How can I get the best deal on my motorcycle insurance?
The best way is to visit InsuranceHotline.com and enter your details. There are a number of ways you can get your motorcycle insurance costs down but if you are looking for the absolute bargain basement then you will have to compromise on the level of coverage. Third party policies will get you on the road and pay out for damage you cause to other vehicles. But if your ride gets stolen, vandalized or smashed up in an accident you could be left severely out of pocket.
Why is my friend's bike insurance cheaper than mine?
The simple answer is that maybe he shopped around for a better deal by using http://www.InsuranceHotline.com. People who are prepared to put in the legwork can often get a cheaper motorcycle insurance premium. That said there are lots of reasons why a motorcycle insurance policy for the same type of bike may be cheaper for some than others. It could come down to age, points or even where you live.
How can I keep my motorbike safe?
Security is a big issue for bikers — but never fear, there is a whole industry offering all kinds of locks and tracking devices to help make your ride less popular with the criminal fraternity. If you'd rather not find out how well tracking systems and ID markings work, then a decent lock and a secure garage are your best bets.
How do I keep my motorbike on the road?
Be good to your bike and your bike will be good to you. Don't leave it outside for long periods in the winter if you can help it. And if you put it in hibernation, drop in once in a while to make sure that everything is still running. Some basic motorcycle maintenance: Checking the oil, the brake cables and tires will help avoid accidents and ensure that your ride lasts longer.
Should I stay off the road in the winter?
If you are an inexperienced rider, then the winter is probably a good time to stay off your motorcycle. Many riders prefer to leave their bikes in the garage until the better weather returns. Icy roads and high winds can make the roads rather treacherous so its little wonder some choose alternative means of transport. If you are planning to venture out, be sure you give your ride a once over first, clean up the lights and check the tires to make certain your two-wheeled friend is in tip-top shape.
How can I avoid getting ripped off when buying a bike second-hand?
For most bikers, investing in a new ride usually involves buying second hand either through a dealer or in a private sale. If you go through a reputable trader then you shouldn't have too much to worry about, but if you go private, then it's worth taking a few simple precautions like taking a friend with you or meeting in a public place. If you know your stuff, you should give the bike a once over. If not, have an expert check it out for you. It's also worth haggling, as most sellers are happy to negotiate.
How can I avoid a motorcycle breakdown?
There is no way of guaranteeing that you won't have a breakdown, but you can help reduce the chances of spluttering to halt with a few simple steps. Learn your basic motorcycle maintenance and your bike will be in much better health. Some straightforward checks like feeling the tire treads, looking for rust on the brake cables, and regularly treating the fuel tank, will keep you on the road. Failing that, some decent breakdown coverage, emergency food and water and a fully charged mobile phone will help.
Why has my motorcycle insurance premium gone up?
There are a number of issues that can impact on your bike insurance premium, most of which are under your control. The cost of your coverage will depend on factors like where you live, how many claims you've made, how old you are, how many points you have and what bike you own. If the answer isn't obvious, then you should be prepared to shop around. The insurance market in is highly competitive so if your current provider wants more money, then you might be able to do better elsewhere by visiting www.InsuranceHotline.com to get the lowest rate.
I thought the site suggested would be very useful for other vehicle types, however I could not find any motorcycle insurance information.
Catherine Colley, I couldn't find any Motorcycle Insurance on this link either. They advertise motorcycle quotes, all I get is car. What a joke.
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With its Fox acquisition completed and the new streaming service set to be unveiled later this week, Disney on Tuesday (April 9) revealed some new details of upcoming original series High Fidelity and Monsters At Work.
High Fidelity, a female take on the Nick Hornby novel previously adapted in Stephen Frears' 2000 feature, will now screen on the Hulu streaming platform rather than as originally planned on the Disney+ service.
Through its buy of most of Fox's entertainment assets, Disney has become 60% owner of Hulu and is expected to feed more adult originals to the established streamer while Disney+ focuses on family content.
Zoe Kravitz is starring in the series as a record store owner obsessed with pop culture. Developed for television by writers Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka, the series has Kravitz, Hornby and Josh Appelbaum of production company Midnight Radio among its executive producers.
Meanwhile Monsters At Work, an animated spin-off from Disney-owned Pixar's 2001 Monsters, Inc feature and its Monsters University sequel, has secured Billy Crystal and John Goodman to reprise their voice performances as the films' central characters Mike and Sulley.
Set to premiere on Disney+ next year, the series is produced by Disney Television Animation and picks up six months after the feature story, following a character voiced by Ben Feldman trying to work his way up the Monsters, Inc ranks.
Disney animation veteran Bobs Gannaway developed the series and also serves as an executive producer.
Disney Studios in 2019 and beyond, including Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, The Lion King, and Star Wars Episode IX.


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Met Dept declares heat wave in the north
Saturday, 12 Mar 2016 08:06 AM MYT
By S.K. Thanusha Devi, Jonathan Edward, Kevin Wong and Dhivya Suresh
Two SMK Raja Muda Shah Alam students feel the heat as they leave for home in Selangor yesterday. ― Picture by Zuraneeza Zulkifli
PETALING JAYA, March 12 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department has declared a heat wave in the northern part of the peninsula after five straight days of above normal temperatures.
Sources said the temperature had exceeded 35 degrees Celsius between Monday and yesterday.
The worst-hit states were Kedah, Perlis and Penang with Chuping, Perlis, recording 38 degrees Celsius yesterday, the highest in the country.
A source said the department had noticed worrying trends with temperatures near but not equalling the 1997 El Nino phenomenon average temperature of 40.1 degrees Celcius from March to April that year.
"Besides El Nino, which will result in 20 to 60 per cent less rainfall, the equinox on March 20 will see the sun resting directly over the equator resulting in intense heat," she said.
The source said the heat wave could last for 30 to 40 days until the beginning of May.
She said it may ease when the southwest monsoon season began that month and ends in September.
"The monsoon will bring relief from the heat between May and September and the temperatures can be expected to remain relatively stable after that," she said.
On the haze which has re-emerged after ending last October, she said the intensity of the problem would depend on the wind direction from Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan.
Last year saw the worst-ever haze since 1997 with Air Pollution Index (API) in Shah Alam hitting a record 308 on Oct 4.
On Wednesday, the API was above 200 in parts of Sarawak and 300 in Brunei but below 100 in the peninsula.
Yesterday, most places across the country recorded healthy and moderate readings with the highest API readings in Cheras (91), Nilai (84) and Muar (71).
The Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre recorded 14 hotspots across the peninsula.
US agency: Last nine years all among 10 hottest-ever
Malaysians advised to stay hydrated as heatwave expected until mid-Sept
MetMalaysia declares yellow level heat wave in seven areas in peninsula

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Here is the debut short story collection from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia! and the New York Times bestselling Vampires in the Lemon Grove.
In these ten glittering stories, the award-winning, bestselling author Orange World and Other Stories takes us to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades. Here wolf-like girls are reformed by nuns, a family makes their living wrestling alligators in a theme park, and little girls sail away on crab shells.
Filled with inventiveness and heart, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves is the dazzling debut of a blazingly original voice.
Karen Russell, a native of Miami, won the 2012 National Magazine Award for fiction, and her first novel, Swamplandia! (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is a graduate of the Columbia MFA program, a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow, and a 2012 Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. She lives in Philadelphia.
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Николае Гаврилович Есиненку (; 13 августа 1940, Старые Кицканы, Теленештского района , Молдавская ССР — 25 апреля 2016, Кишинёв, Молдавия) — молдавский сценарист, режиссёр, драматург, поэт и писатель, член Союза писателей Молдовы и Союза писателей Румынии. Заслуженный деятель искусств Молдовы. Лауреат премии Союза писателей Молдовы.

Биография
В 1973 году окончил Литературный институт имени А. М. Горького (Москва). Работал редактором издательства «Lumina» («Свет»), был секретарём, затем советником Союза писателей Молдовы (1989).

Умер в результате инсульта

Творчество
Дебютировал в 1968 году с книгой «Антенна».
Автор многих произведений в прозе, сборников поэзии и драматургии. Опубликовал шесть томов избранных произведений. Его перу принадлежат пьесы «Taбакера», «Курильня» и «Соломенные люди».

Избранные произведения

Драматургия
 Grand prix,
 Tabachera,
 Fumoarul,
 Oameni de paie,
 SRL Moldovanul.

Поэзия
 Antene (лирика, 1968);
 Sens (лирика, 1969);
 Dealuriс(лирика, 1974);
 Copilul teribilс(лирика, 1979);
 Stai să-ți mai spunс(лирика, 1983);
 Cuvinte de chemat fetele (лирика, 1986);
 Disciplina mondială (1995);
 Copilul teribil (2004).

Проза
 Nunta, proză scurtă [4];
 Sacla (1968);
 Portocala (1970);
 Toi (1972);
 Era vremea să iubim (1977).

Фильмография

Сценарист
  — Конь, ружьё и вольный ветер
  — Сказание о храбром витязе Фэт-Фрумосе / Povestea lui Fat-Frumos
  — У Чёртова логова
  — Деревянная пушка /  Tunul de lemn
  — Прощай, наш бакалавр / Адио, виацэ де холтей (короткометражный)
  — Водоворот
  — Поезд в Калифорнию

 Режиссёр
  — Сказание о храбром витязе Фэт-Фрумосе

В марте 2000 года поставил в кишинёвском Муниципальном театре «Satiricus» по своему роману поставил спектакль «SRL Moldovanul».

 Награды
 1996 — Орден «Трудовая слава» — за высокие достижения в области литературы, активное участие в общественно-культурной жизни и в знак признания вклада в процесс национального возрождения.
 2000 — Медаль «Михай Эминеску» — за заслуги в деле национального возрождения, значительной вклад в пропаганду литературного наследия Михая Эминеску и утверждение национальных духовных ценностей.
 2010 — Орден Республики — в знак признания особых заслуг в развитии литературы, за плодотворную творческую деятельность и вклад в пропаганду наследия Эминеску''.
 Заслуженный деятель искусств Молдовы.
 премия Союза писателей Молдовы.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Nicolae Esinencu
 Nicolae Esinencu

Выпускники Литературного института имени А. М. Горького
Заслуженные деятели искусств Молдавской ССР
Лауреаты литературных премий
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Well, the Disney folks have done it again to ABC and its shrinking pool of eyeballs. They put "Madigan Men" on hiatus, a polite TV term for lethal injection. The show wasn't smutty enough like "Two guys and a pizza girl", a show that set the record for getting two characters in bed (43 seconds).
"Madigan Men" could have found an audience given the time. Irish Americans have not had a decent series since "The Cavanaughs".
Seamus Madigan: Ah, Benji. Did Jesus tell you I was here?
Benjamin Madigan: Yes dad, and the doorman's name is "Hay-soos".


Sermon on the Mount Pt. 29 is a 2 part message/discussion on the Judgment of Christians. It is a parenthetical message based on Matthew 7:1-5. There is a lot of dialogue in these 2 messages which may be difficult to hear clearly.


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Elastography of the Breast: Imaging Techniques and Pitfalls in Interpretation.
Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2011;30(4): 245-249.
Ultrasound (US) elastography is a tool that indicates the hardness of a lesion. Recent studies using elastography with freehand compression have shown similar diagnostic performance to conventional US in differentiating benign lesions from malignant breast masses. On the other hand, the acquired information is not quantitative, and the reliability of the imaging technique to correctly compress the tissue depends on the skill of the operator, resulting in substantial interobserver variability during data acquisition and interpretation. To overcome this, shear wave elastography was developed to provide quantitative information on the tissue elasticity. The system works by remotely inducing mechanical vibrations through the acoustic radiation force created by a focused US beam. This review discusses the principles and examination techniques of the two types of elastography systems and provides practical points to reduce the interobserver variability or errors during data acquisition and interpretation.


Dr. G's odyssey to aid compromised eyes has led to the creation of super-vision in a number of patients. What does this mean, and how is it done? Vision scientists have concluded that the human eye is actually capable of seeing 20/10 or better, and that the imperfect optics of the eye prevent this from happening on a regular basis.
It is now possible to measure the optics of the eye in greater detail using an instrument called an aberrometer, of which there are several basic types. In one type, hundreds of tiny lenslets are used to measure the light reflected back out of the eye. In another version, hundreds of individual laser beams are projected into the eye.
The result is something called a wavefront, which depicts how a perfect beam of light is altered as it passes through the optics of the eye. In the perfect eye, all rays of light projected through the pupil would wind up in the same location at the same time, and form a perfect image. In this condition, the eye would probably be capable of 20/10 or better vision.
We also know that a "normal" eye that does not need vision correction will not typically exhibit perfect optics. The wavefront of the eye will still not be perfectly flat and smooth, but will probably resemble a potato chip. This is because of minute imperfections in the optics. The image on the left side below shows how much power range is present in an eye with advanced keratoconus. The eye on the right hand side is a normal eye.
Traditionally, eyes are classified as having nearsightedness, farsightedness, and/or astigmatism. Those conditions are corrected using ordinary convex, concave, or cylindrical lenses. In optical parlance, those conditions fall under the heading of lower order aberrations, and can be corrected with ordinary spectacles. However, other aberrations will be present.
Higher order aberrations typically account for about 25% or less of the total blur of the average eye, but patients normally don't realize they are present. In some conditions such as keratoconus, or following some surgical procedures, the higher order aberrations can be 50% or more of the total blur. These patients will still experience visual symptoms such as glare, halos, ghost images, etc. even when corrected with spectacles or ordinary contact lenses.


Jaedeanne and Baby Ruby: What a month!
It's been quite an eventful month for Ruby, who is now officially 6 months old! She's now sitting up on her own and is very close to crawling. Her favorite thing to do is bounce. And bounce. And bounce. And bounce. See video below to witness how dang happy my baby is - I wish I got that excited about anything!
But she also had her first food! We tried squash for the first time on June 28th. She helped me pick out the exact one, we talked about it, and she was very excited about it! Yay Ruby! She's very proud of herself here.
Ruby also took her first out-of-state trip! We went to Madison, Wisconsin, for a week for my work. My mom and Ruby came along and enjoyed the slightly cooler weather up north. It was Ruby's first time to fly and, I'm not going to lie, I was a bit nervous. I've heard such horror stories and I know that feeling of defeat when you realize that a mother with a small child is sitting next to you on the plane. I didn't want to be "that lady". Well, lucky for everyone, Ruby is a champion flier! I nursed her on take-off and landing, she slept most of the way, and was just smiling at everyone the rest of the time! She makes friends quite easily. In fact, on the flight home, a woman stopped us as we were boarding and said "Hi Ruby, have a good flight!" She was on our flight up to Madison and remembered Ruby! Everyone at the hotel in Madison just loved Ruby. She even got some gifts from the hotel management! Shameless plug - if you're ever in that part of Wisconsin, stay at the Concourse Hotel - it's wonderful! Here's a picture of Ruby and I at dinner at the Old Fashioned in Madison next to the capitol - and of course, we had to have fried cheese curds - yum! Ruby had a big play-date on that Friday morning too - she got to play with her new friends Emily, Zander (who was one week old!), and Oliver for the morning. Here's a cute picture of Ruby and Emme. I wish we lived closer together - Ruby had so much fun with her! Big thanks to Teresa and Kacey for baby-sitting her that morning, and congratulations to Kacey on her new baby boy!!


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American Idol Season 5 - Episode 41/ Season Finale Recaps
It's a beautiful Sunday morning, a few days after the finale. We all know who's the new American Idol by now. Very sorry for my lateness. I'm gonna do a quick recap for this unfinished business and then let you watch some of the best moments of that Wednesday night again, and end up this whole thing sweetly by posting up some pre-Idol mp3s of Taylor Hicks.
What a proper way to start the night with an ensemble performance of the top 12 with the previous Idol Carrie Underwood singing 'Through The Rain' (no, not that dull Mariah Carey song). And then some usual remember-all-we've-been-through clip montage. The real deal of the night is the collaborations of the top 5 and the special guests (not their own idols). Paris jammed with Al Jarreau (who's this guy, I don't even know him!). Then Live surprisingly showed up with Chris Daughtry to sing 'Mystery' from their lastest album 'Songs From The Mountain' (great way to promote). After a 'Puck N' Pickler' sketch making fun of Pickler's ditziness (aren't we all tired of this already), Kat joined Meat Loaf for a real painful collaboration, trying to rework a Celine Dion song 'All Coming Back To Me'. The rocker dude sounded like he would never get a chance to past the audition round, and Kat trying to evoke emotions made me wonder if she ever got a role in a substandard school play. And this was the part where parents covered their beloved children's eyes due to Kat's cleavage. I don't mind, her boobs are fine! (I'm such a perv) This whole thing is an utter collapse. Star power finally came with one Mary J. Blige and a little Elliott singing U2 classic 'One'. (he's like an elf standing next to her, she outsung him and stole his spotlight and made him look like a backup singer for her). Still, Elliott and Mary's was the best collaboration out of the 5. For the last one, we've got Taylor and...Toni Braxton singing 'In The Ghetto'. Toni was all over Taylor, she didn't sing much, just danced around and flirted him. That was kinda sick, like a naughty little girl trying to seduce her gray-haired uncle (did that sound too graphic?). Although the collaborations didn't turn out to be as good as I expected, the medleys were pleasantly worth watching. The guy's medley really gave a chance for the others to sing, Taylor basically just sang harmonies and played his harmonica. The key was arranged to suit each, so they all sounded fine. And then the girls really brought it on with their female-empowerment-theme medley. You've got it all here; 'Oh Man I Feel Like A Woman', 'I'm Every Woman', 'Natural Woman'...It's good to see Mandisa do her thing again. We've got a bonus performance of Carrie's new boring single 'Don't Forget To Remember Me' (which is like a hidden message from her). Finally, all 12 joined together for the Burt Bacharach medley. Lisa sang so well standing by his piano. Special guest Dionne Warwick got up the stage and did the magic to end the tribute. Moving on to the less exciting part. This year, we've got 'The Golden Idols Awards' as the time filler, to make fun and give out statues for the suckers (except the award for Elliott's mom). That was the great thing about AI. In the end, no matter if you're bad or good, you've all got a slice of the big AI cake of the big finale party. There were outstanding male and female performer award(whoever received it, I don't even care to remember their names). The Randy Jackson Award was given to Rhonetta (that staged clip was fun as hell, I wonder what she works for a living, I'm pretty sure she's a wh***). The Impersonator Award was given to Michael Sandecki (that queer Clay Aiken lookalike who blamed his screeches on his needing to pee), who got the time of his life, having no clue that Clay was gonna join him in 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me', once made famous by...George Michael and...Elton John. What a meaningful performance! (I'm being sarcastic, in case you don't know). Clay looked even uglier with his new shaggy emo hairstyle. I sit there, watching that kid totally freaking out, wondering how can this Clay get to be the runner-up of season 2. Gross fun. The final award, Best Friendship, was given to that 'Brokenote Mountain' cowboy trio, and they did have a chance to perform on stage, actually they weren't that bad, I must say. Oh, did I mention the Ford commercial, this was like a clip show, with Kat and Taylor in a drive-in watching and laughing at their own goofy music videos. And they both got a new Mustang. Jealousy. Just as when I thought all this 2-hour trashy fun ended to get to the results, Prince showed up...solo. His performance was pretty cool and all, but where did this guy come from? It seemed like this was a last-minute thing, because he was reported to be added as a vocal judge and guest star but that didn't happen, so he tried to redeem it (and get his cd up a few notches on the charts) by performing near the end of the show? After Prince, still one more performance left, with Kat, who looked fabulous in a beautiful gown, and Taylor dueting the Dirty Dancing theme '(I've Had) The Time Of My Life'.
Finally, the moment had come. Wasn't as intense as last season. Kat seemed to know her fate, donning a dark-colored dress. We all knew it already. Soul Patrol Woo-hoo! Taylor almost cried. But it was David Hasselhoff who burst into tears instead. (BTW, the vampire with a soul 'Angel' aka David Boreanaz was in the house with his son, sorry can't help it) Confetti all over the stage. His hometown cheered. 'Do I Make You Proud' was sung again. Everybody joined on stage for the last time, hugging Taylor, as the curtains fell (actually, there were no curtains). Great, I finished work here. It's been a lot of fun blogging on each episode, but it's been taking a lot of my time. Not sure if I'll do it again next year, but for sure I'll still be watching. Thanks to you guys for joining me on this journey.
Leftovers:
-Ever wonder what it would be like to combine a result night from AI5 with The O.C. season finale? Click here.(Spoiler Alert! Not recommended for die-hard O.C. fans)
-Ever wonder what the finale would be like in an utopian world?
-And check out this hilarious piece of fiction, proving that Ryan has got a lot bad news to announce. The guy who wrote this a brillaint genius. Click here.
-Want mp3s of the whole season 5 performances? Click here.
Videos: (props to the uploader)
Top 12 and Carrie Underwood-Through The Rain
Paris & Al Jarreau-We're In This Together
Chris & Live-Mystery
Katherine & Meat Loaf-All Coming Back To Me
Elliott & Mary J. Blige-One
Taylor & Toni Braxton-In The Ghetto
Taylor & Kat-(I've Had) The Time Of My Life
Guy's Medley
Girl's Medley
Burt Bacharach Medley
Carrie Underwood-Don't Forget To Remember Me
Prince's performance
Clay & Micheal
The Cowboy Trio
Top 2 Ford Commercial
Taylor Hicks back in the days, performing with his band
And Taylor now, as the new American Idol!
Mp3s:
Check out these three songs from Taylor Hick's pre-Idol cd, 'Under The Radar'. This cd should be on everyone's hunt by now. He clearly know what he's doing right from the start. Click to download.
Hell Of A Day
Soul Thing
Kat's single 'My Destiny' will be released June 20 with 'Think' as b-side.
Taylor's single 'Do I Make You Proud' will be released June 13 with 'Takin' It To The Streets' as b-side.
Here are the cd covers.
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Q: Creating ArrayList through Form submitting ( Thymeleaf + Spring MVC ) i wanted to know, how Lists are getting binded in Spring...and how to access them in Thymeleaf.
With and without WrapperClass
How could achieve adding single / multiple objects through an form to an ArrayList or normal Array..
I would be very thankful for an explanation.
Thats what i have tried:
Form
<form action="#" th:action="@{/tests}" th:object="${features}" method="post">

        <input type="text" th:field="*{featureArrayList[0].name}"/>
    <input type="text" th:field="*{featureArrayList[1].name}"/>

<input type="submit" value="Submit" /> <input type="reset" value="Reset" />

</form>

Wrapper Class
  ArrayList<Feature> featureArrayList = new ArrayList<Feature>();

    public FeatureWrapper() {

    }

    public ArrayList<Feature> getFeatureArrayList() {
        return featureArrayList;
    }

    public void setFeatureArrayList(ArrayList<Feature> featureArrayList) {
        this.featureArrayList = featureArrayList;
    }

Model:
   private String name;

    public Feature(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public Feature() {
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

Controller

      @GetMapping("/tests")
    public String showForm(Model model)
    {
        FeatureWrapper featureWrapper = new FeatureWrapper();

        model.addAttribute("features",  featureWrapper);
        return "Feature";
    }
    @PostMapping("/tests")
    public String proceedForm(@ModelAttribute("features") FeatureWrapper features,Model model)
    {
       for(Feature feature: features.getFeatureArrayList())
       {
           System.out.println(feature.getName());
           System.out.println(features.getFeatureArrayList().size());
       }

        return "Feature";
    }

Edit1:
Now its working with an Wrapper Class and using static Indexes...
How would i achieve this without a wrapper class , i read much about the EL expression ${var.index} , but how is this working ?
And how should i use this to dynamically add my Objects.
Edit2: Now im able to add single objects , and multiple objects to the list, but im not using any EL Expression, so i wanted to know
when would i need to use something like this:

        <input  id="myInput" type="text" th:field="*{featureArrayList[__${stat.index}__].name}"/>

A: *

*As far as I know, you can't bind to a list without a wrapper class (as stated in comments).

*In normal Thymeleaf expressions, you can directly use variables as indexes.  Expressions like this for example:

However, th:field expressions are different.  If you read the section on dynamic fields:

The problem is that Spring EL does not evaluate variables inside array index brackets, so when executing the above expression we would obtain an error telling us that rows[rowStat.index] (instead of rows[0], rows[1], etc) is not a valid position in the rows collection. That's why preprocessing is needed here.

So, when you are using th:field to bind inputs to arrays, you must use preprocessing which is why you see expressions like this:
<input type="text" th:field="*{featureArrayList[__${stat.index}__].name}"/>

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Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016 »
2nd T20: Sri Lanka's batting collapse cost them
Tags: Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016, Sri Lanka Vs Australia 2nd T20I at Pallekele, Sep 09, 2016, Sri Lanka, Australia, Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva, John Wayne Hastings, James Peter Faulkner, Adam Zampa, Glenn James Maxwell, Sachith Shanaka Pathirana, T20I
In what was to be Tillakaratne Dilshan's final fling with international cricket, Sri Lanka would have hoped to give him a fond farewell. But, all great stories do not have fairy tale endings. And so it was to be with Dilshan
In what was to be Tillakaratne Dilshan's final fling with international cricket, Sri Lanka would have hoped to give him a fond farewell. But, all great stories do not have fairy tale endings. And so it was to be with Dilshan. Sri Lanka yet again failed to put up a decent score on the board, batting first, Dilshan himself falling cheaply. And when Glenn Maxwell waltzed his way to yet another smashing innings, the result was a foregone conclusion. Sri Lanka picked up a few wickets towards the end, Dilshan himself celebrating his farewell with a couple, including one off his last ball in international cricket. But, the game was always in Australia's grasp.
The poor beginning with the bat cost Sri Lanka big way. Dilshan himself was the first to go, failing to get much power into a cut, and only managing to edge it. The others put up a disappointing show. Kusal Perera eased his was to 22 with four fours, but did not carry on. Dinesh Chandimal has been among the few who have kept Sri Lanka's batting flag flying high in the shorter formats. But, he too went cheaply on Friday. And, when Kusal Mendis was trapped lbw by Adam Zampa, Sri Lanka had crawled to 58 for 4.
Unfortunately for Sri Lanka, it was only the beginning of the collapse. Chamara Kapugedara and Thisara Perera followed Mendis back to the pavilion, to leave Sri Lanka reeling at 76 for 6. The wickets kept crumbling and, at one stage, it seemed as if Sri Lanka will not even reach three figures. But, Dhananjaya de Silva held up end up for the team, and ensured that their bowlers had an outside chance in case they struck early. His 62 from 50 helped Sri Lanka to 128.
Australia's bowlers were excellent yet again. James Faulkner and Adam Zampa both stood out with figures of 3 for 19, and 3 for 16 respectively. The duo ensured Sri Lanka never got into any sort of platform to attack. There were some good supporting acts as well. John Hastings claimed a couple of wickets while Mitchell Starc ensured he finished the tour with at least one wicket in every match, across formats.
Having been kept down to a low total, the only way Sri Lanka could have built pressure on Australia was if they got early wickets. But, Maxwell once again proved to be their nemesis. Like in the last game, he did not give the Lankan bowlers any chance to settle. And by the time he was dismissed for 66 from 29, Australia had raced to 93 in 8.3 overs. There was drama in the later overs, as Dilshan signed off with a couple of wickets. The middle order crumbled under no pressure before a Travis Head six sealed the game.
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Taiko Drummers to Come to Campus
PLATTSBURGH, NY (March 4, 2008) - SUNY Plattsburgh's Student Activities Office is pleased to offer a free performance of the Burlington Taiko drummers, at 7 p.m. in the E. Glenn Giltz Auditorium of the college's Hawkins Hall on Tuesday, March 11.
This presentation will feature members of the Burlington Taiko Group fully committing their bodies and spirits to the beautiful, precise choreography and powerful, surging rhythms expressed by the Japanese art of taiko. Taiko, Japanese for "big drum," is a relatively modern revival of ancient Japanese drumming traditions. The drums were originally developed in India, where they were used in religious ceremony to represent the voice of the Buddha. Moving across China and Korea with the spread of Buddhism, taiko arrived in Japan around 500 AD.
Taiko quickly became part of Japanese culture; spiritual healers played taiko to dispel evil spirits and drive insects from the rice fields; Samurai employed taiko to instill fear in the enemy and courage in themselves; villagers used taiko to in their prayers for rain and in thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Over time, many areas developed unique choreography and rhythms celebrating festivals or recreations of historic events.
The Burlington Taiko Group has been treating audiences to the powerful and propulsive sounds of the taiko since 1987. The group estimates it has introduced over half a million people to taiko via public appearances including feature performances at the 100th running of the Boston Marathon, annual performances at Burlington's First Night, the Joseph Campbell Keepers of the Lore Festival, the Black Ships Festival in Newport, R.I. and over 200 corporate, collegiate and public performances.
The group has twice been honored by the International Taiko community, having been selected as a feature performer at both the 1998 30th International Taiko Festival in San Francisco and the 1999 North American Taiko Conference in Los Angeles.
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"Although some lesbians and radical feminists embrace Amazon myths, the various representations of Amazons through history have carried a mixed message because men use those myths to reinforce their own masculinity."
Why does this argument necessitate a reference to scholars of a specific sexual orientation? What do heterosexual scholars have to say about Amazonian history?
Completely unjustified in a 'scholarly' endeavour and misplaced and misleading. Are you referring to a specific lesbian or feminist? Who is it? What does this achieve?
I sense that the terms 'lesbian' and 'radical feminist' were employed to dismiss the idea as something belonging to another, "topsy-turvey" (as you say) way of thinking; one that you obviously don't agree with. Not only is your argument so poorly supported here that you had to resort to name-calling but it is very dangerous activity to dismiss people and their ideas on the basis of their sexuality, race, gender or religion.
You know what, Rebecca, you are right. This is a sloppy piece of writing, not consistent with my argument in the book. It should have been edited out long ago, but in a big book mistakes do happen. Thanks for catching it. I have taken out the words "lesbian and radical" from the chapter online, and will ask that they also be removed if there is a future paperback reprint.
Thanks for your response and I appreciate the action you have taken.
Well done Rebecca!! Glad to see a fellow critical reader, keep on pressing.
I am really impressed with the fact that you actually respond to critiques of your book. If in fact it is really you I commend your efforts. I am currently reading International Relations and I am finding the first chapter a little overwhelming with the many different arguments posed but also quite interesting as a learning tool towards really understanding some of the basic terminology and language necessary to understand IR. It does however get more interesting as you get more into the specifics.
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Q: How to restore on another Ubuntu computer a MySQL backup made by rsnapshot? How to restore on another Ubuntu computer a MySQL database backup made by rsnapshot on an external USB hard disk?
This seems to be difficult because the UID and GID of mysql differ on both computers.
I could work around by determining UID and GID of mysql on the target computer, copying the database in /var/log/mysql/ and running the command ~$ chown -R newuser:newgroup newdir.
Is there a more straightforward solution?
[Backup on Ubuntu 12.04, Restore on Ubuntu 10.04.4]

A: The solution to this is to make a mysqldump and restore from that.
mysqldump -u root -p > iamateapot.sql should save everything in mysql into iamateapot.sql stored in the current working directory.
Transfer that .sql to the other server, do mysql -u root -p < iamateapot.sql, and it'll overwrite all current MySQL data on that server with new data, and retain all users, pws, etc.  At least it should.


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Thanks for this blog post. Instead of just ranting about GetIt you start taking real actions. I appreciate that very much.
Some ideas came already to my mind while reading, but I need to think a bit about them first.
Regarding the design time components, I had tried to get this covered with my Package Magician mentioned in this blog post: There Can Only Be One – At a Time! While it works in the majority of cases, it heavily relies on the packages to be unloaded cleanly - sometimes not even standard Delphi packages can guarantee that. Unfortunately some of the big players in the package market seem to ignore that their packages my be unloaded and reloaded in the IDE.
If you are interested I am open to contribute the code to your project.
BTW, the link to the GitHub repository is broken.
Thanks for the head up, I changed the project name at the last minute and forgot to update the link.
Uwe, I'm definitely open to contributions, there's no way I can achieve the desired result by myself (I still have to earn a living!). It's a complex task, and there are a lot of moving parts and design decisions to be made.
I expected package unloading to be an issue. Package Magician looks interesting.. hopefully we can get you on board, I haven't really played with the open tools api much for many years.
A related project, MultiInstaller, is not a package manager, but a good way to install multiple packages, directly from git repositories (e.g. Github), from zip files or from existing folders in one-step. I can start using a new version of Delphi in minutes rather than days. The project is fork of the Silverpoint MultiInstaller.
Packages will not contain any scripts (ie to build during install) for security reasons (I don't want to be running random scripts).
Please reconsider this point ! Nowadays it's really important to use scripts (we're no longer on 19xx).
Also for the package name, it's important to have a formal rule for name. e.g a package's name may look like this : TMS::VCL::SomeProduct. Also we can group names by category (like cpan packages which I really like its concept) e.g: XML::MyXmlLib. So all XML stuffs are under XML::.
The absence of dependency manager is a big problem of Pascal ecosystem. Not only CI scenarios suffers from it but library developers - there is no option to make a library dependent on another library as it become too complicated for most people to install and use it. So most libraries have *commons.pas units which contains pretty same purpose routines and classes.
I thought about it a lot and the only reason why I not started such a project is that I believe it should be a community effort. Or we'll end up with another package manager without packages and users.
I'm familiar with Maven from Java ecosystem and it does it's job well.
I see no much sense binding it to a particular IDE or even compiler. Let it work for FPC too!
Components and packages are good but libraries are also good and much easier to manage.
I think such a tools should have a command line based core with plugins for IDEs when needed. In that case CI server will be able to build project from scratch as it should be.
Simple workflow - a project config file at input and a directory structure with library/package files at output.
A package can be identified with an ID - something domain name-like works good here and partially solves problems with copyright etc. Please no GUIDs here!
type is source or binary (dcu/ppu).
Therefore, to use a library it's needed to create a config file and run the tool. After it ends its work there is a ready to use directory structure with all needed files and maybe even compiler config file with paths.
I'm open to suggestions when it comes to package naming conventions, but it's going to take a lot to convince me to allow running of scripts. Running random scripts that haven't been vetted for security is major issue. Perhaps a better option would be to include some sort of dsl that has some pre-defined functionality (like copy files etc).
What about Chocolatey? Already for Windows.
Adding Delphi components to their ecosystem would help spread Delphi to other developers.
Edited February 14 by Eli M.
Chocolatey is Nuget repurposed for installing applications, not for installing code libraries. It's also a .net application. As much as I love .net/c#, I think a delphi package manager should be written in delphi.
I can contribute an FMX client that ties into whatever command line package manager you come up with. I already have one that uses a local CodeCentral database.
@Eli M. Thanks. We're some way from that yet, but when we get to the IDE integration we'll be looking for people with UI skills to contribute. Right now I want to focus on the structure of packages/libraries etc, how they are defined, naming conventions, etc.
I'd say in Free Pascal as such tool should be crossplatform and work for FPC too.
I'm open to contributions that would allow supporting FPC, but my primary target is what I use, Delphi.
FreePascal already has its own Online Package Manager built right into the Lazarus IDE.
As far as I can tell, it's pretty much like GetIt, ie a global package installer?
What I'm proposing is handling per project dependencies, ie nothing is global.
Would be a direct "competitor" to an already existing tool which would again cause endless discussions.
I'm not a fan of tying it into Github, btw.
I just tried to download and compile the sources: MultiInstaller_Icon.ico is missng.
@dummzeuch Missing icon file added.
Wasted effort imo - the fundamental design and architecture of the IDE and how (designtime)packages work is flawed to get something like this working properly.
Unloading of packages often does not work properly because they are not written for that or some things that happen during loading cannot be easily undone (sloppy developer or simply because the API might be missing).
Adding component/library to the IDE is not just loading a module but adding paths in numerous places, like library path for each supported platform, browsing path for stepping into code or even special debug DCU path.
A proper way to make design-time packages part of my project rather than of my IDE is just about the only thing that could get me to upgrade Delphi ever again. I'm sure it will be technically challenging, and that any implementation would be buggy for a long time (as with most even mildly complicated new features), but done well it would be a big step forward. Yes, packages would have to be made compatible with it, but the same was true for GetIt. As long as the old style "IDE packages" keep working too, I don't see the problem. It could be a chance to streamline how packages must be written and hopefully adding any paths would no longer be necessary for such "project packages". If it will still be possible for such packages to make hard to reverse changes to the IDE at runtime, some kind of sandboxing would be needed.
You SHOULD already be able to have per-project packages, in all versions of Delphi. The trick is to install the packages but NOT ENABLE them globally. With no project loaded, install the packages as needed, and then disable them so they don't appear in the Palettes when no project is loaded. Then, load a project, enable only the installed packages it actually needs, and close the project. Repeat as needed for other projects. Then, from now on, the IDE should load and unload packages on a per-project basis. At least, this is how it used to work years ago, I haven't tried it in recent years. Hopefully it still works.
@Remy Lebeau That does still work, however it still doesn't allow you to install multiple versions of the same package, which makes life difficult.
For example, on v7 I might use packageA.1.0.0 and on v8 I might use packageA2.2.0 - I don't want to update v7 to use the newer packageA, for a bunch of possible reasons.
There are (as others have pointed out) problems with unloading packages, lots of third party packages don't clean up properly and unloading causes IDE instability.
@Stefan Glienke It's shame you feel that way, I was thinking the spring framework would be a perfect candidate for something like this, and in fact I've been using it while playing with ideas for the package specification.
Yes, design time package unloading will be a problem, most likely what we'll do is on package restore, if there is any change in the design time components installed we'll offer to restart the IDE. Of course this is not an issue for command line or CI builds, as we don't need to install components, just ensure the project can be built with the correct search paths.
This project will have lots of technical hurdles, but I still think we can do better than what we have now.


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"Boy A" is about a man who went into prison a boy and comes out a target for other people's fears.
I once went deep-sea fishing in the Hawaiian Islands. We caught a tuna, and as the stressed fish fought for its life on deck, it went from silver to violet to pink to yellow to gray — all in about three seconds. It suffered heroically by suffering matter-of-factly, without self-pity or any notion of a better fate — being as it was a fish. I remember this, by the way, through the haze and misery of seasickness, but it's not something you easily forget.
Adapted from a novel by: Jonathan Trigell.
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Siobhan Finneran, Alfie Owen, Victoria Brazier, Skye Bennett.
Queasiness aside, Andrew Garfield ("Lions for Lambs," "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus") reminds me of that dying tuna. As the eponymous Boy A, his colors zap and zing across his face in ivory and blushing pink. They travel along a spectrum — shape-shifting through a shy glance, the twitch of a brow, a phrase "forgotten" from a past he doesn't have. Like the fish, he's struggling too without protest — because of who he is.
"Boy A" is a moniker for a man who, at 24, is just released for the killing of a little girl 14 years ago, when he was ten. With the help of his caseworker, Terry (a gravelly Peter Mullan), he's given a new identity — Jack Barridge — and a new town in the U.K., and he finds a job, friends, and a girlfriend. No one in his new life knows of his past. Meanwhile, a frenzied national public, fueled by a frenzied media, embarks on a modern-day witch hunt to uncover his whereabouts.
Director John Crowley layers conflict and suspense over a thin (and somewhat beside-the-point) plot. The film veers toward the mildly abstract as the questions turn inward; it's not about whether Jack can outsmart the people who are out to get him, but rather, what audience members would do if they ever encountered a real-life Jack Barridge.
Redemption and forgiveness and the meaning of evil are popular indie themes, but they're made fresh here with a great cast. I loved Katie Lyons, playing Jack's spiky blue-collar girlfriend Michelle, and the love scenes that develop are poignant and real. Peter Mullan is compelling, too, as a fiercely protective caseworker who nevertheless struggles with his personal relationships at home. There are no real villains, no one to point any fingers to, and so in the end nature (human and otherwise) emerges as the victor — as if to anoint us all fishes in the wild blue sea.
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Biden: Democrats will keep the House and Senate
CNN's Ed Hornick
Paraphrasing Mark Twain, the vice president said that reports of the death of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.
(CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden had a strong message for fellow Democrats on Friday: After Election Day, expect to keep a majority in Congress.
"I'm here to tell you that on November 3, the day after this coming election, there will be in Washington, D.C., a Democratic majority in the House and a Democratic majority in the Senate," Biden said at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. He joked, "and were it not illegal, I may book on it!"
Polls have shown that congressional Democrats are facing an uphill challenge this year. Biden said that a large part of that has to do with Americans blaming their problems on the people at the top.
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Sniffit
haha...we've got every single GOP/Teatard/conservative politician in the country babbling about the bloodletting the Dems will receive in November and, for the most part, we just roll our eyes and tolerate it...but one Dem says something indicating confidence for November (as opposed to the usual spineless milktoast equivocating the Dems are famous for on such issues) and the GOPers go rabid. Hilarious.
August 20, 2010 03:20 pm at 3:20 pm |
I don't like this administration but...Joe Biden is absolutely correct! The Democrats certainly will still control both houses on November 4th. It's not until January 20th, when the new lawmakers are sworn in, where Republicans will have control!
Padraig
That is why his nickname is "Crazy Joe"
Let's hope the democrats keep control. There's no way this country will survive another takeover by the Rethuglicans and their Constitution-destroying agenda.
Just Say No to Socialism
I am sure the Democrats feel real confident with your predictions. Kind of like we have to pass the stimulus so that unemployment will stay below 8%. Just go spend another trillion Joe, or better yet, go on vacation like Obama, at least you cant do as much damage to the country then.
Talk about out of touch with reality. Biden has always been an idiot, now he's an idiot who is drinking the cool aid. Suggest he talk to the people who are forced to withdraw from their retirement savings. The Democrats are going to be devestated in November. Their arrogance goes beyond any in recent years.
So you're saying American voters are stupid enough to put the same clowns back in power who created this whole mess in the first place?
Greg Pottstown PA
So when republicans are at the to anything that happens is the fault of the republicans. When the democrats are at the top the people are responsible for the problems of this country.
In case it wasn't clear I was referring to the GOP!
And in addition to that guarantee the Cubs and Orioles will play for the world series this year. What a joke!!!!!
Val in MA
Yeah, Joe Biden is great at predictions! Just like he predicted that back in April of 2010 "Well, I'm here to tell you, some time in the next couple of months, we're going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month." Joe, where are those job?
Tom in Delaware
Ha...he's been dead-on accurate about everything else....I'll bet all the Democrats are reassured now.
Yes, Demos should keep the House and Senate because Republicans have decided to back crazed right-wing extremists like Angle in Nevada who said people should become violent if she loses the election.
REG in AZ
A con artist victimizes people by appealing to their greed and self-interests and then in giving them nothing, in fact in taking from them. Isn't that just what the Republican Party tries to do? They say, without ever saying how and rather only faulting the Democrats, that they will solve everything without the costs. Common sense says they can't and their history says they won't. Bush-Cheney proved beyond any shadow of doubt that their focus was totally on catering to Special Interests and the influential, powerful and extremely wealthy few who strongly support them. Since then the Republican Party has clearly demonstrated they put their political ambitions above all else and at all costs as they withhold bipartisan cooperation and only obstruct and criticize all efforts. They even coerce and intimidate their own to insure unity and simply offer the people nothing real. When they were in power only the very wealthy gained, the middle class, all of the middle class, lost ground and they made it clear they don't even consider the poor. Like the con artists, they appeal to people's concerns and then victimize them, offering only empty rhetoric to rationalize and further manipulate.
It is obvious that we could really use both parties being honest, responsible and conscientious but that won't happen if we don't firmly reject what the Republican Party has become – 'puppets' for Special Interests and the select few who overtly and covertly strongly support them. The Tea Party movement has the right idea for action but when they seek to replace one set with another having the same loyalty, it becomes just a sham. Should many Independent and middle-class voters become swayed and manipulated by the con, then we would be returned to more of the same that brought us all of the problems. The select few would then be very happy but everyone else would again loose. It isn't about Obama and the Democrats being perfect, they are not; it is about the Republicans putting their political ambitions above all else, taking the people for granted and doing nothing for the average American.
Gary, Hunt Valley, Md.
Biden is goofy, but I tend to agree with him on this. The average voter is pissed at the whole system, but in the end the voter has not forgotten the terrible mess Republicans helped big-time to push the nation into such a hole. More than that, the Repubs have painted themselves into a Tea Party corner, where wacky screaming and protesting and fear-mongering and filibustering rule the day, with not an ounce of serious policy proposals behind them. That's a pretty weak case to make for GIVE US THE POWER BACK, and voters will respond accordingly. The Democratic losses will not be that bad.
Big George in Big D
Don't think so babbling, bumbling Joe! Wouldn't matter – you haven't done anything with it. The congress and been democratic for how long now????? Nothing done yet???
Future expat
I sure hope so. The only thing the GOP has offered since Jan 20, 2009 has been islamophobia, homophobia, negrophobia, and xenophobia. As far as governance, all they have done is vote NO on everything. They have provided ZERO CREDIBLE POLICY PROPOSALS.
Putting these people back at the wheel would be a grave mistake.
Squigman
Remembering the years from 2001 to 2009, I certainly hope so. If the public has memory lapse, maybe the republicans have a chance, but there are many who remember, and I hope they get out and vote.


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US – A 30-year-old woman, believed to be the mother of a 7-year-old boy, a 4-year-old girl and a 3.5-month-old girl, is being questioned at the local police station. This was announced on Monday morning at a press conference by the head of the department, Kenneth Corey.
Three children found unconscious on the Coney Island shoreline in Brooklyn early Monday morning are dead and their mother is being questioned, according to NYPD officials.
She was not in custody at the time and the investigation remains "very active," he said. By Monday afternoon, the woman was at a local hospital, the NYPD confirmed. According to the NYPD, she has not been charged at this time.
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1, June 2015 – 14 Sivan 5775
June 2015 marks the centenary of the birth of Jewish historian, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, who was born in New York to Jewish Polish parents, Max and Dora (Ofnaem) Schildkret, on June 16, 1915, and died in New York on December 5, 1990.
The first book on the Sho'ah that I read was the Penguin Books paperback edition of Lucy S. Dawidowicz' most famous work, Hitler's War Against the Jews, 1933-45, first published in 1975 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Four things struck me about the book, even before I began to read it. First, the title, which is so direct, giving the clear message that from the time Hitler came to power in Germany 1933 until his death in 1945, he conducted a war against the Jewish people. Next, the author's first name: Lucy, which told me that she was a woman. And then, her last name: Dawidowicz; I wasn't sure how to pronounce it, but I knew that it was Polish. Finally I opened the book, and I read the dedication: 'In memory of Toba (Tobtshe) Dawidowicz Warsaw 1924 – Warsaw Ghetto 1943 and Zarek Dawidowicz Warsaw 1927 – Treblinka 1942 (?) Two of six million.'
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The back-story of Jewish historian, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, provides the context in which she conducted her research into the Sho'ah and wrote Hitler's War Against the Jews, 1933-45. Significantly, her thesis that Hitler intended to murder the Jews from the very beginning was controversial in Holocaust historian circles. Indeed, labelled an 'intentionalist', she was opposed by the 'functionalists', who argued that the Final Solution evolved as World War II progressed. However, having chosen to go to Poland to study Yiddish immediately before the war and to return to Europe after the war to help her people, for Lucy S. Dawidowicz the Holocaust was much more than a matter for academic debate. For more information about her life and work, see 'Lucy S. Dawidowicz' by Eliyana R. Adler in the Jewish Women's Archive (http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/dawidowicz-lucy-s)
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UCSC media expert contributes feature to 35th anniversary issue of Ms. magazine
The cover of the Fall 2007 35th Anniversary Issue of Ms. Magazine recalls the historic 1972 first issue that featured Wonder Woman on the cover
Assistant professor of film and digital media L.S. Kim (Photo by Scott Rappaport)
As recently as the early 1970s, very few women in the United States had access to work in newsrooms, press clubs, editorial boards, and radio broadcasting booths. Today, women are employed as writers, producers, anchors, editors, and publishers in nearly every major newspaper, magazine, television network, and radio station across the country.
So writes UC Santa Cruz assistant professor of film and digital media L. S. Kim in the 35th anniversary issue of Ms. magazine, on newsstands now. Kim's feature story traces the impact feminists have had on mainstream media over the past three and a half decades. As Kim notes in the article, "although still grossly underrepresented in many areas, women now often decide what becomes news, what goes on the front page, who is given a voice and which stories form the nation's political and cultural narrative."
The fall special collector's issue of Ms. also includes comments from a wide variety of feminists including Gloria Steinem, Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billie Jean King, as well as UCSC's professor of community studies B. Ruby Rich and alumna author bell hooks. They each respond to the question of how feminism has changed their lives in the past 35 years and where the movement is headed.
Last year, Kim was asked to join the Ms. magazine Committee of Scholars, made up of 20 professors from universities throughout the country. She said that the non-profit magazine created the advisory group in an effort to reach out to the academic community and provide a forum to bring more attention to feminist issues. Kim recently traveled to Washington, D.C., where the committee met to discuss topics the feminist scholars believe ought to be covered by Ms.
"There's no question that there has been a cultural shift to young women not being apt to call themselves feminists," Kim observed. "One question that the committee grappled with is how do we bring feminism to the forefront for a new generation on college campuses-for the next generation of voters."
Kim joined UCSC's Film and Digital Media Department in 2002. Her research areas include television studies, racial discourse, postfeminism, media practices, and social change. Kim's work has appeared in such publications as Television & New Media, Journal of Film and Video, Flow, and Jump Cut.
Kim noted that she was glad to have the opportunity to convey critical questions she studies in academia to a large public audience. She added that Ms. gave her free reign to pick the topic for her article.
"I was interested in the relationship between women and news production--women as journalists on camera, women as subjects of news stories, what stories about women are considered newsworthy, and what difference it makes when women are producers, writers, and executives behind-the-scenes in the production of media," said Kim.
Kim added that many of the classes that she teaches at UCSC--such as Asian Americans in Media--utilize a "gender lens."
"In general, questions of gender exist in culture, so questions of gender exist in media," said Kim. "Gender is a lens through which you can understand these important issues."
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Nigerian-born pop star Davido won Best International Act at the BET Awards and urged greater collaborations between US and African artist and musicians.
As he picked up his trophy, Davido, 25, thanked his audience in Nigeria and said that Africa as a continent "has been so blessed."
"My continent has been so blessed to influence other cultures. Let's collaborate everybody," the US-educated artist said.
The annual BET Awards established by Black Entertainment Television celebrate the best in music, movies and sports.
David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, first came into the limelight in 2011 with his hit single, "Back When".
His father is a Nigerian business magnate and his late mother was a university lecturer. He attended the British International School in Lagos.
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Helen (2019 film)
2019 film by Mathukkutty Xavier
Theatrical release poster
Mathukutty Xavier
Vineeth Sreenivasan[1]
Alfred Kurian Joseph
Noble Babu Thomas
Aju Varghese
Shaan Rahman
Anend C. Chandran
Shameer Muhammed
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15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)
Helen is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film directed by Mathukutty Xavier (in his directorial debut) and produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan under the companies Habit of Life and Big Bang Entertainments.[2][3] The film stars Anna Ben in the title role, while Lal, Noble Babu Thomas, Aju Varghese, Rony David and Binu Pappu appears in supporting roles. It was written by Alfred Kurian Joseph, Noble Babu Thomas and Mathukutty Xavier. Its soundtrack was composed by Shaan Rahman.[4]
Helen was released on 15 November 2019. The film is being remade into Tamil by Gokul, and remakes into Hindi, Kannada and Telugu are also in production. Ben has won Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award for her performance as Helen Paul.[5]
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
5.1 Reception
7 Remake
Plot[edit]
Helen is a B.Sc Nursing graduate and attends IELTS coaching classes intended for a job abroad. She works part-time at a restaurant named The Chicken Hub, inside a plush mall. She lives with her father, Paul, an insurance agent. He does not like her going abroad. Paul is a conservative Christian and has disagreement with Helen associating with non-Christian friends. Unbeknownst to Paul, Helen has a Muslim boyfriend, Azhar, who is in search of a job.
One night, while Azhar is riding Helen to her home, they are stopped by police who penalise him for not wearing a helmet and drunken driving, they both are brought to the police station. Paul is summoned to the station. Paul is in dismay of seeing his daughter and does not talk to her despite her several attempts of creating conversation.
The next night after work at the Chicken Hub, Helen's manager Jayashankar unknowingly locks her in the freezer room. At -18 °C, Helen has to survive in the freezing cold and tries everything to keep herself alive. She tries to block the exhaust fan but ended up dislocating her leg. She starts to get frostbite and bleeding through her nose.
Her father starts getting worried that Helen has not reached home. He searches for Helen with the help of his neighbor. They call all her co-workers but they all said they do not know anything. Azhar, who was on his way to Chennai half-heartedly, returns and also joins the investigation.
They go to the police station to file a complaint but they are greeted by the SI Ratheesh Kumar, whom they met yesterday. He suspects Azhar. Paul tries to defend him and this causes a feud between the sub-inspector and the search party. He deliberately tries not to help them by not sharing the last tower location of Helen he got from Cyber cell.
They get a clue that Helen might have had a problem with the auto drivers in front of the mall. They all reach there to enquire. The auto driver whom they suspected denied the allegation. At this point, they meet a watchman of the mall who says that Helen might not have left the mall because he usually notices her going in and out.
They rush to the Chicken Hub and opens the freezer. In the end, after 5 hours, they find Helen. She is taken to the hospital just before she had the last stage of hypothermia. Then Paul enquires with the watchman that how was he sure about the fact that Helen didn't leave the mall. Helen smiles at him every time she comes in and out of the mall. He did not see her go out on the day of her missing.
Helen reunites with her father and boyfriend. The doctor says that she is out of danger and she needs physiotherapy later. He continues that its difficult for any common man or woman to survive that cold weather and Helen is a brave girl. When the watchman asks Paul what his daughter's name is, Paul proudly replies, "Helen".
Cast[edit]
Anna Ben as the girl
Lal as Paul, Helen's father
Noble Babu Thomas as Azhar
Aju Varghese as SI Ratheesh Kumar
Rony David as Jayashankar
Binu Pappu as CI Ravi Prakash
Bonny Mary Mathew as Littu
Jayaraj as Mall security
Vineeth Sreenivasan as Kanchan, Jail convict (cameo)
Kookal Raghavan as Raghavan
Lakshmi Marikar as Helen's friend
Lali Marikar as Azhar's mother
Thrissur Elsy as Devamma
Adinadu Sasi as Constable Sudevan
Vinu Vijayakumar as JinsBabu
Sreekanth Muraly as Doctor
Krishna as man who hits Azhar's bike in accident
Nazrudeen Valiyaveettil as North Indian Mall Security
Malavika Wales
Production[edit]
According to Mathukutty Xavier, he wanted to make a survival thriller as there was not much Malayalam films made on that genre since the 1992 film Malootty. The story was inspired from an incident that had taken place abroad. While writing, they had visited meat freezers in Aroor and Alappuzha and met workers who had stuck in freezers for 5–6 hours. Eventually, a girl getting trapped in a meat freezer became its basic thread. Similar incidents reported in newspaper were referred and formed a fictional plot. Characters such as the girl's father and boyfriend were brought in to make it emotionally connected to the audience. Their motive was to target family and youth audience.[6] After completing the script Xavier went to meet Vineeth Sreenivasan for his feedback. On hearing the script halfway through, Vineeth expressed interest in producing the film.[7][8]
On 1 August 2019, Vineeth Sreenivasan announced the film with Anna Ben in the lead role and a title poster was released.[9] It was reported Lal would play Helen's father and Noble Babu Thomas was paired opposite Anna.[3] It was reported to be a woman-centric film, in which Anna plays a girl who works in a fast food joint in Kochi.[10]
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On 1 November 2019, the first song of the film titled "Pon Thaarame" sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan and Divya S. Menon was released.[11] Composed by Shaan Rahman, its lyrics were written by Vinayak Sasikumar, Vineeth Sreenivasan and Manu Manjith.[12]
"Pon Thaarame" Vinayak Sasikumar Vineeth Sreenivasan, Divya S. Menon 03:46
"Kaanaatheeram" Vinayak Sasikumar Megha Josekutty 02:19
"Thaarapadhamaake" Vineeth Sreenivasan Prarthana Indrajith 02:17
"Praanante" Manu Manjith Vineeth Sreenivasan 01:59
Release[edit]
The film was released on 15 November 2019. Funtastic Films headed by Visakh Subramaniam and Aju Varghese was in charge of the film's distribution.
Reception[edit]
Rating 4 out of 5 stars, Sajin Shrijith of The New Indian Express wrote: "It's one of those rare survival dramas where innovative ideas are strongly backed by nail-biting tension and emotional stakes." He praised Anna Ben's performance: "Anna Ben, who made a terrific debut in Kumbalangi Nights, proves with Helen that she is not a one-hit-wonder."[13] Sify rated the movie 4 out of 5 stating: "Helen is the kind of movie that start affecting you slowly and shakes up totally by the time the end titles start rolling." Also praising Aju Varghese's performance, the review concluded: "Watch out for a brilliant show from Aju Varghese, who is doing a character that has a different shade from usual."[14] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost awarded 3.5 in a scale of 5 and gave the verdict: "Helen is right up there with the best of 2019."[15] Anjana George of The Times of India rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars and commented: "A heart rending survival drama." She praised Anend C. Chandran's cinematography and Shaan Rahman's music: "With a lot of close-up shots and colourful visuals, Anend C Chandran's cinematography amps up the movie's pace. Shaan Rahman comes up with some fab music." She also added: "Helen is a typical family film from the Vineeth Sreenivasan school of filmmaking which is enjoyable and empathetic. The feel-good movie, though a survival drama, would definitely bring a smile to the faces as the curtains come down."[16] Litty Simon of Malayala Manorama said that "... Mathukutty Xavier's Helen played by Anna Ben is all set to make thousands of movie-goers her staunch fans in the coming days." She added: "The storytelling is easygoing and naturalistic. Some thrilling moments in the film make us believe that the director is definitely here to stay." She also praised its editing and cinematography: "Shameer Muhammed's crisp editing and Anand C. Chandran's cinematography helped develop this heart-warming tale of survival."[17]
Nominee(s)
Kerala State Film Awards
Best Makeup Artist Ranjith Ambady Won
Special Mention Anna Ben Won
CPC Cine Awards 2019
Best Actress in a Lead Role Anna Ben Won [18]
Movie Street Film Awards 2020
Best Actor in a Lead Role - Female Anna Ben Won [19]
Best Lyricist Vinayak Sasikumar Won
Vanitha Film Awards 2020
Best Debutant Actress Anna Ben Won [20]
Critics Choice Film Awards 2020
Best Malayalam Film Helen Nominated [21]
Best Malayalam Actress Anna Ben Nominated
Best Malayalam Director Mathukutty Xavier Nominated
Best Malayalam Writing Alfred Kurian Joseph
Mathukutty Xavier Nominated
Remake[edit]
The film is being remade in Tamil language directed by Gokul and produced by Arun Pandian under his company A&P Groups, and starring Keerthi Pandian and Arun Pandian. Filming commenced on 7 February 2020. The title of the film is yet to be announced.[22][23] Lohit H. of Friday Films acquired the film's remake rights for Kannada, which is to be directed by debutants Arunkumar M. and Sabu Aloysius. Lasya Nagaraj was confirmed to play the central character. The film is in production and is said to commence filming in Mysore.[24] The film will also have a Telugu-language remake starring Anupama Parameswaran. Prasad V. Potluri will be producing the film which will be directed by debutant Hanuman Chowdary.[25] Pinkvilla reported that the film is also being remade into Hindi language starring Janhvi Kapoor. The film will be produced by Boney Kapoor and Zee Studios.[26]
^ Moviebuzz (2 August 2019). "Vineeth Sreenivasan is the producer of 'Helen'". Sify. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ "ഹെലൻ ഈസ് ഹെവൻ: റിവ്യൂ". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 15 November 2019.
^ a b Navamy Sudhish (7 August 2019). "From 'Kumbalangi Nights' to 'Helen': Anna's on a roll". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ CE Features (2 August 2019). "Anna Ben to lead Vineeth Sreenivasan production Helen". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ "Kerala State Awards: Kani Kusruthi, Suraj, Lijo Pellissery among winners". The News Minute. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "Mathukutty Xavier - Reel Talk - Helen". Malayala Manorama. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ TNN (16 November 2019). "'Helen' director Mathukutty Xavier: Shooting at minus four degrees was quite a challenge". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ ആന്റണി, സീന (21 November 2019). 15 ദിവസം ഫ്രീസറിൽ, ഹെലൻ അന്ന തന്നെ: മാത്തുക്കുട്ടി സേവ്യർ അഭിമുഖം [15 days inside the freezer, Helen is Anna: Mathukutty Xavier Interview]. Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
^ Express News Service (2 August 2019). "Kumbalangi Nights star Anna Ben to lead Vineeth Sreenivasan production 'Helen'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ TNN (3 August 2019). "Anna Ben's 'Helen' is a woman-centric film". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Onmanorama Staff (4 November 2019). "'Pon Thaarame' zooms into the world of Helen". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Anna Mathews (2 November 2019). "Helen song has some sweet moments". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Sajin Shrijith (16 November 2019). "'Helen' review: Nail-biting drama done right". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ Moviebuzz (17 November 2019). "Helen review: A compelling survival drama". Sify. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
^ Anna MM Vetticad (24 November 2019). "Helen movie review: Kumbalangi's Anna Ben aces a smart survival thriller that spotlights social prejudice". Firstpost. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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