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The hand-wringing by lawmakers and others over medical marijuana just tickles me, or floors me. I still cannot tell.

You would think they were handing out AK-47s in the state’s proliferating number of dispensaries. The Denver City Council now wants to keep them 1,000 feet away from schools. What is that about?

So, at 1,001 feet from a school, they can sell medical pot by the truckload?

My favorite proposed law is being dreamed up by state Sen. Chris Romer, whom I admire greatly. But he proposes raising the age at which a patient can legally obtain marijuana for medical use from 18 to 21.

Let us say it is your kid, my kid. Who are you or I going to trust more for what our kids need — Romer, or our family doctor? How quickly would you find the nearest street dealer to assist your pain-ravaged child? Come on.

We really and truly need grown-ups to step forward in this debate.

Brian Vicente has been one since Amendment 20 allowing medical marijuana use passed almost a decade ago. He is now executive director of Sensible Colorado, the largest medical-marijuana advocacy group in the state.

He spends much of his time attempting to get dyspeptic local and state lawmakers to calm down, reminding them that medical pot is legal in Colorado and assisting them in finding rational ways to regulate its sale.

“All we’ve ever asked is for reasonable regulation,” he said.

He sees, he says, the way the winds are headed, particularly in Denver where it is front-page news that the city has more dispensaries than it has Starbucks and schools.

He calls it the result of “abhorrent, long-standing prejudice against marijuana,” some of which, he says, may end up codified into law.

“Denver clearly wants to hide its dispensaries,” he says of the 1,000-foot provision in the ordinance that received initial approval Monday night. The city, he notes, has no such provision for pharmacies, which sell some of the strongest, most addictive pain medications known to man.

The next few months will see a “dogfight,” he says, over medical marijuana. He points in particular to a bill pushed by law enforcement that would essentially outlaw dispensaries and limit caregivers to no more than five patients.

Depending on the outcome of the various bills, Sensible Colorado is prepared, he said, to sponsor a ballot initiative that would further strengthen the current medical-marijuana laws.

He envisions establishing a uniform application and licensing system for both dispensaries and growers.

The initiative would also seek to create a uniform sales tax statewide, and allow cities to regulate sales through zoning. It would also require enforcement of existing health and safety labeling requirements on all edible-marijuana products, such as brownies.

“To us, regulation is a form of legitimization, that this drug should be brought out of the shadows and into the light.”

That there are more dispensaries than Starbucks, Vicente says, to him means but one thing: substantial tax revenue.

“We are talking about $50 million in new tax revenue per year in Colorado that could go to roads, schools and law enforcement,” he says. “That is real money, and these are real tough times.”

Now that is grown-up talk.

Bill Johnson writes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Reach him at 303-954-2763 or

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Jon Caldara is president of the Independence Institute in Denver. (Joe Amon, Denver Post file)
Jon Caldara is president of the Independence Institute in Denver. (Joe Amon, Denver Post file)

“I told you what I did was legal,” the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara told The Denver Post after the attorney general declined to press charges against him for registering to vote in a September recall election in El Paso County.

Legal? Actually, the evidence suggests it wasn’t legal at all for Caldara to sign an election affidavit swearing, “I claim no other place as my legal residence,” given how soon after the recall he moved back to Boulder. But if someone who arrives in town a few days before an election says he intends to make that place his home and then not long afterward claims he has changed his mind and returns to his old address, it’s almost impossible for a prosecutor to prove he lied.

That’s particularly true in this case because Caldara was careful to enter into a residential lease agreement in Colorado Springs and to adjust his driver’s license accordingly.

No doubt also entering the AG’s calculation was the fact that while Caldara successfully registered, he didn’t actually vote. Even if a prosecutor had evidence he lied, would a jury be willing to convict someone for misleading a county clerk to make a well-publicized political point before rolling cameras?

After all, there was a reason for the stunt. Caldara intended to demonstrate how easy it is for voters to commit fraud through same-day registration rules approved by the legislature last year. Such criticism has merit, and the fact that the AG’s office could find no sound basis to prosecute ought to concern lawmakers who have defended the new provisions.

Granted, we doubt many Coloradans are willing to go to the same tr0uble Caldara did in order to register, let alone proceed to cast an illegal ballot, so we’re not nearly as worried about fraud undermining election results as some critics seem to be.

But why on Earth should it be so easy for anyone to skirt the law? If Colorado is going to permit last-minute registration, shouldn’t voters at least have to demonstrate that they’ve resided in a community longer than a day?

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SALT LAKE CITY — In the first meeting between Utah and Iowa in the second week of the season, it was worthy of stand-up routine. The Blaze dominated in every aspect during the 20-point laugher. This time around, things weren't nearly as comical. Yet, ultimately it had the same result.

The Blaze (4-2) recovered a gutsy onside kick with 51.8 seconds remaining to ground the Barnstormers 63-62 at EnergySolutions Arena Friday night.

"We knew it was going to be a totally different team," said Utah coach Ron James. "I'll take an ugly win over a pretty loss."

It was the third consecutive win for Utah when the game was decided by one possession.

"The main thing is repetition," explained James when asked about the success in close situations. "We run a one-minute drill more than anyone in this league."

The game started in head-scratching fashion. On the opening play, Utah quarterback Tommy Grady sliced his throw to the left, but as the ball ricocheted off the boards Alvance Robinson instinctively snatched it in mid-air for the 7-0 lead.

With the game tied at 14-14, Iowa quarterback JJ Raternik meandered out of the pocket, withstood a massive hit, and found Jesse Schmidt for the 32-yard touchdown with 8:53 left in the half.

Raternik finished 24-of-36 for 356 yards and seven touchdowns, while Schmidt tallied a game-high 12 receptions for 172 yards and four scores.

In the closing minutes of the second quarter, Utah held Iowa, behind the No. 1 ranked rush defense in the AFL, four straight times from the Blaze 4-yardline. But, Jacob Hardwick was whistled for a personal foul call to keep the drive breathing.

James said, "I thought (it) was a crazy call." Two plays later, the Barnstormers (3-3) took the 28-21 lead.

After Utah quickly responded with an Aaron Lesue touchdown, the Blaze caught a fortuitous bounce off the nets to recapture the, 35-28, advantage.

When Raternik eyeballed his intended receiver the ensuing possession for an interception with .01 second left in the half, Utah decided to score.

The call backfired when Iowa's John Mohring jumped Grady's pass for a pick-six. Iowa missed the PAT, closing the half 35-34.

"We ran the wrong play — plain and simple," James said. "At the end of the half, we wanted to run a quick-screen and we ran the wrong play. The call was a safe play — we wanted to go into half up seven."

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Trailing early in the fourth quarter, the Grady-Lesue connection delivered once again. On fourth down, Lesue leaped over the boards and secured the TD, giving Utah the two point advantage with 10:56 left.

"First of all, Aaron Lesue looks like one the best players in the league this year," James said. "The catch he made on fourth down over the boards is one of the greatest catches I've ever seen."

Lesue finished with 11 catches 166 yards and four touchdown. Grady sported another fantastic outing with 291 yards in the air and eight TDs.

The two teams exchanged scores, when Utah elected an onside kick, Caron Coffman sealed the game with the recovery.


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Most of what you hear about the shutdown is wrong

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  • Mr. Bean Phoenix, AZ
    Oct. 14, 2013 12:42 a.m.

    @Irony Guy:
    "Dems spend it on education and science and protecting the environment and lifting people out of poverty..."

    Yeah, things like food stamps for beach bums, disabled payments to people with hang nails, and cash for unwed moms to encourage more of the same.

    "... this is called investment."

    Not It's a complete waste of taxpayer money.

    "Republicans spend it on wars: this is called psychosis."

    Not. It's called fighting world terrorism and helping bring freedom to enslaved millions.

    "Polls show overwhelming public support for ending this shutdown."

    A shutdown caused by the Democrat intransigence.

    "That's why the Republican party has a 29% approval rating in Gallup...

    The 29% is the work of the liberal media trying their best to push the Democrat cause.

  • Alfred Phoenix, AZ
    Oct. 14, 2013 12:07 a.m.

    @The Real Maverick:
    "Stuff like... Obama won't compromise..."

    Please list what Obama has compromised or that he's willing to put on the negotiating table. We're waiting...

    "Or that it's Obama's shutdown..."

    Obama runs the Executive Branch of government. It's organizations under him that's shutting down... Parks, war memorials, NIH, etc. John Boehner, head of the House or Representatives, didn't give the order to shut down. He couldn't. He's in the Legislative Branch.

  • wrz Phoenix, AZ
    Oct. 13, 2013 9:33 p.m.

    "The government is shut down."

    So, let's see who actually shut down the government...

    The Republican House first voted to fully fund all of the government except Obamacare. Obama refused to even negotiate and the Senate Democrats refused to consider it.

    Then the Republican House voted to fully fund the government, but merely delay Obamacare for one year. Obama refused to even negotiate and the Senate Democrats refused to even consider it.

    Finally, the Republican House voted to fully fund the government but added a requirement that everyone live under Obamacare, including Obama and all of Congress. No more special waivers for the Congress and staffs. Obama refused to even negotiate and the Senate Democrats refused to even consider it.

    So, I ask you, who's intransigent? Who's refusing to fund the government? Who's shutting down the government? Answer: Obama, Harry Reid and all the Democrats in the House and Senate.

  • The Real Maverick Orem, UT
    Oct. 12, 2013 2:26 p.m.

    I agree.

    Most of the stuff we hear about this shutdown is wrong.

    Stuff like... Obama won't compromise... Or that it's Obama's shutdown... Or that shutting down the government isn't really that bad...

    If only we would tune out fair and balanced media and AM radio blowhards.

  • Truthseeker SLO, CA
    Oct. 12, 2013 9:48 a.m.

    "In the '80s and '90s there was the ability for both sides, no matter how difficult the issue, to come together and arrive at compromise and solve problems," Chuck Konigsberg, assistant director of the OMB during the 1995 shutdown, said in an interview with CNN. "Now, there is such an ideological bent to many of these issues, that it is difficult to overcome the gridlock."
    Konigsberg said today's Republican members, "instead of focusing on the general election where people tend to tack to the political center, are more worried about primary challenges from the far right."
    And according to a 2013 study from Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the government shutdowns of 1995-1996 could have led to the partisanship that is now gripping Washington.

    When the government shut down in 1995-96, the economy was booming, primarily because of Silicon Valley, the burgeoning tech sector and Internet startups. Unemployment was at 5.6% and most economic forecasts saw further growth.
    The same could not be said for the current state of this economy."

  • Truthseeker SLO, CA
    Oct. 12, 2013 9:40 a.m.

    "Cantor wrote a memo to his fellow Republicans in early September. In it, he told them to expect a short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open.

    Such a resolution, Cantor wrote, would be "at sequester levels" and "contain $64 billion in less spending compared to the current funding levels Obama signed into law a mere five months ago."

    If Obama signed off on that, Cantor continued, Obama "would be endorsing a level of spending that wipes away all the increases he and congressional Democrats made while they were in charge and returns us to a pre-2008 level of discretionary spending."

    Cantor ended his memo on an upbeat note. That leaves little doubt that Cantor saw a short-term continuing resolution in a positive light.

    Cantor planned to bring two measures to the floor. One would be the CR and the other would defund Obamacare. Both items would go to the Senate separately with the expectation that the Senate would pass the spending resolution and kill the amendment."

    In sum, House leaders had a plan which Reid agreed to--lower spending numbers, until the T-partiers rejected the plan.

  • Open Minded Mormon Everett, 00
    Oct. 12, 2013 7:27 a.m.

    ‘Most of what you hear about the shutdown is wrong’

    Only if you are listening to AM talk radio or FoxNews.

    The rest of the media is just about right on target.

  • atl134 Salt Lake City, UT
    Oct. 12, 2013 2:42 a.m.

    Obama's approval rating has actually been flat the past week in the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls compared to previous weeks. Republicans however set record low approval ratings for their party in the Gallup (29%) and NBC/WSJ (24%) polls. Democrats don't want this shutdown, we just consider the tanking of the Republicans in the minds of Americans to be a small consolation for having to deal with this nonsense.

  • atl134 Salt Lake City, UT
    Oct. 12, 2013 2:40 a.m.

    Polls show overwhelming public support for ending this shutdown. That's why the Republican party has a 29% approval rating in Gallup (their lowest in the history of Gallup polling).

  • 2 bits Cottonwood Heights, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 3:56 p.m.

    How DARE you point out that the way the Media is painting this Mock-Crisis is not reality???

    That's like saying the king has no clothes! We all know it... just nobody DARES say it.

  • David Centerville, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 1:32 p.m.

    Irony Guy,

    What party held the White House during World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam? It appears you are limiting facts to make your point, which is not factual.

    In reality, Democrats have made war at least as often as Republicans.

    So which party is trying to work to strengthen our nation today?

    Joint Chiefs of Staff said in 2010 that US debt is greatest risk to our security. US paid $360 billion in interest in 2012. So far in 2013 we have paid $416 billion in interest.

    Which party is, today, trying to reduce spending?

    I can help you: Republicans, and specifically Tea Partiers.

  • Gildas LOGAN, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 11:28 a.m.

    English history was brought up earlier in the thread. Charles I was mentioned. He was one of many kings that were held to account by other powerful groups: the barons in the case of King John and his son Henry III and others; Parliament in the case of Charles I; most of the nation and the army which refused to recognize - James II; independent minded colonists in the case of George III. In all these cases the king lost and the people were winners.

    The ACA is opposed by a clear majority of the people and that majority is very likely to increase markedly imo. The apparent greater expense of the premiums under ACA, and the lower deductibles that are being reported will lead to far less people being medically insured, not more. Is that what its supporters want? I don't think so: I hope not.

    The Democrats are losing a lot of core support as details of ACA appear. That's a pity because the Republicans need a good opposition, as of course do the Democrats.

  • Badgerbadger Murray, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 11:10 a.m.

    Let the liberals whine. They wanted the shut down, and it is dropping their president's approval rating. The budget is being discussed in a way no one could be bothered with for the past 5 years.

    Vital government programs are up and running and things are actually looking up, a little.

    Maybe we can cut some of the wasteful spending and save our country from bankruptcy.

    Naah, things are that good. Barry and Harry would never go for that.

  • Bubble SLC, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 9:41 a.m.

    @ SCfan: You are confusing "recognizing" with "acknowledging" - Obama is acknowledging a mistake he made - Romney can acknowledge his own mistakes, but he cannot acknowledge mistakes made by others - nor can anyone else.

    And there is a big difference between making a political vote and doing what is right for the country - which Obama has learned but many senators and representatives still don't seem to get. The majority of Americans are opposed to the government shut down and using Obamacare as an excuse for the government to not do its job - those who are truly concerned with what is best for this country and doing what the citizens want would get over Obamacare and get on with governing.

    There have been 40 votes to repeal Obamacare - and they have never gotten anywhere near enough votes to matter. It is time to move on.

  • Irony Guy Bountiful, Utah
    Oct. 11, 2013 9:14 a.m.

    Admittedly, both parties spend too much. But look what they spend it on. Dems spend it on education and science and protecting the environment and lifting people out of poverty: this is called investment. Republicans spend it on wars: this is called psychosis.

  • SCfan clearfield, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 9:04 a.m.

    The only trouble with Obamas quote is the last part where he says he was the FIRST to acknowledge it. Romney acknowledged it, as well as many of todays current Govenors, Senators, and Congressmen do. Some even Democrat. And the irony of that statement about political vote vs what is right for the country (as he sees it, anyway,) he doesn't seem to realize that that is exactly what he is now up against as President. Elected officials representing the will of the people. The guy knew nothing when he became President, and apparently has learned nothing in almost 5 years. Not good leadership.

  • george of the jungle goshen, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 8:54 a.m.

    How can you trust any thing that they say when they say the shut down wont effect Vet's. Surprise, 25,00 wont be able to have death benefits, disabled Vet's wont get their disability, retired Vet's lost their retirement.

  • procuradorfiscal Tooele, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 8:48 a.m.

    Re: ". . . don't forget the deranged tax-and-spend conservatives."

    Great point!

    ANY lawmaker that engages in deranged liberal tax-and-spend tactics has forfeited the right to claim to be a conservative.

    That's what the Tea Partiers have been preaching for years. And we know it's begun to sink in when even die-hard liberals begin to grasp the concept.

  • T. Party Pleasant Grove, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 8:47 a.m.

    The shutdown could be ended tomorrow. The House has voted to fund the entire government, minus Obamacare. Why must Obama and Reid hold the country hostage over one bad law?

  • one old man Ogden, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 8:29 a.m.

    Procura -- don't forget the deranged tax-and-spend conservatives. Like Michelle Bachmann and her trophy porkchop - a $200,000,000 bridge across the St. Croix River.

  • procuradorfiscal Tooele, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 7:46 a.m.

    Re: "Tea party radical spins are what created this mess."

    You say it like it's a bad thing. Thank goodness someone finally has the . . . uh . . . wherewithal, to stand up to the deranged tax-and-spend liberals!

    The "mess" you speak of -- $17T in deranged, intergenerational debt, that we have absolutely nothing to show for -- was, in reality, created by the liberals, of course, NOT the Tea Party. Tea Partiers and fiscal conservatives should wear it as a badge of honor that they are being blamed by feckless, reckless, disingenuous liberals for the act of finally pointing out the emperor's state of undress.

    Real Americans carefully note and greatly appreciate it.

    Liberals whine.

  • one vote Salt Lake City, UT
    Oct. 11, 2013 6:35 a.m.

    Tea party radical spins are what created this mess.

  • Tekakaromatagi Dammam, Saudi Arabia
    Oct. 11, 2013 6:31 a.m.

    "The staff at the U.S. embassy in Caracas is still putting its fingers in its ears and waggling them at the Venezuelan government."

    Good. In the 1600's the English Parliament wanted to limit the King of England's (Charles I?) power. He wanted to raise taxes for something or other. He could not raise taxes without calling parliament into session. But as soon as he did that they would vote to have limits on his power. So he did all sort of budgeting tricks for ten years until he finally had to call them into power where they did something to the effect of impeaching him. Something like that.

    Yes, the Founding Fathers were aware of this action in English history. Alexander Hamilton made the point that whoever controls the money, ultimately will rule. Pres. Obama doesn't like being told no. Congress is not staging a coup. It is in their power to do so. Now, having said that, it may end up a big mess with our money being worthless, or it might end up like the sequester, (the end of civilzation as we know it) but it is still on-going and we stopped noticing it.

  • Kalindra Salt Lake City, Utah
    Oct. 11, 2013 6:06 a.m.

    "I think that it's important to understand the vantage point of a senator versus the vantage point of a president. When you're a senator, traditionally what's happened is, this is always a lousy vote. Nobody likes to be tagged as having increased the debt limit — for the United States by a trillion dollars. As president, you start realizing, you know what, we, we can't play around with this stuff. This is the full faith and credit of the United States. And so that was just an example of a new senator making what is a political vote as opposed to doing what was important for the country. And I'm the first one to acknowledge it."

    15 April 2011 Good Morning America interview, President Obama


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The shocking true story behind the U.S. military’s anthrax vaccination program.  A Call To Arms tells the story of members of the military who were ordered against their wills to receive the controversial anthrax vaccine.  A Call To Arms is based on the actual court transcripts of Corporal Jared Schwartz, the first U.S. serviceman to be court-martialed for his refusal to take the controversial anthrax vaccine.

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Offworld Trading Company: An RTS Without Guns

I spoke at GDC this month on the design and development of Offworld Trading Company, and video of the talk is now available online:

Slides from the talk are also available.

Designer Notes 25: Sid Meier – Part 3

In this episode, Soren Johnson interviews legendary game designer Sid Meier, best known for designing Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, and Civilization. They discuss why dinosaurs need to have ranged attacks, how deals go down on the SimGolf course, and if Civ games have an ideal length.

Games discussed: CPU Bach, Magic: The Gathering, Hearthstone, Gettysburg, Dinosaurs, SimGolf, Pirates!, Railroads!, Civilization Revolution

Offworld Trading Company GDC Postmortem

I am going to be speaking at GDC this year on the design and development of Offworld Trading Company. I’ve included the description below and a few sample slides. Hope to see you in SF – my favorite week of the year!

‘Offworld Trading Company’: An RTS Without Guns

Speaker: Soren Johnson  |  CEO, Mohawk Games
Location:  Room 3016, West Hall
Date:  Wednesday, March 1
Time:  5:00pm – 6:00pm
Format: Session
Track: Design

For ‘Offworld Trading Company’, Mohawk Games set out to make a new type of real-time strategy game, one that focused on economics instead of combat. Following this initial vision led Mohawk Games to shed other standard tropes of the genre, such as unit selection, on the way to creating a unique gameplay experience, one that de-emphasized micro dexterity challenges in favor of macro high-level strategy while still hewing to the standard half-hour RTS format. This postmortem details the twist and turns of Offworld’s design process, from conception to prototyping to Early Access to final release.

Despite the increasing quantity of games released each year, there are still huge areas of unexplored territory for new gameplay, even within established genres such as the RTS. The development of ‘Offworld Trading Company’ serves as an example on how to find these hidden kingdoms.

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This talk will be of interest to developers interested in the details of how design decisions were made while pioneering a new type of real-time strategy game. Developers interested in open development should also benefit as the talk will give positives and negatives from Mohawk’s Early Access experience.

Trump is no Hitler

Donald Trump Won Because Of Bad Game Design

The 2016 presidential election has produced scores and scores of articles about how Donald Trump went from a novelty candidate to the White House. Most of these articles will overreach in their conclusions because they will focus on his election instead of his nomination, which now seems inevitable in hindsight. However, a very small percentage of Americans decided that Trump would be one of the two candidates for Presidents; he received 14 million votes in the primaries, from only 5.6% of America’s 251 million eligible voters. Only 1 in 20 Americans are responsible for Trump’s nomination. Indeed, only 800,000 more Americans voted for Trump in the Republican primaries than for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic ones (and 2.9 million more voted for Clinton than for Trump).

This percentage needs to be remembered when contextualizing Trump’s success — it is far from clear than even a significant minority of Americans ever wanted him to become President, and many, if not most, Republicans were essentially stuck with him after he clinched the nomination. Trump only won a plurality of votes in the primaries as more Republicans (55%) voted against him than voted for him. In fact, Trump won because of bad game design.

State-by-state, the Republican primaries have widely different rules, but they generally follow a winner-takes-all philosophy. By securing at least a plurality of votes, Trump won all 99 delegates in Florida, all 58 in Arizona, all 57 in Illinois, and all 172 in California. Other states with hybrid rules still gave Trump the vast majority of the delegates – for example, 89 of 95 delegates in New York and 70 of 71 in Pennsylvania – just for finishing first. The intention behind this rule is to shorten the primary process, to keep Republican candidates from damaging each other with friendly fire during an overlong race. However, like many rules intending to fix one issue, this one created a new one — that the nominee did not need a majority of votes to win a majority of the overall delegates. Trump won with an exploit.

In contrast, the Democratic primaries largely divide up delegates proportionally, so each candidate earns delegates proportional to his or her performance. Sometimes, these results can be quite close; in Illinois, for example, Clinton earned 79 pledged delegates while Sanders earned 77. This system has the downside of potentially extending the race much longer than perhaps the party desires, but a candidate without a majority of voters is also unlikely to ever earn a majority of pledged delegates. Under the Democratic system, Trump would have gone into the convention with roughly 45% of the delegates (estimating from his national primary vote percentage), and his nomination would be far from assured, especially considering how many Republicans would have preferred anyone but Trump. The Republican Convention would have been a messy affair, but at least the party would have had a chance to avoid the worst presidential nominee of our lifetimes.

Let me repeat for emphasis: If the Republican party had used the ruleset of the Democratic party, Trump would not have been guaranteed the nomination. Although rules are written to favor certain outcomes, they must be judged not just by what they fix in the best-case (shortening the primaries) but also by what they enable in the worst-case (Donald Trump).

How should the GOP patch this exploit? One obvious suggestion would be to adopt the superdelegate system of the Democrats, which gives the party establishment extra votes to prevent an undesirable candidate like Trump. However, superdelegates are also an example of bad game design because they create a much more extreme version of the problem that the Republican’s winner-take-all primaries were supposed to fix — extending the primary race longer than desired, possibly even until the convention when the superdelegates actually vote. When Clinton did clinch the nomination on June 6th, with only six states left to vote, the ridiculous but technically possible scenario still existed that Sanders could win if enough superdelegates switched from Clinton to Sanders. Indeed, Sanders made a fairly remarkable transformation from decrying the superdelegate system as undemocratic early on to asking for their help near the end to take the win away from Clinton, a nakedly undemocratic move. The real question Democrats need to ask themselves is whether they would ever actually be willing to use the superdelegates to override a majority of primary voters as doing so would clearly be a betrayal of the process. If the party is not willing to use them in such a way, then superdelegates are surely more trouble than they are worth.

The answer – for both Republicans and Democrats – is a simple state-by-state proportional distribution of delegates, with no superdelegates, and the nomination should only be guaranteed to a candidate able to earn a majority of delegates (and, most likely, votes as well). This scenario does increase the likelihood of a contested convention (where no one candidate controls a majority), which could be a problem in the mass media era. However, as we have seen in 2016, the alternative is much, much worse.

Speaking of bad design, we could certainly spend time talking about how the Electoral College is hurting democracy, but instead, I would encourage everyone to write your state legislator about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which is a clever community-built patch for some legacy code with which we’re all currently stuck.

Designer Notes 24: Sid Meier – Part 2

In this episode, Soren Johnson interviews legendary game designer Sid Meier, best known for designing Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, and Civilization. They discuss how Sid’s stealth fighter was more interesting than the real one, whether XCOM violates the Covert Action rule, and when the world was ready for hexes.

Games Discussed: Covert Action, Railroad Tycoon, SimCity, F-19 Stealth Fighter, Civilization, Empire

Designer Notes 23: Sid Meier – Part 1

In this episode, Soren Johnson interviews legendary game designer Sid Meier, best known for designing Pirates!, Railroad Tycoon, and Civilization. They discuss using the Ayatollah Khomeini as an enemy, how Strike Eagle differentiated itself from Flight Simulator, and why the torpedo doesn’t go where the player aims it in Silent Service.

Games discussed: Pong, Floyd of the Jungle, Strike Eagle, Silent Service, Seven Cities of Gold, Pirates!

Designer Notes #22: Amy Hennig – Part 2

In this episode, Soren Johnson interviews veteran game designer Amy Hennig, best known for her work on the Legacy of Kain and Uncharted series. They discuss what elements from film can’t work in games, how many hours she averaged per week working on the Uncharted series, and how to capture great acting performance for video games.

Games Discussed: The Uncharted series, The Last of Us

Designer Notes #21: Amy Hennig – Part 1

In this episode, Soren Johnson interviews veteran game designer Amy Hennig, best known for her work on the Legacy of Kain and Uncharted series. They discuss what happened in 1977, how to make a platformer about Michael Jordan, and whether women are now being scared away from game development the way she was from the film industry. In true adventure game fashion, we end on a cliffhanger!

Games Discussed: ELIZA, Sea Wolf, Combat, Dungeons and Dragons, Zork, Electrocop, Bard’s Tale 4, Desert Strike, Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City, the Legacy of Kain series, Jak 3

Offworld Trading Company Podcast Roundup

I’ve been meaning to write this posts for months, but it always seemed like there was just one more podcast coming out to delay the complete list. However, I think we are now safely past the podcast saturation point, so if you want to hear me go on and on about Offworld for about eight hours, today’s your lucky day!


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Sew Classy Success!

Tonight, I offered my very first Sew Classy Sewing Class!!! Seriously all of my prayers were answered! It was the perfect class to start with! All of my students, I knew somehow and they all did a fantastic job and really made it so easy to teach them! Check out my awesome Sew Classy Students!
We held the class at The Mather Company, which is my husband's real estate company! Their conference room was just the right size for our little class! We ended up sewing an envelope back style pillow method where you use one continuous piece of fabric like this tutorial at Take The Side Street , not cut 3 pieces and sew around like I am used to, and it went so well! They loved that method and were excited to go home and try it again!

The first hour was spent working individually on each girl's machine! They learned how to thread their machines and wind bobbins and we kind of went over how to change stitches, etc. I was so nervous about figuring out other types of machines, but honestly they were all so straight forward and while we did have to look up one person's automatic thread cutter in their manual, it all went smoothly!

After that we cut fabric, ironed, and sewed! They did fantastic!
Carla, my sewing mentor, who's 3 year old son basically helped name Designs By Sessa, came to help and I was so glad she was there! I definitely felt more confident with someone else to help where needed! Thank you, Carla for EVERYTHING!!!

I really just give God all the glory. I felt completely in my element teaching AND sewing and sharing this love with other people! It's just so neat to see other people's light bulbs go off and gain confidence at something! It gave me confidence seeing how much I really do have to share in this area, too!

I definitely want to do this again next month and offer another beginner, beginner class. Then, maybe after that we can branch out and do some more "advanced" type things where less time is spent focusing on handling the machines! I plan to form classes on interest and projects and am thinking mid to late June, so please let me know if you want a spot!

Thanks so much to all that came and shared in on this fun! I had a blast teaching you!


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Can You Hear the Social Media Conversation?
Because it's going on all around you, and your customers are talking.
Posted Oct 20, 2009
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Happy customers are often equated with innovative and growing businesses. Companies have long understood that the key to maintaining customer happiness and loyalty comes from listening to where and how customers are talking about specific products and services, and in turn, creating a customer-centric organization. Once companies can leverage customer insight, they can take steps to learn, engage, and grow from this feedback -- a process that has the potential to aid in everything from product development to customer service.

This decades-old voice of the customer struggle used to take place in various settings: in-person, by mail, over the phone, or even through fax. Today, the struggle to interact is compounded by the explosion of digital communication channels from email and instant messaging to social media. As a result, companies are also faced with the simultaneous diffusion and amplification of customer feedback. In a world where 1,500 tweets are sent every second through Twitter, companies are under pressure to interact with customers across these new channels. And without the culture, process, and technology in place, a company's ability to understand and act on this deluge of customer conversations is severely compromised.

"Customer experience is one of the most critical determinants of brand strength and business growth," said Donovan Neale-May, executive director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, in a press release earlier this year. Emphasizing the need to improve Web and contact center technologies and processes, Neale-May added that companies are "missing a major opportunity to turn customer pain into competitive gain at every touch point."

The core of the challenge lies not just in the complexity of the channels created over the past two decades, but in corporate cultures that, at least initially, have tried to shoehorn old practices into new mediums. Even as companies begin to understand the different nature of digital channels and social engagement, they're slow to create internal structures, processes, best practices, and feedback loops to begin embracing the social media reality.

In some ways, this reticence isn't surprising. Many companies understand that the nature of the new and rapidly changing world requires them to continuously adopt, build, migrate, and support new methodologies and mediums. But they fear that just when they have it finally figured it out, something new comes along to confuse matters all over again.

Though trying to converse with consumers during this seismic shift toward social media outlets requires unprecedented transformation, it can also create limitless opportunities for feedback, sales, brand loyalty, and service.

A 2009 study by the CMO Council, in conjunction with Satmetrix, reveals that senior marketers admit their companies fail to take decisive, company-wide action to integrate the voice of the customer into key business and marketing processes. The study underscored critical deficiencies in the way companies measure, optimize, and leverage customer experience to drive loyalty, improve brand value, and increase business performance and growth. Therefore, companies struggle with:

  • insufficient availability and aggregation of real-time customer experience data across touch points that should be shared throughout the organization (Only 38 percent of companies gather insight from customer engagements.);
  • poor use of customer interactions to collect insights and intelligence or maximize up-sell and advocacy opportunities (Only 32 percent look for ways to turn problems into new sales opportunities.);
  • lack of online processes and systems that track online word-of-mouth and drive customer advocacy (Only 17 percent use the opportunity to identify and cultivate potential customer champions and advocates.);
  • intermittent or deficient monitoring of the customer experience to provide true and timely insight into problems and opportunities (Just under half report integrating and analyzing customer data, while only one in five has embraced intelligent Internet analytics.); and
  • too few compensation programs tied to customer experience, loyalty, and satisfaction gains (Nearly six out of 10 executives surveyed said their companies do not compensate employees based on customer loyalty, satisfaction improvements, or analytics.).

The bottom line: nearly two-thirds of companies do not have a formal voice of the customer program in place.

As Laura Brooks, vice president of research for Satmetrix said, "Companies must become more committed to leveraging customer experience as a key business metric, but measurement is not an end in itself." In other words, companies need to commit to improving their customer experience competitiveness.

All companies fall somewhere along the social media maturity scale which progresses from awareness, denial, acceptance, and change. Statistics from the CMO/Satmetrix study suggest that there is enormous opportunity for companies to move quickly along that scale. The good news is that while the landscape seems hard to fathom right now, there are some companies already leading the way, turning a universe of seemingly digital noise into actionable business intelligence. In doing so, these socially attuned organizations are finding their customers' voice and, in turn, growing their business.

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Blake Cahill (bcahill@visibletechnologies.com) is senior vice president of marketing for Visible Technologies, a Seattle-based leading provider of social media analysis and engagement solutions.

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BA’s Top 10 Tiger Prospects for 2007

Baseball America announced the Tigers top prospect list today. The top of the top 10 certainly looks promising, but the bottom half is full of question marks. Part of the thinning came from the promotions of Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya while the Gary Sheffield trade pruned away 2 other top 10 prospects in Humberto Sanchez and Kevin Whelan.

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1. Cameron Maybin, of
2. Andrew Miller, lhp
3. Brent Clevlen, of
4. Jair Jurrjens, rhp
5. Jordan Tata, rhp
6. Eulogio de la Cruz, rhp
7. Gorkys Hernandez, of
8. Dallas Trahern, rhp
9. Jeff Larish, 1b
10. Scott Sizemore, ss/2b

The problem with the list, and it isn’t so much the list but the players on it, is that there isn’t much in terms of immediate help. Only Jordan Tata, Jair Jurrjens, and Eulogio de la Cruz have had success above A ball. Brent Clevlen had a nice run of 39 at-bats at the Major League Level, but posted only a 670 OPS for Erie. He did show good on base skills drawing 18 walks in the AFL, but still fanned 35 times in 92 at-bats and only slugged 326.

I’d have ranked Larish higher, and de la Cruz lower (if at all) but otherwise the list is close to what I’d expect.

Gorkys Hernandez is a centerfielder who had a very strong season in the GCL at the age of 19. Scott Sizemore was a 2006 draftee who put together a nice season for Oneonta.

  1. Chris

    November 27, 2006 at 6:22 pm

    It sure would be nice to have a few more position player prospects.

    If the tigers still had Sanchez and Whelan this would be a pretty strong list. I’d love to see a couple of trades to pick up solid hitting prospects (I’ve seen Maroth and Thames listed as possibilities for that kind of move). If Dombrowski can find some talented guys to be waiting in the wings, the Tigers might have the pitching depth to sustain a lengthy string of good seasons. I hope so, anyway.

  2. Taylor

    November 27, 2006 at 9:21 pm

    I suspect DD will do some minor league prospect tinkering. We’ll see a move or two before the Spring. I’m sure of it.

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  5. MIguelito

    November 28, 2006 at 11:15 am

    I long for the day when Cam Maybin gets to the Tigers. They will be wise to work something out between he and Curtis, but wow, what a problem there! I saw enough of Andrew to know that he’s going to be as good-nearly as good, as Justin. And who did’nt enjoy watching Clevlen crack those long ones out. I think Jurrjens is a great possibility and with who we already have on the big team, 2007 is going to be really sweet. There is no reason not to be able to win 100 games. God, it feels so good to have our team back! (I also think Jeff Larish should be higher than #9 on the list – he’s good!)

  6. Chris Y.

    November 28, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    While there is not much immediate help, there aren’t that many starting positions up for grabs right now. 1B is clearly the exception there and I think Larish is not all that far away from being figured out, MLB or bust, and should be higher on the list.

    The real concern, I think, is the lack of a serious catcher prospect. The Pudge era is ending soon and we have nobody at any level that has shown promise. I have always thought that if we can’t secure someone soon, moving Inge back to C wouldn’t be too bad of an idea (as much as I like his D at 3B). His batting stats would compare much more favorably behind the plate and would immediately put him in the upper echelon of C, both offensively and defensively. Would also open up 3B for a serious slugger.

    Not that I really like that idea, but if things don’t work out for Pudge’s replacement it might be the best option.

  7. Joey C.

    November 28, 2006 at 8:14 pm

    Chris Y, I totally agree with you on this point, but I don’t think Inge would take to well to the switch. He’s made pretty clear the past few seasons how much he disliked catching, and I think he’s been bounced around enough as is. Move him again and he’s liable to freak out like Milton in office space and burn Comerica down.

  8. Kyle J

    November 29, 2006 at 12:27 am

    “The Pudge era is ending soon . . .”

    How are are we of that? He’s still playing extremely well in the field. Don’t you think Illitch and DD may pony up to re-sign him–particularly in light of the fact that his signing is what got the ball rolling toward becoming a contender? And I’d think Pudge would be interested in finishing his career with a team that looks be a contender, playing for a manager he seems to have a good relationship with.

  9. Kyle J

    November 29, 2006 at 12:28 am

    How SURE are we . . .

  10. Kurt

    November 29, 2006 at 1:07 pm

    Pudge has set he hopes to finish his career a Tiger. Whether he was just saying that because it was the right thing to say…

    But I don’t see Inge as an option at catcher. I think his hitting would drop back off. There’s no one in the organization right now, but I’m just going to have to put faith in Dombrowski that he’s made enough well-timed moves I’m not going to worry about the issue too much.

    Best case scenerio, we move Neifi there 😉

  11. Chris Y.

    November 30, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    Sorry guys, I guess I don’t see Ivan being much of a contributor on a 3-4 yr horizon. He may still have his gun working, but his bat is already in decline and injuries are a stif breeze away from being a problem.

    He’s an old catcher, we need to be looking to the future.

    I agree with Joey C. though, Inge wouldn’t like that idea a bit. And like I said, niether do I, but what options do we have right now? Shelton? It’s a ominous hole on the farm and we need to do something about it.

  12. Mike

    January 10, 2007 at 8:01 am

    I am looking forward to see where the Tigers play Chris Carlson this year and to seeing what he can do at a higher level. I think he gets skipped on all the Tigers prospect lists because of his relative age in the level he played at last year in his rookie year.

    But there is no denying that this guy can hit. He had the highest OPS of any player in the Tiger organization last year with over 150 ABs and as they say literally tore the cover off the ball in college when he played for the New Mexico Lobos in the Mountain West Conference where he was an All American.

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Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art of Living. To those who are not familiar with Vipassana Meditation we recommend visiting the International Vipassana website for an introduction. Additionally you may be interested in our answers to commonly asked questions.
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Bilingual courses are courses which are taught in two languages. All students will hear daily meditation instructions in both languages. The evening discourses will be heard separately.

Meditation courses are held at both center and non-center locations. Meditation centers are dedicated facilities where courses are held regularly throughout the year. Before meditation centers were established in this tradition, all courses were held at temporary sites, such as campgrounds, religious retreat centers, churches and the like. Today, in regions where centers have not yet been established by local students of Vipassana who live in the area, 10 Day meditation courses are held at non-center course sites.

10-day Courses are an introductory course to Vipassana Meditation where the technique is taught step-by-step each day. The courses begin after a 2 - 4 pm registration period and orientation, followed by 10 full days of meditation, and end the morning of the 11th day by 7:30 am.

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Red Meat on the Chopping Block

Changes in red meat consumption and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Three cohorts of US men and women. By An Pan and colleagues. JAMA Internal Medicine 2013;173:1328–1335

What is the problem and what is known about it so far?

Several studies have suggested that eating too much red meat is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. However, researchers typically only measure red meat consumption at a single time point. That strategy may be flawed because the eating habits of individuals are known to change over time, so a single measurement at the start of a study may not reflect red meat consumption over the years.

Why did the researchers do this particular study?

The researchers wanted to see whether type 2 diabetes is linked to changes in red meat consumption over time to either support or refute the theory that red meat can raise the risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Who was studied?

The researchers included 26,357 men and 48,709 women from one study, and 74,077 women from another study.

How was the study done?

The researchers asked participants to fill out food frequency questionnaires every 4 years over a couple of decades. They also monitored the participants' health over that period.

What did the researchers find?

Increasing red meat intake over a 4-year period by half a serving a day was associated with a 48 percent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes during the following 4 years, relative to keeping red meat intake constant. Reducing red meat intake was associated with a 14 percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Accounting for changes in weight reduced, but did not eliminate, the link between red meat and diabetes.

What were the limitations of the study?

This study strengthens the link between red meat and diabetes, but still cannot prove that red meat causes type 2 diabetes.

What are the implications of the study?

Limiting red meat in the diet may help lower the risk for developing type 2 diabetes

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D-Link, the end-to-end network solutions provider for consumer and business sectors, today announced the launch of the D-Link myPocket 3.5G HSDPA Router (DIR-457), which will allow users to securely connect to mobile broadband networks.

The DIR-457 is a mobile, pocket-sized router that is designed to offer download speeds of up to 3.6Mbps while using an UMTS/HSDPA SIM card. The sleek design of this router along with its built-in rechargeable battery provides users with portable convenience. It reportedly offers immediate 3G network access and sharing via Wi-Fi with up to 16 clients by simply pushing the "On" button at the top of the device.

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The D-Link myPocket 3.75G HSUPA Router is designed to allow users to access worldwide mobile broadband networks. Once connected, users can enjoy data transmission and media streaming on-the-go. As per the sources, by just inserting your UMTS/HSUPA SIM card, you could share your 3.75G Internet connection through a secure 802.11g wireless network.

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10 opulent, powerful and stunning cars we can’t wait to see at Pebble Beach

The Pebble Beach Contours d’Elegance 2014 is one of the biggest automotive events of the year in the U.S. What began as a way for rich, old men to show off their immaculate car collections, has transformed into a fashionable, laid back auto show where the world’s most prestigious automakers come to show off their latest, greatest, and most beautiful cars. The event has countless classics, concepts, and champions to grab your eye. In no particular order, here are our picks for the ten best reasons to look forward to Pebble Beach’s Automotive Week.

1.) Jaguar Lightweight E-Type

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Jaguar Heritage’s Lightweight E-Type resurrection may steal the show this year, with an uncompromising blend of authenticity and pure automotive passion. The featherweight E-Type was built to the exact same specifications of 1963’s sports car, implementing the six unused chassis codes from the original 18-car run.

2.) Ferrari 458 Speciale Spider

Ferrari 458 Speciale

The long-awaited Spider version of Ferrari’s 458 Speciale will make an appearance at Pebble Beach, although it will only be present at a private event for ‘special’ clients. The 597-horsepower stunner is expected to be the fastest open-top vehicle in the Ferrari range.

3.) Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo

Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo

Lamborghini’s Huracan has just touched down and there’s already a new version. The race-inspired, hardcore Huracan Super Trofeo is expected to show up at Pebble Beach’s ‘The Quail’ motorsport event, boasting stouter suspension, a bare-bones interior, and an upgraded engine.

4.) McLaren P1 GTR

McLaren P1 GTR

For those who thought the 903-hp, supercar-shredding P1 wasn’t extreme enough; McLaren is bringing a race-inspired P1 GTR to Pebble Beach. It features an extremely aggressive, angular look, 986 hp, and a spoiler that will make Ferrari F40s jealous. Oh, and it costs $3.36 million.

5.) BMW i8 Concours d’Elegance Edition

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The 362-hp, 113-mpg BMW i8 is already an exclusive way to get around, but BMW is taking it a step further with the Concours d’Elegance edition. The one-off hybrid wears exclusive Frozen Grey Metallic paint, laser headlights, and an interior dyed with plant extracts.

6.) Four Bespoke Aston Martins

Bespoke Aston Martin

Four customized Astons are headed to Monterey, courtesy of the British manufacturer’s Q wing. The bespoke team consists of an Abor Orange Vanquish Coupe, a cowboy-themed Vanquish Volante, a DB9 with pink interior, and an Amethyst V12 Vantage S.

7.) McLaren P1 and 650S Custom

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Not satisfied with just one entry at Pebble Beach, McLaren is also shipping a tricked out P1 and 650S to the festival. McLaren Special Operations’ 650S spider rides on custom ten-spoke alloys and wears a Cerulean Blue paint job, while the P1 sports an orange-accented color scheme and a gold-lined engine bay.

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8.) Aston Martin DP-100 Concept and V12 Vantage S Roadster

Aston Martin DP-100

Another British company that can’t settle for one booth is Aston Martin, who is bringing its DP-100 Vision Gran Turismo Concept and brand new V12 Vantage S along for the ride. The 800-hp DP-100 will be shown in the flesh for the first time at the event, as will the Vantage, which is the fastest roadster in Aston Martin’s history.

9.) Bugatti Veyron Legend Ettore Edition

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This gorgeous limited edition Veyron pays homage to Ettore Bugatti, the company’s founder. Its styling (and 41111 chassis code) are inspired by the legendary Type 41 Royale, and each of the three planned examples will cost around $3.1 million.

10.) Range Rover Sport SVR

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Pebble Beach onlookers will be treated to a viewing the most powerful Land Rover product ever, the Range Rover Sport SVR. The Range’s 550-hp supercharged V8 recently propelled the SVR around the Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 8:14, making it the fastest SUV to ever do so.

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Facebook has quietly started to provide local business listings courtesy of a new site it just launched.

The feature, which claims to helps users “find local businesses with the best Facebook reviews and ratings,” acts as a search engine that displays local services (painters, plumbers, electricians) currently listed on the social network along with its user reviews. Additional information includes a tally of the number of reviews for each listing, phone numbers, address, opening hours, and a short description. The feature is presently only available on desktop.

The move, spotted by tech blog Search Engine Land, sees Facebook muscling in on territory currently home to popular online listings providers such as Yelp and Angie’s List — and its impact is already being felt.

Since news of the new feature broke, Yelp’s shares fell around 9% to $26.87, reports USA Today. Angie’s List has suffered a similar fate (albeit on a smaller scale) with its shares dropping 2% to $9.24.

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The market depicts what is likely to be a worrisome outlook for online listings providers now that Facebook is on the scene. With 1.4 billion users and 40 million small business pages, the social network will be a force to contend with.

“We’re in the early stages of testing a way for people to easily find more Pages for the services they’re interested in,” Facebook spokesman Mike Manning said in an emailed statement to USA Today.

Facebook has increasingly courted small businesses of late, launching more plugins and e-commerce features aimed squarely at local service providers.

Angie’s List estimated the local services industry to be worth $800 billion this year, according to the Wall Street Journal. And with so many small businesses looking to boost their presence on the social platform, the new listings site is a seemingly natural progression in Facebook’s business strategy.


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Amazon is gearing up to expand its grocery business by launching its own selection of private-label food items.

The plan, uncovered by the Wall Street Journal, would see a range of edible items added to its existing Elements brand. The e-commerce giant has reportedly already sought trademark protection in more than 20 product categories, among them milk, coffee, soup, and baby food.

Elements, which launched in December, currently offers baby wipes to Amazon’s $99-a-year Prime members.

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As part of its apparently determined plan to become a one-stop shop for just about anything you can think of, the company is said to be in talks with several private-label food makers, including well established TreeHouse Foods, based in Illinois.

The expected move by Amazon to start selling its own line of perishable products won’t come as a major surprise to many observers, after all, private-label goods are a common feature of most major grocery stores these days. In addition, Amazon already offers non-food private-label products via not only Elements, but its Basics brand, too, while experience in the food-delivery business comes via its AmazonFresh and Prime Pantry offerings.

Related: Amazon now delivers local grub in Manhattan via its Prime Now service

But as the Journal points out, Amazon will have to take extra care if it’s to start creating its own line of ingestible items. Quality has to be assured, a fact it learned to its cost earlier this year when it had to withdraw its private-brand diapers from sale because they were in need of “design improvements.” It really can’t afford to make the same kind of mistake with fresh food.

The market for private-label goods hit an estimated $120 billion in 2014, a tasty figure clearly not lost on Amazon as it prepares to enter the space.