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Byron Horne
Creating and maintaining community for a person with dementia
Dorothy Horne
Feb 10, 2020 Updated Feb 10, 2020
As I stepped into this new decade alone, I paused and looked back, acutely aware of Byron's absence and wishing he was still here to go forward with me. We navigated the previous four decades together. It's hard to go it alone without the love of your life.
For our family, this past decade was dominated by Alzheimer's disease, beginning in 2010 with Byron's diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment and a year later, early onset Alzheimer's disease.
We felt God's sufficient grace and loving care with us as we trusted Him through the decade of disease. Not that there weren't challenges and incredibly hard times on occasion. But as we all know, so much of life is about our perception of our circumstances, and whether we view them through the lens of doubt or faith. We are thankful and blessed that in God's ultimate plan of redemption, there is meaning in our suffering. What we learn and share through our trials becomes a gift for others going through difficulties.
I mentioned in my previous column that people with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia need more than just their biological needs being met. Otherwise, they will experience social and emotional isolation — the main causes of suffering in dementia, says Michael Verde, founder of Memory Bridge. People with dementia start to lose their place in a body of belonging because they typically become "othered" as the disease progresses.
Byron had times of feeling isolated and disconnected. "Where are all my people?" he would ask. Or, "I don't have a place," and "I don't know what my purpose is anymore." Fortunately, the times he felt like this were infrequent, because he did have a caring community that made a significant difference in his Alzheimer's journey. (Byron didn't like me using the word "journey." He said it made him sound noble, and he didn't think of himself that way. But I did.)
I'd like to share some suggestions on things we did that seemed to help create and maintain a supportive community not only for Byron, but for me also. If you have a loved one or friend with dementia, perhaps this will give you some ideas to expound on.
1. Be open about the diagnosis. Attend support groups and seminars and learn about the disease. Help educate others in your community and become an advocate for people with dementia.
*You can't have a supportive community if you're secretive about the diagnosis. I think the fact that we were open about Byron's diagnosis from the beginning and didn't try to "hide" his symptoms was a huge positive for us. Sharing your journey helps educate others and leads to understanding and awareness, which leads to acceptance. Ultimately, sharing helps create community.
2. Keep doing the things you love to do as long as you can. Keep up your social life and hobbies. Keep being around people — don't isolate yourself.
*As a couple, we continued to do what we had always enjoyed as long as we could: getting together with family and friends, church activities, traveling, concerts, going to the gym, movies, festivals and cultural events, eating out, walking our dog and enjoying the outdoors.
*Byron continued to use his many gifts and talents doing the things he had always enjoyed. (He even picked up a new hobby — creating collages and selling them.) He was an entertainer and musician at heart, and for the next five years or so after his diagnosis he was able to keep doing gigs as BeeRon the Clown, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other characters. He continued playing his guitar for events and at church as part of the praise team. He also gave the children's sermons at church and volunteered at Longview Community Ministries.
As the disease progressed, we would modify and adjust the activities as needed until he could no longer do them. He loved music and was able to continue playing his guitar (as well as playing catch and dancing) until almost the very end. We also continued going to church every Sunday until about a few months before he died. Of course he didn't recognize anyone, but he still loved the hugs and being around his church family.
3. Accept the various ways people offer to help, and don't be afraid to make suggestions. Below are some examples of ways that people reached out.
*Byron had friends who invited him to go to movies or out to eat, etc.
*Our pastor invited us to speak to our church family from his pulpit one Sunday about the disease and our journey. That meant so very much to us, especially Byron. He felt like people really understood after that. He felt affirmed and loved. It opened up more communication and led to a greater sense of community.
*Our associate pastor put together a men's coffee group that met weekly for support and fellowship for him.
*He was invited to become a part of the Sr. High Boys' Bible Study that met weekly. The two leaders told me the boys enjoyed his presence as well as his contributions to the discussions.
*His last year he moved to a memory care facility, and friends as well as caring people who did not even know him would come by and visit. Sometimes they would sing or read Scripture and pray with him. Other times they would just sit and "be" with him — by their presence giving him community.
*He was a member of a small group of fellow believers that met together weekly (for more than 15 years) to share and pray. One of the members picked him up each week. The last year of his life they met at his memory care facility so he could still be a part of the group.
These are only a few ideas. There are many additional ways people can help facilitate community for friends and loved ones with dementia.
I'm so grateful for all of you who have followed our journey and prayed and reached out in various ways. You gave us community and blessed us immensely.
If you have a family member or friend with dementia, there are resources, support groups and educational classes available to you through East Texas Alzheimer's Alliance. Go to http://www.etxalz.org or call 903-230-8001 for more information. (Next Hope & Help Hour class coming up will is "Challenging Behaviors in Dementia Care" by speaker LuAnne Harms on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at E. Texas Builders Assoc. Event Center, 2023 Alpine Rd., Longview.


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Q: getting image on same line I'm developing a website using drupal's (7.14) Marinelli theme as a template. I'm currently fighting with getting the main menu onto the same line as the logo. The url of my page is http://quaaoutlodge.com/drupal-7.14/ - can anybody help me on how I have to set the css properties or put the html together to get this aligned properly? The icon should be on the left side of the main menu and the yallow background is just for debugging reason.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thank you!
The code in page.tpl.php currently looks like this:

<?php if($logo):print $imagelogo;endif ?>

  <?php print $mainmenu; ?>

A: The easiest solution would be to set position:absolute on both divs together with a top: and margin-left: property to always fix them relatively. You could also float them both left for instance, set a width property and a margin-left on the right div.

A: Here, this is what you'd need to do : http://jsfiddle.net/Z4EAb/

A: The main problem is that the second div (the one that wraps the logo & navigation) is too small to fit the logo and navigation comfortably.
First, please give that second div an id ("header-wrapper", for instance) and take out the style attribute. Then here's the relevant CSS:
#header-wrapper { width: 1038px; margin: 0 auto; }
#logo { top: 15px; position: relative; }
#navigation-primary { float: left; margin-left: 50px; padding-top: 34px; }

A: Don't be afraid of using negative margins to position things around each other.
See also:
http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/27/the-definitive-guide-to-using-negative-margins/

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I don't think many people see 10+ goal blowouts as being terribly relevant to the game. These score lines really only prove the winning team is just a tad better at quidditch than the losing team. I'm glad to say that I haven't received many of these losses in my career, and that the few I have were at the hands of some of the best teams ever assembled. If you'll indulge me, I'm going to lay down a chain of events that may have radically changed the face of probably the most notable blowout I ever withstood: Ohio State's complete dismemberment at the hands of the Tony Rodriguez-era Lost Boys in pool play of World Cup VII (170-50*).
Ohio State was never going to win that game in a million years, at least not with the way I had coached the team for that showdown. For those that didn't watch, there wasn't even a hope of an upset. The Lost Boys opened the game on a 60-point run in less than five minutes, effectively ending our chances before our starting line had even subbed out. It was one of the more impressive displays of elite quidditch you could find, knowing that Ohio State was (deservedly) ranked No. 19 entering the tournament. With the snitch coming into play and our team down double digits, we told sophomore seeker Mitch Boehm to not bother defending and try to keep from getting capped at 120 points. With no real beater help, Boehm and Steve DiCarlo had a quick battle that ended with the snitch in Boehm's hands (and he somehow missing a shoe). However, it was too late. The Lost Boys had just scored to go up 15 goals, ending the match perfectly at the hard cap. Demoralized, I went to bed not really paying attention to how brackets shook out, knowing that Lost Boys and the University of Texas had both capped out every game and it would likely come down to a coin flip to see who the top seed.
Day two arrived with the Lost Boys as the second seed and Texas at the top, but on a supposed tougher half of the bracket. Texas would have to go through Baylor University, a team that had notoriously bothered the Longhorns with its zone defense, in the Elite Eight before facing the winner of newly formed Lone Star Quidditch Club and Texas A&M University in their semifinal match. The Lost Boys, on the other hand, were projected to play University of Michigan in the Elite Eight and the winner of a University of Boston versus Emerson College rivalry game in the Final Four. The quidditch world looked forward to a slug fest of epic proportions in the final–the West's premiere community team with some of the sport's biggest personalities facing off with whichever Southwest powerhouse came out on top. The Lost Boys were too deep, too organized and too talented to have anything stop them from facing the Southwest's best.
As we know now, a not-so-little school called LSU was perfectly constructed to take down the West Coast's stars in front of one of the best crowds that I've ever experienced (watch the mayhem unfold here). Simultaneously, Texas State University caught four straight snitches before failing to grab a fifth in one of the more unlikely finals runs in quidditch history. Texas won its second of three straight world championships, albeit in controversial fashion after the injury-marred semifinal against rival Texas A&M. Ohio State themselves became one of the tournament's bigger surprises as Boehm's momentum from his inconsequential suicide catch carried him to grabs that lifted the Buckeyes past University of Richmond, Villanova University and Michigan on their way to the quarterfinals.
I consistently remind myself of how important it is to find the silver lining in tough moments, looking back on that snitch grab. Boehm was, at the time, one of many past Ohio State seekers that weren't the most reliable, athletic or imposing, with our snitch-on-pitch play being a notable weakness. That grab became the first of four in a row on the way to one of the proudest moments and biggest turnarounds in Ohio State lore. The momentum of World Cup VII propelled Ohio State to its highest ranking in history during the fall 2014 season, thanks in no small part to the seeker rotation of Boehm and Brien "Baby Beluga" Polivka. I've always wondered how things would have been different if DiCarlo, and not Boehm, had ended that match. Would Bohem have had the confidence to bring us past talented Villanova and Michigan teams? How would our team have responded in our first game with a 180, and not 120, point loss lingering in our minds? The answer, it turns out, stretched much further than I had imagined.
Boehm may be the owner of the most important capped-out snitch grab ever.
Texas did not actually receive the top seed in the World Cup VII bracket based on a coin flip. Both the Lost Boys and Texas won every game by at least 120, but the teams were not locked in the more-overlooked tiebreaker: snitch catch percentage. Each team had caught two snitches on day one, but Texas had a team drop out late and only played three games. The Lost Boys had played four, meaning the Longhorns' percentage was 67 percent, while the Lost Boys finished at 50 percent. If Boehm did not come up with that snitch grab, the Lost Boys would have risen to 75 percent and grabbed the top seed away from the Longhorns.
From here on out, this article becomes speculative, and I encourage you all to doubt and debate how I think the tournament would have carried on:
Texas plays Texas State in the Sweet 16, not the final. A closer win than expected becomes Texas' lone hiccup on their way past Michigan and Emerson–who can't handle Texas' physical beating presence–and into the final. LSU misses out on capturing the most thrilling upset of the tournament (and one of the best in history), as I don't see them capable of defeating a Texas squad that recently annihilated them that February. Ohio State flips sides of the bracket with McGill University, and even if we had beat an unknown but very talented UNC squad, we run into our regional rival Bowling Green State University in the Round of 32. Regardless of that potential victory, even the most diehard Buckeye fan likely doesn't see us beating Baylor in the Sweet 16.
Texas State no longer owns its signature moment in its program's history. Without a run to the finals featuring his elite driving ability, it's hard to imagine Eric Reyes making 2014's Team USA. Ryan Peavler and Beth Clementi don't get the recognition they deserve as one of the best beating duos in the country. Texas State's reputation– without that finals run, and no other regional championship finals run– is likely far below what they have today. Whether that would be good or bad isn't important; it definitely would take away a part of the Southwest's mystique.
However, the team that clearly is most affected here is the Lost Boys.
A top seed puts the Lost Boys' path to the final as: Austin Quidditch, University of Maryland, Baylor then Texas A&M. The first two matches go to Lost Boys based on Austin or Maryland's lack of athletes capable of stopping either Rodriguez or Vanessa Goh. Baylor, especially back in this era of the dominance of their zone, is a much more interesting matchup. The Bears had just firmly crushed Texas at Diamond Cup just a few weeks before World Cup and entered Cup ranked No. 4. Although a close match with both teams relatively fresh at this point, the Lost Boys' beater core is deep and talented enough to keep control away from David Gilbert and Brittany Ripperger. This pushes the Lost Boys into the semifinals.
West historians will tell you (as they told me) that the seeds of the Lost Boys/Los Angeles Gambits split were sown before World Cup VII began. Nothing had been solidified, but that was likely going to be the Lost Boys' last tournament with the roster as it stood. But I'd like to lay down a chain of events–in my opinion, the most likely outcome of this alternate timeline's tournament–that could radically change the West's community team scene.
The Lost Boys play a thrilling semifinal match against Texas A&M. The quidditch community is treated to scenes of Drew Wasikowski point-defending Rodriguez, Becca DuPont trying to find open space away from Goh and, potentially (still), the most physical match of the tournament. When all is said and done, I believe the Lost Boys' seeker beating secures them a trip to the final after a brutally long affair.
Texas, on the other hand, runs over a No. 9 Emerson team that can't handle their physicality. This allows the Longhorns to save their key pieces, and Texas enters the finals the fresher team.
The Lost Boys' tired legs from back-to-back slug fests begin to show as they play their third Southwest powerhouse in a row. A match that starts hotly contested begins to run away from the community team as Texas pushes the pace and uses their advantage in fresh bodies. After taking the top seed in the bracket, the Lost Boys have to watch as Texas pulls the final snitch and secures its second straight championship.
It wouldn't be hard, in this scenario, to imagine yourself feeling cheated out of a championship if you were a Lost Boys player. You had taken the No. 1 overall seed in the bracket, knocked out The Eighth Man's No. 4 and No. 1 teams back-to-back only to lose in the finals. In fact, those first two wins undoubtedly hurt in the long run and may have cost the Lost Boys the title. Having played or watched both teams multiple times that weekend, I would take the Lost Boys over Texas in a three-game series. While the West insists that many Lost Boy players were already considering defecting from the team before WCVII, it's not hard to imagine the team sticking together for one final season, one final push for a title they feel they deserved.
I don't think I need to point out how different the West community teams would be the next season. A Lost Boys team with the same roster has to be an early season favorite to win a title and creates a very strong narrative with Lone Star of community team dominance in USQ. The real-life Lost Boys still made the World Cup 8 semifinals without some of their biggest pieces from World Cup VII. On paper, it's hard to believe they would have been worse off with those names back in the fold.
No matter your agreement or disagreement with my alternate timeline, I know I have at least made a strong case for not giving up when matches go south in a hurry. It stretches much farther than simply pride for your own team. You simply never know how your seemingly meaningless plays can affect the outcome of teams you will never face, and I think you owe it to them to give every match everything you have.
You can agree with me on one final point. If Boehm doesn't catch that undefended snitch, the world is robbed of the second best DiCarlo gif in existence.
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President Obama stumps for Mary Burke in Wisconsin
October 28, 2014 By Jackie Johnson
President Obama rallies for Mary Burke in Milwaukee
President Barack Obama stumps in Milwaukee for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke in a very tight race. Both politicians repeatedly emphasize the importance of casting a ballot in this election.
AUDIO: Obama urges voters to take advantage of early in-person voting. :43
The president slams Republican Governor Scott Walker on several hot button issues — jobs, minimum wage, health insurance, and education — while calling Burke an "honest person … who cares about people." But, he says, there are also "policy reasons" why the former Trek bicycle executive needs your vote.
Obama points out Republicans aren't bad people. They love their country, he explains, just like Democrats. "But," he says, "they've got some bad ideas." Obama jokes he's got family members with bad ideas. "They're still part of the family," he says, "but you don't put 'em in charge."
The president's appearance in Wisconsin is one of several campaign events in states with close races for governor.
Burke hopes to benefit from national politicians stumping in the Badger State in recent days, including President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and U.S. Senate Democrat Elizabeth Warren.
Governor Walker says the many visits from the president and similar high-profile politicians show Burke is "the candidate of Washington."
Obama spoke at Milwaukee's North Division High School in a majority Democratic district.
Burke and Walker are tied in the polls. Each campaign says turnout is the key to a win. A final Marquette poll is scheduled to be released Wednesday, though both candidates have said the only poll that matters is at the voting booth. Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th.
After the Milwaukee rally Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin Joe Fadness released the following statement:
"Wisconsin can't afford a governor who will walk lock-step with President Obama and his failed policies that have hurt our country and would take Wisconsin backward. As President Obama appears with Mary Burke, voters must remember that the president's failed policies are on the ballot this November — policies that have raised taxes on the middle class and made it harder for small businesses to succeed."
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There is more need than ever for banks to have a balanced revenue portfolio when it comes to ensuring a steady stream of fee income.
According to this article on CBInsight, studies show C&I loan percentage is down. The impact on the bank is reduced income from interest on these seemingly nonexistent loans.
Banks revenue portfolios are comprised of many elements including bounced check fees, overdraft fees, credit card transaction fees, interest fees and product usage fees (such as Billpay).
Historically bounced check fees and overdraft fees do little to show growth in fee income for the bank. And while these fees earn the bank revenue, imposing them may make the customer reconsider their relationship.
Credit card transaction fees only drive revenue when customers are using cards to make payments. This goes for consumers and businesses.
Interest fees, as we discussed earlier, are dependent on the market and needs of commercial clients. Rates fluctuate and companies become more cautious of borrowing more than they need.
And if your clients are using your billpay offerings, it's probably not driving the fee income revenue you imagined.
Banks need to consider all their options for generating revenues. One way is to focus technology investments on products that solve problems for the customer AND generate fee income. Products they will use and make their lives easier.
How is your bank addressing the C&I loan decrease?


One of the biggest pension funds in the world is going on the offensive against Brian Moynihan and Bank of America, and reaching far back into its playbook to do so.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) earlier this month sent a letter to Bank of America detailing its opposition to the plan to install CEO Brian Moynihan as chairman.
It also sent the Securities and Exchange Commission a copy of the letter - a move that allows CalSTRS to take its argument to other shareholders and try and sway opinion against the leadership consolidation plan. That's something it hasn't done in at least two years.
"We are planning to speak with as many shareholders as will take our calls," CalSTRS portfolio manager Aeisha Mastagni told Business Insider on Monday. "Since [Moynihan's] appointment it has severely underperformed all its major competitors."
Mastagni declined to identify the shareholders with which the pension fund has spoken.
CalSTRS is the second largest public pension fund in the US, and one of the biggest in the world. It had assets totaling around $191.3 billion as of July 31, 2015.
As shareholder opposition grows to Bank of America's plan to let Moynihan simultaneously occupy chairman and CEO roles, more voices on both sides of the argument have sought to be heard.
Already, shareholder advisory services including Glass Lewis have told clients it does not support Bank of America's decision. CalSTRS emerged two weeks ago as one of the opponents of Moynihan's leadership consolidation plan, joined by pension CalPERS and CtW, an investment fund operating on the behalf of other pension clients.
Christina Rexrode and Joann S. Lublin at The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Trillium Asset Management has voted against the proposal, and that Korea Investment Corp., South Korea's sovereign-wealth fund, also plans to vote against it.
Some bank officials have been telling investors the vote could go either way, according to the report.
Moynihan has his supporters too. They include Warren Buffett. Buffett, who is a non-voting stakeholder in Bank of America through a preferred stock and warrants deal, said on Sept. 2 through a spokeswoman that he is "100% in support of Mr. Moynihan."
We reached out to Bank of America for a comment and will update this article when they respond.
The bank has previously said that it views the push to consolidate its leadership as a step toward aligning itself with marketplace standards, and not as a deviation from sensible governance.
"The board believes that having the same flexibility on board leadership that 97 percent of the S&P 500 now have, while still providing strong independent oversight, is in the best interest of stockholders," a spokesman for the bank told Business Insider earlier this month.


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How do you write an equation in slope-intercept form of the line that passes through (1,4); parallel to y=7x-3?
Algebra Forms of Linear Equations Write an Equation Given the Slope and a Point
I found: #y=7x-3#
You can find the equation using the general relationship for the equation of a line:
#y-y_0=m(x-x_0)#
#m=#slope
#x_0,y_0# are the coordinates of your point.
To be parallel the two line must share the same slope #m#. Your line has slope #m=7# (the coefficient of #x#) and you can use your coordinates to get:
#y-4=7(x-1)#
#y=4+7x-7#
#y=7x-3#
When writing an equation of a line, if I know more than one point, does it matter which one I choose?
How do you write an equation in slope intercept form given a slope and a x-intercept?
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The Next Face of Sports Gambling
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The face of sports gambling may be about to change, and it doesn't look at all the way you think. It's not someone with an advanced degree in statistics from a prestigious university who uses all of the metrics available to make the best bet possible. With teams themselves relying more and more on analytics, you'd think that would be the case. But it's not.
Instead, the next face of sports gambling is a 25-year old college dropout. The next face of sports gambling is someone who cares about living a lavish lifestyle hanging around athletes, celebrities, and beautiful women just as much as he cares about betting and winning. The next face of sports gambling is Robert Gorodetsky.
On the surface, Gorodetsky is not someone who you think would be a gambling expert. He looks just like another millennial looking to have a good time in Las Vegas. He wears designer clothes, hits up blackjack tables, and sports a black hat that reads GAMBLR, noticeably missing the "E." His Instagram profile is a mix of winning gambling tickets and pictures of the jaw-dropping women he hangs out with on a regular basis. But those looks are quite deceiving.
The truth is that Gorodetsky was born to be a gambler. He started taking bets from his friends while he was still in middle school. By high school, he was organizing poker games, only to get suspended when school officials learned he had won massive amounts of money from his friends.
When he was still in high school, Gorodetsky would log in to his father's Ameritrade account and move tens of thousands of dollars at a time. By the end of the high school, he had made half a million dollars trading stocks. After high school, he spent less than a semester at the University of Arizona before dropping out to become a professional poker player.
Cut to three years later and Gorodetsky had made $90,000 playing poker. When he turned 21, he moved to Las Vegas to become a sports gambler. Now at age 25, he has a bankroll of roughly $3 million and financial statements that say he bet more than $26 million on sports in 2017. On top of that, he's living the kind of lifestyle that would make any young person jealous.
Gorodetsky lives a unique lifestyle that combines over $1 million a week in sports bets with quality time spent with celebrities, athletes, and beautiful women. On any given night, Gorodetsky could lose $100,000 on a game, make it back in a short period of time playing black jack and roulette, and then retreat to a private booth in a popular Las Vegas club where he'll be surrounded by sorority girls. He'll wear a hoodie that costs $6,000, sneakers that cost $2,500, and a watch that costs tens of thousands, all while barely remembering how any of those items cost.
Of course, all of that is possible because of Gorodetsky's success gambling on sports. He'll spend over $300,000 on any given Sunday betting on NFL games. It's not unusual for Gorodetsky to place $100,000 bets on MLB or NBA games. In fact, he has no problem placing six-figure bets on minor college football games or even NBA summer league games.
"Can you believe we have $100,000 on this stupid college game that nobody's watching in this world?" Gorodetsky said of a game between Colorado State and New Mexico earlier this fall. "It's sick, right?"
Gorodetsky won his bet on that game and countless others. His biggest secret to doing so is that he has no secret.
"People are always like, 'What's the secret?'" he says. "I'm like, 'There is no secret.' It's hard work. It's luck. It's odds. It's probability. It's not a magic show. It's not Copperfield."
Gorodetsky relies mostly on his gut to make picks. He has no specific formula for success. Yet, just as he made half a million in high school trading stocks, he has a knack for picking games. Gorodetsky claims that in the sports gambling world in which 52.4% is breaking even and 55% is being at the top of your class, he wins 60% to 65% of the games he bets, as if there's nothing to it at all.
"I would take my knowledge and my gut instinct and bet the best numbers," Gorodetsky explains. "I just kept pounding them. (The casinos) started lowering my limits because the house has no idea who's going to win in summer league. They don't know anybody who's playing."
He strategy has Las Vegas gambling experts completely befuddled. The casinos don't believe he's cheating, yet most who understand sports gambling would have expected Gorodetsky to go bankrupt long ago. But he hasn't, saying that after four years of doing this, it has to be more than just luck.
"Imagine if you were writing about this guy that was walking on the high wire in the wind with no net," says well-known Vegas gambling analyst R.J. Bell. "Well, the fact that you're still writing about (Gorodetsky) means he hasn't died yet. But the story is about two things. How amazing what he's doing is, right? And number two, when does this end?"
His success in the gambling arena has made Gorodetsky a popular figure among athletes and celebrities alike. He says he's close buddies with Giants star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Gorodetsky has pictures of himself and Beckham with their arms around each other, as well as stories of hanging out with Beckham and loaning him money so the two can play blackjack. He also claims Beckham has texted him looking for gambling advice, something Beckham's agent denies because it's a violation of NFL rules
Gorodetsky says that his gambling success has earned him a place in NBA circles, claiming that basketball players often contact him looking for betting advice, but not on basketball games, he adds. Gorodetsky also says that none of the professional athletes he knows want their relationship with him to become public.
"I have a lot of NBA friends and we've bet together," he told USAToday. "But they can't be in the article or I'll be dead."
Aside from having relationships with athletes and celebrities, Gorodetsky currently has over 170,000 Instagram followers. Of those followers, more than 100 pay upwards of $500 per month for access to his picks. Those close to him believe that if and when sports gambling becomes legal outside of Nevada, Gorodetsky will take off and be the face of the sports gambling industry.
"When it goes legal, we're going to be billionaires,'" says close confidant Elo Hankham. "We're the No. 1 entity, and we're going to have a market share of at least 5% of a $150 billion industry."
Until then, Gorodetsky has no plans to stop doing what he's been doing since he moved to Las Vegas four years ago. He says he doesn't fear losing, and even if he's down one day, there's no doubt he'll come back the next day. Of course, it helps that in between he enjoys the company of celebrities, athletes, and gorgeous women, as he lives a lifestyle that would seem like pure fantasy to most people. Between all the bets he's won and the lifestyle he leads, there appears to be no turning back for Gorodetsky.
"At a certain point, you start to feel like you have a sickness, that you have something wrong with you," he says. "But betting, once you start, you never quit. People are like, 'I'm done.' But you're never done."
Las Vegas, Odell Beckham Jr., R.J. Bell, Robert Gorodetsky, sports gambling


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import * as PropTypes from 'prop-types'
import {FormCombo} from 'widget/form/combo'
import {Layout} from 'widget/layout'
import {Legend} from 'widget/legend/legend'
import {compose} from 'compose'
import {msg} from 'translate'
import {withScrollable} from 'widget/scrollable'
import React, {Component} from 'react'
import guid from 'guid'
import styles from './inputImage.module.css'

class ImageForm extends Component {
    state = {entries: [], loadedRecipe: null}

    render() {
        const {input, inputComponent, inputs: {band, bands, legendEntries}} = this.props
        const {loadedRecipe} = this.state
        const bandOptions = (Object.keys(bands.value) || [])
            .map(bandName => ({
                value: bandName,
                label: bandName
            }))
        return (
            <Layout>
                <div ref={this.element} className={styles.inputComponent}>
                    {React.createElement(inputComponent, {
                        input,
                        onLoading: () => {
                            bands.set({})
                        },
                        onLoaded: ({id, bands, metadata, visualizations, recipe}) => this.onLoaded(id, bands, metadata, visualizations, recipe)
                    })}
                </div>
                <FormCombo
                    label={msg('process.classChange.panel.inputImage.changeBand.label')}
                    input={band}
                    disabled={!bandOptions.length}
                    options={bandOptions}
                />
                <Legend
                    label={msg('process.classChange.panel.inputImage.legend.label')}
                    recipe={loadedRecipe}
                    band={band.value}
                    entries={legendEntries.value || []}
                    disabled={!band.value}
                    onUpdate={updatedEntries => legendEntries.set(updatedEntries)}
                    errorMessage={legendEntries.error}
                />
            </Layout>
        )
    }

    componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
        const {inputs: {band: {value: prevBand}}} = prevProps
        const {inputs: {band: {value: band}}} = this.props
        if (band && band !== prevBand) {
            this.bandSelected(band)
        }
    }

    bandSelected(band) {
        const {inputs: {bands, legendEntries}} = this.props
        const visualization = bands.value[band]
        const entries = ((visualization && visualization.values) || [])
            .map((value, i) => {
                return {
                    id: guid(),
                    color: (visualization.palette && visualization.palette[i]) || '#000000',
                    value,
                    label: (visualization.labels && visualization.labels[i]) || `${value}`,
                }
            })
        legendEntries.set(entries)
    }

    onLoaded(id, loadedBands, loadedMetadata, loadedVisualizations, loadedRecipe) {
        const {form, inputs: {band, bands, metadata, visualizations, recipe}} = this.props
        if (!id || !form.isDirty()) {
            return
        }
        bands.set(loadedBands)
        const bandNames = Object.keys(loadedBands)
        const selectedBand = band.value
        if (!selectedBand || !bandNames.includes(selectedBand)) {
            const defaultBand = bandNames
                .find(bandName => {
                    const values = loadedBands[bandName].values
                    return values && values.length
                })
                || bandNames[0]
            band.set(defaultBand)
        }
        metadata.set(loadedMetadata)
        visualizations.set(loadedVisualizations)
        recipe.set(loadedRecipe.id)
        this.setState({loadedRecipe})
    }
}

ImageForm.propTypes = {
    children: PropTypes.any,
    inputComponent: PropTypes.any,
    inputs: PropTypes.any
}

export default compose(
    ImageForm,
    withScrollable()
)

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A 13-year-old Israeli girl has been stabbed to death as she slept in her bedroom in the West Bank by a Palestinian youth who was subsequently shot dead.
The victim, Hallel Yaffa Ariel was a US citizen, according to the Department of State. She died shortly after sustaining wounds to her upper torso.
According to early reports, Israeli civilian security officers arrived at her house in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, next to the Palestinian city of Hebron, shortly after the attack and broke down the door.
One officer was stabbed and seriously injured before another shot the perpetrator dead. Palestinian officials named the assailant as Mohammed Tarayreh, 17, from the nearby village of Bani Na'im.
Malachi Levinger, chair of Kiryat Arba's council, told Army Radio that the perpetrator had climbed over the settlement's security fence.
Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, called on both the Palestinian leadership and all "enlightened nations" to condemn the killing.
"The horrifying murder of a young girl in her bed underscores the bloodlust and inhumanity of the incitement-driven terrorists that we are facing," he said.
Netanyahu agreed at an emergency meeting with his defence minister, Avigdor Lieberman, to close off Bani Na'im to all but humanitarian and medical traffic. It was thought likely that the assailant's family home would be destroyed, a tactic that remains controversial in Israel.
The victim was a cousin of the far-right Israeli minister Uri Ariel, who said Israel would make every effort to build up settlements in the West Bank.
Adnan Tarayreh, a cousin of the assailant, suggested that Tarayreh – who had dropped out of school and was working in a bakery – may have been influenced by a recent incident in which another relative had been shot dead in a car that had rammed into Israelis in Kiryat Arba.
Later on Thursday, a Palestinian man stabbed two Israelis in the coastal city of Netanya, wounding one seriously, before he was shot dead.
Police said the perpetrator was from Tulkarem, a Palestinian town about 12 miles from Netanya, on the other side of the "green line" separating the West Bank from Israel.
The victims of the attack, which took place close to the city's open air market, were said to be an ultra-orthodox man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s.
The incidents follow dozens of attacks by Palestinians over the past nine months, which have killed 33 Israelis and two Americans. About 200 Palestinians have been killed, the majority identified by Israel as attackers or would-be attackers.
The spate of violent incidents appeared to have abated in recent weeks, though Palestinian gunmen killed four Israelis this month in Tel Aviv's busy Sarona market.
In Jerusalem, tensions have risen at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount site holy to Jews and Muslims, with Palestinians throwing rocks, one of which lightly injured a 73-year-old Israeli woman.
The violence started after police broke with the practice of recent years by allowing in non-Muslim visitors including tourists during Ramadan, after a relatively calm first 10 days of the holy month. Police have reimposed the visitor ban until Ramadan ends next week.
In separate incidents in the West Bank, five people were killed and at least 16 injured in two overnight intra-Palestinian shootings. Palestinian police said that in one of the incidents a gunman attacked the home of a police officer in the city of Nablus. When other officers arrived to investigate, they came under fire and two were killed.
In the other incident, three Palestinians were killed when a dispute between extended families over a wedding hall in the village of Yaabad spiralled into a shootout.


Ripple (XRP) is expected to rally hard in the weeks ahead as the price is now ready to break out of the bullish pennant that we see on the 4H chart for XRP/USD. There might be some sideways movement short term but this is because a lot of investors are still afraid the price might fall further. Once they realize that the price is in fact rising to test the previous market structure, they are going to board the train. RSI for the 4H chart shows that there is plenty of room for a rally to the upside and no strong barriers. All that is needed at this point is bullish momentum to return back to the market so the price can break above the bullish pennant.
Based on the price action on the 4H chart for XRP/USD, we expect that this move might come in as early as Valentine's Day. Once again, XRP/USD will prove to its investors that it is worth all their love and support. If it were not for the recent sideways movement in Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP) would have already taken off towards $0.50 on news of partnerships and adoption of its XRP token by major financial institutions for use instead of their nostro and vostro accounts. We have seen XRP/USD made independent moves in the past and it would not be surprising to see the same happen this time if BTC/USD continues to stall a correction to the upside. If this was any other market, we would have seen a definitive move by now. However, the fact that so many institutions are preparing to get into cryptocurrencies, it is reasonable to expect that they are going to stall as much as they can while they accumulate.
For mainstream investors, accumulating cryptocurrencies of their choice might not be a big deal but with major banks and hedge funds it is a whole other story. For instance, if a bank like Goldman Sachs wants to buy Bitcoin (BTC), it will need a lot of time just to fill its order even on an OTC exchange. If they were to accumulate something like Ripple (XRP), they will have to go through an even more complicated process as they will have to find individuals who are willing to sell their coins in large number to a bank just when the market is about to recover. This is why we are seeing all this consolidation and sideways movement.
The big players in the game know exactly what is going on; it is the retail investors that are losing their patience on every other day of consolidation and thinking to themselves if the market is going to fall further. If it were not for their own interests, the whales would have moved this market upside down to shake out all the retail investors so they can accumulate their coins dirt cheap before the next rally. However, they know full well that if they spook the horse beyond the point of no return, they might lose it. So, they want to instill fear in the market but to the extent that ensures that their long term investments are safe. This is why long term investors should pay no mind to short term manipulation and remain focused on the big picture.


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The Opera and Classical Music Blog - Classical Greats
This page is all about our opinions on classical pieces, from well-known to not so well known, from waltzes to symphonies. This page has all the classical greats, complete with the basic information and a story to introduce you to the piece. If you are looking for classical music pieces to listen to, we recommend these.
Prelude op. 28 no. 15 "Raindrop"
-Frederic Chopin-
One of Chopin's 24 preludes, this is one of the longest, lasting around 5-7 minutes and also one of the best known. The repeating A-flat in the piece reminds many listeners of raindrops, hence the name. The beginning starts out very quiet and very serene, sounding almost like a light rain. The middle gets somewhat loud and more minor, sounding like a heavy rain or even a thunderstorm. It breaks into the end, which repeats the beginning melody.
Chopin was said to have composed the piece during his and George Sand's stay on the island of Majorca, where the weather was always wet. Since Chopin didn't really like descriptive titles, he never actually gave it the name. Instead, George Sand gave it the name, finding it similar to the sound of rain falling on the roof of the monastery they were staying at in Majorca.
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 18
- Sergei Rachmaninoff-
Although this is only one variation in the full piece, it is one of the better known variations. The variation itself is close to a piano concerto, but it isn't. Variation 18 is a very calm, grand piece. The beginning starts off quietly with the piano only playing, then it gets more grand in the middle, then quiet again. In 1980, this variation became popular when it was one of the main themes for the film Somewhere in Time, starring Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve. It is probably well known because of the film.
In 1934, Rachmaninoff wrote the full rhapsody during the months of July and August. Realizing it would be a hit, Rachmaninoff said this: "This one, is for my agent". The full work was premiered at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore Maryland, USA, Rachmaninoff at the piano. To this day, it has remained a classical hit.
-George Gershwin-
It's not red, orange, or purple, it's blue! Written by George Gershwin, it's one of his most popular works. Listeners will recognize the two-and-a-half octave glissando that is played in a jazzy style by the clarinet. Later in the piece, the piano strikes up, playing the same recognizable tune played in the beginning, with a few more jazzy additions. Rhapsody in Blue blends classical with jazz. Listeners will instantly think of (1920's-1930's) New York City when listening to this piece, where it first premiered. The piece spans from 13-18 minutes long (depending on who's playing it), and it's enjoyable through and through once you start to listen to it more.
You may not realize it, but Rhapsody in Blue was written very quickly. On January 3, 1924, Gershwin and his brother Ira were at a billiard parlor. An article in the New York tribune caught Ira's attention: George Gershwin was working on a jazz concerto that would be due on February 12th. This was all news to George. George had to hurry, because time was running out. On a train to Boston, Gershwin made plans for what is now Rhapsody in Blue. Before his musical "Sweet Little Devil" was about to premiere, he made a few extra changes, and the work was complete. A jazz concerto hadn't been created, but something better had. At first, George was going to name it "American Rhapsody", but his brother Ira suggested something better. While Ira was at an exhibition for Whistler's paintings, he saw a painting called Nocturne in Blue and Green. Ira suggested that instead of American Rhapsody, why not Rhapsody in Blue? Gershwin agreed. American Rhapsody was now Rhapsody in Blue.
On February 12, 1924, Aeolian Hall in New York City was packed. Violinist Fritz Kreisler, conductor Leopold Stokowski, and even composer Rachmanioff attended the premiere. With only a few weeks' notice, Gershwin came up with one of America's greatest classical pieces-Rhapsody in Blue.
Piano Sonata #14, "Moonlight"
-Ludwig van Beethoven-
Piano sonata #14 in C-sharp minor, also known as "Sonata quasi una fantasia" (translated literally to "sonata almost a fantasy"), is popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata. It is one of Beethoven's most popular piano works-and also one of the most popular piano works out there, the 1st movement being the most popular. The piece is separated into 3 movements. Movement 1, adagio sostenuto, is very gloomy and hardly ever gets very loud. It was very popular during Beethoven's day and made a powerful impression on it's listeners-including Beethoven himself. The 2nd movement, the allegretto, is more cheerful and is almost like a scherzo and trio. Despite the fact that it is very short and may sound easy to play, the 1st movement is much easier to play than the 2nd movement. The 3rd movement, the presto agitato is very stormy and fast and requires the most skillful of playing. The movement has many fast arpeggios and strongly accented notes.
Written in 1801, Beethoven dedicated this sonata to his pupil Countess Giulietta Guicciardi in 1802. In fact, it wasn't even named the Moonlight Sonata when Beethoven wrote it. The name "Moonlight Sonata" was actually suggested by German poet and critic Ludwig Rellstab. In 1832, 5 years after Beethoven's death, Rellstab said that the 1st movement reminded him of the moon shining on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Later in the 19th century, the sonata was known by that name. However, many people disagreed with the name, calling it "absurd" and "a misleading approach to a movement with almost the character of a funeral march". Not everyone disagreed, though. Many people found it to be a suitable title, and indeed the 1st movement may remind you of the clouds passing over the full moon.
Arabesque No.1
-Claude Debussy-
One of Debussy's most magical piano works, Arabesque no.1 is an essential piece that every classical music lover will enjoy. The piece starts out with a pretty, flowing meledy. During the middle, the piece is more solid and not as random and as scattered as the first part of the tune-only a little bit. . The end goes back to the first part meledy, flowing, scattered, and random, but very pretty. The piece goes up several arpeggios, and ends on a quiet chord.
Arabesque no.1 is one of Debussy's earlier works, and it is one of 2 arabesques written by him. The pieces were written between 1888 and 1891-about 3 years to compose. Not much is known about this piece, but it's hinted that Debussy was learning to develop musical style as this piece is relatively easy for some pianists.
The Four Seasons-Winter: Largo
-Antonio Vivaldi-
Even though baroque music isn't so descriptive at times, The Four Seasons by Vivaldi is as descriptive as baroque will get, and once Largo from Winter is heard, you'll instantly picture snowflakes softly drifting to the snow-covered ground. Largo is 1 movement out of 3 in Winter, and it is the calmest of the bunch, the other 2 being pretty intense. The piece starts out softly, baroque stringed instruments playing the meledy while the others are being plucked in the backround, symbolizing snowflakes perhaps. Although it's not a sad piece, it is somewhat bittersweet, and if you're a really emotional person while listening to music, it might bring on the tears.
The Four Seasons is of course one of Vivaldi's best known works. Vivaldi wrote poems for each of his seasons, which was unusual for the time. For Largo, the poem Vivaldi created was:
"To spend quiet and happy times by the fire,
While outside the rain soaks everyone."
Consolation #3
-Franz Liszt-
The Consolation #3, marked as Lento placido, is one out of 6 pieces for solo piano called consolations. Each consolation takes the style of a nocturne. The 3rd consolation is by far the most popular of the 3. It's also an encore favorite. If you have heard Chopin's nocturne op. 27 no. 2, you might be able to find that it is similar to this consolation. This particular consolation is very calming and relaxing.
Liszt wrote the consolations from 1849-1850. Ironically, Chopin died in 1849, so this has been interpreted as a tribute to Chopin. After Consolation #3 was composed, around 1883, Liszt received a grand piano from the Steinway Company that included a sostenuto pedal. He began to transcribe this consolation for the new feature included with the piano.
Impromptu in E Major
-Clara Schumann-
The Impromptu in E Major is a very short but lively tune. The piece is very merry and bright and may remind one of colorful flowers or a nice summer day.
Clara Schumann had written this piece when she was 24 years old, around 1844. Although she isn't a very well known composer, she was a prolific pianist and composer. She was also married to the popular Romantic composer Robert Schumann.
Cello Concerto in B minor
-Antonin Dvorak-
The Cello Concerto in B minor is possibly Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's most popular piece. It is his second and last cello concerto. In movement 1, allegro in B minor then B major, things start out quietly and grimly but quickly evolve into an intense, agitated whirl of beautiful music with the cello, of course, have the solo part. It may remind you of a thunderstorm during this phase, but eventually things calm down and the music turns sweet but somewhat sad with occasional lighter, happier parts. After that, the music turns happier and the movement arrives at a grand ending. Mvt. 2, Adagio, non ma trappo in G major, starts out very quiet, sweet, and gentle, but eventually it explodes into a yet another intense whirl of sad, desperate, and angry emotion that, although as stated it is emotional, is of course very beautiful. The music then calms down again and ends in a gentle way that may lull you to sleep. However, if you did in fact fall asleep to the sweet music of mvt. 2, brace yourself for movement 3, Allegro moderato-Andante-Allegro vivo in B minor then B major, for the happy, energetic tune of mvt. 3 that resembles the style of Dvorak's famous Slavonic dances is sure to get you on your feet and make you dance! Although occasionally wavering into more intense music, the happiness carries on until it gradually calms down and turns extremely quiet and beautiful. Then, it grows louder and explodes into the last few exciting notes, and the wonderful concerto ends.
Dvorak wrote his last solo concerto, the famous Cello Concert in B minor, from 1894 to 1895 during his time in America (New York, to be exact). He intended to have his friend Hanu� Wihan play it, but English cellist Leo Stern ended up premiering it. The third movement of the concerto (mainly the slow, gentle, sweet part that comes before the loud, triumphant ending) was written as a tribute to his sister-in-law, Josefina Kaunitzova, n�e Čermakova, who had recently died. The slower, beautiful part before the very end resembled Dvorak's song series "The Cypresses," which were Čermakova's favorite pieces. During the composition of this concerto, Hanu� Wihan suggested Dvorak make certain changes to it, but Dvorak refused to make most of them. Francesco Berger, Secretary of the London Philharmonic Society, invited Dvorak to conduct the premiere his concerto in London. Dvorak agreed. However, Leo Stern was secretly hired as cellist since Wihan was busy, and Dvorak refused to conduct. Soon it turned out that Wihan's promise to Dvorak to premiere the concerto had been broken, so eventually things were agreed and Leo Stern premiered Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor in London on March 19, 1895. Gradually it became one of Antonin Dvorak's greatest and most popular pieces of all time.
The Opera and Classical Music Blog - Classical Greats (Music - Opera) - Author : Brunnhilde, Paige, and Joan - USA


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package cn.zxl.common;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Field;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

public abstract class ReflectUtil {

	private static final Logger LOGGER = LogUtil.logger(ReflectUtil.class);

	private static final String GET_METHOD_PREFIX = "get";

	private static final String SET_METHOD_PREFIX = "set";

	public static boolean hasField(Class<?> clazz) {
		if (clazz.getDeclaredFields() == null || clazz.getDeclaredFields().length == 0) {
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}

	public static Class<?> getParameterizedType(Class<?> clazz) {
		return getParameterizedType(clazz, 0);
	}

	public static Class<?> getParameterizedType(Class<?> clazz, int index) {
		Type type = clazz.getGenericSuperclass();
		if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
			ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
			return (Class<?>) parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[index];
		}
		return null;
	}

	public static Class<?> getParameterizedType(Field field) {
		return getParameterizedType(field, 0);
	}

	public static Class<?> getParameterizedType(Field field, int index) {
		Type type = field.getGenericType();
		if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
			ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;
			return (Class<?>) parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[index];
		}
		return null;
	}

	public static Class<?> getParameterizedType(List<?> list) {
		if (!ArrayUtil.isEmpty(list)) {
			return list.get(0).getClass();
		}
		return null;
	}

	public static <T> T copyFieldValue(Class<T> clazz, T source, T target) {
		Field[] fields = clazz.getDeclaredFields();
		for (int i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
			Field field = fields[i];
			if (field.getName().equals("serialVersionUID")) {
				continue;
			}
			try {
				Object value = getFieldValue(source, field);
				if (value != null && value.toString().trim().length() > 0) {
					field.set(target, value);
				}
			} catch (Exception exception) {
				LogUtil.warn(LOGGER, "field set failed", exception);
			}
		}
		return target;
	}

	public static boolean isPrimitive(Class<?> clazz) {
		return clazz.isPrimitive() || clazz == String.class || clazz == Date.class || clazz == java.sql.Date.class || clazz == Timestamp.class || clazz == BigDecimal.class;
	}

	public static Object getFieldValue(Object entity, Field field) {
		field.setAccessible(true);
		Object value = null;
		try {
			value = field.get(entity);
		} catch (Exception exception) {
			LogUtil.warn(LOGGER, "the field " + field.getName() + " will be ingored.");
		}
		return value;
	}

	public static Object getFieldValue(Object entity, String fieldName) {
		try {
			return getFieldValue(entity, entity.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName));
		} catch (Exception e) {
			LogUtil.error(LOGGER, fieldName, e);
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public static void setFieldValue(Object entity, Field field, Object value) {
		field.setAccessible(true);
		try {
			field.set(entity, value);
		} catch (Exception exception) {
			LogUtil.warn(LOGGER, "the field " + field.getName() + " will be ingored.");
		}
	}

	public static void setFieldValue(Object entity, String fieldName, Object value) {
		try {
			setFieldValue(entity, entity.getClass().getDeclaredField(fieldName), value);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			LogUtil.error(LOGGER, fieldName, e);
			throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
	}

	public static Field getAllField(Class<?> clazz, String fieldName) {
		if (clazz == null) {
			return null;
		}
		Field result = null;
		try {
			result = clazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName);
			return result;
		} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
			while (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
				try {
					result = clazz.getSuperclass().getDeclaredField(fieldName);
					return result;
				} catch (NoSuchFieldException e1) {
					clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	public static Field[] getAllFields(Class<?> clazz) {
		Field[] result = null;
		Field[] fields = clazz.getDeclaredFields();
		while (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
			Field[] tempFields = clazz.getSuperclass().getDeclaredFields();
			result = new Field[fields.length + tempFields.length];
			System.arraycopy(fields, 0, result, 0, fields.length);
			System.arraycopy(tempFields, 0, result, fields.length, tempFields.length);
			fields = result;
			clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
		}
		if (result == null) {
			result = fields;
		}
		return result;
	}

	public static Field[] getAllFields(Object entity) {
		if (entity == null) {
			return new Field[0];
		}
		Class<?> clazz = entity instanceof Class ? (Class<?>) entity : entity.getClass();
		return getAllFields(clazz);
	}

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		try {
			for (int i = 0; i < packages.length; i++) {
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		Method[] methods = clazz.getDeclaredMethods();
		if (methods == null || methods.length == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		if (methodName == null || methodName.length() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		List<Method> methodList = new ArrayList<Method>();
		for (Method method : methods) {
			if (method.getName().equals(methodName)) {
				methodList.add(method);
			}
		}
		if (methodList.size() == 0) {
			return null;
		}
		if (methodList.size() > 1) {
			return null;
		}
		return methodList.get(0);
	}

	public static <T> Method getGetMethod(Class<T> clazz, Field field) {
		if (field == null || clazz == null) {
			return null;
		}
		String upperName = field.getName().substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + field.getName().substring(1);
		try {
			return clazz.getMethod(GET_METHOD_PREFIX + upperName, new Class<?>[] {});
		} catch (Exception exception) {
			throw new RuntimeException(exception);
		}
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	public static <T> Method getSetMethod(Class<T> clazz, Field field) {
		if (field == null || clazz == null) {
			return null;
		}
		String upperName = field.getName().substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + field.getName().substring(1);
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		} catch (Exception exception) {
			throw new RuntimeException(exception);
		}
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	public static <T> T copyFieldsByName(T source, T target) {
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				map.put(fields[i].getName(), ReflectUtil.getFieldValue(bean, fields[i]));
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How B2B Marketers Can Easily Scale SQLs Using LinkedIn Ads
When: January 16, 2019 10:30 CST
B2B marketers pretty much all want one important thing: Leads. And when they are sales-qualified leads, that's even better. Am I right? More leads means more prospects to fuel the marketing team's pipeline, and more sales-qualified leads means the sales team is happy, busy, and closing deals.
Leads can come from many places, and sometimes they can come from places you're not thinking about. That's the point of this webinar. Smart B2B marketers know that using LinkedIn Ads as part of a B2B marketing and lead generation strategy is one of the best ways to deliver when it comes to scaling SQLs.
Want to know more about How to use LinkedIn Ads as part of your B2B Lead Generation Initiatives? Of course you do. That's where LinkedIn Ads expert Yoel Israel, CEO of WadiDigital, comes in.
Join me on Wednesday, January 16th, at 8:30am PST | 10:30am CST | 11:30am EST where Yoel will share his expertise with LinkedIn Ads and show us all how to quickly and easily scale SQLs using the LinkedIn Ad platform. This will be your opportunity to get up close and personal with LinkedIn Ads, just in time to get your New Year started with a bang and your sales team jazzed about the leads you'll be sending their way.
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If you want to send us your LinkedIn Ad questions in advance, we'll try to cover as many of them during the webinar as we can. Send your questions to me on Twitter @shellykramer or via email at shelly at v3b dot com. Yoel will be happy to answer them all!
Yoel is the founder and CEO of WadiDigital, an Israel-based digital agency. He's a LinkedIn Ads expert, with 10 plus years' experience working with companies of all sizes, including startups and enterprises and everything in between. He's an expert at results-driven marketing strategies and is passionate about customer service-center experiences.
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Justice J Chelameswar, who had led the four judges in the unprecedented press conference, was not present during the discussions as he was on leave today.
Sources said that the apex court judges met over lunch hosted by Justice A K Goel and some discussions took place among them.
NEW DELHI: Deliberations to resolve the issues that were raised at the January 12 presser by four seniormost Supreme Court judges continued today with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra meeting other judges over lunch.
However, Justice J Chelameswar, who had led the four judges in the unprecedented press conference, was not present during the discussions as he was on leave today.
The outcome of the deliberations was not known.
Justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph had on January 12 raised a litany of problems, including assigning of cases in the apex court, and said there were certain issues afflicting the country's highest court.
The CJI and justices Lokur and Joseph had yesterday attended a function at the apex court lawns and were even seen shaking hands with each other.
The CJI and several other judges of the top court had been meeting each other to discuss the issues which had come up at the presser.


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Sonet 88 (A kiedy drwinę zobaczę w twym oku) – jeden z cyklu sonetów autorstwa Williama Shakespeare'a. Po raz pierwszy został opublikowany w 1609 roku.

Treść
W sonecie tym podmiot liryczny, którego część badaczy utożsamia z autorem, pokazuje swoje oddanie tajemniczemu młodzieńcowi. Jest gotowy poświadczyć dla niego nieprawdę, nawet, jeśli ta będzie skierowana w niego. Jednocześnie pokazuje, że nie zrezygnuje z jego miłości i nadal go kocha, mimo trudności opisanych w sonecie 87.

Linki zewnętrzne
 The Sonnets – pełny tekst wraz z komentarzem

Przypisy

Sonety Williama Shakespeare'a

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Mornings are, it has to be said, a Bad Thing. Sure, I seem to spend far more of them waking up next to valkyriekaren, which is a very Good Thing, but then I have to drag my carcass out of bed, and haul myself off to work, which really isn't my first choice.
I get to work, and I think "what the hell am I going to do today". I've been backlogged on this same small piece of code for months now, and I can't do a thing until I get the critical information I should have been given to start with. And I'm getting fed up of being told I'll have it "soon" and it never turning up. It just becomes pointless, and draining, to keep asking. Equally, I get told "Isn't there something else you can be doing?", so crawl off into some pointless side-task, and end up spending repeated days making no progress on what I should be working on. Maybe there's some way I can move ahead anyway, but by this point, I'm just so burned out I can't bring myself to try and find it. Bottom line is, it's going to look like I've been doing sod-all for months, which screws up my chances of a good appraisal or raise, and makes the entire team (myself included) feel like I'm not pulling my weight.
and of course, it's difficult to think about moving jobs, because it looks bad to move mid-project.
I have no real wish to leave, I'd just like to get this mess sorted out. Besides which there's a nasty tie-in clause in my contract.


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YouTube star sucked into tornado through sunroof as he drove home from graduation with his father
By John Stevens for the Daily Mail
Updated: 13:58 EDT, 25 May 2011
A high school student who was sucked through the sunroof of his car as he drove home from graduation was a star on YouTube.
Will Norton was driving home from his school graduation when the tornado struck. His father desperately tried to hold on to his son as the Hummer H3 started to flip, but his seatbelt snapped and he went hurtling through the roof of the vehicle.
The 18-year-old had a YouTube channel called 'Willdabeast' where he posted comedy diary-style videos and had almost 1.5 million views.
Online star: Comedy videos on Will Norton's YouTube channel had over 1.5 million views
Mr Norton was due start a course in film production at Chapman University in the fall.
He had just graduated from Joplin Senior high school on Sunday when the disaster struck. Hours before the tornado he posted on Twitter: 'I'm graduating today.'
His sister Sara was speaking to their father on the phone as the tornado hit.
She told CBS News: 'We left about five minutes before them. We barely made it in the garage. Trees started blowing in.
Tragedy: The eighteen-year-old was driving home from his high school graduation when he was sucked into the tornado
'My dad called, he was talking to him. He was telling my brother, "Pull over, pull over".
'I heard the tornado whipping them around. I had a feeling they were flipping around in the air. It was just really scary. We just didn't know what to do.'
Now the hunt for survivors: Families return to devastated... Huge swathe of U.S. on severe storm alert as 'heartbroken'... 'Oh heavenly father!' Footage captures terrifying screams of... How a deadly mix of meteorological conditions produced a...
Lucky to be alive: Tornado survivors recount incredible... Wiped off the map: Shocking before and after images reveal ... FIFTY tornadoes in just 10 hours: At least 15 die as new ...
When the family got to the car, they had to cut the father from the car. The only trace of Will was his cell phone and graduation cap.
Miss Norton said her father has regained consciousness and has spoken about the horrific incident.
She said: 'He said he had his arms around Will when they started flipping and Will's seatbelt snapped and he flew through the sunroof.'
Facebook pages have been set up by relatives of the missing and the dead to pay tribute to the victims of the tornado.
Tributes: Nine-year-old Zachery Treadwell, left, and Billie Gideon were killed by the tornado. Billie's grandson Dale described her as a 'sweet and caring' woman
Victims: 16-year-old Kayleigh Teal, left, was working at the Pizza Hut in Joplin when the tornado hit. Brother and sister Hayze and Harli Howard also died
Those who have been confirmed dead include a young brother and sister who were killed along with their father.
On a Facebook memorial page, a family friend of Hayze and Harli Howard wrote: 'These sweet babies lost their lives along with their father... It's hard to believe... Praying for the families of the missing and deceased and for all of Joplin.'
Sixteen-year old Kayleigh Teal was working at the Pizza Hut in Joplin when the twister tore through the city.
On a website page appealing for help to find her, a relation wrote: 'They found Kayleigh, Sadly she did not make it. Rest In Peace Kayleigh.'
Also among the dead was Billie Gideon, who had worked at the Pentecostal Church of God in the city.
In memory: Grace Aquino, left, who was Filipino, and John Richey, were confirmed as dead
Her grandson Dale paid tribute to her on his photography blog. He wrote: 'Last night, my grandma died after injuries she received from the tornado destruction in Joplin.
'Grandma was always so sweet and caring. I have a few memories that really stick out that show her generosity.'
A relation of John Richey, who also died, wrote on a tribute page of those who lost their lives: 'Love you and miss you cousin! I'd give anything to see ya one more time...'
Lost: 15-month-old Skyular Logsdon became separated from his parents in the rescue efforts after the tornado hit Joplin, Missouri
The family of a 15-month-old boy missing since the tornado swept through Joplin are frantically appealing for help to find their baby who they became separated from in the rescue efforts.
Skyular Logsdon has been missing since both of his parents became injured when the storm struck on Sunday.
A Facebook group has been set up in the hope that they can be reunited with their son.
Skyular's aunt posted on Facebook: 'My nephew Skyular Logsdon has been missing since the tornados came through Joplin.
'We've had many tips, but no confirmation of anything yet. He has shorter hair now and this picture is about a month old.
'He is 15 months old, but he is small for his age.
'The hospitals won't have his name on file because he wasn't brought in with his parents. Please call or text with any information.
'Let's bring this baby home to his family.'
Skyular's relatives carried out a careful search of what was once his home, but all they could find was his dark blue teddy.
'We have searched every morgue, every hospital, every place we can think of,' said Rusty Burton, a step-grandfather to Skyular. 'I looked at every piece of this house I could.'
On a telephone pole close by, they found his red T-shirt and pants, torn and rain-soaked.
'It's all torn up. I don't want him to have been wearing this,' said relative Pamela Tate, sobbing as she gripped the tiny clothes. 'All I want is for him to be alive. That is all I want.'
Searching: Frank Reynolds carries a photo of his 15-month-old nephew Skyular as he looks through rubble in Joplin, Missouri
Joplin MO tornado: Parents search for 16-month-old Skyular Logsdon


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Михаил Иванов Бояджиев е български революционер, деец на Вътрешната македоно-одринска революционна организация.

Биография
Бояджиев е роден във Велес, тогава в Османската империя. Брат е на революционера Никола Бояджиев. Учи в Солунската българска мъжка гимназия. Работи като учител и преподава математика, като е автор на учебници. Същевременно влиза във ВМОРО и развива революционна дейност. След войните е член на Македонския научен институт.

Бележки

Родени във Велес
Дейци на ВМОРО
Български революционери от Македония
Български просветни дейци от Македония
Български учители
Незавършили ученици в Солунската българска мъжка гимназия
Членове на Македонския научен институт


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Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards distributed in Ankara
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards on Dec. 21 in the fields of history, music, cinema, traditional arts and painting. The recipients of the awards are announced every year on Oct. 29, the day of the anniversary of the Republic of Turkey.
The Loyalty Award was presented to late social scientist Nurettin Topçu. Topçu's niece received the award on behalf of her uncle at the awards ceremony held at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
"I am saddened by the fact that we are in a state of dissatisfaction about the current status of culture and art," said Ayşe Nermin Topçu, expressing her gratitude as she received the award on behalf of her uncle.
This year's Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prix was given to veteran historian Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı in the field of history.
Well-known musician Göksel Baktagir received the award in music for his innovations with the Qanun, a traditional instrument.
Director Yavuz Turgul was given an award in cinema for "giving Turkish cinema an identity, with his scenarist, writer and director personas."
The award for painting was presented to painter Selahattin Kara, who is known as "an Istanbul painter."
Ali Toy received the traditional arts "for producing artwork with a unique synthesis of calligraphy and architectural design."
The Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards are annual prizes that have been awarded by Turkish presidents since 1995.


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Matt Ridley: rational optimism
8:11 AM.Author of a number of popular science books, most recently The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves. Audio
Maureen Bisognano: changing health care
9:10 AM.President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston, who is visiting New Zealand next week for the opening of the Ko Awatea facility Audio
Ngila Dickson: location, location
9:38 AM.Academy Award-winning costume designer who worked recently on big budget Hollywood film Green Lantern, and the adaptation of the Lloyd Jones novel Mr Pip. Audio
Playing Favourites with Mary-Annette Hay
10:11 AM.Promotions Officer for the New Zealand Wool Board between 1948 and 1965 who became known as the Queen of Wool. Audio
Amitav Ghosh: language and opium
11:05 AM.Novelist whose first two books in a planned trilogy - Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke -are set against the backdrop of the 19th century Opium War. Audio
Jeremy Randerson: online weirdness
11:45 AM.New Zealand actor and entrepreneur who has an online alter ego as "web wunderkind" Simon Peter, and is co-creator of new web series Wolvesblade. Audio
11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio
Guest details for Saturday Morning 18 June 2011
8:15 Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley is the author of a number of popular science books, most recently The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (HarperCollins, ISBN: 9780007267125). He writes the Mind & Matter column for the Wall Street Journal, and recently completed The Shale Gas Shock, a report for the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
9:05 Maureen Bisognano
Maureen Bisognano is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Boston. She is a prominent authority on improving health care systems, and was named by Modern Healthcare as one of the Top 25 Women in Healthcare in 2011. She is visiting New Zealand next week for the opening of Ko Awatea, a teaching facility and 'brain trust' at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.
9:40 Ngila Dickson
Ngila Dickson is an Academy Award-winning costume designer. Along with a number of fellow New Zealanders, she worked on the big-budget Hollywood production Green Lantern, now in cinemas, and on the adaptation of the Lloyd Jones novel Mister Pip, which has been in production in Bougainville.
10:05 Playing Favourites with Mary-Annette Hay
Mary-Annette Hay became known as the Queen of Wool while working as Promotions Officer for the New Zealand Wool Board between 1948 and 1965. A collection of her garments were displayed at Te Papa, and she is a supporter of the Campaign for Wool, a five-year global initiative that aims to bring wool back into fashion and to highlight its eco-friendly and durable benefits.
11:05 Amitav Ghosh
Calcutta-born writer Amitav Ghosh divides his time between Goa in India, and Brooklyn in New York. The first book in his planned Ibis Trilogy, set against the backdrop of the 19th century Opium War, is Sea of Poppies (John Murray, ISBN: 978-0-7195-6897-8), which was short listed for the Man Booker prize in 2008. His seventh novel, and sequel to that book, is River of Smoke (John Murray, ISBN: 978-0-7195-6899-2).
11:45 Jeremy Randerson
Jeremy Randerson is a New Zealand actor (Home By Christmas, The Almighty Johnsons) and entrepreneur (Foxton Fizz). He has an online alter ego as "web wunderkind" Simon Peter, and is the lead actor in new seven-part web series Wolvesblade, appearing weekly. He is also assisting sculptor John Radford with Graft, a new artwork inspired by suburban demolitions, removals and re-locations caused by urban redevelopment.
Music played during the programme
Eliza Carthy: Britain is a Carpark
From the 2011 album: Neptune
(Hem Hem)
Played at around 9:05
Daniel Adni (piano), with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn: The Dream of Olwen
From the 1980 album: Classics for Pleasure
Played at around 10:25
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa: Wedding March
From the 1994 album: Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ashley Putnam and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Sir Colin Davis: Quando me'n vo' (Musetta's Waltz Song)
From the 1979 album: La Boheme
(Philips)
Studio operators
Wellington engineer: Steve Burridge


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Sen. Cory Booker can cross another item off his checklist for a 2020 presidential bid this weekend after his scheduled trip to New Hampshire, where he'll headline at least two get-out-the-vote events for Democrats less than two weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections.
The Granite State is the last of four early primary/caucus-voting states that the New Jersey Democrat, widely seen as one of a handful of front-runners for the party's nomination for president in 2020, has yet to visit.
Booker flew to Nevada in August, delivered speeches in Iowa earlier this month, and visited South Carolina last week.
On Sunday, he's teaming up with the New Hampshire Young Democrats to headline a 1 p.m. get-out-the-vote rally at the University of New Hampshire for governor nominee Molly Kelly and 1st District nominee Chris Pappas, who's running to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter in a race rated Tilts Democratic by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.
The Concord Monitor first reported Booker's weekend itinerary.
Booker will headline a fundraiser in Durham, New Hampshire, for the Young Democrats earlier in the day.
In the evening, he'll head to Darthmouth College for a similar get-out-the-vote event, where he'll join Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster of the state's 2nd District.
Booker could add two more events to his agenda Sunday, the Monitor reported.
Booker was the first of the top-flight Democratic presidential candidates to visit Iowa when he spoke at the Iowa Democratic Party's gala dinner earlier this month, where he received four standing ovations.
In South Carolina, the pivotal southern primary state that's often seen as a harbinger for which Democratic candidate will appeal most to black voters, Booker spoke at a barbecue for Democratic activists and at two historically black colleges.


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When I was a girl I remember playing Monopoly with my family. Normally we used to play at night and we needed candles to give us light to see. I always remember I wanted to pass through Oceania, and see the Kangaroos. I could never imagine then Australia would become my host country and temporary home.
My family and friends have been my inspiration in many aspects of my life. They are one of my reasons I've made it to study in Australia. They showed me if you want to achieve something, you must be persistent and never give up.
My grandparents are a great example of that. They were poor yet they did everything they could to provide an education for their five daughters. My grandma, Carmelita, when I call her by Skype, says, "Study is the most important thing in life because no one can take it from you and you can always use your education to support yourself". My grandpa used to say, "People that read and travel are the richest in knowledge". I believe them.
When I was in Mexico, I worked in journalism and communications with companies like News Paper Reforma, Editorial Televisa and Martha Debayle's bbmundo. It wasn't easy to get a job there but I followed the advice of my family and friends: do your best and never give up.
After a while, I realized I really enjoyed writing articles for children and parents. So I decided that it was time to get a higher qualification relevant to children's education.
After research, I chose Australia because it is a multicultural country and has excellent educational standards. And Box Hill Institute provided the course and qualification I was looking for.
Being far way from home hasn't always been easy. I've had to deal with the loss of my grandpa (who I thought of as my second father) and one of my aunts.
I wanted to come back to Mexico at that time, but my grandma and parents told me, "Keep doing your best in Australia. Your grandpa and aunt would be proud of you".
So here I am with my husband and my little girl following my dream, working hard, and doing my best.