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4. Booze on the Brain
The Neuropharmacology
of Alcohol

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7. How the booze gets in
๏ Cells all the way down
๏ Stomach

8. How the booze gets in
๏ Cells all the way down
๏ Stomach
Slow it down!
๏ Om nom nom

9. Your liver hates you
๏ One Tequila
๏ Two Tequila
๏ Three Tequila
๏ Floor

10. Neurowhat?
๏ Neurotransmitters at play:
- Gaba
- Glutamate

11. Alcohol turns your head on
its... head
๏ New baseline
๏ Gaba Up
๏ Glutamate Down
๏ Brain adjusts

12. What’s a “Depressant”
๏ Inhibitions are inhibited

13. What’s a “Depressant”
๏ Inhibitions are inhibited

14. That street light jumped out
in front of me ociffer!
๏ Cerebellum
๏ Speech

15. Decision Making Process
๏ Prefrontal Cortex

16. If I Don’t Remember It,
It Didn’t Happen.
๏ Hippocampus

17. Hello Porcelain.
Hello Pillow.
๏ Hypothalamus says NO.

18. We’re not in college anymore.
๏ Tolerance between uses

19. We’re not in college anymore.
๏ Tolerance between uses

20. I don’t even feel drunk
๏ Tolerance in one session

21. I think therefore I am.
๏ Behavioral Tolerance

22. The Hangover
๏ Why?

23. The Shakes

24. Hair of the Dog

25. Bacon, Bananas

26. Dependence

27. Last call
๏ Alcohol hits early
๏ Stays late
๏ Affects everything
๏

28. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
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29. Ignite the
entrepreneur
within
50 Interviews

30. Where do you see
yourself in 10
years?
(If I had asked you that 10 years
ago, would you have said HERE?)

31. The 3 distinctions
of successful
entrepreneurs.

32. A consuming
passion.

33. It’s not about the
money.

34. Learn to embrace
risk.

35. Are entrepreneurs
born or made?

36. The 2 things
employers seek in
an employee
(who turn into rockstars).

37. Do what you
love…the money
will follow
(well, not exactly).

38. How to gain
experience and
establish
credibility
WITHOUT a job.

39. Awaking every
day as excited as
you were on
Christmas
morning as a kid.

40. It isn’t what you
know, but what you
are determined to do
that makes the
difference. Knowing
actually gets in the

41. The more you
share, the more
powerful you
become.
(David Schwaab, Rebit)

42. We are right
where we are
supposed to be.
(Kim Jordan, New Belgium Brewing)

43. When you focus
on elevating
others, you lift
yourself.
(Christine Comaford, Mighty Ventures)

44. If you have a
dream, take a
chance on it!
(Doug Odell, Odell Brewing Company)

45. Try to do more for
others than you
expect them to do
for you.
(Mark Johnson, entrepreneur)

46. Don’t climb the
corporate ladder,
be the ladder
others climb!
(Mike Hills, Hampden Warehouse Liquors)

47. Capitalism
without
conscience is
greed.
(Diane Hughes, Earth Friendly Coffee)

48. There are certain
things you can
only understand
by creating them
for yourself.

49. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: RJ Owen

50. A (brief) History
of Rome
and by brief I mean very brief.

51. Outline
๏ 3 main time periods:
- Founding / Monarchy
- getting started 750 - 509 BC
- Republic
- rise to power 509 - 27 BC
- Empire
- 27 BC - 1453 AD, 1806 AD (WOW!)
- Rome itself “fell” in 476 AD

52. The Early Years
๏ Lost in Myth
๏ Romulus and Remus, twin infants of
Greek descent (yeah right!), left on banks
of the Tiber
๏

53. The Early Years
๏ Romulus and Remus found Rome
๏ Romulus kills Remus, invites everyone he
can find into the city
- Almost entirely criminals
- Kidnapped and raped their women (Sabines)
๏ Roman myths are weird

54. Roman Monarchy
๏ “Seven Kings of Rome”
- likely there were more than this
- 243 years, or ~35 years each
๏ King rules with a senate

55. Republic Established
๏ 509 BC: Romans fed up with the kings
๏ Senate expels King Tarquin
๏ Makes monarchy illegal
๏ Lucinius Junius BRUTUS helps expel
Tarquin

56. Republic: Government
๏ Obsessed with never being ruled by a king
again - ROME HATES KINGS
๏ Rome ruled by
- Senate (upper class)
- two Consuls (sorta like Presidents)
- Tribunate (lower class)
๏ Lots of checks and balances

57. Republic: Dictatorship
๏ Dictator
- Emergency position held by one man
- Full power for 6 months
- ALWAYS given up

58. Republic: Classes
๏ Two main classes
๏ Patricians
- Upper classes, rich nobility, owned land
- Older families
๏ Plebs
- Lower classes
- New families
- Full citizens, paid well
- Not slaves, not impovrished

59. Republic: Military
๏ Organized into “Legions”
๏ Made up of citizens - not professionals
๏ Position accorded by wealth
- Patricians were officers, cavalry, heavy
infantry; Plebs were light infantry or archers
๏ Dispersed after wars
๏ All wars declared by the Senate

60. Republic: Punic Wars
๏ Defining battle of Republic
๏ Rome vs. Carthage
๏ 3 of them - Romans win!

61. Republic: Events
๏ From one city to this:
๏ Established control of Italy
๏ 509-27 BC
๏ HATE Gauls
๏ HATE Kings

62. Fall of the Republic
๏ People start taking over
๏ Julius Caesar takes over
๏ Sets himself up as a...well,
King
๏ 44 BC: Caesar Assassinated
- “Et Tu Brute”

63. Rise of the Empire
๏ Civil war during / after
Caesar
๏ Augustus Caesar takes over
- 63 BC - 16 AD
- Caesar’s Nephew!
๏ Solidifies the position of
Emperor, gains absolute
power
๏ Establishes the Emperors

64. Empire: what changes?
๏ Army: Standing army
- State funds the army now
๏ Classes: more divided
- More slaves
- Plebs driven to soldiering
๏ Land

65. Empire
๏ Emperors rule for a long time
๏ Different dynasties
๏ Good emperors end with Marcus Aurelius
(Gladiator), Bad emperors start with
Commodus (Gladiator!)
๏ 305 AD: Emperor Constantine comes to
the throne

66. Empire: Constantine 305 AD
๏ Makes Christianity the official
religion
๏ Moves the capital to Constantinople
in the East
๏ Generally kicks butt
- Restores order
- Fills the coffers
- Regains conquered lands

67. Empire: fall of the West
๏ After Constantine, the West starts to
decline
๏ Empire formally divided in 395 AD
๏ City of Rome falls in 476
- Retaken a few times by the East
- Ruled by consuls and Popes intermittantly
- Generally neglected

68. Empire: Byzantines
๏ “Byzantines” are the Eastern Romans
๏ 330 - 1453
๏ More like Greeks than Romans, but still
Roman
๏ Outlasted West by 1000 years!!!

69. Empire: New West
๏ “Holy Roman Empire” (west) restored by
Charlemange and the Pope
๏ 800 - 1806
๏ Total: 456 BC - 1806 AD, or 2262 years of
Romans!!!

70. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Jun Heider

71. Trinkets and Nuggets
about the Modern Japan
Presented by Jun Heider

72. Don’t carry too much luggage.
http://jpns.remotedb.earlham.edu/study_abroad_japan/photo_album/images/crowded%20train_jpg.jpg

73. Staying with family? Make your
bed, space is limited.

74. Bidet are everywhere.

75. Need something? Look for a vending
machine.

76. Need something? Look for a vending
machine.
http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/bizarrex.jpg

77. Japanese video games rock!

78. Japanese video games rock!

79. If it’s tangible, it’s a crane game.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CwRT88Bu43Y/Sb74jHB2JyI/AAAAAAAAE6s/Or1Bliz9OKU/s1600-h/
boob-machine-21922-1237138051-4.jpg

80. If it’s tangible, it’s a crane game.
http://64.22.79.16/pictures/blogquicklinks/2007/Japan/IMG_2027cranechocolate.JPG

81. Pokemon are real!

82. Top ramen pales in
comparison...

83. It’s not sushi at every meal.

84. Really...it’s not.

85. But it can be.

86. Even as a half-Japanese there are
foods over there that scare me.

87. Even as a half-Japanese there are
foods over there that scare me.

88. Even as a half-Japanese there are
foods over there that scare me.

89. Engrish is alive and well.

90. Engrish is alive and well.

91. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Zach Olsen

92. The uncanny similarities
between Emperor
Palpatine’s rise to power
in Star Wars & our own
government.
First, a history of Star Wars & it’s
similarities to our government…

93. Government Leadership
A simple senator A simple govenor
from Naboo from Texas
Behind the scenes…

94. “Always two there are, a
master and an
Darkness growing…

95. The Phantom Menace
Osama Bin Laden Darth Sidious
A spark to ignite change…

96. 9/11 attacks Separatists develop
a new droid army
Emergency acts taken…

97. Chancellor Palpatine is Patriot Act increases the
granted Special ability of law enforcement
emergency powers to agencies to search our
organize the clone army records for your
and send them to every quot;protection.”
planet he to quot;counter the
increasing threats
of the separatists.quot;
Drastic actions taken…

98. quot;Either you are with quot;If you're not with
us, or you are with me, then you're my
the terrorists.quot; enemy.“
-George W Bush -Anakin Skywalker
Leads too…

99. US invades Iraq Clone troopers
invade the galaxy
To maintain submission…

100. The government Put fear in the hearts
ramps up their quot;war of countless citizens of
on terrorismquot; rhetoric the Republic, largely
stoking fear due to General
Grievous
Which helps…

101. Bush wins Palpatine stays in
second term office until the crisis
is dealt with
What now?...

102. A New Hope
Barack Obama Luke Skywalker
Doubt in some minds…

103. Many thought Yoda did not want to
Obama was too train Luke because he
young and was too young and
inexperienced to be reckless
President

104. Now, a look at what decisions
to make to improve our future
using Star Wars as a guide…

105. Should Obama apply direct diplomacy to pressur
Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons program?
A similar choice needed to be made by Han &
others deciding to visit Lando in Bespin...

106. Luke & others thought they could trust Lando
in Cloud City…
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad most
likely they will pull a quot;Landoquot; on
us and we'll end up getting our
hands chopped off.

107. What’s the best way to kill the enemy
and get troops out of the desert in Iraq?
How to get Han out of the desert
on Tatooine?

108. Do what they did on Tatooine and infiltrate the
bad guys with droids and women dressed in
metal bikinis.

109. The global recession is going to make ou
planet explode.
Second Death Star threatens to blow up rebels

110. The answer is invest in unknown
alternative energies
Invest in unknown alternative allies: Ewoks

111. Thanks
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112. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
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113. How to leverage the
Internet to land a Book
Deal
Ronald Lewis
Life without borders
ronaldlewis.com

114. What are you most
passionate about?
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115. Do you believe in your
passion?
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Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

116. How will the world find
you?
How to leverage the Internet to land a Book Deal
Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

117. Opportunities are
everywhere
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Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

118. Blog, blog, blog, blog,
blog…
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Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

119. Interact with
interesting people
How to leverage the Internet to land a Book Deal
Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

120. Learn from people in
your space
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Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

121. Always think big about
your life
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122. Be inspired by those
you admire
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123. Keep your eyes open
for possibilities
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124. Prepare yourself for
the unexpected
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125. Always be accessible
regardless of status
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126. Broadcast your
passion to many
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Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

127. Help-a-reporter is a
goldmine
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128. The book deal is a
click away
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129. Don’t change after the
book deal
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130. Help others along the
way
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Ronald Lewis [ronaldlewis.com]

131. Celebrate your
success
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133. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Jesse Wilkins

134. Mucking Out
Your Inbox:
How to Be More Productive
with Email
Jesse Wilkins

135. Are you happy with your inbox?

136. Email management is
time management

137. Part 1: The
Strategies

138. Touch each message only once

139. Set up rules

140. Turn off incoming
message alerts

141. Set specific times to check email

142. Cut back on the bacn

143. Train your colleagues

144. Pay attention to the subject line

145. Pay attention to the subject line

146. The subject line cont’d

147. Reconsider your attachment
to attachments

148. A better approach to attachments

149. Part 2: The Tools

150. Use blogs to broadcast
announcements

151. Use wikis for collaboration

152. Subscribe to
updates using
RSS instead
of email

153. Twitter transitory topics

154. I’m easy to reach:
jwilkins13@gmail.com
http://www.twitter.com/jessewilkins
jessewilkins
jessewilkins
http://www.google.com/profiles/jwilkins13
http://informata.blogspot.com
Thanks!

155. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Phil Earnhardt

156. Don’t want stress?
Deal with it structurally.

157. Viscoelastic

158. Relaxed Engagement

160. Inflatable Sitting Disk

161. Balance Boards and Pads

165. Wee Wobble Boards

166. Hand Weights

171. (Sand)
Shifting sand → destabilized mass.

172. What to get?

173. Imagine

174. A pattern of movement
that strategically alters
the network of tensions
in our body is
a body/mind discipline.
Floating Bones 101

175. Thank You!
phil@floatingbones.com
Twitter: @floatingbones
Hashkey: #floatdujour
Slide Notes:
www.floatingbones.com/officetoys.pdf

176. Potty Break Time!
You have 5 minutes.
Hey what do ya
know. 5 minutes, it’s
a theme.

177. Potty Break Time!
You have 5 minutes.
Hey what do ya
know. 5 minutes, it’s
a theme.

178. Potty Break Time!
You have 5 minutes.
Hey what do ya
know. 5 minutes, it’s
a theme.

179. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Jason Griffith

180. Young people don’t
care.

181. Young people don’t
care.

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188. Source: CPS November Voting and Registration Supplements, 1972 Source: CPS November Voting and Registration Sup
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194. • hunger.jpg

195. • hunger.jpg

200. IMAGiNE

201. IMAGiNE

202. IMAGiNE

203. IMAGiNE

204. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Kevin Reynen

206. PEG - Public,
Education
Government
Thanks Comcast Customers!

208. Open Source Software and Standards
๏ Drupal - Content Management System
๏ LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP
๏ RSS - Moving Content (georss, mediarss)
๏ FFMPEG - Encoding MPEG2 and Flash
๏ Creative Commons - Licensing
๏ OpenID - Authentication

209. 6 Locations using Beta version
of Open Media System

210. Take a Class

211. “Rent” Equipment

212. Start a Project

213. Add Some Friends

214. Add a Video

215. Flash Previews Created!

216. Rate the Shows You Like

217. Chat with other Viewers

218. Ignite Denver on
Denver Open Media
at 10:30 on Comcast
channel 56

219. If You Like It,
Vote for It!
Make Denver Open
Media YOUR
Channel.

220. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Dave Wiskus

223. The Fashionista
๏ Loves clothes
๏ Snappy dresser
๏ Reads fashion magazines
๏ Hits every sample sale
๏ Enjoys spending money
๏ Always looks put-together
๏ OMG SHOES!

224. Not a Fashionista
๏ Doesn’t care about labels
๏ Wears white after Labor Day
๏ Color blind
๏ Legally blind
๏ Raised by wolves
๏ Plays World of Warcraft

225. Everyone has Potential

226. Your Personal Stylists

227. From the Closet or Dressing Room

228. Where Did You Get Those?

229. Shoes Found!

230. The Recessionista

231. Fashion: More than Just Clothes

232. Social Networking
What are you doing?
Where are you?

233. What are You Wearing?
๏ Twitter with pants
๏ Post pictures of your clothes
๏ Follow interesting people
๏ Exchange ideas and advice
๏ Browse the stream
๏ Real replies

234. Twitter Integration
๏ Uses OAuth
- We don’t need your password
๏ Coathangr to Twitter to Facebook
๏ Refined control
- Post everything to Twitter
- Only posts with photos
- Exclude replies

235. OpenID
๏ Signup is easy
๏ Anyone can jump in quickly

236. iPhone App

237. Coathangr API
๏ Clone of Twitter’s API
๏ Anyone can create apps
๏ Twitter apps can add Coathangr support
with little effort

238. ๏ I like big butts
๏ I cannot lie
๏ You other brothers
can’t deny

239. A Positive Experience
๏ Many styles and tastes
๏ Promote ideas rather than demote
๏ Rainbows and unicorns
๏ Be nice

240. Please Wear Clothes

241. Mad Props to our Sponsors!
Next up: Deb Robison

242. Pie & the
Contemporary
Psyche
(that’s pie not 3.14159265)

243. It all started innocently
enough...

248. Pie as I remember it...

249. Pie as a branding opp...

250. You have to work for a
good crust

251. This is NOT pie...

252. (poser)

253. Where did pie violence come
from?

254. The Electric Company

255. in action...

258. And look where we ended
up...

259. Pie in the sky
a promise of heaven, while continuing to
suffer in this life. www.phrases.uk.org

260. piecouncil.org

262. That’s it Folks!!
Make sure to tip your server/
bartender!
Don’t Drink and Drive
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