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Reporter provide false information on domestic violence reports
I have the impression that reporters report facts rather than fiction; did I get your attention??
Firstly your error of stating "16,000 domestic violence related complaints to police each year in Calgary"; that is totally false and misleading information. The factual information is that there were "16,000 Domestic Related Calls for Service"; domestic related incidents include having a neighbour playing their stereo too loud after 10:00pm, next door is a junk house, they dont pick up their dogs leftovers from our yard…the reasons are very varied and numerous.
I think you get the point. Anything in the range of one's domestic vicinity is considered domestic related incidents.
Domestic violence is totally different.
See http://www.calgarypolice.ca/pdf/2007-2011%20Annual%20Statistical%20Report.pdf
Page 19; Domestic related Calls for Service, 2007-2011; 15,917 calls
Page 20; Family Violence/Domestic Conflict, 2007-2011; 5,167 Domestic Incidents
*NOTE: Calgary Police Service is disguising or attempting to raise the incidents of domestic violence and not truly separating "domestic related incidents" and "domestic violence incidents". As a point of reference I include the CPS stats of 2002 which is clearer in describing the separation of the two situations.
According to the 1998 CPS statistical report [this is before CPS became polluted with the misandrist gender political anti male politics] responded to more than 9,000 domestic related calls for service;
- 25% was a repeat call
- 60% were cleared by charges
- 60% were personal crimes
- 40% were property crimes
- 30% were male victims of domestic violence initiated crimes.
2002 Annual Statistical Report Domestic Conflict
According to the CPS stats of the original 9,000 domestic related calls for service when all the other issues are removed the end result is only 814 incidents of domestic violence against women reported in 1998; it is important to translate present statics using the pre anti male propaganda now supported by CPS.
Other statistics you did not report in the flashy "staggering" unreported "news" article are;
- Domestic homicides declined 90%
- Domestic violence crimes declined 5% over last year
There are two other outstanding issues I would like to draw your attention to;
Andrea Silverstone of Calgary Domestic Violence Committee;
Calgary Domestic Violence Committee operates from a male exclusion position; no voice for male victims of female perpetrated domestic violence is allowed to attend any meetings or be part of the committee. Exclusion does not make for inclusive nor is it appropriate for any so called community committee that excludes 50% of the population.
SEE: http://www.familyofmen.com/domestic-violence/family-violence-report/cdvc_collective_no_men_allowed/dv-committee-list/
- Andrea supports the membership of the Calgary Humane Society to the committee but not any men's support agency is allowed; which means dogs, cats and cows have a voice in the family violence committee but male victims of female perpetrated domestic violence does not have representation nor a voice in the committee.
- Melody Bundt Witwer with Peer Support for Abused Women; you forgot to mention that this is a lesbian support service that provides support service to women who are victims of female perpetrated domestic violence.
- WHY DID YOU NOT CONTACT ANY MEN'S ADVOCATE FOR THE INTERVIEW; ARE YOU MISANDRIST?? This was an outburst of frustration over the issue of being dismissed, ignored and devalued as a community member by not being included but excluded from your interview.
- Will you now interview from a male perspective?
- 50% of the victims of domestic violence are male; but 100% of Alberta funding goes only to woman shelters and women support groups.
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Steve CoopAugust 14, 2013
According to the Criminal Code of Canada, Section 752, it is a Serious Personal Injury Offence a) an indictable offence ii) conduct likely to inflict severe psychological damage on another person … for which the offender may be sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years or more.
Anyone willing to try this?
For a man or woman to lose access to our children might be considered to produce severe psychological damage. It certainly would for a woman. So will the police and courts apply that psychological damage to a man? I will discuss this with a Psychiatrist later this month.
I have endured 10 years of emotional and psychological distress caused by denial of access by my ex-wife. And false accusations. And stress caused by the Government of Alberta MEP. And countless letters to Alison Redford, all useless.
Perhaps another thing to consider is that all of our various efforts to write letters to Alison Redford should be compiled into one book, which should be published.
And here is a separate little titbit. There will be no oil pipeline until after Alison Redford is gone. The oil execs do not want her to get political credit. So the PC Party must lose the woman leader before the men will agree to build the pipeline and get the economy going. We don't want to see her get re-elected on that basis. I can't say where I heard this bit of information.


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The Student Activities Center (SAC) will be closed on Thursday, July 4. The SAC will re-open at 6 a.m. on Friday, July 5.
Spivey Hall Children's Choir Looking for a Financial Manager
The Spivey Hall Children's Choir seeks a part-time financial manager. As the treasurer for the Children's Choir, the financial manager is responsible for all financial transactions including receiving and processing tuition, tour payments, and fundraiser. The financial manager also maintains accurate records and presents regular reports to the Children's Choir and Spivey Hall staff.
The position will be open until filled and can be found on the Clayton State University jobs page at https://clayton.peopleadmin.com/postings/3267.
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On or about July 8, construction will begin to replace the roof of Clayton Hall. The construction project is expected to last about five weeks. During that time, about 20 parking spaces in parking Lot C will be reserved for storage of the construction equipment and trailers. Please exercise caution when driving on Caldwell Drive as well as parking in the C lot.
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Clayton State University, the place where dreams are made real, is offering individuals with college credits but no college degree a chance to learn more about how to make their own dreams real.
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"It's Time to Finish Your Dream" will run continuously between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., on "Main Street" on the second floor of the James M. Baker University Center. Interested individuals can drop in at any time between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., without needing a reservation, to learn more about degree completion.
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The Office of Recruitment & Admissions – individuals who apply at "It's Time to Finish Your Dream" will have their $40 application fee waived.
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Two special student services will also be available for their insight during "It's Time to Finish Your Dream." Career Services will help you explore ways to select the right major and prepare for your career. Clayton State's Veterans Resource Center will also be on-site to provide camaraderie and support from and for veterans.
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Building Naming Committee Solicits Input, Deadline July 10
Creative minds are needed! It is common knowledge that a few of our campus building share common wording which creates confusion for our students and visitors. As such, the Building Naming Committee is seeking input from the University community to rename the Student Center, the Athletics & Fitness Center, and the Student Activities Center.
Submissions should be sent by the July 10 deadline to any of the following committee members; Cindy Lauer (co-chair), Jim Braun (co-chair), Kelly Adams, Dolores Cox, Mike Mead, Nicole Harris and R.B. Rosenburg.
On behalf of the Building Naming Committee, we thank you in advance for your creativity and engagement in this process.
Clayton State SBDC Offers GrowSmart Series for Small Business Owners, Starting July 23
Whether in business for two years or 20 years, many small business owners are so busy working IN business, that they neglect working ON their business. In a special series of five classes targeted to small business owners who are ready for growth, the Clayton State University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering GrowSmart at the Clayton State – Fayette instructional site, 100 World Dr., Ste. 100, Peachtree City.
Starting on July 23 and running through Aug. 19, GrowSmart gives the small business owner tools and strategies to reach their goals. At a cost of $895 per person, 25 small business owners/managers will attend the GrowSmart series in Peachtree City for 2013, and there are a limited number of $500 scholarships for those who apply early.
The program is designed for leaders of companies with: at least two years of successful operation; annual revenues of $200,000 or more; the opportunity and desire to grow; and the opportunity to make lasting contacts.
The 35 hours of class time cover all areas of business operation. Among the highlights are: evaluating your business, competition, and target markets; hands-on, interactive program promoting sharing of best practices; expert speakers adding insights to the topic of the day; step-by-step development of company strategies for growth; and, combined with long term one-on-one consulting with SBDC professionals, attendees will learn to apply course principles and build a business for today's challenging times.
Each daily class runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Tuesday, July 23 class is "Planning for Growth," Tuesday, July 30, "Marketing Research & Planning," Tuesday, Aug. 6, "Leadership & Management," Tuesday, Aug. 13, "Financial Analysis & Tools," and Monday, Aug. 19, "Operations & Implementation."
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The Loch Shop's most recent promo is now up on www.ishoplochshop.com.
And what might that be? Glad you asked. Since the Summer Grilling Season is well underway, The Loch Shop is featuring a "Summer Grilling" promo with 10 percent off of everything under the "Tailgating" category; everything from chairs to aprons to tents to coolers. The Summer Grilling promo is valid until July 30, 2013.
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Ohio seems to be one of the largest paranormal hot-spots in the USA due to numerous accounts and incidents. But one place, in particular, is known by many to have been very haunted…
In this article we will be taking a look at the haunted Ohio University and the former tuberculosis ward that looms on it's grounds.
Ohio University's Tuberculosis Ward
When the Civil War came to a close the country decided to take on the increasing problem of mental illness in the 1800's.
Almost overnight, hundreds of mental asylums popped up across the United States. Most of them were built as a tight-knit group of Kirkbride-style cottages on a large portion of land.
A lot of the positions in these hospitals were taken up by ex-soldiers who struggled to come to terms with what they had seen during the Civil War.
The Athens Lunatic Asylum ( Ohio University ) became very full in a short space of time due to the influx of elderly patients left there. A mix of the mentally ill and the elderly led to the buildings being heavily over-populated and the care levels began to decrease.
When the level of care fell, new and brave treatments were put on the table. Unfortunately these treatments included lobotomies, ice water treatment and shock therapy.
These days these medical methods would not be considered treatments – they would be considered torture!
These types of inhumane treatments went on for decades up until the 1960's when more conventional drugs were introduced.
During these initial decades hundreds of patients died a miserable and tortured death.
The Haunted Ohio University
In 1993 the infamous asylum was finally shut down completely and Ohio University decided to buy up the grounds and the buildings on it.
All of the hospital's buildings were developed and modernized for use except one – the tuberculosis ward.
This abandoned ward has hundreds of paranormal reports linked to it and many believe it to be the center of extreme evil. College students, vagrants, vandals and paranormal explorers all claim to have experienced paranormal activity there.
Given its history of suffering and death, the energy left with the building certainly cannot be positive. Who decided that this building should be left to stand derelict whilst all the other buildings were re-purposed and why?
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If you've been trading for any amount of time then inevitably you will have heard the term "retail trader".
A retail trader is anyone who trades their own account and does not work for an invest bank, trade for an insurance company, work for a broker or work on the floor of the exchange. You know, the little guys. Guys like you and me who are probably described by the following:
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- Your trading knowledge comes from books, seminars or what you picked up on your own.
It's been my experience that most traders associate the term "retail trader" with the losers in the market. The market participants who do the wrong thing at the wrong time. The guys and gals who buy at the top and sell at the bottom. Trade undercapitalized. Trade hunches, news, tips and emotions.
I hate to say it, but, for the most part, they're right. Because retail traders do lose — a lot. Apparently 90% of them lose. In the first year of trading. They lose everything and they quit trading for good. But why?
A number of reasons…
- Lack of trading education
- Lack of money
- Lack of commitment
- Lack of understanding
- Psychology
- Greed & Fear
- Desperation
In an attempt to shed some light on this and hopefully give us retail traders a fighting chance, let's look at these factors one by one:
Lack of Education
Be honest, you bought one book: The Idiots Guide to Trading — and you were ready to go. They made trading look so simple. Pull up a chart, plot a couple moving averages and presto – you're a trader.
Unfortunately, it didn't really work out so well — did it? One way or another you will have to pay for an education – either to the market or someone who knows the market. I say go for a little of both.
I don't think this will really help…
I'm not saying this to be a jerk. I was once just like you. I thought it was going to be a cake walk. It was not a cake walk. It was more like a mind field walk. But don't worry, you WILL get better.
Lack of Money
Irregardless of what the scammers tell you — you will not turn $1,000 into $1,000,000.00 in a month, or even a year. In the market you truly do need money to make money. So start by saving some up.
You can paper trade while you're saving.
Lack of Commitment
You give it your best shot. You put on three trades. They don't work out. You quit trading for good.
That's life though, right?
Not everyone is here to go the distance. If you want to win in the markets – know this – it will require more work than most are willing to do.
Lack of Understanding
Trading the markets is not about calling tops and bottoms and they sure as heck aren't about stock tips and what's hot. Trading well is about self management, trade management and money management. Some traders never learn this.
How you manage your emotions, your discipline, how you talk to your self, your childhood, your self talk — these things all come into play when you have money at risk on an uncertain outcome.
Please read this!
Greed & Fear
You will learn a lot about greed and fear when you are trading.
Get too greedy and you will blow up your account. Get too fearful and you will not have the courage to pull the trigger. You will need to put both in check if you hope to succeed at trading.
You cannot learn how to trade or even make money when you need the money you are trading with to pay the rent. Period. Always pay your rent first.
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When they are finally rescued will Joanna's marriage be saved as well, or will the life she knew and loved be in ruins?
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Pride, Prejudice, and Naked Trolls
And with these words he hastily left the room, and Elizabeth heard him the next moment open the front door and quit the house.
"What are you doing?" Connor's accusing voice comes brusquely from somewhere above me.
"Huh?" I reluctantly tear my eyes from the screen to look at his dark silhouette towering over me. "Reading a book." Why did he question me as if he had just caught me skinning baby seals?
"Have you made lunch?" he asks impatiently.
"Who said I was supposed to make it?"
"You're the woman. I skin the fish, and you slice the fruit."
I consider reacting to his sexist comment by starting a feminist sit-in. But his statement actually makes sense as I will never be able to skin anything, knife or no knife. And since I don't mind preparing the fruit instead… I look at him directly, extending my hand for him to pull me up. I say "Deal" as our eyes come level, and abandon Miss Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy to go cook—or, rather, peel and slice.
"So, are you from Chicago?" I ask a while later as we eat lunch "inside".
Grunt, negative kind.
"Where do you live, then?"
"At the border."
"With Canada?" I ask hesitantly.
"Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. I'm in Dubuque, but I have lands in each state."
"Oh, it must be fun when you're paying taxes."
Grunt in the sarcastic affirmative.
When we're done eating, he extracts two short, thin wooden twigs and peels the bark off the tip of one, revealing a white, soft-looking core underneath.
"Here." He passes it to me. "Chew on the tip."
"What is this?" I take it from him and sniff it, uncertain.
"Chewstick. It's a natural toothbrush. They use it to make toothpaste—it will keep your teeth healthy."
"Oh, okay. Thanks! So why were you going to the Caribbean?" I tentatively bite on the thingy. The tip is fibrous, kind of frothy, and tastes slightly bitter. But it's not too bad, and it's definitely better than having my teeth rot.
"I wasn't."
Long pause.
"Meaning?" I mumble while I keep chewing my stick.
"I was going to South America."
Another pause.
"Damn, it really is hard to talk to you!" I burst out.
"Huh?" He looks at me sheepishly.
"When I'm lucky and it's not a grunt, you reply with monosyllables. It's unnerving."
"What do you want me to say?"
"Like for example adding why you were going to South America. Or you could ask about me."
"I already know everything about your honeymoon drama as you kindly provided every little detail about it on the plane—twice."
Fair enough. I did blab a bit too much maybe, at least considering he was a perfect stranger at the time.
"I was going to South America to check on some fields we own there. They had some problems with the last crop," Connor elaborates.
After this short comment, it's silence again.
"And then you go on and tell me what the problem with the crop was," I prod him. Conversation 101 by Joanna Price, part two.
"Nah, you wouldn't want to know. You'd get bored."
"More than I already am?" I push my finished leaf plate aside and lean on my elbow next to him. "Plus, it's siesta time, so there's nothing else we can do besides talk."
For a split second I see something flash in his eyes, as if he thought there could be a lot of other things we could do besides talking. However, the look comes and goes in a blink, so much so that I wonder if I'd only imagined it. I'm sure my face is tomato red right now; I hope it doesn't show in the dim light of the hut. Anyway, if he had any naughty thoughts you wouldn't be able to tell from the tone of his next statement.
"This year we had a bad case of soybean rust—it's basically a fungus that attacks and destroys the leaves of the plant." He starts telling me his crop troubles, and I pretend to be an interested listener. "We lost more than half of our projected yield. I wanted to make sure they got control practices right for next year, as we can't afford to…"
Open eyes. Where am I? Honeymoon? No. Hut, desert island, shipwrecked. What happened?
The last thing I can remember is Connor talking about crop bugs and other boring stuff. Oh my, I must have fallen asleep while he was talking! If he was difficult before, now he will never talk to me again. I'd better go apologize.
I crawl out of our shelter and stand on all fours on the threshold to look for him. I spot him walking up a sand dune in the general direction of the jungle. From where I stand, I can only see his naked torso. He's holding something that looks like a spear in his left hand, and his body is shiny in the sun. He must have just come out of the water. Primitive fishing technique? I'm about to get up and wave when the rest of his body emerges from behind the dune and I see that he's butt naked. I quickly cover my eyes with my hands and flatten my body against the hut floor, barely suppressing a squeal. My face feels so hot I'm sure there must be steam spewing out of my ears and nostrils.
After a while I can't help but peek from between my fingers. Mr. Naked Ogre has already passed the hut, and he's moving towards the jungle path to the lake. All the while presenting me with the spectacle of his white buttocks rhythmically bobbling as he walks. They make for a hypnotic sight; I don't seem to be able to tear my eyes away from them. Good thing I don't have a secret fantasy about sex on the beach, or naked, tall strangers, or primitive men in their naked glory, or whatever.
I shake my head, as if by doing so I can make the image of his nude body fly out of my mind, and decide I'd better apply myself to some handiwork. I pick up Manny and head to the opposite side of the jungle to collect some more wood for the fire and some more fruit.
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Since the last update from the Inventory Project we have been working to reorganise and catalogue more of the museum collection. The formidable job of recording the plaster models, rubber moulds and electrotypes is now complete.
In total the museum has 4,993 of these objects for medals, 977 for seal designs, and 13,293 for UK and overseas coin designs. This means that since the project began we have re-ordered and catalogued a grand total of 19,263 plaster models, rubber moulds and electrotypes representing a span of almost 165 years of the Royal Mint's history.
One of the earliest items we have found in this part of the collection is the plaster model for the obverse of Great Exhibition medals of 1851. This plaster, featuring the conjoined busts of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, is particularly significant as it is the last example of the work of William Wyon, chief engraver at the Royal Mint from 1828 until his death on 29 October 1851, a mere 18 days after the exhibition ended. The Queen herself admired the portraits and lamented Wyon's death.
On the other end of the scale we also have plaster models for coins that have not yet been made and may never be selected for production.
Due to a transfer of objects in recent weeks from the engravers at the Royal Mint we were pleased to receive another 10,000 piece punches into the collection, along with their large storage cabinet. These tools will be treated and coated in the same way as the existing collection of piece punches. The intention is then to group the tools by font, country or numeral and store them all in the storage cabinet, creating a location list as we do so.
The museum is home to approximately 1800 proof and uncirculated coin sets from around the world. Proof coins are specially produced to a high standard of finish. Uncirculated coins are coins that have never been in circulation and may be more carefully produced and handled than ordinary mass produced coins. We recently spent two weeks in the museum creating a list of these sets and their locations. We particularly enjoyed this part of the project as it allowed us to see the completed designs of many of the tools we had been cataloguing in the museum stores. It also allowed us to appreciate the artistic and creative ways the proof sets have been presented and packaged.
One of our favourite sets was issued for the United Kingdom by the Royal Mint in 1983. It is particularly noteworthy as it contains the first one pound coin. It also includes the fifty, twenty, ten, five, two pence and penny coins from that year in uncirculated condition. The image on the front cover of the set depicts the Yeoman Warders of the Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, a famous landmark inextricably linked with the history of the Royal Mint. An inner page also features text and images which demonstrate the coin making process at the time of issue. This seems to us an effective and interesting way of linking the coins with their production process.
The next phase of the project is to catalogue the extensive collection of overseas coins, which are arranged geographically in the museum. We began our work in France and are currently cataloguing Nepal. We have now reached nearly 12,000 coins and our work continues.
In addition to cataloguing the collection we have also been able to reorganise two additional storage areas containing machinery, weights, assay tools and other large objects in the collection. In order to receive a reducing machine from the Royal Mint's tool room, it was necessary to move a portion of the collection in this location. Whilst doing this we managed to group objects together by type, maximise space and finally create a map of the contents to facilitate access. As a result of this exercise we made enough space to be able to relocate into these storage areas, some of the framed artwork that had accumulated in the museum. This also allowed us to rehang and reorganise some of the framed prints, photographs and artwork in the museum space.
The remaining untreated metal tools in the large storage area are those that were not covered by the original remit of the project as they do not relate to the coins and medals. We have now begun to sort through the racks containing these tools and are in the process of identifying, cleaning and coating them.
We have found a range of interesting objects including postage and cheque tools, engravers tools, rubber stamps and counterfeit dies. It is hoped that these objects will be catalogued in brief at a later date in the project. These items would then be added to the grand total of 70,853 that we have catalogued to date.


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Tips That Assist An Individual When Looking For Acupuncture And Wellness Clinic
A person is always supposed to look for the best people offering acupuncture services considering that it is your goal to make sure that health and wellness is a priority in your life. Dr Zhous Acupuncture, for instance, happens to be one of those acupuncturists that people should trust their lives with since they have been in the market long enough, but it is always is essential for any individual to have the right queries and also stay in tabs as a way of knowing what is happening their lives. A person has all the time to research and know more about an acupuncturist before hiring them to work with you and that is why taking time to know the right tips and understand what each consideration has to be is the right way to go about the procedure.
Check Their Insurance Documents
A good acupuncturist will ensure that an individual gets the treatment required and also have them covered, in a situation an accident was to occur although chances are low.
People Who Listen To You
If one walks into an area and finds that the acupuncturist found in the facility is not the best when it comes to listening to you and also asking questions about your health, make sure to leave before investing any money in such a facility and instead look for wellness clinics such as Dr Zhous Acupuncture.
Choose Someone Who Is Not In A Rush
There is a lot that affects a person and, when looking for acupuncturists, a person must make sure that these individuals do have ample time to spend with you rather than rushing through the procedure which can affect the treatment one receives. In a situation that one feels rushed and not given the best pain management procedures by an acupuncturist, it is a representation of a bad enterprise so, one has to look for another wellness clinic before things get bad.
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Wikimania 2014 in London
I am speaking this week at Wikimania 2014 in London. I'm speaking in the "social machines" track, which is about systems wherein the code and the people are inseparable — as in Wikipedia itself, social network systems of all sorts — and of course, multiplayer games. I'll be doing both a lecture session and participating on a panel.
In the talk, I am going to be very literal, and talk about Wikipedia as a game. It seems to me that Wikipedia as a system is unquestionably what I call a "ludic system," a construct that lends itself to game-playing. It was not constructed as such, however (my term for intentionally constructed systems like that is "ludic artifact.") The fact that it was not intentionally designed as such means that we can look at it with a jaundiced designer's eye, and see ways in which is functions poorly as a game.
Of course, I may touch on some of the controversies we have seen in the MUD community over the years around notability, sourcing, and experts, as they make for good illustrative examples. (See, in order, "Losing MUD history," "Wikipedia, MUDs, and where the sources are," and "Saving MUD history.")
I'm pretty excited to talk about all this, because it's a chance to use games as a lens through which to analyze a decidedly non-game system (something I advocated for at Critical Proximity). I have hopes it offers a very different lens through which to think of "gamification." Simply put, how much better could we make many of the world's systems if we identify ones that are already ludic artfacts, then talk about how to design them better — rather than trying to force game-ness onto systems that are simply not rich enough to bear the weight and therefore collapse back into pointsification?
In any case, if you happen to be in London this week, stop by and say hi!
By the way, I have added a calendar to the sidebar; I have several other speaking engagements this fall. So you can poke around over there to see where else I will be.
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As Hurricane Florence barreled toward the Eastern seaboard this week and millions of Americans prepared for the worst, I couldn't help but recall the travesty experienced by Puerto Ricans in the wake of Hurricane Maria which struck the island nearly a year ago, on the morning of September 20, 2017.
Reactions to the federal government's less than adequate response to the tragedy was magnified recently when the nation learned the actual death toll had been grossly under-reported as the number of lives lost was exponentially higher than the country was led to believe.
A day after the true death toll from the hurricane was reported as 2,975, President Trump insisted, "I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico." His comment rang hollow with many Americans, including myself, who were stunned but not surprised by his lack of compassion.
The Mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulin Cruz, summed up what many of us felt about the president's remark when she commented, "All he had to say is I'm sorry that 2,975 of you died. That's all he had to say, but he is incapable of doing that."
The president's response to the true death toll also conjured memories of the lack of compassion shown by members of the Republican Party last October, when at least 60 members of the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives and 16 Republican Senators voted against a disaster aid package that included $1.27 billion for disaster food assistance for Puerto Rico and $576.5 million for wildfire recovery efforts in Northern California. They voted, although unsuccessfully, against the aid package in an attempt to block the funding; and, they did this just weeks before these same legislators celebrated passage of the most sweeping tax cut for corporations and the wealthiest among us, in decades.
This week, the nation has watched anxiously as Hurricane Florence approached the east coast, and Hurricanes Isaac and Helene waited in the wings, looming threats to communities largely represented by many of the same Republicans who turned away from the Puerto Rican victims of Hurricane Maria. In addition, many residents in this section of the country are counted among the president's strongest base of supporters.
On Tuesday, the president held a press conference to announce preparations for the potentially epic disaster on the nation's doorstep. He was asked again about the country's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year, he referred to the federal government's response as an, "incredible unsung success."
As I hold my fellow citizens along the Eastern seaboard in my thoughts during the critical days ahead, I hope they are spared any loss of life or injury and that property damage is kept at a minimum. If, however, the impact is catastrophic, I call on the administration and legislative branches of the federal government to open their hearts and respond to these communities with more assistance and compassion than was shown to our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico—even if it is at the risk of being called-out and criticized for what will obviously be—a double standard.
Of course, this is just my opinion. I'm keeping it real.
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Clare Daly: Ireland Pimped Out Like Prostitutes for Obama, A War Criminal
To those who choose the path of peace, I promise you, the United States of America will support you every step of the way. We will always be a wind at your back.
Sending arms to the Syrian opposition won't create a level playing field. Instead, it risks further fuelling an arms free-for-all where the victims are the civilians of Syria. Our experience from other conflict zones tells us that this crisis will only drag on for far longer if more and more arms are poured into the country.


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Come join Tim VanOrden as he discusses his Running Raw Project (www.runningraw.com) which is a grand experiment in diet and athletic performance. It was started by Tim in November of 2005 with a simple question: Can one be an athlete while eating a 100% raw vegan diet? That curiosity was quickly answered with a resounding YES!
What Tim has discovered could change the world of sport forever. But why stop there? Why not try to change the world along the way? This is the mission of the Running Raw Project.
The world is taking notice of Tim VanOrden, elite athlete and creator of The Running Raw Project. Tim is a raw vegan athlete who has an international reputation for excelling in some of the world's most grueling sports. He's recently been crowned the New England Master's Mountain Running Champion and his achievements in stair climbing, or tower racing, have just been featured in GQ magazine and the London Guardian. The Food Network is also doing a documentary on Tim and his endeavors that will be out soon!
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Fenwick Elliott grows its Partner team
We are delighted to announce the promotion of two Senior Associates to Partners. Jonathan More and Patrick Stone's new roles take effect from 1 October 2018 and will bring the number of Partners in the firm to 20.
Jonathan has extensive experience working on major construction and engineering projects, providing full project support from procurement through to contract close-out. He has advised in both the public and private sectors, and on a client/employer, contractors and subcontractors, and design, i.e. engineering and architectural, consultancy basis. He particularly specialises in dispute resolution and ADR focussing on adjudication, DAB proceedings, TCC and international arbitration.
Jonathan joined Fenwick Elliott as a Senior Associate in 2015 from Crossrail Ltd, having qualified in 1998 with a degree in Scots law (Jonathan remains qualified to advise on Scottish legal matters, and spent 8 years in private practice in Scotland, particularly with Pinsent Masons, Edinburgh). Jonathan has specific expertise in major infrastructure and energy projects involving, in particular the full range of NEC standard form of contracts having spent six years working on rail projects for Transport for London and Crossrail, and FIDIC contracts in respect of major power plant disputes.
Patrick has significant experience of construction and engineering disputes on major international projects, with a particular focus on arbitration. Patrick has worked on disputes relating to projects in a number of jurisdictions including the UK, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Egypt, South Africa and Madagascar, and has acted on arbitrations being heard pursuant to ICC, LCIA, DIAC and ADCCAC rules, as well as proceedings in the High Court of England and Wales. He is familiar with a number of standard form construction contracts including FIDIC and NEC, and has acted on disputes arising out of bespoke forms of contract, particularly EPC contracts.
Patrick joined the firm in June 2016 as a Senior Associate, having previously worked for Clyde & Co, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Addleshaw Goddard in Dubai, and Herbert Smith Freehills in London. Patrick has acted on disputes arising out of a number of major international projects across a broad range of industry sectors, with particular experience of disputes relating to oil and gas and infrastructure projects.
Commenting on the promotions, Fenwick Elliott's Senior Partner Simon Tolson said:
"My partners and I are delighted to welcome these two highly skilled and talented lawyers to the partnership and would like to congratulate them on their significant achievements. Jonathan and Patrick will enhance and strengthen our firm foundations and business model here and in the Gulf. They have shown huge commitment, talent and diligence in building their respective practice sectors and I am delighted they have achieved so much over the last two years.
Combined with our other recent promotions these senior additions complement the opportunities we have taken through external recruitments to meet our other expanding business needs and is testament to the strength and confidence we have in the markets where we operate."
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A woman has died after suffering serious head injuries which police believe happened while she was leaning out of a moving train between Bath and Keynsham en route to Bristol.
British Transport Police (BTP) were called to Temple Meads Station at around 10.10pm last night along with colleagues from Avon & Somerset Police and South Western Ambulance Service but despite their best efforts, the woman died.
BTP said: "Our investigation remains at an early stage, but initial inquiries suggest the woman may have been leaning out of a window when she suffered a blow to the head.
"We are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident, which has been reported to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB)."
The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner.


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Category: cheese
"Sparkling wines" of the cheese world
Did you know that these days the names of many a cheese are similarly protected? As Jeanne Carpenter details in a recent article for Edible Madison,
Naming a cheese is more complicated than one might expect. There are many European cheese names that can't be used at all in America. In the past, if you made a common European cheese, you could label it as such. But the European Union has halted this practice by protecting well-known varieties with a "designation of origin" label, limiting production to specific locations in Europe.
For example, let's say you want to make Manchego, a well-known Spanish sheep's milk cheese. That name is now protected by the European Union. Unless you're living in the La Mancha region of Spain and making your cheese from the milk of sheep of the Manchega breed, your cheese can't be called Manchego. The same applies to other greats such as Pecorino Romano, Saint-Nectaire and Danish Blue.
For more, check out the full piece here.
Understanding the cost of artisan cheese
You want to support local specialty cheesemakers and enjoy their delicious products, but sometimes sticker shock sets in when you look at the price tag. Low price often means cheap product, but we're not talking about Kraft Singles here. Instead, why do many quality European specialty cheeses seem more affordable than those made so much closer to home? In an online "Monger Tip" column for Culture magazine, cheesemonger Justin Trosclair explains:
Though there are a handful of reasons that European specialty cheese has us beat on the bottom line, it seems mostly to come down to the simple matter of production scale. That Brie de Meaux sitting in the case next to the Green Hill from Thomasville, Georgia was probably made in a significantly larger facility, with much more high-tech equipment, and therefore much more efficiently and more cost effectively. I spoke with Mateo Kehler of Cellars at Jasper Hill on this subject and he offered that it's almost unfair to compare the price of two such cheeses, considering that one was produced in a factory and one was produced in relatively small quantity on a family farm. It's just not comparing apples to apples. What makes this particularly confusing from a consumer standpoint is that these cheeses are sold right next to each other, both under the "specialty" cheese umbrella. In a sense, they are both "specialty" cheeses, but they are not both small-batch artisan cheeses. To further confuse the matter, many European factory cheese makers are very skilled at producing really tasty cheeses on a large scale. So it's not often obvious to the consumer, from a flavor perspective, that they are eating factory cheese.
For more of the reasons that domestic artisan cheesemakers have difficulty competing on price relative to large-scale European producers, check out the full post here.
Cheddar crystals
Once when tacos were on the menu at our house, I encountered big, crunchy crystals in a bit of Hook's two-year cheddar we were using up. (Lacking a better comparison, the biggest ones were about the size of a Nerd candy.) I did a little poking around online, and it seems that crystals in cheddar are calcium lactate that results as the cheese loses moisture and lactic acid crystallizes. It's apparently more common in longer-aged cheddars. It was bit unexpected when I first encountered it and — horrifying as it sounds — sort of felt like coming across a chipped piece of my own tooth in my taco!
In my online digging, I rediscovered this piece by Kyle Nabilcy that I had read in the Isthmus (Madison's weekly alternative newspaper) when it first appeared. I've never tasted the Hook's 15-year cheddar, but inspired by Kyle and other aficionados, I'll try to take a positive view of those odd crunches in my cheese.
For more info about cheddar crystal formation that is technical but not wholly (!) inaccessible to a non-cheesemaker, head to the lead story in this PDF from the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research. As reported by Mark Johnson, senior scientist with the WCDR, their research
confirmed observations that packaging (gas flush vs vacuum), temperature cycling and temperature of storage play a role in the appearance of crystals. Many researchers have found a correlation between crystals and higher levels of lactic acid in cheese. Despite these helpful leads, we knew the puzzle wasn't solved because we also saw that not all cheese with high acid developed crystals and not all gas flushed cheddar cheese with high acid developed crystals. Although vacuum sealed packages greatly limited calcium lactate crystal production, they did not stop it completely. Now, in the last several years we are seeing crystals forming in young cheese.
Like I said, it's a technical piece, but it definitely makes for a fascinating read, so I encourage you to check out the full article for yourself.
The Conscientious Omnivore is away this week. This is an encore presentation of a post that originally appeared in slightly edited form on September 12, 2011.
Wooden boards give life to aged cheeses
Lest yesterday's post about the UW Dairy Cattle Center open house lead you to think that I frown on the university's entire dairy program, I thought today I'd share some info from the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research's latest newsletter. Bénédicte Coudé and Professor Emeritus Bill Wendorff provide details on the safe use of wooden boards in cheesemaking:
Wooden boards have been used for many years in most traditional cheesemaking countries as a shelving mechanism for aging cheese. In France, more than 300,000 tons of cheese are ripened on wooden boards each year (Meyer, 2005). Most artisan cheesemakers feel that wooden shelves favor cheese rind development and improve the organoleptic qualities of aged cheeses thanks to the formation of a biofilm on the wood surface.
Biofilm, you say? Yep, that's cheesemaking magic at its best. As Will Fertman describes in a piece for the cheese magazine, culture,
Take a look at an uncut wheel of Camembert, wrapped in its bloomy white jacket. All that luscious rind—the best part to many people—is made of microbes; the cheese itself begins a few millimeters under the surface. The entire outer crust is actually a colony of organisms, sealing the paste away from pathogens and contributing its own unique flavors to the finished product.
The technical term for this community is biofilm, a web of interconnected microbes that rely on each other to create their own environment, like a coral reef. Biofilms are found everywhere that microbes settle, from a slippery river rock to the lining of your stomach….
But biofilms aren't just masses of microbes; they're organized. Individual cells constantly send out and measure chemical signals in a process called quorum sensing. When the bacterium or fungus detects enough of its own kind (or enough other species) in the area, the cells switch from acting as individuals to acting as part of a community of connected organisms.
By knitting themselves together with strands of protein and sugars, the microbes become much tougher. While this is a problem with pathogenic microbes, which become harder to control with chemicals or antibiotics, cheesemakers take advantage of biofilm's toughness by cultivating edible versions that resist the growth of undesirable bacteria and mold, while regulating the flow of gas and moisture into and out of the cheese paste.
But is it this wood-riding biofilm safe? Yep, if the right steps are taken. Coudé and Wendorff conclude that
considering the beneficial effects of wood boards on cheese ripening and rind formation, the use of wood boards does not seem to present any danger of contamination by pathogenic bacteria as long as a thorough cleaning procedure is followed.
Want all the fascinating technical details? You can find their article on pages 8 and 9 of this PDF.
Finally, to see an award-winning cheesemaker at work, aging his much-sought-after cheeses on wooden boards (and even wrapped in spruce bark), check out the episode of Wisconsin Foodie that features Andy Hatch of Uplands Cheese. (Hatch also happens to be a dairy science alum of UW-Madison.) Enjoy the whole program if you've got time, or skip ahead to catch a couple minutes starting at time mark 10:11.
Mountain grass and the cows that eat it
In a piece for NPR's food blog, The Salt, Sarah Zielinski examines an old European practice of herding cows into the Alps for summer grazing. As she describes,
in Italy, at least, the practice may be dying out. "Young people don't want to stay in the mountain because there are poor opportunities for work," so they often move to the city, says food chemist Giovanna Contarini….
Contarini and her colleagues have been working to save these mountain dairy products. And fans of the cheeses say there's more than just nostalgia involved. It's not easy to define the flavor, Contarini says, but aficionados insist the cheeses do taste better.
There's also evidence that mountain cheese might even be a little healthier, containing, for example, more omega-3 fatty acids than cheese made from the milk of cattle raised on the plains….
"In the mountain areas, the cows are free to pasture," she says. They mostly eat a mix of fresh grasses and other vegetation. Cattle raised at lower elevations in Italy, in contrast, are kept in farms and eat a prepared feed that contains dried grasses and some fat and vitamins. "Consequently, the rumen digestion is different," she says.
The rumen is the first chamber in a cow's stomach, and it's full of microbes. What a cow eats helps determine what microbes rumble in its rumen, and those differences play out in the chemical composition of its milk. "So some constituents of milk, particularly the fat and the lipid soluble compounds, are different," Contarini says.
For the full piece, which includes a number of links, head here.
Highlights from the 2013 Isthmus Beer and Cheese Fest
Although I didn't attend the recent Isthmus Beer & Cheese Fest, I was happy to read about some highlights from Robin Shepard at (where else?) the Isthmus website. J will be glad to hear that Shepard's "Hoppy Favorite" was Silk Scorpion Black IPA from Karben4 Brewing: "With lots of citrus hoppiness and deep dark malty flavor, this brew it lives up to the name with a silky-smooth mouth feel and very dark black color. This is worth a trip to the new Madison brewery for another taste." For more of Shepard's "best of the best," head here for the full piece: lovers of Wisconsin beer (and cheese) will find a list of great things to seek out this year.
In a short, light-hearted piece from John Waters (also at — where else? — the Isthmus website), I learned that some cows dine on spent grain from one of Madison's most productive breweries: "Ale Asylum vice president Otto Dilba tells us the cows come running for the Hopalicious grain during a special beer and cheese pairing with Sarah Hill." It was cool to see in the photo accompanying Waters' post that one of the pairings included Ale Asylum's limited-release Blood Red Ale, which J and I and some friends also got to try at a recent special event dinner at The Coopers Tavern. (I liked it a lot. Thanks, M!) Waters also gives a second thumbs up to Karben4's Black IPA.
For one more look at the fest, check out this post from The Brews Bros website.
Rush Creek Reserve and Hook's 15: Get 'em while you can
The last couple days brought big news for lovers of high-end, specialty Wisconsin cheese. Yesterday Jane Burns reported at 77 Square that Rush Creek Reserve from Uplands Cheese Company is hitting shelves early this year:
The soft, French-inspired cheese is made of raw milk from cows on the Uplands farm and aged for 60 days. It is made in small wheels that are surrounded in spruce bark, a wrapping that serves as a container once the cheese is opened from the top to then spread on bread or other things….
The cheese debuted to much fanfare in 2010, and has been featured in The New York Times, Bon Appetit and Culture, a national cheese magazine as well as being sold in the top cheese shops throughout the U.S….
The good news for fans of the cheese is that there will be more of it around; the bad news for Uplands is the jump on Rush Creek had everything to do with a potentially devastating drought.
Head here for the full story, and a brief video of cheesemaker Andy Hatch cutting into a wheel of Rush Creek Reserve.
In other news, Hook's Cheese Company is releasing a 15-year cheddar again. As Nick Brown reports for MadTable, "The small company will be selling the $50-per-pound cheese at its Mineral Point factory on Friday, Nov. 2, and at the Dane County Farmers Market the following day." For a list of Madison-area retailers that will be stocking the cheese, and news of an even-longer-aged Hook's cheddar in the works, head to Brown's post. Finally, for a preview of what you might experience if you splurge on a bit on this crystalline teenage cheddar, check out Kyle Nabilcy's nice piece in Isthmus from 2009 when Hook's first released a 15-year.


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