The October 29th entry, 'Up or Down,' said "If anyone, most especially a politician, uses a day's (or even week's) movement of the Dow Jones Industrial Average or S&P 500 Index to support a financial or economic argument, then you immediately know that they are either a fool or a knave!"
To this statement one can evidently add "blogger/political argument." An example of fools and/or knaves - the "aces" who came up with this: "969 point drop since Tuesday's close. Nearly a 10 per cent drop! The selloff started immediately after Obama's election."


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In 1990, I was introduced to Jan Stenbeck, the third wealthiest man in Scandinavia. He was a self-made media billionaire, a Swedish Ted Turner – brilliant, mercurial, iconoclastic.
I had spent two years travelling around the world with my small video camera, selling pieces to Nightline or MacNeil/Lehrer. Stenbeck immediately understood the economic implications of the VJ model. He capitalized a company for me, gave me 30% equity and moved me to Stockholm to start building VJ-driven stations. (As you can see from the comment in the article below from Norway, the model works quite well there).
For the past 50 years, the broadcasting world has lived off a very clear model: networks like ABC, or local TV stations had a monopoly on the means of delivery. They held the license rights to a chunk of the spectrum that was used for broadcasting. They had the only way of getting into people's homes. They then turned around and leased small 30-second chunks of that access to advertisers, like Nike, who paid a premium for the real estates, so they could deliver their message to the same homes. The broadcasters, then took the money the advertisers paid for that access and bought programming that delivered the audience the advertisers were looking for. It was a nice, neat circle.
When cable arose in the 1990s, it simply meant that the limited pie got cut into smaller pieces – 500 channels instead of 3. But the model remained the same. And the advertisers just bought more bits of more channels.
When the Internet goes to video, however, it means that 3 networks which became 500 channels will soon become millions of channels – an infinite number of channels. This is a problem. But there is an even more serious problem, because as video goes to the web, content becomes non linear and on demand. So there is no guarantee than anyone will even watch commercials distributed over a million channels. Its a mess.
And this is where Stenbeck comes in.
In the '90s in Scandinavia, before Stenbeck, there was only a State Broadcaster, SVT, and no commercial TV. There was no tradition of commercial TV. And to get TV into people's homes in Sweden, people would have to buy and install satellite dishes on their homes! And pay for it! A lot of people thought this was more trouble than it was worth. They would stick with the free SVT they always knew.
But Stenbeck was smart. Ruthless, but smart.
He bought the rights for Ice Hockey for Sweden.
Then, they bought the dishes.
Instead of Nike buying swaths of commercial time from ABC so that ABC can take the money from Nike and buy the rights to the World Series, Nike will one day just turn around and buy the World Series themselves. Now, if you want to watch the World Series, the only place you can do it is at Nike.com.
And while you're watching the World Series on the Nike.com website, the online video will be surrounded by click and buy spots. All the time. But no commercial breaks! Sounds like a deal, no?
Think it won't happen? Don't bet on it.
ABC needs Nike. Nike will soon discover it has no need for ABC… whatsoever.


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Simione Tamanisau (ur. 5 czerwca 1982 w Tailevu) – fidżyjski piłkarz grający na pozycji bramkarza. Od 2012 roku jest zawodnikiem klubu Lautoka FC.

Kariera klubowa
Karierę piłkarską Tamanisau rozpoczął w olimpijskiej drużynie Fidżi. W 2004 roku przeszedł do Rewa FC, grającego w pierwszej lidze Fidżi. W 2010 roku wywalczył z Rewą mistrzostwo Fidżi. W latach 2010-2011 był wypożyczony do Hekari United z Papui-Nowei Gwinei. W sezonie 2010/2011 wygrał z tym zespołem mistrzostwo kraju. W 2012 roku przeszedł do klubu Lautoka FC.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
W reprezentacji Fidżi Tamanisau zadebiutował w 2003 roku. W 2008 roku zajął trzecie miejsce z Fidżi w Pucharze Narodów Oceanii. Wystąpił również w 2012 roku w Pucharze Narodów Oceanii 2012.

Bibliografia

Reprezentanci Fidżi w piłce nożnej
Piłkarze Rewa FC
Piłkarze Lautoka FC
Urodzeni w 1982
Fidżyjscy olimpijczycy
Piłkarze nożni na Letnich Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 2016

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package gaia3d.domain.datalibrary;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat;
import gaia3d.domain.MethodType;
import gaia3d.domain.common.Search;
import lombok.*;
import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;

/**
 * Data library 정보
 * @author Cheon JeongDae
 *
 */
@ToString(callSuper = true)
@Builder
@Getter
@Setter
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
public class DataLibrary extends Search implements Serializable {

	public static final String F4D_PREFIX = "F4D_";
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 5291627645684846695L;

	/******** 화면 오류 표시용 ********/

	// 사용자명
	private String userId;
	private String userName;

	/****** validator ********/
	private MethodType methodType;

	// data library 고유번호
	private Long dataLibraryId;
	// data libray Group 고유번호
	private Integer dataLibraryGroupId;
	// 데이터 라이브러리 그룹명
	private String dataLibraryGroupName;
	// 데이터 라이브러리 그룹키
	private String dataLibraryGroupKey;

	// converter job 고유번호
	private Long dataLibraryConverterJobId;
	// data library key
	private String dataLibraryKey;
	// data library name
	private String dataLibraryName;
	// data library 경로
	private String dataLibraryPath;
	// data library 썸네일
	private String dataLibraryThumbnail;

	// 데이터 타입(중복). 3ds,obj,dae,collada,ifc,las,citygml,indoorgml,etc
	private String dataType;

	// rule 고유 번호
	private Integer ruleId;
	// 룰명
	private String ruleName;

	// 서비스 타입(정적, primitive)
	private String serviceType;
	// 순서
	private Integer viewOrder;
	// 사용 유무
	private Boolean available;
	// 합체 가능한 데이터 유무. true : 합체, false : 단일
	private Boolean assemble;

	// data 상태. processing : 변환중, use : 사용중, unused : 사용중지(관리자), delete : 삭제(비표시)
	private String status;

	// 설명
	private String description;

	@Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
	@Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
	@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", timezone = "Asia/Seoul")
	private LocalDateTime viewUpdateDate;

	@Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
	@Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
	@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.STRING, pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", timezone = "Asia/Seoul")
	private LocalDateTime viewInsertDate;

	public LocalDateTime getViewUpdateDate() {
		return this.updateDate;
	}
	public LocalDateTime getViewInsertDate() {
		return this.insertDate;
	}

	// 수정일
	@DateTimeFormat(pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
	private LocalDateTime updateDate;
	// 등록일
	@DateTimeFormat(pattern="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
	private LocalDateTime insertDate;
}

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The role of Planetary Protection Officer features a six-digit salary -- and likely some pretty sweet business cards.
Ever dream of protecting the Earth from an alien invasion? NASA has a job for you.
The federal space agency is seeking to hire a Planetary Protection Officer who would help thwart the spread of extraterrestrial life ― "intentionally or unintentionally" ― on Earth and to outside solar systems.
"Planetary protection is concerned with the avoidance of organic-constituent and biological contamination in human and robotic space exploration," the job listing states. That basically means preventing extraterrestrial life forces ― no matter their size ― from spreading during space travel.
The position offers an annual salary between $124,406 and $187,000. It also comes with benefits.
The galaxy Messier 94, which lies in the small northern constellation of the Hunting Dogs, about 16 million light-years away, is pictured from the Hubble Telescope.
According to Business Insider, the role is super exclusive, with there being only two full-time like roles in the world — one with NASA and the other with the European Space Agency.
Catharine Conley, NASA's current PPO, pointed out that the role, which has a five-year maximum duration, was created to help meet an international agreement that space missions must have a less than 1-in-10,000 chance of contaminating an alien world.
"It's a moderate level," she told Business Insider in an interview in March. "It's not extremely careful, but it's not extremely lax."
Before you start sharpening your Space Invader skills, it should be addressed that ― contrary to what Hollywood films may lead you to believe ― NASA's not going to take just anyone.
Applicants should have broad engineering expertise and an "advanced knowledge of Planetary Protection," according to the job description.
If selected, the applicant would not only get an impressive title, but also a mid-level security clearance.
Not entirely qualified, but still intrigued?
NASA is offering a Planetary Protection Course to 14 students in November on a first-come, first-served basis.
The course is designed for "managers, engineers, designers, lab technicians, and others interested in the theory and application of planetary protection principles."


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North Carolina escapes NCAA punishment after years-long academic scandal
The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced Friday it could not find North Carolina violated NCAA rules involving years-long academic scandal involving athletes across multiple sports.
"The panel concluded that while student-athletes and athletics programs may have benefitted from utilizing the courses, the general student body also benefitted," a release from the NCAA said. "Based on both the information available in the record and North Carolina's support of the courses that were offered as not violating its policies, the panel could not conclude that the university failed to monitor or lacked control over its athletics program."
The university faced five Level I charges from the NCAA, including lack of institutional control, in a case that grew as an offshoot of a probe launched in 2010 into the football program.
The academic fraud allegations involved classes taken by athletes in the African and Afro-American studies department between 2002 and 2011 that helped many retain their eligibility. The irregularities are focused on independent study-style courses misidentified as lecture classes that didn't meet and required a research paper or two while featuring significant athlete enrollments.
In a 2014 investigation, former U.S. Justice Department official Kenneth Wainstein estimated more than 3,100 students were affected between 1993 and 2011, with athletes across numerous sports making up roughly half the enrollments.
The NCAA had said UNC used those courses to help keep athletes eligible.
In its response to the case, North Carolina challenged the most serious and potentially damaging allegation, arguing that "inadequate academic oversight unrelated to the Department of Athletics" didn't constitute an issue within the NCAA's jurisdiction.
The Committee on Infractions found only two violations out of five charges - a failure-to-cooperate charge against two people tied to the problem courses in the formerly named African and Afro-American Studies department.
The lone penalty issued was a five-year show cause penalty for former professor Julius Nyang'Oro, who was chairman of the department
Nyang'Oro resigned in 2011 during an investigation into grades awarded to athletes for no-show classes that required very little work.
The other person, retired administrator Deborah Crowder, initially refused interviews but reconsidered and interviewed with NCAA investigators in May as well as attended the school's hearing with the panel in August. She was not punished, but the NCAA says it is making note of her initial lack of cooperation.
"While student-athletes likely benefited from the so-called 'paper courses' offered by North Carolina, the information available in the record did not establish that the courses were solely created, offered and maintained as an orchestrated effort to benefit student-athletes," said Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey, the panel's chief hearing officer.
Contributing: The Associated Press
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In humanitarian settings, issues of sexual violence have received international attention. However, other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) have also occurred during crisis and displacement, and during and following return. In particular, forms of violence that affect adolescent girls, such as child marriage, have emerged as especially necessary to address.
These guidelines aims to provide standards for good practice to ensure that GBV survivors receive quality services in humanitarian settings. Chapter 3 (p.117) looks at how caseworkers can support girls at risks of child marriage and girls who are already married.
These guidelines have been informed by GBV interventions piloted in Central African Republic, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Niger and Somalia, and led by experts including the International Medical Corps, International Rescue Commitee, UNICEF, UNFPA and UNHCR.
There also exist materials to support staff in carrying out training on the content of these guidelines (see page 52 of the facilitator guide for module 16 on child marriage).


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True to his frank and honest style, Andrew joins Romesh to chat about the artists he's had both the pleasure and displeasure to interview over his career. And shares the story about some very choice words he shared with none other than Jay-Z.


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Biografia
Suddhodana era figlio del re Sihahanu e della regina Kaccana. Sposò una donna di grande bellezza, Maya. La coppia non ebbe figli per molti anni, finché la donna non sognò che un elefante bianco la trafisse nel fianco. La regina rimase incinta e partorì un figlio maschio, che fu chiamato Siddharta Gautama. Dopo la nascita, furono invitati a corte i brahmani per una cerimonia di buon auspicio. Uno di essi fece l'oroscopo del neonato e disse che se fosse salito al trono sarebbe diventato un monarca universale, ma se avesse abbracciato la vita religiosa sarebbe diventato un Buddha. La regina Maya morì dopo pochi giorni e il bambino fu affidato alla sorella di Maya, Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī, che divenne la seconda moglie del re. Da Pajapati Suddhodana ebbe altri due figli, il principe Nanda e la principessa Sundari Nanda.

In seguito, Suddhodana cercò di evitare che Siddharta abbracciasse la vita religiosa e lo fece crescere al palazzo reale tra le comodità e i lussi, facendolo partecipare alla vita di corte. Il re favorì anche il matrimonio del figlio con la cugina Yasodhara, da cui Siddharta ebbe un figlio, Rāhula. Nonostante le precauzioni paterne, Siddharta lasciò la famiglia e si diede alla vita religiosa.

Suddhodana mantenne la sua opposizione alla scelta del figlio e mandò un messaggero con una numerosa scorta per convincere Siddharta a ritornare, ma gli inviati si convertirono e diventarono suoi discepoli. Infine mandò un grande amico di Siddharta, Kaludayi, con l'incarico di farlo ritornare. Kaludayi si fece monaco, tuttavia mantenne la promessa ed invitò Siddharta, divenuto Buddha, a tornare a casa. Quando Buddha ritornò a Kapilbastu, Suddhodana minacciò di morte Yasodhara se avesse rivelato a Rahula che Buddha era suo padre. Suddhodana si incontrò con Buddha, che gli rivelò che anche nelle vite precedenti erano stati padre e figlio. Non avendo potuto evitare che il nipote Rahula diventasse seguace di Buddha, Suddhodana strappò al figlio la promessa che in seguito non avrebbe accettato nessun giovane come seguace senza il consenso dei genitori. Buddha poi andò via da Kapilbastu e vi ritornò molti anni dopo, quando ebbe notizia dell'imminente morte di Suddhodana e assistette spiritualmente il padre predicandogli mentre era sul letto di morte.

Riferimenti
 Damien Keown, A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2004

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Immediate family of Shuddhodana
 Why was the Sakyan Republic Destroyed? by S. N. Goenka

Personalità del buddhismo


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Q: Initialization order with constructors in C++ By instantiating an object in C++ with the following class I get a segmentation fault or aborts, depending on the order declaring member variables. E. g. putting mMemberVar and mAnotherMemberVar after mAnotherCountVar results in a segfault. From this listing I removed a std::ofstream from the member variables, which caused the segmentation fault independent of its position.
I think the order is not directly the problem, but what do you think could the reason be? This class is part of a huge project, but this in this class is the place, where the error appeared the first time.
class COneClass : public IInterface
{
public:

  COneClass();

  virtual ~COneClass();

  static const unsigned int sStaticVar;
  static const unsigned int sAnotherStaticVar;

private:
  COneClass();
  COneClass(const COneClass& );
  COneClass& operator=(const COneClass& );

  int mMemberVar;
  int mAnotherMemberVar;
  bool mIsActive;
  bool mBoolMemberVar;
  bool mAnotherBoolMemberVar;
  unsigned int mCountVar;
  unsigned int mAnotherCountVar;
};

COneClass::COneClass() :
  mMemberVar(0),
  mAnotherMemberVar(0),
  mIsActive(false),
  mBoolMemberVar(false),
  mAnotherBoolMemberVar(false),
  mCountVar(sStaticVar),
  mAnotherCountVar(sAnotherStaticVar)
{
}

A: the class members are initinised by the order they are declared. the order in the init list does not matter. In your case it's this order:
mMemberVar -> mAnotherMemberVar -> mIsActive -> mBoolMemberVar -> mAnotherBoolMemberVar -> mCountVar -> mAnotherCountVar;

A: Perhaps it is a case of the "static initialization order fiasco", http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors.html#faq-10.16, as a result of initializing mCountVar and mAnotherCountVar with static members?
You could init to zero in the list and then assign in the body of the constructor.

A: Could be "static initialization order fiasco" judging by the fact that you have public static variables and a private constructor (speaking of which how can you have a public and private definition of the constructor???). These signs indicate the possibility that there is a dependency with other classes here.

A: The members' constructors are called before the body of the containing class' own constructor
is executed. The constructors are called in the order in which they are declared in the class rather
than the order in which they appear in the initializer list.
To avoid confusion, it is best to specify the initializers in declaration order.
The member destructors are called in the reverse order of construction every thing work properly
class MyClass//**1: mem-init**
{
private:
long number;
bool on;
public:
MyClass(long n, bool ison) : number(n), on(ison) {}
};

MyClass(long n, bool ison) //2 initialization within constructor's body
{
number = n;
on = ison;
}

There is no substantial difference between the two forms in the case of MyClass's constructor. This is due to the way mem-initialization lists are processed by the compiler. The compiler scans the mem-initialization list and inserts the initialization code into the constructor's body before any user-written code. Thus, the constructor in the first example is expanded by the compiler into the constructor in the second example. Nonetheless, the choice between using a mem-initialization list and initialization inside the constructor's body is significant in the following four cases:

*

*Initialization of const members

*Initialization of reference members

*Passing arguments to a constructor of a base class or an embedded object

*Initialization of member objects

A: I think the whole class is not directly the problem. Can you produce a minimal code that crashes just by using this class? It seems to me that the problem is somewhere else in your code base.
However, you may add a bool Invariant() const; function to that class and call it (only in debug builds) with assert(Invariant()); at the end of your constructor and on entering and exiting all your public functions. This might help you to "crash early, crash often" and hence  point you to some of the problematic code.

A: This doesn't look like your real code.  But be aware in your real code, that class members are constructed in the order they are defined in the class, REGARDLESS of the order of the initializer list in the constructor.  Given that you mention changing the order of the members in the class affects the problem, this might be what's wrong.  For example, your code might do something like this:
class MyClass {
public:
    const int member1;
    const int member2;
    MyClass() {
      : member2(0),
      : member1(member2) // ERROR: this runs first because member1 is defined first
                      // member2 not yet constructed; assigns undefined value to member1
    {}
};

A: There's nothing in the code you've posted which is in any way abnormal. Either something in the IInterface constructor is failing, or something else entirely is going wrong. Perhaps you've a buffer overflow somewhere which is reading the data you've changing the structural order of.

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Food truck ordinance is mulled
Traffic has been slowed through North Canaan as Aquarion installs a new water main on Church Street and Reed Street. First Selectman Charlie Perotti also said that "the state has just put in a new drain pipe by McDonalds."
Geer to build modern new nursing home
NORTH CANAAN — Geer has received approval from the state to build a new 120-bed nursing facility to replace the aged and inefficient building on campus that was built in the 1960s.
Geer CEO Kevin O'Connell said that this is an important first step but the hard work is now just beginning. Money has to be raised, not just for building the new facility (which could cost between $20 million and $25 million) but also to do preliminary drawings and plans.
Tell Geer what you want
Filmmaker hopes for a horror classic, set in Berkshires
EAST CANAAN — An almost-full-moon rose over the deep woods, semi-obscured by a creepy late autumn mist. Fog rolled over the cleared fields around the former Canaan Valley Sporting Club, a dilapidated and sprawling building that is now a private residence.
It was a dark and creepy night.
The conditions were perfect for a stabbing by a deranged maniac in the basement of a house on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere.
"It went great," filmmaker Anthony Ashmore said of the (for-film-only) killing.
Hearing on Metcalf activities continues to Nov. 20
NORTH CANAAN — Whether the North Canaan zoning enforcement officer (ZEO) acted in accordance with policy and procedures with regard to the B. Metcalf paving company at their 15 Allyndale Road property, was the subject of a public hearing led by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA).
The hearing was opened on Thursday, Oct. 18, when testimony was heard and evidence submitted by Steve Allyn, the ZEO at the time that the issue arose.
For 90 years, they've had their ducts in a row
Debra A. Aleksinas
EAST CANAAN — When William Perotti started his humble plumbing business back in 1928 with just two employees, it was more than a pipe dream. It was the start of a family legacy.
Cupcake contest for a cause on Nov. 3
NORTH CANAAN — There are those of us who celebrate Halloween with cupcakes frosted and decorated like small pumpkins. Of course, fresh-baked goods are verboten as trick-or-treat give-aways because, sadly, only wrapped goods can now be handed out.
But a home for those small cakes can be found and they can even do good work, by supporting the Pilgrim House in North Canaan, which is home to both Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry and Closets, which has clothing and household goods for families in need.
Advice from a baseball great: Have fun and be kind
NORTH CANAAN — Baseball legend Steve Blass made an appearance at North Canaan Elementary School on Thursday, Oct. 4, to honor two students who shared the Little League pitching award in 2018.
Blass pitched for the Pirates from 1964 to 1974, and won two games in the 1971 World Series. He has worked as a Pirates broadcaster for more than 20 years.
Body of missing man found
NORTH CANAAN — The State Police reported on Wednesday morning, Oct. 3, that they had recovered the body of German Perez in the Housatonic River, about one mile south of the spot in the river at North Canaan where his truck was found on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Perez, 60, disappeared on Tuesday evening, Sept. 25, during that evening's heavy rains.
His truck slid into the Housatonic River at Lawrence Avenue in North Canaan that evening, probably between 6:30 and 7 p.m.
Town improvements discussed by North Canaan selectmen
NORTH CANAAN — Trash receptacles, streetlights, and knotweed were discussed at the Board of Selectmen's meeting in North Canaan on Monday, Oct. 1. All three topics involved needed improvements for the town's residents.
Responding to residents' concerns about the lack of trash receptacles in the commercial district, Selectman Craig Whiting said he has been looking into smaller bins that would collect hand-held pedestrian discards and dog waste in plastic bags, but would not encourage deposits of household trash.


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The MyHeritage mobile app is free. It's available for iPhone, iPad and Android, and it lets you access and enhance your family tree on the go. The Audio Recordings feature is now available in both the iOS and Android versions of the mobile app.
Oral interviews are vital in family history research. Our relatives are a treasure trove of precious family information. Unfortunately, our family members don't stay with us forever, and when they are gone, their memories and stories may be lost. This is where Audio Recordings come in. With this feature, it is now easier than ever to record your family's unique stories and preserve them for future generations. They are very simple to create and edit, and convenient for both interviewer and interviewee.Using Audio Recordings is simple. Family tree profiles now have an audio icon that looks like earphones that you can tap to create a new recording, and to access recordings previously saved for any person.
During a recording, a sound wave will give you visual feedback that the audio is being received successfully.
Once the stop button is pressed, the audio file will be saved automatically and uploaded to your family site, where it will be associated with that person's tree profile.
If your smartphone becomes disconnected during upload, it will resume the next time you run the app, exactly from where it left off. You can meanwhile move on and record another interview session while the previous recording is still uploading. Once you see the recording listed, it means the MyHeritage servers have a complete copy and that's good news, because your recording is now saved for good. The recordings are saved as MPEG 4 audio files (M4A), the successor to mp3 files. Note: the MyHeritage Backup service that covers all family trees on a family site will also back up all your audio recordings.
Syncing your online family tree with Family Tree Builder will ensure that the audio recordings are stored in Family Tree Builder as well.
What about video? Although you can interview your relatives using video as well, audio is often a better solution. It requires less preparation, takes less storage, and creates less stress for everyone involved. You can just put your smartphone on the table between you and the person you're interviewing, start recording audio, and conduct a casual conversation. Many people will object to being recorded on video, but almost no one will have an issue with being interviewed in audio.
As for duration, we recommend recording sessions of no more than 20-30 minutes each. You can always record several audio interviews, one after the other, and give your interviewee a break between sessions. When your session runs longer, you run a risk of running out of storage and tiring out your interviewee.
We recommend that you come prepared with some questions to ask. For example, ask your interviewee to describe their childhood, and tell their most interesting life stories, in their own words. You can jog their memory by showing them old family photos in your family tree, and ask them to tell you about specific ancestors. Be prepared to make up new questions as you go along. You may hear amazing stories you've never heard before!
For more tips on interviewing, see: 10 tips for interviewing family members.
You can use Audio Recordings not only to interview your relatives, but also to record yourself speaking about your relatives; and you can also interview living relatives about their ancestors who are deceased and associate the recording with those ancestors. After a recording is uploaded to your family site, it is easy to use the family site to tag each recording, as if it were a photo, with all the individuals referenced in it, so it will show up in their profile.
Don't risk losing your family's memories. Download the MyHeritage mobile app and use Audio Recordings as an additional way to preserve your family's stories.
Who can hear these recordings? Is it only the persons who have access to my MyHeritage tree? Or is it everybody who accesses my tree and sees a person profile?
Excellent directions here! It was easy to make the recording.
Glad to hear that creating recordings was easy.
Anyone who has access to your family site and can view profiles, such as site members, will be able to listen to the recordings.
If you have made your site open to allow guests to view limited information in your site (Under My Privacy > Access), then they will be able to listen to recordings connected to deceased individuals. Note: guests can never edit any information, and can never view information about living people in your family trees.
Exciting feature, very well written up. I am pleased to see this come along and hope I get a lot of use out of it.
I'm not sure how I get this app on my phone, though. Can you elaborate?
All that you have to do is to download the latest version of our mobile app (available for both iOS and Android) from here: https://www.myheritage.com/mobile. The new version will include the Audio Recording feature as outlined in the post.
I already have some recordings made in the 70s. How do I get those 'up there'? Some I have in Soundcloud. Can I link to those or can I move them to MH?
For recordings that already exist, you can upload them directly to your family site. Scroll over the Photos tab and select "Add photos & videos." A black overlay will appear over the current page. You can drag & drop photos, videos, documents and audio files into the black overlay where it says "Drag photos & videos here." Alternatively, you can click the blue button "Select files" and choose files from your computer.
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I'd like to do this on my Mac via MyHeritage.com.
thanks for clarifying how to upload already recorded audio.
if I could do it straight from the mobile app.
Thanks for this functionality anyway!


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As well as the actual product itself, I love how long this stuff lasts. When I have bought drugstore bronzers in the past they have only lasted me around a month. This bronzer typically lasts me 3-4 months and I have repurchased this 3 times so far. The only bad thing about this product of course is the price. Nobody wants to splash out £24.00 on a bronzer but trust me, it is worth it. This provides my face with exactly what it needs in a morning. It warms up my skin tone, gives me a subtle glow and defines my cheekbones. It really is one of my must-have products. Also, I can almost justify the price when I think about how long this lasts me. I think 3 months with everyday use is pretty good going. If you don't wear makeup everyday, of course it will last even longer. I've not been wearing makeup every day while I've been in Oz so I haven't even started to hit pan on this and I bought it 6 weeks ago. If you want to buy this wonderful product it is available on the NARS website, ASOS or Space NK.
Have you ever tried NARS Laguna? Do you love it as much as me?
I love Laguna, mine is almost finished.
I'm just using up my Rimmel bronzer then I'm going to purchase this!
I always see this and think "I have to try that", think the price puts me off - but I may give it a go! Especially for summer..
I haven't tried this but I definitely want to! Looks gorgeous and gets such amazing reviews!
I absolutely love this bronzer, it's also one of my favorite makeup products! NARS in general is an amazing brand.
Ive heard so many good things about this but I have so many bronzers and the price turns me off,but I think I need to just take the plunge and get it.
Ooooh pricey, but a bronzer is one thing i'd probably splash out on because they're sooo hard to get right on the high street! either make you look like a disco ball or they do nothing at all!
H, I am well experienced in the whole orange bronzer fiasco! This sounds like a perfect bronzer!
Sadly for me I am yet to invest in any Nars products (But ALWAYS find myself at the counter in Harvey Nichols!!) but they all look so fabby! I just need to save up and invest!
Your blog is lovely and your display picture is really pretty!


Rec-league cheer with an All-star attitude!
The sport of cheerleading combines athletics with performance. Sideline, All-Star Competition and Performance cheerleading include a variety of many elements.
Some skills come naturally -- good hand/eye coordination, a bright smile and a bubbly personality. Many skills take time to perfect-- multiple stunt sequences, super high toe touches, and elite tumbling. One thing ALL cheerleaders have in common is that they started with the basics.
Lee Franconia Cheerleading participants learn basic skills needed for sideline cheer -- cheers, chants, motions, jumps and dance. Stunts and tumbling will be conducted safely, and progress according to individual & squad ability. A 2.5 minute routine will be choreographed for Performance Day to include all of these skills. Practices will also include conditioning, needed to build stamina and improve coordination.
Additional requirements for successful cheerleading include a: Strong Voice, Positive Attitude, Enthusiasm, Winning Smile, & Ability to work with others.
Below are some examples of what is covered in summer camp and during the season. Combined with spirited cheers and crowd-pleasing chants, LFFL cheerleaders will own the sidelines at every game.
Go to "Other Fun Stuff" to see a list of local gyms that offer tumbling classes.
Motions should always be sharp and tight. Keep motions in your peripheral vision, while looking straight ahead. Shoulders are relaxed, but elbows locked. Wrists are flat, not bent. Don't overextend your arms. A "T" is level. A "V" should look like a V.
Clap cleanly -- elbows in, your clasped hands right below your chin.
Every movement you do is a motion including claps/clasps, bringing arms down to your side, etc. Always be quick and precise.
-Start with feet together and arms by your side.
-Count 5,6,7,8. On 8 clasp hands.
-On 5, whip your legs back together, landing with knees bent and arms by your side. Hold for count 6.
-On counts 7 & 8, stand up and clean (arms by your side).


by Hilton Hater at November 20, 2014 1:29 pm .
Ty Herndon has come out as gay.
And what is that truth?
The Nashville artist was arrested in 1995 for exposing himself to a police office and also spend time in rehab for a substance abuse problem.
"I have made a lot of mistakes in my life. They've been my mistakes, and I own them," says Herndon. "I've done a lot of work around forgiveness with people that I've hurt and people I've not been honest with because of my sexuality."
About four years ago, country artist Chely Wright also came out as gay.
Herndon says he's in a serious relationship with a partner named Matt and that he's trying to reconcile his Christian faith with his homosexuality.
"I sit on the tailgate of my pickup truck, and I meditate, and I talk to God," he says. "That's really all I need to know. I have a connection to something bigger than myself, and no one's going to tell me that I can't have it. We get to choose who we love, and that includes God, and he loves us back."


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I also fully agree with Milanovic's critique of Alston's assertion that, outside of armed conflict, "the use of drones for targeted killing is almost never likely to be legal." This statement is unncessarily conclusory: there should be some limited room for these strikes in the law enforcement paradigm of human rights, provided that the target poses a significant danger, that no opportunity for capture exists, etc. One imagines that this might be the case in countries where the government holds only loose control over wide swaths of territory. But, to be sure, drone strikes on the New Jersey Turnpike are almost certainly illegal.
I would not presume to step further into such well-covered ground. Instead, I will use this space to highlight some other aspects of the report, while recognizing that these are definitely sidenotes to the major issues.
Those interested in the Global Administrative Law project (GAL) may wish to note Section III(H) of Professor Alston's report, and not just because it tosses out terms like "transparency" and "accountability." In this section, the special rapporteur stresses the failure of States to disclose the legal basis of their targeted killing policies and the criteria for target selection. The report also concludes by recommending that States make public their policies, as well as the rationale for "decisions to kill rather than capture" and the procedures in place to prevent errors of fact and law. (See para. 93).
The targeted killings policies of States like the U.S. seem to be facing the same problem as much of global administrative practice. Operating largely in secret and lacking an articulated legal basis, the exercise of this power operates with little accountability and is widely perceived as illegitimate, even in cases where the victims of these strikes are clearly dangerous. Thus, it is suggested that the basic principles of administrative law — such as transparency, findings on substantial evidence, and accountability mechanisms — will help cure these defects, at once limiting States' previously unchecked power to kill terror suspects while legitimating strikes that conform to these procedural principles.
I am inclined to agree with Professor Alston that articulating clear criteria for targeted killings would not overly burden national security interests. It seems to me that to argue the converse would be analogous to saying that publishing the elements of criminal offenses would frustrate the state's ability to fight crime. Such criteria would not need to give away evidence-gathering methods or the means used to track down and kill the subject. And it's not clear that post facto publication of the factual findings supporting individual strikes would give away such sensitive information, either. In many cases, the crimes of terrorist leaders are so widely known that their publication would not jeopardize any particular channel of information.
But the discussion in Section III(H) of the report also demonstrates the limits of these procedural safeguards. Publication of clear rules, and of findings supported by evidence, is crucial to assessing the legality of a particular exercise of govermental authority. But these ex post controls are hardly sufficient when the exercise of authority in question amounts to a summary execution. (Of course, the special rapporteur does not suggest that they are.) And the ex ante constraints normally provided by due process — notice, procedural participation, input from stakeholders, etc. — are largely unavailable if targeted killings are to be at all effective.
The foregoing only emphasizes the absolute necessity for substantive limits on targeted killings, and these constitute most of Prof. Alston's recommendations.


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Celebrity Afemo Omilami to Serve as Master of Ceremony for African Diaspora World Tourism Awards
By ADTourism March 7, 2019 No Comments
Internationally acclaimed film, television and stage actor Afemo Omilami will be the Master of Ceremony for the African Diaspora World Tourism Awards gala event taking place on August 27th 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Omilami has been in show business for almost 35 years where he is best known for his roles in legendary films such as The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Forrest Gump, Drumline, and The Blind Side. He has also had roles in The Firm, Gordy, Remember the Titans, Ray, Hounddog and many others, and to date he has appeared in over 70 movies. Having captivated the international press and television media, he has been spotlighted in New York Times, LA Times, Fox News, CBS and many more. Omilami has worked alongside the industry's most iconic stars including Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, Michael Keaton, Colin Farrell and many others.
Perhaps best known for his role as the Drill Sergeant in Forrest Gump (1994), Omilami was nominated for "Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special" in the 2013 NAACP Image Awards for his performance in Lifetime's Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton. His television credits include episodes of Law and Order, Dawson's Creek, The Shield, The Heat of the Night, I'll Fly Away and All My Children. Omilami has appeared in stage performances many times, done Broadway, and starred in plays written by Langston Hughes and August Wilson.
Among his latest projects is the HBO hit series True Detective 2, in which Omilami plays the leading African-American character opposite other industry greats including Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, and Rachel McAdams. His other recent projects includes Terminator:Genisys, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Smoking Mirror, where he will play a Vampire Hunter, and The Founder which also stars Michael Keaton.
In addition to being a sought after actor, Omilami is the Chief Operating Officer of Atlanta's largest social services organization, Hosea Helps (a.k.a Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless) that was founded by Civil Rights Icon Hosea Williams. With this charitable organization, Omilami has worked helping the disenfranchised going on 20 years with his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Hosea Williams, where they provide food to over 20,000 underserved Atlanta citizens each year. Omilami's motto that he lives by is: "Only by God's grace can we do what we've been called to do. We live by the saying: As you do unto the least, you do unto me. These times demand that we become small enough to do the big things."
Assisting Omilami with the awards ceremony are co-host Evita Robinson, founder of the globally renown Nomadness Travel Tribe Robinson and Sebrena Sumrah-Kelly, founder /president of Caribbean and American Global Business Connections. Both ladies are champions in African Diaspora cultural and heritage tourism. Awards event week-end is August 26-28, 2016.
Now with a membership of about 10,000 people in over three dozen countries, Robinson launched Nomadness Travel Tribe as an urban travel organization that has now turned into a full-fledged travel movement. Since her first taste of Europe, at age twenty-one, Evita has traveled to twelve countries, on three different continents and she has since lived in New York, Paris, Japan, and Thailand. As word got out around the world about the travel group, Robinson has been in demand in the media and as a sought after travel expert. Having appeared in numerous media sources and special guest presenter for many organizations and institutions, Robinson he was named one of Clutch Magazine's "11 Black Women Inspiring Us to Travel." The Nomadness Tribe's first ever NomadnessX group trip to Panama was featured in the July 2012 issue of Ebony Magazine. Other media sources who have sought Robinson out to cover her phenomenal success with Nomadness are Huffington Post, New York Times, UpTown, Black Enterprise and also broadcast media. Now on a roll, and approaching celebrity status in the travel industry, she continuously get inquiries from different print and broadcast media sources frequently.
Robinson, who is the founder and host of Nomadness Travel TV (Nomadnesstv.com), could easily be dubbed the "Mother of the Millennial Travel Movement." She started Nomadness Travel after concluding a year and a half of traveling around the world where she videotaped her life on the NomadnessTV web series. She then blended her love for production and her love for travel, invited others to join and the travel tribe was born. Robinson says that the Nomadness Travel Tribe is the edgy, underrepresented demographics of the in the international travel industry. "With an invitation-only platform, we share stories, advice, photos and conversation about our personal experiences around the world," explains Robinson, whose members boast well over 15,000 passport stamps. "We are the new age travel movement!" Robinson recently launched a travel wear swimsuit line and will host the first urban travel expo with Nomadness in New York this year. (NomadnessTV.com)
A native of Guyana, South America, Kelly has a passion for helping other to achieve success in their career goals, and thereby created a platform for her Caribben culture and the American and Global Community to come together. Often called upon to serve as Mistress of Ceremony for various events, she is known as Atlanta's NO. 1 networking who has the ability to bring people together in such a way to raise awareness about their perspective businesses. She encourages people to move beyond their communities through effective networking with the goal of formal personal and professional relationships. She believes that networking is one of the best ways to get the public to know who you are. With various clients such as African Leadership magazine utilizing her talents as a connector, her unique networking style has been viewed by many as an asset for any business or organization.
Kelly is a radio host/ producer / international speaker global ambassador/ master networker who is affiliated with over 30 countries. Through her company Caribbean and American Global Business Connections (CABC), she helps to build bridges thorugh different cultures and backgrounds by providing a platform for people to come together. CABC travels to different communities each month to spotlight local businesses which affords her clients an opportunity to network withother people with whom they normally would not have contact. With chapters nationwide and globally, Kelly's mantra is N-Vest_N-You because no one else will. The CABC platform challenges people to spotlight their businesses passions and dreams. (CABCGlobal.net)
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