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Sorry for asking, but where did the name of M.O.B. and North Holland Hustlers come from? I never heard those names in the game, never saw it in police database and never heard about it from gangsters on the streets. M.O.B. and N.H.H. is the same gang for me, with the same members. Just African-American criminals, just like it was said in CW. --Orto Dogge 22:04, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, North Holland Hustlers were mentioned in LCPD database in Jayvon Simson and Marlon Bridges dosiers. What about M.O.B.?Orto Dogge 22:32, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
- I was right. There is only one black gang in the city, according the game data files. There is no M.O.B. at all. Page. Gotta. Be. Deleted.Orto Dogge 15:57, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- I can't agree with you... For example, Gambettis, Messinas, Pavanos etc. are different mobs, aren't they?
- But they all come from Italy. Or let's take GSF & Ballas (afro-american as N.H.H and M.O.B). Can they be united? Of course no. (AlSar)
- Families of Commission all mentioned in LCPD database. M.O.B. never was mentioned nowhere. This name doesn't even exist. They're just black criminals. --Orto Dogge 16:50, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- I agree that it's questionable, but it's obvious that M.O.B and N.H.H is not the same gang. Instead of occupying neighbouring borougs, they control very distant
- ones.
- yes m.o.b, and n.h.h. are different the lcpd database does speak about a firefly projects gang so we should call them the firefly projects gang.
- I never heard this name in game so the best variant may be to rename article to 'Firefly Projects Street Gang' or smth like this. (AlSar)
- They also spawn in Acter, Northwood, East Holland and North Holland. And in Firefly Projects as well. It's just African-American criminals. Not even Hustlers, because only two notable members of NHH were Marlon and Jayvon. We gotta think about this problem and the name of new article. --Orto Dogge 17:00, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- Well, where the 'M.O.B.' name come from then? Somebody's thoughts? And this phrase depicted in the article?
BTW how you add your name and time after you posts? (AlSar)
- There is a button "Signature" above, homeboy.
Look at the history of the article and you will see, that everything started from little article from ONE user, who wrote about gang in Firefly Projects. Somebody found this gang and add info about cars, then weapons, then appearances, then about affiliations and then all GTA community start thinking, that M.O.B. is the real deal! This is insane. Nobody wanna check nothing. And everybody believe, that there are Torres Cartel, Leftwood Hispanic Street Gang, Jewish Mob and M.O.B. in the city. No one know, why Jamaican called Hillside Posse or why Alderney Mob called Pegorino Family. And everybody believe, that there is real Gunthugs MC Clubhouse in Tudor. Insanity. I can't believe that everybody so lazy, than can't check anythyng by himself. --Orto Dogge 17:12, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- Tnx for showing signature, man. So this name is fake and all info is practically 'sucked from a finger'? LOL.
- You mean that I can suggest the name "AAGNAWHH" (African-American Gangsters Not Affiliated With Holland Husltlers) and it'll be considered as an official name later.
- GTW is not so exact that I thought before. Then article should be renamed, but not deleted. AlSar 17:24, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- Ha-ha, comrade,I understood that you Russian after this "sucked from the finger"! No way other countries have this phrase too! Я тоже русский.)) Рад встретить земляка здесь, тем более настолько заинтересованного.)
M.O.B. as Money Over Bitches was joke of black gangs to disrespecting of real Italian mobsters. Of course everybody believed, that this is the really name, because it came straight from the hood. I think, we need the article about African-American criminals in LC and articles about gang of Clarence Little in East Holland, gang with Jermaine Andrews as a member in Firefly Projects, North Holland Hustlers and little black gang in Acter. --Orto Dogge 17:30, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- I know that you're Russian. Это именно я писал про Раскалова, Петровича и ты мне даже сообщение слал. Ответ наконец прочитай!
- Closer to the article: I don't think that many pages will help. I suggest creating "Afro-American Gangs in GTA IV era" just like http://gta.wikia.com/Cosa_Nostra
- It should bear a link to NHH page and state some info about EHH and MOB, noting inofficiality of MOB's name AlSar 17:51, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
- Look at Jermaine Andrews file in the LCPD Database. It just called it "African-Americans in the Broker" or something. I'd check it out myself, but I don't have access to my PS3 right now. And the name "M.O.B." is said by some members of the gang ("What does M.O.B. stand for anyways?"), but it doesn't neccesarily mean that this is the gang's name. GTA: Chinatown Wars just calls the gang "African-Americans". -- Master Sima Yi 06:18, May 8, 2010 (UTC)
M.O.B. is just an abbreviation in black people community. And african-americans everywhere in the city can say this. So, may be I missed something, but what did you mean? Dosier of Jermaine says "African-American Street Gangs in Firefly Projects".--Orto Dogge 11:21, May 8, 2010 (UTC)
New name
After playing online for a while I have found that the same models that appear in Firefly Projects, and Acter are the same ones used for the Jamaican Gang in Turf Wars. MOB was not a good name, and Firefly Projects Gang wasn't explanatory enough for both territories. The current name could redirect to either Jamaicans, or Jamaican Gang and could have a disambig message (not to be confused with the Hillside Posse which should remain.) --Gta-mysteries 07:57, June 18, 2010 (UTC)I
It's clear enough that they're Afro-Americans, that's why they can't be of Jamaican origin. Then, they don't have ties with Hillside Posse which would be logical Multiplayer models are not exact, just to represent gangstersAlSar 08:45, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
I'm not saying that multiplayer can be exact, but in this case it is. Look at the Russian Mafia. Same models, and the Jamaicans are for the ones you would find in Acter. At some point it was in the article but got erased. I'm not saying the Jamaicans in Alderney have connections with the Hillside Posse, just that they have similar names. --Gta-mysteries 22:10, June 18, 2010 (UTC)
Why not just name the article to "African Americans", like they are referenced to in GTA: Chinatown Wars? It is the only given name in any of the games. We shouldn't make one up ourselves when there already is one just because the given one is "unfitting" or whatever. -- Master Sima Yi 16:09, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
African Americans are an ethnicity, not a gang. The current name is fine. Cerebral plague 17:42, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
- I know African Americans is an ethnicity, but they are listed like that in the gang list. And your personal opinion is that the current name is fine, but it isn't a fact. The guys who hang out in North Holland, East Holland and Acter are the same guys as these. -- Master Sima Yi 08:11, July 4, 2010 (UTC)
M.O.B is their name, as clearly seen in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Chimpso (Talk) 08:42, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
- Could you show us where that is said? -- Master Sima Yi 08:43, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
- When you play the Drug Dealing mini game, they are referred to as the M.O.B when the player receives e-mails and deals with them. I have known them to alwys be M.O.B. Chimpso (Talk) 08:47, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
- Could you show us a picture or something showing that? Because all I see is "African Americans". -- Master Sima Yi 08:50, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
- I think he is referring to "The Mob," I played all of the games thoroughly, and repeatedly. The African American gangsters in Chinatown Wars are just "African Americans," while the unspecified Italian criminal organization(I don't want to say mafia, because made men do not peddle drugs on the streets) are referred to as "The Mob." If you would just pay closer attention to details, you would notice that "The Mob" have common Italian names. Also, the only reference in the entire continuity of the current GTA4 universe to "M.O.B." is a random African American criminal saying "Does the B stand for Bullshit or Bitches?" D16x 08:53, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
- Someone already changed all the names on the articles. But if I remember correctly, it is mentioned somewhere in the drug dealing e-mails sent to the player during the game. But you may be right, they may be referring to "The Mob" (have not played CW in a long time, so I may be wrong). Chimpso (Talk) 08:58, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
Look at this video. The first name was in GTA IV. The NHH is in the Firefly Projects. And was the original MOB the gang with the overweight African Americans? Because I've seen other black gangsters. Here are some pictures:
And which platform do you have GTACW for Chimpso? And which one do you have Master Sima Yi? The platforms could be differing.
--Gta-mysteries Talk 08:40, July 13, 2010 (UTC)
- I have both the NDS and PSP versions. The NDS version shows them as "Jamaicans" while the PSP version shows them as "Yardies". As the PSP version is the latest, I guess Rockstar changed the gang's name as they weren't satisfied with the older one. -- Master Sima Yi 17:59, July 14, 2010 (UTC)
Depending on the actual name this article may need to be split. Which one came first wasn't it the NDS? And was the M.O.B. grouping all three gang types together?--Gta-mysteries Talk 18:06, July 14, 2010 (UTC)
- Nintendo DS version came out first, you can actually research all that information within the site. M.O.B. isn't a real name, it's something that a random criminal says, "Does the b stand for bitches or bullshit?" M.O.B. is an old term originally made popular by 2pac, which means Money Over Bitches. Before 2pac, it meant "Member Of Bloods." M.O.B. is more of a gang slogan along the lines of an outlaw MCs "FOOF" which would be "Forever Outlaw Outlaw Forever." M.O.B. isn't a name, more of a chant. The only name they are ever given is "African Americans."D16x 15:41, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
Guys there called M.O.B. i have seen wall griffiti in firefly projects were they can be found and so far twice i've seen 2 that said M.O.B. not to metioned the gang memebers actually talk about it in gruops on the courts.
Looking at it the wrong way. Gangs are not this linear.
You guys are looking at the gangs in GTA IV incorrectly. This isn't the GTA 3 era. Rockstar purposely made it difficult to identify the gangs in GTA IV. They are ment to be rigid, random, and very non-linear and non-cliche. This is because it is more realistic. gang members even associate and hang around regular pedestrians and other gangs from oppsoite neighborhoods - making it very difficult to identify rhem.
As for the MOB, no such gang exists. Rockstar made a gang with no name because it is more realistic this way. It makes them appear more numerous and realistic. The african americans in acter are technically completely different to those in North Holland. The ones in north holland are technnically different to those in Firefly projects. The North Holland Hustlers in the games story arc are completely different to those found on the streets, The fact that they have the same skins is just a matter of convenience for rockstar.
What rockstar was getting at was; The african americans could be a number of thousands of different gangs throughout Liberty City. Hell, even a group of african americans in firefly projects might be completely different to another group in firefly projects. This adds to the realism. In reallife new york, a single neighborhood can have various pockets of different gang members. The NHH are a story-only gang and have no influence on the streets outside of the story arc.
the only gangs in the game that are identifiable, rigid, cliched, and linear are those in the story (eg mafia, McReary mob, albanian mob, North Holland hustlers etc). Even if some of the skins are the same, the ones on the street are not.
What we should be asking is, which neighborhoods have a higher concentration of gangs - not which gang is which. Leave that to the story arc-only gangs like the NHH or the mafia.
HardCheeseSensei27 (talk) 23:56, January 21, 2013 (UTC)
Change Name
Can this pages name be changed to M.O.B.? African Americans is a race, not a gang. Boomer8 (talk) 05:05, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
^^^I agree. African Americans is a terrible name. What happened to M.O.B??? Thats what they were called and even the members on the streets called themselves that. And I'm pretty sure the police database stated that too. The African Americans in Chinatown wars was just a general term for African American drug dealers. Name should be changed back to M.O.B. This makes no sense. How do we even know that black drug dealing group from Chinatown wars was the same group as M.O.B from IV???~Strangle hold
They were never stated as M.O.B. in Police Database, so the name is not legit. The name of gang in game was Firefly Projects Gang, so article should be renamed. Orto Dogge (talk) 22:56, January 9, 2014 (UTC)
Big Changes in Article (need other people's approval)
I want to discuss with respected editors of GTA Wikia a delicate matter of renaming and rewriting the article about African-Americans. It was me, who first pointed out the fact, that there is no such gang as M.O.B. in LCPD Database. The article was renamed to African-American (like in CW), but became a bit messy. Now I want to remind you, fine people, the facts we know about African-American Gangs in LC and suggest to rewrite the article. Of course this is too big decision for me alone to make, so I want to hear all your suggestions and arguments. But please, let's not turn discussion into the poll. This is not about what we want, but about what is right and correct. GTA Wikia is the unique project with the most legit information. We should keep it this way, and we can't afford the luxury of well-sounded speculation.
So, what do we know. First, there is no Big Black Gang around Liberty City, only the small ones. LCPD Record of Jermaine Andrews confirms that, tying him only with "African American gangs in Firefly Projects", not any specific organisation. Some of this gangs, however, we know by name, such as North Holland Hustlers, who mentioned in Jayvon Simson and Marlon Bridges records. Please, also notice, that they are not mentioned in records of Playboy X and Dwayne Forge, so we don't have proofs of these two being in the gang, but this will be mentioned later.
Also, we know about East Holland Drug Gang, which is mentioned in record of Clarence Little. Please also notice, that this isn't THE NAME of the gang, but merely specification, because "drug gang" wasn't wrote with capital letters. Anyway, I find it appropriate to use this name as the name of an article, because this is the only official name we know.
Next, M.O.B. There is no such gang in LCPD Database, but people claiming they heard about it from pedestrians' coversations and found graffiti with this name in Firefly Project. I don't have any reasons to not believe in their words, so M.O.B. is probably the real gang. The question is, how large is it and what it includes. I think, that if police doesn't even know it by name, the gang isn't that big and obviously the whole article about African-American Gangs can't be named after it. M.O.B. graffiti can only be found in Firefly Projects, so I guess it's just one of the few small gangs in the neighborhood. There are few of them, according to record of Jermaine Andrews.
All African-American gangsters have the same pedestrian models, even North Holland Hustlers and East Holland Drug Gang. They're just, can I say, ghetto hustlers, just black criminals, obviously not major crime syndicate or organised unit. This is very obvious and legit information, but if you have something to doubt it, please, share it here and I'll be very glad to discuss it.
So, my main offer is to rewrite the article in The Families manner. We will write about it as about one big gang with it's many independent sets, such as, let me remind you: North Holland Hustlers, East Holland Crew, probably M.O.B. and others. In the sections of North Holland Hustlers and East Holland Crew we will give a link to the full articles. In the sections of other gangs, we will describe them with proofs of their existing and probable affiliations with known characters.
Liberty City isn't Los Santos, it doesn't have linear large gangs with color scheme and bloody rival. It's just many kids, who want to make money, as we can see on examples of such young leaders as Playboy X or Clarence Little. They're all independent organisations without strong hierarchie, focused on car jacking and drug dealing. Even Playboy X, who took over drug trade in North Holland and tried to get involved in real-estate business, immediately found rivals in young North Holland Hustlers organisation, which even has lieutenants such as Marlon Bridges. And they're obviously not in the same organisation with Playboy X, because otherwise they won't be rivals.
The perfect name for the article will be "African-American Gangsters", since in the police database it's called "African-American Gangs". We can't use the name "African-American Gangs", because it's already the name of the section in article about all gangs in GTA, and also this is the title in the list of all gang in HD Universe. We can use the name "African-Americans", just like it is in "Chinatown Wars", but I find it a little bit offensive for our dear African-American guests in this Wikia, because this is ethnicity and not the gang. In "Chinatown Wars" developers said African-Americans, when talking specifically about drug dealers. We're talking about the name of article about gang, so I think, that "African-Americans" is not the option. So, as I said, the best choice in my opinion will be "African-American Gangsters".
So, this is all I have to say. I need approval of other editors of GTA Wikia and the opinion of administrators, patrollers and other personnel would be good to see too.
Thank you very much for reading all this. I think this is very important to keep this Wikia from speculations.
Orto Dogge (talk) 16:11, March 4, 2014 (UTC)
- I just did some research on African-American Gangsters and now I'm certain: there is no such gang as M.O.B. Black criminals mention this abbreviation in dialogues just ONCE, saying exactly: "M.O.B. might stand for Money Over Bitches or Money Over Bullshit". That's the one and only mention of this notorious abbreviation and it doesn't even mean, that this is the gang's name. It's just typical abbreviation in black criminal's underworld, one of many. And graffiti tag "M.O.B." can't be taken seriously as the gang's name, because there are plenty of different graffitis all over Liberty City, that doesn't mean, that every single one of them stands for some gang. There is, for example, big and bright graffiti "Vice Squad", which looks like a typical gang's name way more that "M.O.B.", but still we can't be certain that this is some gang in Liberty City wnamed "Vice Squad".
- So let's keep the name M.O.B. out of discussion in future. We have only three mentions of African-American gangs: "North Holland Hustlers", "East Holland Drug Gang" and "African-American gangs in Firefly Projects". If you know any more new names mentioned in the game, please, share the knowledge below.
- Thanks in advance, Orto Dogge (talk) 21:39, March 4, 2014 (UTC)
New name
I've asked staff member Mikey Klebitz to rename article from "African-American Gangsters" to "Hustlers" for reasons, that presented below:
- This is somehow legit and official, since Rockstar called black gangsters Hustlers in the name of North Holland Hustlers.
- This is short and common term for black criminals in LC, since they are really hustlers, being separately and independently involved in all types of criminal activities, such as drug dealing, pimping, burglaries and carjacking.
- The word can be used to describe ethnicity criminals, since this is possible, but hard to reference Russian criminal, or Hispanic criminal by the word "hustler". It somehow belongs to African-American at the moment.
- It would look good at the other pages, just like Yardies or Rednecks. It won't look too official and eh... Cumbersome. You'll just be referencing to random hustler, who appear to be the part of the gang according to the game's files. Like: "Niko has to eliminate Hustlers who hang aroung the garages in Bohan" or "Hustlers can be identified by flashy hip-hop clothes...". It's more than just made up name, it really suits them.
I'm still confused about it, but I guess it's better than contrastically officious "African-American Gangsters", which doesn't suit the style of other gangs.
If you want to say your opinion about the new name — you're welcome.
Orto Dogge (talk) 20:00, March 19, 2014 (UTC)
The word/slang "Fam".
I just want to point out; because I've seen it in the trivia, that "Fam" is not a reference to the Families in GTA 5. "Fam" is a word or slang that is commonly used by African-Americans in urban settings, especially here in NY(where I'm from). Its very common for youth here in NYC to use the slang to refer to a friend.
- "a word use to describe your peoples. ones that you can trust dearly. someone you consider family"
- ―definition
- ""FAM means "Family""
- ―definition
In the context that the African-American gang from Firefly projects is using it, they are not refering to the Families. And I doubt during the making of GTA IV that R intended that, instead R was just going for realistic dialogue used in the inner city settings of NYC... ~Strangle hold
I absolutely agree and it probably didn't require the above elaborate explanation, but thanks for providing it anyway.
p.s. I cleaned up your copy&pasted quotes using the {{quote}} template. smurfy (coms) 22:46, May 15, 2015 (UTC)
Thanks :) Mobsta 22:16, May 16, 2015 (UTC)Strangle hold


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Pav Bhaji is the ultimate street snack from the city of my birth, Bombay. It's a mad mash of potatoes, onions, cauliflower, green peppers, green peas and spices, and you scoop it up with an airy, soft pav — an Indian-style roll.
Before moving to the United States, I worked in the Bombay bureau of a Calcutta newspaper called The Telegraph. The bureau was made up of a couple of dozen or so people, including four journalists, all crammed into four rooms of a high rise in Nariman Point.
Nariman Point is a mass of skyscrapers in South Bombay, and it is where a lot of the city's business gets done. It is cradled by the spectacular Arabian Sea, and is home to some of the city's biggest landmarks. Mantralaya, the state legislative assembly, is here, round and with a distinctive honeycomb pattern. There's the Air India building, with an ivory-white facade crowned by a rotating image of the airline's icon, an archer. The National Centre for the Performing Arts, where a lot of the city's theatrical talent unfolds. Express Towers, home to one of India's oldest newspapers, the Indian Express, where Desi started his career as a journalist. And the posh Oberoi Towers Hotel which was one of the targets of last year's terrorist attacks in the city.
Nariman Point is the city's skyline, and an especially panoramic one when seen from the Queen's Necklace at Marine Drive, a curving promenade along the sea that lights up at night. The promenade is fringed by old buildings with spacious, curving balconies that are fast morphing from homes into hotels and restaurants as the city of 20 million gets busier than ever.
But elegant as it may sound, Nariman Point also throbs with the red-blooded reality of everyday life in a city that is so big and so vibrant, it is almost impossible to describe its rapacious pace. The noise of thousands of voices speaking together, car horns blowing incessantly in the streams of traffic clogging each road, and the dust and pollution kicked up by these cars is a constant backdrop here, but one you soon learn to accept and ignore. All along the pavements straddling the high-rises, vendors bustle around, selling or delivering food and refreshments to make work and life a little easier for the thousands of people who pour in each day.
Chaiwallas deliver thick, milky, overboiled but still delicious tea in small glasses washed after each use by being dunked in a single bucket of water.
There's nariyal paani, or coconut water, the most deliciously refreshing weapon against Bombay's harsh humid summers. The vendor shaves off the top of the green coconut fruit with a sharp knife, flips open the top, and inserts a straw in it before handing it to you.
There's sugarcane juice, squeezed right in front of your eyes by passing long, bamboo-like canes through two metal wheels. A dash of lime makes the frothing green and very sweet juice extra delicious.
Vendors in makeshift stalls also sell all kinds of luscious fast street food, like bhurji, scrambled eggs, Indian-style, spiked with spices and onions, or vada pav, a Bombay veggie burger made by sandwiching a spicy chutney and a fried potato dumpling inside a bread or pav, among other treats.
With such delicious treats just an elevator ride away, it was hard to resist their call even as we slogged over our stories at the Telegraph bureau.
All four of us journalists were women, which made life at the bureau really fun (no offense, guys!). We had a small, narrow room lined with tables to ourselves. We'd take turns to make calls to sources on the only two phone lines and write at the two computers. In between, we gossiped about everything under the sun.
We had a lot in common. We were all roughly the same age, we all had very curly hair (which made us brand ourselves the curly-hair club– sounds silly now but it seemed hilarious at the time :)) and we all loved to pop out, at the first excuse, for some food.
We had favorites everywhere– there was a place along Marine Drive, a 15-minute walk away, where you'd get some of the best pani puris in the city. It was amazing how, as he served a dozen people at a time, all buzzing around his cart, the vendor kept count of exactly how many puris each of us had consumed, so he could charge us accordingly.
There was a new restaurant with a great salad bar we sometimes went to whose name I forget but which was en route to the Regal Cinema. In those times raw salads were not wildly popular in India (we Indians prefer our veggies cooked most of the time), and it made us girls feel just a little ahead of our times. 🙂
And there was a tiny shack on the sea just around the corner from us called, appropriately, Bay Bites, which served a delicious brownie. It was the perfect dessert after you'd devoured one of their tasty egg sandwiches (this was, of course, in my pre-vegan days).
But when pressed by deadlines, as we usually were, we'd just step down to a busy fast-food restaurant in the same building that served a delicious Pav Bhaji on the fly.
There are restaurants in South Bombay with a cult-like following for their Pav Bhaji, like Sukh Sagar and Kailash Parbat. But I can honestly say I've never met a plate of Pav Bhaji anywhere in the city that I didn't love.
It is hard to go wrong with this dish even when you make it yourself, especially once you get your hands on some Pav Bhaji masala which is quite easily available in Indian grocery stores anywhere or online.
In the past, hit by a craving for Pav Bhaji so far from Bombay, I would make just the bhaji, depending on the soft rolls I could buy from grocery stores here as substitutes for pav. But as anyone who has ever eaten a pav in Bombay would tell you, the store-bought rolls don't come even close to emulating the soft crust and pillowy texture of a typical pav — think of it as a brioche roll without all the butter.
So Pav Bhaji it was this week. The pav was just perfect, and both Desi and I– veteran Bombay street foodies– agreed that it was as good as the real thing.
I think I am still on a bit of a high. If you don't have the time to make the pav, feel free to use soft white dinner rolls from the bakery or supermarket– they work just as well.
Here goes!
Laadi Pav for Pav Bhaji
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups warm water
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp nondairy milk + 1 tsp canola or other vegetable oil for brushing the top of the rolls
- 3 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil
- Mix the sugar, 1/2 cup warm water and the yeast in a mixing bowl and set aside for about 10 minutes until the mixture starts to froth, indicating the yeast is alive and well.
- Sift the flour and baking soda into the bowl. Knead on low speed in a stand mixer or by hand for about 3 minutes, trickling in enough warm water until you have a dough that's smooth but slightly sticky (I needed 3/4 to 1 cup of water).
- Add the oil and continue to knead until the oil has been absorbed by the dough, about 1 more minute.
- Now place in an oiled bowl, turning over once to coat all over with oil, cover with a kitchen towel, and set aside for 2 hours until the dough has risen.
- Punch down the dough and divide into 8 balls
- Shape them into a slightly rectangular shape by pulling at the sides of the dough and tucking under on all four sides.
- Place the tolls in a rectangular 9 X 13 inch baking dish smeared with oil and lightly floured, or on a cookie sheet, close enough but not touching each other. Let the rolls rise for 30 minutes. They will join at the ends when they have risen, creating a slab that you break the baked rolls off from. (In India, laadi pav is sold in slabs by a vendor on a bicycle who makes his rounds each morning or evening. Laadi, unless my Marathi's really rusty, translates to slab in Marathi.)
- Preheat the oven to 370 degrees. Brush the tops of the pavs with the soymilk-oil mixture which gives them a nice color on top.
- Bake 22 minutes. Then turn off the oven and let the pav stand inside for another 4 miuntes before removing it from the oven and allowing it to cool for 10 minutes on a rack.
Bhaji for Pav Bhaji
- 1 tbsp canola or other vegetable oil
- 1 large onion , cut in a small dice
- 1- inch piece of ginger , grated
- 2 green chillies , chopped
- Paste of 6 garlic cloves
- 3 tomatoes , diced
- 1 cup green peas , boiled and then mashed slightly
- 3 potatoes , boiled, peeled, and coarsely mashed (I like to leave a few pieces in for texture)
- 1/4 or a medium head of cauliflower , grated or chopped really fine
- 1 green bell pepper , seeded and cut into a small dice
- 2 tbsp Pav Bhaji masala
- Heat the oil in a wide skillet.
- Add the onions and saute, until golden spots appear.
- Add the ginger and garlic and green chillies and saute another minute.
- Add two of the three diced tomatoes and cook over medium-high heat until the oil begins to express itself, about 4 minutes.
- Add the cauliflower, peas, potatoes and green bell pepper and stir together.
- Add the remaining tomatoes, pav bhaji masala powder, salt and 1 1/2 cups water. Bring the mixture to a boil, turn down the heat, and simmer another 15 minutes or until the vegetables are really tender.
- Very carefully, using a potato masher or the back of a ladle, mash the vegetables. I like to leave some texture in, so I don't overdo it, but you shouldn't have any very large pieces of vegetables in there.
- Check salt before turning off heat.
But wait, we're not done. I also want to share with you the exact procedure for eating Pav Bhaji. As some of you already know, I am not a stickler for cooking in exactly one way or the other– we each have to find what works best for us. But for Pav Bhaji, I make an exception. You do need to eat your Pav Bhaji with a few specific accompaniments and in a certain manner, or half the joy of eating it is quite lost.
Once you have the pav and bhaji cooked, slit the pav down the middle along three sides, leaving it joined along the spine, like an open book. Then toast it, cut side down, on a screaming-hot skillet with some melting hot vegan butter until golden spots appear. The Bhaji also has to be served hot, topped with a scallop of butter (or vegan butter, in my case). It is at once spicy and sour and incredibly delicious. Swirl the butter around the bhaji, mix in some chopped onions and chopped coriander, and squeeze in a few drops of lime.Now you're ready to eat.
Tear off a piece of the soft pav and dunk it into the bhaji and then into your mouth. No spoons and forks and knives here, folks. You can wash your hands before and after you eat. Even Desi, who can barely eat a chapati without a knife and fork, uses his fingers for Pav Bhaji. There just is no other way to enjoy it.Have a great weekend, everyone!
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For the first time in the history of the Utah Legislature, women make up the majority of one party in both the House and Senate.
The Senate Democratic caucus has three women and two men, while in the House, female Democrats outnumber men in the party eight to six. Overall, women form a 58 percent majority of Democratic seats in the Legislature.
This happens, however, at a time when the Democratic Party has its smallest presence on Utah Capitol Hill in 46 years, holding just 19 seats to the Republicans' 85. And women occupy just six of those GOP seats, or 7 percent.
Utah had twice as many Republican women lawmakers a decade ago, when they outnumbered Democratic women.
But that has changed, as Republicans elect fewer women legislators and the overall number of female lawmakers continues on a downward trend. Women make up just 16.3 percent of the institution currently, the same as last year and that's the lowest percentage since 1997 and down from an all-time high of 23.1 percent in 2001.
Rep. Becky Lockhart, Utah's first female House speaker, said it's difficult getting women to run for public office in the state.
"Women in Utah make choices about their lives; some of it is cultural," says the Provo Republican.
"Women are choosing to have a career or to stay at home. And those are good choices. Staying at home and being a mom full-time is a good choice. I don't think we should disparage that if that's what they're choosing to do. The challenge is getting women to understand the valuable contribution they can make that would be welcome; it's encouraged. If they choose to do it, we should support them."
Lockhart's counterpart in the House, Minority Leader Jennifer Seelig, D-Salt Lake City, subscribes to the notion that political bodies function best when they mirror the populace. To Seelig, that means more women.
Insight, experience • "We have a different experience and different insight living this life and it's important that that experience be represented," Seelig said. "So right now, in a male-dominated Legislature, everything about the institution is a reflection of who creates it. Formal and informal rules of engagement might be different; how success is defined, how effectiveness is translated, what power means, all of those things."
Senate Minority Leader Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake City, agrees women bring a different and valuable perspective to lawmaking.
"Do they come from a different point of view? Absolutely," said Davis, who was reared by his mother and grandmother. "They are the mothers of the children. They understand that side of the issue. The women in our caucus are very strong women. They're leaders. And they've proven it by being re-elected."
Sen. Luz Robles, D-Salt Lake City, who works closely with Davis, has been active in the nonpartisan coalition Real Women Run, which encourages women to run for elective office and to participate in politics.
"Fifty percent of the population in Utah is women; having that representation only benefits the discussion and policy-approach and the outcome of the Legislature as a whole," Robles said. "Women are able to articulate issues in a different way than men, not wrong or better, just different. It strengthens our state as whole."
Robles, like Seelig, says it's about representation of constituents.
"Most of your women in the Legislature are Democrats. Why? I don't think the constituents know. There is a big difference in how many women are in the majority party versus the minority party."
It hasn't always been that way.
Women and parties • GOP women in Utah's Legislature matched or exceeded the number of Democratic women in the Capitol for most of the 1990s and most of the past decade, according to Rutgers Center for Women and Politics. But beginning in 2009, Democrats began electing more women than Republicans even as the Democratic caucus shrank.
Rep. Becky Edwards, R-North Salt Lake, points to the long Utah history of strong women leaders, including Martha Hughes Cannon, who in 1896 became the first woman in the nation elected to a state Senate.
"Somehow we have morphed to this place where we are where our elected officials do not represent the same thing. I think our pioneer foremothers would be mightily surprised with the makeup of our legislative bodies," said Edwards.
A participant in Real Women Run, Edwards says the gender gap does make a difference.
"We see that even in a political environment that it further removes women from feeling like they have a voice in the issues," Edwards says. "It matters for public involvement in issues. It's difficult for women to feel like this is a relevant place for their voice to be heard when there is not a real presence by women on the Hill."
Dan Harrie contributed to this report.
Gender gap between the parties
Utah isn't alone in seeing women making far greater gains in the Democratic Party than in the GOP.
Of the 1,783 women state legislators across the nation, 63.6 percent are Democrats, 35.6 percent are Republicans (there are a handful of third-party and nonpartisan members), according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
In the U.S. Congress, a record 97 women now serve in the 535-member body. Democratic women outnumber Republican women by more than 3 to 1, according to Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics.


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TASTING ROOM: Portalupi Wine Co., Healdsburg
With all the new energy pulsing through the downtown Healdsburg dining scene lately, Portalupi has become an even more interesting destination. The lounge-style wine tasting room near the plaza stays open until 7 p.m., all the better to enjoy its plush purple sofas and Italian theme wines presented in 1.89-liter milk jugs.
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The team: Owners/husband-and-wife Tim Borges and Jane Portalupi met as children, followed a career in the premium wine business for nearly three decades, and then formed their own winery in 2002. Both looked to their Italian, winemaking grandparents for inspiration - Borges' tribute comes in a 2009 Antone M. Napa Valley Carignan Port ($36), while Portalupi makes her statement with a playful Vaso di Marina blend of Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon bottled in that half-gallon jug ($48, or $28 for 1 liter). Borges is also the winemaker.
The wines: Some of the grapes come from the Russian River Valley, such as two different 2010 Pinot Noirs ($30 and $48) that feature "famous fruit," my host said, name-dropping the Rochioli vineyards. The signature is the 2009 Barbera from Mendocino County ($36), while the 2010 Zinfandel beckons back to the Russian River ($28).
The extras: The lounge also operates as a mini cafe, pouring full glasses of wine and Port for $8 to $15, and serving cheese and salumi plates for $15.
If you go: Daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Portalupi Wine, 107 North St., Healdsburg, (707) 395-0960, portalupiwine.com.
Nearby: Williamson Wines, 134 Matheson St., Healdsburg, (707) 433-1500, williamsonwines.com. Toad Hollow Vineyards, 409 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, (707) 431-8667, toadhollow.com. Garagiste Healdsburg, 439 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, (707) 431-8023, garagistehbg.com.
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Some Advice for Significant Others
By Fred Penzel, Ph.D.
A frequent problem among those who pull their hair (as well as other obsessive-compulsive type disorders), is one involving the attitudes and behaviors of the significant others in their lives, i.e., husbands, wives, boyfriends, or girlfriends. You significant others can be of great help and support to the recovery process, or you can create many types of obstacles. Trying to recover from trichotillomania is difficult enough in itself, and when relationship problems are added, it just makes things that much tougher.
Let us first examine some of the ways in which significant others can be a source of difficulty. Then, we will look at ways in which you can help instead.
Probably the single greatest source of problems in any relationship is when one partner sets out to change the other. The most successful relationships are based upon unconditional acceptance. This is necessary because all human beings are naturally imperfect, so each partner must accept the other as they are, with all their strengths and weaknesses, if they are to get along. Please understand that accepting does not mean liking. It just means acknowledging that these things exist. Certainly we all have things we would like to change about our partners, but we learn to live with them because: 1) it is not within our power to make such changes in them; and 2) we hope that they will accept our own problems, weaknesses and deficiencies.
Truly loving someone doesn't mean being merely in love with the image of the perfect partner you would like to make them into. That ideal person doesn't, and never will, exist. Your partner is an ordinary, fallible, mistake-making human being, just as you are. To set yourself up to judge them as if you, yourself, were some kind of superior being is to egotistically imagine that you are god-like and totally free of all faults.
Throw away your blueprint! Trich is a part of your partner's life. They own it. It is chronic, and it is something they carry with them. It will not simply go away because you don't like it. Many things that we do not like exist in life. In order to have a relationship with this person who pulls their hair; you must accept that it is a part of the total package. Your partner may attempt to change this behavior, or they may not. In the end, it is totally up to them. The only one who can change them, is them. In any case, you cannot change them. Period.
Please don't misunderstand. Everyone with Trich would like to get rid of this problem, but not everyone is ready or able to do so at a particular time, for a wide variety of reasons. For example, proper help may simply not be available where they live. Don't criticize. Those with Trich feel badly enough about themselves already without that, and their self-image is usually very low. I have heard many sufferers describe themselves as "weirdoes" and "freaks." Imagine having to explain to the people in your life that you have actually pulled out large patches of your own hair because it feels good. Also, it is important to understand that one of the purposes that hairpulling apparently serves, is to soothe the nervous system. If you insult, threaten, or criticize, the stress you will be creating will only result in more hairpulling as they try to calm themselves.
Look at it this way: this is the person you love and have joined your life to. As far as we know, the problem is biological in origin and probably genetic. it is not simply a bad habit or a vice. Don't confuse the fact that they have pulled out their hair themselves with the notion that it was a deliberate act on their part. They are not to be blamed for having it in any way. It's true that they are responsible for helping themselves, but how can you justify making them feel badly about it, and what purpose do you think it will serve? What if something else that wasn't their fault damaged their appearance, such as an accident? Would you still refuse to be seen with them in public?
It might help to examine the source of the difficulties you are having with your partner's problem and look into yourself. Ask yourself these questions: could it be that, rather than empathizing with your partner and feeling sympathy for what they are going through, you are only concerned in a self-centered way with what others will think of you, when you are with this person whose hair is missing? Do you worry that you will be seen as responsible in some way, or that you will be considered abnormal by association? Do you feel that this change in their appearance has somehow magically made this person you may have spent years with into someone that you suddenly don't know and can't tolerate being with any more? Is this person's hair all there is to them, and is their appearance all you are in love with?
Even if you do accept the pulling, and your partner is actively working on getting self-control, it is not your responsibility to see that they are successful. Recovering from Trich takes a lot of work and effort, and can be a difficult task. It is a very stubborn problem. Unless you want to make a difficult job even more difficult, don't nag them constantly. Don't try to punish them with your anger, silence, or absence at times when they have slips or setbacks. Don't by to use guilt, with such statements as "Our relationship would be great if it weren't for your hairpulling," or, "If you really loved me, you'd stop." One of my personal favorites is the spouse who said, "I stopped smoking. Why can't you stop pulling?" As one of my patients told their impatient partner, "Don't you think I want to stop pulling and that I really hate being partially bald? Do you really believe I like walking around without hair, knowing that I did this to myself, and not being able to explain to other people what actually happened to me?"
Avoid the childish use of sarcasm and name-calling. It is an inappropriate way for one adult to treat another adult, and as a way to get someone to improve, it's crude and simply won't work. Finally, don't threaten to leave them. If you really feel you absolutely can't understand or accept it, and can't control your frustration with them, then leave. It is probably kinder in the long run.
A second major source of difficulty in these relationships is when one partner is supportive, but somehow becomes directly responsible for controlling the hairpuller's behavior. You can't want them to improve more than they do. If they can't do it themselves, it is simply no good. They won't learn if you try to do it for them. Even if you could get them to stop pulling every time you caught them at it, what would happen when you weren't around? Also, if you were to somehow take total responsibility for their problem, it would relieve them of ever having to take responsibility for it themselves, so they wouldn't. You cannot stand guard over them twenty-four hours a day. If your partner actually prefers that you take control of their behavior because they imagine that they are too weak to learn to control themselves, resist the temptation. You'll be doing them a big favor by allowing them to be fully responsible for themselves. Try to not get into the bad habit of calling their attention to their pulling. Don't waste your time whistling, snapping your fingers, waving, or otherwise signaling whenever you see them reaching to pull. Resist the urge to grab their arm. Suppress your impulse to yell or call out. Learning to be aware that you are pulling, and then stopping, takes a lot of work, even when you're motivated. If your partner isn't motivated, rest assured that nothing you can do will make the slightest bit of difference.
So having said all this, how can you truly be of help? The answers lie in the previous discussion. First, accept that the problem exists, and that it is not their fault that they have it. Second, understand that it is not your responsibility to get them recoveredit is entirely in their hands. It is purely up to them to change their behavior. Stay out of it and give them space to do what they need to do. Keeping their stress down will enable them to do a much better job. What you can do is to give unconditional support for their efforts to help themselves, and always be aware of how difficult it must be for them to live with this problem and fight it every day. Accept their lapses, bad days, and slip-ups. There may be disappointing times when weeks of new hair growth are suddenly pulled out in one episode. This is not unusual, and must be viewed as one of the potholes on the road to recovery. They may feel really discouraged at times, and believe that they cannot do it. Your belief in them can go a long way. If a pep talk is appropriate to the person and the situation, give one, by all means. Just be careful not to overdo it.
Couples encounter many obstacles in their lives together. This will just be another. Whether we like them or not, we are forced to accept them. Life is not like a card game where you can throw down your cards and ask to be dealt a new hand. Remember that to get through this, or any difficulty, it must be the both of you combining your efforts against the problem, rather than each other. If you would like to read more about what Dr. Penzel has to say about Trichotillomania, take a look at his self-help book "The Hair-Pulling Problem: A Complete Guide to Trichotillomania," (Oxford University Press,2003). You can learn more about it at www.trichbook.com
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One of my favorite images from The Book of Revelation, WOB for short, makes an appearance in Spencer's Faerie Queene. The valiant knight, Redcrosse, physically weakened after drinking from a magic fountain that induces sluggishness, is morally compromised through fornication, physical or allegorical, not sure which, with the evil Duessa, a lady of all things false, who is disguised. He is then assaulted and nearly killed by a giant, Orgoglio, borne of Earth's womb, who is stayed by Duessa's entreaties, she desiring to keep the knight for her own pleasure. The hideous giant is much taken with Duessa, and decks her out with a seven-headed serpent that recalls the WOB, which allegorizes the Church of Rome, at least for the Protestants.
So daunted when the Geaunt saw the knight,
His heauie hand he heaued vp on hye,
And him to dust thought to haue battred quight,
Vntill Duessa loud to him gan crye;
O great Orgoglio, greatest vnder skye,
O hold thy mortall hand for Ladies sake,
Hold for my sake, and do him not to dye,
But vanquisht thine eternall bondslaue make,
And me thy worthy meed vnto thy Leman take.
He hearkned, and did stay from further harmes,
To gayne so goodly guerdon, as she spake:
So willingly she came into his armes,
Who her as willingly to grace did take,
And was possessed of his new found make.
Then vp he tooke the slombred sencelesse corse,
And ere he could out of his swowne awake,
Him to his castle brought with hastie forse,
And in a Dongeon deepe him threw without remorse.
From that day forth Duessa was his deare,
And highly honourd in his haughtie eye,
He gaue her gold and purple pall to weare,
And triple crowne set on her head full hye,
And her endowd with royall maiestye:
Then for to make her dreaded more of men,
And peoples harts with awfull terrour tye,
A monstrous beast ybred in filthy fen
He chose, which he had kept long time in darksome den.
Such one it was, as that renowmed Snake
Which great Alcides in Stremona slew,
Long fostred in the filth of Lerna lake,
Whose many heads out budding euer new,
Did breed him endlesse labour to subdew:
But this same Monster much more vgly was;
For seuen great heads out of his body grew,
An yron brest, and backe of scaly bras,
And all embrewd in bloud, his eyes did shine as glas.
His tayle was stretched out in wondrous length,
That to the house of heauenly gods it raught,
And with extorted powre, and borrow'd strength,
The euer-burning lamps from thence it braught,
And prowdly threw to ground, as things of naught;
And vnderneath his filthy feet did tread
The sacred things, and holy heasts foretaught.
Vpon this dreadfull Beast with seuenfold head
He set the false Duessa, for more aw and dread.


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Yelp at 10 faces tougher reviews ahead
SAN FRANCISCO — Back in 2004, a few entrepreneurs thought it was high time to give consumers detailed information on local merchants. Their sites would offer listings and reviews aimed at digitizing what had always been word-of-mouth experiences.
All three of those companies still exist, but odds are you instantly recognize only one: Yelp. The other two ventures celebrating a decade in business this year are Judy's Book and Insider Pages, but the folks with the oddball name have prevailed.
"In the first year, we weren't so sure," Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman tells USA TODAY. "The site we launched in October of 2004 was clunky, and we were using it to write our own reviews. Then came the notion of the public contributing, and suddenly people got it. Now there's a living, breathing community of Yelpers out there."
The company, the market valuation of which is $5 billion, has enjoyed impressive growth. Its familiar logo is now planted in 27 countries encompassing 15 languages. More than 130 million unique visitors hit the site monthly, half of whom access Yelp via mobile. Some 74,000 local businesses participate in Yelp's advertising program, putting the company on track to make a projected $365 million this year.
More than that, co-founder Stoppelman believes his company has been integral to a cultural shift of power from store owners to the folks with the wallets.
"We're now in a world where customer service is paramount, where the good work local businesses are doing is amplified," he says. "But to continue growing as we are, we need to address three key areas."
The first of those is continuing to enrich the Yelp user's experience, which lately includes the ability to include short, Vine-like videos with reviews. "Seeing a picture of a great steak on Yelp is one thing, but we think hearing it sizzle is another," says Stoppelman.
The second target is continued international expansion, which included the $50 million acquisition of European competitor Qype in 2012. More recently that's involved launching in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Japan.
Last, "It's key we close the loop with local businesses," says Stoppelman. "Beyond helping them connect with shoppers, we want them to understand how the metrics we can provide can help their mission."
In fact, Yelp's relationship with local businesses is a mixed bag. While many see the value in paying to have ads for their establishments pop up during consumer searches, disgruntled parties have helped foster the notion that those businesses that don't advertise with Yelp will see negative reviews rise in prominence over positive.
Stoppelman roundly rejects the suggestion, noting that "you can have all the conspiracy theories you want, but all our disclosures are right there on our site, and there is no amount of money that would cause us to manipulate reviews."
Turning around that negative impression may be but a small part of the challenges facing Yelp's growth trajectory, says Greg Sterling, analyst for Opus Research.
"Business owner resentment is certainly a real thing, even though so far the strength of the brand and consumer adoption has forced companies to deal with (Yelp)," says Sterling, who says the company is missing an opportunity to diversify its revenue model by including in-app transactions with stores that would showcase Yelp's value to business owners.
But where in the past Yelp had to contend with Judy's Book and Inside Pages, today potential market rivals include Google and Foursquare, which are beginning to target users searching for local businesses. Yelp rejected a $500 million acquisition offer from Google in 2009.
"Facebook is also a wild card," says Sterling. "They've been halfhearted about soliciting reviews and such, but if they wanted to they could create a Places app and really give Yelp a run for its money. After all, there are billions out there in small-business revenue, and everyone will want a piece."
Evercore equity analyst Ken Sena also suggests the next decade won't be as easy for Yelp. His lengthy analysis acknowledges the company's impressive market penetration, particularly on mobile devices, but cites concerns about increased competition ("particularly from Google") and smaller new markets ("roughly one-tenth the size of early (Yelp-adopting cities), which represent 80% of current revenues"). Sena also cautions about inordinately high "churn," or the number of advertisers who opt not to re-up with Yelp.
Stoppelman seems game for the road ahead, even if it promises to be bumpier than the one he's been on.
"We're determined to do better at showing business owners how we can help them grow and, in turn, savvy businesses can take action based on our feedback and raise their game," he says.
"It's easy to forget what life was like before Yelp, but when I travel to places we aren't (there), I'm reduced to once again picking restaurants based on how many people are inside," Stoppelman says with a laugh. "I don't know about you, but those days seem like a long time ago. Consumers are determined to spend their money wisely now, and we're happy to be a part of that shift."


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Oscar Rerun: Heidi Klum
Why does Heidi Klum go to the Oscars? Don't understand why she's invited year after year. Nothing against her but there's just no sense to it. None. And didn't she wear almost the same thing last time? It was red, and kinda origami-ish, and if not for the hair, could you tell it apart? Not really.
Having said that, the accessories rocked.
Still…again…why was she there? HORRIFIC as this sounds, Jessica Biel has more reason to be there than she does. Jessica Biel tries to make movies. This is not a compliment. For either of them.
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Last week we headed down to the Wearable Technology Show in London's Olympia, where a multitude of new wearables were exhibiting, from UV activity monitors to responsive running jackets. Most of the gadgets that were on show, were versatile in terms of the applications they could be used for and the industries they could be used in. With some seeming to serve a recreational purpose, others had functionalities that could also be applied in retailing, healthcare and even military contexts. Here's our top picks:
- Intelligent Headset, the world's first 3D audio headset, made its debut along with it's own Zombie game that requires players to 'listen' rather than 'look out.' This also has great applications for the educational sector and atmospheric marketing.
- ViewAR showcased apps that allow customers to navigate through virtual environments by means of gesture control – beyond gaming, this has some very interesting implications for retailing and branding.
- SnapWatch showcased their fun concept – a rigid steel band featuring a display that can snap around the wrist thanks to the flexible nature of its display. The modern comeback of the eighties Slap Bracelet!
- A piece of wearable tech that might serve to motivate sports enthusiasts to improve their running times is the Glofaster running jacket – it syncs with the wearer's mobile phone and lights up as long as they are running above their minimal speed.
- A showcased product that is already on the market is the emotional jewellery by the British brand Kiroco Touch. Content in the form of images, videos or text can be stored on bracelets or necklaces and then unlocked when the jewellery gets into contact with a mobile phone. This won the award for 'Best Innovation.'
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