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Always offer the option of completing a purchase without creating a customer account. A lot of people simply won't take the time to do it and you'll lose out on those potential sales.
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Q: How to remove HitTestObject once initiated hey everyone so I have a function called checkPlayerHitFish(); that controls the hitTest when ever the fish come in contact with the playerHook.
There are multiple fish that are added to the stage and controlled by a timer.
Here is the code for the function :
stage.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, gameLoop);

private function gameLoop(e:Event):void
    {
        checkPlayerHitFish();
        checkFishHitBucket();
        checkMainFishOffScreen();
    }

private function checkPlayerHitFish():void
    {

        //loop through all our fishes
            for (var j:int = 0; j < aFishArray.length; j++)
            {
                //get current fish in j loop
                var currentFish:mcMainFish = aFishArray[j];

                //test if current fish is hitting current playerhook
                if (currentFish.hitTestObject(playerHook))
                {

                    trace("hit initialized");
                    currentFish.stopFish();
                    currentFish.x = playerHook.x;
                    currentFish.y = playerHook.y;

                }
            }

    }

as you can see in the if statement once the fish hits the hook then its position changes and the fish is now attached to the hook and following it. This is exactly what I wanted it to do.
Now what I am having trouble with is once one of the fish is attached to the hook I dont want anymore fish to be allowed to hitTest with the hook. So basically i want the hitTest to stop once it already has one fish attached to it.
I cant seem to figure this out i was thinking maybe adding a boolean or removing the eventListener but when ever i add removeEventlistener inside the functions if statement it works but it stops the fish from being attached to the hook. So it does pick up the fish it hit but then it just stops being attached to it and doesnt follow it anymore.
Any idea on how to do this so i can pick up one fish and then stop all the other hitTest with the other fishes from happening. I want this to happen because i want the user to be able to only pick up one fish at a time and then drop them off in a bucket then once dropped off be able to go back and pick up another fish.

A: The simplest solution is, as you say, a boolean variable to indicate if a fish is caught, but you also need a persistent reference to the caught fish, and rather than also have a boolean, you can simply check if this reference is null or not:
At the very top add this:
var caughtFish:mcMainFish;//This will be 'null' at first, but that's what you need.

Then, amend your game loop function:
private function gameLoop(e:Event):void
    {
        if(caughtFish == null)
            checkPlayerHitFish();
        else
            trackFish();//We'll make this function in a moment

    checkFishHitBucket();
    checkMainFishOffScreen();
}

This way, the program will only run the loop to check if a fish is caught if none are currently caught. Now, you can amend the condition inside checkPlayerHitFish:
if (currentFish.hitTestObject(playerHook))
{

    caughtFish = currentFish;//Make caughtFish point to this fish
    currentFish.stopFish();//Not sure what this function does?

}

...finally, you can add a new function, trackFish(), which controls the position of the fish if, and only if, caughtFish is not null - since we just made it point to currentFish, it is no longer null!
function trackFish(){
    caughtFish.x = playerHook.x;
    caughtFish.y = playerHook.y;
}

This will also allow you to remove the listener - it broke it before because there was no persistent reference to a caught fish (caughtFish), so every frame it would test for a collision again. Once the player catches a fish, it no longer needs to check for collisions.
When the player has the fish in the bucket, you can simply add this statement:
caughtFish = null;

...and this will set the program to look for collisions again.

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I had similar issues with running software raid5 on FreeNAS, after that occurance I've absolutely refused to use a file system that doesn't have the ability to deal with this, hence I have been running ZFS on my file server for several months now.
I get that but... what is preventing the reviews and news from appearing? is it money or time? I'd hapily donate a small amount of either to have the site updated more regularly. Hell the users here are swimming in enough kit to lend it to eugene for reviews if they wanted.
I asked about this a little while ago, the whole situation annoys me because it's not really stated, if I started sending hdd's to eugene would he bench them and add the results? Surely the news could be updated more? Is it just a matter of having more editors with the time?
Through a wall, no, In another room with the door closed, probably not.
I think the main reason he was looking at options like this was becuase he wanted the fan. From memory the Addonics stuff has a fan hi/low switch, I'll plug one in tonight when I get home and tell you how loud it sounds. I was quite impressed with the price / feature set of the cages they offered.
You couldn't pay me enough to run Symantec's piece of crap. Give AVG a try; I've got two Vertex drives deployed at work, AVG is on both systems, I haven't had any issues. And despite the apparent assertions of some people in this thread, they have made a significant, tangible positive difference to system speed and responsiveness. If they prove to be reliable, every machine I build from here on out for work will be getting either indilinx-based MLC or good SLC SSDs. I should note that this was the corp edition so it just sits in the background and is generally unoffensive and does its job this is NOT the consumer version which I also dislike. personally I think AVG is way too ugly (these are design people..) What would you recomend that has had at least a minimum amount of effort spent on it's interface design?
Personally all my purchasing decisions in this arena come down to figuring out the cheapest cost per a megabyte and then buying that. Currently running 4x 1.5TB seagate drives with no issues. Do you have a target for space you need? performance? If they're going to be on 24x7 with a low duty cycle i'd probably go for hte ones that used the least power if they were price competative.
Currently, Only Intel (x25M) and OCZ (with their new vertex line) sell the only two worthwhile consumer drives out there. Do not buy a Jmicron based MLC SSD. You will ultimately be disappointed. F I thought the samsung SLC's were also acceptable (especially for a laptop) ????
Ah, here is your problem, removing the pagefile will reduce performance.
Signature updated, also as far as the windows platform goes I've had 0 problems with them, they've been stable and easy to use.


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Cecil "Kent" Richardson
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Cecil "Kent" Richardson, 90, of Effingham, IL, formerly of Decatur, passed away on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, at Willowbrook Memory Support Residences of Effingham.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 5, 2021 at Johnson Funeral Home in Effingham. Burial will be in Arborcrest Memorial Park in Effingham with military rites. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Monday prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Blue Point Baptist Church or the Illinois Veteran's Home in Quincy, IL. Online condolences may be shared at www.johnsonandsonsfh.com.
Kent was born in Moultrie County, IL on October 15, 1931, the son of Cecil Rhodes and Cora Sophia Richardson. He graduated from Atwood-Hammond High School in 1949, the class known as "The 49ers". He worked for Progress Manufacturing Co. in Arthur, IL, Black & Co. in Decatur, IL, and spent over 33 years as Director of University Services at Millikin University until he retired. He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving with the Army Signal Corps in Germany. Kent was a member of Temple Baptist Church, Decatur, and regularly attended Blue Point Baptist Church since moving to Effingham. He was a lifetime member of the Effingham American Legion Post 120 and a life member of the National Rifle Association.
Kent is survived by his wife, Joyce Richardson of Effingham; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil R. Richardson and Cora S. Richardson; sisters, Doris Odom and Shirley Cordts; one infant sister; and brother, Earl Richardson.

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Shelby Stephenson (left) is North Carolina's new Poet Laureate.
Stephenson 's family in 1942.
North Carolina's new poet laureate, Shelby Stephenson, will be installed Monday, February 2, 2015.
His appointment comes nearly six months after the previous poet laureate, Valerie Macon, resigned amid controversy over her unconventional selection. Stephenson is a retired English professor, magazine editor and current member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Stephenson about his life growing up on a tobacco farm near Benson, NC, his musical idol, Hank Williams, and his plans to help nursing home residents express themselves through poetry.
Stephenson is one of many North Carolina Poet Laureates to be on The State of Things. To listen to past interviews with Joseph Bathanti and Kay Byer follow the links!
Joseph Bathanti was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He even went to college and graduate school there. So it's a testament to his passion for North Carolina that he was just announced as the Tar Heel state's newest poet laureate. Bathanti came to North Carolina in the late 1970s to be a VISTA volunteer.
The North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame recently brought Kay Byer onto its hallowed roster.
Byer was North Carolina's first female poet laureate, serving from 2005 to 2009. She spent her adult life in the mountains of western North Carolina, channeling the landscape and voices into her work. Her new book of poetry is called "Descent" (Louisiana State University Press/ 2012). Byer joins host Frank Stasio to talk about her writing.
The Library of Congress has chosen Southern writer Charles Wright to serve as the nation's next poet laureate beginning this fall.
Wright hails from Pickwick Dam, Tennessee. For years, he was a professor at the University of Virginia.
He began writing poetry while he was stationed in Italy with the U.S. Army, inspired by the work of Ezra Pound.


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Best Ultra Running Books
HomeLong Distance Running GearProduct ReviewsBooks on RunningBest Ultra Running Books
1: Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men…
2: Training Essentials for Ultrarunning- Second Edition Paperback
3: Mental Training for Ultrarunning Paperback
4: Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon, from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond Paperback
5: Running Your First Ultra: Customizable Training Plans for Your First 50K to 100-Mile Race: New Edition with Write-In Training Journal Paperback
6: The Rise of the Ultra Runners Audible – Unabridged
7: Training Essentials for Ultrarunning: How to Train Smarter, Race Faster, and Maximize Your Ultramarathon Performance Paperback
8: The Ultra Mindset Audible – Unabridged
9: Running Your First Ultra: Customizable Training Plans for Your First 50K to 100-mile Race Paperback
10: Ultrarunning Mysticism: Mind, Body, Spirit and the Sacredness of Overcoming Suffering Paperback
Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men... Dan Buettner, National Geographic
Training Essentials for Ultrarunning- Second Edition Paperback Effective, evidence-based mental skills
Mental Training for Ultrarunning Paperback Ten-time selection to the USA national team
Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning: Training for an Ultramarathon, from 50K to 100 Miles and Beyond Paperback fueling and hydration guidelines
Running Your First Ultra: Customizable Training Plans for Your First 50K to 100-Mile Race: New Edition with Write-In Training Updated and expanded new edition
The Rise of the Ultra Runners Audible Logo Audible – Unabridged Rise of the Ultra Runners, award-winning
Training Essentials for Ultrarunning: How to Train Smarter, Race Faster, and Maximize Your Ultramarathon Performance Paperback Elite ultrarunners have a need for speed
The Ultra Mindset Audible – Unabridged Exceptional strength, speed, or flexibility
Running Your First Ultra: Customizable Training Plans for Your First 50K to 100-mile Race Paperback Customizable Training Plans for Your First 50K
Ultrarunning Mysticism: Mind, Body, Spirit and the Sacredness of Overcoming Suffering Paperback Ultrarunning Mysticism, Mind, Body
"Finding Ultra blends Rich Roll's story of superhuman personal transformation with an amazingly practical guide to plant-based living. It's also an enlightened manifesto for anyone wanting to transform their life."—Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Zones books
"An incredible story of mental, emotional, and physical endurance."—Michael Greger, MD, FACLM, New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Die
On the night before he was to turn forty, Rich Roll experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight and unable to climb the stairs without stopping, he could see where his current sedentary life was taking him—and he woke up.
Plunging into a new routine that prioritized a plant-based lifestyle and daily training, Rich morphed—in a matter of mere months—from out of shape, mid-life couch potato to endurance machine. Finding Ultra recounts Rich's remarkable journey to the starting line of the elite Ultraman competition, which pits the world's fittest humans in a 320-mile ordeal of swimming, biking, and running. And following that test, Rich conquered an even greater one: the EPIC5—five Ironman-distance triathlons, each on a different Hawaiian island, all completed in less than a week.
One of Men's Fitness Magazine's "25 Fittest Men in the World," Rich has become one of the most recognized advocates of plant-based living. In this newly revised and updated edition, he shares the practices, tools, and techniques he uses for optimal performance, longevity, and wellness, including diet and nutrition protocols. Rich reflects on the steps he took to shift his mindset and leverage deep reservoirs of untapped potential to achieve success beyond his wildest imagination, urging each of us to embark on our own journey of self-discovery.
"One of the best books about health and fitness I've ever read."—Neal Barnard, MD, president of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine
"Rich Roll's Finding Ultra is a testament to the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle, break down walls, and redefine what's possible."—John Brenkus, creator and host of ESPN's "Sport Science" and New York Times bestselling author of The Perfection Point
"Finding Ultra is the ultimate story of hope, perseverance and endurance against life's biggest challenges."—William Cope Moyers, New York Times bestselling author of Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption
"Roll has accomplished amazing things, but it is his ability to draw inspiring and uniquely insightful lessons from his experiences that sets him apart from other extreme athletes. Finding Ultra is a fascinating read full of practical tips."—Dean Karnazes, nationally bestselling author of Ultramarathon Man
"Finding Ultra is about a journey all take as human beings, when decide to pursue the impossible and live a life of mission. When I need to dig deeper, push harder, and find a little boost, Rich Roll is the guy who comes to mind. He is inspiration embodied."—Sanjay Gupta, M.D., Emmy Award-winning Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN and New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Life and Cheating Death
"You walk away from reading this book knowing you have the total power to transform your life on every level. . . . Roll is immensely likeable, a most compelling storyteller, and a true shaman of health and fitness!"—Kathy Freston, New York Times bestselling author of Quantum Wellness and Veganist
"This awesome piece of writing—one-part memoir, one-part how-to, and one part megadose of gut truth—reminds us to wake up and live our best life. Prepare to be entertained, but most of all, prepare to be inspired."—Mel Stewart, 14-Time national champion, former world record holder, and winner of two Olympic gold medals in swimming
"I loved this. A rare book, unusual for its honesty and willingness to bare all, that really does deserve such superlatives as 'riveting' and 'compelling.' I was moved by watching Roll conquer his demons, and felt privileged to share in his eventual enlightenment. By laying it on the line, Roll absolutely wins us over."—Rip Esselstyn, New York Times bestselling author of The Engine 2 Diet
"An incredibly inspirational book about achieving greatness at any age through self-belief and a positive attitude. Rich Roll is a true champion of life and sport."—Levi Leipheimer, two-time stage winner of the Tour de France and Olympic time-trial bronze medalist
Proven training strategies for beginner and experienced ultrarunners
Knowledge from domain experts and the latest research on all aspects of ultrarunning
How to train for the mountains if you are a flatlander
How to incorporate strength training for ultrarunning
Effective, evidence-based mental skills for ultrarunning
Protocols for training and racing in hot weather and high altitude
How to design, test, and execute race-day nutrition and hydration strategies
Train smart AND hard to make the most of your workouts, even for time-crunched ultrarunners
How to balance racing and training and choose the right races for you
The benchmark book for ultramarathon training is back for a second edition. When elite and everyday ultrarunners alike want to improve their ultramarathon performance they turn to Coach Jason Koop for guidance and counsel. Training Essentials for Ultrarunning takes Coach Koop's time-proven and evidenced-based methodologies that have been honed over 20 years of professional coaching and delivers them to the masses. Regardless of if you are first-time ultrarunner, a seasoned veteran, or an ultrarunning coach, this resource is a must-have for all ultrarunners.
What you will gain from this book
About the author- Jason Koop is one of the most sought-after coaches in trail and ultrarunning. He is also the Head Coach for CTS-Ultrarunning where he supervises the training and mentorship of the largest conglomerate of ultrarunning coaches in the world.
Three-time USATF Women's Mountain Runner of the Year (2016, 2017, 2018)
Three-time USATF National Champion
Ten-time selection to the USA national team
Three-time Olympic trials qualifier
World Mountain Running Championship Team Gold Medalist (2017)
Leadville 100-mile event runner-up (2018)
Ninth place in the Western States 100-mile event (2019)
It's no secret that if you plan to run in the toughest endurance races, you need to physically prepare for the extreme demands you will be subjecting your body to. But successful runners will be quick to note that physical preparation is only part of the equation. You need to be mentally strong to withstand, and overcome, the challenges of this grueling sport. That's where Mental Training for Ultrarunning comes in.
Sport psychology consultant Addie Bracy has coached and provided mental performance consulting to elite athletes in many sports, and she herself has been a competitive distance runner for more than two decades. In Mental Training for Ultrarunning, she combines her firsthand coaching and running experience, along with profiles of ultrarunners who've experienced the highs and lows of the sport, to explain what you need to know and practice in order to cross that finish line.
In this book, you will learn tools and techniques to help you prepare for and overcome some of the biggest mental and emotional challenges you may encounter in ultrarunning. You'll find more than 35 practical activities that will guide you in taking an introspective look at your own potential roadblocks so you can develop and strengthen the skills you need to run with confidence.
Whether you're training for your first ultra or looking to compete at a higher level, Mental Training for Ultrarunning will prepare you for the good, the bad, and the worst experiences you might encounter on the trail, road, or track. With expert guidance from athletes who have seen it all, you'll learn how to train your mind and anticipate all the variables that could keep you from achieving your ultimate running goals.
best gear for ultrarunning
fueling and hydration guidelines
choosing an ultra
trail-running technique
first-aid advice
beating altitude, storms, and heat
race-day game plans
crew and pacer tips
mental strategies to get you to the finish line
Ultramarathons don't leave much room for mistakes. Don't learn the hard way; get a jump on training for an ultramarathon with Hal Koerner's Field Guide to Ultrarunning, a comprehensive guide to running 30 to 100 miles and beyond, written by one of the most experienced athletes in the sport.
Hal Koerner is among America's top ultrarunners with podium results in more than 90 ultramarathons. In his smart, down-to-earth Field Guide, Koerner shares hard-earned wisdom, field-tested habits and practices, and reliable tips and guidelines to help you prepare for your most epic runs. You will read engaging stories of Koerner's own training and racing as well as insights and practical advice on trail running technique, proper fueling, race day game plans, and key mental strategies to carry you to the finish line. The guide offers three detailed training plans to prepare for 50K, 50-mile to 100K, and 100-mile ultramarathons.
***Updated and expanded new edition***
An Updated, Interactive Guide to Take Your Running to the Next Level
With 20 years of running and competing around the world under her belt, Krissy Moehl is a top female ultramarathon runner, respected by her peers and an inspiration to runners everywhere. With enhanced chapter information, quotes from pillars in the sport and her updated training plans―including write-in running logs to keep track of progress―you'll be able to train for your first ultra like a pro.
Moehl's experience translates into the most effective and easy-to-follow training method, broken down into phases to help all runners take it to the next level and accomplish their goals. She will guide you on everything from choosing the right race for you to injury prevention and picking the right gear. She also shares her love of the sport by providing helpful tips, bonus content and personal stories. With this book, you will find all the resources and encouragement you need to succeed in challenging your mind and body with an ultramarathon!
6: The Rise of the Ultra Runners
Audible – Unabridged
Once the reserve of only the most hardcore enthusiasts, ultra running is now a thriving global industry, with hundreds of thousands of competitors each year. But is the rise of this most brutal and challenging sport – with races that extend into hundreds of miles, often in extreme environments – an antidote to modern life, or is it a symptom of a modern illness?
In The Rise of the Ultra Runners, award-winning author Adharanand Finn travels to the heart of the sport to investigate the reasons behind its rise and discover what it takes to join the ranks of these ultra athletes. Through encounters with the extreme and colorful characters of the ultramarathon world, and his own experiences of running ultras everywhere from the deserts of Oman to the Rocky Mountains, Finn offers a fascinating account of people testing the boundaries of human endeavor.
When elite ultrarunners have a need for speed, they turn to coach Jason Koop. Now the sport's leading coach makes his highly effective ultramarathon training methods available to ultrarunners of all abilities in his book Training Essentials for Ultrarunning.
Ultramarathoners have traditionally piled on the miles or tried an approach that worked for a friend. Yet ultramarathons are not just longer marathons; simply running more will not prepare you for the race experience you want. Ultramarathon requires a new and specific approach to training. Training Essentials for Ultrarunning will revolutionize training for those who want to race an ultramarathon instead of just gutting it out to the finish line.
Koop's race-proven ultramarathon program is based on sound science, the most current research, and years of experience coaching the sport's star runners to podium performances. Packed with practical advice and vetted training methods, Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is the new, must-have resource for first-timers and ultramarathon veterans.
Runners using Training Essentials for Ultrarunning will gain much more than Koop's training approach:
· The science behind ultramarathon performance.
· Common ultramarathon failure points and how to solve them.
· How to use interval training to focus workouts, make gains, reduce injuries, and race faster.
· Simple, effective fueling and hydration strategies.
· Koop's A.D.A.P.T. method for making the right decisions to solve a race-day crisis.
· How to plan your ultra season for better racing.
· Course-by-course coaching guides to iconic U.S. ultramarathons including American River 50, Badwater 135, Hardrock 100, Javelina 100, JFK 50, Lake Sonoma 50, Leadville 100, Vermont 100, Wasatch 100, and Western States 100.
· How to achieve your goal, whether it's finishing or winning.
A revolution is coming to ultrarunning as ultramarathoners shed old habits and embrace the smarter methods that science and experience show are better. Featuring stories and advice from ultrarunning stars Dakota Jones, Kaci Lickteig, Dylan Bowman, Timothy Olson, and others who work with Koop, Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is the go-to guide for first-time ultrarunners and competitive ultramarathoners.
Ultrarunning Magazine's TOP PICK
"Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is a breakthrough work that brings together sound scientific principles and years of coaching experience to create the definitive training manual of our time." ― Dean Karnazes, ultrarunner and author of Ultramarathon Man
"Jason Koop masterfully communicates complex science in a way that everyone can understand. So if you're looking for a technical guide to ultras, look no further than Training Essentials for Ultrarunning." – Bryon Powell, founder of iRunFar.com and author of Relentless Forward Progress
"The best training manual ever written for our sport…Never before has the science of running ultra distances been evaluated and explored in the way that Koop does it in this book…This book may revolutionize how train for and race long distances…In a word, Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is brilliant." ― Ultrarunning magazine
"Jason Koop is one of ultrarunning's most successful coaches." ― TrailRunner magazine
"Follow the principles Koop outlines and you will not only run your ultra, but own it as well." ― American Trail Running Association
"Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is a look inside the mind of the guy responsible for getting the world's best ultrarunners to the podium." ― Outside
"A scientific and performance-oriented approach to ultra training and racing… Invaluable for any level of running." ― Competitor
"Many ultrarunners don't train with a coach [because] most coaches have not raced 100 miles. Not so for Koop, who is an ultramarathon vet and understands what it takes to succeed." ― Elevation Outdoors
"Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is best for intermediate to advanced ultrarunners looking for science-driven information and in-depth explanations of training concepts." ― TrailRunner magazine
"Everyone has an inexhaustible well of grit, guts, and determination, but great training helps, too. If you want to come to Leadville and succeed, Training Essentials for Ultrarunning is a book you need to read."
8: The Ultra Mindset
Travis Macy has summited glacial peaks in the French Alps, rappelled into limestone caves in China, and raced through parched deserts in Utah. In 2013 he famously won the Leadman Series, a combination of nearly 300 miles of high-altitude trail running and mountain biking over the course of five epic endurance races. Macy achieved all of these victories without elite professional training or even exceptional strength, speed, or flexibility. His secret? A precise outlook he calls the "ultra mindset", a set of simple principles for daily life that includes embracing fear, rewriting the stories tell ourselves, and mastering the art of asking for help.
By practicing these principles in all areas of life, anyone can successfully achieve goals that might have otherwise seemed impossible.
Take Your Training to New Heights with This One-Stop Manual on Ultras
With fifteen years running and competing around the world under her belt, Krissy Moehl is a top female ultramarathon runner, respected by her peers and an inspiration to runners everywhere. Between Moehl's positive and encouraging attitude and her deep knowledge and enthusiasm for the sport, there's no one better to prepare and train you for your first ultra and beyond!
Moehl will become your guide to completing a 50K, 50-mile or 100-mile race. Her experience translates into the most effective and easy-to-follow training method, broken down into phases to help all runners take it to the next level and accomplish their goals. She shares her love of the sport by providing helpful tips, bonus content and personal stories. Her commitment to growing the sport and passion for coaching others running their first is evident in the care she's taken to create detailed plans and lifestyle adjustments. With Moehl, you will find all the resources and encouragement you need to succeed in challenging your mind and body with an ultramarathon!
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Highest Paid Celebrities Under Age 25
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Want to feel like an underachiever when it comes to bringing home the bacon? Then check out this list of the ten highest paid celebrities under the age of 25…
Ranked by annual income:
(1) LeBron James (Athlete), 21 years — $22.5 million
(2) Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen (Actresses), 19 years — $21 million
(3) Maria Sharapova (Athlete), 18 years — $18.2 million
(4) Hilary Duff (Actor/singer), 18 years — $15 million
(5) Serena Williams (Athlete), 24 years — $12.7 million
(6) Lindsay Lohan (Actor/singer), 19 years — $11 million
(7) Frankie Muniz (Actor), 20 years — $8 million
(8) Paris Hilton (Personality), 24 years — $6.5 million
(9) Ashlee Simpson (Singer/actress), 21 years — $5.3 million
(10) Adriana Lima (Model), 24 years — $4.5 million
Wow. These are all pretty crazy, but I'd have to say that the most troubling one (for me, at least) is Ashlee Simpson pulling down better than $5 million/year.
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all these people are a bunch of fakes who put on some make up and say something very stupid
or very correct.we have all forgotten about the real people like john lenon.this sucks man
John Lennon should be making $22 mil a year for all that he did for humanity. Imagine !
Jim — How much was it you paid to have LL Cool J at your last blowout?
A lot of those celebreties get paid to go to parties and to perform at parties. The CEO of whatever companies supplies bullet proof vests had 50 cent (he's a rapper, for you oldies in the crowd) perform at his daughter's 16th birthday.
Can I get paid to go to parties???? What a life!!!
Oh, and she was in some bad movie last year.
She gets paid to go to parties, paid for being on television (her reality show and commercials), she has a cosmetics or fragrance line or something, she got some money from her family, and I seem to remember something about a sex video. Not that I've ever seen it.
BTW, where does Paris Hilton get her money. It HAS to be from her family interests, right? She doesn't really earn that does she?
Yeah, if they have to split it, they're not that wealthy, huh? 😉
Are Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen both making 21 million, or are they making a combined 21 million? Not that it particularly matters.
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A 25-year-old Student Attempts to Suicide As their Fiance Calls Off the Wedding
By Insha Khan December 21, 2022 Updated: December 21, 2022 Breaking News No Comments2 Mins Read
A law student dies by suicide at a private college in Bangalore.
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Bangalore: On Monday, 19th of December around 11:55 am, a 25-year-old Bengaluru student committed suicide by jumping off from the seventh floor of the Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT), in South Bengaluru. She was a first-year law student at Visveswarapura College of Law in VV Puram. It is suspected that she was upset as her wedding was called off after the engagement.
The deceased has been identified as Vani C. She was a resident of Banashankari, who was pursuing a Bachelor of Legislative Law (LLB) at VV Puram Law College. She left behind a two-page suicide note, which was found by the police in her bag. Earlier this year, Vani reportedly got engaged to Chandrashekhar. But he and his mother called off the wedding due to some unknown personal reasons. Vani was very upset due to this. The police are on the lookout for her fiance so that further actions can be implemented by them.
The College Authorities
Vani's principal Dr Sudha G said that the college authorities didn't know why she took such an extreme step. She said that Vani's life problems could be the reason for her suicide.
Vani was a first-year student and the classes began on November 24, 2022, only. So the college authorities do not know much about her. The principal told that the two-page suicide note by the girl has been found and is now under police custody.
Dr Sudha told that she came to know about this incident around 12:10 pm and the incident occurred shortly after the morning break.
"She had jumped off the Bangalore Institute of Technology building, however, both colleges share the same campus," said Dr Sudha.
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IPC 306
After Vani's parents filed a complaint, a case of abetment to suicide has been registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 306, by VV Puram police against Vani's ex-fiance Chandrashekhar and his mother, told DCP (South) P Krishnakant.
The dead body was shifted to the Kempegwoda Hospital mortuary for postmortem and further investigations are still underway.
The Suicide Note
The two-page suicide note written by Vani before her death mentioned the pain she went through after she got engaged with Chandrashekhar.
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Why Are Cruz Christians Allowing Themselves to be Deceived?
2/05/2016 02:25:00 PM Jim B. No comments
UPDATE: Christian Evangelical icon Mike Huckabee, one of the most gentle, soft spoken candidates ever, is openly calling Ted Cruz ""Nasty…Stealing…Lowlife…Sleazy…" Reminds you also of George W. Bush, who says NOTHING bad even about Obama or other competitors to his brother, but has open disdain for Ted. This should not be taken likely.
I detest the Cruz, Rubio, Trump and Jeb supporters who can't be honest about their own candidate's failings. Almost all of these people seem to be Christian, but they some how think it's fine to act like liberals and not acknowledge even the BASIC flaws of their candidate, defending lies and worse. Why is that?
Worse, they don't do even basic research to find out who they are really defending. If their candidate says it they ignorantly just assume it must be true then find themselves terribly embarrassed (and discredited) over defending actions that are not only unethical but calculated. And as I explain below, this will keep happening to Ted Cruz. It is intentional.
Now that the Caucus fraud has been irrefutably proven that the Cruz campaign intentionally misrepresented Carson's situation to steal votes even after Carson sent a corrected release (here and here) - not one of the Judeo/Christian Cruz supporters has had the integrity to admit they were wrong. In their eyes it's just "politics" and hypocritically won't admit they would be hammering this 24/7 if it happened to their candidate. In just one precinct where Cruz's operatives were pushing the lie, Ben Carson's WIFE walked in as Cruz operatives were spreading the lies, and Carson ended up in SECOND place- much more in line with the pre-caucus polling. These people are like Obots who still claim Barry has saved the economy and is a Christian. Stick your head in the sand. Who cares if the Soros-affiliated PR head of the Cruz campaign who was caught red handed trying to blame Trump as well. No wonder our children and nation have no moral compass.
What gets me, is a lot of these people endorsed the RINO-Rubio loving Santorum in the last election, (who misled a huge number of Christians because they didn't do even BASIC research into fact checking his representations) - they are now doing the same with Cruz. His campaign is run by a former Goldman Sachs executive who profited from the push of TSA scanning machines, his wife STILL is employed by Goldman Sachs on leave, and his campaign originally tried to HIDE her ties to the Council of Foreign Relations and her ex-World Bank President boss on Wikipedia, much less his loans from them. Nothing to see here, move along....unless it's Chelsea.
A normally intelligent TEA Party activist here in Texas wrote a puff piece on Ted Cruz "What We Know About Ted Cruz in Texas" and refused to address that he actively pushed and defended Bush's NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. She did the same with Santorum. Apparently, she doesn't have an ability to admit ANY wrongdoing - just like our current Muslim President. These people seem oblivious that Heidi Cruz helped write and promote the EU-like Agenda 21 North American Union plan. Yet nary a peep from my supposed conservative friends about Ted's vote with Barak Barry to hand over American sovereignty with his support of TPP.
You'd think that after Cruz told gay donors at a NY apartment (where a gay bartender died of drug overdose only six months earlier).that he would have "no problem" if one of his daughter was gay at the SAME TIME he was in churches condemning the gay lifestyle, they'd start to look a bit more closely at him.
Of course not. And the fact that Ted changed his big government rhetoric just 10 years ago as he began to orchestrate his calculated political quest? No biggie. Who cares if Ted Cruz never had any intention of actually serving the people of Texas as Senator. Only three (3) months after taking his Senate seat, he began running for President as National Review reporter Robert Costa explains in this radio interview. Who cares if he has the second worst attendance record in the Senate and can't be bothered to show up even 50% of the time for his position on the Armed Services Committee. Rubio is even worse. (That's right, Hillary had a better attendance record than Marco Rubio.)
Besides Cruz/Rubio who were the most recent first term Senators who had this bad of a voting record who began running for POTUS? Barack Hussein Obama. And Hillary Clinton.
There is no perfect politician. Cruz still has done some great conservative things. But the inability for CHRISTIANS to accept meditated deception and lying is disgusting. Can't you still support "your guy" but at least be honest about what they do or did?
All candidates try to put a spin on their accomplishments. But Cruz's abilities are premeditated and Clintonian. As Sarah Palin expressed, one of her reasons for not endorsing the man she put into the Senate, was that he lied on his immigration record. He was ok. But he continually lies about what his real positions were and revises history to score cheap political points, rather than simply be truthful about what he said and did at the time. Politico documents just THREE of these instances here in their article entitled, "Ted Cruz may be the most gifted liar to run for President." Hate Trump and Rubio, but they at least admit they held contrary opinions on many things before they ran for President and explain why.
It's not just immigration. It's almost everything else which is why even his conservative Senate fellows dislike him. Chuck Grassley called Cruz's Criminal Justice Reform where he wanted to do away with minimum mandatory sentences as "lenient," and now pretends it never happened. And worse, Ted ended up supporting NOTHING of value in the end. As a Texan, can I get my money back?
Ron Paul came out yesterday created a furor by saying of Cruz, "he's owned by Goldman Sachs." The CrowdPAC chart to the right shows that not only is he the largest recipient of Wall Street donations, he has MORE than Hillary. Suddenly those undisclosed loans from Goldman Sachs and Citibank take on a new light. Two big reasons why this is damning:
The law is clear. So either Cruz can't manage accurate reporting (something he has derided political opponents and the White House about), or he was lying.
He was already caught lying about this. Cruz had an eloquent story he originally told:
"Sweetheart, I'd like us to liquidate our entire net worth, liquid net worth, and put it into the campaign," he says he told his wife, Heidi, who readily agreed.
The truth is "liquidate" to Ted was to get a sweetheart loan from his wife's employer and the CAMPAIGN paid it back. The Cruz's were never out a penny. And it was a Hillary-like "we were broke" moment.
**UPDATE** via TheGatewayPundit
And then there is THIS from the Ted Cruz campaign. He says in a fund raising letter that he "will never get" nor does he want "money from D.C. lobbyists or the special interest billionaires." And yet like Obama and Clinton BLATANTLY deceives based upon his own filings.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/02/11/who-is-the-real-ted-cruz/
THIS WON'T END BECAUSE OF WHO CRUZ HIRED
Here is a real sign of character. When he was running for Senate, the Dewhurst campaign sent out a mailer smearing and lying that Cruz represented a Chinese company stealing American blueprints. He even claimed he was incensed since it went to his father. What did Cruz do? He hired the man who created the mailer TO BE HIS presidential campaign architect. A man who had no national political success to speak of at that time, but a reputation to be "the worst" of dirty politics, including driving some opponents to suicide. What a perfect fit for a conservative Christian that will have to shed the "mean hypocritical Christian" label if he runs in a general election! (I can't seem to find my sarcasm font - but you get the idea)
THE ENTIRE GOAL of the CRUZ CAMPAIGN ARCHITECT IS TO WIN DISHONESTLY, even if it means falsely accusing a fellow Christian. And Ted Cruz embraces it.
Christians are told to judge a tree by it's fruit. But instead of actually LOOKING at the fruit, they are buying everything the snake in the garden is telling them it is.
Hey Politijim, Rubio, Trump, (and everyone else) have worse sins! Why single out Cruz??
Because, it's the HYPOCRISY stupid! Who did Jesus curse? Those who CLAIMED they were perfect and were keeping the Law. Did you ever notice that God references 4 women in Jesus's lineage that ALL don't belong there by Old Testament Law? Ruth was a Moabite and shouldn't have been allowed in a temple much less the bloodline of God. Tamar seduced and slept with her Father in Law. Rahab was a prostitute. Bathsheba an exhibitionist who bathed nude so King David could see her.
You hate Trump because he had more than one wife? Then you had better hate King David and Ronald Reagan. Dislike Rubio because he was likely gay? Then Cruz can't be any better declaring that he's fine if his daughter is.
If you are a Christian, you are saved by GRACE and nothing else. There isn't a single Bible character God used who was the Billy Graham or Mother Theresa of their day. But he DOES look at the heart. Reagan hated abortion and even expanded it in California. But at least he could explain why he changed and didn't try and excuse his past decisions. He owned up to them. The only thing I've heard Cruz say he made a mistake was being arrogant on the Bush campaign. Sure he said he could do better on tithing, but then he LIED to the Christian reporter saying it only happened when he was "newly married man." The truth is that long after he was "newly married" his entire reported GIVING (much less his 10% tithing) was only 0.86%. (Mitt Romney, who most evangelicals despised gave between 20% to 30% in any given year.)
Do you want a candidate who is transparent with who he is, or one that is continually crafting a false image to deceive people?
And it's worse. Much, much worse. Ted has been working with Mitch McConnell, including funding the NRSC - who he castigated and castigates as RINO's - from his own PAC since he got in office!
You'll note Senator Ted Cruz never once campaigned for a conservative challengers to incumbents in the 2014 mid-term campaign races – nor did he ever discuss the absence of a federal budget now the republicans were in control of both the House and the Senate.
While publicly railing against what he called the DC Cartel, a group he was bound to assist from his prior pledge to them, he worked to deliver their goals nonetheless.
And NOW we find that a shadowy SuperPAC, with millions from unidentified donors is run by the former attorney for Mitch McConnell and attack ALL Cruz competitors. One of the big donors behind this? German born Peter Thiel founder of Paypal with DEEP CIA/FBI/DARPA ties. Thiel was one of the first investors of Facebook and as biggest shareholder in Palantir, is deeply enmeshed with government at all levels including the Obama White House. Anonymous uncovered efforts by Thiel's company to "spread disinformation" about journalist Greg Greenwald's work.
Up until two years ago, Cruz would wax poetic on the legal justification for everything from an anti-abortion Constitutional amendment to ...whatever. It was his calling card as an originalist, Constitutional lawyer who had argued cases before the Supreme Court. Just look how articulate he is in discussing the ObamaCare, Gay Marriage and Judicial retention rulings and Constitutional Amendments.
But just like in the interview above he said "I'm not interested in trashing other Republicans," and now castigates his opponents daily - he also reverses course when it comes to his true eligibility. In October of 2013 he was asked if he can run for President since he was born in Canada and at that time had STILL not renounced his Canadian citizenship. His answer? "I won't get into the legal arguments."
Now WHY would someone with such experience, legal brilliance and superb communication skills NOT take a chance to address it?
I submit it's because he ALREADY KNOWS the truth.
He knows the John Jay and George Washington changed the first draft of the Constitution to strengthen the qualifications for President from someone merely born in the US to anyone, to someone who has to be born in the US to TWO CITIZEN PARENTS. He knows the Immigration Act of 1790, which his campaign and operatives tout to allow foreign born citizens to be considered "natural born citizens" was not just amended BUT REPEALED, and replaced with the Act of 1795 that makes it clear foreign born citizens are NOT "natural born citizens." We even have the ORIGINAL House of Representative notes that explains why they thought foreign born candidates like Cruz, or US soil born candidates without two US citizen parents like Rubio and Valarie Jarrett - were unconstitutional. He knows that there have been a myriad of SCOTUS cases that EXPLICITLY address the issue. And he knows most of America, even most of his Christian followers, will buy his lighthearted dismissal the same way Obama followers did.
You feel there is no other alternative but Cruz? Great. Support him. But please spare the rest of us your sanctimonious lies that he doesn't have some very, very serious issues.
At LEAST do us the favor of obtaining DOCUMENTATION of his US Citizenship. Since 1919 the Federal Government has required a Consular Record of Birth Abroad, to be filed by the US citizen parent (with the child appearing before the US immigration official). So forget "natural born citizen" for a minute. Since Ted was born in Calgary, he could at least prove HE came here legally, and followed the rules that millions of others have had to claim their CITIZENSHIP honestly. That would be a good start.
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Q: Mariadb runs code that is inside comments My mariadb install,(Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.5.8-MariaDB, for Linux (x86_64) using readline 5.1), in Arch Linux, is reading the code inside comments.
I have a personal note-taking app, written in Python that, to update fields in the database, has this code:
import time
from mysql.connector import connect, Error
import click

def update():
    coluna = input(click.style(' Column? » ', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    ident = input(click.style(' ID? » ', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    print(click.style(' Write your update', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    time.sleep(0.3)
    update = click.edit()
    vari = [coluna, update, ident]

    try:
        conn = connect(
                host="localhost",
                user="mic",
                password="xxxx",
                database="notes")
        cur = conn.cursor()
        query = """ UPDATE notes SET %s = %s WHERE id = %s) """
        cur.execute(query, vari)
        conn.commit()
    except Error as e:
        print("Error while connecting to db", e)
    finally:
        if(conn):
            conn.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    update()

If, for example, I try to update the note content with the note below (this a real note I tried to upload):
/* Example:                                                     */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE BookSearch USING fts5(ID, Title, Desc); */
/* INSERT INTO BookSearch SELECT ID, Title, Desc FROM Book;     */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* Searches are done like this:                                 */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/* SELECT Title FROM BookSearch WHERE BookSearch MATCH 'cat'    */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */

I get this error message:
Error while connecting to db 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'cat'    */
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */...' at line 1

As you can see, the code is all commented out.
But what I find stranger, is the fact that if I put this content into my add-a-note code, it passes with no problems. In fact I can put it without comments and there is no error messages.
This is the code that adds a note:
from mysql.connector import connect, Error
import time
import click
import fire

def add():
    titulo = input(click.style(' Title? » ', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    kwd1 = input(click.style(' Choose a keyword » ', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    kwd2 = input(click.style(' Choose another ... » ', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    kwd3 = input(click.style(' And another... » ', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    print(click.style(' Write the note.', fg='magenta', bold=True))
    time.sleep(0.2)
    nota = click.edit().rstrip()
    answers = [titulo, kwd1, kwd2, kwd3, nota]
    # Na apresentação da db, havia uma linha vazia entre os campos note e time. rstrip elimina essa linha.
    try:
        conn = connect(
                host="localhost",
                user="mic",
                password="xxxx",
                database="notes")
        cur = conn.cursor()
        query = """ INSERT INTO notes (title, k1, k2, k3, note) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s) """
        cur.execute(query, answers)
        conn.commit()
    except Error as e:
        print("Error while connecting to db", e)
    finally:
        if(conn):
            conn.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    fire.Fire(add)

I've googled the problem for some time, but this is not, it appears, a common problem. As there is so little information about it.
This app had an original version where the db used was SQLite3, and I never had this problems with it. Which is funny, considering that most of my notes on databases, refer to SQLite's code syntax.
What I would like was some insight on what might be causing this, since I have no idea.
Thanks for all the help
EDIT:
@Luuk asked me for logs of this type of event, so here it is an example.
Before that I should warn you that I was wrong answering a commentary. The problem does not appear if I use the cli app. It manifests only through the python connection.
*************************** 24. row ***************************
  event_time: 2021-01-24 17:02:28.643027
   user_host: [mic] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
   thread_id: 7
   server_id: 1
command_type: Connect
    argument: mic@localhost on notes using TCP/IP
*************************** 25. row ***************************
  event_time: 2021-01-24 17:02:28.643267
   user_host: mic[mic] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
   thread_id: 7
   server_id: 1
command_type: Query
    argument: SET NAMES 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_general_ci'
*************************** 26. row ***************************
  event_time: 2021-01-24 17:02:28.643436
   user_host: mic[mic] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
   thread_id: 7
   server_id: 1
command_type: Query
    argument: SET @@session.autocommit = OFF
*************************** 27. row ***************************
  event_time: 2021-01-24 17:02:28.643883
   user_host: mic[mic] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
   thread_id: 7
   server_id: 1
command_type: Query
    argument: UPDATE notes SET 'note' = 'You have an error in your SQL syntax;
check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the
right syntax to use near \'data in the example is oriented
vertically it could be presented in one line....\' at line 1\nMariaDB [notes]>
update notes\n    -> set note = \' The data in the example is oriented vertically
\n    \'> it could be presented in one line. I just think that\n    \'> this way
is clearer.\n    \'> Notice the command after each entry.
They\'re necessary,\n    -> Don\'t use the word \'time\' for the timestamp,
 it\'s a\n    -> reserved word.    -> An example of a successful completion:
\n    -> -------------------------------------------------------\n    ->
CREATE TABLE bkmks( id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,\n    ->
title VARCHAR(100),\n
    -> comment TEXT,\n
    -> link VARCHAR(200),\n
    -> k1 VARCHAR(100),\n
    -> k2 VARCHAR(100),\n
    -> k3 VARCHAR(100),\n
    -> tempo DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP);' WHERE id = '57')
*************************** 28. row ***************************
  event_time: 2021-01-24 17:02:28.644037
   user_host: mic[mic] @ localhost [127.0.0.1]
   thread_id: 7
   server_id: 1
command_type: Quit
    argument:
*************************** 29. row ***************************

A: I can;'t reproduce the exact same error, but I suspect the problem is that you are passing the column name to cursor.execute as a value.  This results in the column name being quoted in the query, which is not what you want
UPDATE notes SET 'note' = 'spam' WHERE id = 42

You need to set the column name using string formatting before executing the query:
    vari = [update, ident]
    ...
    query = f""" UPDATE notes SET `{coluna}` = %s WHERE id = %s) """
    cur.execute(query, vari)

If the input is not trusted you should ensure that the value of coluna matches an actual column name in the table to prevent SQL injection.


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BBC Studios has produced a new podcast documentary, Stay Free: The Story of The Clash, which will launch on Spotify on February 28. Narrated by Public Enemy's Chuck D, the series takes a deep-dive into the rise, the reign and the explosive self-destruction of London punk rock legends, The Clash. Chuck D said: "It's an honour heading up this new podcast. I was and am a big fan of their music. We were always tackling very similar social and political issues."
The multi award-winning BBC Studios Digital team creates original content for new platforms, breaks new talent, and develops innovative forms of storytelling for young audiences. Recent commissions include short-form formats such as Big Narstie's Let's Settle This for BBC Three, and BBC Earth: Life in VR for Google Daydream, plus new formats for millennial African and Indian audiences across mobile and TV for the BBC.
Georgia Moseley, Creative Director, BBC Studios Digital and Executive Producer for Stay Free: The Story of The Clash said "Delivering our first Spotify commission has been an amazing creative experience – using rare archive material and interviews it brings the story of The Clash to life for a whole new generation". BBC Studios also produces a wide range of music content including David Bowie: Finding Fame, Later With… Jools Holland and much-loved coverage of the five-day Glastonbury festival.
The eight episodes range from 30-45 minutes in length. They will be available on Spotify on February 28.
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1. What is your Musical background? What does music mean to you as an artist?
My musical background is very much tied to my family since they're all classical musicians. My parents teach at the Sibelius-Academy in Helsinki and my brother works as a professor in Munich. Actually most of my other relatives are musicians too so I guess it really runs in the family. So there was a lot of singing, playing and listening to music when I grew up. I begged my parents to start violin lessons and even built my own violin out of a piece of wood and rubber bands. I played the violin for seven years and also learnt to play piano on my own, but somehow singing was always the thing I loved the most. I really got into rock and metal when I moved to London back in 2008 and after some hard times in my personal life I felt compelled to write music to get those emotions out! I had a few songs done when I decided to start my own band Angel Nation (EnkeliNation) in late 2011. We played at the same festival with Leaves' Eyes (Dames of Darkness) in May 2015 and then again we supported Leaves' Eyes at the O2 Islington in November. I think it's amazing how much emotions music can awaken in people, how it can change your mood and bring back memories. It's the perfect way of expressing myself as an artist and sometimes writing songs is almost like therapy that helps you through hard times. Compared to other instruments I've played, singing is definitely the most personal for me as I'm actually the instrument and I get to express everything through my own voice and of course lyrics. The whole world of music wether it's classical or other styles is a hard world to be in and it takes a lot of dedication and faith sometimes to go on. For me it's about the passion for music and performing and also a lot of hard work during these past ten years!
2. What can you tell us about your musical education?
I started taking singing lessons at 17 and got in Metropolia Helsinki two years later. I studied a classical degree there which also included a lot of teaching. After graduating I wanted to try out other singing styles especially because I always loved writing songs. I looked into musical theatre but finally decided to go to study in London. It was a year long course that went through different styles and included a lot of performing. I still remember starting the first module and it was Rock&Soul….vocally one of the biggest challenges but I absolutely loved performing rock and ever since really got into rock and metal music.
3. Now a new era for you has begun, you became the front singer of Leaves' Eyes. A lot of things were happening already: You made a videoclip, playing big festivals & touring in Europe and Asia. In autumn you will go on North America tour with Leaves' Eyes, a new EP is coming out! Sounds very exciting! Can you tell us more about it and how did the fans react at the live shows?
Yes, it's been a real whirlwind during these few months! The first show in Indonesia was pretty surreal, with a tropical thunder storm, thousands of people and of course singing the songs for the first time! It was definitely one to remember and I really enjoyed that trip! After that we had some smaller club shows over the Europe which gave me the opportunity to meet more people, both new and familiar faces. I was very overwhelmed and grateful for the positive reaction I got from people at the shows. My personal highlight was this small and totally packed venue in Belgium. It was one of the hottest shows I've ever done, it was literally like a sauna on stage but the audience was amazing and the atmosphere made the night just great!
North America tour will be a real adventure and also a challenge for me. It will be my first very long tour so I can't wait! I'm looking forward to playing our new single live there as well!
4. Which Leaves' Eyes song is your personal fave? And which song you like to perform the most?
There's a lot of songs that are great in their own way but If I would play a song on my iPod I would probably choose "Take the Devil in Me" or "Sacred Vow". I love performing "Edge Of Steel" and "Swords In Rock" is also a fun one to play live!
5. What can you tell us about the new song "Fires in the North"? How was the recording session at Mastersound Studio?
It has a nice rock vibe to it but it's also pretty epic with big choirs and has some very nice melodies. Recording was great, had a lot of fun actually and everything was completed without any problems. Recording has never been my favorite thing – I prefer singing live – and I need to feel very comfortable to be able to do my best. But recording with Tosso and Alex has been super easy! The new Leaves' Eyes EP "Fires in the North" will be out October 7 via AFM Records!


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ALEXANDER, Albert H., died Jan. 26, 1908, age 73 yrs.
ALEXANDER, Henry S., son of Albert H. & Mary L., died Oct. 12, 1865, age 8 yrs.
ALEXANDER, Jerusha R. Burnham, wife of Livingston, died 1887, age 82 yrs.
ALEXANDER, Livingston, died 1886, age 83 yrs.
ALEXANDER, Mary L. Smith, wife of Albert H., died Nov. 8, 1865, age 30 yrs.
BAKER, Ann E., adopted daughter of nathaniel & Delia, died Jan. 1, 1862, age 11 yrs.
BEEBE, Caroline C., daughter of Austin L. & Lucy W., died Jan. 19, 1817, age 4 yrs.
BEEBE, Elizabeth A., daughter of Austin L. & Lucy W., died Oct. 16, 1811, age 11 yrs.
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CHAPMAN, Mary, died July 31, 1843, age 82 yrs.
CHAPMAN, Mary, wife of Simeon, died June 2, 1807, age 96 yrs.
CHAPMAN, Sarah, wife of Simeon, died Apr. 10, 1810, age 75 yrs.
CHAPMAN, Simeon, died Mar. 31, 1813, age 78 yrs.
CONE, Addie F., died Apr. 1, 1907, age 44 yrs.
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How much sleep is right?
Insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic. The US Center for Disease control reports that 35% of Americans do not get enough sleep and 38 fall asleep during the day unintentionally. Oh boy.The National Sleep Foundation reports that Americans think they sleep enough but ⅓ say their quality of sleep is poor. Good lord!!!
As a nation we are under-rested, overstimulated and overwhelmed. The majority of people run around like mad chickens or have an internal attitude of stress rather than ease. How can we even notice we are sleep deprived when the majority of people around us are that way? Like one of my Ayurveda teachers says, 60% of society is so sleep deprived, we need to sleep for 6 months straight. I could not agree more judging from what I have seen in my practice.
Take a few seconds and tune into your body right now! Just take a breath.
How does it feel? It just takes one breath to notice.
It is likely you will notice how fatigued you really are.
In Ayurveda sleep is one of the three pillars of health which means it is a foundational piece to our well-being. Have it and you are healthy and feel good. Don't have it and the Lord better be with you. Let's break this down.
Society and Sleep: What is our sleep culture?
Let's presence ourselves with what is currently happening in society. I venture to say it is cool to eat and drink whenever we want and however much we want. It is not so cool to rest whenever we want or however long we want. The push-it-through kind of attitude is everywhere, sometimes more pronounced, sometimes subtle; you better achieve and do. Rest is the last thing on the agenda and only allowed when one has accomplished something, anything, whether that is work, sportive activity, doing the laundry, cleaning the kitchen in a most timely manner after a meal…whatever it is. Being lazy is so not okay. It's like we need a specific excuse or permission to rest.
The day I presented myself to my own pattern around resting is when I was living in India for 6 months in 2003. I was doing a yoga therapy training and living in a two-bedroom apartment. One day, a Korean lady moves in. She was living living in India meaning she had lots of stuff. For two hours she would mossy around, move in boxes, mess up the place then disappear for 30min. Where the heck is she? She reappears and mossies around some more for a couple of hours making an even bigger mess. Then I find her sitting in a chair reading a book. What the f&%$ is she up to? Can't she get things done and over with?
The pattern repeats all day. Moving for 2 hours then reading, moving for 2 hours then napping, moving for 2 hours then going for a walk. What kind of work ethic is that? Doesn't she know how to work???? I was irritated.
And then I got it…OMG she is resting in the middle of chaos to gather her strength and be more efficient in her move. And the killer for me was …..SHE WAS OKAY WITH THAT…and I wasn't. At that moment I realized how f%$&ed up my attitude was around resting. I venture to say that in our yang/male/achievement oriented society there is a great likelihood that you feel that way too…my old way I mean.
During the second half of 20th century the overall sleep duration decreased by 1.5-2 hours per night. That is a significant 25% which means if you had typically slept 8 hours in 1950, now you only sleep 6. Yikes!
The National Institutes of Health suggests that adults need an average of 7-8 hours of sleep but nearly 30% of adults reported an average of less than 6 hours of sleep per day (2005-2007). Teens need an average of 9-10 hours and children at least 10 hours but only 31% of high school students reported getting at least 8 hours of sleep on an average school night which means 70%……you gotta digest that number 70%….. did not get enough sleep. As a society we have an energy integrity issue. Clearly!!!
What's at stake when we don't rest enough?
And if that is not enough it can also lead to obesity, depression, bipolar disorders or seasonal affective disorder.
When you go to bed too late or don't get enough sleep you train your body to produce cortisol, one of the major stress hormone, around 8 pm. A study by Van Cauter et al on the impact of sleep deprivation on hormones and metabolism says this: "Elevations of evening cortisol levels in chronic sleep loss are likely to promote the development of insulin resistance, a risk facts in obesity and diabetes". Cortisol is stimulating and prevents you from winding down. Too many stress hormones at the wrong time is depleting and disrupting the endocrine system. Not good!
Statistics say adults need an average of 7-8 hours of sleep per night. That's a nice benchmark to wrap our minds around. The problem is which one of us is statistical average? No-one. The amount of sleep depends on a lot of factors.
What activities have you done that day?
How much did you work vs play?
How much did you pause in between activities?
Did you take a decent lunch break?
How did you sleep the night before or the night before that?
What's the quality of your sleep?
How much computer time vs nature time are you getting?
How stressful do you experience life i.e. what's your attitude towards life?
Are you recovering from a trauma, surgery, or illness?
What's the amount of emotional stress you are experiencing?
Have you travelled a bunch recently?
Do you care for little children that wear you down?
Have we engaged in a lot of mental activity lately e.g intense study?
You get the picture. Sleep can vary dramatically according to these factors and many others. This is not an exhaustive list. I know for myself I need more sleep than I'd like to admit. Ideally I only want to sleep 6 hours because my need for great accomplishments requires lots of time. But often I find myself only deeply rested when I sleep 9 or 10 hours, sometimes more depending on the season or any of the factors above.
If sleep depends on all these factors how can we figure out how much sleep we really need? The answer to that question goes back to the body.
We need enough sleep, so we feel deeply rested.
It's as simple as that. The body knows the answer we just need to stop and care to listen.


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A paper submitted to the Movement for the Abolition of War
Zimbardo suggests that just as the trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann demonstrated the 'banality of evil', so a survey of known good actions demonstrated the 'banality of heroism'. He suggests that most people seem to be capable of heroism, which includes a willingness to risk social sacrifices (in terms of ridicule or ostracism or harm to one's career) as well as physical danger, and long-term, enduring, considered action as well as spontaneous responses to unforeseen events.
What people committed to the abolition of war need to do, as well as dismantling military policies and institutions, is to increase the capacity of people both inside and outside the military to stand up for their values even in the face of ridicule, disapproval, ostracism, and damage to one's career. What many of us find most difficult is that taking a stand on serious matters can involve status and economic losses not only for ourselves, but for our families and loved ones.
If we focus on the avoidance of physical harm, on negotiation and conflict resolution, and a reduction in aggressive language and images, this clearly addresses the issue of violence within society. On the analysis presented so far, however, it does not address the issue of war.
War today requires a huge army of people carrying out tasks that involve no physical harm to human beings, that can most efficiently be carried out through sophisticated psychological management rather than the threat of violence, and that minimise if they do not eliminate aggressive language and images.
If we think of the chain of actions that could lead to the firing of a nuclear missile from a British Trident submarine, we can see a huge line of calm, professional people raising and allocating finances; turning raw materials into some of the most sophisticated technology ever devised; training and managing sailors, technicians and commanders; and relaying orders through a well-drilled, highly-responsive, fine-tuned chain of command. It would be irrelevant, and generally counter-productive, during almost all of this process, to stir people to a murderous rage, or to practice using physical force against individual human beings. (The exception may be in a small part of the training of the sailors who are tasked with protecting the submarine.) What is required is rather the bureaucratic ideal of dispassionate excellence.
Even if we think of frontline troops in Afghanistan, it is clear that modern war is based mainly on training, on drill, on logistics, on communications, on the cool use of massively destructive technologies (perhaps while under fire oneself), on the rapid and precise execution of orders amidst the death and injury of one's friends and colleagues. This has nothing to do with uncontrolled, spontaneous rage. It has everything to do with the careful and effective containing and channelling of one's emotions.
It is obvious that the abolition of war will require gradually eliminating the institutions of war, including compulsory taxation for war. It is also obvious that the abolition of war will also require the elimination of the culture of war. It is not so obvious that the culture of war is primarily the culture of obedience.
Stanley Milgram wrote of experiment 18: 'The person who assumes full responsibility for the act has evaporated. Perhaps this is the most common characteristic of socially organised evil in modern society.' Milgram recorded the effect of bearing partial responsibility: most of those who applied the electric shocks showed nervous tension, and later described great internal anguish as they complied with the sadistic instructions of the experimenter.
Our goal must be to increase the amount of tension we feel between what we know to be right, and what we say and do, and to increase the chances that people will resolve this tension by standing up for themselves. Our goal must be to break down immoral conformism, which is undoubtedly inculcated from early childhood by both parents and schools.
In the world of business education, a new strand has emerged in corporate social responsibility. Called 'Giving Voice to Values', this new initiative does not focus on rather abstract ethical analysis, but on practical ethical implementation. The priority is not the academic questioning of business decisions and policies, but the personal challenge of asking: 'What would I say and do if I were going to act on my values?'
Giving Voice to Values aims to help students 'identify the many ways that individuals can – and do – voice their values in the workplace', and 'provides the opportunity to script and practice this voice in front of peers'. (See Mary C. Gentile, Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right, 2010)
If the abolition of war requires the abolition of immoral obedience, it will mean reorienting education institutions (and peace movement campaigning) to embed this kind of personal development throughout society, at every level. It is undoubtedly true that a lot of peace movement campaigning involves exactly this kind of self-reflection and self-development – perhaps most obviously in the case of nonviolent civil disobedience. However, 'immoral conformism' can occur even in a civil disobedience affinity group or a pacifist society.
When people say that war can never be abolished because humans are inherently violent, they are making a nonsense argument. Our possible biological propensity to violence has nothing to do with our habit of making war. What we need to abolish war is not only a society made up of people who prefer peace to war, but a society made up of people who are willing to risk social sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.
What we need to abolish war is to somehow combine enormous social complexity with the egalitarianism of the majority of simple hunter-gatherer societies, who avoid war (but who experience murder and revenge). What we need is to somehow recreate the equality and anti-authoritarianism and inherent pacifism of the prehistoric band in modern industrial society. Only then will war truly be abolished.
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