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Disaster recovery planning on a budget
Tips on how to plan a disaster recovery initiative that helps you get the most bang for your buck.
|RPO/RTO impact of potential DR solutions
In this example, introducing replication and increasing communications bandwidth to support higher volumes of data could further reduce recovery point objective (RPO) to 12 hours. By upgrading from a warm site to a hot site, it would be possible to decrease recovery time objective (RTO) from under two days to about six hours.
Source: GlassHouse Technologies
More than any other category of IT activity, DR strains the planning and operational capabilities of an IT organization. A DR infrastructure typically is expensive to implement, has low utilization and requires tasks to be accomplished in a time-critical manner. A careful analysis of the trade-offs that you can tolerate--with an understanding of what resources you can commit--should help you get closer to an optimal set up.
The perfect DR infrastructure
Based on today's technological capabilities, experts agree on a standard model that's regarded as the state of the art. The foundation of this model involves disk-based replication. Ideally, you would start with a storage area network (SAN) infrastructure with anywhere from two to six times the primary storage capacity to enable remote replication--preferably via synchronous means--to ensure a current copy of data is available in at least two geographically distinct locations.
To accomplish this, you'd have to standardize on a tier-one storage system such as EMC Symmetrix, HDS Lightning or IBM ESS, with appropriate split mirror and remote replication software. Another critical requirement is the appropriate bandwidth. Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) is the premiere technology available (see "Linking SANs for disaster recovery, Parts 1 and 2" in the September and October 2003 issues of Storage).
To incorporate this technology, there's a complex integration effort that includes planning and implementing the right combinations of split mirrors and replicated volumes to meet the environment's requirements. You have to balance business requirements, latency considerations, application characteristics, bandwidth constraints and organizational capabilities. The good news is that once the effort has been expended and the management processes are refined, disk-based replication can be highly effective.
The downside--cost
By now, you're probably asking yourself if you can afford this and if you really need it. Disk replication is expensive. Not only is the initial investment in the equipment, software and integration services costly, but for many companies the monthly expense for the additional bandwidth is simply too much.
Lower-cost solutions such as host-based software replication or appliance-based solutions using an enhanced WAN infrastructure are available and can be effective in some situations. One significant benefit is the ability of these products to replicate independently of the storage platform, allowing you to replicate from a high-priced storage system to a lower priced system.
Another expensive consideration is the recurring cost of maintaining a hot or warm site. Large organizations with multiple data centers can often leverage existing space within these sites for DR purposes or can justify the cost of a centralized DR facility shared by multiple divisions. For others, a remote hosting facility with systems made available on an as-needed basis is the only cost-justifiable solution. However, such an environment increases the time to recover and complicates recovery.
|Calculating recovery point objective
In this scenario, a particular system is backed up each night at 8:00. Let's assume that the backup tape is sent offsite each morning at 8:00. If a disaster resulting in loss of the site were to occur at 7:59 a.m., the only data that would be available for recovery would be the previous night's backup, which is already 36 hours old at that point in time.
Aligning need and cost
To ensure an effective DR capability, you must understand your requirements which are based on recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO).
RPO is the worst-case data loss that's acceptable for a specific class of data (see "Calculating recovery point objective"). RTO is the time from the disaster to the resumption of business.
Some of the key trade-offs to consider are the availability dedicated vs. allocated DR assets, online vs. tape recovery and the extent of automation in the recovery or failover process. A major cost element is the availability of assets, specifically standby servers on which to recover. Maintaining a hot site requires dedicating assets that are likely to have low utilization rates and therefore wouldn't be affordable in many situations. On the other hand, the lack of a functioning recovery site could increase RTO to such an extent that some companies could be mortally wounded by the time they recovered.
Many companies that have investigated building advanced DR infrastructures based on remote replication end up abandoning these plans because of the high recurring communications expense. Is it possible to build an effective DR strategy without replication? Where should the investment and focus be placed?
A recent GlassHouse Technologies engagement resulted in the recovery options shown in "RPO/RTO impact of potential DR solutions" on this page. The intent was to show potential RPO/RTO improvements based on an increasing level of technology investment. A variety of alternatives were being considered. Due to distance requirements, synchronous replication wasn't an option. Current DR tests showed a recovery capability of greater than eight days for RTO and RPO because of problems in the backup infrastructure. Remediation steps would reduce the RTO/RPO to two days at a low cost. By weighing the incremental gains with the costs, the company developed a road map based on business requirements.
Process, process, process
While reductions in RPO are largely a technology investment, a significant improvement in RTO can be realized by having a well-executed DR process. Because this is usually a more difficult area to tackle, it often gets overlooked as people search for technology solutions. That's unfortunate because improvement in RPO by implementing technologies is measured in hours; gains in RTO can be measured in days.
In a true DR scenario, people are performing non-routine tasks often in unfamiliar surroundings. There can be confusion over responsibilities and the sequence of recovery tasks. The potential for error is high.
For these reasons, you should invest as much in DR process as in technology. This doesn't mean just creating a DR planning document that sits on the shelf. It means developing a process that ensures DR is considered in all IT planning, recovery plans are reviewed and updated regularly and realistic testing is done on a regular and irregular basis.


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A New Jersey woman was sentenced to a fine and community service for suffocating four of her boyfriend's bulldog puppies inside a food cooler, officials said.
Kimberly Matthews, 27, was found guilty of four counts of animal cruelty Wednesday after her arrest last fall.
Police said they were alerted to the case after an acquaintance of hers told them that Matthews had given him a blue Igloo cooler with four 5-week-old American bulldog puppies lying motionless inside and that she told him "they were probably just sleeping."
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When the acquaintance later went to touch the puppies, he saw they were cold and deceased.
The acquaintance told police that Matthews had an argument over the phone with her boyfriend, who breeds American bulldogs, and that she threatened to kill the puppies.
Later she removed the puppies from their cage and put them into the cooler, the acquaintance told police.
Matthews was sentenced to pay a $1,000 fine and 30 days of community service at an animal shelter facility.

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Using Templates: Shape/Photo Masks using the clipping mask in Photoshop
Great tip! Thanks!
Great tutorial, thanks!
Thanks Marisa! I've also found trial in error that if I want to drag that matted shape or photo onto my scrapbook page that I'm making; I need to to do a final step-flatten the image so the layers get merged together. Go to Layers and choose merge layers or merge visible and then I can drag the image onto the page I'm working on and the image stays together.
I had no clue about this technique! So easy! Thank you!
I just found your site a few days ago, and have been going through all your tutorials, and learning so much about PS, and things are finally starting to click for me. I have had the program for years, but could never wrap my head around some of the stuff, so only used it for basic things. With what I have learned in just a few days from watching your videos, and reading your tutorials, it has opened up a whole new world for me. Thank you so much for all you share.
All of your tutorials are so easy to understand. Thank you.
I am so glad there are tutorials on how to use these! Thank you!
Thank you. Although I use a different program to scrap with, this is still a great help. I can use masks with my program. xxx
I too love the clipping mask too the greatest thing ever I wished paintshop would have something that but they dont.
I think clipping masks are great.
Woo Hoo. This is the first thing I am doing in the morning. You explain things so well and make the steps seem so easy.
Thanks so much Marisa.
I wish Gimp had the option of clipping masks.
Great tutorial, I may have to start using my photoshop more.
Thanks so much for sharing the tutorial!
gracias por compartir lo tengo en cuenta
Thanks for the quick tutorial. Super helpful.
I did it Thanks
LOVE! Thank you!
Thanks, can I use this with pictures also?
When you have your paper layer selected over the shape, hit Ctrl and G at the same time on your keyboard.
That's the shortcut key stroke to do the same thing.
That's a super useful shortcut to know Tiffany. Thanks for sharing. Although in my Photoshop it's actually alt+ctrl+g.
Can anyone please tell me how to do this with paintshop pro X5??
I can't believe it's that easy! Marisa, you are brilliant!
PS : For clipping masks in Photoshop Elements 11 (Windows):
1. Open mask.
2. File / Place to open photo.
3. Layer / Create Clipping Mask.
This is going to sound crazy, but I have the hardest time just moving and dropping my background image onto my template document. I drop it too soon and it doesn't go or I don't drop it in the correct place and I end up on another file. I use a touch pad, so maybe that's the problem.
Question...is it best to create your new item in a separate file, convert it to a png then copy it to your layout? Or can you do this within the same file you are working on - like a digital scrapbook layout ?
Any feed-back appreciated - THanks!
@Vickie: It depends on what new item your making. If it's just a simple shape, I'd go ahead and make it in the file you're using. If you're going to make something with a lot of layers, sometimes it's helpful to make that in a separate file, then just use a flattened version in your layout. That way you don't lose those layers in case you want to go back and tweak something.
@Dana: What program are you using? I don't have any problems moving layers around, but I have a mouse and I'm using Photoshop.
Thank you will give this a try
@Marisa, thanks for the feedback. My items are usually intricate so I will follow your advice for the separate file.
I love clipping masks - they are so versatile and cool to use, thank you.


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Dynamic Symmetry In Composition.
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Jay Hambidge
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|The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry.
Jay Hambidge.
1919 140p. This work contains a thorough presentation of the principles and rules of Dynamic Symmetry in clearly organized & well demonstrated lessons, & can be considered The Source Work on the Subject. Contents: Introduction; Synthesis & Analysis; The Difference Between Static & Dynamic Symmetry; Sources For the Study of Dynamic Symmetry; The Dynamic Symmetry of the Plant; The Summation Series; How DS was Discovered The Logarithmic Spiral; The Law of Phyllotaxis; Applications to Design; Simple Rectangles; The Square; Methods For Manipulating the Plan Forms of Nature; Square & Diagonal; Root Rectangles Outside & Inside a Square; Linear Proportions of Root Rectangles; Rectangle of Whirling Squares (1.6118) Phi; Root-Five Rectangle (2.236); Constructions of Whirling Rectangles Root-Five From Whirling Square; Plato's Section; The Reciprocal; The Diagonal; 47th Proposition of Euclid; Division of Root Rectangles into Reciprocals; Root-Two Rectangle (1.4142); Rectangular Spirals; Root-Two Rectangles & Application of Areas; Root Three Rectangle (1.732); Root Four Rectangle (2); Root Five Rectangle (2.236); The Spiral & Other Curves of Dynamic Symmetry; General Constructions For Similarity of Figure; Enlargement & Reproduction of Shapes By Diagonal; Movement of Shapes on Medial Line; Similar Shapes Constructed From Any Point In a Rectangle; Properties of Modulation & Measurableness in Dynamic Areas; Eternal Principle of Growth In Dynamic Shapes; Compound Rectangles; The Complement; Form & Color Complements Compared; Relationship Between Areas & Complements; Reciprocal In a Complement; Rhythmic Themes of Whirling Square Rectangle; Square Plus A Root-Five Rectangle; Compound Rectangles Within a Square; Natural Source in Regular Pentagon; Addition of Unity to Dynamic Areas; The Gnomon; Importance to Design of Similarity of Figure; Most Important Ratios of Dynamic Symmetry & Reciprocals; Definitions from 13 Books of Euclid.
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|Practical Applications of Dynamic Symmetry.
Jay Hambidge, Edited by Mary C. Hambidge
1932 109p. Many Illustrations. This book is the only publication of a series of lectures by Mr. Hambidge in New York during 1921 after his return from Europe where he spent 2 years studying examples of Greek Art. His work there was the final corroboration of 25 years experimentation in plant life, of tireless study of natural symmetry laws used by various races of the world, and the test & application of his discoveries to his work as an artist. It represents the final summation and conclusion of all of his thought & research on Dynamic Symmetry. Contents: Symmetry: It's Static & Dynamic Aspects; The Dynamic Series of Shapes; Dynamic Symmetry & The Law of Phyllotaxis; A Greek Drinking Cup Illustrating the Root-Five Proportion; Pattern Planning; Greek Method for Area Analysis; Area Themes; Chair Illustrating Dynamic Furniture Planning; Architectural Decoration; Type Display & Book Make-Up; Compositional Layout; Spiral Curves.
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|Dynamic Symmetry In Composition.
Jay Hambidge
1923 83p. The paintings & drawings illustrated in this book have been selected to show some of the methods which artists have used to apply the principles of Dynamic Symmetry to picture composition. No more than a passing reference to the principles or explanations of the fundamentals will be presented in this volume as they are covered in the other volumes. This book presents the principles of composition of a picture. This work is an illustration of the process of integrating the principles with the application in picture composition for the artist. It covers layout, structure and design of the underlying elements of design in a work of art.
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|The Diagonal.
Edited by Jay Hambidge
1919-1920 255p. 100's of Diagrams. VERY RARE. Hambidge's most rare and detailed original work on Dynamic Symmetry. An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted To The Explanation Of the Rediscovered Principles of Greek Design, Their Appearance In Nature & Their Application To The Needs of Modern Art. Contents: Dynamic Symmetry (DS) Of The Plant; DS of the Human Figure For Advanced Students; The Difference Between Dynamic & Static Symmetry; Elements of DS; DS of Plant & How DS Was Discovered; DS of Man, Skull, Torso, Head, Pelvis; Greek Design vs. Italian Imitation; Construction For Similarity of Figure; Square Root & Root 5 Rectangle; The Root Rectangles; Section of Greek Wall & Pillar in British Museum; Compound of Rectangles & Relationships; Dynamic & Static Area; Fallacy of the "So-Called Golden Compass"; The Erechtheum Frieze; DS of Hand & Foot; Leonardo & Vitruvian Proportions of Human Figure; Beginning of DS in Ancient Greece; DS & Life Class Work; Hindu Method of Laying Out a Statue; Symmetry Used By Egyptian Designers 4000 Years Ago; DS Rectangles as Pattern Bases; Unfolded Cube; Transitional Designers of Ancient Greece; Ratios Most Frequently Used, Their Reciprocals & Simple Divisions; The Spiral & Other Curves of Dynamic Symmetry; True Inwardness of Hambidge's Theory of DS; Did The Egyptian Amasis Teach The Greeks Dynamic Proportion?; Structural Scheme For An Amasis Amphora;
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Jay Hambidge
1924 103p. Numerous Diagrams. Hambidge's rare analysis of DS in Greek Architecture. Contents: The Greek Temple; The Façade & Its Divisions; The Entablature; The Parthenon Column; The Temple Floor; Floor & Elevation; The Panathenaic Frieze & The Cella; The Naos; The Antefix; The Greek Spiral; Another Temple by the Architect of the Parthenon; The Doric Temples At Aegina & Olympia; Proof By Arithmetic of the Diagrams in the Text.
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Jay Hambidge
1920 161p. 100 Diagrams. Hambidge's highly detailed work analyzing the intimate details of Dynamic Symmetry as ideally exemplified in the Greek Vase. Contents: Vitruvius On Greek Symmetry; Prediction By Edmond Pottier In 1906 Relative To Greek Symmetry; Basis of Design In Nature; The Root Rectangles; Plato's Most Beautiful Shape; Other Pottery Examples of Similar Rectangle Shapes; A Hydria, A Stamnos, A Pyxis, & Other Vase Forms; Further Analysis of Vase Forms; Static Symmetry.
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Kenneth Williams & Mark Gaskell
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Marlins' gap hitters delivering at spacious park
MIAMI -- Marlins Park, with its large dimensions and high outfield wall, is not ideally suited to produce an abundance of home runs. Still, the building can work to hitters' advantage, with the right approach.
In constructing the 2014 roster, Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill and his staff sought players who could work the park to their advantage.
Finding potential home run hitters wasn't the objective. The club sought run producers, and if meant they hit doubles, so be it.
That's why Miami signed free agents Casey McGehee, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Garrett Jones and Jeff Baker. These are veterans capable of capitalizing on the big gaps.
The Marlins entered Sunday leading the Majors with 18 doubles. The also ranked first in runs scored with 40.
"The thing is the guys are taking what they're given," manager Mike Redmond said. "Casey is not over-swinging. How many times has he just hit a base hit up the middle to score a run? That's the key. We don't need homers. We don't need the ball to go into the seats. We just need hits. Whether that be doubles, singles or whatever. We'll take it."
The Marlins finished last in the Majors in doubles a year ago.
"I think guys are feeling good," Redmond said. "They're confident. Guys are going out there and they're having great at-bats."
The general feeling is the club should focus on line drives, which can turn into doubles at home, and on the road, the same approach should account for more home runs.
"I wouldn't say I'm surprised," Redmond said of the offense. "But is it great to see? Absolutely. These guys have worked hard. We've talked about the character of this ballclub. It's only been a few games, but it is fun to see these guys work together and pick each other up. They're helping each other out with pitches. Guys are helping out who know the pitchers. I like the team atmosphere right now.
"But pitching is the key. It gives us a chance, but it's fun to see us go out there and swing the bats."


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Hi everyone. I'm trying to make a basic game where the mouse moves a ball around a JPanel and dodges other balls. The game is going fine, but I can't get anything to appear in my JFrame.
Here's the goal for now: I'd like to have the JPanel holding the game in the upper left. Somewhere on top of it should be a JLabel with the text "Click to start".
This seemed like a simple task. But when I tried just adding one component after the other, the first one always disappeared. Right now I'm trying to add both to a JLayeredPane, but I feel like that's overkill and I can't get it to show up at all.
Here's my code so far:
JLayeredPane pane=new JLayeredPane(); //Add CollisionsPanel int numballs=10; CollisionsPanel collpanel = new CollisionsPanel(xBound, yBound, numBalls); pane.add(collpanel, 0); //Add starting text JLabel clickToStart=new JLabel("Click to start"); clickToStart.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER); clickToStart.setVerticalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER); pane.add(clickToStart, 1); //Add layered pane to frame setLayeredPane(pane);
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Here I am again, tinkering with scones. I've shared a few recipes on this website as the links below will prove, and they're a constant at most of the baking demos I've done. It needn't be said: I'm besotted with scones.
Note: Every Thursday, post a food photo: it can be of what you're eating, what you want to eat, etc. It can be shot with any device, from a mobile phone, tablet, to a regular camera – point & shoot or SLR. It's all up to you but it must be YOUR photo, no ripping off of somebody else's work. And please include a short description. We want to know what it is and where to eat it too, if possible.
My usual scone recipe utilizes the basics and is enhanced with a goodly amount of buttermilk, or sour milk if you want to be technical about it. This morning, I add an egg just because I feel like rebelling against the recipe. You know me, I'm obedient to the written word – er, recipe to a fault but today I'm the belligerent baker. Sometimes a broken rule proffers unexpectedly delicious results. The addition of an egg gifts my scones with a light, cakey texture and, as eggs are wont to do, a sun-bright color. Which reminds me that yes, the sun has risen. I've been at my kitchen since daybreak.
The other scone is purely whim playing on the availability of what I've got in my fridge. I use coconut milk, grated coconut, and – hold your breath: hazelnuts. Eh? Yes I know, not quite the propitious combination but I've run out of macadamias, coconut's more appropriate partner. This unlikely mix gives me a scone with a rather shabby, nubby texture. Its interior – ha, innards! – are nice however, flecked as they are with the hazelnuts' skins. Quite earthy in flavor too, a sort of new age-y scone.
And because I'm on this devil-may-care streak, I lace some of my morning coffee with the leftover coconut milk. Have you ever done that? I like the flavor, and it goes well with my tinkered-tweaked with scones that I scarf down at daybreak while sipping coffee.
My other posts about scones:
Sleepless Over Scones
Scones On A Saturday
The Biscuit That Thinks It's A Cake


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Having a sleepless night now and then
can be annoying. But when you have
restless legs syndrome (RLS), going without sleep night
after night can make life miserable. You may be so tired that you just feel
like crying.
If restless legs are robbing you of sleep, you're not
alone. But there may be some things you can do for yourself to make it easier
to get a good night's sleep, especially if your symptoms are mild.
Restless legs
syndrome is a disorder that makes you feel like you must move. This feeling usually affects the legs. But some people feel it in their arms, torso, or in a phantom limb (the part of a limb that has been amputated). People
often describe these feelings as tingling, "pins and needles," prickling,
pulling, aching, or crawling. When you have restless legs syndrome, moving usually
makes you feel better, at least for a short time. For most people, this
problem happens at night when they are trying to sleep.
The main symptom of restless legs syndrome is numbness
in the legs.
The main symptom is a tingling or aching feeling in your legs or some other part of your body. This feeling makes you want to move to get relief.
Continue to Why?
Being unable to
go to sleep is the biggest problem with restless legs syndrome (RLS). When RLS keeps you up at night, you keep getting more and more tired. And being overly tired
can make your RLS even worse.
But many people are able
to get a good night's sleep most nights by making a few changes in their
habits. For example, getting regular exercise and drinking less caffeine can help with sleep.
Even with restless legs syndrome, some changes
in your habits may help you sleep better.
Daily habits can affect my sleep.
The time you get out of bed, the size and
timing of your dinner, how you set your thermostat, whether or not you get
regular exercise, and many other choices you make can affect your sleep
The time you get out of bed, the size and
timing of your dinner, how you set your thermostat, whether or not you get
regular exercise, and many other choices you make can affect your sleep
Continue to How?
If your RLS symptoms are mild, you may be able to get a good night's sleep
most nights by making some changes in your lifestyle. Make sure to follow these
general sleep tips:
People who have RLS may need to do extra things
to get more sleep:
If your
symptoms don't get better, talk to your doctor. He or she may prescribe drugs
to control your RLS and help you sleep.
When I am tossing and turning, unable to sleep, I
should stay in bed until I fall asleep.
If you are tossing and turning, you should not
stay in bed until you fall asleep. You need to establish the bed as a place for
sleep, not sleeplessness. If you aren't asleep within 15 or 20 minutes, go to
another room and do a quiet activity like reading until you are sleepy.
If you are tossing and turning, you should not
stay in bed until you fall asleep. By staying in bed, you are associating the
bed with sleeplessness. If you aren't asleep within 15 or 20 minutes, go to
another room and do a quiet activity like reading until you are sleepy.
Continue to Where?
Now that you have read this
information, you are ready to find ways to get more sleep.
Talk with your doctor
If you have
questions about this information, print it out and take it with you when you
visit your doctor. You may want to mark areas or make notes where you have
questions. Your doctor may have more suggestions on how you can sleep better.
If you would like more information on restless legs
syndrome, the following resources are available:
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) information center offers information and publications about preventing
and treating:
The National Sleep Foundation, an independent nonprofit
organization, can provide you with brochures on sleep disorders and a list of
accredited sleep disorder clinics.
The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with restless legs
syndrome (RLS). General medical information and research updates are available
online and through newsletters and special publications. The Web site has
numerous links to support groups and resources for more information about the
WE MOVE is an Internet resource for movement disorder
information. This nonprofit organization is dedicated to educating people about the latest
treatment options for neurologic movement disorders. WE MOVE also has
information on support groups and hosts discussions and chat rooms on the website.
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Restless Legs Syndrome
Last Revised:
March 10, 2011
Healthwise Staff
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Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine & Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology
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Mission Statement:
The mission of the Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce is to participate in economic development efforts designed to strengthen and expand the growth of all African American businesses within the Central Texas area and to assist in community activities designed to encourage new business andThe CTAACC plan is to encourage, develop and empower these small businesses with the capacity to generate additional revenue.
Statement of Purpose:
The purpose of Cen-Tex African American Chamber of Commerce is to provide a workable organizational structure that will build economic prosperity and improve the quality of life in our community. Utilizing effective leadership, committed membership, and committee groups designed to implement programs that support the efforts of African-American business firms. We recognize that small businesses are critical to our nation's economy. The Chamber is "dedicated to serving its Members and the community in the development, promotion and advocacy of tourism and business in the Central Texas area.
Objectives of the Chambers Include:
- To promote our Member's businesses and services.
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- To coordinate the efforts of commerce and industry to maintain and strengthen a healthy business climate.
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Soundcheck: Jam, Sample In A Jar, My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own
SET 1: Buried Alive > Poor Heart > Stash, Reba, Sparkle, It's Ice, Fee > All Things Reconsidered, Chalk Dust Torture, The Horse[1] > Silent in the Morning, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie
SET 2: My Friend, My Friend[3], Uncle Pen, Tweezer > The Lizards, Llama, You Enjoy Myself[4], Hold Your Head Up > Love You > Hold Your Head Up, It's All Right[5], Loup Garou[5], Choo Choo Ch' Boogie[5], Harry Hood, Amazing Grace[6]
ENCORE: Golgi Apparatus > Tweezer Reprise
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March 27, 1993
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Warfield Theatre
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Fish on trombone.
[3] All Fall Down signal in intro.
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He's been called unknown and underrated, but for "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson, a gaijin star in New Japan Pro Wrestling, the best part is that he doesn't have to worry about another "un" word: unemployment.
Anderson has been on a contract with NJPW since since March 2008, when he first traveled overseas on a three-month live-at-the-dojo deal, which paid a monthly guarantee that was at least better than what he was making on the independent wrestling scene.
It was a leap of faith for Chad Allegra at that point, having already packed up and moved from his North Carolina home to Cincinnati to train as a pro wrestler and then to Los Angeles for a stint in the New Japan dojo there.
Working in Japan was something else. "I got to live there and train there for three months. After my first match, they asked me if I wanted a year contract right away. I said, 'Yep,'" Allegra, 33, recalled for SLAM! Wrestling. "It just all came out of nowhere."
And, in early February 2013, he re-upped with New Japan for another year, and proceeded to go out and main event against IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, losing a hard-fought, 25-minute battle on the NJPW "The New Beginning" iPPV.
In Japan, the 6-foot, 240-pound Karl Anderson has progressed from a lower-mid-card wrestler, often putting over the Japanese regulars, to a comedic tag team wrestler that morphed into a successful pairing with Giant Bernard (Matt Bloom, now WWE's Tensai), and now, to where his singles match with Shinsuke Nakamura from May 2012 was considered in the running for Match of the Year.
"I would have thought it would have been possible in my own brain, but then I look back on those things and I realize that I guess I wasn't ready. I wasn't as progressed as I am now," Allegra said. "Just everything comes with time. It just takes time and a lot of work, a lot of training, and just kind of understanding wrestling."
Growing up, Allegra was a three-sport star at A.C. Reynolds High School near Asheville, N.C., excelling in baseball, football and basketball. Up next was Mars Hill College, in Mars Hill, N.C., from September 1998 to June 2000, where he played baseball.
In August 2000, Allegra packed up for Cincinnati, Ohio, and trained a little with Les Thatcher before settling in to learn the pro wrestling business under Roger Ruffin, who also taught Abyss, Jillian Hall and "Wildcat" Chris Harris.
Marquez thought that Allegra stood out on the card that weekend and believed he could be successful in Japan. An invitation to train at the L.A. New Japan dojo was offered.
"As predicted, he started to shine and within a few weeks I was trying to package him for Japan," said Marquez. "What I saw in him was drive. Through the thickest of times, he always pushed and achieved his goals. I'm not going to say everyday was easy, it wasn't. There was a lot of corporate mess going on in NJPW at that time and unfortunately it hit everyone, especially the dojo guys. I'm just happy he stuck with it and that he's cemented himself with the Japanese public and it's only a matter of time before North America discovers him ... when he's ready, we'll know."
There were a number of significant names that spent time at the New Japan L.A. dojo, including Fergal Devitt, Mikey Nicholls, Alex Kosloff, Rocky Romero, and Bryan Danielson. Devitt remains one of Allegra's closest friends.
"Chad's hard work, dedication and consistency is what has made him a success. Some people think you can become a great wrestler over night, but to be able to preform at the level Chad does night after night takes literally years of experience and hard work, and few have been through what Chad has been through to get to where he is today," wrote Devitt. "In his own words, Chad is a 'Bad motherf---er' and it shines through in the ring, he gets in there and handles business. There is no funny business, it's wrestling as it should be, and personally Chad is one of my favourite performers to not only watch but also to study."
In retrospect, the move to Los Angeles was the right one, but Allegra, who only had four years of weekend wrestling under his belt at the time, said he had a lot of misgivings.
"I actually hated my whole time in L.A. There were always great times, but I look back on it now, and I wasn't happy there at all. I just didn't enjoy myself. I was broke. Just the whole time sucked -- except the bonds and the friendships that I made. That part was great," he admitted. "But it was the right decision. That's the young and immature thing, thinking that you should be on TV right away, which was kind of in my head. Not that I should have been on TV, but I just wanted something to happen, which a lot of wrestlers need to realize patience."
It took two years and one name change before Allegra was invited to Japan.
"I knew his given name wouldn't work and the Japanese loves nostalgia. Previously, we made Chad Collyer 'Chad Malenko' for a Japanese tour and I felt Allegra needed something similar," recalled Marquez. "Since he is from the 'South' and has a kind of 'twang' in his voice, I felt he could be an 'Anderson' -- something he wasn't keen to. The Karl with a 'K' came about because of the other Andersons: Lars and Ole and to me he looked like an Anderson, so I went with it."
It took time for Allegra to be comfortable with it. "I'm good with it now. I don't particularly want to say that I'm part of the Anderson family, because that's not real. That bothered me at first. I was just a no-name and they were trying to call me Karl Anderson. I was like, 'Have you guys cleared this with anybody? Can you call Mr. Arn Anderson to ask if it's okay?'"
"Me and Shin are exactly the same age and we hit it off right away. We were just hanging out and drinking beer and training every day," said Allegra. "I think Shinsuke helped me out a lot in Los Angeles, just watching tapes together, watching YouTube, getting in the ring together and doing the natural wrestling that makes it look so real. I'd never had that kind of training before. In Cincinnati, I would wrestle in Kentucky or Indiana or something and it was just all about, you'd put a tackle on somebody and you'd look at the crowd and you'd tell them to shut up and they'd boo at you. It was simple, just different. So I wasn't really used to getting on the mat and just wrestling around, just going with the feel of it. Going to that Los Angeles dojo helped a lot. Then when I finally went to New Japan, just wrestling every day with those guys, just wrestling that style, that natural stuff. Things just kind of progressed."
In Japan, where the action has to look far more punishing and physical than the North American style, "Machine Gun" Anderson has excelled, shooting his finger weapons in the ring and delivering the rugged action. ("I hope people realize that it's just entertainment. I've never even shot a real gun in my life. I grew up in North Carolina, but never went hunting.")
It's just that few people know that in North America.
"Karl Anderson is probably one of the most underrated, unknown guys that should be known in the business," said Lance Archer (TNA's Lance Hoyt, WWE's Vance Archer) at the recent Hart Legacy Wrestling show in Calgary. "What he's done in Japan has definitely set the tone of who he should be in the business in the future."
"Wait, wait, wait! Karl Anderson makes Harry Smith hungover?" interrupted Archer. "I call bullsh-- on that one."
While Allegra admits to having a few beers with Smith, he stressed that he goes out with just about anyone on the New Japan roster to blow off some steam. Sometimes it's darts with Tanahashi or beers with Shinsuke.
"They're all my friends. They've all taken really good care of me," he said. "It's the kind of thing that people don't see or know about, but they're all good guys, man."
For the longest time, Allegra's buddy in Japan was Giant Bernard.
With Giant Bernard towering over him (6-foot-8 to 6-even) and outweighing him (360 to 240), they made a visually different team, known as Bad Intentions, and held both the IWGP tag titles and GHC tag titles.
"We clicked and had a lot of chemistry. I think that helps a lot when you get along with somebody. I think the size difference was actually the cool thing about it because in the beginning, he would tag me in and I would just sell like his hand when it tagged hurt really bad; people loved that and thought it was funny," said Allegra. "Then it progressed to where people actually believed I could team with him, that I actually was hanging with him. When they put us together at first, we were losing a lot and all the time, and then they finally gave us a little push and people started to believe us. We just clicked, never argued putting matches together. It was always real smooth. He was a cool cat."
While hesitant to condemn WWE for dropping the ball with the Tensai character, Allegra is contemplative about jumping to the world's biggest wrestling company should the chance present itself.
"Yeah, if the right opportunity came," he said. "It would have to be the right opportunity, the right move, the right money, I guess. I don't know. Everything would have to work out."
For now, he is content to continue toiling in Japan.
"I'm happy to have done what I did," he said. "I mean, nobody really knows about New Japan Pro Wrestling. I guess, why would they, because it's not going to be on TV over here. The only way you're going to see it is through YouTube or buying the iPPVs that they're doing now also. Every now and then, if I'm in the airport going to Japan, I'll get some Japanese fans who know who I am, or the rare occasion that a smart fan will be in an airport. But no, it definitely doesn't bother me at all (to not be known)."
With the knowledge of how communications used to be, Allegra knows he is living in a smaller world anyway, and is able to talk with his two sons, both under three years of age, Caedon, and Cylus, through the wonders of Facetime or Skype.
"I think back on the guys in the '80s or '90s, the wrestlers that would be over in Japan for that amount of time, and I can't imagine what that had to be like," he said. "Do you send Polaroids of your kids through the mail just to see them? My second son just started walking while I was in Japan -- of course that's a big deal -- but I got to see it on Facetime, which is pretty cool. If I hadn't have been there, talking to him every couple of days, or once a week, and I come home and he's walking, that would have been a big shock."
"I'll wake up, feed my kids, I'll watch some SportsCenter, I come to the gym, workout, go back home, play with the kids, watch some more SportsCenter, watch wrestling at night. That's it," he laughed.
The Japanese tours can last anywhere from a few days to six weeks. That can often mean three weeks or so straight in the U.S.
The plane travel is simply something he will never completely get used to.
"Luckily my status is so high now, I have Diamond Status on Delta that if it's overbooked or whatever, I'll get an upgrade, which is really nice," Allegra said. "For me, it's not something worth fighting over. The guys like Giant Bernard, they get First Class, but he's also 6-foot-8."
And the jet lag? Do you get used to that?
"People always ask me that and no, no way. You get used to dealing with it, I guess. When I come home, I'm absolutely wrecked, for two or three days, and if I don't get any sleep those days, it can last up to a week."
-- with files from Jason Clevett
Greg Oliver has been writing about pro wrestling since 1985, and is the author of six books: The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes & Icons (with Steven Johnson and Mike Mooneyham); SLAM! Wrestling: Shocking Stories from the Squared Circle; Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror That Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport (with Steven Johnson, Heath McCoy and Irv Muchnick); The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels (with Steven Johnson); The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams (also with Johnson) and The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Canadians. Check out his upcoming hockey effort: Don't Call Me Goon. He can be emailed at email@example.com.


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Cash Cuts May Cost California BillionsFriday, November 20th, 2009
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
By Marissa Lagos
(11-16) 04:00 PST Sacramento –
California has slashed the amount of money it will spend on the 2010 census, a move that experts warn could lead to a flawed count and cost the state billions in federal aid over the next decade.
Additionally, the U.S. Census Bureau – which recognized early that states wouldn't have as much cash on hand – is redoubling its efforts. For example, in 2000, 18 census outreach workers were dedicated to the Bay Area; this year, the bureau assigned 160.
The U.S. government hands out about $400 billion to states and local jurisdictions every year based on population counts made during the nation's decennial census. The money pays for local hospitals, schools, public housing, highways and unemployment insurance.
While the federal government pays census workers to take counts, states and local governments spend money on census outreach efforts to stress to residents – particularly those who may be wary – the importance of the census.
But because of deep budget cuts in the 2009-10 California spending plan, the state has earmarked less than $2 million for 2010 census outreach, down from nearly $25 million a decade ago. The cut in state census outreach funds is a problem that federal officials said is playing out across the country.
In California, the cut means many counties, which 10 years ago received grants from the state for outreach in addition to using their own money, will get little or no state funding for 2010 census outreach. Some counties struggling with their own fiscal problems also have cut local funding for census outreach.
Undercounts costly
Sonny Le, a spokesman for the U.S. Census Bureau, said outreach is critical to ensure residents fill out the census forms that will be delivered to every home in the United States in March. Many people don't understand the reason for filling out the form, while others are reticent to share information with the federal government.
Each uncounted resident could result in the loss of $1,000 a year in federal funding for a state, according to the nonprofit Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees.
Ted Wang, a census consultant working for the group, said state and local outreach efforts play a critical role in communicating with populations that historically have been difficult to count.
An undercount also could cost California a congressional seat for the first time in its 150-year history, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said.
In 2000, 70 percent of the U.S. census forms that were sent out in California were returned – though only 58 percent were expected, said Eric Alborg, a spokesman for the California Complete Count Committee, a group formed by the governor in June to oversee the state's census outreach.
Even with a higher-than-anticipated rate of response, Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, D-Sylmar (Los Angeles County), estimated that California lost $2 billion to $3 billion in federal funding over the past decade because some people were not counted.
"If this year is a bad count, how many more billions could we lose?" Fuentes said.
The governor's office defended the cuts as necessary and pointed out that in 2000 – at the height of the dot-com boom – the state was flush with cash.
'Hard to count' groups
"Given the breadth of the recession and the toll on state revenues, we had to make cutbacks in virtually every area," said H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the Department of Finance, who added that state officials recognize the importance of the count. "We're pleased we are able to commit resources for outreach efforts to reach individuals that are hard to count."
California is home to 10 of the nation's 50 counties with the largest "hard to count" populations, which include people of color, young adults, immigrants and low-income residents. Alameda and San Francisco counties are among the 10 counties, topped by Los Angeles County.
People harder to find
Further compounding the challenge is the economic and political climate, experts said. The financial crisis, including the waves of foreclosures, has forced people into homelessness or nontraditional housing, making them hard to find.
Officials said some immigrant populations are expected to be even more wary of the count than usual because of an uptick in immigration raids and anti-immigrant rhetoric in recent years – including an attempt by several Republican U.S. senators to exclude undocumented residents from the count and require respondents to disclose their immigration status. The amendment was defeated, but sponsor David Vitter, R-La., has vowed to raise the issue again.
To make up for the cut in state census funds, the state is working closely with elected, religious, nonprofit, community and educational leaders to develop plans to reach out to residents and get accurate counts via the California Complete Count Committee.
The state is also developing a Web site that will offer tool kits in census outreach to community partners.
Meanwhile, some local jurisdictions are trying to bridge the gap left by state cuts. San Francisco and Santa Clara counties ponied up money in their budgets to fund local efforts. For the first time, San Francisco created a "complete count committee," which includes community, business, labor and nonprofit leaders to help with outreach.
Still, serious challenges lie ahead, says Adrienne Pon, who is leading San Francisco's efforts.
"There are no (state) funds this time around, and populations are more dispersed and diverse … (so) we're trying to be more street smart and direct outreach mobilization efforts," she said. The largely African American Bayview-Hunters Point "had the lowest rate of return in 2000. We know of eight neighborhoods like that one which we are targeting."


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OAKLAND -- Right-hander Josh Lindblom was brought up from Triple-A Sacramento to start the nightcap of Oakland's split doubleheader with the Indians on Wednesday.
Clubs participating in split doubleheaders are allowed to employ a 26th man on their active roster, so the A's did not have to take another player off their current roster to make room for Lindblom, who will return to the River Cats on Thursday.
The righty allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in the spot start against Cleveland, keeping his club in the ballgame, despite Oakland's eventual 6-4 loss. He utilized 84 pitches in that span.
"I felt good," said Lindblom. "I wasn't very efficient at all, though. A lot of 1-0, 2-0 counts kinda hurt me, having to battle back from hitters' counts all night. It's tough to walk the tightrope with runners on base and make pitches. From that standpoint, I was able to do that, but to only go 4 2/3 is not ideal.
"You come in and you want to make an impression, and maybe you want to do too much, try to be too fine instead of attacking the hitters and going after them."
Acquired by the A's in the Craig Gentry trade that sent Michael Choice to the Rangers in the offseason, Lindblom went 0-2 with a 4.02 ERA in six games for the A's this spring, but took a no-hitter into the fifth in his final start against Seattle.
Lefty Scott Kazmir, originally scheduled to start Tuesday's postponed game, got the nod for the first game. Manager Bob Melvin said the decision for the second game came down to Lindblom and prospect Arnold Leon.
"A little more experience with Josh," said Melvin. "He's pretty similar to a guy like [Jesse] Chavez. He can give you the type of versatility, whether it's an inning or two or long relief or starting. His last outing was his best for us, started throwing a little bit of a slider, too, and now a four-pitch guy."
"It's great to have that trust and come in in a pinch like this, coming in and being able to try to help the team," said Lindblom.


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A set of mouth-shaped urinals in the men's bathroom at a Rolling Stones museum in northern Germany is drawing fire from local activists as sexist, Der Spiegel reported.
Marianne Jönsson-Olm, an official in charge of women's issues in the town of Lüchow, said a dozen women had complained to her that the urinals, which resemble Rolling Stones' iconic logo, are too feminine. They were designed by Dutch artist Meike van Schijndel and have drawn controversy elsewhere in the past, according to Der Spiegel.
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"Why does it have to be a woman's mouth?" local activist Roda Armbruster told regional broadcaster NDR. "If it had been based on the emblem of the Stones with the tongue, it would have been OK. But the tongue's been left out and they really looks like women's mouths."
Ulli Schröder, 62, a retired banker who opened the museum in October after having collected Stones memorabilia for decades, told Der Spiegel he had no plans to remove his prized potty mouths.
"That's not a man's mouth or a woman's mouth, that's art," he said. "They were damned expensive and they're staying where they are and that's final."


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But we never in a million years expected Anthony Weiner to turn up on ESPN's Sportscenter, and definitely not during the sports news show's daily installment of the Top 10 Plays.
But there we were last Wednesday morning eating breakfast, and nearly choked on a piece of bacon when we heard the anchor announce that the #9 play of the day (watch) featured none other than the New York congressman.
Weiner was playing left field in a friendly charity baseball game between Republicans and Democrats when a deep fly ball chased him back to the warning track. Weiner had to get on his horse, and he made a nifty over-the-shoulder catch worthy of some of MLB's all-star outfielders. The congressman then turned and fired the ball in to the cut-off man. (Okay, the catch was nice, but the throw back in was most definitely not pro-worthy. We think the congressman needs to work on his arm a bit.)
Weiner, ever the center of attention, then made a fake gun with his hand, pretended to blow the smoke from the barrel, and then shoved in back into his hip holster. We don't have any idea what that has to do with baseball, but it looked good.
Now, we're pretty sure that ESPN didn't have a film crew at the game, so were not sure how the station got footage of the congressman' catch. We think Weiner himself might have had sent the grainy footage over himself. Crafty.
Of interest was the intro to Weiner's catch. The first time we watched it (yes, we had to watch it twice to believe our eyes!) they introduced him as "Congress Anthony Weiner (pronounced Whiner) from New York." Somebody must have informed them of their mistake, because the second time around they pronounced it right.
The correction in turn made a perfect segue from play #10, which was an in-studio hot dog eating contest featuring the Nathan's Hot Dog eating champion Joey Chestnut. This time around, the anchor slyly added, "and speaking of hot dogs, how about this catch from Anthony Weiner..." before showing the congressman's catch.
Ah, hot dog jokes at the expense of Weiner's last name - they never get old.