New Program looking for help.
- Also looking for some graphic art for a potential character image maker.
- And if there are by any chance some computer musicians out there looking for an outlet with their superheroish music, that would be great too.
No pay is involved, strictly a freelance project. Also some more detail about the app: It's not going to be released for commercial purposes, just a tool to bring M&M into the online community in a graphic sense, but try to maintain to the rules and gameplay and not transform it into a new game style. The tool is already completed about 50%, aside from the work stated above. Some Beta testers would be appreciated as well. If you are interested, please post in this thread with which interest you would have in assisting. I will soon post instructions on how to go about doing that. Credit will be given in the app for all who help. Thanks in advanced.
Ok ok ok, here's a small demo of what I gots so far.
1) Extract the contents of the zip folder to your hardrive.
2) Double click on the M&MPackage.exe file.
3) You figure it out from there for now. A help file will be included in the final release.
Tell me what you think. Also, don't work about doing any work on it or anything for now, I'm not prepared for that yet. But do let me know if you are interested in helping. Thanks.


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Q: Yii2 translation is not working for spanish but is working for other languages I have a Yii2 app with four languages:

*

*English

*Spanish

*French

*Portuguese

I have implemented the language switcher and translated all the messages files generated by the following command:
php yii message/extract @app/config/i18n.php

Here are the configurations I use for i18n and the language switcher
config/web.php
'bootstrap' => ['log','languageSwitcher'],
'language'=> 'en', // spanish
'sourceLanguage' => 'en',
'i18n' => [
    'translations' => [
        'app' => [
            'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
            'basePath' => '@app/messages',
            'forceTranslation' => true,
        ],
        'kvgrid' => [
             'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
             'basePath' => '@app/messages',
             'forceTranslation' => true,
        ],
    ],
],
'languageSwitcher' => [
     'class' => 'app\widgets\languageSwitcher',
],

config/i18n.php
return [
    'sourcePath' => __DIR__. DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'..',
    'messagePath' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'..'. DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'messages',
    'languages' => ['en','fr','es','po'],
    'translator' => 'Yii::t',
    'sort' => false,
    'overwrite' => true,
    'removeUnused' => false,
    'markUnused' => true,
    'except' => [
        '.svn',
        '.git',
        '.gitignore',
        '.gitkeep',
        '.hgignore',
        '.hgkeep',
        '/messages',
        '/BaseYii.php',
        '/vendor',
    ],
    'only' => [
        '*.php',
    ],
    'format' => 'php',
    'db' => 'db',
    'sourceMessageTable' => '{{%source_message}}',
    'messageTable' => '{{%message}}',
    'catalog' => 'messages',
    'ignoreCategories' => [],
];

widgets/languageSwitcher.php
<?php
namespace app\widgets;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Component;
use yii\base\Widget;
use yii\bootstrap\ButtonDropdown;
use yii\helpers\Url;
use yii\web\Cookie;
use yii\helpers\Html;

class languageSwitcher extends Widget
{
    public $languages = [
        'en' => 'English',
        'fr' => 'Français',
        'es' => 'Español',
        'po' => 'Português',
    ];
    public function init()
    {
        if(php_sapi_name() === 'cli')
        {
            return true;
        }
        parent::init();
        $languageNew = Yii::$app->request->get('language');
        if($languageNew)
        {
            {
                Yii::$app->language = $languageNew;
                Yii::$app->session->set('language', $languageNew);
            }
        }
        elseif(Yii::$app->session->get('language'))
        {
            Yii::$app->language = Yii::$app->session->get('language');
        }
        else
        {
            Yii::$app->language = 'en';
        }
    }

    public static function getFlag(){
        $current = Yii::$app->language; //$languages[Yii::$app->language];
        return "language.".png' style='height:20px;'>";
    }

    public function run(){
        $languages = $this->languages;
        $current = $languages[Yii::$app->language];
        ?>

            <?php foreach ($languages as $code => $language): ?>
                <?php $cl = "btn-".$code;
                $img = " ".t($language); ?>
                <div class='<?php echo $cl; ?>'>
                    <?= Html::a($img, Url::current(['language' => $code]));?>

            <?php endforeach; ?>

        <?php
    }
}

@app/messages

The current issue is the fact that when I use the language switcher to switch between languages, every language works except Spanish. I see translations for English, French, Portuguese but when it comes to Spanish the modules using:
Yii:t('app', 'my text');

Are not translated. However the default yii2 test is as the (not set) in gridviews are translated to (no definido).

*

*I have tried changing es to es-ES and regenerating the messages and this was without success.

*I have tried to use the french translation in the spanish file and it doesn't show either.

*I have tried using the spanish translation in the french translation file and this shows translations when I choose french.

*I have tried removing the forceTranslation
Why does the translation not work for spanish but works for other languages?

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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:intro}

The density and properties of the matrix angular central distribution (MACG) were introduced by \citet{Chikuse1990}. The distribution is defined for the elements of the Stiefel manifold. MACG distribution proofed to be very useful in the Bayesian analysis of cointegration \citet{Koop_al2009} and in Bayesian models combining cointegration with the idea of common cyclical features (see \citealp{Wroblewska2011}, \citeyear{Wroblewska2012}, \citeyear{Wroblewska2015}). An easy way of obtaining the pseudo-random sample from the MACG distribution belongs to its main advantages in the Bayesian analyses. Moreover, as MACG distribution is invariant to the right orthonormal transformations, it can be treated as the distributions defined on the Grassmann manifolds. This feature is an advantage in the above-mentioned analysis, the data contain information only about cointegration and common feature spaces, not about the vectors spanning them.  Finally, through the parameter of MACG distribution, the researcher can easily and transparently incorporate prior information about the analysed spaces. However, if the researcher is interested in the analysis of the seasonally cointegrated process (see e.g. \citealp{Hylleberg_al1990}, \citealp{Johansen_Schaumburg1999}, \citealp{Cubadda_Omtzigt2005}) within the Bayesian paradigm, the generalization of MACG to the complex case may be useful (see \citealp{Wroblewska2020}).

We start with the basic definitions and measure decomposition and then move to the definition of the complex matrix angular central distribution (CMACG) and its properties.

The set of $m\times r$ $(m\geq r)$ semi-unitary matrices, i.e. matrices fulfilling the condition $\bar{X}'X=I_r$, where $\bar{X}'$ denotes the conjugate transpose of $X$ and $I_r$ is the $r\times r$ identity matrix, is called the complex Stiefel manifold ($V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}$):
$$V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}=\left\{X_{m\times r}: \bar{X}'X=I_r,\ m\geq r\right\}.$$

An invariant measure on $V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}$ is given by the differential form \citep{Di_Gu2011}:
$$(\bar{X}'\ \ud X)=\bigwedge_{i=1}^m\bigwedge_{j=i+1}^r\bar{x}_j'\ \ud x_i,$$
where $\bigwedge$ denotes the exterior product and the matrix $X_1$ is chosen such that $\mathbf{X}=\left(X,\ X_1\right)$ is an element of the unitary group ($\bar{\mathbf{X}}'\mathbf{X}=I_m$).\\
The volume of the complex Stiefel manifold is
$$Vol(V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}})=\int_{X\in V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}}(\bar{X}'\ \ud X)=\frac{2^r\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]},$$
where  $\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[a]$ denotes the complex multivariate Gamma function, and is defined by:
$$\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[a]=\int_{A_{r\times r}>0, \bar{A}'=A}\exp\{-tr(A)\}|A|^{a-r}(\ud A)=\pi^{r(r-1)/2}\prod_{i=1}^r\Gamma[a-i+1],$$
where $tr(\cdot)$ denotes the trace, $|\cdot|$ - the determinant and $Re(a)>m-1$ (see \citealp{Gross_Richards1987}, \citealp{Di_Gu2011}).\\
The normalized invariant measure ($[dX]$) of unit mass on the considered manifold is defined as:
\begin{equation}
[\ud X]=\frac{(\bar{X}'\ \ud X)}{Vol(V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}})}=\frac{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}{2^r\pi^{mr}}(\bar{X}'\ \ud X).
\label{eq:inv}
\end{equation}

The next two theorems provide to Jacobians of the transformation which will be used through the paper.

\begin{theorem}[\citealp{Di_Gu2011}]
If $Y=AXB+C$, where $X\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times r}$ and $Y\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times r}$ are random matrices and $A\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times m},\ |A|\neq0$, $B\in\mathbb{C}^{r\times r},\ |B|\neq0$, $C\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times r}$ are matrices of constants, then
\begin{equation}
(\ud Y)=|\bar{A}'A|^r|\bar{B}'B|^m(\ud X),
\end{equation}
so that $J(Y\rightarrow X)=|\bar{A}'A|^r|\bar{B}'B|^m$.
\end{theorem}

\begin{theorem}[\citealp{Polcari2017}]
If $Y=BX\bar{B}'$, where $X\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times m}$ and $Y\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times m}$ are random Hermitian matrices $(\bar{X}'=X,\ \bar{Y}'=Y)$ and $B\in\mathbb{C}^{m\times m}$ is a non-singular $(|B|\neq0)$ matrix of constants, then
\begin{equation}
(\ud Y)=|B|^{2m}(\ud X),
\label{eq:jak}
\end{equation}
so that $J(Y\rightarrow X)=|B|^{2m}$.
\end{theorem}

\section{Complex Matrix Angular Central Gaussian Distribution}
\label{sec:CMACG}

Following the idea of the MACG distribution of Chikuse (\citeyear{Chikuse1990}, \citeyear{Chikuse2003}) we analyze the distribution of the "orientation" part ($H_Z$) of polar decomposition of the full column rank random matrix $Z_{m\times r}$, $m\geq r$, $r(Z)=r$.\\
The unique polar decomposition of $Z$ is defined as:
$$Z=H_ZT_Z^{\frac{1}{2}},\quad H_Z=Z(\bar{Z}'Z)^{-\frac{1}{2}},\quad T_Z=\bar{Z}'Z.$$

\begin{lemma}
The measure $(\ud Z)$ is decomposed as
 \begin{equation}
(\ud Z)=\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}|T_Z|^{m-r}(\ud T_Z)[\ud H_Z].
\label{eq:dek}
\end{equation}
\label{lem:dek}
\end{lemma}
\begin{proof}
It is the straightforward consequence of the decomposition of the measure\\ $(\ud Z)=2^{-r}|T_Z|^{m-r}(\ud T_Z)(\bar{H}'_Z\ \ud H_Z)$ (see \citealp{Di_Gu2011}) and the definition of the normalized invariant measure on the complex Stiefel manifold (see Equation \ref{eq:inv}).
\end{proof}
Using Lemma \ref{lem:dek} we obtain that the density of the orientation $H_Z$:
\begin{equation}
f_{H_Z}(H_Z)=\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}f_Z(H_ZT^\frac{1}{2})|T|^{m-r}(\ud T).
\label{eq:densHZ}
\end{equation}
\begin{theorem}
Assume that $Z_{m\times r}$ has the $m\times r$ the matrix-variate complex central normal distribution with the parameter $P$, $Z\sim mN^{\mathbb{C}}(0,I_r,P)$, where $P$ is an $m\times m$ positive definite matrix and define $H_Z=Z(\bar{Z}'Z)^{-\frac{1}{2}}\in V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}$.\\
Then it is said that $H_Z$ has a complex matrix angular central Gaussian distribution with parameter $P$, denoted as $H_Z\sim CMACG(P)$, and its density is
\begin{equation}
f_{H_Z}(H_Z)=|P|^{-r}|\bar{H}'_ZP^{-1}H_Z|^{-m}.
\label{eq:CMACG}
\end{equation}
\label{th:CMACGdef}
\end{theorem}
\begin{proof}
The density of $Z$ is
$$f_Z(Z)=\pi^{-mr}|P|^{-r}\exp[-tr(\bar{Z}'P^{-1}Z)],$$
so according to (\ref{eq:dek}) the density of $H_Z$ is obtained as
\begin{eqnarray*}
f_{H_Z}(H_Z)&\underbrace{=}_{(\ref{eq:densHZ})}&\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}f_Z(H_ZT^\frac{1}{2})|T|^{m-r}(\ud T)=\\
&=&\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}\pi^{-mr}|P|^{-r}\exp[-tr(T^{\frac{1}{2}}\bar{H}'_ZP^{-1}H_ZT^\frac{1}{2})]|T|^{m-r}(\ud T)=\\
&=&\frac{|P|^{-r}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}\exp[-tr(T^{\frac{1}{2}}\bar{H}'_ZP^{-1}H_ZT^\frac{1}{2})]|T|^{m-r}(\ud T).
\end{eqnarray*}
In the integral make the change of variables $V=M^{\frac{1}{2}}TM^{\frac{1}{2}}$, where $M$ stands for $\bar{H}'_ZP^{-1}H_Z$. By (\ref{eq:jak}) $(\ud T)=|M|^{-r}(\ud V)$ so the integral becomes
\begin{eqnarray*}
f_{H_Z}(H_Z)&=&\frac{|P|^{-r}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{V>0,\bar{V}'=V}\exp[-tr(V)]|VM^{-1}|^{m-r}|M|^{-r}(\ud V)=\\
&=&\frac{|P|^{-r}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}|M|^{-m}\int_{V>0,\bar{V}'=V}\exp[-tr(V)]|V|^{m-r}(\ud V)=\\
&=&\frac{|P|^{-r}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}|M|^{-m}\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]=\\
&=&|P|^{-r}|\bar{H}'_ZP^{-1}H_Z|^{-m}.
\end{eqnarray*}
\end{proof}
Note the distribution in question inherits the properties from its real counterpart.\\
There is an indeterminacy in the matrix parameter $P$ by multiplication by a positive scalar (i.e. CMACG($P$)=CMACG($cP$), where $c>0$). For $P=I_m$ the orientation $H_Z$ is uniformly distributed over the complex Stiefel manifold. It should be also emphasized that CMACG distribution is invariant under right unitary transformations ($H_Z\rightarrow H_ZQ,\ Q\in O(r)$), so it can be treated as the distribution defined on the complex Grassmann manifold.

The decomposition (\ref{eq:dek}) leads to the feature stated below (see \citealp{Chikuse1990}, Theorem 2.3 for the more extended discussion of the characterization of such distribution in the real case).
\begin{theorem}
If the $m\times r$ complex random matrix $Z$ has the density of the form $g(\bar{Z}'Z)$ then its orientation $H_Z$ is uniformly distributed on $V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}$.
\label{th:gZZ}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
With the help of (\ref{eq:densHZ}) we obtain:
\begin{eqnarray*}
f_{H_Z}(H_Z)&=&\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}f_Z(H_ZT^\frac{1}{2})|T|^{m-r}(\ud T)=\\
&=&\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}g(T^\frac{1}{2}\bar{H}'_ZH_ZT^\frac{1}{2})|T|^{m-r}(\ud T)=\\
&\underbrace{=}_{\bar{H}'_ZH_Z=I_r}&\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}[m]}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}g(T)|T|^{m-r}(\ud T)=\\
&=&const.
\end{eqnarray*}
\end{proof}

\begin{theorem}
Let Z be an $m\times r$ complex random matrix with the density $f_Z(Z)$ invariant under right unitary transformation $(Z\rightarrow ZQ,\ \bar{Q}'Q=I_r)$. Define a new $m\times r$ random matrix $Y=BZ$ with an $m\times m$ non-singular matrix $B$, $(|B|\neq 0)$. Consider polar decomposition of these matrices:
\begin{itemize}
\item $Z=H_ZT_Z^{1/2}$ with $H_Z=Z(Z'Z)^{-1/2}$ and $T_Z=Z'Z$,
\item $Y=H_YT_Y^{1/2}$ with $H_Y=Y(Y'Y)^{-1/2}$ and $T_Y=Y'Y$.
\end{itemize}
and let $f_{H_Z}(H_Z)$ be the density of $H_Z$ (see Theorem \ref{th:CMACGdef}). Then the density of $H_Y$, the orientation of the random matrix $Y$, is of the form:
\begin{equation}
f_{H_Y}(H_Y)=|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|W'W|^{-m}f_{H_Z}(H_W),
\label{eq:HYdens}
\end{equation}
where $W=B^{-1}H_Y$ and $H_W$ is the orientation of $W$, i.e. $H_W=W(W'W)^{-1/2}$.
\label{th:BZ}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
Knowing the density of Z and the Jacobian of transformation $Z\rightarrow BZ=Y,\ (\ud Y)=|\bar{B}'B|^{r}(\ud Z)$ we may obtain the density of $Y$:
\begin{equation}
f_Y(Y)=|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}f_Z(B^{-1}Y),
\end{equation}
which together with (\ref{eq:densHZ}) leads to the density of $H_Y$:
\begin{equation}
f_{H_Y}(H_Y)=\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}}|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}\int_{T>0,\bar{T}'=T}f_Z(B^{-1}H_YT^\frac{1}{2})|T|^{m-r}(\ud T).
\label{eq:fHY}
\end{equation}
We follow \citet{Chikuse1990} and apply the idea of her transformation (3.4) to the complex case:
\begin{equation}
T=(\bar{W}'W)^{-1/2}S(\bar{W}'W)^{-1/2},\ \text{with}\ W=B^{-1}H_Y,
\label{eq:trans}
\end{equation}
the Jacobian od this transformation leads to the relationship between measures $(\ud T)=|(\bar{W}'W)^{-/2}|^{2r}(\ud S)=|\bar{W}'W|^{-r}(\ud S)$.\\
From the invariance property of the density of $Z$ we have
\begin{equation}
f_Z(WT^{1/2})=f_Z(H_WS^{1/2}).
\label{eq:invfZ}
\end{equation}

Now we can combine the above stated transformation and present the density of $H_Y$ as:
\begin{eqnarray*}
f_{H_Y}(H_Y)&=&\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}}|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}\times\\
&\times&\int_{S>0,\bar{S}'=S}f_Z(H_WS^\frac{1}{2})|(\bar{W}'W)^{-1/2}S(\bar{W}'W)^{-1/2}|^{m-r}|\bar{W}'W|^{-r}(\ud S)=\\
&=&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|\bar{W}'W|^{-m}\frac{\pi^{mr}}{\Gamma_r^{\mathbb{C}}}\int_{S>0,\bar{S}'=S}f_Z(H_WS^\frac{1}{2})|S|^{m-r}(\ud S)=\\
&\underbrace{=}_{(\ref{eq:densHZ})}&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|\bar{W}'W|^{-m}f_{H_Z}(H_W).
\end{eqnarray*}
\end{proof}

Theorem \ref{th:BZ} leads to the following feature of the CMACG distribution for the linear transformations of complex random matrices.
\begin{corollary}
If $H_Z$, the orientation of $Z$, has the CMACG($P$) distribution, then $H_Y$, the orientation of $Y=BZ$, has the CMACG($BP\bar{B}'$) distribution.
\label{cor:BZ}
\end{corollary}

\begin{proof}
As the orientation $H_Z$ has CMACG($P$) distribution its density is $f_{H_Z}(H_Z)=|P|^{-r}|\bar{H}'_ZP^{-1}H_Z|^{-m}$, see (\ref{eq:CMACG}). Using (\ref{eq:HYdens}) form Theorem \ref{th:BZ} we obtain
\begin{eqnarray*}
f_{H_Y}(H_Y)&=&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|W'W|^{-m}f_{H_Z}(H_W)=\\
&=&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|W'W|^{-m}|P|^{-r}|\bar{H}'_WP^{-1}H_W|^{-m}=\\
&=&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|W'W|^{-m}|P|^{-r}|(W'W)^{-1/2}\bar{W}'P^{-1}W(W'W)^{-1/2}|^{-m}=\\
&=&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|W'W|^{-m}|P|^{-r}|W'W|^m|\bar{W}'P^{-1}W|^{-m}=\\
&=&|\bar{B}'B|^{-r}|P|^{-r}|\bar{H}_Y'(\bar{B}^{-1})'P^{-1}B^{-1}H_Y|^{-m}=\\
&=&|BP\bar{B}'|^{-r}|\bar{H}_Y'(BP\bar{B}')^{-1}H_Y|^{-m},\\
\end{eqnarray*}
which is the density of CMACG($BP\bar{B}'$).
\end{proof}

The features stated in Theorem \ref{th:gZZ} and Corollary \ref{cor:BZ} let us define a more general class of random matrices with orientations having CMACG($P$) distribution.

\begin{theorem}
Assume that an $m\times r$ random complex matrix $Z$ has the density of the form
\begin{equation}
f_Z(Z)=|P|^{-r}g(\bar{Z}'P^{-1}Z)
\end{equation}
invariant under right unitary transformation ($Z\rightarrow ZQ$, $\bar{Q}'Q=I_r$) with $P$ being an $m\times m$ positive define matrix, then its orientation $H_Z$ has the CMACG($P$) distribution.
\label{th:CMACGprop}
\end{theorem}

\begin{proof}
The proof is a straightforward generalization of the proof to the Theorem 3.2 in \citet{Chikuse1990}.\\
There exists a matrix $B$ such that $P=B\bar{B}'$ with $|B|\neq 0$. Define $U=B^{-1}Z$, so the distribution of $U$ is
$$f_U(U)=|P|^{-r}g(\bar{U}'U)|P|^r=g(\bar{U}'U),$$
which is also invariant under right unitary transformation ($U\rightarrow UQ$, $\bar{Q}'Q=I_r$).\\
According to Theorem \ref{th:gZZ} the orientation of $U$ is uniformly distributed on $V_{r,m}^{\mathbb{C}}$, i.e. $H_U\sim CMACG(I_m)$.\\
From Corollarly \ref{cor:BZ} applied to the orientation of the matrix $Z=BU$ we obtain that
$$H_Z\sim CMACG(BI_m\bar{B}')=CMACG(P).$$
\end{proof}

\section{Sampling from the CMACG distribution}

As pointed in the Introduction, one of the advantages of the CMACG distribution, especially for Bayesians, is an easy way for obtaining a pseudo-random sample from it. To get it the researcher may use exactly the definition of the considered distribution. Note, that \citet{Koop_al2009} us the same strategy in the real case. Suppose that one needs the sample from CMACG($P$) distribution with the known matrix parameter $P$. According to Theorem \ref{th:CMACGdef} the orientation $H_Z$ of $Z$ - the normally distributed complex random matrix (i.e. $Z\sim mN^{\mathbb{C}}(0,I_r,P)$) has CMACG($P$) distribution, so one draw is generated in two steps:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Generate an $m\times r$ matrix $Z$ from $mN^{\mathbb{C}}(0,I_r,P)$.
\item Put $H_Z=Z(\bar{Z}'Z)^{-\frac{1}{2}}$, where $(\bar{Z}'Z)^{-\frac{1}{2}}$ is the inverse of the square root of $\bar{Z}'Z$ .
\end{enumerate}
It was mentioned that due to its invariance property CAMCG($P$) may be treated as distribution definite for the elements of the complex Grassmann manifold, so by putting $P_Z=H_Z\bar{H}_Z'$ we obtain the projection matrix from the desired distribution.\\
The above points need additional comments. Firstly, the easiest way to obtain the draw from the complex matrix variate distribution is to employ its relationship with the real case, i.e. the condition that $Z=Z_R+iZ_I$, where $i=\sqrt{-1}$ has complex normal distribution  $Z\sim mN^{\mathbb{C}}(0,I_r,P)$, where $P=P_R+iP_I$ is a Hermitian matrix, is equivalent that its real and imaginary part are jointly normally distributed $\left(\begin{array}{c}Z_R\\Z_I\end{array}\right)|\sim mN\left(\left(\begin{array}{c}0\\0\end{array}\right),I_{r},\frac{1}{2}\left(\begin{array}{rr}P_R&-P_I\\P_I&P_R\end{array}\right)\right)$. Secondly, the square root of a complex Hermitan matrix, $(\bar{Z}'Z)^{\frac{1}{2}}$, needed in the polar decomposition of $Z$, can be obtained with the Newton's method proposed by \citet{Highman1986}.

\section{Conclusions}
\label{sec:conc}
This paper extends the matrix angular central distribution proposed by \citet{Chikuse1990} to the complex case. Considering the polar decomposition of a random complex matrix and the appropriate decomposition of measures we obtained the density function of this matrix's orientation, which is the element of the complex Stiefel manifold. We show that this new distribution inherits the properties after MACG distribution. We also discuss the way of obtaining a pseudo-random sample from this distribution.\\
It is worth emphasizing again that the complex matrix angular central distribution might be useful in the Bayesian analysis of VEC models with complex unit roots, e.g. in seasonally cointegrated VAR models.

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I've been there (a lot), you're tired and working out is the last thing on your mind. Really though, just do it. You will feel so much better.
When I first had Bennett I couldn't really get back into working out. Let's be honest, when he slept--I slept. About 4 months postpartum I decided that was it and I had to do something. I joined a fun group of mom's at the mall every morning for a great workout. I'm actually still friends with a lot of them to this day. This time around I wanted to work out sooner, and although we have so many gyms around our home---going to the gym is NOT for me. I really needed something that would allow me to work out in the comfort of my own home. I love that I can easily my workouts on the phone, iPad, or computer--and stream them through my Apple TV while my little ones are playing.
I seriously was an avid Pure Barre goer before having kids. I actually went on opening day to the one around the corner from me, and was the only one in my class. After having kiddos, it was hard to find time to go. I missed the workout, and the way my body felt after a class. However, just the other day I received an email for Pure Barre On Demand. This was perfect for me and my busy lifestyle. One thing I love about this, is the options for workout times. They offer workouts from 5 to 60 minutes; this has allowed me to choose the workout that works best for whatever is going on that day. I also love that I can target the areas I want to work out as well--but trust me, I'm all about the full body. Right now they are offering a special for $14.99, but it ends July 4th--so make sure to sign up before it goes up to $29.99.
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I love Fredrikson Stallard, a furniture design studio founded by Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard.
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The designs evoke feelings of fragility, surprise, desire, and in doing so they challenge cultural preconceptions and notions of how we live and how we surround ourselves with objects.
The intention is to pass from industrial production to unique bespoke pieces. And we can obviously see that in Fredrikson works.
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Eddie Izzard runs 27 marathons in 27 days
Karen Butler
Comedian Eddie Izzard arrives for the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Paul McCartney in Los Angeles on February 10, 2012. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
LONDON, March 20 (UPI) -- British actor and comedian Eddie Izzard has reached his goal to run 27 marathons in 27 days.
The 54-year-old entertainer began his Sport Relief charity fundraising challenge Feb. 23 in South Africa and completed his final feat -- a double marathon of 54 miles -- Sunday.
The journey, which saw Izzard running more than 700 miles in temperatures of up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, was documented by the BBC.
"It's been the hardest thing I've ever done and I'm very tired," Izzard gasped after making it to the finish line. Thank you to everyone who has donated [to Sport Relief.] This was tough, so don't do this at home."
Last month, he explained in a statement that he was inspired to run 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief after seeing the film Invictus.
"The film featured a poem called 'Invictus' -- one of Nelson Mandela's favorite poems during his 27 years in prison," Izzard noted. "He used it to give himself determination to keep himself going and keep his spirit alive. It's a beautiful poem about being the master of your own fate and destiny. Watching the film, I suddenly realized -- I have to run in South Africa. I should run 27 marathons in 27 days as a salute to the great man. It is also a salute to all who struggled and fought against Apartheid. So, I am delighted to be doing this for Sport Relief. But, of course, 27 marathons in 27 days is nothing compared to what Nelson Mandela did by serving 27 years in prison. He was a great soul and leaves a fantastic legacy for the world. PS... I tried to do this four years ago and failed. This time, I will succeed. But if I fail, I will come back again and again and again until I do succeed. Because that's what Nelson Mandela would have done."
If you missed this - you need to see it!@EddieIzzard - 27 marathons in 27 days.
WOW.https://t.co/lTYkCjysNP pic.twitter.com/RZOZIfHSkz
— BBC Get Inspired (@bbcgetinspired) March 20, 2016
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The revolution will not be televised, apparently. At least not on an iPhone screen if critics of slacktivism are to be believed.
Dry January: how much do people care about the charities involved?
As an ex-student union officer and trustee of a student fundraising charity, I've often had to contend with the argument that online campaigning is limited and lazy and that taking to the streets is the only way to really make an impact. But instead of criticising slacktivists, charities and others should see social media for what it is: as just one of many important campaign tools. People should also think twice before bundling all activists on social media together into one group.
Those most in need of social change often face numerous barriers to participating in traditional activism. Disabled people can be restricted by physical access, migrants may have visas at stake and low-income workers may be without the time or money to travel and take part in a march. Writing off those who are unable to participate risks creating an activist hierarchy – where gains are supposedly made for the most marginalised, but their voices are shut out and ignored.
There is also a debate to be had around giving traditional methods of campaigning higher status than others. As our lives are increasingly online and the boundaries between physical and digital life blur, it makes sense for protest tactics to evolve accordingly.
It's true that a change.org e-petition won't start a revolution, but protest marches do not achieve their aims every time, either. Yes, not all online activism is immediately productive – sharing images to raise awareness of cancer hardly seems necessary in a country where it affects 2.5 million people – but just as we don't lump Live Aid singles in with door-to-door donation drives, there is a diversity of activism to be found on the internet, and not all of it is lacks substance or value.
Take, for instance, the recent Anthony Nolan-backed Match4Laracampaign, which resulted in a rare stem cell tissue match for student Lara Casalotti, a feat only made possible by social media. Likewise, my own student activism saw online engagement converted into direct action when a last-minute protest amassed 200 participants thanks to a Facebook event that reached thousands of people within a day.
Rather than lamenting the death of "real" activism, charities would benefit from understanding what participation really means: true social change will only be achieved by creating new, diverse activists, and by embracing the plethora of tactics that allow them to engage in the first place. Because if social change is achieved at the expense of those already disadvantaged, has it really achieved much at all?


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Home Latest News The Caribbean Immigrant Population In The U.S. Registers An Increase – A...
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The Caribbean Immigrant Population In The U.S. Registers An Increase – A NAN First
By NAN Staff Writer
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Sept. 21, 2018: The Caribbean immigrant population in the mainland United States has seen an upward spike, the largest estimated numerical increases since 2010, according to latest U.S. Census numbers.
New numbers from the 2017 American Community Survey obtained by News Americas, put the number of non-Hispanic Caribbean immigrants in the US at just over 3 million.
That number, according to the U.S. Census, is a spike up of 676,023 from 2010. The new numbers come following the launch of the CaribID movement by NAN founder Felicia J. Persaud in the US in 2008, which was a national push for Caribbean nationals to "stand up and be counted."
The largest number of Caribbean immigrants reported are from Jamaica, with just over 1.1 million while Haitians came in at just over 1 million.
The third largest group of Caribbean immigrants per the new ACS numbers are Guyanese, who are put at over 245,000 while Trinbagonians are ranked as the fourth highest, at just over 225,000.
West Indians from smaller islands like St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda and St. Vincent & The Grenadines were not reported as separate nations in the ACS data but possibly lumped in as "West Indians." That number in total was put at 295,318.
Other reported numbers were as follows:
British West Indians – 105,651
Belizeans – 65,072
Barbadians – 64,742
Bahamians – 56,789
Dutch West Indians – 36, 906
US Virgin Islanders – 20,035
Bermudians – 6,849
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Rick Dale – Biography 2021
ByAgnes Ferguson	 January 21, 2021 January 21, 2021
Rick Dale
Here is all you need to know about Rick:
General Facts and Figures
Full name: Rick Dale
Net Worth: $4.5 million
Occupation: Restorer of Antiques, TV personality from "American Restoration"
Birthday: December 13th, 1970
Birthplace: Newport Beach, California
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
What makes Rick Dale famous?
Rick Dale is an antique and vintage item restorer from Las Vegas who was the star of the popular History Channel TV reality show "American Restoration."
Dale has over 30 years of experience of restoring old items like motorcycles, vending machines, gas pumps, jukeboxes, barber chairs, and many others to their shiny original condition.
He and his family own and run a restoration shop known as "Rick's Restoration," located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The reality show gained immense popularity and ran for six seasons until the producers decided to fire Dale and continue the restoration reality show in another format featuring other restorers.
Rick Dale has also appeared regularly in other popular reality series on History Channel, including "Pawn Stars," "American Pickers," and others.
To find out what Rick Dale is doing today, what his early years were like, and what his personal life is like, read on.
His early years
Rick Dale was born in Newport Beach, California, on December 13th, 1970. His family moved to Boulder City, Nevada when Rick was only 13 years old, so he and his brother Ron Dale grew up there.
His passion for restoring vintage items stems from a very early age. Rick's father, who was a professional racer, gave him an old bicycle to restore when young Dale was only 9 years old. The restorer claims that his father valued the pride and joy that a person experiences after doing a good job and wanted to teach his sons the same too.
After Rick and his dad restored the old bike, he loved riding it around for years. Later on, along with his dad, Rick gradually learned how to restore race cars, motorcycles, vehicles, hot rods, gas pumps, and vending machines.
What started as a father and son bonding experience and hobby turned into a full-time job for Rick and his brother later on.
Alongside with restoring beautiful vintage items and vehicles, Rick's other passion is heavy metal music.
About American Restoration
American Restoration is a reality TV series that aired on History Channel from 2010 to 1016. The first six seasons which ran from October 2010 to 2014, featured Rick Dale's restoration shop in Las Vegas.
The idea for the series came from the guest appearances of Rick Dale as an expert evaluating different antiques and vintage pieces on the series "Pawn Stars" and "American Pickers."
The series portrayed the daily work and activities at the vintage restoration shop and the work and lives of Rick Dale, his son Tyler, his younger brother Ron, his stepson Brettly Otterman, and his wife Kelly who all work in the business. The show also included the rest of the staff, including Kowboy, Ted Hague, Kyle Astorga, Chris, Niko, Dave, Leonard and others.
In every episode, the crew was shown busy working on one or more restoration projects. During the years, many celebrities and famous people appeared on American Restoration as customers. Some of the more prominent ones include singers and musicians Billy Joel, Sammy Hagar, and Jason Mraz, illusionists David Copperfield and Lance Burton, NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, as well as numerous appearances from cast members of "Pawn Stars" and "American Pickers."
Respectively, Rick also often appeared on the abovementioned History Channel shows as well, as an expert or restorer.
As the seasons developed, the production team began adding useful "Rick Rips" related to restoration.
Apart from showing the process of restoration and the hard work involved, the series also showed the difficulties that the restoration shop staff had – both work-related and communication and personal related.
During the first 6 seasons, Rick and his team managed to restore an amazing number of items and projects, some of which seemed hopeless when first brought into the shop.
The firing of Rick Dale and the American Restoration crew
In 2014, after the sixth season had ended, Leftfield Pictures who produce the reality series unexpectedly fired Rick Dale and his whole team, under the pretext that the ratings were low, and that the producers and viewers wanted to watch something different.
When these events happened, Rick Dale was not happy at all.
He posted a video of himself thanking the fans for watching the show and for their support while holding back his tears.
He also hinted at his fans that they could express their dissatisfaction with the cast's firing at the official American Restoration website.
Meanwhile, it took two whole years for History Channel to manage to continue the series without the original cast.
As a result, the 7th season of American Restoration which premiered in 2016, and featured a variety of restorers and projects including Bodie Stroud, Andy Bowman Jr, Dale Walksler, Steve Hale and Bob Halliday who are restorers from different parts of the USA. The five different shops were specialized in restoring specific items and vehicles.
Today, there is no news on whether there will be an 8th season of the series.
Even though Rick Dale is no longer the star of the American Restoration series, his shop Rick's Restoration in Las Vegas is still quite successful and is run by almost all of Dale's family members.
As a result of more than 30 years of work, as well as six successful seasons of the show, Rick Dale and his family have earned about $2.5 million.
Rick Dale used to keep his personal life under wraps prior to his marriage to Kelly Dale, but it is known that he used to be married before. His marriage ended in divorce, which reportedly had a huge impact on him and his business. Claims are that after his divorce, Rick Dale closed shop and almost went broke.
Fortunately for him, he met marketing expert Kelly, and the two got married in November 1994.
Rick Dale apparently adores his wife, Kelly, as he often refers to her as his "lucky charm," and has been thanking her for helping him bring back his business and restore his shop. He gushes over his wife quite often on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The two have a son Tyler and a daughter Ally, as well as another son from Kelly's previous relationship – Brettly Otterman.
Nearly all members of his family work for the family restoration business, and many of them have been featured in the first six seasons of American Restoration.
Today, they still work at Rick's Restorations in Las Vegas, and as it looks – their family business is as successful as ever.
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Jenny P. says:
I really loved the show when he was part of it! So disappointing that the producers decided to go on without Rick! American Restoration isn't the same after History Channel fired his team, Rick was the heart of the show. Hope to see him again on the big screen soon!


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Q: SwiftUI Rotate screen make modal don't longer dismiss itself I have a bug on SwiftUI, when I rotate my device the modal don't longer dismiss, the problem here is that only happen on the device on the simulator works well also on my iPad.
import SwiftUI

struct modalView: View {
    @Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode

    var body: some View {
        Button(action:{
            self.presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
        }){
            Text("close")
        }
    }
}

struct ContentView: View {
    @State var showModal = false
    var body: some View {
        Button(action: {
            showModal.toggle()
        }){
            Text("modal")
        }
        .sheet(isPresented: self.$showModal, content: {
            modalView()
        })
    }
}

[Bug on my device][1]
i have this problem since iOS 13
im currently on iOS 14.2 beta
and Xcode 12 GM
[1]: https://twitter.com/MisaelLandero/status/1306953785651142656?s=20

A: Try to use something like this:
struct ContentView: View {

  @State private var showModal = false

  // If you are getting the "can only present once" issue, add this here.
  // Fixes the problem, but not sure why; feel free to edit/explain below.
  @Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode

  var body: some View {
    Button(action: {
        self.showModal = true
    }) {
        Text("Show modal")
    }.sheet(isPresented: self.$showModal) {
        ModalView()
    }
  }
}

struct ModalView: View {

  @Environment(\.presentationMode) private var presentationMode

  var body: some View {
    Group {
      Text("Modal view")
      Button(action: {
         self.presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
      }) {
        Text("Dismiss")
      }
    }
  }
}

A: I Found the problem, I was using a condition to show two different navigations views, that break the dismiss modal
if self.sizeClass == .compact{
NavigationViewForiPhone()
} else {
NavigationViewForiPad()
}

looks like thats the problem cuz my view is reload


We designed this fun quilt with 50 easy 6" pieced blocks for our 50th Mystery Weekend. Make half-square triangles and mix & match with squares to make a variety of blocks. The pattern includes two size options. The smaller quilt finishes with a simple bricks border. The larger quilt includes the checkerboard border as shown in the photo on the pattern cover. Check out the African Inspired colorway shown below see the quilt without the checkerboard border.
The small quilt is 72 x 84 and calls for 1/2 yard pieces of 15 Dark prints, 1-5/8 yards of Background #1, and 2-3/8 yards of Background #2. The large quilt is 90 x 102 and calls for 5/8 yard pieces of 15 Dark prints, 1-5/8 yards of Background #1, and 3-5/8 yards of Background #2.
All instructions are for rotary cutting and machine piecing. We recommend 2" half-square triangle paper. Alternate instructions are given if you prefer not to use triangle paper.


Netflix Is Winning the Streaming Race—But for How Long?
There's no question that Netflix is currently the king of the over-the-top streaming-video providers, with a service that reaches more than 80 million users in over 200 countries, and hit shows that drive millions of those users to "binge-watch" entire seasons in a matter of days.
All this has put Netflix in an enviable spot, with enough cash to acquire whatever movie and TV projects it chooses to bid on, and a market cap in the $60 billion range—the same league as media and entertainment giants like 21st Century Fox and Time Warner. There has even been talk that Apple might want to acquire the company.
As dominant as Netflix (NFLX) is, however, not everyone is convinced that this leadership position is going to last as more and more competitors move into the streaming space, especially in the United States.
The reasons for that skepticism include increasing competition from companies like Amazon (amzn), which recently expanded its Prime Video offering to more than 200 countries, and has even deeper pockets that Netflix. It is expected to spend as much as $5 billion on content this year.
In addition to the online retailing giant, there's also Hulu—which is launching a "skinny bundle" cable-killer service soon—and a growing list of smaller providers such as CBS All Access (cbs).
Although the company has expanded internationally, Morningstar's analysts say they see battles in the future with local content providers, and also a risk that demand runs head-first into a lack of broadband access in some of those developing markets.
In the U.S., Netflix has been able to compensate for some of the churn in its user base (from people unsubscribing) and the tightening of its margins by boosting its prices, including a recent "un-grandfathering" exercise that removed some of the early discounts that users got.
Morningstar, however, believes that U.S. consumers "have greater price sensitivity than previously expected," and that this could serve to cap Netflix's ability to raise prices and combat churn.
Competition from Amazon, Hulu, and others could lead to Netflix having to pay higher prices for the content it wants, which could also impact margins, the research firm says. Movie festivals like Sundance have already turned into a kind of bidding war between Netflix and Amazon.
The streaming giant has also expanded into new content areas, including comedy and "unscripted" or reality TV shows, both into which Netflix has been pouring money. But each foray into a new area also brings the risk that the content isn't going to generate the returns Netflix requires.
Bottom line: Morningstar believes Netflix has a "fair market value" of just $73 a share. Because the stock is currently trading for $140 a share, that means a potential decline of almost 50% in value if it were to return to what Morningstar thinks is a fair price. It hasn't been that low since 2015.
Instead of investing in Netflix, the research firm argues that investors who want exposure to the streaming-video market should be buying some of the traditional content companies instead, including 21st Century Fox (FOX) and Disney (DIS). These companies have a wider "moat" protecting them from competitors than Netflix does, the company says.
Although Netflix will likely continue to be one of the industry's strongest players, Morningstar says, its valuation is stretched to the breaking point based on some of the risks and challenges the company is going to face over the coming months.


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Threat of Dissent: a Reflection on Writing the Book I Wanted to Read
Immigration and Ethnic History Society October 5, 2020 October 14, 2020 Blog, Featured Post, Uncategorized
"The High Tide of Immigration – A National Menace," by Louis Dalrymple, published in Judge, vol. 45, no. 1140, 1903, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.
In June 2020, as COVID-19 ravaged New York City leaving no community, neighborhood, and apartment building untouched, including my own, I opened a large cardboard box and held my book in my hands for the first time. Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States is a legal, social, and political history of ideological exclusion and deportation, which I define as the barring and expulsion of foreign noncitizens from the United States based on their political beliefs, associations, and expressions. The book is a chronological narrative that traces this history, beginning with the Alien Friends Act of 1798 and ending with the War on Terror and the Trump administration. I argue that ideological exclusion and deportation laws exploited and scapegoated foreign noncitizens as the source of subversion in the United States. These laws also served as tools of political repression used to suppress the threat of dissent, such as criticism of politicians and policies, advocacy for reform or revolution, and challenges to the status quo and capitalism. This form of censorship has endured because the majority of the Supreme Court has interpreted ideological exclusions and deportations as an immigration issue, rather than a First Amendment issue, and thus, applied immigration legal doctrine insulating them from substantive judicial review and strict scrutiny.
A book that I had wanted to read when I began studying this unique intersection of immigration and First Amendment law and history.
Threat of Dissent had been a labor of love and the culmination of almost two decades of research that began in law school and continued in graduate school and after I obtained my doctorate. As I sat there in my tiny apartment holding this book, I recalled when I first became interested in ideological exclusion and deportation in the United States and how I was so determined to write an interdisciplinary book about it – a book that I had wanted to read when I began studying this unique intersection of immigration and First Amendment law and history.
During the early years of the War on Terror, I was a law student who enjoyed studying legal history, as well as immigration and constitutional law. I remember reading newspaper articles about visa denials to foreign noncitizen scholars seeking entry to the United States to teach at universities or speak at academic conferences. Some received little information about their exclusion while others eventually learned that they were barred under federal anti-terrorism laws. These scholars argued that they had nothing to do with terrorism and posed no actual threat to the United States. They were, however, critical of the War on Terror and US foreign and domestic policies and believed that they were excluded because of their ideas and identities.
Organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, PEN America, and the American Association of University Professors brought a legal challenge to ideological exclusion during the War on Terror. They claimed that the ideological exclusion of foreign noncitizens violated the First Amendment rights held by those within the United States who wished to hear them, to interact and exchange ideas with them, and to learn from them. The First Amendment protected not only the freedom to speak and to associate, but also it protected the right to receive information and the right to hear.
Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972) was the legal precedent cited to support this argument and intriguing legal challenge to exclusion. It concerned the Nixon administration's exclusion of a Belgian Marxist economist named Ernest Mandel in 1969 under the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952. The American professors who had invited Mandel to speak on their college and university campuses challenged his exclusion as a violation of their First Amendment rights. The Supreme Court upheld the Nixon administration's right to exclude Mandel under the plenary power doctrine. This doctrine requires judicial deference to the legislative branch's power to pass exclusion and deportation laws inherent in a nation's sovereignty and right to self-preservation, as well as judicial deference to the executive branch and the federal officials who implement and enforce these laws. Yet, the Court also upheld the right of those American professors within the United States to challenge Mandel's exclusion as a violation of their First Amendment rights. It not only provided a pathway to challenge the constitutionality of exclusions from the United States in the future, but also slightly curbed federal officials' absolute, unchecked power and discretion to bar foreign noncitizens by requiring them to provide a "facially legitimate and bona fide reason," which is the current legal standard applied in such cases.
Once I read Kleindienst v. Mandel, I knew I wanted to learn more about ideological exclusion and why it was seldom discussed in immigration and First Amendment law courses and college classes. After conducting more research, I found that ideological exclusions and deportations were firmly within both the history of immigration and of civil liberties advocacy and the evolution of First Amendment jurisprudence in the United States. I could trace ideological deportation back to the Alien Friends Act of 1798 and ideological exclusion back to barring anarchists as part of the War on Anarchy after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. I could find the use of ideological deportations during and after World War I, the Great Depression, and the Cold War. Ideological exclusions became tools of political repression used to suppress dissent and radicalism in the 1940s and 1950s, through both the Nixon and Reagan administrations, and in the twenty-first century during the War on Terror.
Once I read Kleindienst v. Mandel, I knew I wanted to learn more about ideological exclusion and why it was seldom discussed in immigration and First Amendment law courses and college classes.
What I did not find was a book about ideological exclusion and deportation. I wanted a book that traced ideological exclusion and deportation laws in the United States and placed them in historical context. I wanted to read a narrative that provided a discussion and analysis of the statutes and court decisions, and also described the legal and political dynamics behind ideological exclusions and deportations. I wanted a social history that included the voices of those who passed, enforced, and challenged these laws, and of those excluded and deported under them, like Emma Goldman, Charlie Chaplin, Graham Greene, and Carlos Fuentes.
Anarchist Emma Goldman's mugshot taken in 1901. Bain News Service, George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-00751. Goldman was ideologically deported in 1919.
So, I decided to write the legal, social, and political history of ideological exclusion and deportation in the United States that I wished had existed when I was in law school and graduate school. I would shed light on this consistent and continuous use of immigration restrictions to suppress dissent over the course of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, which had somehow fallen through the cracks of immigration and civil liberties scholarship. To do so, I would draw on my training in history and law to craft a narrative that would be accessible to the public, as well as useful to students and scholars, with the ability to be incorporated by law and history professors into existing courses on immigration and civil liberties in the United States.
In order to write this interdisciplinary book, I knew I had to review congressional debates as well as court briefs, but also, and most importantly, I had to conduct archival research to learn more about the actors and organizations that shaped the history of ideological exclusion and deportation. It was through my research at the National Archives that I learned that the Nixon administration's use of exclusion and deportation was part of its abuse of power to suppress dissent and to secure Richard Nixon's reelection. After excluding Ernest Mandel, the Nixon administration had excluded writer and activist Shirley Graham Du Bois, the widow of W.E.B. Du Bois, from the United States and sought to prevent her from speaking on college campuses. The administration had also used immigration law as a tool of political repression when it tried to deport John Lennon because of his public expressions of dissent and criticism and his popularity.
The importance of using archival research and an interdisciplinary approach to tell the story of ideological exclusion and deportation in the United States became crystal clear when I located the revelatory documents that would illuminate the legal challenge and the Supreme Court's decision in Kleindienst v. Mandel. If I had just read the Court's majority opinion written by Justice Harry Blackmun and Justice Thurgood Marshall's dissenting opinion, I would not have known that Marshall had changed his mind and switched his position. It was only through my examination of the papers of Supreme Court justices held at the Library of Congress, that I discovered a letter Marshall had sent to Chief Justice Warren Burger explaining the reason why he could no longer join or write the majority opinion to uphold Mandel's exclusion. Moreover, if I had not read the litigation and correspondence files of the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee and the oral history of renowned First Amendment attorney Leonard Boudin held at Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library, I would have never been able to write about the development of the groundbreaking legal strategy to represent the American professors who had invited Ernest Mandel to come to the United States and to challenge Mandel's exclusion as a violation of those professors' First Amendment rights.
This interdisciplinary research also led me to realize that tracing this history from the Alien Friends Act of 1798 to the War on Terror was essential to understanding ideological exclusion and deportation laws in the United States and the challenges to these laws. While writing this book, I not only wanted the reader to reflect on the interconnection of restrictions, organizations, and people, but also to learn how the historical actors included in this narrative reflected on their connection to the past and its relevancy to their present experience of ideological exclusion and deportation. Those challenging ideological deportation and political repression during McCarthyism cited the Palmer Raids and the Alien Friends Act of 1798 as points of comparison, as they warned not to repeat the mistakes of the past. Those who denounced ideological exclusions during the Reagan administration cited exclusions during McCarthyism. I wanted each chapter to be able to stand independently, while also building on the previous chapter and setting the stage for the next one. This structure would reveal the persistent use of ideological exclusion and deportation laws as part of a long path of political repression, while also providing historical context and the roadmap of those who sought to challenge these laws.
"PUT THEM OUT AND KEEP THEM OUT," by Fred Morgan, published in Literary Digest, vol. 63, no. 4, October 25, 1919, Columbia University Libraries.
Presenting a chronological narrative, as opposed to a thematic one, enabled the book to highlight the continuities and consistencies of ideological exclusions and deportations and of the arguments for and against them over time. Laws passed to suppress the threat of dissent in one period were used, revised, and amended to exclude or deport foreign noncitizens decades later, and legal advocates turned to past precedent and struggled to circumvent it. Those who supported ideological exclusions and deportations argued that they were necessary to protect and preserve American institutions and democracy, while those who opposed exclusions and deportations argued that they undermined liberal, democratic values, restricted free expression necessary to self-government, and damaged America's identity as a nation of immigrants.
While I had planned on ending Threat of Dissent in the War on Terror, I did not anticipate taking the narrative so close to the present, within a year of the book's publication. As I finished the manuscript, I found that this long history of ideological exclusion and deportation in the United States was crucial to understanding extreme vetting under the Trump administration, including the Travel Ban (referred to as the "Muslim Ban") upheld by the Supreme Court in Trump v. Hawaii (2018), as well as the use of social media to ideologically exclude at the border. While the targets of exclusion and the technology used to implement it had changed, the law, justifications, and motivations behind exclusion had remained the same. So, I not only pushed to include the extreme vetting during the Trump presidency in my narrative, but also the challenges to it, including public protests, litigation, and the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants Act (referred to as the "NO BAN Act").
While the targets of exclusion and the technology used to implement it had changed, the law, justifications, and motivations behind exclusion had remained the same.
Three months after I held Threat of Dissent in my hands for the first time, I was still sitting in my tiny apartment in New York City, reflecting on how and why I wrote this book, but this time, I was not alone. I was a guest speaker describing my archival finds to students during their immigration law class conducted over Zoom. The incorporation of ideological exclusion and deportation into an immigration course, and our discussion of the legal precedent established in Kleindienst v. Mandel, its use in Trump v. Hawaii, and how knowledge of the past helps us to understand the present, was precisely what I had envisioned when I decided to write my book. It was at that moment that I knew that writing this interdisciplinary history had been worth it.
Knowledge of the past helps us to understand the present . . .
Julia Rose Kraut, JD, Ph.D., is a lawyer and historian living in New York City. She is the author of Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States (Harvard University Press, 2020) and was the inaugural Judith S. Kaye Fellow for the Historical Society of the New York Courts and an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at the New-York Historical Society.
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The Independent Third Party Monitoring Team including IHH continues to contribute to the peace process of Moro. The Independent Third Party Monitoring Team which has a duty to monitor and assess the implementation of the requirements of the peace agreements signed between the Government of Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will continue to work in the field beginning from the second half of February onward.
The teams is presided by Former EU Ambassador to the Philippines Alistair MacDonald. Among the members are the Vice President of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Hüseyin Oruç, President of Mindanao Human Rights Action Center, Zainuddin Malang, Country Representative from Asian Foundation, Steven Rood and President of Peace Institute Gaston Z Ortigas.
Vice President of IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Hüseyin Oruç who will go to the region on Sunday, 16 February, in the statements he gave about the issue mentioned that as a result of the peace negotiations, the two parties has come a long way. Oruç said that the Monitoring Team which will be in Moro on the second half of the February will monitor the implementation process of the requirements of the peace process in the field itself.
The Independent Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) was established in order to monitor the implementation process of the peace agreement within the scope of the Framework Agreement signed in 15 October 2012 in Bangsamoro between the Government of Philippines and Moro Islamic Libration Front.
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Today's post recognizes a series of firsts for the University of Pittsburgh, which was originally founded in 1787 after the American Revolutionary War as the Pittsburgh Academy. The school was later renamed Western University of Pennsylvania in 1819, and in 1908, the University of Pittsburgh. Over those many decades, one thing has remained constant: the remarkable achievements and contributions to society made by the school's scholars, especially women.
Margaret and Stella Stein were the first women to enter the Western University of Pennsylvania full-time. The sisters studied mathematics, taking several classes on astronomy, mathematical chemistry and surveying. In 1898, Margaret and Stella graduated, tied for first place in their class. The sisters decided together that Stella should be the valedictorian. In 1901, Margaret and Stella both returned for their master's degrees. Stella began teaching modern languages and mathematics at South High School, while Margaret became principal at Avalon High School.
Just a few years later in 1906, Jean Hamilton Walls became the first African- American woman to enroll at the University of Pittsburgh. She graduated in 1910 after studying mathematics and physics, becoming the first African- American woman to receive a bachelor's degree from Pitt. Two years later, she received her master's degree from Howard University and went on to found the Council of Negro College Women. In 1938, she also became the first woman to receive a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh.
A little over a decade later, we still admire and celebrate these women as pioneers of their time. Today, according to the U.S. Department of Education, women account for more than 56 percent of students on campuses nationwide this year.
Who are some women that have inspired you, or made a difference in your education experience? Let us know in the comments section below!


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