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Anyway, I'm here and I'm ready to show off my newest pattern and giveaway fabric. So, put your behinds in chairs(not a requirement, just a suggestion) and we'll get started.
First off, check out the cute, little promo image I made for the pattern.
wow -- what fun! I've just "found" you, and have ordered your book, so I look forward to a lot of color in the future. And thanks!
Your pattern is so fun, and those fat quarters are amazing! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love the pot holders/coasters! I remember the days of running my kids around like crazy .. no time to do anything else. I was in a hurry for them to get their driver's licenses and then I worried about where they were .. and now they're out of the house. :(
The color wheel pot holders are stunning. Hoorah for a giveaway, & thanks for squeezing us in amongst your busy-ness!
I bought the cross-weaves when they first came out... and then recently got to use them again for a VQB - and I think the quality has improved tremendously (not that it was bad before, but it's amazing now!)... Can't wait to get my hands on some of this fabric!
I love these potholders! So cute and the colors are just beautiful! Oh my!
Who can resist fabric folded so beautifully!!!!
Andi xx
Love these! The classic color wheel is a favorite of mine. :) Thanks for the chance to win!
wow what beauties, I love the one with the black and white border. I've got your book on my wish list. Thanks for the chance to win!
lovely solids!
what a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
How very cute!
I love these! So beautiful! Always amazed at your creations! And I just got your wonderful new book in the mail today and am enjoying reading through it!
I have your book and I'm loving it -- I just made a quilt based on the sewing machine cover. Great giveaway, thanks for the chance!
oh yes! would love to add a color wheel to my kitchen...thanks for the pattern giveaway
What a great design! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love these potholders!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Thanks for the chance to win your pattern and those lovely colors!
I'm sitting. I'm commenting. I'm hoping I win.
these are gorgeous! love that you use a plate instead of a template! :)
We must think alike. I used a plate from my cupboard recently to make a pattern for a mug rug. Love your pot holders/coasters and the fabric is gorgeous too!
Nice looking solids! Thanks for the chance to win:)
When working in the Art room at school my eyes are always drawn to the colour wheel - because, well its just so lovely and beautifully colourful! Not to mention being a great teaching tool to help kids understand how to use contrasting and complimentary colours in their work.
Never thought I'd see one in the kitchen though! What a great idea! You've also sold me on using 'solids' as i am usually drawn to patterns.
Your work is awesome as usual :-)
I love the potholders!
When working in the Art room at school my eyes are always drawn to the colour wheel - because, well its just so lovely and beautifully colourful! Not to mention being a great teaching tool to help kids understand how to use contrasting and complimentary colours in their work.
Never thought I'd see one in the kitchen though! What a great idea! You've also sold me on using 'solids' as i am usually drawn to patterns.
Your work is awesome as usual :-)
Malka, my afternoon was just like YOUR ENTIRE day.
Just the afternoon hours put me in my chair for a bit of sit down.
Sometimes it just takes that time to sit in order to get the strength to resume our days.
I enjoy your love of CoLor.
Oh, yes, and your b&w.
I love your potholders! They are fabulous! :)
Gorgeous! love them!
thanks for a chance to win!! that pattern in adorable!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this pattern!!!!
I love the coasters! Great use of color. xo Mary Jo
these look great!
I am sitting and would love to win your pattern.
I'd love to win this giveaway! Thank you"""
Your colorful creations are always inspirational. Thx for the giveaway.
The coasters are great. Thamks for the giveaway.
Got your book recently and am really enjoying it!
I love the colors! love the pattern, too! I always think your creations are so amazing :-)
I love the color wheel pattern!
Oh my stars, I am kind of in love with this pattern. So here's hoping! :3 Thanks much for the chance to win them~
Love it :)
Oooh, I love this pattern and would love to try it!
ghlo AT telus DOT net
Truly loving your blog - inspired me to do my first ever quilting, last week! Placemats, but still. Love it!
would love to win, fingers crossed! such inspiring quilting you do!
I L.O.V.E. these placemats....I will start making christmas gifts as soon as I win!
Very cool looking stuff.Love the colors, would love to win, so if I do, yippee, if I don't, yippee for whoever does.
love the colors! the pot holders are too beautiful to actual use.
I just got your book today and am excited to dive into *all* of your patterns!
OOhhhh, Ohhh, Ohhhh.....pick me!! :)
You have fun giveaways....and I LOVE your book!
Love that rainbow of colors! :)
Love the idea of round potholders! I'm sitting! And dreaming about winning!
Thank you for sponsoring such a great giveaway.
Thank you for the chance to win the patterns and/or the fabric to do it with. :)
Love them! I have been very infatuated with the color wheel lately myself. What a fun way to use it.
So excited about this pattern. Saw it couple posts ago and have had it on my mind since. The colors you chose look amazing together!
I remember the days of dropping off and picking up and I actually kind of miss them! Love the pot holders. They would be fun to make.
Wow, I am just such a fan of your work. And it just keeps amazing me! These "color-wheels" just send me over the moon!!! Would love to win a pattern or the fabric!! You are just so talented. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.
Thanks for the giveaway. Such a fun pattern!
So COOL! I am so glad my behind got parked in my computer chair instead of the driver's seat for a bit!!
Oo, cute pattern and love the fabrics! Glad I am not the only one who spends hours trying to get the computer to do just what I want when there must be a quicker way...
Thank you for the opportunity! I'm looking to brighten up my home with stuff like this to celebrate the colors I so love, and these will be a great addition to the repertoire!
It's starting here to the driving/pick me up with three kiddos. I rather would find some time to sew.
Those circle pattern looks amazing especially with colors you picked. Wonderful creation!!!
i found your blog online...and then found your classes at the stitch lab! and who doesnt love a give away! thanks for the inspiration...
Love those pot holders. It would be great to win :)
They are really great! And the colours are amazing!
These are so cute! I love the look of the crossweaves!
I love these!
This looks great. It's just the kind of project I like to tackle.
I've sat my sorry behind in my chair (ahhhh!) this project looks like so much fun! Malka, I finally am going to get a look at your book- its on the way and sooooo excited. Keep the great ideas comin'-Julia
How cool - I absolutely love this pattern - it's gorgeous!
everything you make is so fresh and fun - good job! Love your book too.
Wow, I just love your potholders :-)
Ciao from Italy. I like your works very much, so colourful and happy :-)
I saw this fabric recently and it was so beautiful - I wanted it so badly but simply could not afford it at the time - gah!
I adore this rainbow colourway - please enter me for the giveaway
Keep smiling - it does get better - honestly!!!!
I love your wheel potholders!
Thank you for the giveaway
Looks fantastic (the pattern and the fabric). Thanks for the chance to win!
ooh, i could really use some strudel, a plate, and a pot holder...
Your potholders look fantastic!
I wouldn't mind at all if I won a pattern and/or some fabric to amke them. :)
Thanks for a generous giveaway!
Looks like fun, please count me in!
What a great giveaway! I'm always drooling over your stuff. Might as well make some of my own! :)
Wow! beautiful patterns! I love the colours you have used with these ones. :) Thanks for this giveaway!
Its all just lovely! Thanks for the chance to win.
So cheery potholders :) Wanted to try circles for a long time!
Thanks for the chance!
Best wishes
Great promo image. Fun with the colors! Thanks for counting me in, Malka.
id love to win!
Great giveaway. Thanks!
PS: now I see the Mac wheel when I look at the potholders... ;-)
thanks for the giveaway!!!
love the design! :)
This is one of my favorite designs of yours. thanks so much.
I'm just discovering the beauty of the solids. I was drooling over some last night on line. I'd love to win these!
Very pretty, very fun little project!
Awesome potholders and coasters!!
Love this pattern! My husband has just been painting all kinds of color wheels, so I think I haave to pay homage to his work with your coasters, don't you?
those moda cross weaves are gorgeous!
I love the coasters. Thanks for the giveaway.
would love to win the pattern and the fabric. but with already more than 91 comments, it sure reduces my success, but it is always fun to visit your blog.
Edith from Switzerland
Lovely creations - each one!! The solids look beautiful, too. Thanks for a chance to win!
What a great pattern!
Well, not only am I sitting but I have my feet up and a warm heater blowing on my feet/legs to keep me warm and cozy while I read blogs. What a life! :) I'd love to win your giveaway!
I'm sitting. And it feels soooo good. Yeah, fine, I'm sure it's better when you move, I'll just be lazy while the kid sleeps.
Wonderful giveaway. I love that the coasters look simple to construct but have some curves.
Gorgeous! Can't wait to make some for myself. :)
A fun potholder for my kitchen, plus an opportunity to teach my children about color? I'm in :) And I am ALWAYS up for fabric!
Those are not your grandma's pot holders. What a wonderful gifts those would make!
Fantastic! Would love the fab and pattern.
I can't say I miss those days of being a chauffeur.
this new line of fabric is absolutely stunning - thanks for the chance of sewing on it and creating something beautiful
Would love to win that great color wheel pattern! Thanks for a chance.
Life's all about color and your fat quarters certainly add a big dose of living!
The captcha word for this comment is "grand" - how fitting!!
Those colors are beautiful. Love the potholders.
I love that you confess all (or at least some) of your shortcomings! Thanks....that helps me to feel better about mine!
Oh, and did I mention - I love your new pattern.
This pattern is really great; thanks for the giveaway!
ap_lemos at yahoo dot com
I love your work! And I've been wanting to play with some cross weave cottons.
love the potholders! thanks for the giveaway.
Love these...going to order asap!!!
great giveaway!
You're in good humor today. *L*
I only wish I had some strudel to put on my plates here.
But I'd love to win this nice giveaway, so here's my chance.
Thx for the offer.
Thanks for the great giveaway! The stack of fabrics looks just beautiful :)
Love the colours! Thanks for a chance to win.
These are beautiful as usual Malka! I would love to be your lucky random winner this time!
Malka, these are great! Hope I am your random winner this time! erin
I love the whole idea of these! The colors are gorgeous and the borders set them off nicely.
Wow! I love your sense of color and style.
These colors are wonderful! Thanks for the giveaway!
I am very curious for this fabric, looks soft, thin and those beautiful, subdues colours!!
I've been loving the photos of your new potholders over on flickr. Thank for the chance to win the pattern!
These color wheel potholders look just great! Thanks for the giveaway!
So pretty! The use of color is beautiful. Sigh. Off to work. :) have to pay for the "habit".
Love the pattern! You are wonder with solids! Usually use shot cotton but you have inspired me to order some cross weaves. Thank you!
These are so cute, and my existing potholders are so gross. I need to make these.
Love the spring colors. I'm so tired of looking a piles of snow and ice.
I love these patterns, they are great and you are very talented. I would love to be entered in your giveaway - thanks!
The pot holders are too pretty to be used as pot holders. The fabric is beautiful. Thanks for a chance to win.
Love the colors and pattern. Thanks for the chance!
Pick me! Pick me! I love the potholders.
Pick me! Pick me! I love the potholders.
wow, I love that pattern. The colors are also gorgeous. Thanks for the chance to win!
Super cute pattern! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love, Love, Love the new pattern... would love to try my hand at these! Your work is fantastic!
love, love, love these coasters!
What a lovely little project this would be - and I could use little projects to get me back in the swing of sitting after a week down with a back injury!
They look so captivating, the fabric is lush, thanks for the opportunity to win
They are delightful, lush fabric! Thanks for the giveaway.
Goodness, how fabulous is that? Count me in please!!! I love the idea of 'make your own template' from a plate. I definitely have supplies for that!
thanks for the chance of winning. tired of shoveling snow, nice to sit for a bit. thanks!
Wow! Thanks for the giveaway !
We are a "Mac household " too....
that was my first thought when I
saw your pot holders....I love that
little wheelie thingy...
OK...fingers crossed !
It is enjoyable reading your blog and seeing the innovative designs. Would enjoy using your pattern (and the how-to tips) and those gorgeous FQs. This would be a fun out-of-the-box project for me. Thank you for the lovely giveaway.
Wow, those are way too cute! I wanna make some now too!
I would love to win. I really like those coasters. Judith
What fun! Thanks for the chance to win...
love your style, love your pattern, I want to make some too.
Lovely colours. Just what I needed in the cold...
Kind of how my day went, too. Thanks for the giveaway--I love the pattern.
Oh these are so awesome. I love rainbow solids. Thank you for the giveaway.
Stunning work! The pot holders are so bright and cheerful! I'd love to get my hands on some Moda crossweaves - thanks for the opportunity :)
i can sympathize. i only have one 17 yr old and i feel like i am always dropping her off or picking her up!! i would love to be included in this giveaway. the coasters and fabrics look nummy!!
Love them!!!! Choose me and I'll do the next round of dropping off and picking up :). Now how far are you from NC?
Oh I love the pot holders, coasters. Your sewing is always so colorful and interesting.
Love these patterns. You are so talented. Thanks for a chance to win this giveaway. Love your blog.
Love your patterns Malka. Thanks for the chance to win one!
LOVE these potholders! How nice of you to have this giveaway!
I LOVE your new book and the "delicious" use of color...! I will be in Austin late next month and cannot WAIT to visit the Stitch Lab, which I just learned of recently. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to win...I hope that I DO...!
I love your quilts, and bought your book for my niece who made the Strips and Stripes quilt. She is quite inpired by your work. I would love to win the fat quarters and give them to her to create something beautiful! Thanks,
I love the round coasters. I bought your book as soon as I saw it in November and used it for many Christmas gifts. Everybody loved the bright colors! I have started making coasters with some leftover potholder scraps. If I didn't spend so much time driving my girls around they would probably be sewn by now!
Love all your projects and would (dye) for a chance for this pattern and fabric.
a great pattern. thanks for the chance to win.
great give away. great potholders.
I would love to make these as gifts! Help a girl out:) I feel your pain about the Mom taxi.
Fantastic colour wheels.
I so love your work! Great Giveaway! Evin5 at aol dot com
love, love, love anything to do with color wheels & anything that you do!
yay!! would love to win this - your potholders are so cute!
Your ideas are a constant inspiration! Just love the color combos you use. I wouldn't turn down anything you're giving away...everything is so exciting!
What a treat for the senses!!!
WOW, these are so fun! The fabrics are so beautiful. Thanks
Pick me. I'd love to make some coasters too.
Wow, these potholders are fabulous! I love the fabric choice.
Fun giveaway! I LOVE your use of color & can't wait to give those shot cottons a "shot" in a project :)
Love your new pattern. Actually love looking at all you create. The colors always make me happy.
I'd love to win this, the possibilies are enless with those colors!
shannoncarman at yahoo dot com
Love this giveaway. Love the quilting on and the pattern those coasters and the colors of that fabric!
I love these - they are beautiful!
As always your work is stunning. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love your work. Thanks for the chance to win!
Lovely solids that she's giving away. Fabric can be so pretty. I also really like the color wheel. I've not made color wheel projects but have a few spinning in my head. Thanks.a
I remember days like that! I used to practically live in my car. My kids are older and only one needs rides but I still get interrupted constantly by the dog wanting to go in and out and for a walk. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
What fun! A new pattern OR shot cottons! I do love those colors. My local QSs don't have them I have traveled to the other end of OH to find a few in one shop! Maybe my luck will change with this give-away
Fantastic pot holders! I love the color combinations.
love the colors!
I always love your use of colour and would love to win. (Wouldn't we all!) Thanks for all the inspiration to those of us who lurk.
I am sorry that your taxi service sometimes interrupts your creative process. But it all for love isn't it??
The pattern is just too fun. Love the coasters/potholders. Thank you for the giveaway
Love the color wheel pot holders!
circles and solids, oh my! I love this pattern, and have resisted solids in my sewing for some reason - even though I love the color wheel - so this is a great reason to break out of my habit! thanks for the chance!
That is the coolest pattern EVER! And possible the best folded fat quarters - thanks so much!
Love to win. Thanks for the chance
Great potholders, great colors! you are really a color magician!
And the fabrics are so lovely, love to have them
Hi! I just ordered my new Pfaff Expression 4.0 super quilting machine!
You are such an artist and a big inspiration for me. Thanks.
what a lovely coaster/pot holder set. and lovely fabrics. thanks for a chance.


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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Photo of the Day: Omo S*xy & Son
70 comments:
- Ginika08 January, 2013 23:44
Cuteness abounds.ReplyDeleteReplies
Ladun,whr did u dig out ds pics cos its like 2yrs old. Had it in a family mag bk then. SlikkyDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 23:49
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 23:54
Ahn ahn, Ladun! This pic is old nah, over 3yrs!!!ReplyDelete
Abeg park well jor, u be learner?Replies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 20:18
lol@ park wellDelete
- Anonymous08 January, 2013 23:58
Cute ke??!!...d mama resemble catfish..pikin com resemble chimpy.Ladun welldone 4 all ur work oReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:37
Na wa oh, why abuse an innocent child, may God have mercy on you that you don't have an imbecile for a child.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:46
send your ugly pics to LL you beast. Beefer.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 02:39
Am sure afta u av 4kids if u re a woman o,u can neva look dis good!NEVA n if u re a man,let's c how good ur wife will b afta aving jus 1kid!n 4d child u re calling a chimpy,only God will judge u on dat.cos ur foolish ass can't evn create a pencil.odeDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 02:47
For your mind now,u don talk abi? SmhDelete
And you resemble obj+taribo west+balotelli+segun arinze. Wowo from hellDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 05:57
Hater oshi.hahn ahn.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 06:02
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 06:51
Must u hate??? Tufiakwa!!!! Send a pic of urs let's analyze..Delete
Empty drums make the loudest noise..
Must u show ur terrible upbringing by insulting the lil boy too??
Ur jus a waste of typing energy* mtchew..
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:10
You are evil,ur evilness is lengendary!!..yu reek of so much jealousy,I pity yu,am sure yur ugliness eyez av nt seen before,wogly. Human being,let's Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ ur own son na,idiot!!!...btw am nt omotola's fan,dnt dig her dat much,buh ur comment totally pissed me off,anuofiaDelete
- Omolara09 January, 2013 08:16
you are just a mad human being! i never knew people like you still exist. Hian!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:46
you fine, why people like u no get better mouth ur mouth look like black potDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:48
fine mama, fine bobo u are two lovely peopleDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:50
@least she fit burn, u don't abortion spoil ur womb, de beef another woman pikin .... Ode!!Delete
- dr van bay09 January, 2013 09:21
Hey ya! Why do you have so much hate in you? Is it her fault that the area aboki molested you when u were 5! And you are still living in ur auntys house doing omo odo? No it is not! So drop that bb before the owner comes to get you!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 20:20
all of u should stop givin dis person more commnts joh.. d one that strtd dis thread..u are wrong for insultin dem coz u know the picture is actually cute..na wa!Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:05
Seen dis pic sins last year but stil falln in love wif itReplyDelete
#rock gurl#
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:10
Dis picture is old.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:23
Old pic. Too old sefReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:23
This pic is very old nah, 2011 I think, still cute thoughReplyDelete
Ladun dis. Pic. Is soooooooooooooo Old now! Na wa o!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 00:46
very old pic. been on the internet for over 2 years.ReplyDelete
these are the kind of pics she s supposed to be putting out not deceiving herself that she is omo sexy..this pic shows a beautiful but slightly overweight normal modern professional naija wife and mother the other pics where she shoves her sexiness down our throats potrays a middle aged woman pouring her fatty tissues into dress designed for teenage girls and ladies in their 20sReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:04
.... LoL so after the advice about this ur stance on weight you still can't help but insult a mother of 4 kids..it will be interesting to see ur future spouse after 1 childDelete
i didn't insult her o,i commended her compared to the other pics she puts out there big diffDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 18:07
I hope that lady who wanted to marry you sees This. Loser like you. Big fag! You never comment on homosexual posts so becoz u are a big fag!Delete
lool in one breadth you said you hope the lady who wants to marry me in another you accused me of being a fag a beg chose one sexuality for me oDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 08:59
N u'all r insulting lucabracee cos he said the truth?!lool abeg tlk true,omotola bin sexy is disgusting!dis is ow I believe she shld always lOok!Classy over trashy anyday ooDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 09:13
so anyone who is not a homosexual hater or basher must be one of them....smhDelete
Dey look good.foooine Omotola!!ReplyDelete
Cute but this pic is old. Saw it about 2yrs ago. And that was where I noticed that she had probably done a tummy tuck or they worked on her waist line in the pic.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:29
You don't know photoshop then.Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 01:46
Anonymous 23:58 ur the most fustrated idiot on planet earth! Show ur face let's see ewu 10kobo ode!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 02:06
Hey u sayin mama resemble catfish n pikin chimpy..plz can we c ur pix n u don get belle b4, m sure if u eva get pregnant na monkey u go born! ODE ! U would just sitdon in ur stupid huse n miserable life n start insultin d work of GOD wen u can't eve create a finger! Stupid. Goat!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 02:29
Na her house for ipaye b dis definitlyReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 03:46
And you have the brain of a gold fish...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 03:47
I just love this babe.She looks like my wife!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 03:49
I'm not even feeling ds lady as much as I used to anymore. Well, that doesn't change anything. Cute boy thoughReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 04:02
this picture is veeeeeeeeerrrrrry oldReplyDelete
Very very cute pictureReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 05:22
Omotola is blessed.ReplyDelete
Beautiful pple, pls visit my blog, www.thebanquethall.blogspot.com for your spiritual daily. God bless you.
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 06:44
You went to root out this picture from 2010...you try Ladun...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 07:37
People just call anything "cute" to avoid being labelled haters. I don't think this is cute. there, I said it feel free to kill urselfReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:28
Are you from ALUU with the kill yourself line?Delete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 07:47
This is an old picture na.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 07:57
Anon 23:58,madness is in ur generation.oloshi buruku!!ReplyDelete
CUtie...Omo To segxy bi Omo To shan!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:07
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:12
Anon 23:58,madnes is in ur generation o!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:12
Anon 23:58 u r very foolish, pls send ur picture make we see wetin u look like.OzwoReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:14
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:16
Oo I love thisssssReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:17
Question--How come OmoT is lightskinned and so is her hubby....ReplyDelete
But all der kids r DARKSKINNED!??
Answer..dats because I bliv OmoT is NATURALLY light while her PILOT on d oda hand is a product of EGYPTIAN milk!!
Dat shit has turned him multicoloured..
Wif his black hands..
Wonder wat colour he is wif his shirt off!
Billie jeanReplies
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:05
LOOOOOL..U mean he is like also akalaDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 13:54
It's Omotola who tones in a subtle way. Her husby, i have no idea.Delete
U jus a loser.@anon 23:58ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 08:48
You are a big fool!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 12:06
bitter soulReplyDelete
- awosam09 January, 2013 12:11
i love thsReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 13:06
This picture is from 3 years or even 4 years ago!Abeg come correct with new pictures!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09 January, 2013 16:27
Seriously, the rate of insults and curses on this blog is so alarming!! Abeg u guys should take it easy. It is really getting out of hand. With all these insults here, one can actually tell the kind of individual from the cursing, abusing and insulting the commentators are. Abeg let's take it easy and try to minimize the venoms that we spew from our mouths. That said..abeg this 'she is a mother of four' thing now sounds like a broken record. What happened to our mothers that gave birth to more than four kids and their bodies are still well arranged till date, even without any form of exercise. Let's stop all these over hyping. They are fine as mother and kid..no excessive praises when its not rly necessary.ReplyDeleteReplies
thank you o GOD bless you plentyDelete
- Anonymous10 January, 2013 09:06
Am so happy wif u for dis comment!!!u shld go see Omot's tl n see ow pple deceive her up n down!!Omotola u sexy die,Omotola u classy,Omotola can sing beta dan ....,Ur reality show is d bomb ma,blah blah blah...Saying d truth is nt in vogue anymore oo,lol!pls let's all learn to call a spade a spade!cute pix btw,she shld learn to dress dis way more often(classy) instead of shovin by force sexy pix down our throats!Delete
Lol @ waste of typing energyReplyDelete

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Based on the CIA analyst created by espionage master Tom Clancy, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" is a blistering action thriller that follows Ryan from his quiet double-life as a veteran-turned-Wall Street executive to his all-out initiation as a hunted American agent on the trail of a massive terrorist plot in Moscow. Ryan appears to be just another New York executive to his friends and loved ones, but his enlistment into the CIA secretly goes back years. He was brought in as a brainy Ph.D. who crunches global data - but when Ryan ferrets out a meticulously planned scheme to collapse the U.S. economy and spark global chaos, he becomes the only man with the skills to stop it. Now, he's gone fully operational, thrust into a world of mounting suspicion, deception and deadly force. Caught between his tight-lipped handler Harper, his in-the-dark fiancée Cathy and a brilliant Russian oligarch, Jack must confront a new reality where no one can seem to be trusted, yet the fate of millions rests on his finding the truth. With the urgency of a lit fuse, he's in a race to stay one step ahead of everyone around him.
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A quarter of the way into Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit's far-too-long runtime, the titular hero takes note of a war-time portait in his adversary Viktor Cherevin's office. Napoleon, Ryan says, proudly identifying the subject of the painting. Ah, the nefarious Cherevin smiles. I see you know your history. You'd think we'd get a bit more academic sophistication in a film directed by Kenneth Branagh... hell, in a line delivered by Kenneth Branagh. But this is par for the course in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit's script. And even more problematic, it's the thing that sticks with me most only a few days after seeing the movie. Well, that and the fact that Chris Pine and Keira Knightley make for the most compatibly attractive onscreen couple I have ever seen. Aside from these standout elements, the film dissolves into a 105-minute (jeez, it feels twice that) blur of running, driving, choking, shooting, and the like.
But it's not a painful jaunt all the while, and this is thanks almost entirely to Pine. An actor who we remember popping up in early Lindsay Lohan movies and thinking little of, Pine has earned his place at the center of franchises like Star Trek and, this weekend's box office intake permitting, Jack Ryan. He maintains character and personality in the movie's heightened scenes of the first kill and pulling the long con on Cherevin. With a better, smarter script, Pine could thrive in an action hero role like Ryan, but here he's only left to occasionally cut through a staunch layer of boredom.
The other winning factor of Jack Ryan is in its female lead: Knightley and her character Dr. Cathy Mullins. Another pervasive charmer, Knightley manages to inject a wealth of vitality into the movie at the points most desperate for some flavor - so much so that we're not simply thrilled, but relieved when she shows up unexpectedly to tag along with boyfriend Jack on his mission to... to... well, it's something to do with stopping terrorism. Trust me, you'll forget the specifics as soon as you leave the theater, if not sooner. But the most impressive part is that Shadow Recruit actually gives Knightley something to do as Mullins. She doesn't just wait around and lament the life choices of her danger-prone boyfriend, she gets in on the action. And we're glad for it. Without her, it'd just be Pine. And as much as we like him, he needs somebody else with a personality to play off (sorry, Kevin Costner, but you're not exactly playing your A Game here).
In short, there's almost nothing to say about Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which in itself says a lot - it's dull, it's slow, and it's got two stars who deserve a lot better than the material they're dealt. Aw hell, maybe the sequel (yeah, we've come out of denial... it's gonna happen) will up the ante on the script, and not mistake knowing who Napoleon is for being a history expert.
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National Bankers Trust Corp. received approval Wednesday for a four-year tax break to create 43 new jobs and invest $6 million in a new corporate headquarters in East Memphis.
National Bankers Trust will move from its 13,750-square-foot location at 8245 Tournament Drive in Southwind to 813 Ridge Lake Blvd., after receiving a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive from the Economic Development Growth Engine of Memphis and Shelby County.
The company plans on buying the vacant 51,000-square-foot building on Ridge Lake and using 34,000 square feet right away, with the remainder available for future expansions.
The PILOT would save the company $588,649 in city and county property taxes, according to EDGE, while generating $824,887 in new tax revenue over the PILOT period. The average salary of the 43 new employees will be $42,906.
The firm said it had received multiple offers from several states to relocate its headquarters, including Fayette County, DeSoto County and Las Vegas.
FedEx will open a new distribution facility in Rock Island, Ill., in 2015.
The 189,000-square-foot operation is replacing a smaller facility in Moline.
Allison Houser is a spokeswoman for FedEx Ground. She tells The Rock Island Argus that the new building will be part of the company's effort to expand its network across the country.
Preliminary construction work on the property has already begun.
The company says workers will be transferred from the Moline operation to the new facility in Rock Island. FedEx also plans to hire additional workers, but authorities haven't said how many.
FedEx Ground is a subsidiary of Memphis-based FedEx Corp. The Quad City Times says the company chose the site in part because of its proximity to major highways.
Philip Moser, a financial adviser in the Memphis office of Dixon Hughes Goodman Wealth Advisors, has achieved the certified financial planner professional designation.
Moser joined Dixon Hughes Goodman Wealth Advisors in March and leads the firm's wealth advisory practice in Memphis. He has been a registered investment adviser representative since 2009 and has been working in the financial services industry since 2004.
Dixon Hughes Goodman Wealth Advisors LLC is an independent fee-only registered investment advisory firm owned by Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP.
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits rose 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 309,000. But the data was distorted for the second straight week by reporting delays.
The Labor Department says the less volatile four-week average fell 7,000 to 314,750, the lowest in nearly six years.
Applications plummeted two weeks ago when California and Nevada were unable to report all their data because of computer upgrades in both states.
A government spokesman says those states reported all the applications that came in last week. But backlogged data from two weeks ago may elevate the figures in the coming weeks, he said.
The broader trend in applications has been favorable, signaling fewer layoffs. The four-week average fell 6 percent in the two months before the computer upgrades distorted the figures.
While layoffs are down, companies have yet to rapidly step up hiring. Employers have added an average of just 155,000 jobs a month since April. That's down from an average of 205,000 for the first four months of the year.
That's a big reason the Federal Reserve on Wednesday held off slowing its $85-billion-a-month in bond buying. Those purchases are intended to keep mortgage and other longer-term interest rates low and encourage more borrowing, spending and growth.
The economy grew at a modest 2.5 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. That's too slow to generate hiring strong enough to rapidly lower the unemployment rate, which is a still-high 7.3 percent four years after the Great Recession ended.
And economists forecast that growth has slowed to an annual rate of 2 percent or less in the current July-September quarter. Consumers have grown more cautious about spending, while higher interest rates have threatened to slow the housing recovery.
A gauge of the U.S. economy's future health posted a solid gain in August, signaling stronger growth in coming months.
The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading indicators increased 0.7 percent in August from July. That followed a 0.5 percent gain in July from June.
The index is designed to signal economic conditions over the next three to six months.
Conference Board economists said that the solid gains in July and August were a good sign following an earlier slowdown.
"The latest reading points to more pep in the pace of economic activity in the near term," said Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein. "One unknown is how resilient confidence will remain, both consumer and business, given the mixed signals from the housing and labor markets."
Goldstein said another unknown is how confidence will be affected by the upcoming debates over passing a federal budget to avoid a government shutdown and raising the borrowing ceiling to avoid a market-rattling default on the government's debt.
The gain in the index in August was driven by strength in the labor market and financial sectors as well as by rising manufacturing orders. There was weakness in residential construction and consumer expectations.
Countywide school board members voted down a resolution Tuesday, Sept. 17, by board member David Pickler to call for a moratorium on the approval of any new charter schools statewide until the 2016-2017 school year. Pickler cited the financial impact of charter schools on the school system, as well as legislative proposals pending in the Tennessee Legislature that would allow even more charter schools, some requiring only state approval with no local school board approval.
The resolution also would have questioned the constitutionality of the state's current law, which has no limits on the number of charter schools that the state can have with local school board approval.
Pickler argued it was a necessary statement, but other board members were opposed to a moratorium or joining in any kind of lawsuit over the existing charter schools law.
In other action, the board welcomed its newest member, Shante Avant, who the Shelby County Commission appointed earlier this month to fill the vacancy in District 6. Avant took the oath of office before the school board meeting, its first in the auditorium at the Board of Education building, where the Memphis City Schools board used to meet.
Board members also elected Kevin Woods as the board's new chairman and Chris Caldwell as vice chairman. Both assume their duties with the next school board meeting in October.
The Memphis City Council has approved the reappointment of Al Bright Jr. as chairman of the Economic Development Growth Engine. The Shelby County Commission had previously approved Bright's reappointment by Wharton and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell.
In committee sessions Tuesday, Sept. 17, council member Harold Collins said his proposal to decrease the percentage of city property tax abatements awarded by the EDGE board via payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements – or PILOTs – from 90 percent to 75 percent would be back before the council in December.
Collins said he is working on details of a final draft as he hears from business leaders and others on the impact. The 75 percent figure is the percentage used in the abatement of Shelby County property taxes.
There was no discussion Tuesday of the still-pending proposal to set the city's monthly solid waste fee at $25.05 and kick off a phased-in plan over several years to fundamentally change city sanitation services and provide a monthly retirement supplement up to $1,000 for sanitation workers.
The ordinance to raise the solid waste fee was approved on the second of three readings Tuesday with no discussion, and third and final reading set for the council's Oct. 1 session.
In other action, the council approved three radio transmission towers at Omar Robinson Road and Holmes Street for Flinn Broadcasting Inc. Council member Shea Flinn, who works for the broadcasting company, recused himself from the vote.
The council also approved a $60,000 appropriation for repair work at the Gaston Community Center in South Memphis.
The Federal Reserve has a more downbeat outlook on the U.S. economy for 2013 and 2014 than it did three months ago.
The Fed predicts that the economy will grow just 2 percent to 2.3 percent this year, down from its previous forecast in June of 2.3 percent to 2.6 percent growth.
Next year's economic growth will be a barely healthy 3 percent, the Fed predicts.
But the Fed's policymakers expect the unemployment rate to fall to 7.1 percent to 7.3 percent by the end of 2013, slightly below its June forecast of 7.2 percent to 7.3 percent. It predicts that unemployment will fall as low as 6.4 percent next year, down from 6.5 percent in its June forecast.
The unemployment rate is now 7.3 percent.
U.S. chief executives are less optimistic about the economy, according to a survey released Wednesday. The survey also indicates that disagreements over the 2014 budget and raising the debt ceiling in Washington are making them cautious about hiring.
The Business Roundtable said that its quarterly index, which measures the economic outlook of CEOs from the largest U.S. companies, fell to 79.1 in the third quarter from 84.3 in the previous quarter. Any reading above 50 suggests expansion.
The group said that 50 percent of the CEOs surveyed said the stalemate in Washington is having a negative impact on their plans for hiring additional employees over the next six months.
Of the CEOs surveyed, 32 percent said that they expect to increase hiring in the next six months. That's unchanged from the survey in the previous quarter. Forty-four percent said that there will be no change in their hiring plans, up from 42 percent in the second quarter. And 24 percent said that they expect to decrease hiring, down from 26 percent in the previous quarter.
Tourism leaders from around Tennessee are hoping a new strategic plan will attract more visitors to the state and turn it into one of the nation's top 10 travel destinations.
The Tennessean reports the plan, which was to be released Wednesday, was put together by the Tennessee Tourism Committee, which was formed by Gov. Bill Haslam shortly after he took office in 2011.
Some recommendations in the plan include establishing a Tennessee-specific brand for tourism attractions, developing a market plan that focuses on key markets and encourages longer stays, putting together a network of festivals and events that focus on music and targeting the youth sports market.
President Barack Obama, facing a budget showdown with Congress, called on some of the nation's top corporate executives Wednesday to use their influence with Congress to avoid a potentially damaging confrontation over the nation's debt ceiling.
Obama reiterated his vow not to negotiate with Republicans over raising the borrowing limit, which the government is about to hit as early as next month. And he blamed "a faction" of the GOP that he said is trying to eliminate his health care law by threatening a government shutdown or a default on the debt.
"We're not going to set up a situation where the full faith and credit of the United States is put on the table every year or every year and a half and we go through some sort of terrifying financial brinksmanship because of some ideological arguments that people are having about some particular issue of the day," Obama told members of the Business Roundtable.
He argued that the modest economic recovery would be hurt if Republican lawmakers can't work with Democrats to pass a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.
Highwoods Properties has filed a $27.5 million building permit to start construction of International Paper's new office tower.
Highwoods filed the permit to build a "nine-story core & shell building" for the Memphis-based company.
The new tower will be International Paper's fourth building at its East Memphis office campus and is part of the company's headquarters expansion.
Earlier this year, the Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine granted International Paper a $56.9 million payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive to persuade the company to stay in Memphis and expand. IP will retain 2,274 high-paying jobs in Memphis, add 101 new employees and build the fourth office tower.
The new tower is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2015.
Bikram Yoga Memphis owners Christine Boyer and Isaac Christopher have signed a lease to open a new studio at Overton Square, pushing occupancy at the revived district close to 80 percent.
Boyer and Christopher signed a 3,500-square-foot lease on the second floor of the building that formerly housed the ice-skating rink and Palm Court Restaurant, joining Cardio Barre.
"Bikram is exactly the type of established destination tenant we wanted for the second floor of the old Palm Court building," said Aaron Petree, vice president of brokerage for Loeb Properties. "They will be a great complement to the existing tenants and will offer Overton Square patrons another option for healthy living."
Bikram Yoga Memphis opened in 2005 on Sanderlin Center in East Memphis. Opening a new location at Overton Square, which will be called Bikram Hot Yoga Memphis, will help the company reach a much wider audience, Christopher said. The new location is expected to open this winter.
Bikram Yoga uses heat and 26 different poses to work every part of the body.
The hot yoga room will use an advanced heating system with fresh air circulation, and the flooring will be built with closed-cell, anti-microbial technology.
In addition to yoga, Bikram Hot Yoga Memphis will offer deep tissue and sports massage therapy, Ayurvedic therapies, education and private consultations.
The Bikram Hot Yoga Memphis lease brings Overton Square to 78 percent.
Ten nonprofit groups in Memphis have been chosen to receive $1,000 grants as part of Wells Fargo's Days of Giving program.
The program has exceeded $500,000 in donations to Memphis-area groups since it began four years ago.
The nonprofits awarded grants this week include the Bodine School, Center for Southern Folklore, Grace House of Memphis, March of Dimes Foundation – Memphis, Memphis Child Advocacy Center, Memphis Oral School for the Deaf, Memphis Union Mission, Retrieving Freedom Inc., Wings Cancer Foundation and Women Identity Purpose Organization.
U.S. homebuilders' confidence in the housing market held this month at its highest level in nearly eight years. But builders are starting to worry that sales may slow if mortgage rates continue to rise.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Tuesday registered at 58 this month. That's unchanged from August, which was revised down from an initial reading of 59. Readings above 50 indicate more builders view sales conditions as good, rather than poor.
In the latest survey, which included 264 respondents, a measure of current sales conditions was unchanged, while a gauge of traffic by prospective buyers rose one point. But builders' outlook for single-family home sales over the next six months fell three points.
"While builder confidence is holding at the highest level in nearly eight years, many are reporting some hesitancy on the part of buyers due to the sharp increase in interest rates," said Rick Judson, the NAHB's chairman.
Mortgage rates have risen more than a full percentage point since May, when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke first indicated the Fed could slow its $85 billion a month in bond buying this year.
Plans to re-establish a local chapter of Business and Professional Women of Tennessee are moving ahead, after the organization's Jackson-area chapter voted unanimously to sponsor the local group.
The motion was made by state president Jacque Hillman at the Jackson group's monthly meeting, which was attended by two of the Memphians seeking to restart the local chapter.
"Obtaining Jackson as a sponsor is a great benefit for us," said Martha Ervin, one of the Memphis-area organizers, in an email. She added that the Jackson chapter had been in a similar situation in which membership had dropped off significantly, but that instead of folding, as the East Memphis/Greater Memphis chapter did last year, the Jackson group developed a plan and has grown to more than 30 members.
Ervin is finance chair for Business and Professional Women of Tennessee, the state affiliate of the BPW Foundation. The national group is an advocate for women on work-life balance and workplace equity issues.
The Kindness Revolution, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of values like kindness in leadership, customer service, schools and communities, has honored Evolve Bank & Trust as the "Kind Company of the Month."
Jo Garner, an Evolve loan officer, was given the "Spirit of Kindness" award.
Ed Horrell, Kindness Revolution president and founder, said the organization is always looking to recognize corporate citizens like Evolve and their employees who give back to their communities via outstanding service and commitment to values.
Evolve is headquartered in Memphis and currently operates five full service stores in Arkansas and Tennessee as well as more than 30 mortgage production offices across the country.
Landmark Community Bank has reached a deal with Cadence Bank to buy certain branch loans and assume all deposits in Cadence's Middle Tennessee operations. As part of the deal, Landmark will also enter into a sublease with Cadence to operate its branch facilities at 198 Main St. in Franklin and 93 Seaboard Lane in Brentwood. The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, is scheduled to close on March 31.
Sandler O'Neill and Partners LP acted as the financial adviser to Cadence for the transaction, which will increase Landmark's presence in Middle Tennessee to three locations.
Landmark is headquartered in Collierville, with two branches in Germantown and one branch in East Memphis.
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Competition features Nashua-area chefsBy JULIE HANSON
Union Leader Correspondent April 21. 2013 10:29PM
NASHUA - Things will be heating up at the Nashua Senior Activity Center next month.
Executive chefs from local nursing homes, assisted living facilities and hospitals will compete against each other May 15 in the first Fire and Fusion competition. Funds raised will benefit over 3,000 seniors in the Nashua area.
'The Senior Center is buzzing with excitement about this event," said Jeanne Marcoux, executive director of the Nashua Senior Activity Center.
A group of representatives from the senior living industry organized the event, which will showcase some very talented chefs, Marcoux said.
Chefs from Ledgewood Bay, Courville at Nashua, Aynsley Place, Crestwood/the Elms, The Hunt, Fairview Nursing Home/Laurel Place, Nashua Crossings and St. Joseph Hospital have already thrown their hats into the ring.
The competition begins with each competing chef creating hors d'oeuvres for ticket holders, who will cast a vote for their favorite.
After the "popular vote" winner is announced, the action moves to the competition room where chefs are given 30 minutes to prepare a meal using four mystery ingredients revealed to the chefs shortly before the timer starts.
WZID-FM's Mike Morin is hosting the competition. State Sen. Peggy Gilmour, D-Hollis, Nashua mayor Donnalee Lozeau, Nashua Crowne Plaza general manager Tim Hogan, Nashua Area Chamber of Commerce president Chris Williams, and chef Nicole Barreira of T-Bones, Cactus Jacks and the Copper Door are judging.
Competition begins at 6 p.m. May 15 in the sampler room at the Nashua Senior Activity Center. Tickets are $25 per person and include entry to the sampler room, the competition room, and a complimentary glass of wine.
Tickets may be purchased by calling the Nashua Senior Center at 889-6155 or visiting 70 Temple St. in Nashua.


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The ARM version of Windows 8 might have just become the most desired version of Windows in our hearts and minds. After us talking about legacy code and backwards compatibility in Windows for years now, an Intel senior vice president, Renee James, has just stated that Windows 8 on ARM will not have any form of compatibility for legacy applications whatsoever. Update: Microsoft has responded to Intel's claims. "Intel's statements during yesterday's Intel Investor Meeting about Microsoft's plans for the next version of Windows were factually inaccurate and unfortunately misleading," the company said, "From the first demonstrations of Windows on SoC, we have been clear about our goals and have emphasized that we are at the technology demonstration stage. As such, we have no further details or information at this time."
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It's often referred to as the 'silent thief of sight' because the gradual loss of vision is basically unnoticed until it's too late.
It's often referred to as the 'silent thief of sight' because the gradual loss of vision is basically unnoticed until it's too late. Glaucoma is a disorder… a menace that damages the optic nerve of the eye and may lead to permanent loss of eyesight. A person may not even know when the symptoms actually began. A regular and thorough check-up of the eyes is the only way to sight signs of the disease early on and control it in time.
Dr. Harsh Kumar, Centre for Sight, Delhi stated that "People over the age of 40, those suffering from diabetes, migraine, who frequently change their spectacles, who have high minus numbers, use steroids too often and most importantly those who have a family history of glaucoma are generally at a higher risk of contracting this disease."
Dr Kumar also added that one of eight persons above 40 is a glaucoma suspect and 11.2 million people suffer from glaucoma in India.
While in some people, the disease shows with symptoms like redness in eyes, pain and blurry vision, appearance of halos around lights, nausea and vomiting; the more common variety of glaucoma is the silent type (Chronic Open angle Glaucoma) in which the patient is totally unaware of his gradual loss of vision.
As World Glaucoma Week was recently observed internationally from March 10 to 16, doctors urge individuals to keep a tab on the condition of their eyes not only during World Glaucoma Week but to get periodical check ups done on a 6 month to yearly basis.
"Once detected, glaucoma can be stopped from worsening further but reversing it is impossible. Even if you haven't reached the age of 40, a regular eye check including test for Glaucoma is advisable," says Dr Rakesh Joshi, 'Surya Eye Care Centre', New Delhi.
Dr. Joshi explainsthe comprehensive eye test includes a vision check, a slit lamp examination, an IOP (Intraocular pressure) check and optic disc evaluation. A baseline record of Visual fields is recommended in patients with a family history of Glaucoma. All these indicators help doctors determine the condition of the eye.
"High eye pressure may exist without noticeable symptoms so many people do not even know they have the disease unless they go for a periodic ophthalmic examination.When symptoms do become noticeable, it's usually only when significant loss of vision has occurred," says Dr J C Das, Shroff Eye Centre, Kailash colony, New Delhi.
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases characterized by damage to the optic nerve. A healthy eye produces a fluid, called aqueous humor, at the same rate at which it drains. High pressure occurs when the drainage system is blocked and the fluid cannot exit at a normal rate. Take a ball or balloon for example, the eye cannot relieve pressure by springing a leak and "deflating" when pressure is too high. The high eye pressure instead keeps building and pushing against the optic nerve which is responsible for vision. The extreme pressure can permanently damage the nerve fibers leading to loss of vision.
Since this disease is irreversible, doctors say that you should not wait for symptoms to crop up to get a check-up done. Small efforts like getting a thorough check-up done every time you change your spectacles can make a big difference in early detection of the disease and save you from its catastrophic effects.
While there is no cure for Glaucoma, elevated Intra Ocular Pressure (IOP) is currently the main treatable risk factor. Research is still on the areas of Neuroprotection and Vasoprotection. It's important to treat aggressively with the most effective products such as prescription eye drops that can provide maximum reduction of elevated IOP with long-term control. In some cases, surgery can also help. It's important for patients to use medication as prescribed and maintain regular examinations with an ophthalmologist who can evaluate glaucoma progression and treatment options.
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This is a note from one of the ace reporters with SOC and a long time friend.
Latest email I got is that Clark isn't ****ing around, which is obvious from interviews. I've been out most of the day, but the email came in before Clark went on the air.
The directive is no one from the football operations side is to speak until their final notice has been given either with a termination or a return.
Clark is trying to force Pioli's hand and have him quit. Clark had a heated discussion with Scott this morning according to this email. Clark told him he won't have any say in this head coach because "this head coach will be here longer than you will".
Then there's this piece of info. Clark talked with Peyton Manning at length Sunday night. He wanted to know why the Chiefs weren't considered and everything Peyton said pointed the finger squarely on Pioli. Said Pioli's rep across the league is terrible. His inability to foster a "team" environment instead of one ruled like a dictator was huge too.
This really pissed Clark off. I said in a previous post that the loss could have triggered all of this, but it's apparent the PM discussion could have as well.
I'm completely shocked to say the least. Everything, and I mean everything, I've been told paints Clark as someone with a school boy crush on Pioli.
Clark wants to make a splash. He also wants to save the money from just firing Pioli. With all the lawsuits that former employees have pending against the Chiefs that list Pioli, Clark may have a case to fire him with definite cause.
Source said that Clark changed overnight toward Pioli.
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MONUMENT, Colo. — "Let's go to the hack," the curling instructor said aloud. And I thought, "Dude, you don't have to say it right to my face" — when I realized he actually was talking about curling's equivalent to the starting block.
I was a writer infiltrating the world of curling, this curious Olympic sport, in order to get a sense of what makes it actually so difficult, and what makes it so beloved.
The instructor, John West, the ol' skip, first had me do repetitive trial pushes off the hack, to the point where my left calf throbbed like ... well, I would have said "a person whose only athletic activity is curling," but that joke sure backfired.
"If you get a cramp, which is very common, let me know," West said. "A single-malt scotch usually cures that."
The old Scottish sport of curling dates back to 1511 and has become niche activity for those who love competition, booze and competing while boozing. But while it's a recreation for some, it's a lifestyle for others — and West, while quick with a joke, takes curling seriously.
He's played since 1958, and has been a member of the Broadmoor Curling Club since 1988, the same year curling returned to the Olympics as a demonstration sport (it became an official Olympic event a decade later).
This day at the Colorado Sports Center, I quickly learned that curling does take athletic skill, and while this isn't Alpine racing, you need leg strength, speed and some savvy to out-curl curlers. During a long competition, I was told, some curlers can lose up to 10 pounds, and as such, I hope to participate in four competitions ASAP.
So, some quick Curling 101. There are two teams made of four people. Each person on a team "throws" two "stones" down a 114-foot sheet of ice. While one person throws, two people sweep in front of the sliding stone, to reduce friction. The fourth person, the skip, yells commands. The stones generally end up in a 12-foot circle, which looks like a target. Only one team can get points in each round of the 16 throws, based on stone location.
OK, enough inside curling. Let's talk britches. I'd seen these Norwegian fellows at the Olympics wearing zany zebra-patterned pants, so I decided to break out my pair of Zubaz, the zebra'd monstrosities that Bernie Kosar likely wore to the bars in 1991.
All morning, West peppered me with information, making a lot of comparisons to weird things, such as, "You know what an out-rigger canoe is?"
"I actually don't know much about much."
"Sure you do, you work for a newspaper."
"Sports, though."
West also introduced me to my nemesis — sweet Amilia Knight, his 13-year-old protege who, after her first curl three years ago, "John gave me a look that was like, 'Really? Already, huh.' "
She dreams of curling in college and making the 2026 Olympics. I dreamed of not slipping.
And finally, after the trial runs for practicing my form — "It's an unnatural act until it becomes a natural act," West explained — he gave me an actual stone to throw. This was my moment. My Everest.
West, my skip-turned-Sherpa, bellowed: "PUUUUUSH!"
I pressed the sole of my left foot on the hack, and pressed my soul into my throw. I glided off the hack about 10 feet and released the stone down the long ice.
"Get there!" I barked. "Get there!"
"Curling," West gently explained, "is a traditional sport, so no trash talking."
"Don't get there!" I quickly said, surely saving face.
My stone did not get there.
Overall, I had a splendid time getting to know West and Knight, who gush about their sport — Knight even wore earrings shaped like curling stones.
Curling, really, is passed down by generations, almost like a whispered secret. It's got history, it's got culture, it's got scotch. I'm in.
Before I left, I thought of Knight's anecdote of her first day, the preordained pre-teen predestined for curling conquests. Maybe the ol' skip saw something in me, too?
"Well," he deadpanned. "You are enthusiastic."


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The Super Bowl is the most-watched event in the United States, but the event falls flat on the world stage, no matter how much we want to think otherwise. Yes, about 100 million people worldwide watch the big game, but that's much less than the number of people watching some of the biggest soccer events.
After all, if the event were truly important on the global stage, you'd think that viewers would understand some of the sport's rules. Sadly, BuzzFeed shows by asking British people, that's not the case.
One thing is for sure, though: They like Richard Sherman. Which is more than we can say for Americans.


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Boulder County searchers discovered the body of Lyons' Gerald Boland on Thursday afternoon, confirming his family's fears that he died during last week's historic flooding.
Boland, a former Lyons basketball coach and longtime teacher, had been missing since Thursday after his family evacuated Lyons.
A Federal Emergency Management search-and-rescue team discovered Boland's body in the St. Vrain River bed on the 1000 block of Apple Valley Road, a few hundred yards downstream from Boland's home. The coroner's office confirmed his identity Thursday afternoon using fingerprint comparisons. His cause and manner of death are pending.
Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said on Thursday afternoon that the discovery meant everyone who had been unaccounted for in Boulder County had been found. However, shortly after the discovery, Larimer County Sheriff's Officials forwarded a list of unaccounted-for residents they determined should have been listed in Boulder County.
"The names are quickly being eliminated just by cross-checking the lists from the evacuation shelters," he said. "We got our list down to nothing. This is just a hiccup."
Holly Stetson, Longmont High School's volleyball coach had been waiting on word from her father or of his fate since he went missing.
"I feel better than I have in some time," she said Thursday evening. "It is a relief to know that they found him. The days have kind of blurred together but I'm glad we can start getting some closure for our mother."
During the Longmont High volleyball game at Thompson Valley on Thursday, players wrote "FOR" on their left calves and "COACH" on their right calves in support of Stetson.
Henry Masengale of Loveland taught at Lyons Elementary with Boland. Boland was his best man at his wedding in 1969.
"I was glad they could find him," Masengale said. "That feels good knowing that that part of it is over. My mind is flooding with all the good memories of him.
"Jerry used to call all of his kids in the sixth-grade class by their last name. When I asked him why, he said 'I think it's because I was in the Army and that's what everyone did. I've just kept with it.'"
Earlier this week, Stetson's family pieced together a few details regarding Boland's whereabouts in the early hours of Sept. 12. After being told to evacuate their home in North St. Vrain Canyon at about 2:30 a.m., Boland was following his wife out of town, headed toward Stetson's residence in Hygiene.
At some point Boland turned his car around. Later, he was spotted at the evacuation point at Lyons Elementary, where Boland taught for almost 30 years, and he was one of the first to arrive and turn on the lights for the soon-to-be-arriving evacuees.
Boland left Lyons Elementary before Cheron Boland, who had turned back into town to look for her husband, arrived at about 6 a.m.
Stetson said her father's truck was located about 200 yards downstream from the home the family purchased in the mid-1960s. Search-and-rescue dogs picked up Boland's scent in the truck, but Stetson said they were informed the additional rain that fell Sunday made it highly unlikely the dogs would be able to follow through with a discovery.
"His truck was very mashed, but given where they found it we think he was in the neighborhood," Stetson said earlier this week. "We feel he probably passed away right there in the truck, but the water was moving so violently around there, who knows what may have happened. At 4 a.m. or so I'm sure he started to worry about mom and that's why he left (Lyons Elementary)."
Others killed in the past week's flooding are a man killed in a building collapse in Jamestown and two teenagers who were swept away by floodwaters on Linden Drive near Boulder.
The body of the man killed in Jamestown, believed to be Joseph Howlett, 72, was recovered this week. The coroner's office has yet to release the identity. The coroner identified the two teens as Wiyanna Nelson and Wesley Quinlan, both 19.
Boulder County ceased air rescue operations Thursday as the county's number of unaccounted for dropped significantly over the course of the day Wednesday.
Jennifer Bray with the Boulder County emergency center said all of the military air support stationed at Boulder Municipal Airport since the county began air rescues over the weekend has been sent back to Fort Carson.
Boulder Sheriff Joe Pelle said Wednesday night he expected the sharp decrease in air operations as the county prepares to take control of the operation from the military and federal agencies.
"We're preparing to move this back into county control," Pelle said.
Officials said Boulder County still will be able to request air resources should the need arise. Ground search-and-rescue missions will continue, particularly in the town of Lyons, officials said.
But search crews did not have to conduct any rescues Wednesday. Since the flooding, the National Guard said 1,809 people have been evacuated in Boulder County, 1,102 by air and 707 by ground.
Boulder Office of Emergency Management said Wednesday night that at least 397 homes were damaged and 340 destroyed by the Boulder County floodwaters.
Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesman William Rukeyser said of the 10,190 households statewide that have applied for FEMA assistance, 7,685 are in Boulder County. FEMA so far has given out $4.3 million in assistance.
Pierrette J. Shields can be reached at 303-684-5273 or at email@example.com. BoCo Preps reporter Patrick Rooney and Boulder Daily Camera reporter Mitchell Byers contributed to this report.


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Huskers, Penn State Finale Chosen by BTN
Lincoln - The final Nebraska women's basketball game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday, March 3, has been chosen for the final BTN slot of the Big Ten regular season, the network announced Wednesday.
Nebraska's Senior Day game with No. 8 Penn State will tip off at 5:01 p.m. central time and will be televised live nationally by BTN. The game will be the finale of a Big Ten women's basketball quadruple-header on the network on Sunday, March 3.
Michigan at Ohio State will start the day at 11 a.m., before Wisconsin travels to Michigan State for a 1 p.m. tip. Illinois and Purdue will square off at 3 p.m. in another contest that could have major implications on the top four seeds at the Big Ten Tournament, March 7-10 in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Nebraska's game with Penn State could have conference title implications and an impact on the top four seeds at the tournament as well. The game also will be Senior Day for Huskers Lindsey Moore and Meghin Williams.
The Huskers, who head into Thursday night's game at Northwestern at 16-6 overall and 6-3 in the Big Ten, are riding a four-game winning streak. Nebraska dropped its first meeting with Penn State 80-58 in University Park, Pa., on Jan. 13. The Lady Lions sit atop the Big Ten standings at 8-1 and 18-3 overall.
The Big Ten Network also announced its two wildcard picks for Thursday, Feb. 28. Michigan State will play at Purdue on the network at 5 p.m., before Penn State plays at Minnesota on BTN at 7 p.m.
Nebraska's game at Wisconsin on Feb. 28 was not chosen for a BTN telecast. It will tip at 7 p.m.
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Thursday, Feb. 28
Michigan State at Purdue, 6:01 p.m. CT
Penn State at Minnesota, 8:01 p.m. CT
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The U.S. Marshals Service District of New Hampshire/Joint Fugitive Task Force has named Peter H. Legault as New Hampshire's fugitive of the week.
Legault, 39, is wanted on warrants from Carroll County Superior Court for failure to appear on a charge of burglary.He is described as 5-feet-9, 168 pounds, with blue eyes and blond hair. He has scars on his right cheek and right forearm, and tattoos on both arms , his left thigh and ankle and right calf. He was last known to be living in the Moultonborough area, where he has friends and family, but his current whereabouts are unknown.
The U.S. Marshals Service advises the public not to attempt to apprehend a fugitive, who should be considered armed and dangerous. Instead, report any information to the U.S. Marshals Service's Concord office at 225-1632 or call 1-877-WANTED-2 or text "NHTIP" with any information to TIP411.
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Type I interferon organizes several immune mechanisms to suppress B cell responses to a chronic viral infection.
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Victims often feel stuck in what experts describe as an invisible cage.
When Tennessee Highway Patrol Officer Jonathan Scott pulled over a car for speeding last year on Interstate 40, he realized the four women inside were involved in something more nefarious than just driving too fast.
A check of the driver's name revealed she had been reported missing out of Wilmington, N.C. When asked about her passengers, she identified one as "T" and claimed to not know the names of the other two. A search of the car yielded a small amount of marijuana, enough to take them into custody.
But it was later, after the women were separated for interviews, that the full truth emerged: The driver, Alexandra N. Berte, then 20, had been transporting them from city to city, turning hotel rooms into impromptu brothels and collecting the cash while the other women had sex with man after man.
The woman identified as "T," or "T.M.D." in some documents, an 18-year-old from Lumberton, told investigators she was tricked into prostitution and only stayed under Berte's coercion.
By many measures, the case marked a success, lifting a veil on a gritty underground industry that is shockingly widespread. The victims were identified before they could be taken to another unfamiliar place and forced to have sex with strangers, a human trafficking situation halted.
But such victories are rare, advocates of victims of human trafficking say. More often, victims remain shrouded from the public and even the long reach of law enforcement authorities, because they are overlooked or too fearful and distrustful to step forward.
By that belief, one would expect Scott, who did not respond to phone calls but whose actions are detailed in court papers, to simply scratch Berte a speeding ticket and let her go. But he picked up on telltale clues, turning investigators on to an interstate trafficking ring emblematic of what one New Hanover County prosecutor recently called the "trade of flesh."
There are no national figures to document how often victims are passed over, but interviews with prosecutors, police and researchers suggest recognizing them remains a big hurdle.
While advocates hail how all 50 states now expressly criminalize human trafficking, many point to the fact that few culprits have been charged under those laws as evidence that police need more training.
Only 16 defendants have faced charges under North Carolina's human trafficking statute since it was adopted seven years ago, even though the state consistently ranks among the top 10 where trafficking for labor and sex is most prevalent.
Part of the problem is making authorities aware of the tools at their disposal. A survey released in 2008 by researchers at the University of Chicago found 44 percent of law enforcement and 50 percent of prosecutor respondents were not sure whether their states had anti-trafficking legislation.
Advocates resolved to increase convictions are pushing for police and prosecutors to get up to speed on best practices for gathering evidence, compelling testimony and making charges stick in what are often complex and fraught investigations. Sometimes police fail to distinguish victim from criminal, arresting the very one who needs assistance.
"These cases are extremely difficult to identify in the first place," said Viktoria Kristiansson, who advises prosecutors for AEquitas, an organization aimed at reducing violence against women.
"Initially, they might appear to be something else – intimate partner violence or another form of abuse, prostitution or rape, a labor violation or a gang situation," she added. "Only after significant time and investigation would law enforcement or other first responders discover that there is actually human trafficking occurring."
The thrust to educate authorities has been gaining traction for some time, propelled further last month when the U.S. State Department released its annual report on the progress of anti-human trafficking efforts worldwide, which cited identifying victims and training as a major need.
"It's not only law enforcement, but training across the board is something that needs a lot of attention," said Colleen Owens, a research associate at the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute who helped author a separate report last year on improving trafficking investigations and prosecutions.
North Carolina in 2011 joined a growing list of states trying to educate police forces by adding a two-hour block of instruction on human trafficking to its 620-hour basic law enforcement curriculum, which every officer must complete to become certified, said Jennifer Fisher, who oversees the curriculum for the N.C. Department of Justice.
But there remains a gap, Fisher said. The human trafficking course is not required for the tens of thousands of existing officers, but an option offered during their annual in-service training.
"My professional opinion is there is still a very large number of officers that need some type of training on human trafficking, whether it's introductory level or advanced level, on how to investigate such crimes," Fisher said.
Some localities have taken matters into their own hands. Every police officer at the Wilmington Police Department, for example, is required to take a human trafficking class this year, and about half had already done so by last week, according to WPD Deputy Chief Mitch Cunningham.
"We know that this type of problem has been increasing regionally as well as nationally, and we wanted to bring heightened sensitivity by our officers to the issue," he said.
One hurdle to increasing awareness among first responders is funding, with competing interests fighting for strained government resources. "You have to recognize, too, it seems that people are wanting more and more from law enforcement and public safety for less," said George Erwin Jr., executive director of the N.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.
Many feel like the tide is turning, with states and localities beginning to emphasize training and delivering services to victims.
"You can see there are initiatives starting to happen," said Deanna Stoker, victim services coordinator for the Wilmington-based Rape Crisis Center of Coastal Horizons, which recently saw a slight uptick in the number of trafficking victims seeking help. "I think people ... have a better understanding of the overlap between sex work and human trafficking, and picking those pieces apart to figure out that this person is a victim."
Lindsey Roberson, a New Hanover County prosecutor who has lobbied for anti-trafficking legislation, cited a case out of Cary where officers recognized a trafficking victim after spotting a fresh tattoo with a man's name on her neck. The man turned out to be her pimp, and later pleaded guilty under the state's sexual servitude law. As it happened, the officers had recently undergone training on human trafficking.
Thomas Walker, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, which includes Wilmington, said federal, state and local authorities increased coordination as awareness of human trafficking grew. He cited plans to hold a statewide human trafficking training conference later this year, saying, "We need to get law enforcement and victim advocates all in the same room to make sure we're all working on these cases together."
The N.C. General Assembly has taken steps to bolster the state's arsenal as well. Lawmakers recently passed a bill requiring pimps to register as sex offenders and introduced another aimed at giving victims safe harbor and further jacking up penalties on johns and pimps.
"I think this is another progression – instead of viewing teen prostitutes as criminals, society at this point is looking to label them the victims and go after the criminals who give them the status of prostitute," said Darrell Irwin, a University of North Carolina Wilmington criminologist who teaches classes on human trafficking, adding that a number of states have begun passing safe harbor laws.
Many times, advocates say, human trafficking victims have run-ins with law enforcement but are not noticed as such. Berte, for example, was arrested in South Carolina on a low-level charge after running away from home under the control of a pimp.
Her mother, Laura Berte, told the StarNews last year that a few days after she reported her daughter missing, she learned that provocative photos of Alexandra had popped up on Backpage.com. The elder Berte tracked her daughter through the online classifieds website as she bounced from state to state, with the advertisements progressing from self-made cellphone photographs to professional-looking images with backdrops and lighting.
At some point, Alexandra Berte became what prosecutors called a "finder," recruiting other women into the ring. She picked up "T" from the teen's home in Lumberton, and drove her and the two other girls to a Wilmington hotel, where she provided them all cellphones.
There, "T" had sex with 15 men during her first day and night. The next day, they drove to a hotel in Winston-Salem, where "T" had sex with another 19 men, according to an indictment.
Berte charged each customer $120 to $140 for 30 minutes and $180 to $200 for an hour, and used that money to buy "T" an outfit, a manicure and marijuana.
There is debate over whether Berte qualified as a victim or a perpetrator.
In one court document, prosecutors write that a search of her cellphone "indicated she was completely immersed in the criminal underworld as a prostitute, finder and lieutenant pimp for her boss pimp." It added that "multiple photographs" of Berte holding "large sums" of cash with her boss pimp and other prostitutes "establish her role in the criminal enterprise."
But Berte also embodies the hallmarks of someone easily susceptible to a predator: She came from a broken home where there were numerous allegations of physical and sexual abuse. She was diagnosed at an early age as having a learning disability, with a psychological examiner describing her as a child with "Emotional Behavioral Disabilities," according to a sentencing memorandum filed by her attorneys.
She moved to North Carolina to live with her grandparents, but after their relationship deteriorated, she began sleeping in her car or at her friends' homes, the memorandum says. As she fell into financial hardship she met the man who became her pimp. He "directed" her into prostitution, forcing her to work nearly every night for about three months. He later made her and other girls take out-of-state trips that he would set up and finance, renting vehicles, reserving hotels and providing cellphones.
Human trafficking victims often feel stuck in what experts describe as an invisible cage.
"Just because her pimp isn't in the car with them doesn't mean he wasn't in control of the situation," said Roberson, the state prosecutor.
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Please, choose a person and a map from the two selection 'pull-downs' above and click on the "go" button.
A map with coloured lines will appear on the screen. You can click on any place on that map, and astrological information about how you might experience that place will given in a pop-up window. Please allow for a few seconds of delay after each click. Please don't make fast clicks one after the other, as you will just overload the server and it will react slower instead of faster.
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The map shows all areas which have a connection at birth to the Sun, Moon, the planets and the Moon's Nodes along with the cusps of the four cardinal houses (AS, DS, MC, and IC). In these places, the energy of a certain cosmic principle is more pronounced.
Each planet is represented by four lines of the same colour which link up with the four possible points on the axes.
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Linked by David Adams on Wed 17th Aug 2011 17:46 UTC
Ars Technica is reporting that US Retailer Best Buy has been able to sell less than 10% of the TouchPad tablets that it ordered from HP, and now wants HP to take them back. Similarly, deal-a-day site Woot offered TouchPads at a very aggressive price, and only managed to sell 612 of them. This is for a site that often sells out goofy tech widgets in hours. When the TouchPad was gearing up for release, there seemed to be a fair amount of interest among geeks. Is it just that it hasn't resonated the same way with the general public, or have people just been disappointed once they've put their hands on one?
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LAS VEGAS — At the world's largest technology trade show, gadgets are getting smarter — and not because of the latest computer chips. The things you do and the data you share will drive the next phase of innovation, according to experts at the International Consumer Electronics Show.
"The next step is the age of inference," said David Lieb, chief executive of Bump, a mobile-app developer, during a panel discussion. "The computer is going to figure out what I want to do before I even think about it."
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Bump's latest app, Flock, will try to figure out which photos users want to share, and with whom, based on their what they've done previously, among other things.
"Mobile will enable all of these apps to kind of flip, and instead of me telling the app what I want it to do, the app will suggest to me, 'Hey, you might want to leave for your meeting down at the end of the strip because there's a lot of traffic,' " Lieb said.
Companies that are using consumer habits to improve services go beyond mobile to the living room, as satellite-TV provider Dish Network said this week that it will lean on viewing habits to determine which commercials their subscribers would want to watch.
"What we're trying to do is use technology to help us better focus on the appropriate consumer with that particular advertising message," said Dish CEO Joe Clayton. "We've got 14 million customers, so we pretty much know what people are watching and their profile."
CES attendee Jefferson Wang, mobile practice lead for IBB Consulting, said, "Innovation that taps consumer data is absolutely the future, and we're seeing the beginning of that today with services like Google Now."
As one example, Google Now uses information such as your location, traffic data and where you work to automatically estimate how long it will take you to get to work each morning.
But when it comes to tapping into consumer data that users may not even know they're sharing, privacy concerns and the risk of backlash are heightened.
"As this market evolves, tech companies must not lose sight of how important data is to the user," Wang said. "When consumers share their data, they expect to receive something valuable in return. If the experience they're getting is too intrusive without strong benefits, they're going to be annoyed and stop using that service."


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The time has arrived for both political parties to put on their "big boy" pants and confront the problems facing this country.
No good will be served by continuing to advance Ayn Rand's bigoted "makers" and "takers," for in truth our state and federal Legislatures burst at the seams with "takers."
Both Republicans and Democrats take all the plutocratic "1 Percenters' " money handed out via campaign donations and/or lobbyists. In exchange, they submit legislation — often written by the lobbyists — allowing their wealthy patrons to continue gorging on money made for them by the sweat of the American worker and/or cheap foreign labor.
In return, the plutocrats' legislative puppets disdainfully refer to these American workers as "takers," because their employers have robbed them of a living wage and now are in need of government help in its varied forms.
The problems confronting us are daunting enough and threaten the government, but the petty petulant politics with its accompanying venomosity exponentially increases the potential destruction of a system of government that has served as a beacon to so many oppressed peoples.
Only when both sides put down their sharp sticks, leave the self-entitled bullying plutocrats on the playground, and sit together with one goal at the legislative table can resolutions be crafted.
Squabbling, personal grandstanding and clinging to religious and political ideologies have no place there. All solutions must be weighed against the sole principle upon which our government lays its foundation, as specified by the Founders in the Declaration of Independence: to effect the safety and happiness of the people.
Any solution that does not assure this for the vast majority of the 99 percent is not an acceptable solution.
The time has arrived when Americans must expect better of their legislators and demand real changes in the culture of Washington, once the immediate problems are resolved.