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Oct 4, 2011 Al Stroucken (BGSU CEO Lecture Series)
4 – 5pm
BGSU
Al Stroucken, Executive Chairman/CEO/President of Owens-Illinois, Inc. will be the keynote for this executive lecture series which is open to students, faculty, and the business community. As chairman and CEO since December 2006, Stroucken has initiated and successfully led Owens-Illinois through dramatic change. O-I has significantly strengthened its financial stability and as a result, increased earnings nearly fourfold and reduced debt by $2.2 billion. O-I is the world's largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world's leading food and beverage brands. This series is hosted by the Dean's Office, College of Business.
Nov 7, 2011 cldbdiht
4:30 – 5:30pm
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Nov 9, 2011 Manufacturing Expo & Forum
BGSU - Perry Field House
The 2011 Northwest Ohio Manufacturing Forum & EXPO has been scheduled for Wednesday November 9, 2011. The event will take place on the campus of Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in the Perry Field House. Registration for the Forum (speaker's series) will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the program session will run from 10:00 until noon.
Attendees at the Forum will move to the EXPO in an adjacent building and enjoy lunch and a private showing on the trade show floor.
The industrial trade show EXPO will open to the public at 1:00 p.m. and run until 4:30 p.m.
Jan 13, 2012 BGSU Research Exhibit
Please mark your calendar for the College of Technology Research Exhibit on January 13 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
This research exhibit is an opportunity to display the great work of BGSU faculty members and students to the university and industrial communities.
President Mazey, Provost Rogers, Deans and Associate Deans of the other colleges, directors of the SPAR and economic development offices will join our industry members in learning about BGSU's creative and innovative work.
The top three displays will be awarded prizes and the bragging rights for being a top display.
Mar 7, 2012 Tech Connect
5:30 – 9pm
BGSU Olscamp Hall
Come and discuss your idea for a new business and connect with all of the right people. FREE. Guest speaker: Dr. Mary Ellen Mazey, President, BGSU. Olscamp Hall.
Register: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2937783991/
Oct 8, 2012 ohysmvef
5 – 6:30pm
BGSU Wolfe Center
Apr 8, 2013 E-Week kick-off breakfast
9:30 – 11:30am
BGSU Business Administration Building
Join us to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit with interactive events and activities. Highlights include:
E-Week kick-off breakfast
Skyler Rogers is Co-Founder of NiceShirt.org and a BGSU alum. NiceShirt.org allows its customers to be a part of changing the world. They work with non-profit organizations who are committed to ending global issues, as well as small communities who have a great cause in need of support.
Free and open to the public; however registration is required.
RSVP: https://cbaapps.business.bgsu.edu/EWeekRegistration/RSVPForm.cfm
Apr 8, 2013 Lunch with Gene Poor
12:30 – 2pm
"What Business has Taught Me!" presented by Gene Poor, Founder and Chief Imagination Officer, LifeFormations. Learn business tips from this local leader and enjoy a free lunch from Jimmy Johns.
LifeFormations is a multiple-award winning creator of over 1500 animatronic figures over the past 20 years. They range from miniature humans to giant animals. They are able to create animatronics in a variety of styles utilizing a wide range of methods for appearance, show control and integration with other attraction elements.
This event is part of E-Week 2013.
Apr 9, 2013 "The Hatch" Rehearsal #2
Enjoy delicious tacos from Bueno, Scott Hodges' taco food truck. Scott, a BGSU student, is pitching this concept to investors at "The Hatch," on April 10. You can also provide feedback to our students to streamline their presentations. Additional students and ideas include: Hunter Bihn, needle for diabetics; Kourtney Greco, children's "Write a Book;" and Corey Jones, educational rap label.
Similar to the TV show "Shark Tank," "The Hatch" features student entrepreneurs who present ideas to a panel of investors as they vie for start-up funds for their business ideas. This event will stream live from our website.
Apr 10, 2013 Lunch with Matt Miller
Featuring Matt Miller, student and Founder of Magnetag. Enjoy free appetizers, compliments of Qdoba Mexican Grill.
Apr 10, 2013 "The Hatch"
Nine ideas. Six investors. Are these the next big ideas in business? There's only one way to find out—join us for "The Hatch" on April 10. You'll hear the pitches and find out who receives the funds to make their business idea a reality during this live and interactive event.
Similar to the TV show Shark Tank, BGSU students will present their ideas to a panel of investors who will decide if they want to help fund the business and mentor the entrepreneur. "The Hatch" is free and open to the public. It is presented by the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the College of Business.
"The Hatch" is part of our new Entrepreneurship Week (E-Week), April 8-12, 2013 at BGSU. Join us to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit with events such as the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship.
Apr 12, 2013 Sebo Entrepreneurship Conference: Social Economics
"Social Economics: Adding Value to Business with Social Media"
The Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship has been a huge success each year since its inception ten years ago, and it has become recognized as one of the most respected entrepreneurship events in the region.
This year's theme is all about social media: effectively utilizing social media to create value for your business.
The College is excited to announce that the keynote speaker is international best-selling author Erik Qualman whose book, "Socialnomics," is the definitive guide to using social media in business. Come learn how your business can grow with social media.
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Apr 26, 2013 Best Practices in Business Analytics
Learn best practices for trend analysis, forecasting, and data mining from experts in the field. Keynote speaker is Ashwin Patil, who leads Analytics and Information Management for Automotive, Process and Industrial Products at Deloitte Consulting, LLP.
A best practices panel includes the following experts: Joe Gottron, SVP, CIO, Pharmaceutical Segment, Cardinal Health; Jim Albert, BGSU Professor, Mathematics and Statistics Department; and Ed White, BGSU Executive-in-Residence, former CFO of Owens-Illinois.
Luncheon speaker is Mike Hoskins '77, CTO and Executive V.P., Pervasive Software and General Manager, Big Data Products and Solutions.
Registration, continental breakfast and networking, 7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
Opening remarks by President and Dean, 8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Keynote, Ashwin Patil, Deloitte Consulting LLP, 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. (10-15 minutes Q&A). Title: "Business Analytics: What's the Big Deal?"
Break and networking, 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Best Analytics Practices Panel Discussion, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
Lunch and Presentation, Mike Hoskins, Pervasive Software, 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Cost is $95 per person or $450 for a table of six.
Apr 30, 2013 Becoming a Woman of Influence
Join BGSU's Center of Excellence - the Center for Developing Effective Business and Organizations - for "Becoming a Woman of Influence."
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration/Networking
9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Welcome
9:10 - 10:15 a.m. Featured Keynote: "Becoming a Woman of Influence" Amy Shore, Senior Vice President, Nationwide Insurance
10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Break/Network
10:45 - 12:00 p.m.Panel Discussion
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Luncheon
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Networking
This event is free and open to the public, however all attendees must RSVP.
Participants will receive a copy of "Women Don't Ask" by Linda Babcock, courtesy of Nationwide Insurance.
May 6, 2013 Fair Use and Digitization
8:30am through Tuesday, May 7 at 4:30pm
BGSU - Jerome Library
As institutions explore the digital humanities and move toward digitizing collections, confusion about copyright and fair use issues hinders progress. If you are stymied and looking for help from copyright experts, this workshop is for you.
Expert facilitators for the Fair Use and Digitization Workshop are:
Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, Association of Research Libraries
Jennifer Urban, Director of Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic; Assistant Clinical Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley
David Hansen, Digital Libraries Fellow at Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, University of California, Berkeley
Workshop participants will:
learn about copyright issues in the digital age
apply this knowledge to real-life scenarios during the workshop*
work together to develop a Fair Use Check List
learn to create copyright risk assessments for their own collections
learn when to consult legal counsel with fair use questions
learn to make judicious selections of copyrighted materials for digitization
Participants are invited to submit potential case studies based on their own collections and projects.
The workshop will be on the BGSU campus (in the Pallister Conference Room of the Jerome Library) on Monday, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7
May 13, 2013 Digital Cultures in the Age of Big Data
9am through Friday, May 17 at 2:30pm
Track the conference all week via Twitter: https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23digici
Although the sciences and quantitative social sciences have embraced new information technologies, the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences have adapted and adopted them more unevenly and with varied enthusiasm. Digital Cultures in the Age of Big Data will help move BGSU humanities forward by fostering dynamic interactions among ideas, theories, and critical perspectives within the broad area of digital technologies.
This weeklong, interdisciplinary institute is devoted to the digital humanities and all the opportunities they present. This will be a week in which participants from the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences — whether novices or well versed in new technologies — can come together to educate ourselves and one another in a community-building environment that marks the beginning of a changing culture on campus.
Areas of inquiry will include digital art and new media, electronic literature, digital scholarship and publishing, digital democracy, the Digital Divide and the politics of Big Data, the public humanities, and grant writing.
The institute will feature a digital art exhibition plus lectures, workshops, and discussions with seven scholars of digital culture and keynote addresses by two foundational figures in the field: Dr. N. Katherine Hayles, Professor of English at Duke University; and Dr. Lev Manovich, Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center; director of the Software Studies Initiative at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, and a visiting professor at the European Graduate School.
Digital Cultures in the Age of Big Data will be the ideal occasion to find opportunities for transdisciplinary work involving the arts, humanities and qualitative social sciences. This institute is free and open to the public. BGSU graduate students may also receive a certificate in Digital Cultures for participating.
Sep 30, 2013 Designing for Social Change
Graphic designer Andrew Shea visits BGSU for his ARTalk on "Designing for Social Change." Shea works with companies designing websites, environmental graphics and books. He also teaches design at Parsons School of Design and recently spoke at TEDx Transmedia in Rome.
His presentation starts in 206 (theater) of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. 5pm. Free.
Oct 4, 2013 Celebrating the 2013 International Year of Statistics
9am – noon
Celebrating the 2013 International Year of Statistics features Alan Schwarz, best-selling author and New York Times Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter.
Also included is a panel discussion by Jim Albert, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics, BGSU; Miriam Krause, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, BGSU; and Andrew M. Schocket, Ph.D., Director, American Culture Studies and Associate Professor of History and American Culture Studies, BGSU.
8:30 - 9 a.m. Registration
9 - 10 a.m. Keynote Presentation by Alan Schwartz, best-selling author and New York Times Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter
10 - 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion: From Sports to Social Media
This event is free, but RSVP/registration is required.
Presented by the Center for Business Analytics, College of Business, and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences.
Alan Schwarz's specialty is the integration of probability and statistics into narrative and investigative reporting. Author of The Numbers Game, a best-selling history of baseball statistics, Schwarz speaks to groups across the nation about the power of mathematics in storytelling.
Schwarz is best known for his four-year series that exposed the seriousness of concussions among athletes of all ages. His investigative pieces are generally seen as having revolutionized the respect and protocol for head injuries in almost every major youth and professional sport.
Oct 23, 2013 BGSU ACM with Jim Youll
BGSU Overman Hall
Jim Youll of Twitter returns to the area. This time he is presenting to the BGSU Student ACM Chapter.
Jim, a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, will be discussing his work and experience gained from the Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco. Youll is a 1988 BGSU graduate (CS major, Photojournalism minor) who joined the Twitter team a year ago.
Myles pizza and soda will be provided.
Nov 21, 2013 Supply Chain Logistics Lunch and Learn
Global Entrepreneurship Week started with an idea in 2007 to inspire people all over the world to unleash their ideas and take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey. Today more than 77 countries have host organizations who participate in this week-long celebration. This year's Global E-Week is scheduled for November 18-24 and the College of Business and the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership are co-hosting two events on November 21.
Please join us for a day of learning about how Northwest Ohio's important agricultural industry fits into feeding the world.
A "Supply Chain Logistics Lunch and Learn" is set for 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in 101 Olscamp. The lunch program focuses on the logistics of shipping local food and agricultural-related products to the rest of the world. Local entrepreneurs will explain the supply chain of their products.
Nov 21, 2013 Agri-Business: How Local Businesses Are Feeding the World
Global Entrepreneurship Week (E-Week) started with an idea in 2007 to inspire people all over the world to unleash their ideas and take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey. Today more than 77 countries have host organizations who participate in this week-long celebration. This year's Global E-Week is scheduled for November 18-24 and the College of Business and the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership are co-hosting two events on November 21.
The second program is called "Agribusiness: How Local Businesses Are Feeding the World" which is scheduled from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. also in 101 Olscamp.
Northwest Ohio's agribusiness impacts the global economy. From growing to processing, you can find a bountiful harvest of healthful foods produced in this region. Learn from local experts and entrepreneurs about the importance of Northwest Ohio's agricultural industry and their food products.
Jan 30, 2014 Enterprise Business System (SAP)
Hear Bethany Ruiz from The Andersons discuss her knowledge regarding An Enterprise Business System (SAP). Ms. Ruiz is also a professor here at BGSU as she teaches a course in MIS. Food and drinks will be provided
By BGSU ACM and BGWIC.
Apr 3, 2014 Women and Ethics in the Workplace
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS. Sherron Watkins, Former Vice President of Corporate Development at Enron as well as whistleblower of accounting irregularities.
PANEL DISCUSSION: ETHICAL ISSUES FACING WOMEN IN BUSINESS
Panel Moderator: Amy Shore '80, Senior Vice President, Field Operations at Nationwide Insurance
Marianne Ballas, Owner, Ballas Buick-GMC
Stephanie Imhoff '82, CPA and Independent Finance and Accounting Consultant
Andrea Price, President and CEO at Mercy Health Partners North
Sandra Rich, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at Nationwide Insurance
9:30 – 11am
Featuring Krysten Jablonowski, Founder and President of Cribs on Campus and one of the 2013 Hatch participants who launched her own business.
There will also be an opportunity to speak with J. Robert Sebo '58, '13 (Hon.) who is the Entrepreneur in Residence.
Free and open to the public. Registration is required.
Apr 7, 2014 E-Week Lunch and Learn: Start up equity financing
11:30am – 1pm
Panel discussion on start up equity financing.
Moderator: Dr. Dave Stott, Chair of Accounting and MIS Department, BGSU
Raymond W. Braun, Dean, College of Business, BGSU
Bob Venzel, Business Owner, Venzel Communications, Inc.
Dr. Gene Poor, Hamilton Professor of Entrepreneurship
Ben Vollmar, Business Owner, Flatlands Coffee
Apr 7, 2014 "The Hatch" Rehearsal
Watch students practice their pitches for The Hatch.
Robert Striblen
Sara Scacchi
Stefan Grdic
Nicole Braxton
Caitlin Flack
Jerrod Witt
Apr 9, 2014 E-Week Lunch and Learn: Legal considerations
Panel discussion on legal considerations when starting a business.
Moderator: Michael Slates, Instructor, Finance, BGSU
Jim Rogers, Attorney at Law
David Miller, Attorney at Law
Tim Ault, Attorney at Law
Apr 9, 2014 Unexpected Legal Issues for Small Businesses
Attend any or all of the following three sessions.
Immigration Laws and Business Impact (2-3 p.m.)
Business and Immigration Law. Fadi V. Nahhas, Esq., Eastman & Smith Ltd.
Trade Secrets Litigation – Protecting Your Competitive Advantages (3-4 p.m.)
Employment and Litigation Law. Barry W. Fissel, Esq., Eastman & Smith Ltd.
Commercial Leases: Review of Commonly Overlooked Terms and Provisions (4-5 p.m.)
Commercial Real Estate Law. Scott A. Johnson, Esq., Eastman & Smith Ltd.
CLE approved for Ohio credit, all welcome to attend.
RSVP for the Continuing Legal Education event by March 24 at kdove@bgsu.edu.
Apr 9, 2014 The Hatch
The Falcon Hatchery in the Dallas-Hamilton Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership accepts applications each fall from current BGSU undergraduate students hoping to launch a new business venture. If your application is accepted, you will be paired with an alumni mentor and will present your business idea to alumni investors during "The Hatch" event in April.
See http://www.bgsu.edu/business/centers-and-institutes/dallas-hamilton-center-for-entrepreneurial-leadership/2014-hatch-student-finalists.html for the list of student finalists.
May 1, 2014 Digilantes, Vulnerable Bodies, and Hyperbolic Violence on the Internet
On May 1, at 5 pm in 201 BTSU, Dr. Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Professor of American Studies at the University of Michigan, will speak on "Digilantes, Vulnerable Bodies, and Hyperbolic Violence on the Internet."
Dr. Nakamura's publications include Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet; Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet, and Race After the Internet.
Presented by BGSU American Culture Studies, Institute for the Study of Culture and Society.
Sep 25, 2014 Software testing at Progressive (BGSU ACM)
BGSU Student chapter of ACM presents Dolly Kelly (Testing Manager) and Mike Keith (Software Test Engineer) of Progressive.
They will be giving a presentation about Progressive, some of their innovations and differences between STE and QAA roles.
Get your laptops, you will be loading and playing a game. Highest scoring team will receive Netduinos.
Pizza and soda are provided.
Oct 2, 2014 Agile at Centric (BGSU ACM)
BGSU Student chapter of ACM presents four recent BG graduates from Centric. They will be giving presentation on Centric, Agile for Non- Agile users and "Three Amigos". It's based on the interactions that Business Analysts (BA), Developers, and Testers (QAA or QAM) have amongst each other to build a project.
Don't miss out this event! There is a great deal of knowledge and advice from these graduates. Pizza and soda will be provided!
Oct 7, 2014 Marathon Petroleum: CS, MIS, ISAC majors
Marathon Petroleum is holding an information session for BGSU Computer Science, Management Information Systems and Information Systems Audit and Control majors.
They will talk about internships, co-ops and full time positions.
Oct 17, 2014 Business Analytics Symposium
2014 BEST PRACTICES IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS SYMPOSIUM: The Next "Big" Thing in Big Data: Disruptive Data Science – Transforming Your Company into a Data Science-Driven Enterprise.
Keynote Presentation - Annika Jimenez, Pivotal. "Disruptive Data Science – Transforming Your Company into a Data Science-Driven Enterprise". Annika is a seasoned leader of analytics initiatives coming to Pivotal after more than six years in data leadership roles at Yahoo!
Featured Presentations:
Bob Harman, Global LSS Leader, Owen-Illinois
Shane Klumb, Senior Manager, Eaton
Jacob Loeffelholz, Director, Advanced Analytics, The Perduco Group
$100 individual
$80 BGSU faculty/staff
BGSU students are free
$500 for a table of six
Nov 1, 2014 Annual Symposium on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teaching
Professional Development for preK-12 in-service and pre-service teachers, informal educators, and college faculty.
We are pleased to welcome you to the Northwest Ohio Symposium on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Teaching. This event offers a valuable opportunity for educators to share and learn from one another in our common effort to advance (STEM) education for people of all ages.
Last year over 350 people attended this event, including in-service and pre-service teachers, higher education faculty, and business and community partners participating in more than 50 sessions.
This year, we are offering over 70 informative and engaging sessions, and are thrilled to have as our keynote speaker NASA Engineer Kobie Boykins (more on Kobie on pg. 4).
We hope you find the 2014 Northwest Ohio Symposium on STEM Teaching to be a beneficial experience, especially those of you here for the first time. With your help, we will continue to make this symposium the premier STEM professional development opportunity for educators in northwest Ohio.
Nov 20, 2014 Gasoline and Ethanol Supply Chain Integration
A panel of local experts will discuss supply chain and logistics focusing on gasoline and ethanol. Enjoy breakfast and learn how these companies are connected throughout the world.
Moderator: Charlie Carr, Manager, Business and Product Development, The Andersons, Inc.
Chris Gulgin '10, Director of Finance, Ethanol Group, Andersons, Inc.
Rod Harris, Manager, Business Development, The Andersons, Inc.
Neil McKinstray, President, Ethanol Group, The Andersons, Inc.
Dave Whikehart, Director, Product Supply and Optimization, Marathon Petroleum Company
The College of Business at BGSU is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, an International initiative to inspire people throughout the world to unleash their ideas and take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey.
Nov 20, 2014 Agribusiness Advisory Panel
BGSU Student Union
Hot topics in agriculture will be the focus of this event with featured speakers and a keynote presenter discussing current issues facing agribusiness.
Succession - Paul Croy, Attorney at Law, Robison, Curphey, and O'Connell
GAP - Good Agricultural Practices - Ed Sharek, Product Development and Sourcing Manager of CMC Group
Keynote Presentation: Genetically Modified Organisms, Greg Jaffe, Director of Biotechnology, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Nov 20, 2014 Case Studies in Agribusiness
Local businesses discuss the importance that Northwest Ohio plays in the agricultural industry and the impact our area has throughout the world. Enjoy food samplings and case studies from Mom Wilson's Country Mart, Monteleone Peppers, The Cookie Jar, Willy's Inc.
Mar 27, 2015 2015 Women in Leadership | Designing Your Career
2015 Women in Leadership | Designing Your Career
Keynote Speaker: Amy DuBois Barnett, former editor-in-chief, Ebony
Featured Presenters:
Pamela K.M. Beall, Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Government and Public Affairs, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Jan Heppe, President of the Americas, Burberry
Maribeth Rahe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Apr 6, 2015 BGSU E-Week: Kick-off Breakfast
The entrepreneurial spirit comes alive at Bowling Green State University this week as we celebrate innovation in business with a host of interactive events and activities.
Kick-off Breakfast
9:30 - 11:00 am - David J Joseph Company Business Hub
Speaker Jamie Zulch, Owner of Jamie's Seams to Fit & The Formal Detail will discuss "Small Business Start-up"
Apr 6, 2015 BGSU E-Week: Lunch & Learn - "Money"
11:30 am - 1:00 pm - David J Joseph Company Business Hub
Food provided by Campus Pollyeyes
Speaker: Gene Poor and PNC Bank will discuss "Money: Find out about FFF (Family, Friends, & Fools)"
Apr 6, 2015 BGSU E-Week: Hatch Rehearsal
Hatch Rehearsal
6:00 - 8:00 pm - David J Joseph Company Business Hub
Food by Beckett's Burgers
Apr 8, 2015 BGSU E-Week: The Hatch
BGSU Stroh Center
Students have the unique opportunity to launch a business with the assistance of a business start-up program called "The Hatch." If selected as a Hatchling through an application process, students work on a business presentation with an alumni mentor for ten weeks. The aspiring entrepreneurs then face a panel of investors, along with a live audience, and pitch their ideas in hopes of obtaining funding to "hatch" their venture, similar to the television show "Shark Tank."
Free and open to the public: however registration is required.
Apr 8, 2015 Google Tech Talk with Amin Ahmad
On Wednesday the 8th, BGSU ACM will host a Google engineer, Amin Ahmad, here to tell us about Google's mission and what it is like to work for one of the worlds largest and most innovative corporations. He will also highlight some current research projects Google is working on that have the potential to dramatically change our world for the better!
Please join us at 7:30 to hear all about Google and the exciting things that Amin has prepared for us! As always there will be food and drinks provided.
Photos from the event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10152989204612670&type=1
Apr 10, 2015 BGSU Sebo Conference
2015 SEBO SERIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Friday, April 10, 2015, Lenhart Grand Ballroom, Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Theme: Disruptive Forces in Business
Jeffrey Taylor, Founder, Monster.com
Presentation: Be a Disruptive Force: How You Can Change the Rules of Your Industry
Other presentations by:
Matt Hlavin, rapid prototype and manufacturing - rp+m. Topic: 3D Printing
Joe McAleese, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC. Topic: Sensory Technology
Lou Terse, Partners LLC. Topic: Drones
Apr 14, 2015 Pizza and Poor: The Man, The Myth, The Entrepreneur
9 – 10pm
BGSU - Digital Imaging Lab
Come hear the creator of the VCT program, Dr. Gene Poor.
Dr. Poor will be entertaining your ear-holes on a wide range of topics, including how VCT at BGSU came to be, his own story, and about his businesses.
There will also be PIZZA!
Apr 20, 2015 BGSU Women in Computing - Owens Corning
BGSU Women in Computing is holding an event Monday night.
Two former BG students who now work at Owens Corning will be coming in to talk about their jobs and how they decided on their career paths.
This event is open to everyone. It will be Monday the 20th at 6:30 in Olscamp 119.
May 8, 2015 BGSU Graphic Design Senior Show
RHOMBI•CUB•OCTA•HEDRON :: 26 portfolios, 26 viewpoints, 26 students.
Join us to celebrate the Final Portfolios of our Graduating Seniors in the 2015 BGSU Graphic Design Program.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Lot N will be available for Parking.
Sep 30, 2015 2015 Women in Leadership | Investing in Women is Smart Business
Moving to Fall!
Mark your calendars for the next Women in Leadership conference on Wednesday, September 30, 2015!
Our theme is Investing in Women is Smart Business.
Keynote Presenter: Sallie Krawcheck, Chair of the Ellevate Network and Ellevate Asset Management. One of the most respected voices on Wall Street.
Oct 9, 2015 Insights + Analytics: Coming Together
BGSU Center for Business Analytics Symposium.
Keynote presenters:
Jeff Schlageter, IBM Vice President, Ohio Valley Sales & Distribution
Brian M. Van Bibber, Business Development Manager, IBM North American Analytics Center
Panel Discussions:
Chris VanCuyk, Champion Solutions Group. "Shortcomings and Evolution of Traditional Marketing Insights"
Tammy Hope, Champion Solutions Group. "Evolution of Marketing-Oriented Business Analytics"
Ravi Kandikonda, Comcast. "Creation of a Leading-Edge Business Practice Through the Marriage of These Two Disciplines"
The event concludes with the Business Analytics Case Competition student presentations.
Nov 14, 2015 MCURCSM 2015
BGSU Hayes Hall
The Midstates Conference for Undergraduate Research in Computer Science and Mathematics seeks to advance the scholarly level of undergraduate mathematics and computer science research in the midstates region by soliciting academic papers written by students in collaboration with their mentors describing the outcomes of their research programs.
The day-long conference will have tracks in both Computer Science and Mathematics.
Apr 3, 2016 BGSU E-Week: "The Prophet" movie viewing
Save the dates for BGSU's Entrepreneurship Week, which will include The Hatch and the Sebo Conference.
There will be many opportunities to engage with the College of Business through lunch and learns, panel discussions and presentations from world-renowned speakers.
Movie viewing of "The Prophet" produced by alumnus Steven Hanson '75
Thomas B. and Kathleen M. Donnell Theater, The Wolfe Center for the Arts
Apr 4, 2016 BGSU E-Week: Creating a Digital Work of Art from a Literary Classic
The David J. Joseph Company Business Hub, 2nd Floor, College of Business
"The Prophet" – Creating a Digital Work of Art from a Literary Classic
Speaker: Steven Hanson '75, President and CEO, Hanson Inc.
Apr 4, 2016 BGSU E-Week: The Hatch Rehearsal
The Hatch Rehearsal
The Hatch is BGSU's student business venture program.
Limited seating at Lenhart Grand Ballroom. Student watch party in Olscamp Hall.
Apr 18, 2016 BGSU Women in Computing - Cisco
Representatives of Cisco will speak on leveraging technology in a fast-paced market where start-ups are challenging many corporations.
Doug Good VP, Engineering and Architectures
Cindy Goodwin-Sak, Director of Strategy & Operations, WW Systems Engineering and Technology
BGSU Women in Computing is a student organization sponsored by the Department of Computer Science. The BGWIC mission is to support the unique needs of female students pursuing a degree in Computer Science by providing professional development, social networking, and community involvement opportunities in a collaborative, empowering environment.
Apr 26, 2016 When Robots Rule the Earth
Professor Robin Hanson, author of the forthcoming The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life When Robots Rule the Earth will discuss a potential future characterized by brain emulation and robots.
April 26th, Olscamp Hall 111, 4:30-6:00pm
This event is open to the public.
Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has over 60 academic publications, and his new book The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life When Robots Rule the Earth will be published by Oxford University Press May 2016.
Robin Hanson pioneered prediction markets in 1988 and previously worked as a research programmer at Lockheed and NASA.
Jul 16, 2016 BGSU Alumni in IT at the Mud Hens
Fifth Third Field
BGSU Alumni who work in Information Technology are invited to attend the July 16th Mud Hens baseball game (against the Columbus Clippers). We have a block of 30 seats in Section 118. Tickets are $12 each. Bring the family!
Enjoy the world famous Mud Hens. Buy your own food and drinks. Network with your fellow BGSU alumni in IT.
Fill out this form to arrange the purchase of tickets. First come, first served. Once the 30 tickets are gone, you will have to buy your own tickets directly from the Mud Hens.
Keith Instone (Computer Science '86 & '88) will process your order and get in touch with you on the money and ticket exchange.
On behalf of the BGSU Computer Science Affinity Group Leadership Team: Keith Instone, Steven Detmer (Business '03), Andy Monyak (MIS '01), and Andrea Broerman (Computer Science '99).
Also, BGSU faculty who have taught computer science, MIS and other IT-related classes will be invited to help alumni connect with the people who helped them prepare for their IT careers.
Oct 19, 2016 IBM Watson (BGSU ACM)
The BGSU Student chapter of ACM presents a guest speaker from IBM to talk about Watson.
Watson is an artificially intelligent computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci.
ACM is proud to sponsor them on campus. We are inviting everyone to come to this event and learn some valuable information outside the class.
Oct 25, 2016 Data processing architecture using AWS (BGSU ACM)
BGSU Student chapter of ACM presents a Tech talk by AMAZON. Yes you heard that right, AMAZON will be here on campus on October 25th talking about their architectures for processing big data using Amazon Web Services. Web services are becoming an integral part of modern computing.
ACM is excited to host Fletcher Riverance from Amazon on campus. We hope to see you there.
There will be food for you during the event.
Jan 31, 2017 Tech Talk by Medical Mutual (BGSU ACM)
The BGSU Student chapter of ACM presents a guest speaker from Medical Mutual. Cleveland, Ohio.
They are going to talk about how their web applications interact with different tools including IBM.
A HR recruiter and a Software Engineer from Medical Mutual will be present during the talk. It is a great opportunity to learn about something outside the classroom. You can also learn about their possible job opportunities. They hire a good number of BGSU students for internships/ full-time positions.
We hope to see you there ! ! ! Free food is provided.
Feb 21, 2017 BGSU Student Symposium on Design
BGSU Park Avenue Building
Join us at BGSU's Symposium on Design & Innovation, featuring opening remarks by the common read author Warren Berger.
4pm - 5pm ThinkTank - Design Education
5pm - 6pm College Dinner with Warren Berger
6pm - 8pm Opening remarks by the author and PechaKucha presentations
The symposium is inspired by Berger's argument where the act of questioning is weighed with the most critical role in enabling innovation, problem solving, and advancement in one's personal life and career. The symposium is intended to build discourse around the topics of architecture, design, and innovation through reflections on their theoretical underpinnings and successful patterns in the past, present, and future.
Feb 23, 2017 DevOps Technologies (BGSU ACM)
The BGSU Student chapter of ACM presents a guest speaker from Nationwide, Carmen DeArdo, to talk about DevOps.
DevOps is the practice of operations and development engineers participating together in the entire service lifecycle, from design through the development process to production support.
Mar 23, 2017 Technology Bridge Between Radio and Health Care
David Kennedy, who has had a distinguished career within the media industry, will present "The Technology Bridge Between Radio and Health Care: Questions and Innovations" at 2:30 p.m. on March 23 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater (Room 206).
His talk will address how a simple question to extend radio listenership to mobile devices led to much more. The process resulted in an increased awareness that the same technology could be used to advance health care practices including new capabilities, greater precision and improved outcomes.
Apr 3, 2017 BGSU E-Week Lunch and Learn
Julie Harbal, From Student Worker to Owner
The BGSU Entrepreneurship Week is filled with a series of events including The Hatch, and our grand finale, the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship. There are many opportunities to engage with the College of Business through lunch and learns, panel discussions and presentations from world-renowned speakers.
This week is filled with a host of events including The Hatch, and our grand finale, the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship. There are many opportunities to engage with the College of Business through lunch and learns, panel discussions and presentations from world-renowned speakers.
The Hatch Rehearsal, Monday, April 3, 6 – 8 p.m., The David J. Joseph Company Business Hub, 2nd Floor, College of Business Administration
Adam Goldberg, From Artist to Entrepreneur
Elsa Vogel, Pieces of Me - Building a Brand from Scratch
Apr 5, 2017 BGSU Women in Computing - Hyland Software
Come out and hear from Rebecca Sullivan and Tori Brenneison, who are both developers at Hyland Software! Their presentation is described as "writing clean, maintainable code, with some life lessons for new developers who might be interacting with huge existing codebases"
Apr 6, 2017 BGSU E-Week Women in Leadership
Rebecca Li, CEO and lifestyle curator
Apr 6, 2017 BGSU E-Week Dr. Gene Poor reception
Join us in celebrating Dr. Poor's 50 years of teaching entrepreneurship.
Apr 6, 2017 BGSU E-Week The HatchTonight
Join an enthusiastic audience and panel of experts who analyze and discuss each Hatchling's business idea. Root for your Hatchling and vote on who earns the "Eggy!"
Apr 6, 2017 BGSU E-Week The Hatch
"Shark Tank" Falcon style - limited seating, registration required!
BGSU student entrepreneurs will present their business ideas to alumni investors during The Hatch on April 6, vying for funds to launch their businesses in a format similar to the popular television show "Shark Tank." This event is streamed to Hatch Watch parties across the country and to several countries throughout the world.
What sets The Hatch apart from similar events is that the alumni investors make equity investments providing real money for students to launch real businesses. To date, more than $500,000 have been committed to student startups.
Apr 7, 2017 BGSU E-Week Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship
D.C. Crenshaw
Gordon Hamm
Maribeth Rahe
Apr 17, 2017 BGSU ACM Election 2017 and Movie Night
The BGSU Student chapter of ACM is taking some time out to relax with a screening of "Dr.Strange" from Marvel.
We will also announce the results of our election that night and introduce the new cabinet members for 2017-18.
Free food will be provided.
Sep 30, 2017 Alumni Panel: 25 Years of Digital Arts at BGSU
Join us in welcoming back successful alumni who work in a variety of industries from the past 25 years of Digital Arts as they share what BGSU meant to them and how they discovered their career paths.
Featuring Panel Participants:
Gary Davis DA (BFA 1992)
Chad Greene DA (BFA 1992)
Tina Bell Vance DA (MFA 2002)
Mercé Culp DA (BFA 2006)
Ken Fairclough DA (MFA 2014)
Oct 18, 2017 Future Casting: AI & Jobs of the Future
BGSU Collab Lab, Jerome Library, 1st Floor
Futurecasting at the Collab Lab provides an opportunity to learn about cutting-edge technology and discuss how it might affect us. At this event, we will discuss how automation technology like self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence will change the way we live.
To prep, you can watch this TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_lee_why_jobs_of_the_future_won_t_feel_like_work
Oct 27, 2017 2017 Business Analytics Symposium
8:00 am - Registration and Breakfast
8:30 am - Opening Remarks
8:45 am - Keynote: Carlos Londono, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Owens-Illinois
9:45 am - Break
10:00 am - Panel Discussion on Supply Chain Analytics with Leading Experts, Led by Dr. Arthur Yeh, Associate Dean, BGSU, College of Business
11:30 am - Lunch
12:30 pm - O-I Business Analytics Student Case Competition Presentations
1:15 pm - Award Presentations
Nov 15, 2017 Future Casting: AI & How we'll earn money in a future without jobs
Futurecasting at the Collab Lab provides an opportunity to learn about cutting-edge technology and discuss how it might affect us.
At this event, we will watch a Ted Talk about the future of AI. If machines can think, learn and adapt, does that mean that we humans will end up with significant unemployment? What should we do about it?
In this talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_ford_how_we_ll_earn_money_in_a_future_without_jobs - futurist Martin Ford makes the case for separating income from traditional work and instituting a universal basic income.
Nov 17, 2017 Threat on Your Doorstep: Cybersecurity for Executives
BGSU at Levis Commons
Join Bowling Green State University and Michigan Cyber Range for a FREE cybersecurity workshop!
"Threat on Your Doorstep" provides an in-depth analysis of the current threat landscape that ensures your organization is prepared to address cybersecurity incidents and threats.
With the guidance of instructor Dr. Joe Adams, participants will explore topics such as phishing, cyber terrorism, social engineering, incident response, hacking and more.
Deadline to RSVP is November 1, 2017.
Apr 2, 2018 Discussion on start-ups with Lindsey Danforth
Creative Innovators: A discussion on start-ups.
Lindsey Danforth, GIS Developer at The Sidwell Company, will share her experience as a Global Facilitator with Startup Weekend and what makes a great team and a great pitch. Lindsey founded Toledo StartUp Weekend and has led other StartUp Weekends around the country.
At the BGSU Collab La, a place for innovation.
FREE and open to the public!
Apr 11, 2018 Essential Skills for a Career in UX
Join us for next week's discussion about user experience skills that will help you make software easier to use, web sites more enjoyable, and apps that solve business problems. Get a start on a new career in UX or just become a better front end designer.
Participate in debates about the pros and cons of:
Communication and storytelling
Observation and listening
Facilitation and collaboration
Research, critiquing, sketching
Experienced UX practitioners are also invited to join us to challenge the panelists and share their own stories of how they got into a career in UX.
Mike Osswald, VP, Experience Innovation, Hanson, Inc.
Rhonda Grimm, IT User Experience Lead, First Solar
Ron Shrewsbery, User Experience Design Lead, Owens Corning
Keith Instone, User Experience Consultant, Toledo Region Experience Planning
Jerry Schnepp, Assistant Professor, BGSU
What: Essential Skills for a Career in UX, panel discussion, Toledo Web Professionals meetup
Where: BGSU Collab Lab, first floor, Jerome Library (see map at http://user-experience.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EssentialUX-Map.jpg for driving directions and parking information)
When: Wednesday, April 11, 7pm - 9pm
Free and open to the public. Pizza and soft drinks provided. Free and convenient parking (in Lot N).
Please RSVP at meetup.com so we know how many people to expect.
Apr 16, 2018 BGSU E-week Lunch & Learn: Intrapreneurship, Innovation, and Strategy at First Energy
noon – 1pm
BGSU's Entrepreneurship Week is filled with a host of events including The Hatch, and our grand finale, the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship. There are many opportunities to engage with the College of Business through lunch and learns, panel discussions and presentations from world-renowned speakers.
Gary Benz, Senior Vice President Strategy & Innovation, First Energy Corporation
Intrapreneurship, innovation, and strategy at First Energy
The David J. Joseph Company Business Hub, 2nd Floor, College of Business, BGSU
Apr 16, 2018 BGSU E-week: The Hatch Rehearsal
BGSU student entrepreneurs will present their business ideas to alumni investors during The Hatch on April 19, vying for funds to launch their businesses in a format similar to the popular television show "Shark Tank."
Watch them rehearse earlier in the week!
Apr 17, 2018 BGSU E-week Lunch & Learn: Community Supported Agriculture from farm to table
10:30 – 11:30am
Katie (Frazekas) James, FarmHER & Co-owner of Teal Tractor
Community Supported Agriculture from farm to table. Meet this growing "FarmHer," and hear her colorful story.
Apr 18, 2018 BGSU E-week Lunch & Learn: Being an intrapreneur of procurement in the high-impact medical product market
Mark West, President, SharedClarity
Being an intrapreneur of procurement in the high-impact medical product market.
Apr 19, 2018 BGSU E-week: HatchTonight
Similar to ESPN's College GameDay, HatchTonight, introduces the Hatchlings, their ideas and their mentors live in the Perry Field House before The Hatch kicks off!
High school students, the BGSU community and alumni will watch as a panel of analysts discuss each Hatchling's product, determine who they think will be funded and predict who will receive the Eggy Award!
Apr 19, 2018 BGSU The Hatch
BGSU student entrepreneurs will present their business ideas to alumni investors during The Hatch on April 19, vying for funds to launch their businesses in a format similar to the popular television show "Shark Tank." This event is streamed to Hatch Watch parties across the country and to several countries throughout the world.
Apr 20, 2018 2018 Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship
Mark your calendar for Friday, April 20, and check back for more updates as we finalize this exciting entrepreneurial opportunity.
E-Week is filled with a host of events including The Hatch, the Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Hall of Fame induction ceremony and the Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship. Throughout the week, alumni visit campus and speak to our students, providing unique learning and networking opportunities.
Sebo Keynote speaker: Jim Stengel, author of Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies, and Unleashing the Innovators: How Mature Companies Find New Life with Startups.
Sep 24, 2018 BGSU Collab Lab: Innovator Panel
Innovation week at the BGSU Collab Lab includes an Innovator Panel on September 24th at 6pm. Talk with Hatchlings and student innovators, learn about applied innovation.
The public is welcome! Park in Lot N, right next to the library.
Sep 25, 2018 BGSU Collab Lab: Stories of Innovation
Innovation week at the BGSU Collab Lab includes Stories of Innovation with Dr. Gene Poor. Hear Dr. Poor's wisdom on innovation, business, and entrepreneurship.
Oct 8, 2018 Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Community members are invited to hear Adam Alter speak at BGSU on October 8th.
Adam is the author of "Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked" (which is this year's common read at BGSU).
Irresistible is a fascinating, engaging read that takes readers through numerous psychological and marketing experiments, illustrates relationships between physical and behavioral addictions, offers advice for all of us, opens the door for healthy debate—and much, much more.
In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter tracks the rise of behavioral addiction, and explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist.
Learn more at https://www.bgsu.edu/commonread and be sure to select "Community member" when you register. FREE!
Adam Alter's presentation is scheduled from 7:30-9:15 PM and will include a Q&A from the audience and a book signing. Please note that the doors to the Ballroom will open at 7:10 PM.
Parking for Community Members: Please note that you may park in Lot 7, which is next to the Student Union and which can be accessed from Thurstin St. If this lot becomes filled, you may park in Lots E or F, both of which also can be accessed from Thurstin. You may park in any of these three locations free of charge after 5:00 PM on Monday, as the parking rules for these lots have been "relaxed" for community member parking for this event.
Analytics Drive Customer Value Across Industries and Markets
Using Analytics to Stay Ahead of the Curve in B2B Markets
Driving Business Results through Optimal Marketing and Media Mix Allocation
Data Partnerships and How They Transform Retail
Making It Real: Case Studies
Feb 20 Closing the Diversity Gap in Design Disciplines
(Rescheduled from Jan 31st)
The lack of diversity in design is not a new problem. Although scholars, employers, organizations, and design professionals have been investigating it for more than 50 years, the problem still exists. Representation of people of color in the design profession hasn't significantly increased in over ten years, while culturally insensitive advertising and messaging are on the rise. What are the problems causing this disparity? Come listen as Jacinda Walker founder of designExplorr and author of Design Journeys: Strategies for Increasing Diversity in Design Disciplines explains the problems causing the lack of diversity in design, shares the need for more resources and outlines strategic solutions to close the diversity gap in design disciplines.
Feb 28 The Role of Power, Equity, and Design
Join ICS and the BGSU School of Art in welcoming Antionette Carroll, an internationally recognized graphic designer, community activist, public speaker, and entrepreneur.
In her public lecture, Carroll will introduce the principles of Equity-Centered Community Design. She will discuss her work as the Founder and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a non-profit, youth-led, community-centered social impact design collaborative, to demonstrate how graphic design can be utilized as a vital tool in redesigning entire communities and cities to be more racially diverse, inclusive, and equitable.
Mar 1 Leaders for Community Action + Equity workshop
Calling all professionals and community practitioners in the fields of public administration, not-for-profit management, educational leadership, urban planning, housing, and more!
Come to BGSU to learn techniques and approaches to Equity-Centered Community Design. By the end of this workshop, you will have the tools to work toward transforming local communities within your own place of employment. In this four-hour intensive workshop, we will examine the ways we plan and create programs to achieve more inclusive and equitable outcomes. This workshop is for those who want to learn how structure their own organizations, businesses, and communities to be more inclusive.
Registration Fee for the professional-focused workshop is $45.
Apr 8 BGSU E-week Lunch & Learn
noon – 1:30pm
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Learn
Speaker: Marilyn Eisele, Finance and Operations Leader
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Lunch and Learn
Speakers: Bowling Green Successful Entrepreneurs
Apr 10 BGSU E-week Lunch & Learn
Speaker: Brian Hainline, Chief Medical Officer, NCAA
Apr 10 BGSU E-week Entrepreneur in Residence
12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Entrepreneur-in-Residence – Mark West, CEO, Shared Clarity
The David J. Joseph Company Business Hub Prototype Offices, 2nd Floor, College of Business
Apr 11 BGSU The Hatch
Apr 12 Blockchain: The Next Big Disruptor is Here (Sebo Conference)
The Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship is the culmination of Entrepreneurship Week (E-Week) presented by the Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in the College of Business at Bowling Green State University.
We are excited to bring you the 2019 Sebo Series with the theme – "Blockchain: The Next Big Disruptor is Here".


This story has been written by Love Me Love You Collective member Jordan Briggs – Personal Trainer.
I'm not a gut health expert but I have gathered learnings from experts, from my studies, and from my personal experience helping myself, my partner and my clients improve their gut health and overall health. From this I will give you my understanding of the gut and its link to the mind.
Gut health plays an important role in our overall body health including digestion and permeability (nutrient absorption), hormone regulation, immune system and overall metabolism. But the one we are going to talk about today is the role it plays on the mind.
First, I want to introduce you to what the makes up the gut.
The body hosts trillions of bacteria, fungal and other living organisms. Though many are on our skin, the gastrointestinal tract hosts most of these. They're called the microbiota.
The microbiota and the gut is like a finger print within all of us. We all have different compositions. This means we have different amounts of good and bad bacteria.
This all influences our body in different ways but ultimately all has a similar effect on our mental health. This effects our mood, our ability function and can impact certain parts of our brain that controls our gut.
Is the brain is connected to the gut?
What determines if you have a healthy gut and unhealthy gut?
Food: Can create inflammation and irritability in the gut due the natural plant chemical compounds such as lectins and phytates. These natural chemical compounds are there as a protective mechanism for the plant and can be avoided if food prepared properly i.e. soaked or sprouted. Additionally, products like highly processed foods – i.e. junk food, sugar, alcohol or plant embryo foods particularly grains and sometimes nuts, seeds, coffee etc. can cause issues.
Environment: Being exposed to poor hygienic environments (i.e. dirty working environments, dirty houses, partners, family) can cause you to pick up bad bacteria and fungals.
How do you promote a healthy gut so you have a healthy mind?
Herbs/foods (i.e. oregano, wormwood, ginger and garlic) that are anti parasitic/anti-fungal can help regulate a healthy gut flora.
Rest: Think quality rather than quantity. 6-8 hours is what you want to be aiming for of quality sleep. If you aren't a good sleeper trying meditating before bed to dump things that may be on your mind. A great app to use is headspace or calm. You can track your sleep quality using sleep cycle app. This will help you track the depth of your sleep. Additionally, setting your bedroom for a mild temp where you're not too cold and not too hot (16-20 degrees is a good temperature) can help you get quality sleep.
What's important to remember is that all our body systems including the gut work together to give you the energy and clarity you need to tackle day. When you feel low or lack energy, look at what is fuelling your body and you may find some answers.


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Former West Virginia municipal clerk pleaded guilty to embezzling at least $70,000 from the city
by: Erin Noon
NITRO, W.Va. – A former West Virginia municipal clerk pleaded guilty to embezzling at least $70,000 from the city. Former Nitro municipal clerk Robin Smith pleaded guilty to a felony count of embezzlement. Auditors began investigating the 61-year-old last year and found thousands of dollars in cash hidden throughout two-room and uncashed checks dating back to 2001. Smith said she would pay back $70,000 in restitution to the city as part of her plea deal but investigators said the amount she embezzled over the years could be much higher than that. A sentencing hearing has been set for March 25. Smith faces up to 10 years in prison.
by Jessica Patterson / Jan 21, 2021
MASON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) - Officials with the West Virginia State Fire Marshal's office say two people have been transported following a fire in Mason County.
The Point Pleasant Fire Department says the fire happened this morning, Thursday, Jan. 21 in Gallipolis Ferry.
VINTON COUNTY, OH (WOWK) - A man has died in a three-vehicle crash in Vinton County, Ohio just before 6 a.m. this morning Thursday, Jan. 21.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Andrew McNichols, 29 of McArthur, Ohio was traveling west on Wolf Hill Road, attempted to pass another vehicle and hit a third vehicle head-on. His vehicle then spun counter-clockwise, striking the vehicle he was attempting to pass.
by Audra Laskey / Jan 21, 2021
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) -- West Virginia Secretary of State announced the conviction of a former Morgantown resident for admitting to falsifying signatures in 2019.
Timothy Aaron Metz was the subject of the investigation for falsifying signatures in an effort to become a candidate for the Morgantown City Council.

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The IPCC Hockey Stick
The IPCC published the "Hockey Stick" graph from Mann, Bradley and Hughes (MBH 1998), in its Third Assessment Report, which shows little change in temperatures for hundreds of years then a sharp increase recently in the last hundred years. This temperature history was given bold prominence in the IPCC reports, distributed to all Canadian households and used to support major policy decisions involving the expenditure of billions of dollars. The IPCC argues that there was little natural climate change over the last 1000 years, so that the temperature change over the last 100 years is unusual and likely caused by human activities. A senior IPCC researcher said in an email "We have to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period." Christopher Monckton says "They did this by giving one technique, measurement of tree-rings from bristlecone pines, 390 times more weighting than other techniques but didn't disclose this. Tree-rings are wider in warmer years, but pine tree rings are also wider when there's more carbon dioxide in the air: it's plant food. This carbon dioxide fertilization distorts the calculations. They said they had included 24 data sets going back to 1400. Without saying so, they left out the set showing the medieval warm period, tucking it into a folder marked "Censored Data". They used a computer model to draw the graph from the data, but two Canadians [Ross McKitrick and Stephen McIntyre] later found that the model almost always drew hockey-sticks even if they fed in random, electronic "red noise" because it used a faulty algorithm." The MBH 1998 report was never properly peer reviewed before the IPCC used it in their publications.
See here for comments from Christopher Monckton.
McKitrick and McIntyre say in their paper "the dataset used to make this construction contained collation errors, unjustified truncation or extrapolation of source data, obsolete data, incorrect principal component calculations, geographical mislocations and other serious defects. These errors and defects substantially affect the temperature index. The major finding is that the values in the early 15th century exceed any values in the 20th century. The particular hockey stick shape derived in the MBH98 proxy construction a temperature index that decreases slightly between the early 15th century and early 20th century and then increases dramatically up to 1980 is primarily an artefact of poor data handling, obsolete data and incorrect calculation of principal components." See here for their paper.
The IPCC hockey stick is shown below, along with the corrected version. The error ranges are not shown here.
The dispute over the hockey stick caused the United States Congress to decide to investigate the matter. The US National Research Council (NRC) held public hearings and prepared a report in 2006 for the US House of Representatives Committee on Science. The NRC Report made no criticism of the McKitrick and McIntyre papers. The report concludes "strip-bark samples should be avoided in temperature reconstructions." These strip-bark Bristlecone/Foxtail samples are responsible for the sharp increase in the graph in the twentieth century, but the growth spurt is not related to temperatures. It also confirmed that Mann's algorithm, which used non-centered principal component analysis, mines for hockey stick shapes from random red noise data as previously shown by McKitrick and McIntyre, and notes that "uncertainties of the published reconstructions have been underestimated."
Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce had independently commissioned a study from Edward Wegman who is chairman of the NAS Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. The Wegman Report states "Overall, our committee believes that Manns assessments that the decade of the 1990s was the hottest decade of the millennium and that 1998 was the hottest year of the millennium cannot be supported by his analysis. It also states "In general, we find the criticisms by [the McKitrick and McIntyre papers] to be valid and their arguments to be compelling. We were able to reproduce their results and offer both theoretical explanations (Appendix A) and simulations to verify that their observations were correct. The study also studied the social network of the group of scientists who publish temperature reconstructions. The study found that they collaborate with each other and share proxy data and methodologies, so that the "independent" studies are not independent at all. See a Climate Audit post about the Wegman Report here and the report here.
Both of these reports were public six months before the IPCC began the release of the Fourth Assessment Report; however, the 4AR makes no mention of the Wegman Report, gives only one citation of the NRC Report, and ignores the findings and recommendations of the reports.
David Holland wrote a comprehensive history and discussion of the hockey stick affair. See Holland's paper - "Bias and Concealment in the IPCC Process: The 'Hockey Stick' Affair and its Implications" published by "Energy & Environment", October 2007 here.
David Holland says "it is scandalous that the WGI Chapter 6 authors ignored most of its [NRC Report] substantive findings. Despite the clear analysis in Wegman et al. showing the lack of independence between the various temperature reconstructions, the authors of AR4 WGI Chapter 6 persisted with their reliance on a spaghetti diagram of reconstructions in Figure 6.10(b) to continue to justify the claim that Average Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the second half of the 20th century were likely the highest in at least the past 1,300 years.
Urban Heat Island Effects
The urban heat island effect is the effect that humans have on local surface temperature so that the temperatures in or near urban centres are warmer than rural areas. It is caused caused by the heat-retaining properties of concrete and asphalt in urban areas, the turbulent mixing of the near-surface air layer by buildings and the siting of temperature sensors near artificial heat sources.
Surface Temperature Trends in 47 California Counties
This graph shows the size of the effect on surface temperatures and the problems associated with objective sampling. The surface temperature trends determined from ground stations for the period 1940 to 1996 were averaged for each county. The trends were grouped by county population and plotted as closed circles along with the standard errors of their means. The straight line is a least-squares fit to the closed circles. The points marked ''X'' are the six unadjusted station records selected by NASA GISS for use in their estimate of global temperatures. Note that 5 of the 6 selected stations are in populous counties. Note also that extrapolating the straight line to a county population of 10,000 gives a temperature trend of zero. See here.
Here is an example of a weather station used by the IPCC to record temperature rise.
Temperature Trends of Major City Sites and Rural Sites
Peterson (2003) is an influential study cited by IPCC Fourth Assessment Report purporting to show that the urbanization effect is negligible.
The IPCC relied heavily on this flawed study, where Peterson states "no statistically significant impact of urbanization could be found in annual temperatures." However, Steve McIntyre using Peterson's data shows that "actual cities have a very substantial trend of over 2 deg C per century relative to the rural network - and this assumes that there are no problems with rural network - something that is obviously not true since there are undoubtedly microsite and other problems." Peterson uses two lists of stations in his study, one labelled Urban and one labelled Rural. However an analysis of the lists shows that the Urban list includes many rural sites and the Rural list includes many urban sites. These results are discussed in a Climate Audit article here.
Most scientist agree that many temperature station measurements are contaminated by urban heat island effects, but they argue that the major global temperature indexes are adjusted to correct for these effects. There is an "Urbanization Adjustment" to correct for the effects of urbanization, a "Time of Observation Bias Adjustment" to correct for changed to the time of day when measurements are taken, and there is a "Coverage Adjustment" to account for the loss of measurement stations. These adjustments are intended to produce a record of what the temperatures would be if nobody lived near the measurement stations. If the adjustments were adequate, there should be no statistically significant correlation between the temperature record and social economic indicators.
Ross McKitrick and Patrick Michaels published a paper in 2004 in which they analyse the pattern of warming over the Earth's land surface compared to local economic conditions. They found a statistically significant correlation between the adjusted temperature data and economic development, meaning that the adjustments are not adequate to remove the urban heat island effects. They conclude "If the contamination were removed, we estimated the average measured warming rate over land would decline by about half."
Dutch meteorologists, Jos de Laat and Ahilleas Maurellis using different testing methodologies came to similar conclusions. They showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between the spacial pattern of warming in the adjusted temperature data and the spacial pattern of industrial development. They concluded it adds a large upward bias to the measured global warming trend. They also show that climate model predictions show no correlation between temperature and industrial development.
The IPCC acknowledges the correlation between the warming trends and social economic development, but dismisses it as a mere coincidence, due to unspecified atmospheric circulation changes. This nonsense claim contradict the IPCC widley advertised claim that recent warming can not be attributed to natural causes, and the Laat and Maurellis research shows it to be false.
McKitrick and Michaels published an updated paper in December 2007 using a larger data set with a more complete set of socioeconomic indicators. They discussed two types of contamination; anthropogenic surface processes, which are changes to the landscaped due to urbanization or agriculture, and inhomogeneities, i.e. equipment changes, missing data, poor quality control, etc. They showed that the spatial pattern of warming trends is tightly correlated with indicators of economic activity. They present a battery of statistical tests to prove that the result is not a fluke or spurious correlation. They conclude "The average trend at the surface in the post-1980 interval would fall from about 0.30 degrees (C) per decade to about 0.17 degrees." Removing the net warming bias due to urban heat effects in surface temperature data could explain as much as half the recent warming over land.
Bias of IPCC Temperature Data
The graph above is from the McKitrick and Michaels December 2007 paper. Each square is colour-coded to indicate the size of the local bias. Blank areas indicate that there was no data available. See the Background Discussion on the paper here.
An audit by researcher Steve McIntyre reveals that NASA has made urban adjustments of temperature data in its GISS temperature record in the wrong direction. NASA has applied a "negative urban adjustment" to 45% of the urban station measurements (where adjustments are made), meaning that the adjustments make the warming trends steeper. The urban adjustment is supposed to remove the effects of urbanization, but the NASA negative adjustments increases the urbanization effects. The result is that the surface temperature trend utilized by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is exaggerated. See here.
The website www.surfacestations.org was created by Anthony Watts in response to the realization that very little physical site survey data exists for the entire United States Historical Climatological Network (USHCN) of surface stations. Volunteers do hands on site surveys to photograph and document all 1221 USHCN climate stations in the USA. As of February 2009, 854 of 1221 stations have been examined in the USHCN network. Each site is assigned a site quality rating 1 through 5 based on the Climate Reference Network Rating Guide. Only 11% of stations are in suitable locations, 69% are within 10 m of an artificial heat source. Below is a picture of a poorly situated station.
The website Climate4you has many graphs of the urban heat island effect. The graphs were plotted from temperature traverses made by a vehicle traveling across cities.
The graph above show temperature measurements taken driving from west to east through the city of Oslo, Norway. The Oslo heat island effect during this experiment was about 8 deg. C. See here.
A study by Anthony Watts evaluated the warming trends of NOAA compliant and non-compliant temperature monitoring stations using the recently WMO-approved Siting Classification System. The analysis demonstrates that reported 1979-2008 U.S. temperature trends are spuriously doubled. The new improved assessment, for the years 1979 to 2008, yields a trend of +0.155C per decade from the high quality sites, a +0.248 C per decade trend for poorly sited locations, and a trend of +0.309 C per decade after NOAA adjusts the data, as shown in the graphic below.
The graph "Surface and Troposphere Temperature Trends" presented in the Heating of the Troposphere section of this essay shows temperature trends of the land, of the land and sea, and of the troposphere in the tropics. The land surface temperature trend has the highest rate of increase because it is contaminated by the heat island effect. The land and sea surface temperature trend is lower than the land trend because the sea temperature data does not have any heat island effect. The troposphere shows the lowest rate of temperature increase. We know that the CO2 theory of climate change requires the troposphere to warm faster than the surface, but the opposite has happened. It is illogical to believe that CO2 is the primary temperature driver and concurrently believe that the surface measurements used to the IPCC are accurate. If the surface temperature data were fully adjusted to remove the effects of urbanization by reducing the warming rate by half, it would closely match the troposphere warming trend.
A study (Murray & Heggie 2016) compared the national energy consumption (which is converted to heat) to average national temperatures for the United Kingdom and Japan.
The chart on the left shows the climate models do a very poor job of predicting temperatures in the U.K region (r2 = 0.10). The right chart shows energy consumption explains measured temperatures very well (r2 = 0.89). The abstract says "It is clear that the fluctuation in [temperature] are better explained by energy consumption than by present climate models." See the paper here. This provides further evidence that the major temperature indexes used to track climate change are contaminated by the effects of economic development, biasing estimates of climate sensitivity and social costs of CO2 emissions high.
Falsified Historical CO2 Measurements
The IPCC uses a CO2 concentration history that shows a low pre-industrial CO2 content which increases during the industrial era. The IPCC may have used corrupted CO2 data in its analysis of climate change. Their conclusions and projections of climate change are all based on the assumption of low CO2 concentrations in the pre-industrial atmosphere based on ice core studies. Unfortunately, ice cores do not form a closed system. In the highly compressed deep ice, CO2 combines with liquid water to form gas hydrates, or clathrates, which are tiny crystals. When the ice core is brought to the surface, the pressure falls causing the clathrates to decompose to the gas form, exploding in the process as if they were microscopic grenades, forming tiny cracks in the ice. Other cracks are formed by the ice decompression. Gas escapes through these cracks as the ice core is brought to the surface, but since CO2 forms clathrates at lower pressures than other gases, CO2 is preferentially lost leading to depletion of CO2 in the gas trapped in the ice core. Consequently, the measured CO2 concentration from deep ice cores is less than the CO2 concentration of the originally trapped air.
The graph on the left shows the IPCC history of CO2 concentration in air.
Data from shallow ice cores such as from Siple, Antarctica, show that the CO2 concentration of pre-industrial ice (from depths too shallow for clathrate formation) are much higher than that measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii in 1960.
Actual Siple, Antarctica Ice Core and Mauna Loa Data
Note that the measured concentration declines with increasing load pressure and depth.
Shifted Siple, Antarctica Ice Core and Mauna Loa Data
As the actual measurements show ice deposited in 1890 AD is 328 ppm, not the 290 ppm required to fit the IPCC human caused increasing CO2 concentration and global warming hypothesis, the average age of air was arbitrarily decreed to be exactly 83 years younger than the ice in which it was trapped.
The corrected ice data were then smoothly aligned with the Mauna Loa record, and reproduced in countless publications as a famous Siple curve. Only thirteen years later, in 1993, glaciologists attempted to prove experimentally the age assumption, but they failed.
CO2 Measurements between 1800 and 1955
IPCC modellers ignored the direct measurements of CO2 concentration indicating that the 19th century CO2 concentration was 335 ppm.
The encircled values were arbitrarily selected by Callendar for estimation of 292 ppm as the average 19th century CO2 concentration.
A study of stomatal frequency in fossil leaves from Holocene lake deposits in Denmark, showing that 9400 years ago CO2 atmospheric level was 333 ppm, and 9600 years ago 348 ppm, falsify the concept of stabilized and low CO2 air concentration until the advent of industrial revolution.
Recently, Ernst-Georg Beck has summarized 90,000 accurate chemical analysis of CO2 in air since 1812. The historic chemical data reveal that changes in CO2 track changes in temperature, and therefore climate in contrast to the simple, monotonically increasing CO2 trend depicted in the post 1990 literature on climate change. Since 1812, the CO2 concentration in northern hemispheric air has fluctuated exhibiting three high level maxima around 1825, 1857 and 1942 the latter showing more than 400 ppm.
Between 1857 and 1958, the Pettenkofer process was the standard analytical method for determining atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and usually achieved accuracy better than 3%. These determinations were made by several scientists of Nobel Prize level distinction. Following Callendar (1938), modern climatologists have generally ignored the historic determinations of CO2, despite the techniques being standard textbook procedures in several different disciplines. Chemical methods were discredited as unreliable choosing only few which fit the assumption of a climate CO2 connection.
Ernst-Georg Beck calls the falsification of the CO2 record "The greatest scandal in the modern history of science".
See here for a summary of the Beck paper, or here for the paper
See here for CO2: The Greatest Scientific Scandal of Our Time, by Zbigniew Jaworowski, Spring/Summer 2007 21st CENTURY Science & Technology.
In January 2009, a Japanese group launched a satellite IBUKI to monitor CO2 and methane spectral bands around the world to establish exactly where the worlds biggest sources and sinks of greenhouse gases were. The results from from Japans Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) show that Industrialized nations appear to be absorbing the carbon dioxide emissions from the Third World. The satellite data shows that levels of CO2 are typically lower in developed countries than in air over developing countries. Areas with higher net emission (man-made plus natural emissions less natural absorption into sinks) would show higher CO2 concentrations. CO2 levels are lower than average in industrial countries as indicated by the blue dots. The highest net emissions, at least on this graph are predominantly in China, and central Africa. See here.
No Consensus
Author Michael Crichton warned of the dangers of "consensus science" in a 2003 speech. He says "Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. The greatest scientists in history are great precisely because they broke with the consensus."
In an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, 61 prominent scientists called for an open climate science review. The letter states "Observational evidence does not support today's computer climate models, so there is little reason to trust model predictions of the future. Significant advances have been made since the protocol was created, many of which are taking us away from a concern about increasing greenhouse gases. If, back in the mid-1990s, we knew what we know today about climate, Kyoto would almost certainly not exist, because we would have concluded it was not necessary. Global climate changes all the time due to natural causes and the human impact still remains impossible to distinguish from this natural "noise.""
The Petition Project was organized by the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine.
The petition states in part:
"There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth."
So far (Sept 2019) the petition has received 31,487 signatures including 9029 with PHDs. Signatories are approved for inclusion in the Petition Project list if they have obtained formal educational degrees at the level of Bachelor of Science or higher in appropriate scientific fields. All of the listed signers have formal educations in fields of specialization that suitably qualify them to evaluate the research data related to the petition statement. Many of the signers currently work in climatological, meteorological, atmospheric, environmental, geophysical, astronomical, and biological fields directly involved in the climate change controversy. See here.
The Heartland Institute has conducted an international survey of 530 climate scientists in 2003. The survey asked if the current state of scientific knowledge is developed well enough to allow for a reasonable assessment of the effects of greenhouse gases. Two-thirds of the scientists surveyed (65.9 percent) disagreed with the statement, with nearly half (45.7 percent) scoring it with a 1 or 2, indicating strong disagreement. Only 10.9 percent scored it with a 6 or 7, indicating strong agreement. See here for the full survey results.
In an Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and the head of states of many nations dated December 13, 2007, titled "UN Climate Conference Taking the World in Entirely the Wrong Direction", more than 100 specialists from around the world, many who are leading scientists, state that "It is not possible to stop climate change, a natural phenomenon that has affected humanity through the ages." The letter states than recent climate changes have been well with-in the bounds of known natural variability. It further states that climate models can not predict climate, that there has been no global warming since 1998, that the IPCC has ignored much significant new peer-reviewed research that has cast even more doubt on the hypothesis of dangerous human-caused global warming, and attempts to cut emissions will slow development, and is likely to increase human suffering from future climate change rather than to decrease it. See here for the letter as published by the National Post.
A report to the US Senate lists over 700 qualified scientists from around the world who dispute the claims by IPCC and others, that "climate science is settled" and that there is a "consensus". See here.
There is no consensus on whether or to what degree human activities are causing the problem, or even whether there is a problem. Global cooling, widely predicted in the 1970s, would have been much more dangerous than warming.


Does LinkedIn's IPO success signals a new tech bubble?
The frenzy around LinkedIn has many people asking: Are we reliving the tech bubble of the 2001? Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw LLC, says this sort of meteoric growth in the stock is reminiscent of the dotcom bubble and it is highly unlikely to sustain such unreasonably high valuations.


New nuclear plants are being built, but only in a number equal to those old nuclear plants that are being closed down. The number of nuclear reactors for power production has been fairly stable ever since the Chernobyl accident in 1986. The only country with a clear tendency to new growth is China. The growth in China is being balanced by Germany and other countries that close their nuclear reactors. The result is no net growth.
Bradford presented these data at a conference in Chelyabinsk in Russia on October 23 and 24. The conference was organized by the "Association of Lawyers of Russia" and supported by Naturvernforbundet/Friends of the Earth Norway. The overall theme for the conference was the modernization of regions of nuclear power. It focused especially on the consideration of environmental issues in the changing legal framework of Russia.
Peter A. Bradford presented data which showed that no new reactors have been built or have started construction in countries that has a system for competitive bidding. In the USA, each state within the federation organize their own electricity supply. In states with competitive bidding, no new nuclear reactors have been started since the introduction of competitive bidding.
Mr. Bradford drew the conclusion from these data that new nuclear reactors cannot compete with other types of power generation in an open and fair electricity market.
-Private investors need different sorts of government subsidies or guarantees against financial losses if they should invest in a new nuclear power plant , said Bradford. -Without such government guarantees, the risk connected with the investment is too big.
These two themes were just a few of the many aspects of the environmental considerations regulated by law in Russia and elsewhere.
A representative for Japanese Non-governmental organizations against nuclear power, Ms. Junko Abe, talked about the Fukushima accident. The Japanese people have traditionally trusted their government, she said. But this trust has been abused because the government have not provided honest and open information. The nuclear reactors in Fukushima were damaged first by the violent and destructive earthquake and the by even worse floodwave or tsunami that followed. This has led to the spread of radioactive material. First the government denied that an accident had happened, and then it did not tell the truth, according to Ms. Abe.
-This lack of information and the lack of honesty have made me very angry, said Ms.Abe.
Two representatives in the German Parliament, the Bundestag, participated in the conference. Ms. Johanna Voss from the Left Party (die Linke) presented the possibilities and challenges connected with the German phase-out of nuclear power. Her message was clear.
-Covering the German need for energy from mainly renewable energy sources is possible, if not easy, said Johanna Voss. -Nuclear power is not an absolutely necessary part of the future German energy supply.
Ms. Sylvia Kotting-Uhl from the Green Party is leading her party`s fraction in the committee for nuclear issues in the Bundestag. She spoke about the time-table for the phase-out. Her message was that the phase-out is irrevocable.
-A reversal of the decision is not possible, for political as well as technical reasons, was Kotting-Uhls message. - All the biggest political parties have agreed on a phase-out, so a new government would not change the decision.
Germany is a prosperous, technically advanced country. If the Germans do not think that nuclear power is safe, it sends a powerful message to other governments.


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require 'spec_helper'

describe ApiClient::Errors do
  describe '#add_errors' do
    before :each do
      @errors = ApiClient::Errors.new(self).add_errors({ :a => 'b' })
    end

    it 'should initialize a new object' do
      @errors[:a].should == 'b'
    end
  end

  describe '#unique_messages' do
    before :each do
      @user = User.new
      @user.valid?
    end

    it 'should set a unique message for each attribute' do
      @user.errors.unique_messages.should == { :a => "can't be blank and is not included in the list" }
    end
  end

  describe '#unique_message' do
    before :each do
      @user = User.new
      @user.valid?
    end

    it 'should return a unique message for the given attribute' do
      @user.errors.unique_message(:a).should == "can't be blank and is not included in the list"
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Posted by Ross Miller | Dec 27, 2007 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5 |
Director – Francis Lawrence
Writer – Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman
Starring – Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan
It is unusual I will come out of watching a film not entirely sure what I thought of it. Normally I immediately have either a more negative or more positive opinion of a film as soon as the credits roll. With I Am Legend, however, I am torn between two extremes; enjoyment and annoyance.
Based on the novel of the same name, I Am Legend tells the story of a virus which spreads throughout the world either killing everyone or turning them into flesh-eating, vampire-like creatures. Will Smith plays Robert Neville, a military scientist who is immune to the virus and who seems to be the last surviving virus-free human. The film follows him as he tries to survive in the city as, apparently, the last man on earth.
Much of I Am Legend's strong points are contained within the first half of the film. The film opens with a sequence that lets us know that humankind has found a cure for cancer but unfortunately most of those who are cured start to either die or mutate into vampire-like creatures. Then we jump to three years later to New York City which has been deserted by most humans, and only Neville and wild animals seem to remain. We watch Smith's character, along with his dog, survive in the city; hunting for food, exercising, searching for other possible humans and just generally doing the best he can with what he's got. I seem to find films fascinating that have one person in it for almost the entire movie. It gives the audience a chance to see an actor show off any true acting ability that they might have by having to act by themselves. Smith proves here, as he already did with The Pursuit of Happyness, that he can act and this is shown not necessarily from the beginning but once the film progresses. We see him go from as happy as a person could be in his situation to almost a complete wreck after everything takes a toll on him. The film has a lot more heart and sentiment to it than I was expecting and for that I must give it credit.
Having not read the source material, or the previous incarnations of it, before seeing this film I almost literally went in blind. I have came across a few people who have literally been angry at the film for doing so many things wrong and almost nothing right due to their love for the source novel and previous films. But since I didn't have any experience with the story I wasn't annoyed at it for doing wrong what the other material did right. What I am annoyed at, however, is a few of the little things that happen. A lot of the film substitutes logic and sense in the name of entertainment. Although you can't take what happens too seriously, because the whole idea itself is ludicrous to say the least, but there were just certain things that just would not happen even within such an unbelievable story as this.
But for the most part the first half of the film at least provides some all out entertainment, some genuine chilling moments and that much welcomed heart to it. It is at around the hour mark that things start to turn sour. There is something that occurs (which I won't spoil for any of you) that comes completely out of left field and almost completely removed me from my involvement in, what was up to that point, a pretty effective film.
From them on, save for a few moments of glimmering hope, the film took a dreadful nose dive. Although it may satisfy action fans out there anyone looking for anything else will surely feel as annoyed as me. It takes what made the first half of the film effective, creepy, enthralling and attention grabbing and almost completely flushes it down the toilet. And all this in the name of turning up the action dial, something which I severely hold against the film. So with regards to the direction the film takes at around the hour mark you are going to be in one of two groups; thrilled with the increase in action or annoyed with the unnecessary turn of events. Unfortunately I am more in the latter category (although admittedly some of the later actions scenes were pretty impressive on their own).
Now when it comes to special effects I can take a bit of inconsistent moments and even moments which look fake. But the main special effects, of the vampires, in this film look completely fake as does most of the surroundings of the destroyed and abandoned city. Why they couldn't use real people as the vampires instead of these clay-looking wasted money special effects I will never know.
The ending of the film is what I had the biggest problem with. If they had come up with a better ending I could have forgiven all the mishaps up until then but sadly they have what is bordering on a cop-out and what is certainly an anti-climax. It left me feeling almost cheated and disappointed that I had got my hopes up for an effective ending. Whether or not the source material ends in the same way I for one do not know. But if it does then I will have the exact same problem with it.
I Am Legend is a strange film for me; I both liked it and didn't at the same time. There are a lot of good things in the movie, which fortunately prevail over the bad, but too much is done wrong for the film to be great. Further reflection and a second viewing may alter my opinion to a clear "liked" or "didn't like" but for now I Am Torn.
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Derek Fleek	on December 28, 2007 at 1:46 am
I couldn't agree more. The only thing is I thought that the ending fit the films slow pace. Will Smith's acting was great, but unfortunately doesn't save the film from the uneven blend of humor, suspense and tragedy. I gave it 2.5/5 stars.
Ross Miller	on December 28, 2007 at 3:21 am
Really, you didn't have a problem with the ending then? I thought it totally mucked it up. As for the uneven blend of things – I actually hadn't thought of that but thinking about it now I think that was one of the films stronger points.
tigrldy	on January 4, 2008 at 1:42 am
It is really sad when a movie is better than the book and the movie still isn't very good. Usually the book is better, but in this case the movie was better. Which isn't saying much because I didn't think the movie was very good at all.
stemacca	on January 6, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Remember that this is a remake of "the omega man" aswell as based on the book so it doesent really have alot of basis for a remake of the ending which in more cases than none would of thrown the critics a field day due to Heston and Smith both being very big names in the movie industry and having such a strong background in certain roles they have played in the past. Smith – known mostly for strong headed cop/agent roles and various comedy movies- is one of the most talented actors out their today. but give him a role as the last man on earth and you have to look hard at the movie
firstly the movie opened pretty fast, Cure for cancer- 3 years later everybody dies.. all this happens in the opening 15 minutes. then the film got exciting watch Smith hunt deers in central new york whilst being alone in the city to rome. but then comes a curveball when we first see the darkseekers.. suprise suprise they cant come out in daylight.. of course they cant because if they could then Robert Neville would be dead already then we wouldnt have a movie.
Although the movie was a breath of fresh air for us all we cant look past the fact that it is no where near the standard of acting will smith can live up to.
The ending was no suprise to me. disapointing and totally unneccesary. Neville killing himself for the greater good is obviously a good ending but to throw two new characters in 20 minutes before the ending of the film that played hardly no amazing part in the movie, and then they become the heroes to hand the cure to the colony and narrate the ending of the film .. bit out landish for me..
But opinions are opinions!
All in all –
New, Stlyish, Suprising – But mostly – Disapointing ending, Bad storyline with darkseekers and bad choice in characters ( excluding Smith)
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Ross Miller	on January 8, 2008 at 2:00 am
The parts with Smith wandering around on his own WERE the best parts of the movie. As soon as the fake-looking monsters and general special effects came on-screen that was when the movie began to take a nose dive.
The ending is where I personally had the biggest problem with though. In The Omega Man other survivors ARE introduced but VERY early on. Not as a "twist" to the story. And having the stoy about Smith for 85% then changing it to another one or two completely useless characters for the conclusion was a HUGE mistake.
(On a side not with regards to minor/major (depending on which way you look at it) problems, answer me this; WHY did Smith's character have to hunt for food if he had a giant pantry full? This is just a small example of the contless implausibility's, mistakes and general annoyances)
Overall though it was "entertaining" to a certain extent so I give it a 2.5/5


The sound of raindrops on a tin roof.
The lonely whistle of a passing train.
The quiet silhouette of a billboard in the night sky.
My reflection in the window pane.
Beautiful! Danya. So much depth in those words. Keep writing.


What an informative story. I'm really interested that the students got something that they were pleased with at the end, even though it wasn't what they'd planned. This has given me some good ideas for suggestions to get our pupils started.