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Published twelve times a year by the International Men’s Club of Zug, P.O. Box 4241, 6304 Zug I Editor: Muthana Kubba • e-mail: [email protected] I Co-editor: Andrew Schoefield • e-mail: [email protected] IMCZ NEWS MARCH 20 15 EDITORIAL Our Stammtisch IMCZ Introducing…New members Ever since the IMCZ was founded back in 1979, the weekly Stammtisch has been an integral part of its activities. I THE IMCZ WELCOMES: remember in the mid-eighties, I used to cycle from Ram Ramphal Steinhausen to the Casino to attend it. It was held on a Ram was born to Indian parents round table then, with about 8-10 members showing up. in Trinidad. After completing his Later in the mid-nineties, we moved to a smaller table for schooling there he moveR d to four. Yes for many years only four of us used to show up: the London where he studied and late David Harris, Hans Willimann, Rolf Ekman and me. It is trained with IBM in comE puter only when the dynamic David LeBow joined the board in programming. Thereafter he moved to 2006, and became president in 2007, that the Stammtisch Frankfurt, Germany in 1973B to work for a bank got a new lease of life and moved bang into the centre of there. Three years later he moved to the Club activities. Switzerland and married his Swiss wife from M The venue was changed to the Park Hotel. We used to meet Graubunden. He has two daughters both were in the restaurant, sitting around one long table which was born and raised in LuzeE rn, now both are awkward for circulation. Later we managed to move into the working in London. lobby, which was a great success with standing tables Professionally he has been working with several M available for circulation and comfortable chairs for those companies always in the IT line. His last who preferred to sit down. employer was Ernst and YoE ung where he was requested to stay on for two years after With the passage of time, the Park Hotel became quite busy reaching retirement age. R with lots of new activities. On one occasion when the whole lobby was reserved, we were moved to the City Garden The family had moved in 1980 to Oberrieden on hotel, which is supposed to be an extension of the Park the lake of Zurich, where he remains active in IN THIS ISSUE Hotel and only 3-minutes away from it by foot. Many village activities. Besides having been a members found the new venue very cosy and pleasant. The member of the fire brigade for eleven years, he PAGE 1 service was better, it had free parking and was not as busy still assists the church with its communal lunch • Editorial as the Park Hotel. So that is how we ended up in the CU once a week and is a member of two hiking • New Members (See You) City Garden Hotel. groups there. He enjoys hiking, reading and • Future Events meeting people. HEALTH P.3 Come along, get to know the Club and its members, join in • Edible Insect the fun, have a good chat,a cold beer and enjoy the cosy continued on page 2... ambiance. Food Safety Guide SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY P.4 Muthana Kubba • The Social Impact Newsletter Editor of the Smart Phones [email protected] TRAVEL AND LEISURE P.6 • Biscayne Bay & Coconut Grove FUTURE EVENTS SPORTS P.8 • Extra-Wide-Open: • THURSDAY MARCH 5TH Skiing Brigels in Surselva Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. • From The Lanes • THURSDAY MARCH 12TH HUMOUR P.11 Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. TIDBITS P.12 • WEDNESDAY MARCH 18TH Bowling at the White Line Bowling Centre, Meierskappel Stephen Butterworth • Member’s Marketplace • THURSDAY MARCH 19TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. • IMCZ Rates • SUNDAY MARCH 22ND Expat Expo , Lorzen Saal, Cham. Edward McGaugh • Corporate Space • THURSDAY MARCH 26TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. • THURSDAY APRIL 2ND Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. • THURSDAY APRIL 9TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. • WEDNESDAY APRIL 15TH Bowling at the White Line Bowling Centre, Meierskappel Stephen Butterworth YOUR NEWSLETTER • THURSDAY APRIL 16TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. GOES PUBLIC • THURSDAY APRIL 23RD Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. The board had decided to • THURSDAY APRIL 30TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. make the current Newsletter • THURSDAY MAY 7TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. available to everyone. • THURSDAY MAY 14TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. Visitors to our site imcz.com can • WEDNESDAY MAY 20TH Bowling at the White Line Bowling Centre, Meierskappel Stephen Butterworth read the current Newsletter under About Us -> Current Newsletter • THURSDAY MAY 21ST Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. • THURSDAY MAY 28TH Stammtisch at City Garden Hotel Lobby. EVENT NEWS •IMCZ NEWS Your Club at the Expat Expo in the Lorzensaal, Cham IMCZ Introducing…New members Calling on all members to on Sunday March 22 drop in at the ExpatExpo THE IMCZ WELCOMES: and visit our stand. For the newcomers to Zug, a visit is Aaron Meredith From 11:00 till 16:00 hours Aaron is a native of Kentucky, home of the a must to get to know what R is going on and where to find it. For all the others, it is a won derful Sunday outing with your Bourbon Trail. He studied engineering at North spouse. You will meet so many friends and acquaintances and a wander around the stands will Carolina State UniversiE ty and business re mind of what you have been missing. • See you all on Sunday the 22nd, in Cham administration at Kennesaw State University outside of Atlanta, GA. AaB ron has spent the better part of the past 20 years in various manufacturing, innovation and business management roles in thM e forest products industry. He is currently Director E of Manufacturing with GP Cellulose GmbH, a role he has held since moving to ZugM from Atlanta, GA at the beginning of 2015. Aaron, his wife KathE arina (fom Bavaria, Germany) who he R met while serving in the US Peace Corps in Belize, Central America a few years back, and their 2 children Anna (5) and Dylan (2,) live in Zug and are already enjoying the Swiss life! Aaron enjoys travel, food, golf, many sports, and is always up for trying anything fun and adventurous. IMCZ BOARD MEMBERS Board Member bios are posted under the PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER NEWSLETTER CO-EDITOR following link: http://www.imcz.com/nc/about- Andy Habermacher Ronald Livius Ilham Yüksel Andrew Schofield us/board-members-2014.html . Go ahead and check 078 815 8837 079 651 8357 079 955 2287 079 338 0477 them out! [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT NEWSLETTER EDITOR STAMMTISCH AND MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR EVENT COORDINATOR WEBMASTER Muthana Kubba Amit Purohit Danilo Bertocchi Roger Brooks 079 340 2592 078 620 0242 079 202 4603 079 583 9935 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] INTERNATIONAL MEN’S CLUB OF ZUG P.O. BOX 4241, 6300 ZUG IMCZ NEWS March 2015 2 HEALTH• IMCZ NEWS Edible Insect Food Safety Guide Contributed by IMCZ member Remo P. Jutzeler van Wijlen, Head R&D Sponser Sports Food Ing. Appl Food Sciences, MAS Nutrition & Health ETHZ The growing, and increasingly prosperous, world population continues to drive demand for protein and is intensifying the discussion on the environmental impacts of crop of the Zygaena day moths, and the casu before marketing is indispensable. Certain food protein production (climate, pollution, marzu (see picture), a Sardinian cheese insects feed on manure and related organic biodiversity). There are further issues with the containing larvae of the cheese fly. Insects are waste streams, a fact which stresses the world food supply: animal production indeed quite nutritious, having a similar importance of assessing potential bacterial, efficiency, third world problems, and excessive composition to meat and contain proteins, mycological, and toxicological risks. However, vitamins, minerals and fatty it should be kept in mind that such risks will acids. The specific nutritional be greater for insects harvested in the wild value depends also on the stage than for those that are cultivated. Also, of development and the insects’ indigestible chitin remnants can accumulate in nutrition. Insects are mostly the colon and cause constipation, and – in consumed in their entirety, but people who are allergic to crustaceans and they can also be processed into shellfish and/or dust mites – pose a risk of pastes or powders and have allergic reactions. Chitin is a naturally recently received attention as an occurring polysaccharide of glucosamine alternative protein source to be contained in the exoskeleton of crustaceans used as an ingredient in food and insects. production. Of course the rise of insects from a traditional and But above all, the major challenge and crucial cultural food speciality to deciding factor for market success is industrial food processing consumer acceptance. Traditions and culture levels raises questions about are strong drivers of behaviour, and changing food safety. the behaviour of people – as well as our own – is one of the most difficult tasks. Possibly it consumption. Therefore, alternative sources of At present, there are no specific regulations for is necessary to mill insects to powders and/or food proteins are becoming increasingly the production and commercialisation of further process them to protein powders in important. It is not just about substituting insects intended for human consumption. order to gain consumer acceptance. If not, I animal protein with plant protein, where However, the requirements of the General estimate the market potential, from a similar environmental limitations and concerns Food Law apply, according to which, consumer perception standpoint, is far more exist, but also about more innovative and foodstuffs have to be safe for human promising for protein sources stemming potentially sustainable sources such as consumption.