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I hope you realize that the information on this web-site. As it pertains to marijuana. Is about as far from the truth as it can be. Not that this is a big suprise. Especially considering the sources this info has been taken from. The government might like to tell you how bad marijuana is. But why don't you talk to those doctors that say it has beneficial uses? Oh thats right, I forgot the government would know more about health related topics than doctors. Because you know these government officials went to school to practice medicine and all. Why don't you all open your eyes and look to see whats going on around you. You've got how many people dead this year because of alcohol. For marijuana, that number has remained 0 for thousands of years. As for students using drugs. How many are being given ridillin(not sure of the spelling) at the request of teachers? And although it might not be a methanphetimine. How closely related are they? And this can be said for most prescription drugs. For instance oxycodin, also known as synthetic herion. Maybe, just maybe, you should target the true gate way drugs. I'm talking, of course, about sugar, caffeine, and chocolate. Three things almost every child is given. Or maybe people should just stop targeting the only non-narcotic illegal drug. [expletive deleted]
@Toliath As you point out, NIDA is a government health agency, part of the National Institutes of Health. Btw, it is a research organization. The main goal is to prevent and treat substance abuse and to help stop addiction before it gets started. That's why we reach out to teens especially. Also to physicians to educate them about how to recognize drug abuse in patients, or know how to direct people to get help.
Many NIDA-funded scientists and doctors are researching the effects of drugs like marijuana on the endocannabinoid system – the brain system that reacts with marijuana to counter pain, for example.
But marijuana is only one subject of research. Prescription drugs are another one, especially since NIDA's 2010 study of teen use of drugs (check out https://teens.drugabuse.gov/blog/guest-blog-from-dr-nora-volkow-nida-director/) shows that many 8th, 10th, and 12th graders are abusing them. In general, medications like Ritalin or Adderall are effective when a doctor prescribes them for certain conditions (like ADHD). But when you don't have that diagnosis and use these drugs anyway, or take too much of them, this is drug abuse. And you're right, they are stimulants, which means they act in the same part of the brain as methamphetamine, an illegal stimulant drug. On your other point, recognizing the dangers of alcohol, which is legal, does not really justify using an illegal drug to get high. People who are high also drive and get into fatal crashes, as with alcohol: in fact, in 1 in 14 fatal crashes, THC (the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana - meaning the substance most responsible for changing the way your brain perceives) is found in the blood. So the "0" deaths thing doesn't really hold. Sugar, caffeine, and chocolate – you make a point. Scientists are now studying their health effects as well. However, they're not all bad. Black and white thinking doesn't help anyone's cause, as you seem to suggest.
Good site for get information about Drugs. Drug addiction is the very bad addiction in this world. Who are addicted of drugs , then he has no life.
wants up why are doing drugs it is bad for u
one day u can die from doing drugs people in this world are dieing and i hate to see someone die from that and people do crazy for doing drugs dont be that person
I have noticed that a lot of teenagers today are using and abusing drugs because they think that drugs are cool and that they make everything bad just go away and make you feel better. Well those teenagers are wrong because I used to be friends with this guy and we used to hang out all the time until I found out that he used drugs and every time he asked me for money that he was using it to buy drugs and not the thing he said he was. We still talk as friends because we have a brother/sister relationship but I don't give him anymore money to help him. I talked to him about how I felt and he's in rehab because he didn't want to lose me as a friend and "sister" and I'm glad I could help him because then he got his best friend and older brother to stop too. I'm proud of all of them because I've lost a cousin and best friend that died from using and abusing drugs. I hope what I have just said can help others because that would make me feel really good inside that I helped a drug addict get help and live a better life.
I hope you understand that the information about this web-site. As it pertains to cannabis. Is about because far from the truth as possible. Not that this can be a big shock. Especially thinking about the sources this particular info continues to be taken from. The federal government might prefer to tell you exactly how bad cannabis is. However why don't a person talk to individuals doctors which say it's beneficial utilizes? Oh that is right, We forgot the federal government would know much more about health related subjects than physicians. Because you understand these federal government officials visited school to rehearse medicine and all sorts of. Why don't all of you open your vision and look to determine whats happening around you.
NIDA scientist Dr. Joseph Frascella offers some insights on @cheerio's question:
Hi cheerio,
You ask a great question. As you probably know, some initial studies show that too much video gaming can lead to attention issues. But to your specific point, some recent evidence for video games helping to focus one's attention now show that visual attention (that is, attention to visual details in the environment) might be enhanced by some video games. So research is showing us that with the right training, we might be able to help the brain, even with video games!
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Hi Amber Lynn, NIDA recently released this video about heroin: http://youtu.be/8DMlMa-uubI. Is there other information we can help you find?


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Botswana lies in the heart of southern Africa and offers many different options for unforgettable safari holidays.
The country has a variety of vegetation zones, from the arid Kalahari in the south to the well watered forest glades in northern Botswana. This variety of ecosystems attracts the large quantities of big (and small) game for which Botswana safaris are famous. For example, huge herds of elephants and buffalos gravitate to the Okavango and other permanent rivers, whilst cheetah and other dry-country species inhabit the central Kalahari.
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An agreement was reached Tuesday night to end the crippling strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that has dragged on for more than a week, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said.
"Just a few short weeks ago we had the shuttle Endeavour in LA, so I think it's appropriate to say, 'Mission Accomplished,'" said Villaraigosa, surrounded by union leaders and negotiators during a news conference at the Port of Los Angeles.
The announcement came just hours after federal mediators arrived at the port, called on by Villaraigosa to help resolve a strike that has idled most of the docks for some eight days.
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"Knowing all the difficulties of the process of collective bargaining, in the final analysis, it worked," said George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
"The parties reached their own agreement. There is no question in my mind that collective bargaining is the best example of industrial democracy in action," Cohen said to a round of applause.
Cohen along with Scot Beckencaugh, deputy director for mediation services, arrived Tuesday night to begin talks between shipping and union officials.
The mayor flew back from a trip abroad to help bring an end to the work stoppage, staged by clerical workers who use computers to help track the progress of shipments into and out of the nation's busiest port complex.
Villaraigosa, who had been in Latin America pitching Southern California's port operations to manufacturers, shippers and retailers there, arrived at the harbor at about 11 p.m. Monday, joining the negotiations in the hope of brokering a deal.
Tuesday morning, he said, he called to request help from a federal mediator. The mayor said he also discussed the matter with California's two Senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and that he has placed a call to the White House.
Despite claims by both sides that they had made significant concessions in the talks so far, Villaraigosa said at a news conference that neither had moved on issues of top concern to the other.
In particular, he said, the union, which is worried about outsourcing jobs, might need to compromise on other issues to get movement on its top priority.
As the talks dragged on, the clerical workers continued to walk picket lines.
Each side blamed the other for the slow pace of negotiations.
John Fageaux, spokesman for Local 63 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said his organization had backed down on a demand that the companies re-hire 51 positions that the union said had been outsourced, but received no productive response from the employers.
But Stephen Berry, an attorney representing the shipping companies, said those jobs had never been outsourced in the first place. Instead, he said, they represented positions that had been held by clerical workers who were not replaced after they retired.
For his part, Berry said that the shipping companies had agreed to one of the union's key demands, saying that they would hire certain temporary workers from the union's hiring hall, rather than going to outside contractors.
But he said that the union was not satisfied with that offer. He said the union failed to recognize that the economy had still not recovered from the boom years.
The stoppage at 10 of the port's 14 terminals will not affect holiday shipments, experts said, because the toys, books, electronics and clothes aimed at the gift market arrived months ago.
But Villaraigosa said it affects about 20,000 truck drivers, retailers and others who are awaiting shipments for upcoming seasons.


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Literacy Activities for the First Weeks of School
Our year is just getting started and most of what we've done so far is getting to know each other, our school and learning about the materials and centers in our classroom. It takes a while for kids to get to know the expectations of a new teacher and a new class, so I've tried to wade slowly into the academics. I want my friends to have fun and not be overwhelmed. I try to help each student feel that they have a special place in our classroom community.
One of the activities that we do during the first week of school is to make an ABC poster of the names in our classroom. I'll leave this up all year.
Initially, the students were asked to put their name card by the letter their name started with and we all made the letter sound and clapped the syllables of each name. Later, we'll go back and count the number of students who start with "J" or find a friend that starts with the letter "D" or other little games.
One of the girls mentioned at circle time that her name began with a "T". The kids all began to share words that started with the "T" sound. One child wrote the letter in the air, so we decided to take turns writing the letter on the whiteboard.
Since we don't do a "Letter of the Week", I have to really try to make sure I get in all the skills that I would do in our everyday curriculum. Often that means grabbing a "teachable moment" and running with it. The kids really love to have turns to come up and write on the teacher whiteboard, so I try to give them opportunities to do so.
Last week, Teach Preschool shared "Sand Tray Prep" from What Do You Do All Day?. It had been raining on and off for a couple of days and our playground was wet. When I saw the post, I knew I had to take advantage of all that wet sand. I set up trays at center time and we practiced drawing letter shapes in the sand.
The kids also enjoy squirting the water to keep the sand moist. I think they thought they were getting one over on me by convincing me to allow them to use the squirters independently, but what they don't know is I was counting on that--working the sprayer is great fine motor practice!
This quickly became a very popular activity. I need to get a few more trays so it doesn't limit some of the other things kids do with the trays (art, finger painting, glitter, etc.). I'll admit, it was a little messy, and I'm brainstorming ways to eliminate so much of the spill off, especially because our classroom is carpeted.
Finally, I want to share a little item I bought for my nephew's birthday. I'm not usually an advocate for video games, but this seemed like the neatest little learning tool. He can get fine motor practice and literacy practice all in one fun activity and take it anywhere! It's called the LeapFrog Scribble and Write. I hope he likes it!
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I might have to get Dawson one of those. Looks fun! Good for car rides too! The sand is such a fun way to practice writing...I'm sure the kids loved it!ReplyDelete
Love these ideas!! Have a great school year!ReplyDelete
Great ideas - The sand letter writing is such a great activity!ReplyDelete
My kids LOVE writing on the white board/easel as well. I like your ABC poster. I'm thinking about having a letter wall this year with the alphabet and words we use a lot to go into the letter categories.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the ideas!
Love those letter Ts! And I love writing in the sand. Thanks for the reminder.ReplyDelete
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BOTHELL, Wash. – Dr. Elaine Scott is the new director of the Science and Technology Program at the University of Washington Bothell. Scott is currently professor and director of engineering programs at Seattle Pacific University.
Scott assumes leadership as science and technology education at UW Bothell is positioned to rise to regional and national prominence. Groundbreaking for a new Academic and Science Building was held last month; it will be completed in 2014. Recently, two programs, Science and Technology plus Computing and Software Systems, proposed to reorganize into a single unit. By 2013, the combined programs are expected to become UW Bothell's third school: the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
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I work in an office where people are always sharing food. People bring in cakes. They put out muffins, scones, and croissants, like there ain't no tomorrow. It's hard n a girl who likes to eat.
I'm trying to avoid the kitchen area but it takes much strength.
And when I get an email saying "Goodies in the kitchen!" I'm trying not run the 100 yard dash getting over there.
Sweets, I will resist you!
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4th Annual Project Homeless Connect offers services to those in need
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Monday morning was bitter cold in Downtown Juneau, but for those who have no permanent shelter from the elements, a bit of respite from the cold was available. The 4th annual Juneau Project Homeless Connect drew a couple of hundred homeless individuals to Centennial Hall, Zach Gordon Youth Center and the JACC; and an army of volunteers to help them. Jessy Post, The Juneau Homeless Coalition Coordinator, told us about the event.
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"The event started at nine this morning, we had people well before nine starting to come in and they come in and take a survey called the Annual Point in Time Count and that just gets a snapshot of the demographics and the number of our homeless population here in our community.
So they'll first come in and take that survey and then after they take the survey they're free to come in Centennial Hall, we have a variety of services. I know I've seen many people coming in to fill out permanent fund applications, there's housing providers on hand, we have legal service; even down to Gastineau Humane Society is here in case people need some services for their pets.
Over in the Juneau Arts and Culture Center is where all the health care services are provided, so there's multiple things going on over there, there's ask the doctor, there's foot care, blood pressure screening, flu shots, just a variety of health care services and information.
Everyone in Juneau seems to know that housing is quite a shortage on all different levels down to affordable housing and even emergency type shelters for the homeless, so last year between all those surveys coming in the overall count was 562 people experiencing homelessness in Juneau. Probably a lot bigger problem than you think."
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MakerBot and OUYA join forces to let you print your own console enclosure
How to pass the time as the first OUYA consoles start shipping to backers? Well, if you've got a 3D printer at home, you can spend the hours printing your very own enclosure for the Android-based console. The gaming company has joined forces with MakerBot on a 3D printing development kit that'll let you customize your case at home. The plans, which were apparently optimized for the second generation Replicator, let you go crazy with custom designs and patterns, because while the rest of the world will get their chance to pick up a console this summer, yours can still be a special snowflake. You can check the plans out on Thingiverse in the source link below.
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I'm pleased to announce the release of the SALT recommender API which works with over ten years of circulation data from the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library.
The data source is currently static, but nonetheless yields excellent results. Please experiment and let us know how you get on. Stay tuned for a future post detailing some work we have planned for continuing this project, which will include assessing additional use cases, aggregating more data sources (and adding them to the API) and producing a shared service feasibility report for JISC.


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1. To withdraw from someone or something. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun can be used between "disengage" and "from." When she gets that negative, I just have to disengage from her since she's not going to listen to me anyway.
2. To remove or detach something from something else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "disengage" and "from." We need to disengage these shelves from the wall so that we can paint over here.
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to detach oneself from someone or something; to untangle oneself from someone or something. I wanted to disengage myself from the person I was talking to and go home. We disengaged from the argument.
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UNCW Film Studies Celebrates Department's Cinema Publications in Partnership with Intellect Books
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
The Film Studies department will commemorate its successful collaboration with Intellect Press with a presentation and reception at 5 p.m., Feb. 5 in the Clock Tower Lounge in UNCW's Fisher Student Union. The event is free and open to the public.
The celebration will feature two significant new Intellect Press publications: The Directory of World Cinema: France, and the new issue of the internationally distributed cinema journal Film Matters. Speakers will include Film Studies faculty and students, as well as Masoud Yazdani, chairman of the Intellect Ltd.
Dr. Tim Palmer, a professor in the Film Studies department will deliver an illustrated presentation titled "What's So Great About French Cinema?" and sign copies of his new book, The Directory of World Cinema: France (Intellect Press, 2012).
In the book, Palmer and co-editor Charlie Michael have created a new revisionist encyclopedia of French film. Illustrated by screen shots, film reviews by leading international experts offer original approaches to both overlooked titles and acknowledged classics.
"The way I pitch contemporary French cinema is that whatever you like about film, it's going on in France today," Palmer explains. "The French were world leaders in thinking that cinema was an art form and was worthy of being taken seriously and there's been passionate debates about it ever since. We've been pitching our idea of this on-going encyclopedia of French film, and lots of people seem to like this model."
The directory includes contributions from Palmer and other Film Studies faculty, including Carlos Kase, Mariana Johnson, and Liza Palmer.
Liza Palmer and Film Studies chair Dave Monahan will also re-launch Film Matters, founded by Tim and Liza Palmer. Published quarterly, Film Matters is the only undergraduate, peer-reviewed film journal in the world. Film Studies students in Liza Palmer's "Producing The Undergraduate Film Magazine" course serve as the journal's editorial board.
"Film Matters offers students from around the world an unmatched opportunity to showcase their academic talent," says Monahan. Each issue provides an applied learning experience unique to UNCW."
Tim Palmer is also the author of Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema (Wesleyan University Press, 2011).
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The fact that two major carriers in recent weeks have announced their exit from the annuity business should tell us all we need to know about the health and viability of the industry heading into 2012. If only it were that simple, as the industry, like the product itself, is a bit more complicated.
Hedging issues, suitability, baby boomer retirement, the living benefit "arms race" and … oh, yeah, the worst global financial crisis in the history of the world are issues the industry has dealt with in recent years; issues that seem to be coming to a head as the New Year begins.
"The need for guaranteed lifetime income strategies is unquestionably stronger, and that's putting upward pressure on companies to deliver them," says Matt Greenwald (left), president and CEO of annuity research firm Mathew Greenwald & Associates. "But it's coming at time where it is much more difficult and expensive to hedge those strategies, and the volatile stock market will only make it more difficult."
A new report from Ernst & Young titled "Global Insurance Center US Outlook" backs Greenwald's view noting that "the life and annuity insurance industry will be challenged to find ways to manage both capital and risk in an economically and politically uncertain year, while continuing to lay the groundwork for future growth."
"Pressures such as low interest rates, volatile equities markets, and a political and regulatory environment in flux will continue to impact the industry, making it difficult for insurers to boost earnings," Doug French of Ernst & Young says in the report.
Even Cathy Weatherford (right), president and CEO of the Insured Retirement Institute, an advocacy organization dedicated to promoting the use of annuities among advisors and consumers, notes that in 2012 there will be a "settling out" of product changes as insurers move from development to distribution.
And, of course, the aforementioned carriers exiting the business don't help.
"You've got more need and less players to fill that need," says Mark Cortazzo, senior partner with MACRO Consulting Group in Parsippany, N.J. "In 2007, you had 30 ladies and 100 companies looking to dance. Today, you have the opposite; 100 ladies looking to dance and only 30 companies available for their card."
Cortazzo (left), a top rep with SII Investments who is well-versed with annuities, recommends advisors consider either a product with a short surrender period or something that is completely liquid. He notes that interest rates are low and volatility is high, which he calls a "double whammy." If investors believe the situation will change, he adds, then they shouldn't be locked into something long-term where they are unable to take advantage of potential market upside.
"In 2007, we could get something that would give us 90% of equity market gains and 90% of the bond market risk mitigation," Cortazzo says. "Compare it to the straight bond market at the time, and of course we would take that deal. But those advantages are no longer available. Costs are rising to the point that where we're looking at alternatives to annuities to get needed income and protection."
So will it really be this tough for the industry in 2012? Not necessarily.
"We don't love or hate annuities as a product class; we use them when appropriate and when they make sense," Cortazzo diplomatically states. "If your client needs income right away, is worried about the [equity] market and wants security, and if they're sitting in a money market earning zero, than an annuity certainly makes sense."
IRI notes that overall efforts to increase the use of insured retirement strategies within qualified plans "is a concept that is being rigorously explored by policy makers in Washington. It is likely that both the Departments of Labor and Treasury will make some recommendations on how to further allow investors to guarantee portion of their retirement income sometime early next year, which will lead, in part, to strong industry growth."
"As the industry shifts its focus to what these strategies do, rather than what they are, and building on the strong sales of the past year, both advisors and consumers will undoubtedly grow their reliance on variable annuities as part of a holistic retirement strategy," Weatherford says.
As for the companies that have discontinued their annuity lines, Greenwald is somewhat dismissive.
"Many of the companies that have exited the marketplace are owned by larger Canadian companies, or are Canadian themselves, so other factors might be at play," he says. But for those here at home, they recognized the arms race that has occurred in the living benefit space, which has made it harder for them to gain market share. But given the demand and the size the marketplace will grow to based on demographics, the industry will still do well.
"I still see a net positive for the annuities marketplace. It's reasonable to expect it will do well," Greenwald says.
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Editor's note: We pulled this out of the Life & Style archives now that tipping season is here again.
The day after Halloween, I saw a person setting up his Christmas decorations. As I tried not to drive off the road, it dawned on me that the holidays will be here sooner than we think. Buying presents for family, friends and loved ones are a given. But what should we give the baby sitters, mail carriers, nannies and teachers who watch over our children or homes in our absence?
"Giving a tip or bonus is not required, but it's that little something extra that tells people in your life that you appreciate them," said Erin Krex, founder of the Illinois placement agency First Class Care. "These people are taking care of your personal space — your home and your children which are your most important prized possession. You don't have to break the bank, but it's also not the place to skimp."
Krex said "cash is definitely king," with gift cards coming in a close second. And if times are tough, Krex said even a hand-written note of appreciation can do the trick.
"Domestic workers such as a nanny, housekeeper or baby sitter — because they're working in the home, they know if times are tough," she said. "We always say, if you can't give what you gave last year then always give them a card saying how much they are appreciated so they don't think the lack of bonus is related to their work. Perhaps you can give them days off if you have work flexibility? Let them know you care and they matter. They want to know they are making their employers happy."
Here are Krex's guidelines for tipping during the holidays.
Domestic help — nanny or housekeeper: "What is typical is to give one week's pay as a holiday bonus if they've been there for a year or more," she said. "If they've been there five or ten years, typical is two weeks pay. If they've been there for less than a year — it's one day's pay for every month they've been there."
Baby sitter: "If you have a Saturday night baby sitter that you use on a regular basis, their bonus is usually equal to one or two nights' pay," she said.
Teachers or bus drivers: "My son's school bus driver is amazing and tells us if there is anything happening on the bus, so she gets $30-$50 gift cards," she said. (There is usually a rule with schools that you shouldn't be giving cash, so Krex said to check with your school district.)
"For a teacher, send an email to the parents of the class and give a gift as a group so each family pitches in $5-$10. And definitely add a personalized note."
Doorman or garbageman: "This depends on how much they do for you, but if your doorman is calling for your car or bringing up your laundry, that bonus can be between $50-$150," she said.
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Ohio University will hold its 2014 Commencement ceremonies this week.
Photo courtesy of: University Communications and Marketing
Apr 28, 2014
From staff reports
Ohio University is counting down to the pinnacle event of the academic year – the 2014 Commencement, in which more than 4,200 OHIO graduate and undergraduate students will join the ranks of the University's nearly 200,000 alumni worldwide.
One of the biggest events of the year, OHIO's Commencement ceremonies will bring thousands of proud Bobcat parents and guests to the Athens Campus. Here are some key points of information to make the Commencement experience as smooth as possible.
Commencement schedule and speakers
The Graduate Commencement Ceremony for those receiving master's and doctoral degrees will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, in the Convocation Center. Doors will open at approximately 8:15 a.m. Aimee Edmonson, an assistant professor of journalism and the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award recipient, will serve as the Graduate Commencement speaker. The Graduate Commencement Ceremony will be streamed live.
The Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies will be held at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Convocation Center. Doors will open at approximately 8:15 a.m. for morning exercises and 1 p.m. for the afternoon ceremony. The morning ceremony will be streamed live here while the afternoon ceremony will be streamed live here.
The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will honor students from the College of Business, the College of Fine Arts, OHIO's regional campuses, the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, the Scripps College of Communication and University College. The 2 p.m. ceremony will recognize students from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Patton College of Education, the College of Health Sciences and Professions, the Center for International Studies and the Honors Tutorial College.
Charles "Chuck" R. Stuckey Jr., a stalwart supporter of the University and a 1966 alumnus, will serve as the Undergraduate Commencement speaker. Chairman emeritus of computer security giant RSA Security, Stuckey has enjoyed a 40-year career in information technology.
Tickets are not required for any of the Commencement ceremonies, and each ceremony will last about 2 to 2.5 hours. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For the safety and security of those attending Commencement, all bags and packages entering the Convocation Center before and during the ceremonies will be subject to inspection. This includes, but is not limited to, purses, backpacks, camera bags and diaper bags. These are precautionary measures and are not in response to a specific threat.
Traffic and parking
Due to the large number of guests visiting the Athens Campus, traffic can be heavy in Athens on Commencement weekend.
The Ohio Department of Transportation will be placing electronic message boards on highways leading into Athens directing Commencement traffic to specified exits in an effort to alleviate traffic congestion.
Those entering Athens via westbound Route 50 will be directed to Exit 16C, the Stimson Avenue/County Road 25 exit. Those traveling eastbound on Route 33 will be directed to Exit 16B, the Stimson Avenue exit. Those traveling eastbound on Routes 50/32 and those traveling westbound on Route 33 will be directed to Exit 17, the Route 682/Ohio University Event Parking exit.
Volunteers as well as members of the Ohio University Police Department and Transportation and Parking Services will be on site to assist with parking and directions.
All of the University's dark green and purple parking lots, with the exception of marked restricted and metered spaces, will be open to Commencement parking from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Commencement days. A map of available parking lots on the Athens Campus and additional Commencement parking information is available at http://www.facilities.ohiou.edu/parking/view.php?type=1&no=654&page=1.
Lot 128 surrounding the Convocation Center will be reserved for handicap parking. A state-issued handicap permit must be displayed in order to park in that lot. Individuals without a valid handicap permit who need additional assistance may be dropped off at the Limited Mobility Drop-Off Area; however, there is no parking in that area.
At the Convocation Center
Graduates participating in the Commencement ceremonies should assemble in the garage below the Convocation Center by 8:45 a.m. for morning ceremonies and by 1:15 p.m. for the afternoon ceremony.
For the undergraduate ceremonies, signs will be placed throughout the garage area indicating each college's location. Candidates will form a single line behind their college's sign. Candidates will be given a name card in the garage area which they must keep with them until they are called to the platform during the ceremony for recognition. Graduates will exit the Convocation Center once their name has been read.
Commencement guests will enter the Convocation Center from the main doors off Richland Avenue. Strollers must be checked upon arrival, and a claim ticket will be issued.
Guests with physical limitations should enter the Convocation Center through the ramped area of the service entrance, located on the south side of the building overlooking the Hocking River. Wheelchairs and staff attendants will be located at the service entrance and in the main lobby for guests with limited mobility to provide assistance. These wheelchairs are for transport only. Guests with personal wheelchairs must check them in the main lobby and will be issued a claim ticket. Wheelchair-bound guests will be directed to a designated location that will accommodate their personal wheelchair. No more than one family member will be permitted to remain as an attendant for guests with physical limitations.
Hearing assistance devices will be available, and a sign interpreter will be present throughout the ceremonies. There will be designated seating for guests with hearing impairments.
No one other than graduates will be allowed on the Convocation Center floor.
Commencement decorum
Those attending OHIO's Commencement ceremonies are asked to turn off or silence their cell phones.
The vast majority of family members and graduates prefer that Commencement ceremonies have the dignity of a university graduation. Graduates may decorate their mortar boards but are discouraged from acts that detract from the ceremony. Items that distract from the ceremony or threaten safety will be confiscated.
Photographs will be taken by a professional photographer. A picture will be taken of each individual being greeted by a University official on stage. Within 10 days of Commencement, candidates should receive a photographic proof. There is no obligation to purchase these photos.
Questions regarding photographs should be directed to the studio at 1-800-424-3686.
E-greetings and Facebook pages available
University Communications and Marketing is offering students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends the opportunity to personalize their e-greetings and Facebook pages with OHIO-themed imagery. For more information or to access those images, click here.
For more on Ohio University's 2014 Commencement, visit http://www.ohio.edu/commencement/.
Ohio University students, staff and faculty are propelling the University toward its goals of sustainability and climate neutrality through developing a portfolio of programs and projects, including Zero Waste Commencement.
Through a collaborative effort between University Event Services, Campus Recycling and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, OHIO's 2014 Commencement will be a zero-waste event for the first time. By going zero waste for Commencement, Ohio University joins a very short list of colleges and universities nationwide who have adopted this standard.
What is zero waste?
OHIO is working to decrease waste generation from promotion and decorations while also striving to increase waste diversion away from landfills by offering compost and recycling options. The goal is to divert 100 percent of waste from landfills to save valuable resources, stimulate the local economy, and serve as a role model in waste reduction for other institutions and the community.
How is Commencement going zero waste?
Print programs on recycled paper.
Prepare attendees and students for the event through digital marketing campaigns instead of paper.
Decorate with reusable materials instead of single-use items, which must be thrown away (i.e. balloons).
Create reusable educational materials and signs for the event to decrease future printing needs.
Offer compost and recycling bins at zero-waste stations set up around the Convocation Center to reduce landfill options.
Promote the use of a mobile app – called GuideBook – to take the place of a paper program
Multiple colleges at OHIO are planning to support the University's commitment by making their Commencement receptions zero-waste events as well, including the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, University College, the Russ College of Engineering and Technology and the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. These efforts show the University's willingness to make big changes in order to continue transforming OHIO into a sustainable campus.
How can Commencement attendees support OHIO's efforts?
OHIO asks for the support of family, friends and students in this initiative. Please dispose of your waste properly at zero-waste stations and consider using the mobile app GuideBook instead of taking a program. Ask student volunteers at the zero-waste stations if you have questions or comments about this initiative. Your efforts will help the University achieve its goals of creating a healthier, more sustainable, and socially responsible campus.


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+1 to support resolution (I will not be able to participate in Monday's call) Raf.Casero -------- Mensaje Original -------- > > So > > PROPOSED RESOLUTION: The identifyByHttpHeaders method will only return > a ContextKey. If there is uncertainty in the key it is up to each DDR > Implementation how to manage it > > Could we resolve on this on Monday's telco? > > Best Regards > > Rotan Hanrahan escribió: >> I think Jo captures this usage of the context key quite well, and >> reflects the result of the analysis that was conducted some time ago. >> I take the point about exception throwing not necessarily being the >> only mechanism for expressing doubt about the returned value. Perhaps >> we need to consider this a bit more. Should values include a >> confidence measure? If one were present, would a developer think to >> use it? At least with an exception, the developer is forced to deal >> with it. >> >> ---Rotan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: email@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] >> On Behalf Of Jo Rabin >> Sent: 20 November 2007 09:30 >> To: email@example.com >> Subject: RE: ISSUE-23 (ContextKeyList): identify method provides only >> one key or a list of keys? [DDR API Recommendation] >> >> >> I'm sympathetic to where Jose is coming from on this, but think that >> at the point we decided to make the context key opaque we made the >> right decision. >> >> It's then up to the methods provided for querying the Context Key to >> tell you about doubt, multiplicity and so on - I view the Context Key >> only as being an implementation specific encapsulation of evidence. >> >> As Rotan says, if the evidence is HTTP headers then there may be >> considerable doubt about what is actually present, and if you query >> the context key that doubt should be reflected. How a particular >> implementation deals with doubt is not up to us to prescribe, imo. >> What we need to do is provide a range of responses to allow different >> implementations to do different things. >> >> If you ask "What is the width of this device" and the device is not >> known, then I am not sure that an exception should be thrown. >> Returned values should be expressive in some way of doubt. What's the >> difference between extreme doubt (like, I haven't a clue) and serious >> doubt (like, most members of this family are around the 300px mark). >> >> Another point in this "context", is that even if the DDR does not >> know the device, it may nonetheless be able to give you a 100% >> confidence value for the width, for example if the HTTP headers don't >> contain sufficient information to determine the device, they may, >> nonetheless, contain an explicit screen width. Consequently, asking >> the question leads to a precise answer, even in the absence of >> knowing what the device is. >> >> So as I say, I think the context key is a single object which can be >> queried. Whether, internally, the DDR does early binding on device >> detection - i.e. it looks at the evidence and says "Ahah, that's MSIE >> on an unknown platform" or whether it does late binding - i.e. it >> keeps the evidence and resolves it according to the question, is >> really up to it. >> >> Saying that there is a set of context keys insists that there is >> early binding, which would make it difficult, imo, for an >> implementation to late bind. >> >> Jo >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On >>> Behalf Of Rotan Hanrahan >>> Sent: 19 November 2007 17:09 >>> To: firstname.lastname@example.com >>> Subject: RE: ISSUE-23 (ContextKeyList): identify method provides >>> only one >>> key or a list of keys? [DDR API Recommendation] >>> >>> [Copied internally for tracking purposes] >>> >>> I still think a single context key is the most appropriate approach. >>> The >>> context key represents the delivery context based on the available >>> evidence. It does not represent individual devices, unless the >>> evidence is >>> sufficient to narrow the delivery context to the point where only one >>> device could have produced the evidence. >>> >>> So, suppose the evidence (e.g. HTTP headers) identifies a particular >>> browser, but not a particular device model. That's fine. That's as >>> good as >>> I can get at this point. If I want to know what image formats the >>> browser >>> supports (assuming it's not affected by the hardware in which it is >>> running) then I can use this particular context key to query the DDR >>> for >>> this information. >>> >>> However, if I want to use the same context key to discover the width of >>> the screen, then that's probably not something I can know because there >>> wasn't enough evidence to identify the hardware. (Correct me if I'm >>> wrong, >>> but José seems to suggest that if I ask this question, then what I >>> should >>> get back is a set of all possible values for all devices in which this >>> browser is known to operate.) >>> >>> Instead, I would prefer one of two approaches: >>> >>> 1. I get an exception to indicate that there is not enough evidence >>> (represented by the key) to be able to give a reliable answer. >>> >>> 2. I get the "most likely" answer. >>> >>> Somehow the second option is unlikely to work. There may be dozens of >>> devices that could be in this context. Would the DDR need to know the >>> distribution of instances of this device among the population of users? >>> Would it need to know the distribution amongst the customers of the >>> operator? Or perhaps the usage statistics for the application being >>> used? >>> Or the usage patterns for the current time of day? And so on??? >>> While it >>> might be possible to identify the most likely screen to be used on a >>> particular device, it's unlikely to be possible to select from a set of >>> devices. For this reason, I'd go with an exception approach, because >>> the >>> "most likely" approach seems to rely on magic. >>> >>> So, just as a final reminder. The context key represents the delivery >>> context. Just one context, derived from whatever evidence was provided. >>> How far you are able to query using this context key will likely >>> depend on >>> the quality of the evidence you provided, which we know can be >>> troublesome >>> at times if all you are relying on is the HTTP headers. >>> >>> ---Rotan. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [...] On Behalf Of Mobile Web Initiative Device Description >>> Working >>> Group Issue Tracker >>> Sent: 19 November 2007 16:16 >>> To: email@example.com >>> Subject: ISSUE-23 (ContextKeyList): identify method provides only >>> one key >>> or a list of keys? [DDR API Recommendation] >>> >>> >>> >>> ISSUE-23 (ContextKeyList): identify method provides only one key or >>> a list >>> of keys? [DDR API Recommendation] >>> >>> http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/Group/track/issues/ >>> >>> Raised by: Jose Manuel Cantera Fonseca >>> On product: DDR API Recommendation >>> >>> There could be some cases where the same set of HTTP Headers can be >>> identified as different contexts i.e. more than one device / browser >>> can >>> correspond to that set of headers. So in that case what will be the >>> mechanism used by the API for managing that uncertainty: >>> >>> a) Return multiple keys to the caller: >>> >>> ContextKeyList list = identifyByHttpHeadersExt(HttpHeaders headers); >>> >>> The key list could be ordered from the most likely to the less. >>> >>> b) Return a single key to the caller and that key will manage the >>> uncertainty: >>> >>> ContextKey key = identifyByHttpHeaders(HttpHeaders headers); >>> >>> The implications from the rest of the DDR-API are the following >>> >>> In option a) it is impossible that >>> >>> DDR.getPropertyValue(Property,Component) return multiple values because >>> each key is representing only "one context" >>> >>> If we go for option b) one key will be representing potentially >>> multiple >>> contexts and the former method could also return a set >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > >Received on Monday, 26 November 2007 07:57:15 UTC
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New Education Trust Report Highlight Increased Graduation Rates for Underrepresented Students at University at Albany
ALBANY, N.Y. (October 29, 2012) -- A national report released by The Education Trust recognizes the University at Albany for increased graduation rates among African-American students. "Advancing to Completion: Increasing Degree Attainment by Improving Graduation Rates and Closing Gaps for African-American Students" highlights colleges and universities that have been narrowing the graduation-rate gaps of underrepresented students.
A national report released by The Education Trust, recognizes UAlbany for increased graduation rates among African-American students.
Consistently noted as posting equitable success rates for their black and white students, the report considers UAlbany a "no-gap" school. From 2004 to 2010, UAlbany had the 8th highest percentage of African-American student graduation rates among all public colleges, equaling or exceeding white student graduation rates.
"UAlbany makes a concerted effort both inside and outside the classroom in which administrators work to bridge students' academic life and residential life," explains Susan Phillips, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. "They do so by actively engaging faculty in student affairs, setting explicit learning objectives for student activities and services, and convening regular meetings between academic and student affairs staff to identify students at risk of dropping out."
According to the report, by 2018, the nation is projected to need 22 million new college degrees, while 63 percent of jobs are projected to require a postsecondary degree. The only way to make progress toward that goal is to improve performance among diverse student populations. While nearly 40 percent of white 25- to 29-year-olds have attained at least a bachelor's degree, attainment among young African Americans is only one-half that rate.
Learn more about applying to the University at Albany. Find out more about the Education Trust.
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About the University at Albany
A comprehensive public research university, the University at Albany offers more than 120 undergraduate majors and minors and 125 master's, doctoral, and graduate certificate programs. UAlbany is a leader among all New York State colleges and universities in such diverse fields as atmospheric and environmental sciences, business, criminal justice, emergency preparedness, engineering and applied sciences, informatics, public administration, social welfare, and sociology taught by an extensive roster of faculty experts. It also offers expanded academic and research opportunities for students through an affiliation with Albany Law School. With a curriculum enhanced by 600 study-abroad opportunities, UAlbany launches great careers.


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Given all the excitement about graphene these days, one might expect that it would be voted the 'most important British innovation of the 21st Century'. In a surprise move, ionic liquid chemistry has achieved that title according to a Mar. 27, 2013 news item on Azonano,
The work of staff in the Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL) Research Centre has been named as the innovation that will have the greatest impact in the coming Century.
QUILL fought off stiff competition from 11 other innovations from across the United Kingdom to win the vote which was part of the Science Museum's Initiative on Great British past and future Innovations. This initiative was also sponsored, amongst others, by: Engineering UK, The Royal Society, British Science Association, Royal Academy of Engineering and Department for Business Innovation & Skills
A team of nearly 100 scientists are exploring the potential of ionic liquids at Queen's. Known as 'super solvents', they are salts that remain liquid at room temperature and do not form vapours. They can be used as non-polluting alternatives to conventional solvents and are revolutionising chemical processes by offering a much more environmentally friendly solution than traditional methods.
The Queen's University Mar. 26?, 2013 news release provides more information,
Professor Ken Seddon is Co-Director of QUILL. His seminal paper started the world-wide surge of interest in ionic liquids and it has now reached over 1000 citations. Speaking about their latest achievement, he said: "We are delighted to win as this shines a very public spotlight on how a team of chemists can dramatically improve the quality of the environment for everyone. Being named the most important British innovation of the 21st Century is recognition of the high calibre of research being undertaken at QUILL and throughout the University."
Professor Jim Swindall, Co-Director of QUILL at Queen's, said: "This is fantastic news for QUILL and for the University. This vote confirms that Queen's work on ionic liquid chemistry will eventually have a bearing on most of our lives. The liquids dissolve almost everything, from elements such as sulfur and phosphorus (that traditionally require nasty solvents) to polymers, including biomass. They can even remove bacterial biofilms such as MRSA. They are already being used in a process to remove mercury from natural gas by Petronas in Malaysia. Others can be used as heat pumps, compression fluids, or lubricants – the list is limitless."
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "I congratulate Queen's University on winning this most prestigious of accolades. It is a great achievement for Professors Ken Sedden and Jim Swindall and the entire team at QUILL and it is a great day for Northern Ireland science. This recognition underlines the strength of research being undertaken by Queen's and the impact this research has on the chemical and environmental industry around the world."
Robin Swann, Chairman of the Northern Ireland Assembly's Committee for Employment and Learning said: "The result of this public vote is terrific news for Northern Ireland as it demonstrates the importance of the research being undertaken at Queen's. The fact that global energy giant Petronas is already using the technology in its plants demonstrates the value and global impact of the research at the University and I congratulate Queen's on this significant achievement."
Set up in 1999, QUILL is an industry/university cooperative research centre and is now a world leader in the creation of ionic liquids. Key industry partners include BASF, Chevron, Invista, Merck, Petronas, Proctor & Gamble and Shell.
Congratulations to the folks at QUILL!


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I don't think there's a more quintessential, iconic summer treat than S'mores... No backyard campfire is complete without melty chocolate and sticky, gooey marshmallows between two graham crackers.
The way a person toasts a marshmallow says something about them, although what it says exactly, I'm not sure. But it probably does, right? Toast it too fast and intense and you get a burned marshmallow with an uncooked center. Take too long, though, and it'll slide right off the stick.
For instance, I'm the patient type. I will sit for as long as necessary, holding a marshmallow over the hot coals at just the right distance so that it gets a perfectly golden, toasted crust and a perfectly gooey center.
My sister, on the other hand, likes instant marshmallow gratification, and she'll stick hers directly in the flame so it lights on fire and chars it beyond recognition. She also likes her steak well done (which is absolute murder of a good steak, by the way...), so I suppose the marshmallow thing makes sense.
Jamie doesn't even like marshmallows, although he'll eat a S'more or two. The irresistible chocolate, marshmallow, graham cracker combination seems to trump his dislike of marshmallows on their own.
Since making S'mores cupcakes for a party a few weeks ago, I had leftovers of everything, but an unfortunate lack of a campfire, since we live three floors up. Not to mention, those mini marshmallows would be awfully hard to toast on a stick. I've toasted marshmallows over the burners on my stove before, but for the mini ones a couple minutes under the broiler in the oven did the trick. It was a pretty sweet way to make a S'more without a campfire or the ability to skewer the marshmallows.
And then there's ice cream. S'mores in ice cream.
The chocolate custard ice cream base is smooth and creamy, a little more salty than you might expect, but when you eat it, you don't think of it as being salty, you just taste so much flavor. Salt brings out the flavor of sweet food, and the salt enhances the flavor of the chocolate and graham crackers beautifully.
And I didn't just stir in un-toasted marshmallows. After all, would you put an un-toasted marshmallow on your S'more? Um, no. Toasted until golden and gooey, they stick together so that every few bites of ice cream, you get a sticky marshmallowy mouthful.
The only thing I might wish for in this ice cream is for the chocolate to be melted, maybe in the form of a chocolate syrup or ganache, ribboned throughout. How amazing does ribbons of chocolate sound? Another time, though...
S'mores (under the broiler)
- graham crackers
- chocolate
- mini marshmallows
There's no science to this recipe - you know the S'mores drill...
Place graham crackers on a foil-lined baking sheet. Then chocolate. Then mini marshmallows.
Turn the broiler in your oven on low. Set the pan under the broiler for about 3 minutes, until the marshmallows are puffed and golden brown. Enjoy the gooey deliciousness.
S'mores Ice Cream
printable recipe
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 1 cup bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate, chopped or chips, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups mini marshmallows, toasted
- 1 sleeve graham crackers, crumbled into pieces
Cook and chill the ice cream base:
In a medium saucepan, combine the cream, milk and salt. Gently warm over medium-low heat until hot to the touch but not boiling.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar and cocoa - mixture will be very thick. When the cream mixture is hot, slowly drizzle about a cup of the hot cream into the egg mixture, whisking to temper the eggs. Then pour all of the warmed egg mixture back into the saucepan.
Whisk constantly while continuing to cook the custard over medium-low heat, until the custard thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat.
Add 1/2 cup of the chopped chocolate and the vanilla. Whisk until the chocolate melts and the custard is smooth. Place a mesh strainer over a bowl and pour the custard through the strainer to remove any bits of cooked egg. Cover the custard with plastic and refrigerate overnight, or until very well chilled.
Finish the ice cream:
When the custard is chilled, get all your add-ins ready.
First, place the marshmallows in a single layer on a baking sheet. Place under the broiler on low and toast just until golden brown, about 3 minutes, watching them carefully so they don't burn. Set aside to cool completely. Don't worry if they get all stick together when you scrape them off to add them to the ice cream - they're supposed to be sticky. Just try to add pieces of them to the ice cream so they're evenly distributed.
Crumble the graham crackers and set aside.
Place the remaining 1/2 cup of chopped chocolate or chocolate chips in a bowl and set aside.
Pour the chilled custard into your ice cream maker and churn according to the manufacturer's instructions. Spoon into a large bowl and quickly fold in the toasted marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate. Transfer to a container and freeze until firm, about 4-6 hours.
Yields almost 2 quarts.
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen


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Office 365 Hits Public Beta Today, So Microsoft's Ron Markezich Gets Seven Questions
A couple months ago, I asked out loud "Where is Office 365?" or more precisely, when will Microsoft's Web-based version of Office be available to use. Today we got an answer. Microsoft has opened Office 365 up for a period of public beta testing.
This will certainly trigger talk of a showdown in the cloud between Microsoft and Google, whose Google Apps service is trying to win business from large enterprises, including big companies and government agencies. And in some cases the competition between the two has gotten ugly.
Google, you may remember, is suing the Department of the Interior, saying they were improperly excluded from bidding on a big project to provide cloud-based office and collaboration software–after Microsoft won the contract. Microsoft has accused Google of not having the right security certifications for doing business with the federal government. Google slapped back, saying Microsoft didn't know what it was talking about.
Whatever. The point is, starting today, you can try Microsoft's cloud-based version of Office for yourself. Still no word on when it will be ready for prime-time. I took the opportunity to subject Ron Markezich, corporate vice president for Microsoft's U.S. Enterprise and Partner Group, to the Seven Questions treatment. We talked about the state of Microsoft's cloud application and service offerings, including not only Office 365 but also BPOSS, its Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, which includes a cloud-based version of Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and other applications. And yes, during the conversation, more swiping at Google–as well as a little at IBM–occurred.
NewEnterprise: Ron, when I think of Microsoft, I think of Office. And when I think of Office, I see it as a box of software that I have to schlep to the a store to buy in a box. I tend not to think about it as something I can get in the cloud. When did Microsoft start thinking about moving its multi-billion dollar software franchise to the cloud?
Markezich: My background is that I've been at Microsoft for 13 years. Prior to this I was CIO. And about six years ago Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer called a meeting and said the future of our company is selling our software over the Internet. They wanted to take the operational folks in IT and put them in engineering in order to really combine this online service delivery of our software. And really that was the beginning of what we now call BPOSS and now also Office 365. Six months after that meeting we signed up our first customer, which was Energizer, the battery company, and we serve them today, globally. I soon moved out of the CIO role and into engineering, and built this business based on our traditional software, as the engineering teams re-architected our software like Office and Sharepoint for the cloud.
So who are your customers? And who–obviously Google is one–do you see as your competitors?
If you look at just where we stand now, we have the best set of clients you could ever hope for: Glaxo SmithKline, Ingersoll-Rand, Coca-Cola, Kraft, McDonalds. These are customers who aren't just using bits and pieces of the cloud. I think its getting hard to tell who's a customer and who isn't. In some cases you don't even have to pay for these services. You might have two or three people inside an organization using the service. But these are all cases where the entire company has moved to BPOSS. They are using it across their entire work force.
As to competitors, I think Google gets a lot more press because it's a lot more fun to write about than Microsoft and IBM. It surprises me how much Google is visibly going after the enterprise. Frankly it's nowhere near ready to go after the enterprise. Google throws out a lot of customer references. But when you sign Google's contract you give them the right to use your name as a customer reference, regardless of how many seats you buy. Our default is we can't use your name unless we get your permission. In reality we don't see Google as getting that much traction. If you look at where we battle more in the enterprise, it's against IBM on Lotus Notes. And so about two thirds of our seats in the enterprise are coming to us from Notes. We see more of a fight there with IBM trying to hold on to their Notes base.
The fact is, Google just isn't ready for these types of customers. If you go to the RFP [Request for Proposal] and look at all the requirements, there's many that they simply don't meet. I think they want to be given a fair shot but they're really not ready.
What makes Google not ready?
They're taking a consumer service and trying to provide that to businesses, and architecturally there are a lot differences. As a consumer you probably don't ask where your data is going to be stored. That's the first question an enterprise customer asks. They ask what countries their data is stored in and where that data flows. We take our data flows and we make them available to customers. We tell them where and how its stored and what the circumstances are where it can be accessed from outside of that country and moved outside of that country. You're just not going to think about those things with a consumer service. But it's one of the reasons that we don't use Hotmail, for example, as an enterprise service. Hotmail wasn't built that way. Their mail service is built right on top of GMail. In fact what you're paying for is support, but even there they fall short. They don't have the kind of service level agreements that we do. I'd love to be a fly on the wall inside Google right now, because they're probably sitting back and saying "Wow, this enterprise IT stuff is a lot harder than we thought." It's not easy, and the demands are high.
So what are customers telling you? Where are they hurting and what do they need?
Every customer loves the cloud. In fact, a lot of customers are embracing the cloud because their CEO is hammering them, asking for it. But it's dangerous. What people love about the cloud is the fact that they don't have to worry about upgrades, they don't have to worry about hardware, and they don't have to do a big capital investment. The flip side is that as a customer you're now one voice of many, and a lot folks don't realize what that means in terms of support and feature requests. One customer doesn't get prioritized over another. The other thing is the sense of control. When you're running everything yourself, you know exactly what's going on. In the cloud, you're running with thousands of other customers and you have to rely on the provider to let you know what's going on. Some customers love it. Some struggle with it at first until they realize, for example, that they're benefiting from the scale.
I realize this will vary case by case, but by and large, what are customers saving on per-seat cost?
I was with one customer last week who told me they're saving 50 percent from what it cost him to run Exchange in his data center to running Exchange online. Typically, what we see are customers saving in a range of 30 to 50 percent. We usually see those who come from Lotus Notes save 50 percent. Notes is a little more expensive to run. But this customer was a Microsoft customer saying he saves 50 percent. We've also had customers say they're breaking even, but they're breaking even with better availability, and with geo-redundant data centers. But the bulk of them fall into that 30 to 50 percent range.
I know what your customers' pain point are. What are yours?
Once customers move to the cloud they want more stuff, faster. I always liken it to running. The hardest step to take is the first one out the door. Once you get out the door everything is easier. With the cloud, once you take that first step and move a mission-critical system to the cloud, you're kind of there and you want to move everything to the cloud. So they want Windows Intune faster, they want Microsoft Project faster. I was with Coca-Cola recently, and they said they wanted to do everything they did with Office 365 and do it with everything else. And so keeping up with that portfolio of additional cloud services is tough, and launching a cloud service is not easy. There's a lot of engineering work, then you have to work out the support model, the regulatory aspects, and the certifications. All of these are things we have to work through before we launch a service. Then you launch and customers want more features. So our big challenge is keeping up with the appetite that our customers have for more services.
With this you're making fundamental changes to how a key Microsoft franchise that has brought in billions upon billions of dollars is sold. Can this new model ultimately catch up with and supplant the old one?
It's even more than that. We've made a version of Office that anyone can use online for free. But as a business model we see this as something that can be beneficial to Microsoft in a couple of ways. One, every customer that has bought BPOSS, we see their total software spend with Microsoft go up. Even that customer I told you about that saved 50 percent, they still are spending far more than they did before. For one, they were just buying Exchange Client Access Licenses. Now they're buying Exchange CALs, plus spending some money for the service. Now we don't make as much profit margin, but we make some profit margin on that. But the biggest reason is that most of the time, they buy other things from Microsoft. They buy new versions of Office, they might be buying Active Directory if they didn't have it before. They might not have had Sharepoint or Lync, and now they're buying those. So every one of these customers, we see their total spend with Microsoft go up anywhere from 2 to 6 times what it was before. The other thing is that if you look at the total industry spend, most of it is on activities where there's no value added. Every dollar you spend on software from Microsoft, you spend $6 trying to get it to do anything. What we're trying to do is drive that six dollars to zero.


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I like Obama. What can I say? You can give me all kinds of reasons to think otherwise, but I'm betting I've heard them and they haven't worked. So when I watch a spectacle like last night's second round of the Presidential Debate season, I'm not really coming to the event with an open mind. I'm biased. Here's the thing, though. I think Obama's earned it.
Romney could have earned it. He's had six years and he was once the kind of moderate Republican I admired. The mind-your-business kind. Now he's not. Obama, on the other hand, has become the kind of moderate Republican I admired. The practical, thoughtful, mind-your-business kind. I think if more Republicans pulled out of the groupthink and were honest with themselves, if they could divorce themselves from the 'us against them' philosophy that drives much America's political culture (or American culture, period) they would realize this guy is not an alien socialist sleeper-cell agent.
All of which made last night's debate interesting. Romney says, given the ingredients of last four years, he would've made better sauce. Perhaps. We'll never know, 'cuz there's no such thing as a do-over. The next four years are going to bring new set of challenges. Watching the candidates deal with surprise questions, unscripted responses and each other, I simply liked Obama better. I was not born leaning his way. He's pulled me over.


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"Avatar" director James Cameron said Thursday that 3-D will replace 2-D as the standard, mainstream format for film, television and online content in less than 25 years.
Viewers will soon not only enjoy films in 3-D theaters but all forms of entertainment, including sports and music shows on TVs and laptops, Cameron said at a technology forum in Seoul.
Cameron directed the 3-D epic "Avatar," which won three Oscars and is the highest grossing film in history, with $2.7 billion in worldwide ticket sales to date. He has also directed other blockbuster films such as "Titanic" and "Terminator."
"Avatar" has proved that 3-D technology is not just a fad but a revolution changing how the audience chooses to consume media and entertainment content, the 56-year-old director said in a speech to the Seoul Digital Forum, an annual technology and media gathering.
"Quite simply, where they had a choice, the audience was selecting for the best possible way to see the movie," he said. "And they saw 3-D as the premium viewing experience."
Cameron likened what he called the "3-D renaissance" to the advent of sound and color in motion pictures. But he said full adoption of the enhanced format will require less time than the 25 years it took for color movies to become standard.
Pointing to the popularity of 3-D films, Cameron envisions the film, technology and consumer electronics industries rapidly moving toward mass adoption of the enhanced format.
That could come as soon as "in a couple of years," but "definitely less than the 25 years it took color movies," he told reporters at a press conference after the speech.
Television makers Samsung Electronics Co. and Panasonic Corp. started selling 3-D TVs this year in hopes of riding one of the next big waves in consumer electronics.
Movie studios Universal and Disney have released 3-D films on Blu-ray, such as "Coraline" and "The Polar Express." Discovery Communications and ESPN previously announced they will launch their own 3-D cable television networks, with ESPN first broadcasting World Cup soccer in 3-D next month.
The biggest hurdle to rapid mainstream adoption of 3-D is not technological shortcomings, but the lack of 3-D content to watch, Cameron said.
"If you play all the 3-D movies in existence on your fancy new 3-D TV, it will keep you entertained for about 3 days," he said. "This content gap is the biggest hurdle for the rapid adoption of 3D TV."
Asked about the prospects for Internet streaming of 3-D movies, Cameron said he was upbeat.
"3-D laptops are already here," Cameron said. "I've already seen some very good ones."
Cameron also said he intends to personally dedicate himself to helping the industry adopt 3-D without creating a consumer backlash.
That will include continuing to create quality 3-D content, like a sequel to "Avatar," which he estimated will take about 3 years to make — 18 months less than it took the first.
The release date will be announced in a few months, he said.
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