If you need to set up a festive table and are looking for some of the best Christmas Centerpiece Ideas, look no further. Seasonal greenery makes the best table toppers.
1. Choose two relatively large and pretty evergreen branches as the base for the centerpiece.
2. Remove any empty or long stems on the two branches.
3. Use the floral wire to attach the two branches together. Make sure that you attach them so that the base of one branch is touching the base of the other.
4. Use the cutting shears to cut smaller evergreen pieces and arrange them on the two base branches so that it looks full.
5. Put in some holly berry picks and pinecones where needed for decoration.
6. Put the candle holders in the centerpiece make sure to choose places for the candles where the flame will not accidentally catch one of the evergreen branches on fire.


We know that several physical health problems, such as cardiovascular issues, have been linked to a lack of sleep. It is also known that sleep disorders can result in or be caused by mental health conditions, especially major depression.
What isn't so clear to the general population is if there's a link between sleep and dementia disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. This article will discuss important aspects of Alzheimer's disease and then review how sleep may impact this type of dementia.
The first case of Alzheimer's disease was identified in 1901 by German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in a 50 year old woman he called Auguste D.1 For most of the 20th century, Alzheimer's disease was reserved as the diagnosis of those between 45 and 65 years of age demonstrating clinical features of dementia. Patients over 65 with dementia were diagnosed as having senile dementia, but this was changed in 1977 to be included as part of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is therefore used to describe a specific type of dementia in all ages.
In developed countries, Alzheimer's disease is one of the most financially burdensome diseases.3 In the United States alone, this dementia costs the country nearly $100 billion every year, which makes it the third most expensive disease in this country. As society ages, so will the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. This illness will therefore, on a yearly basis, end up being more costly to each affected country. Medications used to help reduce some of the symptoms of the dementia may help to decrease the financial costs associated with the disease.
Not only does Alzheimer's disease place a heavy burden on a country's financial resources, but it also places a heavy load on the caregivers and the their social structures.4 It has been noted that patients with severe Alzheimer's disease need daily assistance. Since many do not have the financial means to hire nurses and nursing homes to look after their loved ones, the burden falls to the family members to care for these individuals. Time and time again it's demonstrated that caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease can lead to increased stress and anxiety, with subsequent depression, in some family members who support these patients. This is why support groups are available for family members who look after Alzheimer's patients, and they are urged to make use of the services of these groups.
Alzheimer's disease is a neurological condition where the nerve cells of the brain are affected. Under certain circumstances, the nerve cells deteriorate gradually over time due to damage inflicted on them. This is referred to as progressive deterioration of the cerebral cortex of the brain. On MRI and CT scans, doctors can actually visualize how atrophied (shrunken) the brain looks because of the loss of these nerve cells in the brain.
Exactly how these beta-amyloid and tau proteins are produced and aggregate to cause Alzheimer's disease is not clearly understood. The hypothesis is that they clump together and causes plaques and tangles that lead to nerve cell damage and brain atrophy.
Researchers have discovered that sleep helps to consolidates long-term memories in the brain. One excellent article though looks at another benefit of sleep and how the lack of it can result in neurodegenerative disorders.
During sleep, the brain tries to maintain metabolic homeostasis. In other words, the brain tries to balance the fluids in the organ so that proper functioning and activity of the brain can remain constant. It was demonstrated in the study that during sleep, there was a 60 percent increase in the interstitial space (space between the brain and the membranes that covers the organ), and this allowed for an exchange of the fluid in this interstitial space and the cerebrospinal fluid (fluid found around the spinal cord and brain). The researchers called the space where the exchange took place the glymphatic system, and it is mediated by glial cells in the central nervous system.
It's clear that Alzheimer's disease has an enormous financial and social impact. More importantly though, is that the disease can cause severe stress and anxiety which can lead to more severe complications in close family members who look after their loved ones diagnosed with this dementia.
Most believe that beta-amyloid proteins are a the main reason behind the development of Alzheimer's disease. Since sleep helps to clear out these potentially harmful proteins on a nightly basis, it is quite possible that a good night's sleep can aid in preventing or reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease?
Patients who therefore struggle with their sleeping habits seem to be at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. It's important then that individuals with sleeping disorders seek help and are managed appropriately to help reduce this risk.
Maurer Ulrike; Maurer Konrad (2003).Alzheimer: The Life of a Physician and the Career of a Disease. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 270.
GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence, Collaborators. (8 October 2016). "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.". Lancet. 388(10053): 1545–1602.
Economic Considerations in Alzheimer's Disease. Pharmacotherapy. 1998;18(2 Pt 2):68–73; discussion 79–82.
4. Clyburn, L. D., Stones, M. J., Hadjistavropoulos, T., & Tuokko, H. (2000). Predicting caregiver burden and depression in Alzheimer's disease. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 55(1), 2.
Hooper NM. Roles of Proteolysis and Lipid Rafts in the Processing of the Amyloid Precursor Protein and Prion Protein. Biochemical Society Transactions. 2005;33(Pt 2):335–38.
Lulu Xie, Hongyi Kang1, Qiwu Xu, Michael J. Chen, Yonghong Liao, Meenakshisundaram Thiyagarajan, John O'Donne, Daniel J. Christensen, Charles Nicholson, Jeffrey J. Iliff, Takahiro Takano, Rashid Deane, Maiken Nedergaard (2013). "Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain". Science.342 (6156): 373–377.
Sleep Medicine is a new field of medicine dedicated to evaluating and managing individuals with sleep disorders. It is made up of practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds including internal medicine/pulmonary, otolaryngology/ear nose and throat, neurology, psychiatry, family medicine, pediatrics, family medicine and anesthesiology. Board certification in Sleep Medicine is reached through fellowship training and/or through extensive clinical experience. Sleep Medicine physicians must pass an Board certification examination every 10 years and maintain regular continuing medical education credits.
The most common conditions evaluated by sleep medicine physicians are insomnia, sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome. As I mentioned, the field is quite diverse. As a result, physicians with different backgrounds are more likely to have expertise in managing certain sleep disorders. For example, an ear nose and throat physician, is most adept at evaluating and managing patients with sleep apnea and snoring since they are very familiar with the upper airway anatomy. Similarly, a neurologist will be considered more of an expert in evaluating someone with restless legs syndrome or narcolepsy since it involves problems with the nervous system. It is possible that even if someone is seeing a sleep medicine physician, they may not be the ideal person to evaluate a particular sleep condition. For example, a pulmonologist is probably not ask adept as a pulmonologist at evaluating and treating insomnia.
Most hospitals and heathcare organizations will have sleep medicine physicians on their staff. Most healthcare websites will have a 'find by specialty' option which would allow people to identify the sleep medicine physicians.
Sleep medicine physicians are actively involved in oversight of sleep laboratories where patients with certain sleep conditions are tested. The sleep physician oversees the testing protocols and oversight of the sleep laboratory staff. He/she will be responsible for reviewing the data collected from overnight sleep studies and generating an interpretation. The most common diagnosis rendered from a sleep study would be obstructive sleep apnea, a condition characterized by restricted airflow caused by upper airway narrowing. The most common symptoms are snoring, non-restorative sleep and daytime sleepiness.


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Better targeted therapies for neuroblastoma are desperately needed. They're now a step closer.
Two days after Neuroblastoma National Awareness Day on 2 February, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) awarded us a Program Grant of $6.6 million for neuroblastoma research.
New Federal Health Minister, The Hon Greg Hunt MP announced the NHMRC funding results last week – 110 projects awarded to 232 researchers totalling $125.3 million. The grants will help Australian scientists make future medical discoveries. Cancer research was a major focus.
Our $6.6M Program Grant will be used over the next five years to conduct substantial research to find more effective targeted treatments for neuroblastoma, and then take those treatments to clinical trials. It was the biggest grant announced in this round to UNSW-based researchers.
Although neuroblastoma isn't well known in the community, it's the most common solid tumour in early childhood and claims the lives of more children under 5 than any other cancer. It's a complex disease.
Professor Michelle Haber AM is our Executive Director and head of our Experimental Therapeutics research program. She said the grant is especially good news for children with high-risk neuroblastoma, who have only a 40-50% chance of survival.
"We're thrilled to receive this NHMRC Program Grant to develop targeted combination therapies, not just to cure more children with neuroblastoma, but to reduce toxic side-effects as well," she said.
Professor Haber and fellow grant recipients Professor Glenn Marshall AM and Professor Murray Norris AM all have 25-year track records in neuroblastoma research. Professor Marshall is our Head of Translational Research and a Paediatric Oncologist at Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick. As a clinician-researcher, he sees first-hand the need for new childhood cancer treatments.
This team is ideally positioned to take any newly discovered drug combinations to the next stage and already have some promising leads. Watch this space . . .


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Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957
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Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
String orchestra music and A. Peter Brown Collection
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958
Boosey & Hawkes
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
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An outpost of progress
Macmillan & Co. and The Macmillan Co.
Ballads, English and Folk songs, English
H.W. Gray Co., sole agents for the U.S.A. and Novello
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Carnaval for piano solo, op. 9
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Kalmus
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Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen : cantata no. 51
Solo cantatas, Sacred (High voice)
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Broude
Afternoon of a faun.
Symphonic poems
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
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Clarinet quintet in A minor [i.e. major], Koechel 581.
Quintets (Clarinet, violins (2), viola, cello) and A. Peter Brown Collection
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/variations/score/ADN1061
Serenade no. 11, E♭ major, K. 375, for 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets and 2 bassoons.
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Broude Bros.
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Symphony no. 2, : "The four temperaments", op. 16
Nielsen, Carl, 1865-1931
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847
E. Eulenburg and Edition Eulenburg
Symphony no. 4, E minor : for orchestra, op. 98
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E. F. Kalmus
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Economic geography of Indiana, by Stephen Sargent Visher.
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Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904
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Ein deutsches Requiem : nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift fur Soli, Chor und Orchester (Orgel ad lib.) = A German Requiem : from words of the Holy Scripture for soli, chorus and orchestra (organ ad lib.) : op. 45
Requiems
Fidelio : an opera in two acts
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/variations/score/AHA1209
La Bohème : (founded upon "La vie de Bohème", by Henry Murger) : an opera in four acts
Die Entführung aus dem Serail : an opera in three acts, K 384
Ariadne auf Naxos
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Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764
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Idomeneo : from the Breitkopf & Härtel complete works edition
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Abu Dhabi is the capital of United Arab Emirates. The rapid growth of this city is undeniable. Abu Dhabi is the second most visited city of UAE after Dubai and 80% of the population comprise of expats. Presently, It has many completely developed and off plan projects. There are many communities in Abu Dhabi which offer residential areas. Al Aman is also a residential community in Abu Dhabi. Located near Abu Dhabi – Al Ain road, this community is perfect for people who want to live away from downtown's crowd.
Being a residential community, Al Aman offers plenty of properties on rent. Tenants have various choices for renting a property in Al Aman. Most of the apartments in Al Aman are fully furnished. If you are a tourist or a visitor who want an apartment on a temporary basis then the option of acquiring a hotel apartment on rent in Al Aman is a considerable choice. Hotel apartments in Al Aman range from a studio to 3-bedroom apartment which is fully equipped with all the luxuries of life. The hotel apartments are modernly designed and come with amenities of satellite TV, free WiFi access and a fully air-condition system. The washrooms have a bathtub and there is a separate powder room with an automatic washing machine as well. The kitchen is equipped with fridge and microwave. The residential building of hotel apartments comprises of a Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, electricity backup and special facilities for the disabled. There are also 2-bedroom to 4-bedroom apartments available for rent in Al Aman. They have spacious bedrooms, terrace, maid's room, marble flooring, covered car parking, built in wardrobes and 24 hours security and CCTV monitoring. Currently, there are no villas available for rent in Al Aman.
Properties in Al Aman touches Sultan Bin Zayed the First Street from one side and Abu Dhabi – Al Ain Road from the other side. The price of Al Aman properties is dependent on the specific location and number of bedrooms. A hotel apartment consists of 2-bedroom whereas, an apartment has may range from 2-bedroom to 4-bedroom. Rent of hotel apartments ranges from AED 103,950 to AED 275,075 while an apartment in this area on average costs around AED 150,000. The rent is based on yearly term but the hotel apartments are acquired without any prior contract as they can be vacated without prior notice.
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Scents, pollination and climate change
How do flowers use fragrance to attract pollinators, and how do pollution and climate change hamper pollination? Professor Geoff Dixon tells us more.
'Fragrance is the music of flowers', said Eleanour Sophy Sinclair Rohde, an eminent mid 20th century horticulturist. But they are much more than that. Scents have fundamental biological purposes. Evolution has refined them as means for attracting pollinators and perpetuating the particular plant species emitting these scents.
There are complex biological networks connecting the scent producers and attracted pollinators within the prevailing environment. Plants flowering early in the year are generalist attractors. By late spring and early summer, scents attract more specialist pollinators as shown by studies of alpines growing in the USA Rocky Mountains. This is because there is a bigger diversity of pollinator activity as seasons advance. Scents are mixtures of volatile organic compounds with a prevalence of monoterpenes.
Environmental factors will affect scent emission. Natural drought, for example, changes flower development and reduces the volumes and intensity of scent production. The effectiveness of pollinating insects, such as bees, moths, hoverflies and butterflies is reduced by aerial pollution.
Pheasant's eye daffodils (Narcissus recurvus).
Studies showed there were 70% fewer pollinators in fields affected by diesel fumes, resulting in lower seed production. Pollinating insects do not find the flowers because nitrogenous oxides and ozone change the composition of scent molecules.
Extensive studies of changes in flowering dates show that climate change can severely damage scent–pollinator ecologies. Over the past 30 years, blooming of spring flowers has advanced by at least four weeks. Earlier flowering disrupts the evolved natural synchrony between scent emitters and insect activity and their breeding cycles. In turn that breaks the reproductive cycles of early flowering wild herbs, shrubs and trees, eventually leading to their extinction.
The lilac bush, known for its evocative scent.
Scents provide powerful mental and physical benefits for humankind. Pleasures are particularly valuable for those with disabilities especially those with impaired vision. Even modest gardens can provide scented pleasures.
Bulbs such as Pheasant's eye daffodils (Narcissus recurvus) (illustration no 1), which flower in mid to late-spring, and lilacs (illustration no 2) are very rewarding scent sources.
Sweetly perfumed annuals such as mignonette, night-scented stocks, candytuft and sweet peas (illustration no 3) are easily grown from garden centre modules, providing pleasures until the first frosts.
Sweet peas are easily grown from garden centre modules.
Roses are, of course, the doyenne of garden scents. Currently, Harlow Carr's scented garden, near Harrogate, highlights the cultivars Gertrude Jekyll, Lady Emma Hamilton and Saint Cecilia as particularly effective sources of perfume. For larger gardens, lime or linden trees (Tilia spp) form profuse greenish-white blossoms in mid-season, laden with scents that bees adore.
Written by Professor Geoff Dixon, author of Garden practices and their science, published by Routledge 2019.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Oregon ranchers Dwight (shown) and Steven Hammond, who have been serving five-year prison sentences after having been prosecuted by the Obama administration as "terrorists" under the federal Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. Their crime? They were prosecuted for conducting controlled burns on their own ranch in 2001 and 2006 that got out of control and spread to less than 150 acres of federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land.
As we reported in covering their trial, the fires caused no real damage and no threat to lives, homes, or property of other citizens. In fact, the BLM acknowledged that the 2001 fire for which the Hammonds were prosecuted had actually "improved range conditions" on the public lands. By way of contrast, as we have reported previously (see here, here, and here), the BLM, National Park Service, and U.S. Forest Service "are a veritable Arsons-R-Us, annually burning up millions of acres of public lands and tens of thousands of acres of private property, as well as endangering lives (and sometimes taking them) and destroying homes." Not one of the federal employees or officials responsible for these massive infernos is ever prosecuted, of course.
Federal District Court Judge Michael Hogan recognized that the Hammonds were being railroaded and subjected to malicious prosecution. In their first trial, in 2012, Judge Hogan ruled that imposing a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence on the Hammonds would "shock the conscience" of the court. It "would result in a sentence which is grossly disproportionate to the severity of the offenses here," he said. "It just would not be — would not meet any idea I have of justice, proportionality." The Hammonds' actions, he reasoned, "could not have been conduct intended" under the anti-terrorism law. Thus, Judge Hogan used his discretionary authority to sentence Dwight Hammond (then 74) to three months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Dwight's son Steven (then 46 and a father of three) was sentenced to one year and one day in prison — also to be followed by three years of supervised release.
The Obama Justice Department was having none of that and promptly appealed Judge Hogan's ruling to the infamous U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the most "progressive" and activist federal court in the land. Not surprisingly, they found a Ninth Circuit judge whose conscience was sufficiently conditioned as not to share Judge Hogan's shock at the injustice of the prosecution. The full five-year sentences were handed down to the newly minted "terrorists," who were then summarily ordered back to prison in 2016.
It was outrage over this injustice that led ranchers and supporters from across the country to rally to the Hammonds' cause in eastern Oregon's Harney County. Among those who came were Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, whose own conflicts with federal bureaucrats had resulted in the now-famous Bunkerville standoff with authorities in 2014. The Oregon protests evolved into the January-February occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which ended with Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum being shot to death by an agent of the FBI and Oregon state troopers.
Rokala and the other green extremists at the CWP receive their principal funding from Eric Kessler, who uses his New Venture Fund to finance a host of left-wing environmental causes. Interestingly, none of the social justice "progressives" seemed to mind at all when President Obama pardoned unrepentant, still-defiant terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera, or President Bill Clinton's 1999 pardons for 11 of Rivera's FALN terrorist comrades. Those are genuine terrorists, who planted bombs, blew up national monuments and tourist sites, and actually killed people. Yes, the bombers and murderers deserve clemency, but not the ranchers struggling to make a living and to feed the American people!
That's not the only example of liberal hypocrisy in this case. The Huffington Post, like the rest of the "mainstream" media, has been frothing for the past several weeks about the separation of children from parents by the Border Patrol and ICE. However, they reserve their compassion for illegal aliens. Hardworking, law-abiding American citizens such as the Hammonds, who have no criminal record, well, their plight is not worth consideration. No compassion for the children of Steven Hammond, or for the elderly Dwight Hammond, or for his wife Susie, who is in frail health and might not have seen her husband again if he had been forced to remain in prison. However, President Trump's pardon for the Hammonds will be celebrated by all Americans who treasure justice and who labor to roll back the oppressive and overreaching hand of Big Government and place it back into the shackles of the Constitution.


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NSLC survey finds 1 in 4 adult Nova Scotians bought cannabis legally
The Canadian Press September 26, 2019
The logo of the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission is seen in Halifax on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. A new survey from the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation suggests that one in four adults in the province has bought legal cannabis — and 20 per cent of those buyers were new to the drug. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX — A new survey from the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation suggests that one in four adults in the province has bought legal cannabis — and 20 per cent of those buyers were new to the drug.
The survey, conducted for the NSLC by the polling firm Narrative Research, also found that almost half of legal cannabis buyers were between the ages of 19 and 34.
Finance Minister Karen Casey says in a statement that the survey shows the NSLC has made an "excellent start" on providing people in the province with a safe and legal supply of cannabis.
However, the survey also identified areas of potential improvement, including the price of cannabis products.
NSLC president Greg Hughes says the results will help inform how the Crown corporation integrates the sale of edibles, extracts and topicals when they become legal, expected to happen later this year.
Narrative Research conducted a telephone survey of 3,460 Nova Scotia residents, saying the poll was reliable within plus or minus 1.7 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Two online surveys were also conducted that can't be assigned a margin of error.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2019.


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On the occasion of the celebration, Angelo Radici, president of RadiciGroup, announced a EUR 10 million investment in a new nonwovens production line.
Tessiture Pietro Radici (TPR) – ancestral RadiciGroup company founded in 1941 as a manufacturing company engaged in the production of textiles and today a market leader in the production of spunbond nonwovens (Dylar®) and synthetic grass yarn (Radigreen®) – is celebrating its 75 years in business.
The initiatives for the celebration of this important anniversary include a series of events dedicated to employees and their families, as well as a special publication "Come Tessuto Non Tessuto" [Like nonwoven fabric], which traces the history of the company within a "glocal" economic context. It is a sign of the company's respect for the people who have always had the ability to evolve, seize new opportunities and promptly respond to an increasingly competitive market – the people who have made TPR a great company.


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Home » Digital Marketing News » New Marketing Opportunities Emerge in the Hispanic Population
New Marketing Opportunities Emerge in the Hispanic Population
October 18, 2018 Sarah Cavill
There are 57.5 million Hispanic people living in the United States according to the most recent census, and they are among the fastest growing demographic in the country, making up 18% of the general population and estimated to reach 27% by 2050. They are young. They are plugged in. And their buying power is far out-pacing that of non-Hispanics.
From the Selig Center for Economic Growth: "In 2015, Hispanics [in the U.S.] controlled $1.3 trillion in buying power, an amount larger than the GDP of Australia or Spain, [and] up 167% since the turn of the century. The increase is more than twice the 76% growth in non-Hispanic buying power during the same period. The center's projections show U.S. Hispanic buying power continuing this trend, reaching $1.7 trillion by 2020."
Some other facts about the Hispanic population:
Their median age is 27, versus 42 for non-Hispanic whites.
They are extremely tech-savvy and tech-dependent, and more so than non-Hispanic whites in three key categories: smartphone usage, game consoles and smartwatch ownership, over-indexing by over 9% in each category.
Hispanics over-index non-Hispanics in their online sharing habits, including posting reviews and recommendations, and their regular use of online coupons and promotions.
27% of Hispanics live in multigenerational households, compared to 20% for the general population. This has an impact up and down the generational ladder, particularly as it relates to technology use, culture and brand loyalty.
Hispanics are Young and Growing in Influence Online
The youthfulness of the Hispanic population is immediately relevant because of the impact Hispanic millennials and Gen Z have on their parents and the culture at large, and because of the longevity of that influence. Nearly 30% of children nine and under in the U.S. are Hispanic, which means this market has staying power. How they interact with brands and their online and technology usage will likely be at the center of a marketer's approach to this demographic and beyond.
The Hispanic population, particularly the 24 million millennials, are very chatty online with one another and with brands and products they admire or buy. Multi-generational households mean older Hispanics are tech savvier than their counterparts. The communal nature of the Hispanic population at large has created increased activity on social media and the emergence of Hispanic influencers like Lele Pons, who has more than 23 million followers on Instagram.
According to a recent finding in the Marketer's Guide to Hispanic Millennials: "Hispanic consumers are also more open to interacting with brands on social media. We found nearly 50% of Hispanic shoppers reported they had either discussed a brand online with others or used a brand's hashtag in social messaging compared to 17% of non-Hispanic shoppers."
Hispanics are also more likely to use online coupons, discounts or promotions, which could contribute to their high rate of online interaction. This desire to share, like and comment more frequently than their non-Hispanic counterparts, presents an opportunity for marketers to reach out to Hispanic buyers through social media channels, creating opportunities for increased interactions and conversions. A Media Post article advises that working with a data partner will help marketers "embrace the nuances of the U.S. Hispanic market, it's important to consider attributes such as assimilation, country of origin, generations in the household, and consumer demographics when developing marketing strategies."
Brand loyalty is also important to Hispanic buyers, and this behavior can be attributed to a unique factor: connection to culture.
Making and Maintaining the Hispanic Cultural Connection Is a Win for Marketers
From Nielsen's Descubrimiento Digital: The Online Lives of Latinx Consumers: "For Hispanics, there is a noted desire to maintain and build connections with cultural roots. With the rise of new web and social-media content platforms that authentically connect with millennial and Gen Z, English-speaking and bilingual Hispanics, Latinx consumers are discovering new ways of expressing identity and cultural fluidity."
This desire to maintain and expand cultural connections to their Hispanic roots and community accounts for both their influence on mainstream American culture and their buying habits.
"Fifty-seven percent of U.S. Hispanics agree they are more likely to purchase brands that support a cause they care about (over-indexing non-Hispanic whites by 9%), and 43% agree they expect the brands they buy to support social causes (over-indexing by 26%)," says the Descubrimiento Digital study. And, "one of the important brand decision makers for U.S. Hispanics is a company's involvement in and dedication to the issues that affect the Latinx community."Developing trust within the Hispanic community, and reaching for engagement via social media and other online methods while recognizing their "unique contributions and value," can engender brand loyalty and buying preference.
Brands Are Responding Proactively to Changes in the Hispanic Market
Despite all the data indicating pervasive digital usage by the Hispanic community, most brands concentrated their buys on television as recently as 2016, spending over $6 billion dollars marketing to Hispanics on TV alone. However, as marketers began to catch on to the nuances and shifts of the Hispanic consumer, digital spending did increase 16.9% to $2 billion that same year. Brands that position themselves well, particularly with mobile and social, could continue to grow their market share with this influential group.
By responding proactively to the evolution of the Hispanic population in the U.S. and the differences inherent to the demographic, marketers can effectively position themselves for the win.
If you want to be a marketing pioneer and reach a highly targeted audience, contact Digital Media Solutions today.
Sarah Cavill is a Marketing Communications Writer at Digital Media Solutions (DMS), the fastest-growing independent digital performance marketing company. DMS helps its clients accelerate growth by deploying diversified and data-driven customer acquisition solutions that deliver scalable, sustainable and measurable marketing results. DMS performance marketing solutions connect the right consumers with the right offers at the right time to achieve the marketing objectives of our clients. DMS is continually innovating to provide new and emerging media and technology solutions that minimize waste and maximize results across the most competitive industries. Since its inception, DMS has demonstrated incredible year-over-year growth which has earned recognition on the Inc. 5000 list in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
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Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish was attacked by a spectator early in his side's derby game at Birmingham. The incident occurred less than 10 minutes into the game when Grealish was in the Birmingham penalty area and a fan in a hat ran onto the field and threw a punch from behind the visiting captain, striking him on the side of the head.
BIRMINGAM, England (AP) — Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish was attacked by a spectator early in his side's derby game at Birmingham.
The incident occurred less than 10 minutes into the game when Grealish was in the Birmingham penalty area and a fan in a hat ran onto the field and threw a punch from behind the visiting captain, striking him on the side of the head.
The intruder was quickly restrained by stewards as several other Villa players rushed in to confront him. He was led away by police, blowing kisses to the crowd as he left.


My impression is that there is no red zone between buf and f, and so no overflow will be detected, right?
Michael, you're right -- this would go undetected. It's solveable at compile-time by using the "each pointer has bounds" model and creating appropriate bounds whenever something addresses into "buf".
Another problem is custom memory allocators on top of standard malloc/new which are used by many popular packages (OpenSSL, EFL, JIT compilers, etc.). ASan by default only detects overflows in malloc buffer so overflows in intra-malloc-buffer chunks will go undetected. You can use special hooks to inform ASan about your allocator but this takes time and requires expertise.
Another problem is overflow in struct padding area - this won't be detected as well due to design limitations.


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Have a quiet night in with your girlies and spend some quality time relaxing, catching up, cooking, baking or making something. A night in with the girl's is so healing, and you'll forget that it was even Valentine's Day! Plan a morning brunch date for the weekend following, and you definitely will not feel alone!
Plan a fantastic adventure with your best buds for Valentine's Day. Pick a day around the holiday that works for all of you, and then see what you're up for! Groupon, LivingSocial or other deal sites and applications through your city are a great way to get some fantastic ideas. Do something you've all dreamed of doing - going skydiving, bungee jumping or on a great hike. If you're feeling a bit less dare-devil, just head to the nearest roller rink or rock-climbing wall.
Plan a fun weekend away with all that money you'll be saving from not having to buy a manly Valentine's Day gift or chip in for drinks! Go somewhere you and your girls love or have been wanting to visit. Make it easy and make it fun! Call it your "Single Ladies Vaca-Away"!
Spend your time dolling up and giving yourselves quick little makeovers. Learn how to use your best friends' curling iron, and let her give your curlers a try. You'll learn a few new tips from each of your buds. You can always count on fun, new beauty tips to give yourself a boost! Then plan a fun photo-op and commemorate this Valentine's as the sweetest yet!
Forget dinner for two! Plan a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant you've all been dying to try! And be one anothers' dates! You'll get to try something new, get all dolled up, take some awesome photos and spot all the obvious first-daters around you! It'll be one of the best Valentine's in a long time!
If your besties are out of townies, schedule a Skype or Google Hangout meeting. You'll spend so much time catching up, you'll quickly pass the night away. Just make sure you have a good book to read or movie to watch if the call runs shorter than planned.
So there you have it! There are plenty of great ways to celebrate Valentine's Day with your girlfriends. They're your "always loves" and should have a Valenitne's Day celebration sometimes, too.


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Q: Match IntervalIndex as part of a MultiIndex I have a problem setup using a pandas IntervalIndex, similar to those posed here and here, but with differences that have thus far prevented me from successfully implementing their solutions.
I have two DataFrames, constructed as such:
df1

    month   group   time    distance
0   1       A       10      100
1   1       A       20      120
2   1       A       25      110
3   1       B       5       90
4   1       B       7       99
5   1       B       17      60
6   1       C       30      200
7   1       C       35      170
8   2       A       5       40
9   2       A       10      27
10  2       B       17      33
11  2       B       19      65

df1.set_index(['month', 'group', 'time'], inplace=True)

df2

    month   group   start   end     period
0   1       A       5       15      1
1   1       A       15      21      2
2   1       A       21      30      3
3   1       B       2       10      1
4   1       B       10      20      2
5   2       A       3       8       1
6   2       A       8       15      2
7   2       B       10      20      1

df2.set_index(['month', 'group'], inplace=True)

Where start and end in df2 can be used to define an interval. My real data are much larger, with df1 on the order of 100,000 rows and df2 on the order of 10,000 rows.
What I would like to do is assign the period variable to df1, matching on month, group, and if df1['time'] is in the interval in df2.
There are two complications over the problems posed in the questions referenced above:

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*The IntervalIndex needs to be just one part of a MultiIndex, and the matching needs to happen on all three levels of the index.

*Sometimes a time exists in df1 that doesn't match an interval in df2. I don't have a strong preference for if those rows are populated with NaN or another missing value, or if they are just removed altogether, but what I can't have is a KeyError.
My first steps were:
df2Index = pd.IntervalIndex.from_arrays(df2['start'], df2['end'], closed='left')
df2.set_index(df2Index, append=True, inplace=True)

to apply the IntervalIndex to df2 while keeping month and group as higher level indices.
I tried a few approaches, such as
period = df2.loc[df2.index.get_indexer(df1.index), 'period']
period = df2.get_loc(df1.index), 'period']

But I have been unable to get the correct indexing behavior. For completeness, my desired result is:
    month   group   time    distance    period
0   1       A       10      100         1
1   1       A       20      120         2
2   1       A       25      110         3
3   1       B       5       90          1
4   1       B       7       99          1
5   1       B       17      60          2
6   1       C       30      200         NaN
7   1       C       35      170         NaN
8   2       A       5       40          1
9   2       A       10      27          2
10  2       B       17      33          1
11  2       B       19      65          1

(or the same table but without the two rows where period is NaN).
My backup plan is to loop over the relevant combinations of month and group, subset the two tables appropriately, use the IntervalIndex on these subset tables, then recombine them. But that seems like the wrong solution.

A: I would merge the two frames together using a left join, then filter to show only those rows where time is within the desired start and end period:
import pandas as pd

# setup the frame
df1 = pd.DataFrame(
    data={
        'month': [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2],
        'group': ['A','A','A','B','B','B','C','C','A','A','B','B'],
        'time': [10,20,25,5,7,17,30,35,5,10,17,19],
        'distance': [100,120,110,90,99,60,200,170,40,27,33,65],
    })

df2 = pd.DataFrame(
    data={
        'month': [1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2],
        'group': ['A','A','A','B','B','A','A','B'],
        'start': [5,15,21,2,10,3,8,10],
        'end': [15,21,30,10,20,8,15,20],
        'period': [1,2,3,1,2,1,2,1],
    })

# merge, and filter
df = df1.merge(df2, how='left', on=['month','group'])
df = df[(df.time >= df.start) & (df.time <= df.end)][['month','group','time','distance','period']].reset_index(drop=True)

print df

    month   group   time    distance    period
0   1       A       10      100         1.0
1   1       A       20      120         2.0
2   1       A       25      110         3.0
3   1       B       5       90          1.0
4   1       B       7       99          1.0
5   1       B       17      60          2.0
6   2       A       5       40          1.0
7   2       A       10      27          2.0
8   2       B       17      33          1.0
9   2       B       19      65          1.0

Note that the above frame excludes NaNs.  If you want them, update the filter criteria: df[((df.time >= df.start) & (df.time <= df.end)) | (df.period.isnull())]

A: I came across this recently and since I don't haven't come across a solution using the MultiIndex, I think you might need to operate on grouped data and concatenate afterwards.
Using your df1 and df2:
df1_grouped = df1.groupby(['month','group'])
results = []
for gid, grp in df1_grouped:
    # Filter df2 for the group of df1
    df2_grouped = df2[(df2['month']==gid[0]) & (df2['group']==gid[1])]

    # Create the group interval index for the lookup table
    int_idx = pd.IntervalIndex.from_arrays(df2_grouped['start'], df2_grouped['end'], 'left')

    if len(int_idx) > 0:
        # Use the interval index and slice the lookup table based on the group of df1
        results.append(grp.assign(period=df2_grouped.set_index(int_idx).loc[grp['time']]['period'].values))
    else:
        results.append(grp)
pd.concat(results).reset_index(drop=True)

Output:
    month   group   time    distance    period
0   1   A   10  100 1.0
1   1   A   20  120 2.0
2   1   A   25  110 3.0
3   1   B   5   90  1.0
4   1   B   7   99  1.0
5   1   B   17  60  2.0
6   1   C   30  200 NaN
7   1   C   35  170 NaN
8   2   A   5   40  1.0
9   2   A   10  27  2.0
10  2   B   17  33  1.0
11  2   B   19  65  1.0

A: I'm trying to do this just now.  My approach is to create a concatenated index column using
df.ID.str + df.date.astype(str).replace('-','').

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Lobsang Tesing was born in 1967 in India, in the family of Tibetan refugees, who left Tibet in 1959. At the age of twelve he became a monk in one of the most honorable monasteries of Tibet – tantric monastic university of Gyudmed. In 1996 he completed many years of studies of tantric philosophy, rituals and arts, having got the degree of ngagrampa (doctor of Tantra). Soon all the monastic community chooses him to be the administrator of the monastery and he starts to care about the well-being of the 500 monks of the Gyudmed monastery. Having worked as the administrator of the monastery for three years, Lobsang Tsering takes the decision to present the unique ritual arts of the tantric monks to the people of the western countries and to enlist their support for Tibetans, who are compelled to live in hard conditions of exile.
Cultural programs of the tour around USA, Russia and the countries of former CIS, organized by Lobsang Tsering, is of great success and includes exhibitions, lections, rituals, and of course concerts, the famous throat chanting of the monks doesn't have any analogues. Soon after it starts to sound from the stages of the most prestigious theatres, among which are Lettish National Opera and Kiev Operetta House. Lamas, who are the members of the traveling group of Lobsang Tsering, are real professionals, they know the Buddhist philosophy and ritual arts perfectly; their attention, care and love gain the hearts of people of different ages and confessions. The means collected during these years lamas give to support the monastery.
At the festival "Tibet" ngagrampa Lobsang Tsering gave the lectures about the "Life and arts of tantric monasteries of Tibet" and answered many questions.
- How to develop compassion?
- Tibetan book of the dead. Talk about death and dying.


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filed: March 28, 2015 • Ireland
Enercon strike postponed as workers offered pay deal
Credit: Kerryman 28/03/2015 | www.independent.ie ~~
A planned strike at Tralee-based windfarm servicing firm Enercon has been postponed pending a meeting of workers this week.
The Technical, Engineering and Electrical Union which represents Enercon workers had served strike notice on the company, which has its headquarters at Kerry Technology Park, following a dispute over pay and allowances.
More than 100 Enercon workers were due to begin a 72-hour work stoppage at locations throughout Ireland on Fridayt but this was postponed following the receipt of new proposals on pay and conditions from the company.
The TEEU is demanding the introduction of a pay structure that reflects significant increases in wages.
It also wants the restoration of the net value of allowances paid to its members prior to changes which the unions says were unilaterally implemented by the company in early January.
Enercon staff and TEEU representatives will meet at the union's Dublin offices on Saturday March 28 to discuss the new proposals from the company.
TEEU's regional secretary Pat Guilfoyle, said that the union "remains committed to achieving proper pay and conditions of employment for our members in Enercon.
Enercon have declined to comment on the matter.
Source: Kerryman 28/03/2015 | www.independent.ie


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Study: More Underrepresented Students Rely on Social Media for College Search
By Rhea Kelly
Underrepresented student groups are more likely to rely on social media channels in their college search, according to a new report from Royall & Company, a division of EAB. The survey of 5,580 college-bound students found that first-generation, low-income and minority students were more likely to learn about a school on sites such as Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram, and more likely to interact with college and universities on social media.
Among the findings:
27 percent of first-generation students said they discovered a college or university on social media, compared to 17 percent of non-first-generation students;
25 percent of Hispanic/Latino students and 24 percent of African American students said they discovered a college or university on social media, compared to 16 percent of Caucasian students;
24 percent of students from households with incomes of $60K or less said they discovered a college or university on social media, compared to 13 percent of students from households with incomes of $120K or more;
First-generation students are seven percentage points more likely to "like" a post and five percentage points more likely to share content from a college or university on Facebook; and
First-generation students are more likely to "like" a post or share content posted by a college or university on Snapchat.
Conversely, under-represented students are less likely to rely on information sources "more personal in nature" for their college search:
61 percent of Hispanic/Latino respondents and 67 percent of African American respondents rely on parents and other family members for college information, versus 81 percent of Caucasian respondents;
50 percent of first-generation students rely on friends already in college, versus 60 percent of non-first-generation students; and
63 percent of students from low-income households go on campus visits, compared to 83 percent of high-income students.
"These findings suggest that under-represented, college-bound students are less likely to consider their friends and family as a resource and do not have the opportunity to visit schools during their college search as often as their peers," said Pamela Kiecker Royall, head of research at Royall & Company, in a statement. "They seem to be turning to social media to fill this information gap, which means there is an opportunity for colleges and universities to modify their social media efforts to provide students the information they need, where they are looking for it."
For most students, however, e-mail and mail are still the primary sources of college information. Overall, 78 percent of prospective students said they research college options through the mail or e-mail they receive from institutions, while just 33 percent said they get information by following a college on social media.
The full report is available on the EAB site.
About the author: Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology. She can be reached at [email protected].


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Q: How to pass parameters to main method using Gradle? I have to pass two arguments to my main method. My build script is
// Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
apply plugin: 'java'

// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
repositories {
    // Use 'maven central' for resolving your dependencies.
    mavenCentral()
}

// In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
dependencies {
    compile 'com.example:example-core:1.7.6'
}

task main(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: classes) {
    description = 'This task will start the main class of the example project'
    group = 'Example'
    main = 'com.example.core.Example'
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath

}

If I try:
gradlew main doc.json text.txt

Then an error occured.
org.gradle.execution.TaskSelectionException: Task 'doc.json' not found in root project

How can I pass arguments to my main method command line easily?

A: You should use use -P as listed in the Gradle command line documentation.
For example, the following will work:
gradlew main -Parg1=doc.json --project-prop arg2=text.txt

And you access them in your Gradle script like this:
println "$arg1 $arg2"

A: task run1(type: JavaExec) {
    main = "pkg.mainclass"
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
    args = ["$arg1","$arg2",...]
}

//I have named as run1 it can be any task name

While invoking the gradle script:
c:\> gradle run1 -Parg1="test123" -Parg2="sss"

A: task run(type: JavaExec) {
    main = "pkg.MainClass"
    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
    args = ["arg1", "arg2"]
}