creationist that was mooted as a winning point so Ryder recommended we all go to the profs website to get more convinced. . So I made the unpopular reply that the scriptures reveal the devil used to be a young earth creationist too but I can't recommend any of his webs.
The atheist club was there in force. They antagonistically kicked off the question time and thereafter most questions were addressed to me and had little to do with anything I had stated in my defence.
Praise God for the opportunity and pray for the follow up debate – emails have been firing like crazy all over campus and on local radio and there have been heaps of great discussions with students.
TO ACCESS ONLINE DEBATE, start with link below and follow all links for both Mackay and Ryder
Dan Ryder: http://blogs.ubc.ca/markbergen/2012/03/24/debate-summary-by-dan-ryder/


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|December 14, 2011, 03:07 PM
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Interesting hunting stories
Anyone have any stories that they think are interesting? Most memorable trips?
|December 14, 2011, 05:18 PM
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I remember once, hunting with my Uncle Eddie, we were duck hunting from a family blind on Catahoula Lake. I ws probably 14 or 15 years old. We got there before daylight, waded to the blind and settled in. Shortly before daylight we heard movement in the decoys. The decoys were in about 6-8 inches of water in a shallow prairie lake in the Catahoula swamp.
Something was moving in the decoys. As it slowly turned to dawn, my Uncle looked out and saw a big hog. A really big hog, nearly 500 lbs, in the decoys, walking from decoy to decoy, eating the heads off of them. Uncle Ed stood and shot that hog, meaning to shoot it in the butt and run it out of the decoys.
Just as Eddie stood, that hog turned his head to look back over his shoulder. Some of that lead #6 shot hit that hog in the neck and the hog fell over, on his side, in the decoys. Now, we all know that a charge of lead #6 shot cannot kill a big hog, yet there he lay, bleeding, slowly turning the water red.
Uncle Ed looked at me. "Boy, go drag that hog out of the decoys."
"Like hell," I retorted. "Ain't no three men could drag that hog out of there, and we're the only two people here."
We didn't kill any ducks that day. The red water and the carcass of that hog was spooking them pretty badly.
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|December 15, 2011, 02:47 PM
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Hard to beat PawPaw's story...
But a couple of years ago I was leaving the woods after chasing whitetails in Northern Idaho. While walking towards my vehicle on an old railroad track that had the ties removed, a big bull moose walked out of the woods about 50 yards from me. Incidentally, I had been standing still looking at some wild turkeys when he stepped out, and he basically walked right on top of them. It scattered the birds pretty quickly.
Anyway, this was early October, towards the late end of the rut, and he made it apparent that he did not like me being there, and immediately charged. There were no trees nearby, except for the ones he just came out of, so the only thing I had to hide behind was my 7mm Mag - which might be a little big to be shooting whitetails with - but it felt pretty darn too small with a moose closing in.
I was slowly walking backwards down the tracks, gun up, not sure what to do, when he stopped at about 20 yards. We stared for a moment or two, then I got the message, and slowly continued to walk backwards toward my vehicle.
|December 15, 2011, 04:14 PM
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Killed an Antelope with a knife in hand to hand combat.......Took my youngest son (12) on his first Antelope hunt in Wyoming. He spies a nice buck that's only about 50 yards away and proceeds to shoot. Problem was the rifle was sighted in at 200 yards so the bullet went high and grazed the Antelope's back, taking all the hair off and stunning it as it dropped to the ground. Not realizing the goat wasn't dead, I picked up the head by his right horn and suddenly it sprung to life.....we'll, I wasn't about to let go, so I wrestled it to the ground like a Rodeo cowboy, reached for my knife and cut it's throat.
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|December 15, 2011, 05:42 PM
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I was sitting in the woods at about 15yrs old, no gun, just along for the hunt with a buddy and his father. My buddy and I were down in the woods and his father was up working on building a new addition to their cabin. He tossed me a can of skoal wintergreen and I proceeded to put the smallest little baby dip in I could without being made fun of. After about 5 minutes the woods started to spin and I got really woozy and light headed. Yep, it was kickin' my rear, I probably weighed 115lbs at the time.
I took it out after about 15 minutes so I wouldn't vomit and give every animal within a sniff a reason not to come anywhere near us. Just as the trees started standing still again a small doe starts walking in from the right. I was positioned on the ground leaning with my back against a tree to my buddy's right and maybe 6 feet in front of him with 20 feet between us. He was also sitting leaning against a tree.
I tried snapping my fingers to get his attention with no luck, gloves on and all in a Pennsylvania winter. This deer was walking right at us, I turned my head and whispered to him "Hey" then pointed. He saw the deer and raised his rifle, a .30-30 Marlin 336. Broke the shot and then deer scrambled. Whether or not he hit it the first time we don't know because he proceeded to unload the magazine on this animal. By the time it fell it was probably 50 yards from us and had 3 holes in it. We walked up to it after letting it lay there for about 5 minutes and it was good and dead.
And that was the first time I'd ever been deer hunting.
|December 15, 2011, 06:10 PM
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By The Book Buck
Even though I grew up in Texas, at age 28 I found myself going deer hunting for the first time - in Oklahoma. Fort Sill, OK, to be exact.
I had just returned from a 36 month active duty tour in Germany, and was on my way for a second tour in Vietnam, with a 6 week layover at Ft Sill, to get current training on Vietnam artillery tactics and procedures.
So, deer season was going on, but by the time I got there the drawings had all been held, and all 50 hunting compartment slots had been allotted. But, I could hunt "standby" for any unclaimed slot on Friday evening, for the following Sat/Sun.
Two problems.
First, the only legal firearm was shotgun, only legal ammo was slugs. The only shotgun I owned at the time was a SXS 12 ga with a bird bead sight.
Secondly, I had NEVER gone deer hunting - only read about it since the age of 14, in Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, and Sports Afield.
So, starting on Monday before the weekend I would attempt a standby hunt, I went to the library in the basement of the building where I was attending classes, for my noon hour - of reading, not eating.
I got me a yellow legal pad and started scouring back issues of the noted magazines, and wrote down deer hunting tips from the deer hunting stories.
If I came across the same tip in another story, I would put a little hash mark in the margin of the note pad. By the time Friday arrived, I had about two dozen deer hunting tips, with many of them mentioned in a dozen or more stories.
Friday afternoon, at 1700 hours, I rushed to the outdoor recreation building to see what unclaimed hunting slot might be available. There, on a big portable bulletin board, was a 1:25,000 scale map of the entirety of Fort Sill - all 100,000 plus acres. With about 10 of the 50 hunt areas having open slots - 3 slots per area.
So, the first use of my new found "book smarts" was how to map spot bedding areas, feeding areas, and most likely trails connecting the two, as well as how to identify natural funnels to deer movements.
I picked an area with all 3 slots open, bordered on the north by a lake, with a little feeder drainage leading from the artillery impact area (where deer feed at night - under the glare of artillery illumination rounds), on the south boundary.
After choosing my area, I had about one hour of daylight remaining to drive out to the area and do some scouting. When I got there, with a copy of the 1:25,000 topo map in hand, I literally ran up and down that drainage from south (impact/feeding area) to north - where I found "bathtub size/shape impressions" in tall grass near the lake shore. Bedding area.
I then went back south along the drainage looking for a way to get elevation above the drainage. I found it, and it was about a 10 foot high embankment on the east (sunrise) side, overlooking the drainage where the west side was low and gently sloping.
I had learned (from reading) that having the sun rise behind you would make it harder for a deer to see you. Also, "deer seldom look up".
The prevailing wind was from the north (I read somewhere that a cross wind was OK, but a wind in your face was best).
"Situate yourself with some kind of backdrop to avoid being silhouetted." Found a big, thick cedar about 8 feet tall to fill that requirement.
The next morning I was up about 3 AM, taped a fishing rod guide to the rear of the raised rib on my SXS 12 ga, making a functional (if not crude) "ghost ring" rear sight. No chance to actually take it to a range and "check the zero". Oh well, I thought, if the range was 40 yards, or less, it would probably be OK.
Drove out to the drainage, parked the car half a mile down the paved road, and used my (Army issue) compass and a little "dead reckoning to find my 8 foot cedar tree. Sat down on my little Army issue folding stool, and waited with my adrenaline level so high I wondered if I was experiencing the "buck fever" I had read about.
From all I had read, I expected the direction of travel to be from feeding area (to my left), to the bedding area (to my right). So, I was surprised when the first deer I saw was going "the wrong way". Hadn't that big, barren doe read the book?
Half an hour later here HE came - looked just like the deer on the front covers of all the magazines, Booner rack, and all. Never dawned on me that some deer have small racks. What did I know?
He came at a slow walk, never looked up. When his head went behind a tree trunk, I raised the 12 ga and waited for an opening for a shot at his vitals.
Forty yards - or less!
When his vitals were exposed, I put the bird bead of my SXS on the notch at the rear of his front leg elbow, pulled the bead down to the 6 o'clock position in the rear "ghost ring" sight, and squeezed off the shot.
He reacted by humping up like a bucking horse. According to one article I had read, that reaction meant "low lung hit". He then trotted (limping) about 20 yards and laid down behind a fallen Post Oak tree. I could hardly see him, due to the fact that the Post Oak had not shed its leaves (this was early December).
We, the buck and I, then went into about a 15 minute standoff, neither of us moving. Actually, I saw him blink once, and he also licked one nostril.
Finally, I decided to break the stalemate. I slowly and quietly broke open my shotgun, replaced the one spent hull with an unfired one, quietly stood up, then snapped the shotgun shut and shouldered it simultaneously. He didn't move.
But now, from a standing position, I could see most of his left side, as he was laying on his right side. Couldn't see his hind quarters, or his front legs, neck, or head. Then, I took careful aim as far forward as I could see, and touched off another shot.
He jumped up and limped away, at about half speed.
"Never follow up quickly on a wounded deer. They will go a short distance, then lay up and watch their back trail. Leave them alone for 30 minutes to an hour. They will often stiffen up and die. If you chase after them too soon, they will get an adrenalin rush and sometimes run for miles."
So said "The Book", so shall it be.
An hour later, after I had gone for some coffee, I easily followed the blood trail from the Post Oak to his bed, about 50 yards away. He bled about a quart, laying there. Now the bed was empty, and the blood trail was sparse. I worked the trail for about an hour, again relying on book knowledge
"A wounded deer will:
travel downhill
go to water
stay in thick cover"
I had moved only about another 50 yards, when another hunter showed up. I told him the story and asked for his advice and help.
He went on a loop to the east and north, to the lake shore, and began to search the drainage bottom,moving south, toward me, while I worked the drainage bottom from the south, moving north. When we were in sight of each other, the other hunter shouted to me, "There's your trophy". I asked if he was dead (couldn't see the buck from where I was).
"No, but he's too weak to get up" said the other hunter. "Never assume a deer is dead or too weak to get up and run off. Many of them do", according to The Book.
As I started running in the direction the other hunter was pointing, I heard myself yelling - "SHOOT him, shoot HIM, SHOOT HIM'.
He didn't. I DID - right behind the left ear, from a foot, as he had gotten his back legs under himself, but still had not gotten the front ones straightened out. Five more seconds, and he could have been gone!
Didn't that other hunter ever read books!!??
Long story short, he was a 17 pointer, gross scored 175, netted 156. G2's were palmated into 3 points each. Left antler G3 was injured while in the velvet, resulting in 3 points where there should have been one. MASS!! Biologist said his teeth indicated 5 1/2 years old.
Low lung shot. "Double sucking chest wound" by Army parlance.
I still read a lot.
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|December 15, 2011, 06:57 PM
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Not hunting, but the strangest thing I ever saw a deer ever do. Many years ago my brother and I drove up into the North Georgia mountains for a day hike in late February. It was COLD, with a couple of inches of snow on the ground. We were driving along a mountain trout stream when we rounded a curve and caught a small buck crossing the stream. He was out in the open and decided instead of running to just drop down and curl up in a ball in the stream. We stopped within 10 yards of him and he looked just like a rock under the water in the stream. Only his small rack, eyes and nose were above water.
After about 30 seconds or so he figured he was caught and simply stood up, shook the water off and continued across the stream.
|December 15, 2011, 07:50 PM
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Way back in time...the middle 60's, my cousin and I put up a wooden tree stand on the edge of a bean field where we'd always wanted to hunt. Flipped a coin and I won and got to hunt it that evening. Real cold and raining, and I was under a military poncho, just watching. Just about dusk, here comes a big doe from back in the woods and she crept to the edge of the bean field. She was the lead doe and once she had a good long look at the muddy cold and empty field, the other does and yearlings slowly filed out into the field. Then...so slow I could hardly see him move, came a small-horned buck. He crawled on his belly to the edge of the woods and then he crawfished backwards into some briars, and he did that whole process again. Then he crawled forward again and just laid on his belly and observed, for what seemed like forever. No sound but the rain falling and my heart thumping. slowly he stood and walked into the field. My old 35 Remington and I finally did the job, and what I found was that this was a very old and very shot-up buck. He was healed, but had several signs of having been 'slightly shot' over the years and he limped pretty badly. This was before we knew anything about aging them by looking at the teeth, but he was far past full maturity - though he still had quite a stable of girlfriends. He was an old smart buck, and if I remember correctly, the meat was tough as boot leather - though tasty.
|December 15, 2011, 08:45 PM
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|December 16, 2011, 02:51 PM
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When I was 17 in NW Wisconsin we were making a deer drive through some mixed hard woods. I saw a hunter on a stand about 40 yards away midway through the drive. He waived to let me know he was there I waived back acknowledging. I go 10 more steps and see a deer rump the rest of the body was blocked by oak that had partially blown down. I sneak around the tree and a six pt start to jump up. I shot from the hip into its neck killing it instantly. They guy on the stand went ballistic yelling about shooting for no reason around other hunters. I yelled back that I killed a nice buck of course he yells some obscenities and comes over. He see that I did safely shoot the buck. He then offered his help. Since I was new to hunting I let him we went to pull buck away from tree his antler tip was under a root the size of my finger and broke easily allowing us to pull him away from tree to dress. We figured the buck was laying down and hooked his antler while that guy was walking to his stand and was calmly waiting for him to leave the stand until I spotted it. It was a perfect spot to hide slight depression half of tree tipped over. How many deer survive by just letting you stroll past? That is my story from 1979
|December 16, 2011, 04:29 PM
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The knife and the antelope reminds me of another story from the 60's. My brother (we were in our late teens then), who's at best a decent shot, hit a large buck in the hips and the buck piled up in the palmettos. That's the good news. The bad news is that it was January and the buck was on the other side of a 30 yard wide Louisiana bayou. It wasn't deep water, but there was ice in it. No bridge available. My brother stripped down to his BVD's, put the knife in his teeth (yes, really) and waded the bayou. He found the buck, but the buck was a long way from dead. Aside from being just a mediocre shot, my brother never sharpened a knife in his life. So he jumped the wounded buck and tried to finish him off with a dull knife. Dad and I were on 'this' side of the bayou and had no plans to go to 'that' side, so we yelled encouragement. They were making one hell of a racket and we weren't sure who was winning, but finally my brother stood up, covered in freezing mud and deer blood, with what was left of his underwear. We think the deer had just finally had too much blood loss to continue the fight, but there was no blood loss from knife wounds. Brother might has well have been using a butter knife. He was also a pretty fair middle linebacker, so maybe he had just been hit in the head too many times for rational thinking.
|December 16, 2011, 05:57 PM
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Years ago we squirrel hunted across the road from a friends house. In the years we hunted there we had never seen anyone else hunting that area. On one hunt I found a 16 gauge Remington Model 1100 leaning against a tree. It was loaded with number 6 shot and in excellent condition. I took it back to my friends house and we speculated whose it was and what to do with it.
Thinking that someone might come back looking for it, we made a sign, tacked it to the tree where it was found. On the sign, a large piece of white aluminum, we painted " Lost a Gun?" and our phone numbers. My friend asked around also, but no one in the area had lost a gun. Also checked with the sheriff's office, but there was no record of it being stolen. The sign lasted for many years, but we never got a call.
Many times I've speculated as to why and who leaned it against that tree, but I'll never know for sure.
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|December 16, 2011, 06:35 PM
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That would make me wonder till the end of my days, that shot gun.
|December 16, 2011, 06:46 PM
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That reminds me of a story my friend told me.. He was out walking in the woods with his grandfather and noticed a very old gun leaning on a tree(30-06). He asked his grandpa if he could take it, but his granfathers reply was no because they didnt wanna steal. He told me the gun was very rusty, and had not just been setting there for a day, but rather years. He never could remember the spot he was at to go see if it was still there.
|December 16, 2011, 07:23 PM
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HogBuster's story reminded me of another.
Many years ago, a friend and I were hunting in Kisatchie National Forest west of Alexandria, LA on a creek near what is now called Kincaid lake. We crossed the clear-running creek on a log and my friend noticed a gun in the sand. He dropped down into the creek and retrieved it. It was a Browning auto-five in 16 gauge, with the gold trigger. He took the gun home and ran an ad in the paper, telling where he'd found the gun, but no one ever called to claim it. As far as I know, it's still in his gun locker.
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|December 19, 2011, 05:29 PM
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Dad always said dont set a gun down in the field cause you will never find it. He must have been right LOL
I was hunting a field had some trees, I was crossing thru the trees dog in front when a squirrel fell out of the tree, he lit on the ground looked at us then run off to another tree. Dog looked at me as if he was seeing things. Was kinda funny.
I was hunting deer, nothing so I went out of the stand got my shotgun and a dog, went pheasant hunting. I get over a few hills and see a doe walking up the path 10 feet or so in front of me, I got down real low and watched a buck come up nose to the ground following her scent. I shucked the shells out and put in 2 deer slugs. Buck got up on the doe, was going at it when I shot him..... He fell over still pumping air, almost felt bad about it.
|December 21, 2011, 08:15 AM
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I've been hunting for 53 years now, so I do have a lot of hunting stories. Some that got away, others that didn't, and even some that should have. Just remember, all sportsmen tell tall tales except you and me, and sometimes I'm not too sure about you.
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|December 21, 2011, 10:44 PM
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You want to hear some tall tales? Spend some time working in a gun shop. It gets so deep that many times I've needed hip boots...... Get more than 2 BSer's in and it becomes an episode of "Can You Top This".
Those who beat their guns into plows, will plow for those who don't.-Thomas Jefferson
|December 21, 2011, 11:14 PM
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I had a friend who was up 15' in a tree standing on a limb bow hunting. All of a sudden something GRABBED his right shoulder very tightly. He just about s*** his pants and slowly turned his head to see a huge owl had landed on his shoulder. The owl blinked his big eyes and flew off. That had to be terrifying!
My first year of deer hunting (almost 50 years ago) we were camping on paper company land in central Wisconsin (marshy) and there was a freezing rain. All the tree branches, bushes and foilage had a heavy layer of ice on it. It was like a scene from a Disney movie, just beautiful.... but we were wet. And so were our guns. One of the guys had an Argentina Mauser and there was a sheet of ice on it. We were sitting under a tree trying to stay dry and this guy was sitting on a stump. All of a sudden here is a nice 8 point buck CRAWLING on his belly not 3' behind the guy on the stump, nose to the ground sneaking away. The guy turns, aims and nothing. His firing pin was froze solid. He couldn't cock the gun or do anything but watch this nice buck crawl away. This was right by our "camp" so no one else had their rifles out. The buck was not injured because as soon as he thought he snuck by us he got up and took off, tail in the air. It was pretty funny and cool.
|December 21, 2011, 11:24 PM
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(Now you got me going)....
One year when I used to hunt with my BIL and all his DNR buddies in their cabin WAY up in the northwest corner of Wisconsin there was a huge snow storm the week before gun hunting. There was easily snow averaging waist high with drifts much higher. My BIL told me to buy, beg or borrow a pair of snowshoes or I wouldn't be able to go 20 yards. I had a relative who had a nice pair so off I went.
If you've never walked on snowshoes, the first few times are really "learning lessons". I spent more time with my head burried in that snow then walking on it I think the first day but I got the hang of it and it was one of the coolest deer hunting experiences I can remember. I had a MONSTER buck 40 yards away coming right at me (I saw his lower half body under the pines and I've never seen a deer that huge before) but somehow I dropped my attention span for a second and he just disappeared. I used my tag on a nice doe and had a great hunt that year. I've never hunted in snow like that since.
|December 22, 2011, 11:24 AM
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I was in south dakota hunting white tail on public land a couple of years ago. When I found out that I drew the rifle tag all I could picture was dropping a deer at 500 yards just like all the shows. In southern michigan all we can use is a shot gun. So for the next couple of months I shot religously. I was confident to 500 yards and had even gotten prety good out to 700. Then the day came there I was, I had been stalking in grassy prairy for an hour. I found a goo spot to take a shot from and got settled in. I ranged the deer at 265 yards but I was breathing too hard to shoot that far. While I was recovering my breath the nice buck and doe layed down. After about another hour passed a little 4 point came along grunting, as he got within a few feet of the doe the big buck jumped up and charged him. They ran right to me and I took the shot at 30 yards with a 300wm. So much for my long range hunting. It was a 10 point that scored 143.
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The activist Mary Wentworth has worked throughout New England on behalf of a variety of progressive causes, beginning with the antiwar and feminist movements in the 1960s and 1970s and working against racism and other forms of discrimination, militarism, patriarchy, corporate power, and U.S. imperialism. In 1984, she ran for U.S. Congress against long-term incumbent Silvio O. Conte, winning almost 30% of the vote in a district in which Conte had run unopposed.
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I have this in my bookmarks: http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/4192030.htm
Haven't tried it myself though
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
Well that seems to be a good start. It doesn't look like it runs php as specific users though. I can't find information on that anywhere.
It has something to do with suexec, but I can't find anything about it in the documentation I can find. I found something which mentioned doing it but with no specific directions, and I can't find it now.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/suexec.html has the official docs without an example, but https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._Virtual_Hosts has.
You don't need to be a genius to debug a pf.conf firewall ruleset, you just need the guts to run tcpdump
I've worked out how to get suexec running from a howto which the person found the shared libraries it needs through ktrace. If someone can quickly explain how to get everything for php-fastcgi through ktrace which I am not familiar with using, I will be able to sort this out.
Otherwise, I'll just have to get rid of the chroot, which I really don't want to do.
Every guide on this leaves out vital information or requires building apache with php-fastcgi which is installed on the system. I'm pretty sure the Apache module comes with that port.
I came across this thread today while searching for something else, and, as often happens, I got interested in it. Fekete, I hope this is useful to you, if you still have open issues with PHP and FastCGI from May.
PHP middleware and chroot
Last year, I was working with php-fpm and the nginx webserver, in setting up a rather complex infrastructure that was fairly successful, but then was never implemented in production. During testing, I was using chrooted php-fpm. And as I was doing frequent updates to the PHP components, I built a simple script for keeping the chroot structure up to date with PHP middleware. Extremely simple script, as this was just for use in a lab environment.
The php-fpm module is one possible choice of FastCGI implementations, and I chose it due to its "fit" with nginx. I recall that it requires its child processes to be assigned to specific gids and optionally a uid, in pools of process groups. That may, or may not be helpful, as it seems you want to be able to assign FastCGI processes to individual website users, rather than divided process authorization by applet/portlet groups.
Whether or not that background is helpful to you, I thought I'd share my simple script for replicating the entire PHP middleware suite into a chrooted environment.
#!/bin/sh cd /var/www tar cf - `ls -d /etc/php* /usr/local/{lib,bin,sbin}/php*` | tar xpf - tar cf - `ldd /usr/local/sbin/php* | grep usr | awk '{print $7}'` | tar xpf -
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Brown finished with 16 points and six rebounds while Powell had 22 points, 11 rebounds and six assists for Stanford. He controlled the paint in the first half when the Cardinal built an 18-point lead and went 11 of 14 from the free throw line.
Chasson Randle added 19 points for the Cardinal (15-7, 6-4 Pac-12), who have won three of the last four in this series between the two Bay Area rivals.
Justin Cobbs had 24 points and five rebounds for California (15-8, 6-4), which sputtered offensively in its first game since upsetting then-No. 1 Arizona last week. Tyrone Wallace added 21 points and four rebounds.
The Golden Bears were within 52-47 with 13 minutes left when Brown took over for Stanford.
He made an 18-foot jumper as part of an 8-0 run then added two free throws to make it 64-51. Cobbs stopped the run with a three-point play and later added a free throw to make it 62-51 but Brown scored nine of the next 11 points for the Cardinal and Stanford took advantage of multiple turnovers by Cal down the stretch.
It marked a rare conference road win for Stanford, which lost to the Bears 69-62 on Jan. 2. The Cardinal are 3-2 in the Pac-12 away from Maples Pavilion this season and only 15-34 since 2008-09.
They handed the Bears just their second home loss this season and moved into a tie with Cal for third place in the conference.
A week after losing to Arizona 60-57, Stanford controlled most of the first half and led by as much as 18 before the Bears made a late run to close out the half.
Powell provided the bulk of the offense, scoring nine points as part of a 15-4 run. Stanford's second-leading scorer also had one of six 3-pointers by the Cardinal in the first 20 minutes.
Cal sputtered offensively until the final 6:30 when Cobbs sparked the Bears' best run of the game.
He made two free throws, scored on a putback following a miss by teammate Jordan Mathews, added a fast-break layup then made a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to cut Stanford's lead to 42-36.
David Kravish's short hook shot pulled Cal within 52-47 early in the second half but the Bears committed turnovers on back-to-back possessions and went scoreless for the next four minutes.
Josh Huestis's runner in the lane sparked an 8-0 run and Brown's three-point play made it 69-52.


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Thursday, May 3, 2012
A Mother Shares Her Experiences as a Veteran of Four Conferences
PH Parent
Originally published in Spring 2012 Pathlight
PHA's 10th International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions in Orlando will be here before we know it. I'm sure parents are mulling over the decision to attend, but for me it is an easy decision. I will be taking my family to Orlando for my fifth Conference and their fourth. There is no other venue at which a family dealing with pulmonary hypertension can receive the same kind of support, emotional connection and education.
My family includes my husband, Jim, and our daughters, Katy, 13 years old, and Emily, 9. Katy was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2003, at the age of 4. In 2004 I went to the Conference by myself. It was a last-minute decision to attend, spurred by feelings of indecision about Katy's medical care. Jim and I were considering putting Katy on IV Flolan(TM) but had no idea what this life change would mean for our family. At the end of the weekend, I left with feelings of hope, inspiration, optimism and confidence that I could make good decisions for Katy's care. It was such a unique experience that I couldn't wait for 2006 to take my whole family to the next Conference. You ask why?
There are several major reasons, the first being its educational value. I learn so much from the medical professionals. These professionals specialize in PH and are amazingly dedicated to their patients. They commit this weekend to sharing their knowledge with us. PHA gives structure to this education through scheduled topics and sessions, research posters, and the Exhibition Hall.
Everyone is friendly, compassionate and willing to share their experience and knowledge with you. Not only do you learn from the PH medical teams during the Medically Led Sessions, but during meals, in the hallways, and while attending the Patient/Family Led Sessions. You spend the weekend getting all your questions answered, not by one doctor, but by many. And for me, in my fight to help Katy battle PH, knowledge is power.
Another very important reason that I continue to return to PHA's International PH Conference is the emotional support my family and I receive from the PH community. Parents of children with PH often struggle with a sense of isolation. PHA makes an amazing effort to provide opportunities for families to connect. Katy gets to spend the weekend with other kids who have PH, my husband and I get to know parents who share the same challenges and Emily gets to have fun with other siblings and PH patients. There is really nothing I can imagine that is more cathartic.
At Conference, parents get to share with each other how we handle school situations, exercise or sports, social situations, and how we communicate to our families about this awful disease. PHA provides many opportunities for us to share: the pre-conference meet-ups, the Patient/Family Led sessions, the support groups, socializing at the Parents' Mixer (new this year), meals and after-Conference hours in the hotel lounge.
Our kids get to find support through many avenues as well. The Kids' Room includes activities for kids of all ages: crafts, video games, live entertainment and — new this year — a creative expression workshop. A field trip for kids and teens is provided (monitored by a nurse, of course). PHA provides youth learning opportunities and support groups. But mostly, the kids and teens socialize and have fun, both during Conference hours and into the night. And this, I think, is the most healing experience for them.
Finally, I want to share a few of my favorite Conference activities. I don't ever miss the "Journeys" Luncheon in which patients and their doctors share amazing stories of inspiration and hope (bring a tissue). The fashion show is always standing room only. PH patients, including our friends and family, get to show off how they make their medical accessories a fashion statement! And most importantly, the friends I have made over the years continue to draw me back.
So despite being a nine-year veteran parent of a PH patient, I continue to attend PHA's International PH Conference. And every time I learn more, find continued hope and inspiration, and feel renewed to face the challenges of the upcoming two years until the next Conference.
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Well said!! Even family cannot understand us as well as PH patients and PHamily; conference is a life changing experience!!ReplyDelete
- Linda CarrMay 4, 2012 at 5:22 PM
From one PHA mom to another --thank you for your eloquent post! For all the reasons you stated, my family and I will be back for our ninth PHA conference. See you there!
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NEW ORLEANS (WBRC) - Below is a transcript of comments made by Alabama head football coach Nick Saban at BCS Media Day on Friday, as provided by the Sugar Bowl.
Alabama Media Day Quotes - Head Coach Nick Saban
Friday, January 6, 2012 - Mercedes-Benz Superdome
THE MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone, Coach Nick Saban.
Coach, do you want to make an opening statement or go right to questions?
COACH SABAN: I made several opening statements. But we certainly appreciate the opportunity we have here in the Sugar Bowl playing against a very good LSU team.
We certainly appreciate the hospitality that the Sugar Bowl committee and all the folks that have worked so hard to create, the hospitality that we've been offered here in the city of New Orleans, which is a great city. And this is a great competitive venue, and we certainly appreciate the opportunity that we have to participate in it.
THE MODERATOR: Questions?
Q. Much has been made how this is a home game in a sense for LSU. It's also a home game in a sense for Ms. Terry (Saban) given her background here in Louisiana. How have you been able to ?? what's your plan to account for her whereabouts? The motivated shopper can do some real damage while you're coaching up the Tide.
COACH SABAN: It's actually interesting that someone out there has the perspective that I have more to worry about than just the game. When we arrived here, Terry had two of her old sidekicks from Baton Rouge that she used to go shopping with at New Orleans meet her at the bus and she never even came up to the room.
So she loves to shop here. We've been here when we haven't been able to get all the stuff in the plane to go home. But if that makes her happy, I'm happy (laughter).
Q. How did Jordan Jefferson change the first game and challenge your preparation for this championship game?
COACH SABAN: Well, I think his athletic ability in terms of how he can beat you with his feet as well as being a good passer, big arm, good skilled players outside, which you always have to be concerned about, but the fact that ?? and it happened a couple times in the first game ?? that you get him all covered, he takes off running, their ability to run the option and sort of zone run plays for him adds another dimension to their offense, which I think is very effective, very challenging for any defensive team.
So we certainly are going to be challenged by his ability to not only throw it and make big plays down the field but also beat you with his ability to run the ball.
Q. How confident are you in Phillip Sims' ability to fill in for AJ (McCarron) if he got hurt?
COACH SABAN: Well, we've been very confident in Phillip Sims all year long. It was a very close race between the two of those guys in the start of the year. And he's consistently improved throughout the course of the year. Gets all the reps in practice.
So Phillip's a very talented guy. I think he has a good understanding of the offense. This certainly would be a challenging circumstance, if he had the opportunity to go in this game, but one I think that he's probably ready for.
Q. Because a lot of the players on this roster have been in this championship setting recently, how has it helped you guys this week in terms of taking that businesslike approach and not getting all overwhelmed by this?
COACH SABAN: I think that regardless of how many times you've been in a game like this, there's still going to be some anxiety that goes along with playing in a game like this. I do think that maybe some of the older players on the team that are the leaders on our team who have been in this situation before have certainly helped some of the other players who are looking for leadership.
I think it's been helpful to some of the younger players in terms of the leadership that we've gotten from the experience that those guys have had in playing in games like this.
Q. How would you describe the physical level of play in the first game?
COACH SABAN: Well, I think it was a great football game. I think it was a very physical game on both sides of the ball. I think probably the difference in these two teams than most teams is how both teams play on the line of scrimmage. Their offensive line, their defensive line, our offensive line, our defensive line, I think very physical.
A lot of good hits. A lot of good tackling, a lot of aggressive play on both sides of the ball. And we kind of expect the same kind of game this time around.
Q. You've gone against Les (Miles) now so much, what, if anything, sort of stands out about the way he runs his program from what you can see as a competitor?
COACH SABAN: Well, I think we have as much respect for LSU and their program and Les Miles and his coaching staff and what they do as anybody that we play anytime, anywhere. They have really good players. They do a really good job of recruiting those players and developing those players.
And they play extremely well on the field. You can't have the level of success that they've had on a consistent basis without doing a fantastic job as a coach and a leader. And I think Les has done that. I think he's done a marvelous job.
Q. Just want to know how much you got the chance to know Les (Miles) just from running into him, any kind of a friendship might be a bit of a stretch, but any type of a relationship beyond football with Les?
COACH SABAN: Well, from my perspective, I have a tremendous amount of respect for Les. I like him. We do have occasions where we visit at meetings and different things like that.
And I think he has some great perspective on ?? and it's important to him how we all sort of team up to try to make college football better for football players. And I think we have a common denominator there that certainly I have a lot of respect for him because of that. And we've tried to work together to make things better in our league and in the NCAA.
Q. Eight years ago you had LSU here. How big an advantage was it to come in here as what's supposed to be a neutral site but clearly that night wasn't? And what do you think: How is it going to be Monday night?
COACH SABAN: You know, I think that our players need to understand that anytime you play at a neutral site or anytime you play on the road it's very challenging. And I think the number one thing our players need to do is focus on what they need to do on the field every play throughout the game for 60 minutes in the game and try and finish the game a little bit better. Finish drives, do the things we need to do to be successful.
And I think that we understand ?? we played in some tough circumstances. And I don't think that ?? that's something that you have to look to as a challenge so that we know we're going to have to overcome adversity in this game, and the circumstance that we play in here is just one of the adversities that we'll have to have the mental toughness to deal with.
Q. Did you feel eight years ago that that helped you, the crowd in here helped you?
COACH SABAN: Well, we kind of approach it the same way with our players; that we were going to have to play our best against a very good Oklahoma team and that we needed to focus on the task at hand and that external factors weren't going to contribute in the game.
So I think there's emotion in the game. I don't think you can play a 60?minute game on emotion. I think that it's all about what's important to you and what you're willing to do to sustain it and finish it.
And I think that's going to be a key for our team in this game.
Q. I know you and Terry (Saban) have really deep ties, good friendships with the folks here in south Louisiana. Given that, is this at all like a homecoming for you of any type of sort?
COACH SABAN: Well, I think that ?? not that we've taken any polls, but we certainly have a lot of good friendships here. We have a tremendous amount of respect for what was accomplished here. It was a special, special memory for us to come to LSU and be able to accomplish what we accomplished.
And we did it because we had a great team and all the people here in Louisiana contributed to that, who contributed to supporting what we were trying to do.
So that's a great memory that we have a tremendous amount of respect for and appreciate probably more than most people know. And we really feel good about the fact that we have so many folks that have remained good friends with us. And as you get older, those relationships are very, very important to you.
And the relationships that we have with lots of folks here in Louisiana are certainly important to us. But we also know that we represent the other side now, and we hope that people can respect who we are, but we also know that they're going to be passionate about what they want to accomplish for their team.
Q. Could you tell me what have you done to address the kicking issues that got you in the first game? And will you approach down and distance in the red zone any differently because of what happened in the first game?
COACH SABAN: You know we have a lot of confidence in our kickers. I think that the approach that we've tried to use is ?? what I'm as much concerned about is the kicking situation, if you're talking about the field goals, is what we did prior to each one of those opportunities.
We actually had negative plays that put us in a more difficult circumstance relative to having a high percentage to kick. I mean, if you're in the NFL and you're kicking over 45?yard field goals, maybe you're 33 or 40 percent. And if you're a baseball player and you hit .333, it probably gets you in the Hall of Fame.
But I think what we've tried to do with our guys is say, look, you had a bunch of low percentage kicks in that game and we are confident in your ability to just stay focused on the process of what you need to do to make your best kick.
And that is the approach that we've tried to use with our players and certainly have confidence they will do well in this game because they've done well in other games all year long.
And it will not affect our strategy in terms of how we approach what we do relative to making those decisions, because we are confident in those players.
Q. Rueben Randle has made a lot of explosive plays this year. He didn't the first time around against you. How important is holding him in check to slow this LSU offense down?
COACH SABAN: We think Rueben Randle is as fine a receiver as we play against all year and will play against again. He's big. He's got great speed. He can make difficult catches. And he's a physical player.
We tried to get him to come to Alabama actually because we thought when he was in high school he was going to be this kind of player.
So I think not only Rueben Randle, even though he's made a lot of explosive plays, they have a lot of players on their offensive team who can make explosive plays. And I think it's important that every player on defense do their job and do it with great technique, because that's going to help them get in the right position to prevent some of those plays.
And that was something that we're able to do in the first game, and it's going to be really, really important to be able to try to manage that in this game as well.
Q. A couple of years ago in Pasadena somebody asked you if you were enjoying the experience and you kind of rolled your eyes. The perception is you don't like us. These championship things do not come along very often. Not that you're getting ??
COACH SABAN: I'm having a very nice time here.
Q. Not that you're getting old, but obviously these experiences are not going to keep continuing for you. Do you allow yourself at all to enjoy this and kind of soak it up?
COACH SABAN: I think it depends on how you sort of categorize enjoyment. I enjoy the competition. I enjoy the fact that our team has an opportunity to play in such a great competitive venue. I enjoy the work of trying to get the team ready to play the way they're going to need to play to have an opportunity to be successful.
It's very challenging. So that's my enjoyment. Now, maybe your perception of enjoyment is you go out and have a party. Well, that's not my enjoyment of this experience. We have been to the Sugar Bowl four times, and I really do enjoy the relationships that we have with the people here at the Sugar Bowl.
So in my own way, as the coach, I enjoy this. Putting the team together, putting the plan together, to have an opportunity to play against a great team and see if you can be successful, that's my enjoyment.
So that's my fun. It may not be other people's fun. So I enjoy it. In my own way I enjoy it. This is what you work for, to have these kinds of opportunities.
Q. Speaking of some people's idea of fun, I know there is some people that have actually camped out overnight for your radio show. Have you met them or talked to them, and what do you think of people who would camp out for a radio show?
COACH SABAN: The radio show probably won't be that good (laughter). But we do appreciate the support that our fans ?? our fans have been wonderful in the five years that we've been in Alabama.
I think the fact that we have such a good team, that starts with our leadership and our administration, Dr. Witt, our president, Mal Moore, our athletic director. And the fans and the passion they have and the enthusiasm they've created is much appreciated by our team and by us.
And I think all that positive energy of everybody sort of working together to try to restore the tradition that Alabama has enjoyed, that passion has contributed to that. So we have a tremendous amount of respect for it.
Q. Trent Richardson was asked what's the biggest misconception about Coach Saban, and he said everybody thinks he's mean, sort of playing off the question you had before. And he said: Listen. Coach Saban keeps us loose. Coach Saban is not as much of a taskmaster as people sort of make him out to be. I think I've heard other people ask you this question: What do you think is the biggest misconception of not just your personality but maybe your coaching style?
COACH SABAN: Well, I think that, first of all, there's certain things that we think are important to being a champion. And hard work is one of those things, a tremendous commitment to the goals and things that are important to you.
But I also think it's important that people learn how to be responsible for their own self?determination, which is accountability. And to have that in an organization, any organization, you have to define what the expectation is of the people in the organization.
And I find that players and people in our organization really feel good about the fact that they know what the expectation is.
I kind of learned this from Bill Belichick when I was at the Cleveland Browns with him as defensive coordinator, when he was the head coach there, and it was about doing your job and the responsibility and the accountability that goes with that.
But as a leader, make sure you define what that is. And we believe that it's important to be very positive in your approach to doing that, which I think is where the misconception probably starts. You know, you don't have to be negative to do that.
And I think that's probably what our players think. And that we are positive in our approach to what we do. But it's also defined and the expectation is defined for them and we expect them to be responsible to it. And it's really the only way you can have a team, because for people to trust and respect each other, which is important to togetherness on a team, they have to all buy into the same things and you can't have one guy saying, well, he did this but I'm not allowed to do that, because that creates divisiveness which is never going to allow you to have the togetherness that you need to be successful in difficult circumstances.
So those things we believe in, and I think that it's the way we do it that there's a misconception on because it's done in a very positive way.
Q. How different, if at all, is your preparation this time around considering the change of quarterback for LSU?
COACH SABAN: Well, just like the last time, because we have a lot of respect for both of their quarterbacks and both of their quarterbacks have a defined skill level that they play at, at a very high standard.
So we still feel that it's important that we're ready for either or both in terms of the way they've used them in the past, even though who you feel is going to start the game and play the game becomes the most important. And I think that we have respect for both guys.
But we certainly ?? we certainly have worked on things that if we're in either one of those circumstances or situations, that our players would be able to perform and understand what they like to do with those particular guys in the game at quarterback.
Q. Nick, your field goal kicking was such a focal point in that first game. Could you talk about where you're at with that this time around and just sort of the general thoughts as you go in?
COACH SABAN: Right. We kind of addressed it before in terms of our concern was more about the plays leading up to the field goal attempts that we had, because they were all difficult attempts. And we had negative plays that were created by their defense.
But in some ways we contributed to those things with penalties and unforced errors that put us in a little more difficult field position to maybe have the high percentage kick that we'd like to have on field goals. Most of those we missed were not high percentage kicks.
We're very confident in the players we have. They've done a good job for us throughout the year. We understand that that was a big focal point in that particular game, but I also think that the degree of difficulty the percentage was not that far off of what it would be in those types of situations.
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