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The thyroid is a small gland in the neck just below the Adam's apple. Its primary function is to produce hormones that influence most of the metabolic functions of the body. Three primary problems can occur for a variety of reasons and with a variety of symptoms.
The thyroid is a small gland in the neck just below the Adam's apple. Its primary function is to produce hormones that influence most of the metabolic functions of the body. Three primary problems can occur for a variety of reasons and with a variety of symptoms.
Hypothyroidism, an underactive thyroid, not producing sufficient hormones may lead to obesity, joint pain, infertility, and heart disease. This disorder is most common among women, over 50. The unbalance in the body from an underactive thyroid can develop slowly and initially be unnoticed but left unattended over time can lead to more serious situations. Symptoms can include tiredness, depression, lack of concentration, feeling cold, constipation, muscle cramps, weight gain, increased menstrual flow, more frequent periods, itchy skin, thinning hair. Causes of hypothyroidism are identified as:
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis – This is an autoimmune disease wherein the body attacks the tissue of the thyroid. The resulting inflammation and damage to the tissue results in reduced amounts or cessation of the hormones normally generated by the thyroid. This is the most common of hypothyroid disorders and occurs primarily in middle aged females but is also seen in men and children.
• Thyroid removal – The thyroid may be surgically or chemically removed to correct hyperthyroidism and hormonal balance must be achieved by other means.
• Iodine exposure – Exposure to excessive amounts of iodine and damage thyroidal tissue and result in hypothyroidism. Iodine can come from many medications for heart, cold, and sinus conditions as well as those use for some X-ray procedures.
Hyperthyroidism, an overactive thyroid, this can significantly accelerate the body's metabolism, causing sudden weight loss, a rapid or irregular heartbeat, sweating, and nervousness or irritability. Symptoms can include insomnia, anxiety, irritability, bulging eyes, weakness in arms/legs, shaky hands, frequent bowel movements, weight loss, racing heart beat, premature grey hair, lighter menstrual flow, less frequent periods. Various forms of hyperthyroidism include:
• Graves' disease - This is also an autoimmune disorder wherein there is too much production of the thyroid hormone. It is more prevalent among females and is the most common thyroid disorder among children and adolescents.
• Toxic adenomas - Over activity may also come from nodules forming that secrete excess thyroid hormone or an inflammation may occur that causes the gland to "leak" the excess. Goiters that form may contain several nodules.
• Subacute thyroiditis – This is a temporary inflammation of the thyroid that causes excess hormones and is usually temporary lasting a few weeks to a few months.
Thyroid nodules themselves may form. They may be solid or fluid filled lumps that form within the thyroid. Most nodules are not serious and may even go unnoticed. Small percentages are cancerous and require serious attention.
Oils, blends & products recommended:
Oils & Blends: Balance, clove, Deep Blue, geranium, lemongrass, myrrh, peppermint
Essential oils based products: GX Assist, Life Long Vitality supplements, PB Assist
Also consider:
Suggested protocols:Start with strengthening the body systems with any thyroid issue:
• GX Assist for cleansing
• PB Assist to rebuild probiotics
• Lifelong Vitality supplements
• The AromaTouch Technique is an additional way to strengthen and balance the bodyHypo or Hyper thyroidism
• Balance and geranium
• Lemongrass and myrrh
• Alternate the above two combinations weekly. Apply them directly to the thyroid area, the reflexology points on the feet (great toes), and on the wrists multiple times per day
• Some also suggest peppermint and cloveNodules
• Sandalwood applied topically to the thyroid areaSymptomatic relief
• Pain - dilute Deep Blue and apply topically
• Tiredness and depression - Elevation, citrus oils, peppermint
• Anxiety and irritability - Balance and melissaConsistency of application is important.
Testimonials (shared by Rob James)
Sheen - A friend of mine has been told that she must have her thyroid removed in four months. There is a calcified tumor with other tumors growing on and around it on her thyroid. I would love for her to be able to reverse this before she has surgery. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Debbie - Does anyone have any testimonials on what they have done for thyroid issues?Christi - Hopefully soon I'll be a "testimonial" for both - I have hypothyroid and rheumatoid arthritis. I did the GX assist and am now on the PB assist and plan to start the LLW (Life Long Wellness supplements) pack as soon as I'm done and continue this process for a few months. I'll let you know how it goes!
Debbie - Thanks Cristi. It sounds like you are on the right track. Those were my thoughts to share with my friend who is asking for help. THANKS and good luck to you!
BTW, I don't know what your exercise abilities are, but I have had inherent thyroid issues. However, I'm doing well now. I do believe the oils and LLW are great keys and were certainly very helpful, but for me personally, "running" is what totally got me off thyroid medication. Even walking didn't quite do it. Again, the best to you!
Pat - There are quite a few testimonials in the archives of everythingdoterra, I will give you the bullet points of them:
For the Thyroid, regardless of the type and even when it affects the Adrenal I would suggest applying Balance and geranium to the big toe, the thyroid areas and the wrist all during the day and alternate the next week with lemongrass, peppermint, myrrh and clove as a blend to the same areas. Also dropping frankincense under the tongue, 2 drops, 2-3 times a day. I would also suggest the GX Assist cleanse followed by the PB Assist and then go on the Life Long Wellness Supplements.
cnrb78 - I'm new to essential oils and to doTERRA. My friend has recommended that I join this group and ask questions for "recipes" for oils. Here are a couple of the main problems that I "suffer" from: hypothyroid, hormone problems (no ovulation) and infertility. What oils would you recommend to help these things? Also, I have skin "issues" - I still get hormonal acne at age 31. Any help would be appreciated!Pat - Hypothyroid is an autoimmune condition. You could try the GX Assist for a cleanse that helps auto immune diseases. You should also follow up with PB Assist. I would continue the GX Assist and the PB Assist for three months if it were I.
You could also apply myrrh and peppermint topically on the thyroid area. I would also suggest you look into the Life Long Wellness for stabilizing your nutritional needs. This would also help with your female problems along with clary sage. There are a number of things that will help with the skin issues. The GX Assist will be one, but you can also try melaleuca on the adult acne cyst type condition and geranium on the affected areas. Just test them and see what works best for you.
Linray - What will help a thyroid condition??jcm - First of all, you need to know what kind of thyroid problems you are addressing. Hyperthyroid, Hypothyroid, Thyroid hormone deficiency. What kind of symptoms are there?
• In Hyperthyroid: Anxiety, restlessness, insomnia, premature grey hair, diabetes mellitus, arthritis, vitiligo-skin pigment(Michael Jackson).
• In Hypothyroid - autoimmune condition: low blood sugar, fatigue, candida, lack of energy, reduced immune function, poor resistance to disease, recurring infections.Some oils that might be helpful are:
• For both: Myrrh and lemongrass plus the Lifelong Wellness pack.
• Hypothyroid: myrtle, peppermint, clove.
• Hyperthyroid: Deep Blue. Topical: DILUTE 50-50, apply 3-5 drops over thyroid, 1-3 times a day. apply 1-3 drops on the thyroid Vita Flex points of the feet.Some of this taken from Essential Oils Desk Reference copyright 2004, Essential Science Publishing, page 411.
AnnMarie - I recently read somewhere that guggul, made from a tree resin, is helpful for hypothyroidism. When I looked it up online at pubmed.com, there was mention that it was related to Myrrh. I could not find much information on the doTERRA site about Myrrh. Does Myrrh have the same properties and is it useful for thyroid problems? How would it be administered? Thanks.Editor's note: Commiphora myrrha or the myrrh doTERRA uses is sourced in Ethiopia and guggul, also called false myrrh or Indian bdellium, and scientifically known as Commiphoa mukul, is a variety of the Myrrh tree. Some suggest that it has similar or related properties although not as potent.
Pat - I know of two people who use myrrh on their Thyroid issues. It has been helpful for them and they use it with frankincense, lemongrass, and lavender.
April - My mom's friend has had her thyroid removed due to cancer. The doctors have been trying and are not able to find the correct amount of medication (or the right medication, for that matter) to give to this poor woman to balance her out. One day she will be extremely tired, the next extremely hyper! I know that frankincense is fantastic for the thyroid, but would that still work since the thyroid has been removed?Pat - Here are a few protocols that have worked for others:
1. Do a master cleanse or just cleanse with the lemon oil in water and rub frankincense and sandalwood topically of the thyroid area.
2. This person found some success applying balance and geranium to thyroid and lymph node areas, the big toe on each foot and each wrist. Do it day and night. Rotate weekly with lemongrass and peppermint, myrrh and clove to the same areas.She could also go on the lemon, melaleuca and oregano protocol for general internal clean-up. 5 drops lemon 5 drops melaleuca 3 drops oregano. Put into a gel cap and take every morning.
Editor's note (5/25/2010): This protocol has since been improved with the prepared GX Assist product followed by the PB Assist and supplemented with the Lifelong Vitality pack.
I can also tell you that if she would get on the supplements (Lifelong Wellness supplements) she would be amazed at how much better she would feel. It would get her balanced.
Julia - Does anyone have any experience with hypothyroid...are there any oils that can assist with this? Has anyone had direct experience ... if so, do share.BK - I have thyroid issues, I actually had my thyroid removed, and I am hypothyroid. I also have adrenal problems that usually come with thyroid problems. I'm still working on the best way to address things, but have found some success and would recommend you apply Balance, and geranium to thyroid and lymph node areas, the big toe and wrist day and night. Rotate weekly with lemongrass, peppermint, myrrh, and clove as a blend to the same areas.
Also, take your supplements (Life Long Wellness supplements)!
Pat - We need some help for a thyroid tumor that has started to shrink and now is in a holding pattern. We would like to give it a jump start and would like some feedback on what to do. To date she has taken the lemon, melaleuca and oregano for 1 month, then took away the oregano and substituted thyme for 1 month, internally. She has been alternating frankincense, helichrysum, geranium and sandalwood for a topical application. Any help you can give is appreciated. An interesting side note, she does not put the internal oils in a capsule, but rather in a small amount of water and drinks it. Now that is a Real Woman.Samara - My thyroid didn't have a tumor, so I'm not sure this will help, but I use Balance topically on my thyroid.
BK - I would go on the master cleanse for a week or two with simple daily topical application of frankincense and sandalwood.
Dian - I do not have a tumor. But I hold up clary sage or basil to my throat to see which one will "calm down" the throbbing. Then I use about a drop of which ever my throat asks for that day.
What Science & Research are saying
Summary from www.About.com on stress and cortisol.Cortisol is an important hormone in the body, secreted by the adrenal glands and involved in the following functions and more:
· Proper glucose metabolism
· Regulation of blood pressure
· Insulin release for blood sugar maintenance
· Immune function
· Inflammatory responseNormally, it is present in the body at higher levels in the morning and at its lowest at night. Although stress isn't the only reason that cortisol is secreted into the bloodstream, it has been termed "the stress hormone" because it's also secreted in higher levels during the body's 'fight or flight' response to stress, and is responsible for several stress related changes in the body. Small increases of cortisol have some positive effects:
· A quick burst of energy for survival reasons
· Heightened memory functions
· A burst of increased immunity
· Lower sensitivity to pain
· Helps maintain homeostasis in the bodyWhile cortisol is an important and helpful part of the body's response to stress, it's important that the body's relaxation response to be activated so the body's functions can return to normal following a stressful event. Unfortunately, in our current high-stress culture, the body's stress response is activated so often that the body doesn't always have a chance to return to normal, resulting in a state of chronic stress.
Higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol in the bloodstream (like those associated with chronic stress) have been shown to have negative effects, such as:
· Impaired cognitive performance
· Suppressed thyroid function
· Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia
· Decreased bone density
· Decrease in muscle tissue
· Higher blood pressure
· Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body, slowed wound healing, and other health consequences
· Increased abdominal fat, which is associated with a greater amount of health problems than fat deposited in other areas of the body. Some of the health problems associated with increased stomach fat are heart attacks, strokes, the development of higher levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and lower levels of "good" cholesterol (HDL) which can lead to other health problems!
The following research is reported in Psychiatry Research(www.psy-journal.com)
scientifically confirming the benefit of lavender and rosemary essential oils in reducing stress and related health problems.
Smelling lavender and rosemary increases free radical scavenging activity and decreases cortisol level in saliva.
Atsumi T, Tonosaki K. Department of Oral Physiology, Meikai University, School of Dentistry, 1-1, Keyaki-dai, Sakado-shi, Saitama 350-0283, Japan. firstname.lastname@example.com
Free radicals/reactive oxygen species are related to many biological phenomena such as inflammation, aging, and carcinogenesis. The body possesses various antioxidative systems (free radical scavenging activity, FRSA) for preventing oxidative stress, and saliva contains such activity. In the present study, we measured the total salivary FRSA induced after the smelling of lavender and rosemary essential oils that are widely used in aromatherapy. Various physiologically active substances in saliva such as cortisol, secretory IgA, and alpha-amylase activity were found to be correlated with aroma-induced FRSA. The subjects (22 healthy volunteers) sniffed aroma for 5 min, and each subject's saliva was collected immediately. FRSA was measured using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl. The FRSA values were increased by stimulation with low concentrations (1000 times dilution) of lavender or by high-concentrations (10 times dilution) of rosemary. In contrast, both lavender and rosemary stimulations decreased cortisol levels. A significant inverse correlation was observed between the FRSA values and the cortisol levels with each concentration of rosemary stimulation. No significant changes were noted in sIgA or alpha-amylase. These findings clarify that lavender and rosemary enhance FRSA and decrease the stress hormone, cortisol, which protects the body from oxidative stress.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease.


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New Scientist magazine - 09 November 2013
We can cut emissions without a global deal
Opinion > Editorialp3
A slowdown in the pace of our emissions shows that nations can make cuts without a UN agreement and without jeopardising economic growth
We'll have the tools to spot nearby aliens by 2030
Opinion > Editorialp3
If life is common in the universe, we will have found signs of it by the middle of the next decade, thanks to a new generation of space telescopes
Bitcoin flaw could threaten booming virtual currency
News > Upfrontp4
A vulnerability in the way Bitcoins are minted could have a devastating effect on the currency, say the researchers who found the problem
Doctors given duty to report female genital mutilation
News > Upfrontp4
A report says health workers in the UK must refer suspected cases of FGM to the authorities, in an attempt to halt the illegal procedure
Leaked climate report: food shortages and poverty rise
News > Upfrontp4
A draft of the next IPCC report on the societal impacts of climate change forecasts reduced crop yields and the creation of a "new poor"
Going hypersonic: spyplane could jump to Mach 6
News > Upfrontpp4-5
Aircraft could fly at six times the speed of sound, now that engineers claim to have solved a problem that prevented aircraft flying faster than Mach 3
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News > Upfrontp5
Olympic torch spacewalk, CIA directs doctors to take part in torture, US cases of malaria on the rise and more
DNA barcoding reveals herbal pill contamination
News > Upfrontp5
Herbal supplements sometimes contain unlisted substitutes instead of the main plant – with potentially dangerous consequences
Target hub markets to halt new H7N9 flu wave in China
News > Upfrontp5
Closing Chinese poultry markets has helped stop H7N9 bird flu in humans, but the new outbreak may need smarter measures focused on well-connected markets
UK fracking should not threaten public health
News > Upfrontp5
Whatever the other problems with drilling for shale gas in the UK, the risk to public health is low, according to a government report
First sign that humanity is slowing its carbon surge
News > This Weekpp6-7
The ever-faster rise of carbon emissions worldwide slackened in 2012 – and that might signal a lasting trend
Africa's war on cancer kicks off with vaccine trials
News > This Weekpp8-9
A cervical cancer vaccine is being tried out in Ghana this week – it's the front line of the battle to beat cancer before it becomes Africa's next epidemic
Forbidden City builders chose ice sledge over wheels
News > This Weekp9
Ancient Chinese text suggests that a sledge on an ice road brought rocks to the palace building site in Beijing, implying formidable knowledge of friction
Learn another language to delay three dementias
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Speaking more than one language seems to delay Alzheimer's, vascular and frontotemporal dementia for up to five years – and it may never be too late to start
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Today's blast off of India's Mars Orbiter Mission was successful – but history points to a difficult journey ahead
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Belgium plans to lift restrictions on euthanasia for children, but it's not clear when a child is mature enough to make such a difficult decision
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Kepler, the king of planet-hunting telescopes, may be dead but a simulation says an Earth-like planet is just 12 light years aways
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Farming has stripped the US prairies of their essential microbes. Identifying the lost bugs and putting them back could help restore the degraded land
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Stem cells from the fat of women with obesity boost the growth of breast cancer tumours in the lab more than cells from slim women
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Almost a kilometre down, the biggest ocean on Earth has warmed 15 times faster in the last 60 years than at any time since the last ice age
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When their normal food supply runs low, the clonal offspring of pea aphids turn to an alternative source of nutrition: parents and other adults
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Restarting the production of fetal red blood cells, which stops a year after birth, might offer a permanent solution to sickle cell disease
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Efforts to listen in to primordial dark matter are helping to refine recent models that suggest some of the elusive particles can build dark atoms
Skeletal chains could help algae deliver drugs
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Diatoms have been modified while still alive to incorporate sulphur-bearing molecules that can harness chemical cargo
Data trackers monitor your life so they can nudge you
Technology > Newspp19-20
Once you know everything about a person, you can influence their behaviour. A thousand students with tattletale phones are going to find out how easy that is
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Forget scaffolding and cranes – architects and roboticists are teaching drones to build web-like structures from cables that spool out behind them
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Automated bird guide, heads-up gaming and colliding insect drone
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Solar cells convert sunlight into electricity more efficiently when loud music is played to them – as long as it's pop or rock
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Technology > Insightp22
Even though they cooperate with the US spy agency on court-ordered surveillance, firms like Google and Yahoo are subject to additional surveillance they never agreed to
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Technology > Newsp22
A motion-sensing camera that recognises kicking, pushing, throwing and hitting could raise the alarm when violence breaks out
Chance of clouds: Gigantic cave has its own weather
Regulars > Aperturepp24-25
Cave photography is never easy, but add in some highly localised weather and the difficulty – and pay-off – increase
A stronger 'online eraser' law would be a mistake
Opinion > Commentpp26-27
The modest protection offered by California's internet "eraser" bill for teens isn't a flaw; it's a necessary feature, says privacy researcher Woodrow Hartzog
Chris Hadfield: Social media started with Apollo
Opinion > Interviewp27
The man who sang Space Oddity aboard the ISS talks about sharing the realities of space flight and how everyone can use an astronaut's mindset to live better
4D printing will mean the future makes itself
Opinion > Interviewpp28-30
Manufacturing will soon mean putting the parts in one place – then shaking until they come together, says Skylar Tibbits, head of MIT's Self-Assembly Lab
Letters: Chemistry gone mad and neuroscience crisis
Opinion > Letterspp30-31
Atheist morality, religion for everything, military climate damage and more
Enigma Number 1774
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Forgotten force: The other great cosmic attractor
Features > Featurepp32-35
Could a field 10 million times weaker than a fridge magnet have shaped the universe? New cosmos-penetrating detectors are solving the big magnetic mystery
Ancient afflictions: Mummies got heart disease too
Features > Featurepp36-39
Cancer, depression, ADHD, autism – we blame them on the stresses and strains of modern life, but these diseases could have much older origins
Saving Elmo: Why we fought to protect one urban tree
Features > Featurepp40-43
When a tree that stands in the city's way is designated for the chop, many of us just stand by and watch it fall. Don't be so resigned, says Stephanie Pain
Run yourself smarter: How exercise boosts your brain
Features > Featurepp44-47
Working up a sweat is the best way to fertilise your neurons and add fizz to your brain chemistry. Athleticism might even explain the human brain's evolution
Alfred Russel Wallace: A very rare specimen
CultureLab > Reviewpp48-49
A hundred years after his death, it is high time to put this evolutionary pioneer in his proper place – as Charles Darwin's equal, argues Stephanie Pain
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Is there any way of accessing the TC over the internet so that i can put my photos on it but still see them in iphoto when on the internet elsewhere?
I am thinking of getting a TC as my external hard drive is now not working and my hard drive on my mac book is full. i would like to get all my photos off the mac hard drive onto the external drive but still be able to see them in iphoto, i assume this can be done easily when in local area network but is there a way of setting it up so it can be done over the internet as the only places i take the mac have wifi it would be nice to be show family photos.
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- Stalls: rows A-N (side seats)
- Stalls: rows O-X
- Boxes: 1st and 2nd tiers (nos. 1-12)
- Boxes: 3rd tier (nos. 13-18)
Seats in the boxes can be sold separately.
Find your seat in the seating plan.
- A welcome cocktail in the theatre foyer on the opening night of the Cycle chosen.
- Guided tours for groups of the monumental part of the Theatre and the Museum in the week of the Cycle chosen.
- Invitations to the cultural events organised by La Scala during the week of the Cycle chosen.
Plus some special gifts:
- A selection of short videos and pictures of Der Ring on a USB flash drive.
- Further information on Der Ring directly
- A limited edition playbill of the Cycle.
|Stalls 1 seat
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One special gift per Cycle subscription purchased, regardless of the number of seats. Special gifts can be collected in the theatre during the Cycle week..


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Peevish Legislators.
The legislature is very touchy over the criticisms of the country newspapers of the state.
One of its members, editor Darnell, of Key West, has introduced a resolution in which it is stated that such papers are being inspired by the editorials of the "plutocratic city press," leading the country people to being mislead (sic) as regards the ability, virtue, and honesty of the members, and tending to lead them from the straight and narrow into the slough of despondency, to remedy which Mr. Darnell proposes that an editorial steering committee be appointed to furnish the country editors with the real facts in the case.
Judging from the "country papers" that reach the desk of ye Pilotman they are not only speaking for themselves, but are voicing the communities which they so ably represent.


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This is really funny.
I asked Adam, aka Fully Geed, a long time ago what his ADV username meant, and I think I remember him saying something like, "It's an expresion used by Australian bicycle racers meaning they're really amped up about the race they're about to ride or sometning."
Now we've got an aussie who has put a quote of his in his signature line, "My frame is not filed with wood", based on the Aussie's own skewed visual interpretation of one of his photos.
think it's hilrious!
it is at the very least recursively amusing...I now understand what was meant by 'frame filled with wood' by which waterscm meant the interior of the frame tubing itself. I thought you were referring to that space where the engine usually goes as being inside the frame...no the frame tubing is where I put the rolled up $100 bills after doing my big drug deal with the rich cocaine guy at the end of some random airport runway...just like Peter Fonda would've done...
but yeah, Geed. You aussies have some good road cycling culture, not to mention some pretty f-ing fast cyclists going through the AIS programme. I'm hoping Robbie Mac has a few more years (Stuart O'Grady for that matter, too), always like the way he squirts through the pack when the going gets dicey...
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From Paramount Academy of the Performing Art's production of Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
Category Archives: photoblog
Six years, still photo blogging
Six years, and my smallest collage yet. I chalk it up to the fact I've posted many, many more on my other sites. As a friend of mine once said, "I may not blog often, but I'm in for the long haul."
And, for some reason, every image but one I posted in the last year was from the theatre. Guess that says something about the pictures I take for fun, right?
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Blog post from David Michael: We took the traditional volunteer tour around the concert site this afternoon to get familiar with where eveything was and what we will need to do tomorrow. The Homegrown Village--now in it's 2nd year--looks very cool. I've already eyeballed a couple of food stands I want to try out. A couple of buses were parked in the back but there will be a whole lot more tomorrow. The press event area looks really good. It's decorated with haybales, pumpkins and gourds. Stools were set up on the stage for the participants, risers were being put in place for the cameras and the chairs were on the way for the audience.
But the coolest part of all? Hands down, it was the restored Farm-All tractor parked beside the stage. I am all about the Farm-All tractors. Today I am a suburb dweller whose exposure to farming is the Manassas Farmers Market on Saturday mornings, but as a youngster I was lucky enough to spend every summer from 5th grade to college on my grandparent's farm in Pennsylvania. My grandfather had two Farm-All F-20 tractors--held together largely by duct tape and wishful thinking--and I loved driving them. When we were done for the day, he would let me take it out and drive around the fields just for fun.
In the summer between 7th and 8th grade, I met a young lady at the Jefferson Township Fair who I took an immediate shine to. It turned out she lived across from my grandparents. My evening rides on the tractor from then on took place in the same field every time--not coincidentally the field over the road from her house. I went from buzzing all over that field as fast as possible to driving slowly back and forth along the road, just in case she would happen to come out. Every day. Over and over. In hindsight, I suppose I have to admit that it probably wasn't so much "cute" as it was "stalking". But I still maintain a fond attachment to those tractors. I even have two toy ones on my desk at work.
Kenny Chesney is playing the show this year and I'm hoping he'll play She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy. If he does, I will stop whatever I'm doing and think about that girl from the Fair and wonder what she is doing. Most likely she'll be backstage somewhere getting an artist ready for an interview. Brenda's been working with Farm Aid since 1995 and for some crazy reason has been married to me since 1991. Tractors Rock!
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Texas -
Freshman catcher Mitchell Nau drove in four runs during his first career start
Sunday afternoon on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park as the No. 4 Texas A&M
baseball team clinched the series win over Holy Cross with a 8-2 victory.
was real proud of our team today," Texas A&M head coach Rob Childress said.
"Rafael got it back together and had a great start. Offensively, I was real
proud of some freshman that got into the game today and I thought they played
well. Blake Allemand, Chance Bolcerek, and Mitchell Nau all did a fantastic job
today, as well as the freshman on the mound. We had five or six freshman in the
game today and I thought they did a pretty great job."
not scoring in the first inning for the first time this season, the Aggies fell
behind in the top of second when Holy Cross left fielder Chris Sintetos
connected on a towering two-run home run off A&M starter Rafael Pineda.
the long ball, Pineda (2-0) settled down to turn his second straight quality start
by throwing seven strong innings. The right-hander was charged with just the
two runs on five hits, while walking one and striking out eight in his second
career start.
falling behind the Aggie bats responded in the home half of the second by
putting up five runs, the most in a single inning this season.
left fielder Brandon Wood started the frame with a walk on a full-count pitch
and was quickly joined on base by Bolcerek, who singled to right field. Nau
initiated the scoring as he doubled off the wall in right center to drive in
both runners, narrowly missing his first home run of the year by a matter of
just a few feet.
felt good getting the nod; to be a part of the team and help us win," Nau said.
"Coach Childress came out with a great game plan and I think the scoreboard
says it all. Pineda threw a great game. He left one ball up and got punished
for it, but other than that he threw a near perfect game."
centerfielder Krey Bratsen was hit by a pitch in the next at bat after Nau's
double and Allemand joined him on base with a bunt single to load the bases for
shortstop Mikey Reynolds, who drew a walk to plate another run.
free pass chased Holy Cross starter Nate Walker (0-1), who lasted only one
inning and was tagged with five earned runs.
sac fly by All-American Tyler Naquin and an RBI single from third baseman Matt Juengel
made it 5-2 Aggies after two innings of play.
added sac flies in the third and eighth innings sandwiched around an RBI safety
squeeze executed at the plate in the seventh by Juengel.
(Nau) had a great fall for us," Childress added. "He hasn't felt right with his
swing, but I think today showed what he can do. We've been able to get him into
the game, but we haven't been able to get him a start. I thought he did an
excellent job both at the plate and behind the plate defensively."
relievers Jason Freeman and Corey Ray kept the Crusaders off the scoreboard in
the eighth and ninth innings to preserve the victory.


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Cross a third of the globe on board the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway, from one capital city to another, with one of our exciting adventures from Beijing to Moscow. Stop off and explore some fascinating towns and cities en route, from Ulaan Baatar and beautiful Terelj National Park, to Ulan Ude, Irkutsk – home to Lake Baikail, and Yekaterinburg. Or for those short on time, express rail it on the Trans-Siberian from Beijing to Moscow in just 9 days.
Explore China's bustling capital city, then jump aboard and wing your way from Bejing to Moscow - a classic train ride across a third of the globe from one red city to another in one fell swoop.
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Riding the Trans-Mongolian, from Beijing to Mongolia - the legendary land of Genghis Khan, with the option to visit breathtaking Terelj National Park before continuing north to Russia. Dropping in at Irkutsk en route for a break, where you can opt to stay at the behemoth Lake Baikal, before crossing...
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All itineraries, routes and inclusions are clearly detailed to help you make the big decision. There's a lot to see along the way, so if one of our pre-set itineraries is not quite what you're looking for, we are happy to tailor-make a programme just for you.


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Radio Broadcasting provides an interactive way for students to learn more about modern radio production. Students are first introduced to the Radio Broadcasting major as a sophomore during one of four nine-week rotation classes. They will learn the basic skills needed by completing many hands-on activities using actual broadcast equipment inside our AM 1450 KBPS radio station located on campus. They will also learn about the history of modern radio, learn about the different programs and formats, learn how to read and write news and other commercials, and practice many different announcing skills.
During their junior year, students will increase their knowledge in the radio broadcasting field by learning more, in-depth about modern radio production. Here, they will learn different ways to improve their communication skills by working on improving their speaking voice, practicing radio announcing for different jobs, and participating in actual on-air shifts on AM 1450 KBPS. Students will also learn how to operate the different broadcasting equipment by working on many productions related assignments and working on digital production. Finally, students will learn more about today's modern radio and how it works by learning about ratings and research, the different government regulations, and find out ways to edit wire copy used in many of today's radio station.
Finally, during their senior year, students will learn how to use all of the different skills that have previously learned as they prepare for their future outside of high school. During their senior year, students will once again improve their knowledge and skills in the communications field by learning more about ratings and research, more government regulations, and how sales works in modern radio broadcasting. They will also work more on improving their writing and speaking skills by completing many public and informative communication projects. What students will learn during the Radio Broadcasting class will all the more help them in pursuing a career in modern Radio Broadcasting.


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Mesa Demo
I just want to express my sincerest gratitude to all the students who participated in the Mesa demonstration on Fri., Mar. 30. We had over 50 participants and over 75 spectators. It was an awesome display of Aikido. We had students from all three of our dojos demonstrating a wide variety of techniques and skill levels ranging from basic open hand techniques to kick and ground defenses, weapons work and randori. It was exciting to see all the hard work the students put into their preparation pay off. I am so proud of them all and to be the chief instructor of such a dedicated and committed group of people. Thank you.
A huge thank you also goes out to all the parents of the children. Without you their involvement would not have happened and I am so thankful. Thank you for caring and showing your support by encouraging them and bringing them to class consistently. I was so proud of them for getting up in front of all those people and I could see they were proud too. What a wonderful experience for them and thank you for allowing them to be a part of it.
We totally forgot to take a group picture, but here are a few pictures that I hope will give you an idea of how the evening looked. You can view all the available pictures on Aikido of Phoenix's Facebook page or you can copy and paste the following links to access pictures taken by Chandler student Nick Shiopu. Nick has a camera that takes multiple focal plane pictures. Check out the links below to see them and you can play with the focus of foreground vs. background. If you have any pictures that you would like to share please send them my way. Thank you.
The following links will show you some more pictures.
Thanks again for making Aikido of Phoenix look so good!
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I am wanting to know how to build my own sky in bryce please.
how would I go about building one from scratch?
Any help or info would be appreciated
Can't give you a screenshot as I don't have it installed, but if you go to the main Sky&Fog; screen, you will see a set of windows across the top for controlling the sky. Put your mouse in them, click and drag the mouse to adjust them. You can also click on the colour directly beneath the little windows to adjust the colours.
That's the easiest way to do it.
hi man
I am wanting to know how to insert an image onto the sky box/background.
Is it possible or do I have to create a new sky box and import it too bryce?
If so what is the best software to use ?
I see bryce skylab can use a HDRI image in IBL menu.
Is that the right way to go about making a new skybox?
Can I use the HDRI plugin for photoshop and import to bryce?
Ah ha!!!
no worries I got it sorted now.
While this doesn't deal with cloud HDRI it does show how to use HDRI iamges in B7
Hopefully the author of this tut, Horo, will step in and explain creating HDRI from regular photos (presuming your using a PC and not a Mac)
Are you wanting to just have an image in the sky or to actually embed it in the sky???????
Also what sort of image. If you want to have a moon visible in a daytime sky, yes, there is a way to do that, if you just want to have an image floating in the air this can be done by placing the image on a 2D plane.
WHO said Kiwis can't fly ?????
I am wanting to embed the picture into the sky, I have managed to embed it using the (use HDRI Image)
Below is a link to a test pic of what I want to use it for….......
(Deviantart account)
Thanks dan I will check out that video.
@Alpha01 - If you just want a picture backdrop for a sky, click on Create, then on Leo (that's the golden man, named after Leonardo da Vinci) then the picture editor opens. Load the image you want to use. This creates a 2D-Face with the aspect ratio of the picture loaded. In the Material Lab, Material Options, deselect Cast, Receive and Self Shadows. Then place the 2D-Face where you want it and scale it. You may need a light source to adjust the brightness. Use a parallel light with infinite width (in the Light Lab) and include only the 2D-Face with your sky image.
Using IBL only for the backdrop is a bit of "overkill". Though you can use a square aspect ratio picture or one twice as wide as high in the radiance format (*.hdr), it needs to be in the angular map (square) or spherical (2:1) projection, otherwise you'll get distortions if you use a relatively wide camera FOV. You're probably better off with just a "billboard" for the backdrop.
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Hi Horo
I know about adding pictures into bryce, I use it to add new textures and meterials.
I was looking to create a full sky box with curve.
Thanks to all replies, much appreciated.
Alpha01 - 09 June 2012 12:41 AMI was looking to create a full sky box with curve.
What do you exactly mean with a skybox?
A skybox is a collection of six textures arranged to form the inside of a cube.
A dds file can hold multiple textures needed to form a skybox, but you need to download some third party software to get it to export as .HDR through photoshop.
Thanks Alpha01 - we call it a cubical panorama. You can render the six faces of a cube directly in Bryce - 6 renders. In the Content that came with Bryce 7.1 Pro, you find under Content/Turorials/Horo Wernli/Start.html 4 methods to create spherical HDRI panoramas. But yes, you will need additional programs. A free one would be HDRShop that can do all the tricks needed. Cubical panoramas are good for converting into QuickTime Virtuality Reality movies (QTVR). However, if you need the 6 cube faces separately as LDRI, no additional program is needed.
Instead of creating a cubical panorama, you can also work with spherical ones. These can be mapped on a sphere and your scene is inside this sphere. Unfortunately, at the moment you have to use one of the 4 methods shown in the tutorials. David and I have currently a special lens in the DAZ quality assurance process and once it has passed QA, it will be available. This special Bryce lens permits rendering a 360° by 180° panorama in one go. The result can be saved as normal picture or as HDRI for IBL
Bryce does not work with sky boxes. Either angular maps (we have a lens in the store that renders directly an angular map for IBL).or spherical (lat/long) panos can be used for IBL. If your backdrop is to be LDRI, use spherical and map it spherical on a sphere. If you use the six sides of a cube on a cube, the skybox will look as a box, not as a dome.
Dude your a star, thanks mate.
I will go through it all tomorrow and see what I can come up with.
I couldnt wait till tomorrow, my mind was racing with what you posted, so I set about doing it…......
I know there is a visable break/line in the mirrored sphere this is just a test pic, but its exactly the effect of what I was looking for
Ah - once we know what we talk about we can help - sometimes. Glad I could this time. Space picture looks cool. keep it up.
Thought I would come back and post a pic….
Thanks again, it makes such a difference when it all works right
Thanks for sharing your work. It looks very nice.


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|Tarot of the Hidden Realm with art by Julia Jeffrey
For those of you who are new to the concept of Tarot deck interviews, let me offer this brief explanation: Each deck, being a work of art as well as a labour of love, has been infused with the spirit essences of the Muses who inspired this deck. These essences gave birth to a new entity: the Guardian Spirit of the Deck. In a deck interview, I give this Guardian a voice.
I must admit that when I first looked at sample images of the Tarot of the Hidden Realm, I wondered if it would be readable at all. Most of the deck images were just close-ups of people's faces. This is definitely NOT a Rider Waite clone!
When the deck arrived, I eagerly unwrapped it and started looking through the images. They were so pretty! I crossed my toes and fingers, held my breath and laid the cards out for my first ever reading... Phew! They read like a dream!
I have really been looking forward to learning more from the Guardian of this deck herself, so let's not delay the interview further!
1. Describe yourself in three words or less - Justice (Libra)
THR: Fair, sociable and charming. Sorry for the latter - it sounds like I'm blowing my own horn but it's good do know one's strengths... yes?
Me: Certainly! And I'm sure you've been told how charming you are plenty of times!
THR: Fair, sociable and charming. Sorry for the latter - it sounds like I'm blowing my own horn but it's good do know one's strengths... yes?
Me: Certainly! And I'm sure you've been told how charming you are plenty of times!
THR: *winks*
2. How would your best friend describe you using only three words? - Ace of Sword (Root of the Power of Air)
THR: Makes me think
Me: And see things in a new light?
THR: Or a new dark. Upside down even. *giggles* I've been told those thoughts often lead to a greater ability to stick to one's guns because it becomes easier to accept a new or unconventional approach, which is often necessary when it comes to problem resolution. And, correct me if I'm wrong, but problem resolution is what people seek from the Tarot, yes?
Me: I'm just fascinated to see the Heron here... One of my main Spirit animals and certainly a source of personal courage to me. I always get a feeling that it's OK to be a bit weird when I see a Heron. Or eccentric, as the British like to call it.
3. What gift do you bring? - 10 of Pentacles (Mercury in Virgo)
THR: The ability to create a lasting legacy by encouraging you to use your imagination. That novel you always wanted to write... Use these cards for brain storming!
Me: I certainly will... Thank you!
4. What do you expect in return? - 3 of Swords (Saturn in Libra)
THR: To not shy away from pain and heart-ache but to face it head on. Learn to love the thorns as well as the roses.
4. What do you expect in return? - 3 of Swords (Saturn in Libra)
THR: To not shy away from pain and heart-ache but to face it head on. Learn to love the thorns as well as the roses.
5. How can you help me serve? - Shadowdance, trad. The Devil (Capricorn)
THR: By helping you release any limiting thoughts and beliefs so that you can begin living the life of creative bliss and sexual ecstasy you always longed for. Owning and embracing your shadows, you can finally move forward in a way that inspires and liberates others.
Me: This doesn't have anything to do with that dream I had the other week, does it?
THR: You know it does!
6. Is there anything else you would like to tell me about yourself? - Ace of Wands (Root of the Power of Fire)
THR: I will never cease to inspire you or ignite the flame of creativity. You can count on me like a box of safety matches!
Me: Thank you, Tarot of the Hidden Realm. This has been a most enlightening interview. I shall look forward to working with you and I'd like to add that the client readings I've done already under your guardianship have been very insightful!
PS. This deck comes as a kit with a companion book by Barbara Moore. I have not yet had a chance to dive into the book but the snippets I've read so far look promising. There are a few spreads included as well, which I will have to try out. Two of them are about 'What is hidden' - apt as this deck is about the hidden realm of the Fae!
☆ Lisa Frideborg ☆
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Justin Timberlake's new music video for his single "TKO" doesn't show the healthiest relationship. The video features Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and supposed love interest of Robert Pattinson, as a woman who goes pretty intense on her boyfriend.
From dragging him behind her truck to roughly hooking up after a fight, Timberlake is getting a bunch of trouble from the woman he loves. The lyrics for "TKO" feature Timberlake realizing his girlfriend has changed to be someone he doesn't know. Heck, she even whacks him over the back of the heard with a cast iron frying pan and drives him off a cliff, so clearly this isn't the most romantic of Timberlake's music videos.
"TKO" is the second single off of Timberlake's album "The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2." The album has already been released, and Timberlake will head on tour to promote the record. What do you think of the music video?


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Klinger teaches a UCLA Extension class about Sherlock Holmes.
CHICAGO: It's the kind of puzzle that might have amused the great detective Sherlock Holmes himself.
Now that copyright protections have expired on nearly all of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales about the pipe-puffing detective in the deerstalker hat, are writers free to depict the character in new mysteries without seeking permission or paying license fees?
A federal judge in Chicago says yes, so long as they don't stray into territory covered in the 10 stories still protected by copyright.
Not so fast, says the Doyle estate, which is considering an appeal this month. Descendants of the Scottish physician and author argue he continued to develop the characters of Holmes and Dr. Watson in the later works so they should remain off-limits until the remaining copyrights run out at the end of 2022.
"It's a bogus argument," said author Leslie Klinger, who brought the case against the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. to settle the matter. "It means you can reprint Conan Doyle's own stories freely but you can't make up a new story? It doesn't make logical sense."
With last week's ruling in hand, Klinger plans to finish work on "In the Company of Sherlock Holmes," a book of original short stories featuring characters and other elements from Conan Doyle's work. He is co-editing the book with plans to publish this fall.
If appeals judges hold it up, the ruling could lift the threat of legal action for the untold scores of writers churning out pastiches and fan fiction without permission. Most of them fly under the radar. In Klinger's case, the estate demanded $5,000, he said.
"Whatever decision they make will essentially determine the fate of many characters, not just Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but very intricate characters such as James Bond. ... What happens as copyrights expire on Ian Fleming's original stories?" Doyle estate attorney William Zieske said.
The ruling could also weaken the value of the Sherlock franchise to the point that major publishers and movie producers could also decide to move ahead with projects without licensing deals, said Paul Supnik, a Beverly Hills, California, attorney specializing in copyright and entertainment law.
"At the very least it's going to affect the bargaining power as to what the estate can do in trying to sell it to the studio," Supnik said.
At the heart of the dispute is whether a character can be copyright protected over an entire series of works. The Doyle estate argues that a basic element of copyright law allows for that if the character is highly delineated, as opposed to a two-dimensional cartoon-like character who doesn't change much over time.
In ruling against the estate, Judge Ruben Castillo called that a "novel legal argument" that was "counter to the goals of the Copyright Act." The lawsuit was filed in Chicago because a literary agent for the Doyle estate is based in Illinois.
There's no question that Holmes and Watson are highly complex characters. Conan Doyle produced a total of four Sherlock Holmes novels and 56 stories between 1887 and 1927.
Klinger argues that everything you really need to know about Holmes and Watson is in the novels and stories published before 1923 that are in the public domain in the U.S.
That includes their family backgrounds, education and a slew of character traits: Holmes' Bohemian nature and cocaine use, erratic eating habits, his Baker Street lodgings, his methods of reasoning, his clever use of disguise, his skill in chemistry and even his weapon of choice, a loaded hunting crop.
"Everything that the lay person would think of as being a characteristic of Holmes or Watson is in those pre-1923 stories," said Klinger, who is a California-based attorney. "In fact, some would say you could pick up almost everything you need from the very first story."
The other 10 stories have new biographical footnotes, including a mention that Watson had a second wife and played rugby in his youth.
The Doyle estate says there are other significant elements in those later stories, however, such as Holmes' "mellowing" personality and the shift in Holmes' and Watson's relationship from flatmates and collaborators to closest friends.
Thus, to depict Holmes and Watson based only on parts of the canon that pre-date 1923 would be something of an artistic crime and ignore the extent to which the characters continued to evolve, said Zieske.
"That's the essence of literature, how people change through different experiences," Zieske said. "And to reduce true literary characters to a cardboard cutout, parts of which can be carved off, I think does literature a great disservice."
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Center Grove Community School Corporation
At Center Grove, virtualization enhances educational excellence
"VMware is the future of education technology. By virtualizing our environment, we provide a streamlined infrastructure for students and teachers that allows them to access the educational resources they need from wherever they are. VMware changes the way schools think about everything, from IT support, to planning new projects, to budgeting. It seems like every time I turn around, something else good comes from launching our VMware virtualization projects."
Centra Construction Group Ltd.
A Flexible And Powerful Virtual Infrastructure Based On VMware vSphere Essentials, That Is Cost-Efficient And Easy To Manage
"VMware vSphere Essentials will change the way you think about servers, infrastructure and what you can do with information technology. It allows you to save on hardware costs and serverdeployment time, and lets you set up test environments on the fly. Because it makes everything easier and cheaper, vSphere will definitely change your world."
Central Clearing House and Depository (Budapest) Ltd. (KELER ZRT.)
The clearing house started a project in 2009 with the title KIÚT (KELER Infrastructure Redesign) with the goals of consolidating the IT environment, increasing its availability and flexibility, achieving supplier-independence and reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO). According to its business mission and vision, KELER is intending to provide continuous competitive and client-focused services, active utilisation of business opportunities, flexible management of changes and effective operations. The higher reliability, flexibility achieved through the VMware-based virtualisation of the server environment, the higher efficiency of testing and easier monitoring, accountable working operations are all indispensable for achieving these goals and putting the company philosophy into practice. For example, this server environment allowed KELER to provide services available through the web (e.g. online ISIN code issuance), but also enables the planned introduction of the document management system and the switchover to using e-accounts.
"The reliable working operation called forth by the VMware-based virtualisation of our server environment is now simply indispensable in achieving our business goals set out in our enterprise strategy."
Central Community College of Nebraska
Desktop Virtualization Improves Academic Access at Central Community College of Nebraska
"Students understand the power of connectivity. They respond to it. And VMware virtualization helps our technology keep pace with those students."
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University's College of Business Administration Virtualized Desktops Deliver an Innovative Learning Environment
"Given our college's intensive use of technology in the classroom, one of my department's most important jobs is to ensure that our students' desktops are equipped with the right software, and that they run the way they should. With VMware View, we have the tools we need to be more responsive to professors' requests around software deployment and accessibility. We can manage our college's desktop environment more efficiently and focus our attention on meeting high standards of service."
Centre Hospitalier Chretien (CHC)
CHC Liege deploys Mirage on a large scale to manage all computers
CHC is a non-profit organization which consists of 6 hospitals, has 600 doctors and more than 3500 employees. In this video CHC explains how they used VMware Mirage to migrate their IT environment without data loss or downtime.
"The time to deploy a new desktop has been divided by 4. Mirage also helps us to centralize the management process in one place."
Implementing a dual-cluster VMware infrastructure at less than one-third the cost of a physical disaster recovery environment enabled Challenger Limited to cut recovery time objectives from 24 hours to less than 4 hours and recovery point objectives from 24 hours to less than 90 minutes.
"Implementing VMware has enabled us to slash our recovery time and recovery point objectives, ensuring core applications and critical information are quickly recoverable in the event of a datacenter disaster."
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.
Charles River Labs virtualized business critical help desk application that typically handles 100-200 tickets per day. First application to prove concept of public cloud deployment of business critical applications. Business impact was mainly for Capex reduction: capping internal datacenter spending and to deploy new systems on the public cloud & migrate others over the next few years. Able to co-exist with existing VMware environment and taking existing apps to public cloud without re-writing.
"I see Cloud being key to our overall strategy moving forward. The days of us investing heavily all of our capital into building hardware and infrastructure are past now. With the options that are available now from cloud partners, they bring agility, flexibility and in some case cost savings as well, for using that model."
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"We're blessed to be in the VMware 5 beta test user group and we're loving what we see. We like the performance. The PC-over-IP expansion is amazing. VMware has written a great protocol there with their partners, and that is the technology that's going to continue to drive the reinvention of the desktop."
CharterCARE Health Partners
See how CharterCARE Health Partners implemented a VMware View virtualized desktop environment to achieve its vision of offering IT-as-a-Service. The environment provides employees with device-independent access to applications anytime, from anywhere.
"Our VMware View users are ecstatic. I've had clinicians tell me it's the best thing we'd ever done for CharterCARE, by far."
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CharterCARE Health Partners first implemented VMware virtualization technology for tactical reasons. The healthcare provider wanted to reduce its server footprint, improve its disaster-recovery capabilities and enable more-nimble scaling. Today, over 97 percent of the company's applications are virtualized.
"VMware really is a strategic partner because it's through VMware and its solutions that we can provide for disaster recovery and business continuity. We're also able to provision desktops through VMware View and provide for high availability for our most critical business applications such as our electronic medical healthcare record."
CHARUSAT Selects VMware as the Virtualization Partner to Build a Green and Cloud-Ready Campus
"IT at CHARUSAT is the prime mover for the University's goals of achieving excellence in its functions of administration, academics and industry interaction. Cloud computing is the future for IT in academics, and the first step in that direction is virtualization. VMware has enabled us to achieve the goals we set for ourselves. The solution has helped us save on capital and operational costs and management time, while also giving us flexibility and convenience. Our TCO has come down by almost 20% with added advantage of high availability, better scalability, and reliability."
Children's Hospital Central California
VMware vSphere Provides A Flexible And Efficient Virtualization Platform That Reduces The Costs Of Deploying And Managing Critical IT Systems, While Increasing Reliability And Performance
"By reducing the time and costs associated with maintaining our IT infrastructure, VMware vSphere allows us to put more resources towards creating a superior patient experience."
China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Ltd.
China Merchants Securities (HK) implemented a virtual desktop infrastructure to cut costs, improve data security and reduce its IT management load. Administration employees can now access their desktops from any location, while the IT team can now provision new desktops in 15 minutes, recover lost data within 30 minutes of a crash, and manage all user environments from a central location
Chino Unified School District
Chino Valley Unified School District modernizes with virtualized solutions. "More with less" is finally getting easier: Server fleet reduced by half; virtualized student information system now fast-loading and secure; labs can be rebuilt in seconds instead of hours.
"For me virtualization is a no brainer, really, any company that has an IT department has an IT budget, and it is an absolute shame to waste any part of that budget which is what will happen if virtualization is not considered"
Chittenden Bank
Chittenden Bank Prepares To Grow Its Business— Not Its IT Staff—With Virtualization
"Our 'go-to' environment is a virtual platform based on VMware technology and Intel processors. We look at an application and decide why it shouldn't be virtualized, rather than why it should."
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
VMware's Software-Defined Data Center at Choice Hotels. Choice Hotels International leverages VMware's Software-Defined Data Center architecture by implementing vCloud Suite Enterprise to optimize capacity, ensure business continuity and disaster recovery, and shorten the time to provision infrastructure and applications.
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Choice Hotels Slashes IT Provisioning Times and Improves Performance with VMware vRealize Suite
Choice Hotels explains how implementing vRealize suite is saving their developers time, and their company money. Automation is simplifying access to environments and slashing wait times from 4-6 week down to 30 minutes. Operations is detecting issues before they cause problems, so they can be addressed proactively, saving downtime, money, and frustration.
Choice Hotels International is one of the world's largest and most successful lodging companies. The firm currently franchises more than 6,300 hotels in more than 35 countries and territories, representing more than 500,000 rooms. Choice brands include Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality Inn, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Hotel & Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Econo Lodge, Rodeway Inn, and Ascend Hotel Collection.
"In day to day operations we've actually been able to find problems before they actually become downtime in our environments, so the tool has saved us money."
"The release cycle was 4-6 weeks for an application stack to be stood up and handed over to the development teams. Today, using vRealize Automation, our java/middleware application stack is stood up inside of 30 minutes and requested by the end-user themselves, so infrastructure is no longer in the loop, and no longer seen as a roadblock by our application teams."
For Disaster Recovery, Christie Finds VMware Solution
"We started by virtualizing our enterprise applications, and now are implementing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager as our disaster recovery solution. VMware gives us a rock-solid IT infrastructure without the crippling costs of a traditional DR architecture."
CITIC Telecom CPC
Asia Pacific's leading ICT service provider implements a virtual datacentre to successfully launch its range of SmartCLOUD™ cloud computing solutions to businesses across the region. Business impact includes met growing market demand for cloud services, delivered software-defined services to customers, gained a flexible virtual datacentre platform for cloud services expansion, and able to on-board customers faster via rapid prototyping.
"When the customer requires a solution, we use our virtual datacentre infrastructure to build the entire customised service for the customer and in doing so we have changed the way that a system integrator operates. We have created a hybrid business model that combines both system integration and services"


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John duPont, the man convicted in the January 1996 murder of popular US amateur wrestler and coach Dave Schultz, is being considered for parole, according to a story posted at TheMat.com, the website for USA Wrestling.
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USA Wrestling has been informed by the Schultz family that duPont is eligible for parole and his status will be reviewed again during or after March 2010.
The Office of the Victim Advocate (OVA) is accepting statements from those who wish to be heard on whether duPont should be released. USA Wrestling has been asked to provide the following information for people who might want to provide a statement to the OVA.
Those in the wrestling community who wish to issue a statement may do so during the month of March 2010. Statements should reference Inmate No. DG1158, John duPont. Statements can be sent by mail or by email.
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Royal approval for local news
Last updated at 20:43, Thursday, 24 May 2012
Visting regions across the United Kingdom during this diamond jubilee year, Prince Philip and I have been struck by the way that in towns, villages and cities, people have found that their community can be an important source of strength and support.
Local and regional newspapers are a fundamental part of the fabric of our communities and we should celebrate the important contribution they make to highlighting the issues and achievements of their particular area.
Through their reporting, local newspapers such as the Times & Star act as a voice for their readers and a focus for all.
Britain's regional media has also played an admirable role in helping communities to follow the fortunes of their local heroes – the athletes who will represent our nation at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Their endeavours should be a source of inspiration to us all.
I hope that both the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics will give people renewed cause for optimism and a reason to come together in celebration of what we can all achieve as a country.
I am delighted to give this message of support to this year's Local Newspaper Week.
I wish both local newspapers and their readers every success in the future.
l Local Newspaper Week, organised by the Newspaper Society, highlights how local newspapers are helping communities come together in celebration in the run up to two important national events – the Diamond Jubilee and London 2012 Olympics.
First published at 19:21, Thursday, 24 May 2012
Published by http://www.timesandstar.co.uk


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