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Hispanics & Tobacco & Marijuana
Exposure to e-cigarette marketing and product use among Mexican American young adults on the US-Mexico border: A pilot study. Cogent Medicine. (Published 2018-Available in PMC Oct 2019).
Tobacco-Related Disparities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019).
Tobacco Use and Hispanics. Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. (2019).
Managers' Practices of Tobacco and Marijuana Smoking Policies in Hispanic-Occupied Multiunit Housing. Health Equity. (Jul 2019).
How Does Acculturation Influence Smoking Behavior Among Latinos? The Role of Education and National Background. Ethnicity & Disease. (Apr 2019).
Tobacco Use and Associated Health Conditions and Risk Factors in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Transsexual Populations of Puerto Rico, 2013-2015. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal. (Mar 2019).
Tobacco use among Latinx adolescents: exploring the immigrant paradox. BMC Pediatrics. (Nov 2018).
Impact of U.S. Antismoking TV Ads on Spanish-Language Quitline Calls. American Journal for Preventative Medicine. (Sep 2018)
Attitudes toward tobacco among low-income Hispanic adolescents: Implications for prevention. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. (Jul 2018).
Daily and Nondaily Smoking Varies by Acculturation among English-Speaking, US Latino Men and Women. Ethnicity & Disease. (Apr 2018).
Systematic Transcreation of Self-Help Smoking Cessation Materials for Hispanic/Latino Smokers: Improving Cultural Relevance and Acceptability. Journal of Health Communication. (Apr 2018).
QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentages* of Current Smokers Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin - National Health Interview Survey, 2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Jan 2018).
Smoking Trends among U.S. Latinos, 1998-2013: The Impact of Immigrant Arrival Cohort. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (Mar 2017).
Identifying demographic and psychosocial factors related to the escalation of smoking behavior among Mexican American adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Feb 2017).
Latino Adults' Perspectives on Treating Tobacco Use Via Social Media. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. (Feb 2017).
Cigarette Smoking Status Among Latino/Hispanic Middle and High School Students in the United States. Substance Use & Misuse. (Oct 2016).
Perceptions of Secondhand and Thirdhand Smoke Among Hispanic Residents of Multiunit Housing. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (Nov 2015).
Smoking Cessation Among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Adults: Findings From the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Preventive Medicine (Oct 2015).
The Impact of Slowing Immigration: Foreign-Born Share Falls Among 14 Largest U.S. Hispanic Origin Groups. Pew Research Center. (Sep 2015).
Acculturation and Cigarette Smoking in Hispanic Women: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. (Jun 2015).
Interventions to Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities. Oxford Journals. (2015).
A Study of Tobacco-Related Health Disparities in Hispanic/Latino Sub-Populations. Legacy (Aug 2014).
Smoking among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Adults: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (May 2014).
E-cigarettes
E-Cigarette Use Among Youth in the United States, 2019. JAMA Network. (Nov 2019).
Association Between Electronic Cigarette Use and Marijuana Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics. (Aug 2019).
JUUL in school: JUUL electronic cigarette use patterns, reasons for use, and social normative perceptions among college student ever users. Addictive Behaviors. (Jul 2019).
'I Felt Welcomed in Like They're a Little Family in There, I Felt Like I Was Joining a Team or Something': Vape Shop Customers' Experiences of E-Cigarette Use, Vape Shops and the Vaping Community. Intl. Journal of Environ Res Public Health. (Jul 2019).
Use and Reasons for Use of Electronic Vapour Products (EVPs) Shaped like USB Flash Drives Among a National Sample of Adults. Tobacco Control. (Apr 2019).
Widespread use of flavored e-cigarettes and hookah tobacco in the United States. Preventive Medicine Reports. (Mar 2019).
Use of Flavored E-Cigarettes Among Adolescents, Young Adults, and Older Adults: Findings From the Population Assessment for Tobacco and Health Study. Public Health Reports. (Mar 2019).
E-Cigarettes and Young People: Communicating an Emerging Public Health Risk. American Journal of Health Promotion. (Mar 2019).
School-level electronic cigarette use prevalence and student-level tobacco use intention and behaviours. Scientific Reports. (Feb 2019).
E-cigarettes and the clinical encounter: Physician perspectives on e-cigarette safety, effectiveness, and patient educational needs. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. (Feb 2019).
"Cloud chasers" and "substitutes": e-cigarettes, vaping subcultures and vaper identities. Sociology of Health and Illness. (Jan 2019).
The Impact of E-Cigarette Warnings, Warning Themes and Inclusion of Relative Harm Statements on Young Adults' E-Cigarette Perceptions and Use Intentions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (Jan 2019).
Youth who use e-cigarettes regularly: A qualitative study of behavior, attitudes, and familial norms. Preventive Medicine Reports. (Nov 2018).
Students' Cigarette Smoking and the Perceived Nicotine Content of Their E-cigarettes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Sept 2018).
Electronic Cigarette Harm and Benefit Perceptions and Use Among Youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Sept 2018).
National and State-Specific Unit Sales and Prices for Electronic Cigarettes, United States, 2012–2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Aug 2018).
Associations Between Early Onset of E-cigarette Use and Cigarette Smoking and Other Substance Use Among US Adolescents: A National Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. (Jul 2018).
E-cigarette Use Among US Adults: Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. (Jul 2018).
Socio-economic and racial/ethnic differences in e-cigarette uptake among cigarette smokers: Longitudinal analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study. Nicotine & Tobacco Research (Jul 2018).
Electronic Cigarette Use Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Pattern by Cigarette Smoking Status in the United States From NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 2013-2014. Journal of the American Heart Association (Jul 2018).
Electronic Cigarette: A Longitudinal Study of Regular Vapers. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. (Jul 2018).
Juul e-cigarettes gain popularity among youth, but awareness of nicotine presence remains low. Truth Initiative. (Apr 2018).
Patient Perspectives on Discussions of Electronic Cigarettes in Primary Care. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. (Jan-Feb 2018).
Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Advertising Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2014–2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Feb 2018).
E-cigarette marketing exposure and combustible tobacco use among adolescents in the United States. Addictive Behaviors (Mar 2018).
Reasons for Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Feb 2018).
Patterns of E-cigarette Use Frequency—National Adult Tobacco Survey, 2012–2014. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Feb 2018).
FDA-Commissioned Report on Health Effects of E-Cigarettes. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (Jan 2018).
Impact of E-cigarette Minimum Legal Sales Age Laws on Current Cigarette Smoking: Findings from the National Youth Tobacco Survey, 2009–2014. Journal of Adolescent Health. (2017).
Racial/ethnic differences in electronic cigarette knowledge, social norms, and risk perceptions among current and former smokers. Addictive Behaviors. (Dec 2016).
Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults: United States, 2014. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Oct 2015).
Exhaled Electronic Cigarette Emissions: What's Your Secondhand Exposure? RTI International. (2015).
Nicotine and the Developing Human: A Neglected Element in the Electronic Cigarette Debate. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Mar 2015).
A Molecular Basis for Nicotine as a Gateway Drug. Kandel ER and Kandel DB. (Sep 2014).
Key Findings: Trends in Awareness and Use of Electronic Cigarettes Among U.S. Adults, 2010-2013. King BA, Patel R, Nguyen K and Dube SR. (Sep 2014).
Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (Electronic Cigarette) Awareness, Use, Reactions and Beliefs: A Systematic Review. Tobacco Control. (Sep 2014).
The Hazards of e-Cigarettes. ASHRAE Journal. (Jun 2014).
Electronic Cigarettes and Conventional Cigarette Use Among US Adolescents. Journal of American Medical Association. (2014).
Health Consequences
Water Pipe (Hookah) Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. (Mar 2019).
The Effect of Tobacco Smoking on Musculoskeletal Health: A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (Jul 2018).
Does Segmentation Really Work? Effectiveness of Matched Graphic Health Warnings on Cigarette Packaging by Race, Gender and Chronic Disease Conditions on Cognitive Outcomes among Vulnerable Populations. Journal of Health Communication. (June 2018).
Smoking-attributable Mortality by State in 2014, U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (May 2018).
Cost of Tobacco-related Cancer Hospitalizations in the U.S., 2014. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Jan 2018).
Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults — US, 2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Jan 2018).
Who's still smoking? Disparities in adult cigarette smoking prevalence in the United States. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians (Jan 2018).
Smoking and lupus: It's never too late to quit. National Resource Center on Lupus. (2018).
Poor health among smokers obtaining colonoscopy screening: making the case for cessation intervention. Public Health. (Mar 2015).
The Impact of Smoking on Women's Health. Journal of Women's Health, Vol 23 (11). (2014).
The Health Consequences of Smoking-- 50 years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. US Department of Health and Human Services. (2014).
Tobacco use in pregnancy: a window of opportunity. The Lancet Global Health. (Sep 2014).
Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2005–2012. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014).
Central and Peripheral Cardiovascular (CV) Changes Immediately After Waterpipe (WP) Smoking. Inhalation Toxicology. (Aug 2014).
Waterpipe Effects on Pulmonary Function and Cardiovascular Indices: a Comparison to Cigarette Smoking in Real Life Situation. Inhalation Toxicology. (Aug 2014).
It Is Better To Be a Fat Ex-smoker Than a Thin Smoker: Findings from the 1997–2004 National Health Interview Survey−National Death Index Linkage Study. Tobacco Control. (Sep 2014).
Marketing & Predictors of Smoking
Inequities in tobacco advertising exposure among young adult sexual, racial and ethnic minorities: examining intersectionality of sexual orientation with race and ethnicity. Tobacco Control. (Dec 2019).
Association of Cumulative Socioeconomic and Health-Related Disadvantage With Disparities in Smoking Prevalence in the United States, 2008 to 2017. JAMA Internal Medicine (Apr 2019).
How social media is helping Big Tobacco hook a new generation of smokers. The Conversation. (Mar 2019).
Nicotine arms race: JUUL and the high-nicotine product market. Tobacco Control. (Feb 2019).
#Hookahlife: The Rise of Waterpipe Promotion on Instagram. Health Education and Behavior. (Jan 2019).
JUUL Advertising Over its First Three Years on the Market. Stanford University School of Medicine. (Jan 2019).
Beyond 'Natural': Cigarette Ad Tactics that Mislead about Relative Risk. Tobacco Regulatory Science Publication. (Sept 2018).
Disparities in retail marketing for menthol cigarettes in the United States, 2015. Health Place. (Jul 2018).
Cigarette and smokeless tobacco company smartphone applications. Tobacco Control. (Jul 2018).
Receipt of tobacco direct mail/email discount coupons and trajectories of cigarette smoking behaviours in a nationally representative longitudinal cohort of US adults. British Medical Journal. (Jul 2018).
Pictorial Warning Labels and Memory for Cigarette Health-risk Information Over Time. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. (Jun 2018).
#Hookahlife: The Rise of Waterpipe Promotion on Instagram. Health Education & Behavior. (Jun 2018).
One size fits all? Disentangling the effects of tobacco taxes, laws, and control spending on adult subgroups in the United States. Substance Abuse Journal. (Mar 2018).
Association Between Media Doses of the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign and Cessation Behaviors and Intentions to Quit Among Cigarette Smokers, 2012-2015. Health Education & Behavior (Feb 2018).
A Profile of Individuals with Anti-tobacco Message Fatigue. American Journal of Health Behavior (Jan 2018).
Targeted mass media interventions promoting healthy behaviors to reduce risk of non-communicable diseases in adult, ethnic minorities. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Feb 2017).
Social Disparities in Exposure to Point-of-Sale Cigarette Marketing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (Dec 2016).
Connecting Low-income Smokers to Tobacco Treatment Services. Addictive Behaviors (Jan. 2016).
Addressing the Social Determinants of Health to Reduce Tobacco-Related Disparities. Oxford Journals. (2015).
State-Specific Prevalence of Current Cigarette Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years — United States, 2011–2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (May 2015).
Young Women Smokers' Response to Using Plain Cigarette Packaging: Qualitative Findings from a Naturalistic Study. BMC Public Health. (Aug 2014).
The Effects of Natural Cigarette Claims on Adolescents' Brand-Related Beliefs, Attitudes, and Intentions. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives. (Sep 2014).
Food and Drug Administration Tobacco Regulation and Product Judgments. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Feb 2015).
Earned media and public engagement with CDC's "Tips from Former Smokers" campaign: an analysis of online news and blog coverage. Journal of Med Internet Res. (Jan 2015).
Media Coverage of Smoke-Free Policies After Their Innovation. Journal of Health Communication: International Perspective. (Jan 2015).
Support for a Ban on Tobacco Powerwalls and Other Point-of-Sale Displays: Findings From Focus Groups. Health Education Research. (Aug 2014).
'Action. Adventure. Special Offers.': How Marlboro Engages Consumers On Its Website. Tobacco Control. (Sep 2014).
Marketing Little Cigars and Cigarillos: Advertising, Price and Associations with Neighborhood Demographics. American Journal of Public Health. (Mar 2013).
Tobacco industry marketing to low SES women. Tobacco Control. (2013).
A Historical Review of R.J. Reynolds' Strategies for Marketing Tobacco to Hispanics in the United States. American Journal of Public Health. (Jan 2013).
Predictors of Tobacco Outlet Density Nationwide: a geographic analysis. Tobacco Control. (2013).
Peer Influences: The Impact of Online and Offline Friendship Networks on Adolescent Smoking and Alcohol Use. Journal of Adolescent Health. (2013).
Health Disparities and Advertising Content of women's magazines: a cross-sectional study. BioMed Central Public Health. (2005).
Disparities in smoke-free workplace policies among food service workers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (Apr 2004).
Prevention & Reduction of Tobacco Use
Reaching Latinos Through Social Media and SMS for Smoking Cessation. Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos. Springer. (Dec 2019).
Tobacco Product Use and Cessation Indicators Among Adults — United States, 2018. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Nov 2019).
Evidence of the Impact of the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign: Results From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Preventing Chronic Disease. (Oct 2019).
Smoking cessation behaviors among older U.S. adult. Preventive Medicine Reports. (Aug 2019).
The association of waterpipe tobacco smoking with later initiation of cigarette smoking: a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring the gateway theory. Tobacco Control. (Jul 2019).
Disparities in current cigarette smoking among US adults, 2002–2016. Tobacco Control. (May 2019).
Racial/ethnic differences in daily, nondaily, and menthol cigarette use and smoking quit ratios in the United States: 2002 to 2016. Preventive Medicine. (Apr 2019).
Peer crowd segmentation for targeting public education campaigns: Hip hop youth and tobacco use. Preventive Medicine Reports. (Mar 2019).
Would the elimination of obesity and smoking reduce U.S. racial/ethnic/nativity disparities in total and healthy life expectancy? SSM-Population Health (Feb 2019).
Tobacco Use as a Health Disparity: What Can Pediatric Clinicians Do? Children. (Feb 2019).
Smoking Cessation Attitudes and Practices Among Cancer Survivors – United States, 2015. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. (Jan 2019).
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of The Real Cost Campaign's Effect on Smoking Prevention. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (September 2018).
Differences in Treating Tobacco Use Across National, State, and Public Hospital System Surveys. Preventing Chronic Disease. (Aug 2018).
Gender differences in utilization of services and tobacco cessation outcomes at a state quitline. Translational Behavioral Medicine. (Aug 2018).
Disparities in Smoking Cessation Assistance in US Primary Care Clinics. American Journal of Public Health. (Aug 2018).
Menthol cigarettes: attitudes, beliefs and policies. Truth Initiative (May 2018).
Tobacco Cessation Interventions and Smoke-Free Policies in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities — United States, 2016. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (May 2018).
Financial Strain, Quit Attempts, and Smoking Abstinence Among U.S. Adult Smokers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Apr 2018).
Nearly Half Of Small Employers Using Tobacco Surcharges Do Not Provide Tobacco Cessation Wellness Programs. Health Affairs. (March 28, 2018).
Policies Affecting Medicaid Beneficiaries' Smoking Cessation Behaviors. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. (March 2018).
Variations in Cigarette Smoking and Quit Attempts by Health Insurance Among US Adults in 41 States and 2 Jurisdictions, 2014. Public Health Reports (Mar Apr 2018).
Break free from smoking. National Resource Center on Lupus. (2018).
Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2005–2014. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Nov 2015).
State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Treatments and Barriers to Coverage — United States, 2014–2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Oct 2015).
Strategies to Support Tobacco Cessation and Tobacco-Free Environments in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Oct 2015).
Trends in Quit Attempts Among Adult Cigarettes Smokers – United States, 2001 – 2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Oct 2015).
Current Intelligence Bulletin 67: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease and Injury Through Workplace Tobacco Policies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Apr 2015).
State Health Insurance Marketplace Plans: New Opportunities to Help Smokers Quit. American Lung Association. (2015).
Proactive Tobacco Cessation Outreach to Smokers of Low Socioeconomic Status. JAMA Internal Medicine. (Dec 2014).
A Randomized Trial of Text2Quit: A Text Messaging Program for Smoking Cessation. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Sept 2014).
Tobacco Control and the Reduction in Smoking-Related Premature Deaths in the United States, 1964-2012. The Journal of the American Medical Association. (2014).
Do the Ends Justify the Means? A Test of Alternatives to the FDA Proposed Cigarette Warning Labels. Health Communication. (Aug 2014).
Process evaluation of a mHealth program: Lessons learned from Stop My Smoking USA, a text messaging-based smoking cessation program for young adults. Patient Education and Counseling. (Jul 2014).
Assessing the Effectiveness of Antismoking Television Advertisements: Do Audience Ratings of Perceived Effectiveness (PE) Predict Changes in Quitting Intentions and Smoking Behaviours? Tobacco Control. (Sep 2014).
Information for Health Care Providers and Public Health Professionals: Preventing Tobacco Use During Pregnancy. CDC Division of Reproductive Health. (Aug 2014).
Second-Hand Smoke
E-cigarette users commonly stealth vape in places where e-cigarette use is prohibited. Tobacco Control. (Sep 2019).
Public Support for Smoke-Free Section 8 Public Housing. Western Journal of Nursing Research. (Feb 2019).
Implementation and enforcement of smoke-free policies in public housing. Health Education Research. (Jan 2019).
Passive exposure to pollutants from conventional cigarettes and new electronic smoking devices (IQOS, e-cigarette) in passenger cars. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. (Jan 2019).
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) and Cardiovascular Disease. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (Dec 2018).
Necessity of Preventing Cardiovascular Disease by Smoke-Free Policies. Journal of the American Heart Association. (Dec 2018).
Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Childhood and Adulthood in Relation to Adult Mortality Among Never Smokers. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Sep 2018).
Prevalence and characteristics of secondhand smoke (SHS) and secondhand vapour (SHV) exposure among youth. Tobacco Control. (Jul 2018).
Income disparities in smoking cessation and the diffusion of smoke-free homes among U.S. smokers: Results from two longitudinal surveys. PLOSOne. (Jul 2018).
Impact of declining exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in public places to decreasing smoking-related cancer mortality in the US population. Environment International. (May 2018).
Rates of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke from various indoor environments among US children and nonsmoker adolescents and adults. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. (April 2018).
Time to Track Health Outcomes of Smoke-Free Multiunit Housing. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Feb 2018).
Second and Thirdhand Smoke Exposure, Attitudes and Protective Practices: Results from a Survey of Hispanic Residents in Multi-unit Housing. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (January 2017).
Income Inequality and U.S. Children's Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Distinct Associations by Race-Ethnicity. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. (Nov 2016).
Prevalence and Determinants of Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Middle and High School Students. Pediatrics. (Feb 2016).
Perceptions of Secondhand and Thirdhand Smoke Among Hispanic Residents of Multiunit Housing. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (Nov 2015).
Vital Signs: Disparities in Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke — United States, 1999–2012. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2015).
Socioeconomic disparities in secondhand smoke exposure among US never-smoking adults:the National Health and Nutrition ExaminationSurvey 1988–2010. Tobacco Control. (2014).
Pre- and Postnatal Exposure to Parental Smoking and Allergic Disease through Adolescence. Pediatrics. (Aug 2014).
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2006).
Tobacco Control Policies
Workplace Smoke-Free Policies and Cessation Programs Among U.S. Working Adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Feb 2019).
Impact of flavored tobacco restriction policies on flavored product availability in Massachusetts. Tobacco Control. (Feb 2019).
Examining quit attempts and successful quitting after recent cigarette tax increases. Preventive Medicine. (Jan 2019).
The association between cigarette affordability and consumption: An update. PLoS One. (Dec 2018).
Disparities in cigarette tax exposure by race, ethnicity, poverty status and sexual orientation, 2006-2014, USA. Preventive Medicine. (Dec 2017).
State Laws Regarding Indoor Public Use, Retail Sales, and Prices of Electronic Cigarettes — U.S. States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept 30, 2017. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Dec 2017).
Impact of E-Cigarette Minimum Legal Sale Age Laws on Current Cigarette Smoking. Journal of Adolescent Health. (Nov 2017).
Preventing and Reducing Illicit Tobacco Trade in the United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Dec 2015).
Use of Tobacco Tax Stamps to Prevent and Reduce Illicit Tobacco Trade. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (May 2015).
Approaches for Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (May 2015).
National and State Cost Savings Associated with Prohibiting Smoking in Subsidized and Public Housing in the U.S. King BA, Peck RM, and Babb SD. (Oct 2014).
Prevalence of Smokefree Home Rules — United States, 1992–1993 and 2010–2011. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Sep 2014).
Smoke-free policies: Cleaning the air with money to spare. The Lancet. (2014).
Youth and Tobacco
Adolescents' first tobacco products: Associations with current multiple tobacco product use. PLoS One. (May 2019).
Associations Between Public E-Cigarette Use and Tobacco-Related Social Norms Among Youth. Tobacco Control. (May 2019).
Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths. Journal of the American Medical Association. (Feb 2019).
Vital Signs: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011-2018. CDC Vital Signs.(Feb 2019).
Association of Electronic Cigarette Use With Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths. JAMA Network. (Feb 2019).
Special Supplement: Fifth Anniversary Retrospective of "The Real Cost," the Food and Drug Administration's Historic Youth Smoking Prevention Media Campaign. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. (Feb 2019).
Youth perspectives on concurrent smoking and vaping: Implications for tobacco control. International Journal of Drug Policy. (Jan 2019)
Taking a Stand: An Untapped Strategy to Reduce Waterpipe Smoking in Adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse. (Jan 2019).
Curiosity About and Susceptibility Toward Hookah Smoking Among Middle and High School Students. Preventing Chronic Disease. (Jan 2019).
Adolescent Beliefs About Hookah and Hookah Tobacco Use and Implications for Preventing Use. Preventing Chronic Disease. (Jan 2019).
Changes in Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among Current Youth Tobacco Users in the United States, 2014-2017. JAMA Pediatrics. (Jan 2019).
Tobacco Use and Cessation Behaviors in Young Adults: 2016 National Health Interview Survey. American Journal of Public Health. (Dec 2018).
Frequency of use among middle and high school student tobacco product users — United States, 2015–2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Dec 2018).
Mental Health Problems and Onset of Tobacco Use Among 12- to 24-Year-Olds in the PATH Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (Dec 2018).
Age of tobacco use initiation and association with current use and nicotine dependence among US middle and high school students, 2014-2016. Tobacco Control. (Nov 2018).
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students—United States, 2014–2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Aug 2018).
Perceptions of Alternative Tobacco Products (ATPs), Anti-tobacco Media, and Tobacco Regulation among Young Adults: A Qualitative Study. American Journal of Health Behavior. (Jul 2018).
Youth or Young Adults: Which Group Is at Highest Risk for Tobacco Use Onset? Journal of Adolescent Health. (Jul 2018).
Social Aspects of Hookah Smoking Among US Youth. Pediatrics. (Jul 2018).
Prevalence and factors associated with use of hookah tobacco among young adults in the U.S. Addictive Behaviors. (Jul 2018).
Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2017. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. (Jun 2018).
Tobacco Marketing and Subsequent Use of Cigarettes, E-cigarettes and Hookah in Adolescents. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. (May 2018)
Engagement With Online Tobacco Marketing Among Adolescents in the United States: 2013–2014 to 2014–2015. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. (May 2018).
Electronic Cigarettes and Future Marijuana Use: A Longitudinal Study. Pediatrics. (Apr 2018).
Discordance between perceived and actual tobacco product use prevalence among US youth: a comparative analysis of electronic and regular cigarettes. British Medical Journal. (Apr 2018).
Ethnic Differences in Cigarette Use Trajectories and Health, Psychosocial, and Academic Outcomes. Journal of Adolescent Health. (Mar 2018).
Cigarette Brand Preference and Pro-Tobacco Advertising among Middle and High School Students – U.S., 2012-2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Feb 2018).
E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Office of the Surgeon General, DHHS. (Apr 2017).
Trends in Susceptibility to Smoking by Race and Ethnicity. Pediatrics. (Nov 2016).
Decomposing racial differences in adolescent smoking in the U.S. Economics & Human Biology. (2016 May).
Exposure to Advertisements and Electronic Cigarette Use Among US Middle and High School Students. Pediatrics. (Apr 2016).
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2015. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Apr 2016)
Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Advertising Among Middle School and High School Students — United States, 2014. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Jan 2016)
Electronic Cigarette Trial and Use among Young Adults: Reasons for Trial and Cessation of Vaping. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Dec 2015).
Cigarette, Cigar, and Marijuana Use Among High School Students — United States, 1997–2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (October 2015).
Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (October 2015)
Frequency of Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (October 2015).
Combustible and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among High School Athletes — United States, 2001–2013. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Sept 2015)
Risk of Cigarette Smoking Initiation During Adolescence Among US-Born and Non–US-Born Hispanics/Latinos: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. American Journal of Public Health. (June 2014).
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (April 2015)
Youth tobacco smoking rates putting millions at risk of premature death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Nov 2014).
Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students -- United States, 2013. Arrazola RA, Neff, LJ et al. (Nov 2014).
Are Young People's Beliefs About Menthol Cigarettes Associated With Smoking-Related Intentions and Behaviors? Nicotine and Tobacco Research. ( Aug 2014).
Teen Use of Flavored Tobacco Products in New York City. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. (Jul 2014).
Alternate Tobacco Product and Drug Use Among Adolescents Who Use Electronic Cigarettes, Cigarettes Only, and Never Smokers. Journal of Adolescent Health. (Jul 2014).
Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults. US Department of Health and Human Services. (2012).
Framing Pictorial Cigarette Warning Labels to Motivate Young Smokers to Quit. Nicotine and Tobacco Research. (Aug 2014).
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It's Friday and it's late. I successfully avoided Black Friday and took the brunt of Thanksgiving yesterday. I took a day off yesterday and am now finally recovered enough to spit out my finger pickin's flakes of college football destiny. Thanksgiving was a day for family and this weekend it's been a family of rivalries. Heck I'm watching the Civil War at the moment (that's Oregon vs Oregon State). We get more rivalries tomorrow and it's time to give thanks and give picks to see who comes out on top.
Top 25 wise, we have a couple of real doozies for ya. First up it's the Iron Bowl as Alabama heads to Auburn. Whoever wins this gets a ticket to the SEC title game. As much as I want to believe it, Auburn is not going to win. This will open the door for Missouri, yes them, to take on the Crimson Tide after they beat Texas A&M tomorrow. Yeah, I'm picking that one. Mizzou chokes on great levels and the SEC title game will be a new one. Until then, look out JFF. We also get Notre Dame at Stanford, but without a couple of golden players due to team rule violations. Trees win here. Finally it's the Battle of Los Angeles and I'm not talking about Rage Against The Machine. UCLA heads to USC. Trojans whip up on the Bruins as they are on a helluva role. Finally, Clemson beats South Carolina because why the hell not.
Big 12 wise, Texas already ran over Texas Tech. Baylor heads to newish but somewhat oldish rival TCU and the will rebound hard against the Horned Frogs. Although they are walking in there with a ton of injuries, they still have way too much firepower for a defense that was supposed to a stout and turned into average in TCU. We also get Iowa State heading to West Virginia. Is that a new rivalry the Big 12 is trying to brew up? I don't see it as such. But I did see Iowa State finally get a conference win last week. It will be their only one, the Mountaineers have this.
Let's talk rivalries here for a second. Much like Thanksgiving is for celebrating with your families, rivalries are usually families fighting. Just look at The Game, featuring Michigan and Ohio State. In most cases, it's for something that both teams need like a title or a chance at a great bowl. But even when one team doesn't have a thing to play for afterward (read Michigan this year), there's still so much importance placed on this game. A game between stately neighbors. Family if you will.
So there's a ton other rivalries I'm skipping over like that (like Florida State at Florida or Duke at North Carolina) because I want to talk about the one that affects me the most: The Sunflower Showdown. It's family versus family for the state of Kansas and believe it or not, it's means tons to both teams. It may mean more to Kansas this year with they way they are playing. They don't get a bowl appearance so this is their last game of the season. But somehow Bill Snyder gets his kids up for this game every year.
Why? Well because Bill focuses of family. Just look at Kansas State's stadium name. So we know tomorrow when the Wildcats head to Lawrence, they will be super focused. It's not a gimmie by any shot. I've seen enough rivalry games in my time and in the last two days that confirm it. Everything's out the window when you fight family because you know them better than anybody else. And we'll get another helping of that tomorrow morning.
Oh I'll be rooting on the Wildcats, much like I'll be rooting on my picks for the week, which are the last picks Yahoo! wise of the year. And by looking at how horribly wrong I've been on that, all I can do is just root. That's why family's are supposed to do.


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News articles have discussed wire fraud risk and the oversight practices involved in closing settlement agents. In fact, you can find helpful information on the topic by reading this blog post – Wire Fraud Risk and Closing Agent Oversight.
To help with your oversight of closing settlement agent vendors, we'll cover best practices, including steps and what to collect, as well as answer a great question we've recently received from a reader – How can I manage a panel of several thousand vendors who perform the same function (i.e., closing settlements agents)?
First off, this is a great question since the CFPB has mentioned in their guidance that closing settlement agents are an area of concern for the regulator since licensing and wire fraud are key areas of risk for this sector.
Depending on how your organization operates, closing agents are sometimes chosen by loan officers or executives. In other instances, the borrower may choose who the closing agent will be to conduct the closing transaction. Regardless who selects the vendor, a level of oversight and vendor vetting would make sense.
If your organization is an established lender, it's likely you have a large but consistent panel of closing agents at your disposal. However, since the vendor vetting process for closing agents hasn't historically been high on the priority list, you may be in for a surprise when looking closer at your service provider.
Set clear expectations of the approval process. If they don't meet your standard, you should decline. It's also important that if the realtor or consumer are requesting the closing agent, you should also set the expectation of qualification criteria. It's also worth mentioning that you should include a reasonable SLA on the time it will take to vet the closing agent. Is it hours or several business days?
If the closing agent subscribes to ALTA best practices, then the agent is working to industry best practices. American Land Title Association created best practices in order to self-police its industry. Gathering ALTA membership number and the corresponding ALTA documentation is a valuable next step and, in our opinion, is the gold standard that you should be working toward.
Verify wire instructions. These need to be verified on every closing agent. One verified, the wire information should be stored within the loan origination system (LOS) under the vendor profile and used by the closing department. It's important that any deviation at the funding stage of the recorded wire information should halt the funding process of the loan.
Here are some additional pieces of information you should collect on your closing settlement agent vendors.
Licensing – we recommend that the agent attests to the fact that they don't close loans in states in which they are not licensed. It does happen!
Validate email account type. Is it a public domain such as AOL, Yahoo or Gmail, or has the agent set up a business account with additional security features? While anything can be accessed, it's prudent to make the task of illegally accessing the email account as difficult as you can for a potential hacker.
Insurance and bond Information. Increasingly cyber insurance is an additional level of coverage, you should consider adding that to your qualifying criteria. This may help should the agents' systems or emails be hacked and consumer data exposed.
If you're using a vendor management software (and you really should be), consider using a questionnaire which will allow the closing agent to answer questions and update information. This will help centralize your oversight activities.
Background checks or tools which track negative news and litigation can also prove helpful in providing ongoing monitoring of a large panel and are cost-effective and limit the barrage of noise and can pinpoint valid red flags.
We've outlined several steps which you can include in the oversight function but trying to manage several thousand closing agents with the above criteria can be time consuming and costly.
Is there an efficient way to add a level of common sense and logic to closing agent oversight?
YES! Take a leaf out of how mortgage quality control manages the oversight (i.e. loan file audit) in their pre-funding or post-closing activities. Not every file can be reviewed so it's acceptable to carve out a sub-section of loan files based on numerous factors.
By targeting their reviews and reviewing past quality control issues, the lender can target loans which may be prone to experience quality issues. The same tactic could be a leveraged approached when selecting closing agents.
Consider the size of the panel and determine a realistic percentage. At a minimum, ten percent for every 1,000 agents is a good rule of thumb. If you have capacity to do more, then take advantage of the extra capacity.
Pull a closed loan volume report which lists the closing agent. Now create a table which shows how many loans each agent closed. Highlight agents who have closed the most loans.
Break out the closing agent coverage by state. Vary the percentage selected based on your footprint. If you only close 10 loans a year in Nebraska but 15,000 in Connecticut, it would make sense that most (not all) of your oversight be focused on those key states.
Look at consumer complaints regarding closing agents. Are any names appearing more often? Look for trends or patterns.
If you have a legacy list of closing agents, look at any agent who has a social email account. Make it a requirement that you only communicate with an approved internet service provider and steer clear of non-commercial accounts.
If this is a new process for your organization, look at all new closing agents added in the last 12 months. Focusing on the most recent additions to the panel would also be a good factor to consider since they're still a relatively unknown entity to your vendor management team.
Speak to your post-closing manager. Are there any specific agents who are slow to return closing packages or frequently lose documents? If so, it could be worth reviewing their information to see if they can truly meet your expected SLAs.
Vendor oversight can appear to be an extremely taxing process and requirement by the regulators, but by applying common sense and considering best practices from your quality control department, you can develop a plan which helps mitigate risk, satisfy the regulators and work within your budgetary constraints.
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As a sport, a lifestyle, a career, and an avenue to step away from the everyday stressors and doldrums, my love for cycling was forged that summer and has become a predominant part of my life. Haley was born this past summer of 2017. Our desire is to have a brand that represents the best of what we've been fortunate to experience in cycling: to be built in the USA; to be welded out of the best Titanium; to be artisan; and most importantly, to be fun. I don't race anymore, but at the end of the day, I want my bike to be able to provide everything from exhilaration to speed to zippiness, as well as stability, confidence, and comfort. We ride not to race necessarily, but we ride for the pure enjoyment of being outside.


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Thread: Backup, Purge User, Create and Restore?
Because of some really weird intermittent issues on a user account I was advised by Support to Recreate the account.
I want to Backup the users messages, Folder structure, Calendar and Contacts.
Create a new NDS and Groupwise account named the same as the original.
Restore the Folders, Messages, Calendar, and Contacts.
Is there a written procedure?
Does the FID need to be the same?


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The opportunity has now arisen to join this firm in their Bromley offices. The role will include residential conveyancing, freehold and leasehold, document creation, processing contracts, title deeds from the land registry and advising clients.
Experienced in conveyancing (residential and commercial).
This is an exciting opportunity for you as a Conveyancing Solicitor if you are looking for the chance to join a growing firm, with a busy and varied caseload to offer.
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Home > April 2002 - Volume 20 - Issue 4 > Double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover comparison of fiv...
Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at Journal of Hypertension.
Double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover comparison of five classes of antihypertensive drugs
Deary, Alison J.; Schumann, Anne L.; Murfet, Helen; Haydock, Stephen F.; Foo, Roger S.-Y.; Brown, Morris J.
Journal of Hypertension: April 2002 - Volume 20 - Issue 4 - p 771-777
Original papers: Therapeutic aspects
Objective Hypertension guidelines recommend initial treatment with a β-blocker or diuretic and adding the other drug where blood pressure is not controlled. We hypothesized that systematic rotation through the major classes of antihypertensive drugs would demonstrate substantial differences in the pattern of an individual patient's response, and suggest a more rational approach to choosing best treatment.
Design Thirty-four young hypertensives (age 28–55, median 47) rotated in a double-blind, Latin-square, crossover fashion through 6 weeks of treatment each with amlodipine, doxazosin, lisinopril, bisoprolol, bendrofluazide and placebo. Blood pressure was measured at each visit. 'Best' drug, defined by efficacy and tolerability, was repeated at the end.
Results Rotation doubled the number of patients reaching target blood pressure (systolic < 140 mmHg) on one drug (P = 0.03). All five drugs were represented among the 'best' drugs. In six patients, the blood pressure on 'best' drug was at least 10 mmHg lower than on any other. Response to the 'best' drug was highly correlated (r = 0.79) with its previous administration. By contrast, there were only weak correlations between responses to pairs of drugs, except for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (A) with β-blocker (B), and calcium blocker (C) with diuretic (D) – each r = 0.71, P< 0.005). In these young patients, the majority of patients (23/34) responded best to a drug suppressing the renin system (A and B).
Conclusions Patients vary reproducibly in their response to initial treatment, and switching among drugs can increase the efficacy of monotherapy. The results support an AB/CD scheme for choosing therapy, in which the first drug is taken from one of these pairs, and uncontrolled patients switch to one of the other pair.
Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Sponsorship: Funding was donated by Pfizer UK, which also provided double-blind medication with each of the drugs.
Correspondence* to Professor Morris J. Brown, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Level 6, ACCI, Box 110, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK. Tel: +44 1223 336743; fax: +44 1223 762576; email: m.j.brown@cai.cam.ac.uk
Revised 9 November 2001
Accepted 6 December 2001
*Reprints will not be made available.
Journal of Hypertension20(4):771-777, April 2002.
essential hypertension, randomized controlled trial, crossover study
Articles in PubMed by Alison J. Deary
Articles in Google Scholar by Alison J. Deary
Other articles in this journal by Alison J. Deary
The ABCD of anti-hypertensive therapy?
Sympathoadrenal function in patients with paroxysmal hypertension: pseudopheochromocytoma
Guidelines on guidelines: focus on isolated systolic hypertension in youth
European Society of Hypertension Position Paper on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Estimation of central aortic blood pressure: a systematic meta-analysis of available techniques

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Famous Crocodile hunter tragically killed
By Iva September 4, 2006
Do you know who Steve Irwin is? The famous Australian and world wide known Crocodile Hunter? He was pronounced dead this morning as he got tragically killed by stingray while filming the Great Barrier Reef. I always thought he was playing with the fire but never thought he would be killed by a stingray.
"Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous bard on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said. He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.
Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said."
I really liked this guy, he was kinda funny and I liked watching him, can't forget that baby stunt he pulled out couple of years ago. Just when you thing there's no one like Jacko Wacko.
Because you can't get enough
Ellen and Portia had a car accident


Awake & Moving: Reflecting On 2015.
Another year in the bucket and boy was 2015 one for the books. This past year was full of street photography, concerts, the relaunching of Awake & Moving, lots of pizza, even more stickers, and more tests than a 4-year college graduation track. It had been some time since I started this thing known as Awake & Moving and life had a way of pumping the brakes on me just as I got it started. After returning from the West Coast I found myself hungry to complete some unfinished projects and restructure this brand to be the great thing I knew it could be. To do that though, I had to get a new space for myself and my little one.
I worked on that setup above for about three months until I finally bought a table. Your psyche will be tested during times of rebuilding yourself. Keep pushin' forward. While I was working on getting my life and Awake & Moving back in order, I started a little thing called Street Keepers. Rooted in my time with Van Styles, 13th Witness, and Levi Dopeness during The Hundreds' Street Meet NY (I'm right under the flag holding Ollie up as high as I can), Street Keepers was my way of bridging the talented photographers I knew locally that never seemed to link up regularly the way my artist friends did. We began having monthly meets and held the first of 2015 at the MLK March in San Antonio, one of the biggest MLK marches in the nation. This was actually the first year I was finally able to attend and it was truly inspiring to see how many people come together annually to support MLK's ideas and keep his dream alive.
Youth at the MLK March, San Antonio.
March came soon after and for a lot of Texans and music lovers worldwide, it's the season for SXSW. This year I would be attending the events as a photographer instead of as an artist like the previous years. With some good karma and some help from my homie Ren, we were able to line up some solid shows and even made our way into a couple others to make some dope live shots happen.
Free Murs show, fresh off his Strange Music signing.
Wyclef makes it clear that he supports legalization.
On top of some really great shows, SXSW also gave me some really awesome street photos. The spontaneity of the streets is what I love about lurking during any hour of the day. Knowing the streets would be flooded with people, I also planned an SK meet here during this time--our first foray into another city as a group.
A young girl catches me snapping as her friend sets up the group selfie.
Snapped this shot of Hannah Tropicana. She disappeared from IG before I got to tag her in these.
Steeze. I arrived early to take to the streets before our shows.
This guy held his friend back from a fight as an officer threatened to jail him if he didn't walk away from the skirmish. Do you wanna go to jail or do you wanna go home?
The iconic Frost Bank owl taken from the street on my last night at SXSW.
SXSW would start an onslaught of shows for me. In 2015 I shot so many amazing music acts with most of them being some of my longtime favorites. From San Antonio to Austin, I got to shoot some pretty amazing musicians and performers from the photo pit rather than from the crowds as I had been used to in my adolescence.
Grieves hitting an emotional peak. I'd been trying to catch him for some time. So stoked I was able to photograph the show with Grayskul.
This year I also became an Odd Future fan. I know, I know--five years late. The thing is, upon first listen of these cats, I just wasn't feeling it. Even today, I can't find myself liking everything they put out. I realize we ain't cut from the same fabric. However, I'm also a different person now from five years ago and this year I became much more interested in OF after seeing Earl at SXSW. I would go on to shoot Earl again in San Antonio a couple months later and then photograph Tyler in Austin on his Cherry Bomb tour. And I must say, during that show I got some of my absolute favorite images of 2015.
From the crowd I saw something I knew would capture the show's feeling at it's best--an image very reminiscent of Yonkers, my first introduction to Tyler's music.
Quite possibly my favorite image I shot in 2015.
Between nights of shows and editing, I was [maybe not so] secretly working on a long overdue project. A few years ago I started making art books titled Delayed. Sleep. Phaze. Self-published and produced, they are collections of illustrations I wouldn't initially share on any of my platforms; they would be exclusive to these books until they were sold out. With the intentions of releasing a new book every year, I fell behind and felt the need to make up for the delay by deciding to upgrade these books to full-color and doubling the size. This allowed me to encompass a wider range of images that would include my illustrations, design, and photography. The end result is easily one of my best produced collections to date (cop one here).
DSP3 is my finest book and really steps the bar up.
During the summer I invited some of the Street Keepers fam to a beach BBQ the weekend of our meet in Corpus Christi.
...and then woke up around 6 am to catch the sunrise. Some stayed up through the night. I need my beauty rest.
Instagram may be slowly fading in popularity and preference, but it is still providing some solid bridges. During the summer Global Meet took place with simultaneous photo meets across the world. Texas' meet included Austin group Heater Central, Houston group Conquer HTX, and our own Street Keepers. During this meet I met a lot of interesting people including photographer and model, Christie. See and read more about this free-spirited creative here.
Summer was about to be over and I was finishing up the relaunch of Awake & Moving. The biggest change was creating a new logo, something a bit more solid with less detail that still conveyed the feeling of being awake and in movement. Selecting colors and branding structures for the tees, like logo placement and tag print designs, rounded out the overall new look and feel. Another part of the release would be a design that exemplifies what this brand is--a representation of high caliber, passionate, and creative individuals. Creating a logo flip to embody this idea was important to me in entrenching myself in streetwear--the logo flip is a staple in this industry. The last design is my love for art, photography, and my youth using a photograph I shot of how I spent a few summers--enjoying a six-pack (of paint). Forgoing my previous affliction toward alcohol, this design would capture a big part of my artistic expression--photography, aerosol, and wit. These designs would mark my entry into actually printing these myself, which would prove to be an entirely new beast to conquer. These three shirts would lead the new charge of Awake & Moving. And I was super stoked to be back on it. Pick them up in the online shop.
Del Gente. Of the People.
Photographing shows would continue after putting these tees together and some big, BIG shows came through Texas that I got to shoot. For years I have been an advocate of rap and hip hop being different genres and I still believe this to be true. I grew up on rap, I evolved in hip hop. The biggest hip hop influence that opened the flood gates for my ears was the infamous Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan thanks to my buddy Aaron of Sneaks Up. The Art of War brought this powerhouse MC through and there I stood, stage left next to a speaker stack, photographing the entire thing.
Tell your crew to be easy!
That show was the biggest one yet. Then Deftones toured with Incubus. Talk about your late 90's teenage years coming back to life.
Vega with the new grill.
Chino, live from the stage.
A big inspiration for me as a multidisciplinary artist is Brandon Boyd. His books showcase a wide range of art and word and made me realize that it is okay to have self expression in many forms. From music to visual art to written words, Brandon is a true inspiration to me and my creative expression.
Wow. A little more than half the year was done and I was ready for more. Taking a short break from photographing shows, I planned a gallery show for SK. With a huge turnout during a mid-afternoon, one day only show, we sold about 30% of the work. Not bad for a group of photographers that people barely knew (but are well more aware of now).
One of my photos from the show.
The growing skyline of a progressive city.
The Pacific Ocean captured my heart once again.
Pushing limits with these talented guys, Cory and Ozzy.
The Golden Gate bridge and the creeping fog.
...and then lurked at night with Devin.
The SF streets at night are pretty dope.
Fall was pretty much on it's way out when I returned to Texas and I began preparing Winter 2015. Most brands have this stuff worked out a year in advance or more. They also have a lot more capital and dedicated time to operate that way. I have to go with what works for me and right now this is what I got. An integral part of my restructuring is to have timely releases throughout the year as opposed to the sporadic, RFN drops I was making in the beginning. I went back into the Pur3ly Root3d print shop as I created some darker images to coincide with the loss of sunlight hours in my days. The results were a lot of bones and some winter-appropriate garments.
Read more about this design here.
The year wasn't over and there were a few more shows I wanted to catch including Freddie Gibbs and Gary Wilson.
Freddie Kane. As gangster as it gets.
Living life as a creative I tend to meet some pretty amazing people. From artists, to DJs, musicians, poets, and so much more, my artistic endeavors seem to attract other creative people quite easily and quite often. This year I met Vince who is a talented photographer, a hell of a bass player, and an all around pretty cool guy. Through him I was introduced to his passion of music and collabed on a story of the band he is a part of, Frontage, in conjunction with the release of their latest record, Disillusioned. This would be my last Awake & Moving story of 2015 and it was definitely my strongest.
There were a ton of other events in my personal life as well as the brand's. I feel these were the most monumental and inspiring. 2015 was so good to me and it was proof positive that passion & persistence will give you some amazing experiences in life. This past year taught me to push through all the storms, no matter how tough, and to carry on through; they don't last forever. To bend when necessary and stand strong as needed; your inner strength will prevail. That the people you meet and the people's stories you share are important; shine light on all you can. All in all, I learned that with focused intention and good karma, you truly can achieve anything you set your mind to (and that clichés are still true, regardless of their age or overuse). From all of us here at Awake & Moving, which is basically myself and you reading this right now, thank you.
Here's to 2016 and all of your stories we will share through tangible words, visceral images, and meaningful art.
2015, I HUMBLY THANK YOU.


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The Beautiful Wife of the Whirlwind Marriage (Web Novel) - Chapter 566: Director Praised You Till The Heavens
Published at 12th of November 2019 12:46 pm
Chapter 566: Director Praised You Till The Heavens
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Gu Jingze opened the door, "Bring the food in. Madam is not feeling well, so she will eat in the room."
"Oh, okay."
Gu Jingze asked, "Can I see what's there?"
"Just some porridge and side dishes," a maid said as they brought the dishes over.
Gu Jingze said, "Put them on the table inside. Change this seafood porridge to vegetable porridge. Her appetite is not good. Eating seafood will make it worse."
"Yes, Sir."
"Bring the side dishes in."
Mo Huiling heard that Gu Jingze was out and wanted to go over and greet him.
But then, she saw that Gu Jingze was actually instructing the maid to bring food in for Lin Che.
She thought to herself, The Gu Jingze in the past was never this caring to me. Now, he's simply treating Lin Che like a daughter.
And this Lin Che is so complacent. She's actually lying in there and waiting for Gu Jingze to settle everything while she does nothing.
Is that how to be someone's wife? She completely doesn't care about anything and waits to be served. She's really treating herself as a young madam.
However, Gu Jingze only looked up to glance at Mo Huiling and then said to the maids, "Okay, after you put the food down, you can go do other things."
The maids went out and closed the door.
Mo Huiling angrily pulled a maid to the side, "Does Lin Che always wait around to be served daily? She doesn't do anything and waits for Gu Jingze to bring food into the room?"
The maid looked at Mo Huiling. "Sir has always been this nice to Madam."
"What a lazy, good-for-nothing woman. Hmph."
The maids did not like Mo Huiling's words, but they kept a straight face as they looked at her.
They were helpless because she was the young mistress of the Mo family. Now, she was a benefactor of Sir and Madam and had been invited to stay here.
Although everyone knew that she insisted on coming here herself, they couldn't do anything about it.
Mo Huiling said, "You guys are also useless. How can you let your sir serve a woman? He is Gu Jingze. Since when did he need to serve a woman?!"
The maids couldn't be bothered with her. They simply said, "Sir has always been pampering Madam like this. If Sir himself doesn't feel that it's a bad thing, we can't say anything either."
"You guys…"
In the room, Lin Che saw the maids bring in dish after dish of food. She was extremely curious.
She only said that she wanted to eat porridge. In the end, they churned out four bowls of porridge. Later on, the maids even served up two bowls of different vegetable porridge. In total, there were now six bowl of porridge and so many side dishes. It was amazing.
She naturally did not know that when the kitchen heard that she only wanted porridge, they didn't feel good to just dish up a bowl of plain porridge. Thus, they cooked up other things so that although she only wanted a bowl of porridge, they used their skills to make so many side dishes.
Lin Che said, "It's too much. How am I going to finish all this?"
Gu Jingze replied, "It's okay. Just eat what you can."
"Don't trouble the kitchen so much next time. I feel bad."
"This is their job and their responsibility. If you don't let them cook, they'll be the ones feeling guilty."
"They would think that you have no appetite because their cooking is bad. That is why you only want to eat porridge."
"Okay… Then I'll definitely try to eat more in the future… So that they don't overthink."
"Yes. Eat up. I'll eat the seafood one. You'll eat the vegetable ones. It's better for your digestion."
After they finished, Lin Che's stomach was warm and filled. She also felt a lot better.
As she rested, she saw a WeChat message from Yu Minmin, saying that the crew's director praised her so highly that it reached the heavens.
Lin Che asked speechlessly, "When?"
Yu Minmin replied, "Just recently. You'll know once you see it. It's all over the news."
Lin Che took a look at the news. Sure enough, the director was interviewed about the progress of the Witch's Diary. Upon the mention of the lead role, he simple sighed in amazement and said, "Lin Che is really the most capable, most skillful, and most professional female actor I've ever seen."
The reporter said, "You have such high regards of her and you've worked with plenty of female stars in the past. Are you saying that none of them are as good as Lin Che?"
The director had worked with plenty of big shots previously. The reporter intentionally asked this to create a conflict.
By then, they could probably write in their reports that some director who worked with Mu Feiran, Song Shuhai and other frontliners said that none of them could match up to Lin Che.
However, the director didn't care about this. He only chuckled and said, "There's nothing to compare. Every actor has their own merits. I just feel that Lin Che has especially plenty of merits. The main thing is still because of her age; that is why she can have so many good points. It is really rare since she is still young after all and she hasn't been in this industry for very long. But many female stars now are extremely haughty and it makes me jittery. When I work with them, I have to be extra cautious. Otherwise, one mistake can make them immediately quit and my crew would have to find someone else all over again. However, Lin Che is not like that at all. She would eat and sleep with the crew. She endured hardships with us, ate bento lunches, and camped outdoors. I told her that there's a car that can send her back to the guesthouse every day as a consideration for our female colleague. However, she didn't agree to it for the sake of the crew's progress. She ate and slept together with everyone so that she wouldn't be a hindrance to us."
The reporter asked, "What about her acting skills?"
"You don't even need to talk about it. She is a very nice person. She often discusses acting skills with the other actors. She's extremely professional."
After the kidnapping incident, Lin Che only went home by herself to rest for a few days. She completely did not demand compensation from the crew. This made the director very touched.
Thus, he really praised her with all his might this time.
Lin Che was totally dumbfounded.
"Boss, he's going to make more people hate me."
"It's fine. The fans think it's very good," Yu Minmin replied. "Oh right, I'll go visit you in the afternoon."
"Don't. Mo Huiling is here."
Lin Che told her everything that happened through WeChat.
Then, she lied down and continued to rest.
When the director's praise got out, many people were sour about it.
Some said that Lin Che must have spent a lot of effort to bribe the director. Some claimed to have heard that many actresses would knock on the director's door at night.
Qin Wanwan also saw the news. She grunted and said, "She simply knows how to buy people over. Hmph."
Sister Lin said, "That's enough. We'll deal with her slowly from now on. I heard that she was kidnapped while she was with the crew, but they just didn't dare to say it out. Who knows what happened in the middle?"
"Oh my, they didn't dare to announce that? Don't tell me she got raped?" Qin Wanwan said, "Hmph. She deserves it. She stole my Witch's Diary and kept talking about it. She deserves to be raped."
She said it as if her acting position in the Witch's Diary was hers from the beginning. She forgot that everybody competed for it fairly in the audition.
There was no snatching about for the role. It was not fixed and everybody merely had a chance to fight for it.


Despite the hate, this is one of the best movies of it's time–here's why.
and has someone to lose (whereas Jack Burton tags along to save his truck).
Jack Burton is no hero–he's the bumbling sidekick.
Big Trouble in Little China was an unconventional film, ahead of its time yet very much of its time. I think it'd be hard to enjoy, as an adult, in 2014 if you've never seen it before. I've watched it three times in the past week putting this together. It is far from a perfect movie; some of the performances are patchy and many of the effects are dated. But after all these years and all these viewings, I still love it.
Neither Kim Cattrall (Gracie Law) nor Suzee Pai (Miao Yin) have green eyes. They both wore green contacts for the film.
Dennis Dun, who played Wang Chi, was not a martial artist. He certainly played the part well.
Benhameen, after discussing BTiLC, asked "What's the best worst movie you've seen?" My response to this was The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. The director of Buckaroo Banzai, W.D. Richter was brought in to rewrite Big Trouble, transforming it from a western to a modern day action film.
In the original western version of the story, Jack Burton's truck was a horse.


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Great article from the main page on Page 2, explaining how most of us outside of New England are feeling:
WE ARE ALL GIANTS
In this glorious moment, when words seem so inadequate to express the joy all non-frontrunning sports fans feel, the first thing that comes to mind is this: We are all Giants. We are all New Yorkers, just as surely as JFK declared himself to be a Berliner in 1963. How can we not feel profound brotherhood with Eli Manning, with Tom Coughlin and all the others to whom we owe both the sight of little Billy Belichick sprinting off the field in an ungracious, you-took-my-Legos huff and our collective freedom from the Boston Globe's "19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots?"
February 3, 2008, marks the ushering in of a new age that seems so far from the promise of another historic day, Feb. 2, 2008 [the Patriots still undefeated, Tom Brady still upright], and a somewhat historic season, 2007-08, which we thought might conclude with a New England title and Belichick publishing "The Passive-Aggressive Manager's Handbook to Grumpy, Self-Serious Perfection in Football and Life." The first decade of the new century instead reminds us that games are worth playing, that odds primarily exist to enrich bookies, that America's preeminent advertising platform can still deliver a compelling sports experience and that Boston fans can now add 18-1* to Bill Buckner and Bucky F'n Dent.
In their ruthless professionalism and obsession with offensive metrics, in their ends-justify-any-means subterfuge and Only-Sing-When-You're-Winning single-mindedness, the Patriots embodied the most disturbing, dehumanizing aspect of modern athletics: Transforming play into work. In the long term, this attitude is untenable, because football is really nothing more than a complicated version of 5-year-olds chasing a soccer ball around a park, falling into each other and having a good time. It is the gap-toothed smile of Michael Strahan, crusty Coughlin enjoying a Gatorade bath. Joylessness, even under the pretext of competitiveness or dressed up in an extra-colorful Patriots hoodie, is never a force that can make sports worth watching or caring about. That is why today we are all Giants.
--Patrick Hruby
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that was one awesome reading. hruby nailed it sentence after sentence... 19-0? Hell NO! Congratulations New York Giants.


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As divisões das Filipinas são os três arquipélagos de Luzon, Visayas e Mindanao. Luzon e Mindanao recebem o nome das respetivas maiores ilhas.

Divisões administrativas
As ilhas estão organizadas em três grupos distintos de ilhas, de acordo com as regiões: Regiões I a V, CAR e NCR em Luzon, Regiões VI a VIII e XVIII nas Visayas, e Regiões IX a XIII e ARMM em Mindanao. Se uma província é reagrupada numa nova região, poderá ser atribuída um novo grupo de ilhas, como é o caso de Palawan, quando foi atribuído à região MIMAROPA. Os arquipélagos não têm governo próprio, mas dividem-se em províncias, cidades, municípios e barangays, todos com governos locais.

Embora os grupos de ilhas não tenham governos locais, e por isso também não haja capitais, certas cidades tornaram-se centros políticos, económicos e culturais dos respetivos grupos de ilhas. Manila é a capital nacional filipina, e é de facto capital de Luzon, embora Quezon City, antiga capital, tenha mais habitantes que Manila. Cebu, na província e ilha do mesmo nome, é a principal cidade das Visayas. A principal cidade de Mindanao é Davao, no sudeste da ilha.

Ilhas

Luzon:
Luzon
Palawan Island
Mindoro
Masbate Island
Catanduanes
Marinduque
Romblon Island
Polillo Islands
Burias Island
Ticao Island
Tablas Island
Sibuyan Island
Busuanga Island
Culion Island
Coron Island
Balabac Island
Babuyan Group of Islands
Batanes
Calamian Group of Islands
Cuyo Islands
Lubang Islands
Kalayaan Group of Islands

Visayas:
Cebu
Panay
Negros Island
Bohol
Samar
Leyte
Guimaras
Siquijor
Biliran
Bantayan Island
Camotes Islands
Boracay
Semirara Group of Islands
Islas de Gigantes
Panaon Island
Limasawa

Mindanao:
Mindanao
Camiguin
Dinagat Island
Bucas Grande
Samal
Sarangani Islands
Siargao
Sulu Archipelago (includes Basilan, Jolo and Tawitawi)
Turtle Islands

Ver também
Luzviminda

Regiões das Filipinas


Check out the great new video by Baby J and Skinnyman, 'None Of Them' from the new album 'FTP'.
How come there is only half avideo then? It is a bit small as well.
dude, let me know what you really looking for? it seems that Uk is not importing your stuff yet? sup with that?
Dis tune is big. I want that intrumental to rap over as well. Big up Sknnyman for the lyrics.


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The rule in Foss v Harbottle is dead; long live the rule in Foss v Harbottle
Kershaw, David (2015) The rule in Foss v Harbottle is dead; long live the rule in Foss v Harbottle. Journal of Business Law (3). pp. 274-302. ISSN 0021-9460
The proper plaintiff rule reflects the elemental legal principle that only the right-holder is entitled to enforce the right. At common law, as a corollary of this principle, only when the general meeting was incapable of acting in the corporate interest could a derivative action be brought. It followed from this principle that wrongdoer control of the shareholder meeting was a pre-requisite to derivative litigation. The Companies Act 2006 introduced what is considered to be a 'new' derivative action mechanism. Although the Act is silent about the wrongdoer control requirement, it is widely understood to have abolished it. Central to this understanding is the view that this is what Parliament intended, as supported by a view of the mischief of the Act and by several ministerial statements. However, careful attention to the extra-legislative record as well as to the rules on statutory interpretation render this view of the mischief of the Act inaccurate and these statements of ministerial intent inadmissible. Detaching our interpretation of the Act from reliance upon this record opens up unexpected possibilities when combined with observations from recent authority which suggest that the Act's reforms were not intended to abolish the proper plaintiff principle. A compelling case can be made that wrongdoer control remains as a threshold condition to derivative litigation.
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Sixt rental car bookings between November and March include winter tyres at no extra cost.
In Austria all cars are legally obliged to be fitted with special winter tyres between 1 November and 15 April if weather conditions demand it (legally obliged). In the event of black ice, snow cover, slush, ice and slippery frosts, winter and all-season tyres bearing the designation M+S (mud and snow) are mandatory. This means that cars, vans and light trucks up to 3.5t must be fitted with either snow tyres or snow chains in wintery conditions. Whenever you reserve a rental car from Sixt in Austria in between November and March, tyres suitable for winter conditions are fitted as standard.
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Economic fixes and unintended consequences
GLENDALE Cause and effect: Do one thing and it affects something else. In this case, the Federal Reserve is trying to stimulate the economy with money and lower interest rates. But in doing that consumers are going to feel the effects in the wallet.
It is a Catch-22 for the feds. Infuse more money into the economy to get it jump started, and that causes the dollar to lose its buying power. In fact Monday, the buck fell to a record low against the euro. That means consumers can soon expect higher prices on all sorts of products.
Thinking of buying a new car? If it's a European model you may soon be paying more.
"The Germans in particular are seeing their wage rates compared to American rates, when you put the currency flows into the mix, just skyrocketing," said Chris Woodyard, USA Today automotive writer. "The Germans are facing much higher costs in some cases, so that's putting pressure on them."
And the same price hikes could be true for European clothing, handbags, antiques, beer and wine.
The dollar is also taking a beating against the Japanese yen, now at its lowest level in 12 years.
So expect televisions and other high-tech devices made in Japan to get new, higher prices in the coming year.
And as if home construction wasn't already suffering, the lumber it takes to build a house will get more expensive because most of it comes from Canada, and the dollar is not trading well against the Canadian looney either.
The feds are affecting the price of bread, pizza, cereal, anything made with wheat.
Federal incentives to grow corn for ethanol means wheat fields are shrinking. But not the prices. They have more than tripled.
"My salesmen told me, you know, next week or next month, [prices will] go up to $60 for 25 pounds, 50 pounds of wheat," said bakery owner Julian Bohbot. "It's ridiculous."
And as much as the economy needs the bread, so do those nearing retirement. Tuesday, the feds are expected to lower interest rates again.
While that may stimulate the economy, it does nothing for your investments with fixed rates of return like CD's and money market accounts. Just a couple of months ago you could have gotten at least 5 percent interest, if not more. With a $50,000 nest egg, you would have made about $2,500 in interest. When the feds lower rates again Tuesday you'll be lucky to get 2 and a half percent, so your investment will return only $1,250 a year. Half as much as before.
Meantime the price of a barrel of oil continues to set records and so does the fuel you buy at the pump.
According to the Auto Club, the price of a gallon of gas in L.A. County is up 47 cents from one month ago to $3.62. In the Inland Empire it's $3.63, and in Orange County you're paying $3.57. All new records.
On the positive side of the feds lowering interest rates, you can expect home equity loan and credit-card interest rates to come down too. And there is some talk among economists that the Dow may be getting close to the bottom. In fact, the Dow was up slightly Monday.


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Home Archive for December 2015
You can always be camera-ready with Philips' line of grooming and beauty products
It's the season to be jolly, but Christmas is also the best time to be camera-ready.
Apart from capturing unforgettable moments with loved ones, people also love sharing their experiences on social media. Facebook and Instagram feed become a stream of gifts, celebrations, and those ubiquitous Christmas selfies once the holiday season rolls in.
People take the extra effort to look more dashing, more gorgeous than usual for their Christmas photos. Some even go to great lengths to make sure no one posts any unflattering photos of them after the festivities die down. It's not just a moment in history for many; it's that special time of the year where you could look and feel your best.
If you are looking for kakanin, I suggest you should visit Susie's Cuisine that offers one of the best kakanin in town. Susie's Cuisine served the best kakanin in Pampanga since 1972, beside kakanin, they also offer different Kapampangan dishes. They also serve some desserts like halo-halo, leche plan and other pasalubong items that you can choose.
Angeles Fried Chicken (AFC) is the oldest restaurant in Angeles City Pampanga, with its tagline, you will probably want to taste their fried chicken "Where Chicken Tastes Heavenly". If you are going to Angeles City and you crave for chicken, Angeles Fried Chicken is the restaurant you should visit with its famous fried chicken in town.
I was invited to taste most of the best sellers food at Angeles Fried Chicken as part of our Pampanga Restaurant Tour 2015, it is located at Marlim Avenue, Diamond Subdivision, Balibago, Angeles City, Pampanga. We are acquainted by the owner of the restaurant Mr. Pocholo Flores, who is very accommodating. We are amazed of all the food they served to us that night for our dinner, and we are all thankful that all the food are delicious.
As Avida Land officially launched its South Park District's Central Park, located at National Road in Muntinlupa City, they also hosted an outdoor festival called Chill Fest, that offered lots of outdoor activities that not only the kids enjoyed but also kids at heart.
They have a giant coloring board which you can put color on those doodles:
If you want to experience a something new cuisine like Dos Mestizos that served Spanish cuisine. Having a nice dining set and ambience while eating the signature dishes of Dos Mestizos restaurant.
Spanish cuisine is not new to us because it became part of our history, some of food that served in our home and in some restaurant are with a touch of Spanish cuisine. We're invited to try the Spanish cuisine at Dos Mestizos. The food is not pricey for the amount of what they served. To make our Spanish cuisine experience memorable, the place was set and decorated as a Spanish-inspired restaurant, while having your sumptuous food experience.
The undisputed Philippine box-office king of comedy Vic Sotto and box-office queen Ai-Ai delas Alas, join forces with the newest record-breaking, phenomenal loveteam Aldub in one groundbreaking movie during the holiday season, Thinking what happens when the country's comedy giants join together.
The upcoming movie "My Bebe Love: Kilig Pa More! " is going to make a kilig at the box-office and will set higher heights in the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) History. Starring Vic Sotto, Ai-Ai Delas Alas and the phenomenal loveteam Aldub of Alden Richards and Maine "Yayadub" Mendoza.
From creating sprawling lifestyle centers to paving roads that brings one closer to places of work and relaxation, proximity and accessibility have definitely become primary considerations when looking for a home.
Sparing no expense, VISTA LAND, AND LIFESCAPES, INC. opened the newest major thoroughfare within Vista City, a 1,500-hectare COMMUNICITY located at the boundaries of Muntinlupa, Las Piňas, Cavite, and Laguna. The said road grants easy access from Daang Hari Road to the communicity's third phase – a brand new 14-hectare district that is envisioned to be the center of health and technology in the Southern Metro.
Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc., the country's premiere homebuilder of great property that every family and individuals will enjoy, officially inaugurated Vista City's newest main thoroughfare that links Daang Hari Road to the community to major cities in greater Manila, a 14-hectare mixed-use development that is master planned to have Vista Hub, dedicated for business and commerce; hospital; and mid-rise residential complex and a lot more, last Sunday, November 22. Headed by our beloved former Senator himself the Man and Brains behind the multi-billion success project, former senator Manny Villar.
Last November 27, 2015, the giant grocery chain Robinsons Supermarket opened its second Robinsons Selections store in McKinley Hill, Taguig City, this is in response to the growing shopping sophistication among consumers.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the official launch of the new premium grocery store, Robinsons Selections was led by Robinsons Supermarket President & COO Robina Gokongwei-Pe, General Manager Jody Gadia, and Megaworld First Vice President and Commercial Division Head Kevin Tan.
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Mahesh Bhatt wants the ban on Pakistani artists to be lifted
Indian film maker Mahesh Bhatt has been raising his voice since IMPPA (Indian Media Picture Producers Association) decided to ban the Pakistani artists from working in India. Many famous stars like Mahira Khan, Ali Zafar and Fawad Khan have been affected by the ban since, they were to complete some projects in India. According to Mid-Day, Mahesh Bhatt feels that Indian government should deal with the terrorism in a different way than to ban the Pakistani Artists.
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"The idea of it could incur the wrath of political parties.The Central government has to come up with a solution, if they wish to rebuild relations razed to the ground prior to the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. In my opinion, cultural space must be kept alive," said Mahesh Bhatt.
Mahesh Bhatt and many other Bollywood stars have opposed the ban but IMPPA certainly has no plans to lift it.


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The Playroom is the Coolest Tech Demo You Will Ever See
By AJ Glasser Legacy Author June 13, 2013
The PlayStation 4 comes with a suite of features that augment your virtual reality experience with light, sound, motion and vibrations. Almost all of these are accomplished with the PS4 controller – and a few more are available through the PS4's dual camera (which is not sold with the PS4). Much like any new system, the first set of games available on the console likely won't tap all of these new and exciting features – so The Playroom showcases them all for you from day one.
Essentially a tech demo, The Playroom is an augmented reality simulator for whatever room your PS4 happens to be in. The dual camera tracks whoever is in the room and the light on the controller – offering a hologram-like menu that tilts and twists in sync with the first-player controller. The menu options for Playroom include Controller Setup, Play With Asobi, and AR Bots – three of the modes shown to me by a Sony rep in the private press area at the company's E3 booth.
In Controller Setup, players are treated to a theatrical "diagnostics" check of their PS4 controller that features a series of hologram popups that show images of the controller's interior (no way of knowing if these are realistic depictions without cracking one open – which understandably, Sony wouldn't let me do). Different parts of the controller interior light up as they are actually triggered by the mode – when sounds come out of the PS4 controller's speaker, when the controller vibrates or when the light sensor goes on and off. At the end of the "setup," the mode ends and players are back in the main menu.
Play with Asobi creates a virtual robot that appears on screen (Note: Asobi means "play" in Japanese – clever, huh?). Using the camera and motion sensors, the robot reacts to people in the environment – moving toward areas where it detects the most motion. Players can "touch" Asobi – either tickling its tentacles (which makes it glow yellow and make happy noises) or batting at it to move it around the screen. Players can also punch Asobi – but if they do that often enough, Asobi gets angry and "shocks" the offending player (which is really an animated effect where the player sees an images of a skeleton laid over their body while electricity effects radiate outward from it).
The last thing I saw before being ushered to another demo was the AR Bots mode – which takes place both as an augmented reality environment like Play With Asobi and a theatrical environment meant to be the inside of the PS4 controller. When the mode starts, the bots are "inside" the controller (and you can hear them through the controller speaker if you jiggle the controller). Pressing a button takes you to a stylized "interior" view of the controller where you can see about a dozen little white robot people moving around. Shaking the controller knocks them down. Pressing buttons causes them to react as though the buttons were caving in on them (though certain sequences cause them to dance). Holding your hand over the controller's light makes the environment dark.
The bots can be shaken out of the controller, switching the mode back to the AR view – where now the bots react to your motions like Asobi. You can wave at them (and they wave back). You can kick them (and they seem to love you for it). You can also give them more virtual content to interact with by using a companion PS4 app (to be available on iOS and Android devices). The app lets you choose from preset items (like a beach ball) or to draw and color items (like hearts) that then can be "flicked" from your tablet or smartphone into your AR environment where the bots will play with it. A "vacuum" button on the controller sucks all the AR items up into the controller and ends the mode.
All of these modes showcase what the various PS4 features can do – but beyond that, it's on the player and on game developers to decide what to make of them. Asobi and the AR bots are very, very cute and I think a lot of toddlers are going to love torturing fake robots while Mommy and Daddy Vine the heck out of them doing it. But the "point" of Playroom is an invitation – for players to play around with their environment and for developers to think about what these features can do for their PS4 games.
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PTS Support
When to test with PTS
PTS Support Home
Choosing a test type and level
Progress Test in Science Find out more
Annual administration
Twice yearly administration
The test should be administered towards the end of the year, preferably in the third term (UK spring/summer term) as this was when the test was originally standardised and when students should have learned the content covered in the assessment.
The Annual Administration table shows which level of test should be used for schools choosing this option.
There is no test for the end of the first year of secondary school, due to the way the science curriculum is structured over KS3. Levels 13-14 are end-of-key stage assessments to be taken when KS3 science content has been covered, or to identify gaps for re-teaching towards the end of the key stage.
PTS 11T is an additional test for students aged between 11 and 12 years, which can be used as a transition test on entry to secondary education. It is designed to be administered specifically during the first part of the first year of secondary school. It is based on primary science curricula so that students at the start of their secondary education can be assessed. PTS 11T can help create a baseline for students at the beginning of secondary/post-primary phase.
The Twice Yearly Administration table shows which level of test should be taken in the first term (UK autumn term) and then the following third term (UK spring/summer term).
NOTE: As explained in 'Choosing a test type', if PTS is being administered in the first term of the school year, the test from the year below should be administered as students are unlikely to have covered enough of the curriculum to be able to take the age-appropriate test.
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