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Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park
Medieval Festival is a Fascinating Event in Washington Heights
October 4, 2017 / Washington Heights Neighborhood / Sports & Parks Manhattan / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
On Sunday, October 1st, I headed up to Washington Heights to attend the 35th annual Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park. It was a beautiful fall day as I rode the A train north from Times Square. I met a beautiful young princess from the Bronx on the train wearing a Medieval headband of flowers in her hair. We started talking about the Medieval Festival and lucky for me she had attended it previously and gave me a few important tips.
The first tip was to get off the train at the 190th Street stop because Fort Tryon Park is situated on a bluff [the forts always were so they could spot trouble ahead] and the 190th Street subway station is equipped with elevators which take you up to the park level which overlooks the rest of Washington Heights. She also drew my attention to the jousting contest which was to begin at 5 pm.
When I arrived at the top of the hill, I began my journey through the Medieval Festival which included numerous ye olde vendors selling food and clothing and gifts, as well as all sorts of other things including beauty items. But what was most peculiar were the various acts and events going on all along my walk north to the Cloisters.
Click here for additional photos and a video of the jousting contest, as well as a brief history of the Medieval Festival, the Cloisters and Fort Tryon Park.
The Dykman Farmhouse
Where the Cows Come Home in Historic Manhattan ...
September 25, 2017 / Washington Heights Neighborhood / Manhattan History / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
I had an opportunity to visit the Dykman Farmhouse in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan this past weekend. The event was their third annual Fall Festival where they offered cider tasting in commemoration of the historic Dykman apple orchards and cider mill, as well as a cheese and waffle tasting. The cheese was Dutch and came from Holland providing a holistic, historic and delightfully happy event.
The Dykmans were a Dutch family that came here in the 1600's and built the Dykman Farmhouse in the early 1780's. Their land holdings on the north section of Manhattan fluctuated, ranging from about 340 to 200 acres of land in northern Manhattan. In the mid 1800's [circa 1870] the Dykman heirs held several auctions, which liquidated most of their holdings, including the Dykman Farmhouse.
Historic Dutch Settlers Farmhouse in Manhattan
In 1915 two of the Dykman heirs repurchased the farmhouse and turned it into a museum in order to preserve a small shred of the colonial past of Manhattan. The sisters and one of their husbands helped find furniture and other home furnishings to recreate the colonial past, and they opened the Dykman Farmhouse Museum a year later in 1916. The Dykman Farmhouse is the oldest farmhouse in Manhattan.
I came upon the farmhouse walking down Broadway just south of 205th street in Washington Heights. It's on an elevated piece of land, which sets atop the land enclosed by a brick wall. I walked up the stone steps into another time dimension, because even though it's in the heart of Washington Heights, surrounded by tall buildings, the sisters purchased and preserved a large enough tract of land to provide the visitor with a sense of being in the country.
I continued walking on a stone path which ran along the front of the long porch at the front of the house. On the far side of the house there was the large yard, which not just protruded to the side of the house, but expanded deeply beyond the back of the house, where a few tall trees provided an inviting, picnic-like setting. The back porch was similar to the front porch in that it provided sufficient space for one to congregate in an expansive relaxed manner, which the guest musicians who were performing were relaxing.
Artisanal Beer Created in Washington Heights
Meredith Horsford, the Dykman Farmhouse Museum Executive Director, provided me with a brief tour of the house before we joined her other guest in the Dykman Farmhouse celebration. I'll provide a tour of the Dykman Farmhouse in a second story at a later date, so that I can tell you about the celebration now.
There was an artisanal beer maker at the event whose name is Juan J. Camilo. Juan is from the Washington Heights neighborhood and just four years ago, he created and launched Dykman Brew. He told me he had started home brewing about eight years ago and that the Chelsea Brewery in the Bronx currently brews the beer. I'm a pretty interested beer drinker [preferences range from Becks to Guinness to Peroni], and I don't find myself enjoying most new beers. But the Dykman Brew was an exception, as it is a smooth, rich, flavorful beer. Juan told me it's sold in many Washington Heights neighborhood stores, as well as in stores in other parts of the city, that you can find on his website - www.dykmanbeerco.com.
Artisanal Dutch Cheeses made in the Old Country
I also met a woman who helps Beemster Premium Dutch Cheese market their cheese in the U.S. She had samples which I tasted before we delved into the artisanal Dutch cheeseworks. The cheese was a semi-soft, creamy Gouda cheese that in addition to a nice taste on its own, would likely go well with just about any accompaniment.
She told me that the cheese is aged for 18 months on wooden planks in old historic stone warehouses before it is made available for sale. That the cows are herded on Dutch polder land [land reclaimed from the sea] which provides rich grazing. She noted that Beemster is one of the most - if not the most - sustainable dairies in the Netherlands, but that there are bilateral trade issues with organic certification which is why they can't yet make that claim on their cheese. The cheese tasted great before we started talking, and possibly even a bit more so after I had heard her tell me about it.
Live Music & Entertainment in Historic Washington Heights
I sauntered back around to the rear of the farmhouse where unfortunately [for me] the musicians had stopped playing. They were discussing their gigs around the city and how to get to and from them.
Anyhow, the third annual Fall Celebration at the Dykman Farmhouse was an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon. They have other upcoming programs, such as Oktoberfest. Check out their website for details and we'll periodically post some of the bigger events as they arise in our Weekend Things To Do post which is done sometime every Friday.
NYC History: Morris-Jumel Mansion
The Mansion, Once Washington's HQ, is Home to 'Spirited' History
August 8, 2017 / Washington Heights Neighborhood / Manhattan History NYC / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
I had an opportunity to visit the historic Morris-Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights this summer. The mansion was built in 1765 by a British Military Officer, Roger Morris, who had married a wealthy heiress, Mary Philipse. Mary was the daughter and granddaughter of early Dutch immigrants [circa 1650's] who had become large landowners along the Hudson River - including lands ranging from what is now the western Bronx, all the way up to Putnam County.
The Morris Jumel Mansion was built atop one of the highest - if not the highest points of Manhattan - and to this day provides a great view of the surrounding urbanscape. During the Revolutionary War General George Washington set up headquarters at the house in September / October of 1776 where he won his first battle against the British in the Battle of Harlem Heights. This was an important victory because it demonstrated the colonialists could win battles and it came after Washington's forces had to evacuate what is now Brooklyn - in a Dunkirk style exit across the East River earlier that summer. The curators at the mansion, maintain the room that was once Washington's headquarters in a manner similar to the time.
Morris Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights
Nonetheless, the British were beginning to surround Washington in that locale, so he soon evacuated it. Today we call the area Washington Heights, and it is likely Washington's presence in this home during the war, that influenced the name of this neighborhood.
These Morrises were sympathizers to the British Crown, and thus evacuated it when the American Revolutionary War broke out in 1775. Eventually Morris had to forfeit their lands, when the colonialists suprised the world, and in 1783 emerged the victorious agains the British Empire. It's worth noting that there is a Robert [not Roger] Morris who was one of the American Founding Fathers.
From the time of the forfeiture of the house until it was a acquired in 1810 by Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza, the mansion was reported to have been used as a tavern. There's not much information available about Stephen Jumel - not even a picture, but plenty about his wily wife, Eliza. They remodeled the house, notably the front of it in a Federalist style. Stephen died in a reportedly unusual death / accident in 1832 and there were rumors that Eliza may have had something to do with it.
Jumel Marries Burr & Mansion Inspires 'Hamilton' Playwright
Eliza married Aaron Burr, a former Vice President and the man who killed Alexander Hamilton. They reportedly lived together a short while [she was 19 years his junior], as it appeared to be a marriage of convenience [status for her and money for him] and she obtained the official divorce documents from him on the day of his death in 1836.
Eliza apparently was a shrewd businesswoman and managed the lands they owned in such a manner that she lived comfortably until her death in 1865. The estate took 16 years to settle and the house was finally acquired by the State of New York in 1904 and thereafter bestowed with increasingly protective historic designations.
Playwright Lin-Miranda, author of the popular play, 'Hamilton', apparently sought some good measure of inspiration from this site. Reportedly some key verses were written in Aaron Burr's bedroom.
Paranormal Investigations - Eliza Jumel & the Morris Jumel Mansion
There's been some emerging lore, dating back over half a century, that the ghost of Eliza Jumel, and possibly others, haunts the mansion. In fact the museum capitalizes on this lore by offering folks paranormal investigational tours.
All in all it was a fun visit to the Morris Jumel Mansion in Washington Heights. It was my first visit there and it won't be my last.
Fashion Show on the Hudson
Riverbank Park Fashion Show Highlights New & Known Clothing, Models & Designers
August 1, 2017 / Hamilton Heights Neighborhood / Manhattan Fashion & Designers / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
A couple of weeks ago I made my way to the 8th Annual Fashion on the Hudson fashion show at Riverbank Park at 679 Riverside Drive along the Hudson River in the Inwood neighborhood of upper Manhattan. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon as I headed into the Cultural Building in the 28 acre park.
The audience filled the Cultural Building, so I had to move around to get some photos of the models who were in the process of displaying men's swimwear. The muscular male models, with washboard ribbed stomachs marched down the runway showing a range of swimming suits that ranged from modest white trunks, to skimpy speedo cuts with psychedelic designs. I surveyed the crowd and found a number of women who seemed appreciative of the new designs and cuts.
As I was tight on time, I decided to make my way backstage to talk to a few of the models and designers to learn a bit more about them. Backstage a number of models had queued up for the ongoing swimwear segment of the program, while deeper backstage a number of the formal wear models were prepping for their debut.
In the photo above right you can see members of the audience enjoying themselves at the Fashion on the Hudson fashion show at Riverbank Park in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan.
Fashion on the Hudson Showcases Local Designers & Models
Fashion aficionado Daryl H. Miles, Founder of Beyond Styles by Miles, took a few minutes to talk to me about the show. He told me that Sofia Davis, editor of Fashion Avenue News, founded the show and that it has been produced at this location since its inception. At first Sofia held the show outside, but given the vagaries of the weather she decided to bring it in, where it has been ever since.
This year the show hosted 30 designers displaying swimwear, formal wear, casual wear and other stylish creations. The show is free to the public, but you must rsvp because seating is limited. The Fashion on the Hudson fashion show represents a great opportunity to see what's new and what's hot in the local NYC metro fashion world, and provides an opportunity for people interested in the business to meet models, designers and fashion buyers.
Daryl of Beyond Styles by Miles [www.beyondstylesbymiles.com - not to be confused with www.stylesbymiles.com] has been in the business for a number of years helping designers, models and fashion show organizers promote their fashion lines and brands.
I stayed a bit longer shooting photos of the models and lines before departing. And I'm looking forward to being able to spend more time covering the show next year.
In the photo above right you can see models who participated at the Fashion on the Hudson fashion show at Riverbank Park in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan.
Old World Big Screen Theater Coming Back
The United Palace is a Big Screen Theater Built in the 1930's
May 16, 2017 / Washington Heights Neighborhood / Film in Manhattan / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
Last month I had the opportunity to watch George Orwell's 1984 on the big screen at the United Palace theater in Washington Heights. I hopped aboard the subway at Times Square and made my way north into Washington Heights, bumping into a friend of a friend along the way.
I got off the A train at 175th Street and made the one block walk east to the the theater. The outside of the building is rectangular and made of stone, hiding an exquisite interior in an evolving neighborhood. When I stepped inside, I was nearly dazzled by the beauty and old world glamorous feel that the United Palace has managed to keep alive all these years.
More coming later this week.
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De Blasio Delivers State of the City Address
*Mayor Takes Humanist, Social Science Approach to Solving NYC Problems
*NYC Crime Down, Stop N' Frisk Down 97%
*NYC Public School Graduation Rate Up, H.S. Drop Out Rate Down, College Bound Graduates Up,
*70,000 Children Enrolled in Universal Pre-K
*Financing Initiated on 62,000 Units of Affordable Housing
*NYC Budget Surplus
February 14, 2017 / Harlem Neighborhood / NYC Government & Politics / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
I attended Mayor de Blasio's third State of the City Address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday. The beautiful old theater, built in 1904, didn't admit African Americans until thirty years later. And it was in 1934 that the historic theater began earning the fame it has today, by becoming the showcase for African American musical and theatrical legends.
In the photo at right is the Apollo Theater as seen from one of the balcony booths prior to the beginning of Mayor de Blasio's 2017 State of the City Address. GB LINKS.
These are the Times that Try Men's Souls: Thomas Paine & Fighting Tyranny
There were a number of performances and speeches leading up to the Mayor's address, including a performance by the Dorothy Maynor Choir of Harlem and an operatic delivery of the Star Spangled National Anthem by FDNY's Regina Wilson. Recently deceased Detective Steven McDonald's son, Conor, gave a speech, as did NYC First Lady Chirlane McRay, the Reverend David Ramos, Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Imam Souleimane Konate.
The Pledge of Allegiance was delivered by Jian 'John' Yuan Lin, Chyna Huertas and Eva Lin. And the Reverend Michael Walrond, of the First Corinthian Baptist Church, gave a fiery, inspirational speech talking comparing the national state of affairs today to the American colonists fighting to shake off the shackles of tyranny. He cited the words of American Revolutionary Thomas Paine, who in 1776 said,
"These are the times that try men's souls."
Just before the Mayor came on stage was a video highlighting the de Blasio Administration accomplishments.
Mayor de Blasio Standing Big & Tall for All New Yorkers
The Mayor came onto the stage, beginning by thanking the various people and departments that helped make his Administration's accomplishments possible. His thanks always include his wife, Chirlane McCray, who has been evolving in her role as NYC's First Lady.
Here's a sampling of the de Blasio's efforts to make New York a better place for all New Yorkers. Some of the information came from the video presentation referenced above, which I have augmented with some additional research and information obtained in prior reporting efforts.
In the photo at right stands a weary, but determined, Mayor Bill de Blasio at his 2017 State of the City Address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
I. De Blasio Administration NYC Public School Achievements
A. Social Science & Humanist Approach to Education
•	Universal Pre-K Enrollment 70,000
•	Advanced Placement For All
•	Drop Out Rates Down
•	Graduation Rates Up
•	College Bound Graduates Up
The slide at right shows some of the gains made by the de Blasio Administration with the NYC public school system over the past three plus years.
1.	Stop the Bleeding – Stop the 'CORPORATE' run Charter Schools from Maximizing Profit at the Expense of Maximizing Human Potential
Editor's Note: There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between the NON-PROFIT CHARTER SCHOOLS and FOR-PROFIT CHARTER SCHOOL CORPORATIONS. Non profit charters are generally older organizations, designed as an alternative in response to failing public schools decades ago, and whose focus is on improving education - not improving profits.
By contrast the FOR-PROFIT CHARTER SCHOOL CORPORATIONS generally arose in the 21st century, and this group appears to be pillaging the public school system by recruiting and siphoning off the good [low cost / high performing] students so they can maximize profits – not enhance public education.
The despicable consequence of this for-profit charter school strategy is that they are simultaneously robbing the most vulnerable, disadvantaged children of anything resembling an opportunity in life as promised in the founding documents of this nation.
Family background continues to be the highest determinant [have the highest correlation] of a student's academic achievement.
So the de Blasio Administration has significantly slowed the corporate charter school assault on the public education system.
Corporate Charter School Business Strategy Comparable to Old Health Insurance 'Gaming the System'
Recruit the Academic Achievers, 'the Healthy Ones', Because They're Most Profitable & Shun the Rest
It appears the charter school corporations have employed a strategy designed to recruit and retain the best students to their schools, while leaving the rest behind. They appear to recruit the kids who are already performing well, because the performing children cost the least to educate, thus providing the highest return to the hedge fund profiteers because the funding is allocated on a per capital / per student basis. High performing student enrollments also enable corporate charter schools to claim they are 'performing well' because they've recruited the highest scoring students.
The recruitment and retention strategy referenced above resembles the old health insurance strategy of recruiting the healthy people to buy health insurance as they are the most profitable, while denying those who aren't blessed with good health because they cost the most to keep healthy. This was a systemic inequity Obamacare attempted to eradicate.
In the photo at right stand an Imam [Islam], a Rabbi [Jewish] and a Reverend [Christian] all sharing the same podium with a message of love, peace, respect and understanding.
2. Help the Youngsters & Maximize Human Potential – Not Profits
The De Blasio Administration pushed through universal Pre-K, which has enrolled 70,000 students since its inception in the Fall of 2014.
When this first came out I, and a number of people I know, didn't really grasp the importance of this effort. As family support is the highest determinant in a child's success, many youngsters were entering the public school system at a significant disadvantage vis a vis their better parented peers.
By accessing these kids while they are younger, and providing access to the guidance and resources of the public school system earlier, the NYC Public School system now has a greater chance of motivating these kids, which will inevitabley empowering them, raising their self esteem, and give them a chance at a far more engaged and productive life.
I now get it. And this seems like it can only be a good thing for all of society, as it will reduce societal costs of failing these people early on.
Maximizing Human Potential is Good Public Policy that Costs Less in the Long Haul & Enormously Benefits Society
This approach to education enables us as a society to maximize our human potential, which will benefit all the community - and in some small way - all mankind. Not only is this a more humanistic approach to engaging these children, but it's more cost effective in the long haul, as those left behind will inevitably cost society more through lost opportunities, lost productivity, and increased spending on health, human services and criminal justice programs.
In the photo at right is the Mayor on stage at the Apollo Theater with all of the people working for the city that he honored that night including policemen, firefighters, sanitation workers and educators. The Mayor appears to be one who is very much in touch with the middle & working class rank and file of New York City.
Click here for our report about Mayor Bill de Blasio's State of the City Address 2017 including an update on crime, the affordable housing crisis, the city's finances, sanitation and social activism.
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As part of the quest to track down long-dead relatives… sorry, connect with my past… I have subscribed to a couple of web sites. Genes Reunited was one of them. Now, before I have a pop at Genes Reunited, as I'm undoubtedly going to (and let's face it, you're now looking forward to it), let me first say that it's actually a very good site to join if you're into the family history research fad. I've discovered some good info, and I've made contact with a relative who has been tremendously helpful. In short, if you're researching your family history, you should join.
The one feature I have an issue with is 'Hot Matches'. Let me explain. Genes Reunited allows you to upload your tree (it supports the GEDCOM standard, blah blah, technical stuff). To give you an idea of the quantity, in the last month over four million names were added to the combined trees of Genes Reunited members. Every two weeks the Hot Matches feature will look at your tree and then look at a cross section of the other tress and match up details – the idea being is that if I have a Mary Brown in my tree, born in 1855, Hot Matches will tell you about Mary Browns in other trees which may belong to distant relatives. And in doing so you make contact, swap details on ancestors, have tearful reunions with people who have the same great x7 grandfather, and so on.
Back to Mary Brown. You've probably guessed by now that I've used that name as an example because a) she was an ancestor of mine and b) it's a more frequently-occurring name than anyone in the Ottaway family… or just about any other family. If you stood in any street of any town in the mid-1800s and threw a handful of gruel over your shoulder, you'd probably hit a Mary Brown. So you can probably believe me when I tell you that the Hot Matches search for Mary Brown, born in 1855, brings up quite a few results. But how hot are they?
This evening I started to plough through eleven pages of Hot Matches, and got through two pages worth before I got fed up and started writing this. Among the 'Hot Matches' were Mary Browns born in Hull, Bury, Glasgow, Plymouth, Staffordshitre, the Shetland Islands, Georgia (yes, the US state) and Tasmania. If you were playing hide-and-seek none of those could be considered hot… or even luke-warm. Not when you're looking for a Mary Brown born in Chiswick.
Ironically, Hot Matches would ignore Mary Browns born in Chiswick in 1854 or 1856 – which is a bit daft considering that you have to give a bit of leaway with dates, especially if your research is based on censuses where the ages are often rounded up or down.
Let me finish by saying that I understand why Hot Matches can't work with exact matches for locations. The GEDCOM record doesn't break a place of birth down into towns, counties and countries… it's one single location. If exact matches only were paired up, Mr Ottaway's record wouldn't have been matched due to a spelling discrepancy and the fact that Emma used the town and county, whereas I just used the town. Now if you'll excuse me, I have nine more pages of Hot Matches to get through.
Actually, Genes Reunited isn't the only web site giving the occasional bit of duff info. Today I received an e-mail from ancestry.co.uk saying that it had found a match for my great grandfather. Exciting… maybe, until it told me that the Robert in question was found in the 1930 United States Federal Census. My great grandfather was a draper / upholsterer who lived in Fulham and worked at Barkers of Kensington, so it's a bit unlikely.
Hi Darren, I was bitten with the Family Tree bug around the same time you look like you were (although mine was as the result of a very bizarre dream rather than LCTY!). Like you I have done most (all?) of my research from the comfort of my own room and I have kept everything using Excel and Word (yes, I know!).
I have managed to get all the way back to the 1770's/80's and have god knows how many relatives in the family tree, which is currently drawn out on a roll of wallpaper strectching about 10 meters in length. I think its about time I got some proper software to keep it all in.
Are you still using the software you mentioned in your first blog on this subject and if so, is it any good and who publishes it? If not, what are you using and again is it any good and who publishes it?
Hi Paul… I am still using the software I first blogged about. It's published by GSP (Global Software Publishing) but bear in mind it's donkey's years old so the version I have probably isn't available now. It's old and clunky but I've got used to it. Looking for GSP now takes you to the Avanquest site, and they have a Family Tree Maker product… ouch, £39. Or you could download the MyHeritage.com application for free.


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Spain), officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, with there also being two large archipelagoes, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the African Atlantic coast, two cities, Ceuta and Melilla, on the African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the African coast. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the only European country to have a border with an African countryand its African territory accounts for nearly 5% of its population, mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla. With an area of 505,990 km2, Spain is the largest country in Southern Europe, the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union, and the fourth largest country in the European continent. By population, Spain is the sixth largest in Europe and the fifth in the European Union. Spain's capital and largest city is Madrid; other major urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao and Málaga. Modern humans first arrived in the Iberian Peninsula around 35,000 years ago. Iberian cultures along with ancient Phoenician, Greek and Carthaginian settlements developed on the peninsula until it came under Roman rule around 200 BCE, after which the region was named Hispania, based on the earlier Phoenician name Spn or Spania. At the end of the Western Roman Empire the Germanic tribal confederations in migration from Central Europe invaded the Iberian peninsula and established themselves in relatively independent realms in its western provinces, including the Sueves, Alans and Vandals. Eventually, the Visigoths would integrate by force all remaining independent territories in the peninsula, including Byzantine provinces into the Kingdom of Toledo that more or less unified politically, ecclesiastically and legally all the former Roman provinces or successor kingdoms of what was then known in documents as Hispania. The Visigothic kingdom fell to the Moors except in the north where shortly after started a process known as Reconquista. Spain emerged as a unified country in the 15th century under the Catholic Monarchs, who completed the eight centuries-long Reconquista in 1492. In the early modern period, Spain became one of history's first global empires, leaving a vast cultural and linguistic legacy that includes over 500 million Hispanophones, making Spanish the world's second most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese. Spain is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with King Felipe VI as head of state. It is a major developed country with the world's fourteenth largest economy by nominal GDP and sixteenth largest by purchasing power parity. It is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, the Eurozone, the Council of Europe, the Organization of Ibero-American States, the Union for the Mediterranean, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OSCE, the Schengen Area, the World Trade Organizationand many other international organisations. Spain has a "permanent invitation" to the G20 summits that occur generally once a year.
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El Duque: The Story of Orlando Hernandez
El Duque: The Story of Orlando Hernandez by Kenny Lafreniere, Kenneth LaFreniere
With all its incredible heroes, baseball has never seen a player like Orlando El Duque Hernandez. From humble beginnings, El Duque rose to fame in his native Cuba as one of the best pitchers ever. But suddenly his baseball career was over. Fearing he would flee the country, the Cuban government banned him from baseball for life. Rather than be forced to watch from the sidelines, El Duque and seven other friends and players boarded a rickety boat and made a dangerous journey through shark-infested waters to freedom. After being shipwrecked for days on a deserted island, El Duque finally made it to American shores -- and a starting spot with the world-famous New York Yankees! A star pitcher in the 1998 World Series, El Duque enjoyed one of the best rookie seasons in the history of the Major Leagues -- and his inspiring story is just beginning...
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Everything MediaTek announced at CES 2019
Jan 9, 2019 - 7:00 AM - Products
In case you missed anything, here's a run-down of everything we announced at CES 2019. At the MediaTek press event, David Ku, CFO, stated that our ambition is to bring AI everywhere with a wide-ranging ecosystem of edge AI hardware processing solutions paired with comprehensive software tools. This will enable brands to really let their imaginations free to create incredible and innovative new devices.
Smart TV & Smart Displays
MediaTek has announced its latest AI picture quality technology (AI PQ), 8K TV chipsets and shown product demonstrations of new standards such as ATSC 3.0, that will deliver 4K broadcasts.
The new AI PQ technology brings real-time artificial intelligence to scene detection. This makes smart TVs actually smart: it can evaluate every frame and differentiate between those with people and other types of scenes – such as a landscape, indoor scene or sports arena – to automatically make dynamic, fine-tuned adjustments to the image parameters such as sharpness and skin-tone, for maximum picture quality. Previous standards of conventional picture quality enhancement were a single setting, regardless of the content being played. With AI PQ processing, MediaTek-powered smart TVs simply deliver better picture quality without compromises.
Voice Assistants & Portable Audio
The new MT8518 is specifically designed for premium voice assistant devices, portable speakers and smart home appliances. It builds on the huge success of the MT8516 that made MediaTek the market-leading chipmaker in voice assistant devices.
For battery-powered, portable devices in particular, MT8518's ultra-low power playback can provide 2x longer playback at the same power use compared to previous generation solutions and its AI-enhanced voice wake-up represents a significant milestone in power-efficiency. Meanwhile, it's new, powerful edge AI hardware enables natural language processing, with off-line command recognition, enhancing responsiveness and privacy. When it comes to product design, by using MediaTek's PowerAQTM, audio brands have a powerful acoustic tuning tool to imbue the best quality in their exciting new products.
Inside the MT8518, it introduces a highly tailored array of processing functions including Cortex-A53 cores, Cortex-M4, audio DSPs and an AI processing unit (APU) custom-designed by MediaTek for audio. Altogether it offers a mix of high performance, ultra-low power use and an incredibly flexible design opportunity for product makers.
In addition to the MT8518, the MT8715 is a chipset for voice assistants integrated with displays and cameras. It will bring users a more interactive experience and even more potential capabilities thanks to its advanced image signal processing (ISP) and AI processing unit (APU) technologies that make image capturing faster, clearer and with excellent power efficiency.
Wi-Fi 6 Connectivity
We've launched the first combo Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), AP and Bluetooth in a single chip – with its unique twin-radio simultaneous co-existence – to bring faster, more reliable connectivity to the home and business. The platform can be used in a wide range of products such as wireless access points, routers, gateways and repeaters for either home or business.
In addition to essential features such as ODFMA, MU-MIMO, TWT, Spatial Reuse and 1024QAM, MediaTek's Wi-Fi 6 chipset also brings multi-user packet rescheduling to provide a higher performance for latency-sensitive applications, such as games or streaming video, ensuring there's zero lag.
Both 2x2 and 4x4 antenna options are available: complying with the latest standards, while also offering a flexible architecture to support the Wi-Fi 6 specification when it is finalized later in 2019.
MediaTek is also leading the deployment of the Wi-Fi Alliance EasyMesh standard through its smart home products. The new standard extends the Wi-Fi signal for total access in the home and beyond - providing a single Wi-Fi network coverage as far as you need it.
Our Autus platform is growing again with the launch of a new series of advanced sensors that will pave the way towards greater levels of assisted driving, and eventually, autonomous vehicles. Since our entry into the automotive chip market, we've leveraged our significant semiconductor R&D capabilities and comprehensive technical experience to make inroads with top auto manufacturers and partners.
Today, MediaTek offers a comprehensive, vehicle-wide platform that consists of Telematics; comprehensive in-vehicle communication solutions for Internet of Vehicles – IoV, Infotainment; advanced multimedia and display technologies, V-ADAS (Vision Advanced Driver Assistance System); cameras paired to low-power visual processing units (VPU) that provide a high-level of edge processing and functionality, and mmWave Radar; industry-leading CMOS mmWave Radar solutions that can accommodate short to long-range sensing with ultra-low latency and fine-detail resolution.
MediaTek's Autus mmWave Radar solution was put into mass production last year, while its in-vehicle communication system, in-vehicle information entertainment system and vision driver assistance system have been recognized by the world's leading automobile manufacturers and partners ahead of mass production this year.
Learn more about the deeper features of each product group in the CES press release, or via our Autus automotive pages.
For smartphone fans, last month saw the launches of the MediaTek Helio P90 and P35; new high-performance and performance-mainstream chipsets respectively; with the P90 leading the industry in AI performance. Smartphones using the P35 are available today, while P90-infused devices are being readied to launch in the next few months.
For 5G, MediaTek also announced its Helio M70 modem, fulfilling the industry need for a comprehensive multi-mode, global solution.


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The College Board announced on Wednesday that it will majorly change the format and focus of its SAT, including a return to the old 1600-point scoring system.
The College Board announced on Wednesday that it will majorly change the format and focus of its SAT college exam. The changes include a reversion to the old 1600-point scoring system and the elimination of an essay requirement, both of which were introduced in the previous SAT overhaul in 2005. College Board president David Coleman announced that he would change the SAT a year ago, just after he joined the organization as its head. The College Board will introduce the new test in 2016, according to The New York Times's report on the changes. That means students currently in ninth grade will end up taking the revamped test as 11th graders.
Coleman is probably best known as one of the people who created the Common Core standards for K-12 students currently being implemented in 46 states. The reforms, according to The Washington Post, will bring the test more in line with Common Core. But there's another big reason that The College Board might be trying something new: Its biggest competitor in the college aptitude test market, the ACT, is gaining more and more of a foothold for high school students across the nation. In 2012, the ACT overtook the SAT's 1.6 million annual test-takers as the more popular of the two. And, it's going to start allowing students to take the test on a computer starting next year.
The SAT's signature penalty for guessing incorrectly on a question will be eliminated. That change will have a huge impact on how students are trained to take the exam.
Some more "obscure" vocabulary words will be cut, and replaced with words that The College Board believes are used more commonly in college classrooms. For instance, as the AP volunteers, students probably won't have to memorize the definitions for "prevaricator" and "sagacious." But they will have to know, say, "empirical."
Students won't be able to use a calculator anymore for some of the math sections. And overall, the math part of the exam will focus on "linear equations, functions and proportional thinking," according to The New York Times.
The exam will revert to its old scoring system, with a total top possible score of 1600. That's 800 possible for math, and 800 possible for verbal, which will now be called "Evidence-Based Reading and Writing." Students opting to submit an essay, now optional, will get a separate score for that part of the test.
Test takers can use either pencil and paper or a computer to take the exam.
The College Board is also attempting to address another huge criticism of the SAT: that wealthier students have an advantage over students from lower income households (test scores and family income do have a correlation). The organization simultaneously announced a partnership with the Khan Academy to provide free test prep materials for students. And low-income students taking the test will receive four fee waivers for college applications.


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How To Deal With Rejection
By Dan Dowling
When you get rejected, the popular response is to quit. That's why most people don't pursue their passions or live their dreams.
But the correct response is to keep going, and to go so hard, by the time you are accepted, you don't actually need anybody's opinion but your own.
Take my early freelance career: I'd get a nibble or two. But then, I'd get rejected. So, I'd tuck my tail, curl into a ball and pretend I was dead.
To my untrained mind, the rejection meant I was an imposter. And I fed those imposter feelings by doing more of nothing, which in hindsight was the worst possible thing to do. I'd make $5,000 a year if I was lucky, and I had to settle for living with mom and dad.
Fast forward to today. It's four years later, and I have my work plastered on the best sites around the web. I'm independent, and I'm doing what I love.
I still get rejection slips, though.
A magazine politely told me to suck it last week. But I don't feel the sting so acutely because I have 30 more irons in just as many fires.
I keep my confidence high because I know that at least one of my 50 queries or interviews will pan out. And I keep my mind focused on moving forward by continuing to do my best work, setting goals and living the way a successful person lives.
I still want to crawl in a hole and die on occasion. But I never let that feeling stop me from making progress.
Because stopping is incorrect.
I borrowed my persistence strategy from Louis L'Amour, who is the famed author of 60 bestsellers.
Pictures of his query log reveal one acceptance letter for every 20 stories pitched. Louis went on to say in his autobiography that the only way he kept going was by having hope. He stoked his hope by putting out so many pitches, it would be mathematically inconceivable for them all to get rejected.
As long as I had the hope of acceptance, rejection never got me down.
So, whatever you have to do, keep your hope alive. That means keeping your forward momentum through any means possible.
It means applying your time and talents to as many different outlets as you can. It means stopping your "poor me" thoughts dead in their tracks, and reversing your inner dialogue with some affirmative action.
Because if you're doing your best, then you are a success. You don't have to worry about what others think because they don't determine your actions: That's your job.
Just make sure you feel good about yourself.
When you feel like quitting, train your mind to go into hyperdrive. Do everything in your power to advance your station.
Those efforts will often be small enough to seem insignificant. But when it comes down to forward momentum or a backslide into normalcy, those small efforts will create the tipping point.
If you've done enough, you'll progress into your success, and nothing will be able to stop you.
But if you've wallowed because you thought you should be further along than you are, then you'll want to wallow even more when you think of how much further you could've gone... if you'd only given the effort.
So, the next time you catch yourself feeling like dog vomit, do something. Do something good that's contingent on your values and gives you hope.
Effort is the answer.
As a freelancer, I've gone through tough times... especially at the beginning. Even recently, I had a holiday lapse where I could barely made ends meet.
But instead of crawling into a hole and dying, I pitched person after person and business after business. I wouldn't allow myself to defeat myself through inaction.
So, even though I felt like a speck, I kept creating value and putting myself out there. And today, I have so much work coming at me that I have to hire other writers to help with the load.
I still have more irons in the fire, and I'm still feeding my confidence.
This reminds me of the old Indian parable of the little boy and his grandpa. The grandpa told the boy that every person has a good wolf and a bad wolf inside of him.
The boy asked which one wins, and the old man replied, "Whichever you feed."
So, feed your confident beast. Feed your sexy beast. Feed your rich beast. Feed your happy beast.
Feed your productive beast. Feed your smart beast.
And when the "poor me" wolf howls, let him starve. The same goes for the imposter wolf, the complacent wolf, the lazy wolf and the hopeless wolf.
When in doubt, do your best.
Do something. Do anything.
In fact, stop reading this article: Just get out there and do the damn thing.


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Global Personals ranked in European Media Momentum Top 50 for 2nd year running
London, UK, 16 May 2012 – Global Personals Ltd, the largest privately owned online dating company in Europe that owns award-winning platform WhiteLabelDating.com, has been placed No.16 in the Media Momentum Top 50 - a compiled list recognising the most innovative and fastest growing companies in the European Digital Media Economy, organised by investment bank GP Bullhound. Global Personals Ltd was one of ten finalists for the Media Momentum Awards, the shortlist chosen by an esteemed panel of 27 judges from Europe's booming digital media.
Ranked for the second year running and one of a few British companies to make the list, Global Personals Ltd has been expanding into a number of areas including the successful launch of a mobile platform service, plus acquisition of leading freemium brand Smooch.com and it's parent company WooWise. With annualised revenues of £36million, the company will be announcing further developments over the next six months.
Ross Williams, co-founder and CEO, said:
It's a great achievement to make the European Media Momentum Top 50 for the second year running. We are now the fastest growing online dating company in EMEA and have lots of exciting developments that we are currently working on. I would like to thank our ever-growing team for their passion and hard work."
Now in its ninth year, the GP Bullhound Summit and Media Momentum Awards involved some of the most prominent decision makers in Europe's digital media industry. The exclusive day-long event saw over 170 pioneers and leading commentators within the sector participate in a series of insightful sessions to discuss some of the most hotly debated issues affecting Europe's digital landscape.
Manish Madhvani, Managing Partner at GP Bullhound, comments:
"The Media Momentum Awards continue to showcase the stars of the European Internet sector. The Top 50 companies have grown their revenues from c€400m to well over €2bn in 3 years I would like to personally congratulate all the winners and nominees for their achievements. In a dire economic environment this is an admirable feat and these entrepreneurs will be crucial for Europe returning to strong growth. We are fortunate to have worked with many in the list and look forward to seeing the next €1bn company emerging from the list."
- About Global Personals -
Launched in 2003, Global Personals Ltd is one of the largest privately owned online dating companies worldwide. With annualised revenues of over £36 million, the company currently employs over 100 full time staff and owns and operates its own online dating sites including Singles365.com, DatingAgency.com and JustSingleParents.com, whilst its B2B service, WhiteLabelDating.com, offers a platform for brands and individuals to power their own dating sites that currently includes The Independent, Bauer Media and Plenty More Fish as partners. WhiteLabelDating.com provides the dating software, membership database, payment processing, customer support, hosting infrastructure and much more. You provide your brand, website design and marketing and we do the rest.
Global Personals has received a collection of accolades including fastest growing company in the South East, UK, in the 2011 and 2010 Deloitte Fast 50 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, won Digital Business Of The Year 2010, highly ranked in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 (2010, 2011) and the European Media Momentum Top 50 (2011, 2012). WhiteLabelDating.com has also won 'Best Dating Software Provider' for the last three years at the industry awards, iDate.
- About GP Bullhound -
GP Bullhound is a leading investment banking firm providing advice on mergers & acquisitions and institutional capital-raising to emerging growth companies in the Technology sector. The firm was established in 1999 and has a proven track record with over 100 completed M&A and private Placement transactions on behalf of leading global entrepreneurs and business builders. The firm's international team, comprised of some of the most experienced technology advisory professionals, together with its dedicated approach has helped establish its leading global position. GP Bullhound has strong domain expertise in the areas of Internet and Digital Media, Software and Services, CleanTech and Hardware, with a focus on providing pre-eminent advisory services to some of the best entrepreneurs, management teams and investors around the globe.
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European Media Momentum Top 50 ranking for 2nd year running
We are pleased to announce that our parent company Global Personals Ltd has been placed No.16 in the Media Momentum Top 50 - a compiled list recognising the most innovative and fastest growing companies in the European Digital Media Economy, organised by investment bank GP Bullhound. Global Personals Ltd was one of ten finalists for the Media Momentum Awards, the shortlist chosen by an esteemed panel of 27 judges from Europe's booming digital media.
Global Personals Ltd Ranked In European Media Momentum Top 50
Global Personals Ltd, the most successful privately owned online dating company in Europe that owns platform WhiteLabelDating.com, has been ranked 32 in the Media Momentum Top 50, the awards recognising the most innovative and fastest growing companies in the European Digital Media Economy, organised by GP Bullhound. The invitation-only 2011 event was attended by 150 of the most influential decision makers from the European digital media industry.
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Global Personals Ltd Makes Finals In Media Momentum Top 50
Global Personals Ltd, the most successful privately owned online dating company in Europe that owns platform WhiteLabelDating.com, has been selected for the Media Momentum Top 50, the awards recognising the most innovative and fastest growing companies in the European Digital Media Economy, organised by GP Bullhound.


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Our vision about landscape starts from a careful study by asking the right questions to get the answers that planners and project managers need at the moment in the design process when they can be acted upon.
How should we plan to do more with less to create a more resilient future? The way we use materials and save energy and other resources affects our neighbours near and far, so it is important that design decisions don't degrade someone else's back yard, quality of life or local eco-systems and the services they provide. We need to combine water, waste, and energy strategies, with biodiversity informed by cultural heritage.
Ecology and technology, seemingly at opposite poles, do not have to work in opposition. Strategies for sustainable development, or rather, sustainable retreat, need an understanding and integration of both. Cities can be regarded vast and complex ecosystems.
We prefer to term this work Environmental Infrastructure rather than landscape, the etymology suggesting the term is too limiting, and as it is understood differently in other cultures.
layers & holistic approach
The design process needs consideration at different levels and scale simultaneously – the elements, the site and the wider picture.
The Studio Engleback team has considerable knowledge of natural processes, ecosystems, low energy architecture and sustainable principles. A landscape includes the elements contained within, such as built form and massing, and is not limited to the green spaces in between. By examining a place as a series of separate issues or layers, it is easier to understand the specific issues before re-assembling the parts to make the whole.
Multi functional environmental design informed by ecology, seeks to show the benefits of environmental interventions to meet the aspirations of clients, planners, architects, and now politicians to add value and a kind of 'environmental insurance' to a scheme.
Ecourbanism requires thinking at macro, meso and micro scales at the same time. It is also necessary to think outside the current conventions that determine our way of planning and designing settlements. This can be inconvenient and difficult, but it is essential in our quest to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions that affect climate, and in addressing the various issues that may arise as the world faces finite resource challenges in obtaining food, water, minerals, and energy.
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ecourbanism
Studio Engleback's approach is driven by the concept of ecourbanism. The Spanish architect planner Miguel Ruano has described ecourbanism as an approach that "addresses the development of multidimensional sustainable communities designed to be harmonious and balanced environments". It is a new discipline which is emerging to articulate the complex variables involved in a systemic approach to urban design as opposed to the compartmentalisation of conventional planning.
Ecourbanism is about whole system thinking. It requires simultaneous consideration of the project at macro, meso and micro scales. It is also necessary to think outside the current conventions that determine our way of planning and designing settlements, even as these move with the times. This can be inconvenient and difficult, but it is essential in our quest to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions that affect our climate and all that implies, and in addressing the various issues that may arise as the rapidly changing demography of the world faces new challenges in obtaining food, water and energy.
It is only recently that climatologists have started to use the emerging detailed data from ice, sea bed and lake sediment cores , along with timber samples that show past climate shifts to inform their work. It seems that comparatively small and temporary shifts in climate have led to the rise and fall of civilisations. The key to survival has been flexibility. The problem today is that there is less space for 'flexibility' available to mankind than hitherto because we have reached, and in some cases greatly exceeded, our environmental capacity. This means we must design in a multi-functional manner, and do more with less.
Ecology and technology, seemingly at opposite poles, do not have to work in opposition. Strategies for sustainable development, or rather, sustainable retreat, need an understanding and integration of both. Cities and Towns can be regarded vast and complex ecosystems whose impacts have escalated in the past 200 years. Now, at the start of the 21st century we must recognise the effects of urban areas on the wider environment and take steps to manage our life support systems.
Ecotechnology and intelligent systems provide a route to a more rational use of both renewable and nonrenewable resources - recycling and alternative energy sources, whilst a better understanding of natural processes can reduce energy inputs and be a force for environmental repair.
Following on from the much admired Stern Report on The Economics of Climate Change, a comprehensive study of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity that was set in train by the Potsdam G8+ summit in 2009, and it will change the way we value our Environment.
Multi functional environmental design informed by natural systems and ecology, seeks to embody the benefits of environmental interventions that meet the aspirations of architects and clients to add true value to a scheme. In this way, a street tree may be part of the urban design aesthetic whilst also filtering air, reducing urban heating, assisting in reducing energy use in buildings, and acting as a wildlife resource. Applied to a masterplan or an urban strategy, this approach seeks to interpret and inform the total environment and how people use it, and initiates the thinking that needs to be taken down to the micro level so that surfaces and structures are invested with a porosity and opportunity for wildlife that cumulatively adds up to a significant resource supporting the whole site and wider community. It is for this reason that we prefer to term this work Environmental Infrastructure rather than landscape, because it is essential and not merely decorative, and forms the basis of a resilient plan.
In embracing ecourbanism, the team seeks to create a strategy greater than the sum of its parts which addresses diverse, but interconnected, issues of our own and the environment's well being. Idealistic in tone, the vision is practical and achievable and deliverable with the level of green innovation increasing over time.


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Ken is on to something here. Many expert freelance SEO services offer analytics management. And probably know how to get feedback and see how the practices are performing in the real world. However, they are not acutely aware of the importance of a proper feedback mechanism set into place. They gloss over the traffic…and that's it. This is a very important thing to consider when you are hiring freelance SEO experts.
Over the years, I have perfected my skills of getting the feedback of my actions. How the pages are performing according to my (our) goals and what can be done to improve them further?
The best system today is Google webmasters and analytics that offer tons of juicy info about the results of our actions. Google just doesn't show us the traffic, but also the breakdown of traffic into minute details, helping us see what is going on with our pages precisely.
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Even if you choose the best practices for you, staying there without looking how the world around us is changing can be fatal. Stagnation is fatal. SEO is not different. And I make sure it doesn't happen to us.
Getting traffic is easy. Anyone can do that. There are tons of low-cost services that will give you plenty of traffic to your website.
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Even the top Freelancer SEO experts get this wrong.
I make sure that majority of the traffic on your website are highly targeted for maximum revenue. Throughout my journey, I have learned to do this right. I don't believe in just showing the numbers on the graph that ultimately doesn't give you any value. Over the years, my strategies for targeting relevant visitors have proven to be fruitful in comparison to many other freelance SEO experts in India.
If you want to hire an SEO freelance expert, don't look further. The ultimate goal in my mind for clients is to bring targeted visitors. That's what my eyes are looking for at all times.
What follows below are my clients and the results that I achieved for them. From the screenshots, you can see that their websites have achieved high rankings and are sitting at top 5 search results.
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So you have read about what I do and how I do it?
Here's a bit of a summary the freelance SEO expert services I will be offering you. It's basically a list of the reasons about why you would want me as your freelancer SEO expert.
#1 – I have 5 years of experience as an SEO freelancer and have learned a lot. The proof of my experience is given above under "I get results" section. Notice the name of my clients (or their websites) are at the top half of the result page. I have done this frequently using my particular set of skills that I have acquired over the years working for numerous clients. When you hire me as your dedicated best SEO freelancer expert, expect the same results for yourself and your websites.
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#7 – I also know how to market local services on Google's search result page, on Google plus, directories, and maps. If you are seeing a decline of your sales to your local business, this is the way to go. And I will show you how to do it…nay; I will do it for you. I consider myself as a local SEO expert in India and globally as well. Because the work is all online.
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I have been passionately working as an expert freelance SEO consultant since last 5 years. This is my life and my livelihood. It is a challenging pursuit but also rewarding at the same time. There is no bigger thrill than seeing my clients' website about his or her services at the top half of Google Search result page.
I know I have made a big difference to their lives and that fills me with humbleness and gratitude.
I want to do the same for you. I want to get you out of the stuck phase of no sales and no customers. I know how frustrating it can get to seemingly do everything right but see no results. Internet a search engines are boon to our society at this time. However, it can get tricky and complicated. It can certainly be won, but it takes a lot of time to study and analyse the tactics. The Freelance SEO Specialist experts have already done this. I have already done this. So you don't have to. You can focus on things that you love, on your life, on your business, and let me handle the SEO part of your business.


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Q: Create labels for funnel plot points in metafor Looking at the funnel plot examples, on the metafor page - it seems there is a way to add labels to the funnel plot. The funnel plot page provides more details, but it does not list an example for adding labels.
The example provided:
library(metafor)
png(filename="contour_enhanced_funnel_plot.png",
    res=92, width=680, height=600, type="cairo")
par(mar=c(5,4,1,2))
data(dat.bcg)
res <- rma(ai=tpos, bi=tneg, ci=cpos, di=cneg, data=dat.bcg, measure="RR",
           slab=paste(author, year, sep=", "), method="REML")
funnel(res, level=c(90, 95, 99), shade=c("white", "gray", "darkgray"), refline=0)
dev.off()

Includes a labels field, but none are generated in the example.
How might I add labels to the funnel plot?
Looking here, it seems that using pch might be an alternative. Something along the lines of:
pch=paste(StudyName, StudyMeasure, sep=", ")

but that just produces one letter dots.
.

A: When browsing the sources of rma() and funnel.rma() (from version 1.9-2 of metafor), I cannot find any specific provisions in there for putting labels into the funnel plots. To draw your own labels, however, the positions appear to be in principle reproducible from the rma-object, so one might build on these numbers without having to recalculate everything. This approach will of course at least hinge on the chosen value of the yaxis-parameter, but by default sqrt(vi) ~ yi appears to work:
# ...
funnel(res, level=c(90, 95, 99), shade=c("white", "gray", "darkgray"), refline=0)
text(res$yi,sqrt(res$vi)+.016,res$slab,cex=.8)

Sometimes the graphical appearance may then of course suck as overlapping labels become unreadable.
Alternatively you might attempt to assign meaningful pch-values yourself (which should normally be integers), and try to explain these with a legend:
alloc.factor <- factor(dat.bcg$alloc)
stopifnot(res$k==length(alloc.factor))
funnel(res, level=c(90, 95, 99), shade=c("white", "gray", "darkgray"), refline=0,
    pch=as.numeric(alloc.factor),lwd=2,cex=1.6)
legend("topright",levels(alloc.factor),pch=1:3,pt.lwd=2,cex=1.6)

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2020 has been a tough year for many, but it hasn't stopped the big-time celebs from making money. Forbes Magazine has released a list of the highest paid celebrities from June 2019 to May 2020 and Kylie Jenner has earned the most, by a lot.
The top 2 earners are from the Kardashian Klan- Kylie Jenner takes number 1 spot with $590 million mostly thanks to her Kylie Cosmetics range, and her brother-in-law Kanye West follows with $170 million, mostly due to his Yeezy clothing and trainer deal with Adidas.
Sportsmen Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi follow next. Tennis star Naomi Osaka made history this year at number 90, earning the most any female athlete has ever made in a single year ($37 million). Pretty impressive for a 23 year old!
Listed below are the top 25 highest-paid celebrities of 2020, according to Forbes. Haven't made it on the list yet? Better luck next year!
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2. Kanye West — $170 million
3. Roger Federer — $106.3 million
4. Cristiano Ronaldo — $105 million
5. Lionel Messi — $104 million
6. Tyler Perry — $97 million
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14. Elton John — $81 million
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If you've ever read a book that impacted your life, you've probably considered writing to the author. If so, delay no further. Letter writing isn't as hard as you might think.
Send It Snail Mail
As novelist Maureen Johnson explains, emails "can come in with such ferocity that several authors I know have removed their email addresses from public view ... because there is simply too much (to deal with)." Sending a letter through the post office makes your letter stand out, shows you care enough to take a little time sending it, and may increase the chances of hearing back from the author. Occasionally, authors include a mailing address on their websites. If not, write to the author in care of the publisher, who should forward your letter to the author.
Use a Personal Format
When writing to authors, use a personal letter format. Include an opening salutation and a closing. The first paragraph should briefly explain who you are and why you are writing. The paragraphs that follow should go into further detail. It's fine to share personal details that apply to the book; for example, if you just had a bad breakup and the book helped you through it, mention this. But don't ask for favors, and keep the letter short and positive. If you hope for a reply from the author, include a stamped envelope addressed to yourself.
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Kristina Seleshanko began adult life as a professional singer and actress, working on both the West and East coasts. She regularly sang jazz in nightclubs, performed in musical theatre, and sang opera and pop. Later, Seleshanko became the author of 18 books, and has written for such publications as "Woman's Day," "Today's Christian Woman," and "True West." Seleshanko has also been a writing coach, a research librarian for "Gourmet" magazine, and a voice teacher.
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