Occupy Concert Halls, but find some parking first!
Sorry, no convenient parking so I can't see you!
So, a recent piece at Fast Company takes a more sophisticated and nuanced look at audiences for Orchestras. The bottom line? Parking!
No, that's not the only bottom line, but in the case of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the trend was that those who are regular and long-time subscribers rather than 'trialists' rate the quality of the costumer experience higher than the quality of the Orchestra, Hall or even Conductor. Parking was one on the list, as is the ability to get a refund or exchange (or the lack of it as the case may be).
The symphonies compiled a list of 78 attributes of the classical music experience, from the architecture of the hall to the service at the bar to the availability of information on the Internet. Using online surveys and other techniques, the list was whittled down to 16 factors with the greatest impact on attendance.
Horns and strings! It turns out the quality of the orchestra, magnificence of the hall, and virtuosity of the conductor were not particularly important attributes. What was? Drum roll! The most powerful "driver of revisitation" was parking! As with other orchestras, veteran members of the core BSO audience had figured out where to park, but trialists identified it as a huge hassle–so they didn't come back. Another driver was the ability to exchange tickets; trialists found the "no refunds, no exchanges" policy a deal breaker.
Read the piece (link above). I think it's a good sign that folks are looking outside of the supposed 'decline of classical music' for systemic problems that may have next to nothing to do with the appeal of the product or which may affect the decision to go see the product. As I've been thinking about the idea of audiences lately (spurred on primarily by a spate of posts by Greg Sandow) I find this a very refreshing take on how the environment surrounding these organizations can have as much to do with the choice to patronize them as anything else.
It's not simply the decline of the artform, but a decline of the audiences for the artform which may or may not have anything to do with the artform's decline. Which, as the studies state, isn't the case when you look at Arts Participation from well outside of the idea of just going to 'benchmark-events' to see that as far as Classical music is concerned, folks are leading the way in online participation.
And obviously, as the audience for non-Western Orchestras grow, it will be interesting to see if some of these same issue plague that demographic as well!
I've just re-read Robert Garfias public policy piece, Cultural Diversity and the Arts in America (1989), and still find it a fascinating and prescient read. I had first come across Garfias' work through another paper he had written (1981), but the former resonated very much with what I've been researching and blogging about lately.
The reasons are complex, but in essence for these new immigrants, the environment has initially appeared very hostile. At almost every furtive foray into the larger unknown territory, their initial perception has been further reinforced. Everything they see around them appears to reject who they are. The contrast between the comfortable support of their community and the hostility and lack of acceptance on the outside makes all but the very necessary excursion into the exterior uninviting. Our concert halls, museums and galleries which for us represent an aspect of our lives which we deeply cherish and need, reflect for these large communities of immigrants, even more pointedly, the very same hostility and unwelcomeness which they experience when they must venture out. Here, even more so, our art institutions seem to say that "you must belong here to enter" and "you must know what you are doing here". For these new immigrants and a good number of other diverse ethnic groups in America there is little or no incentive to meet this challenge. To them our open doors appear as tightly shut as ever. The apparent hostility of our arts institutions to the non initiated is, most unfortunately, something vividly clear to those outside and at the same time something unimaginable to those working within the institutional network structure.
In the end, I did opt for assimilation into the dominant arts culture which was made all the easier as I didn't have a large community of Thais in the area.


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HomeForumsNIR Discussion ForumArchiveChoosing the "correct" number of factors
Choosing the "correct" number of factors
Submitted by ianm on 13 November 2017 - 12:46pm
20. Choosing the "correct" number of factors
Here is the original question and several responses to it. I have expanded some of the uses that I should have included in the question at first; the expansions are after the responses.
One of my rules of thumb in using PLS for calibration is that the number of PCs (or factors) to use is at least as great as the number n from a scores plot. The scores plot, PC(n) vs PC(n+1), has structure when n is small, but at some point of increasing n, structure essentially disappears and the distribution of points in scores space is random. It is at this point, as measured by the n value for PCs, that I obtain better calibrations. I was told this generally holds, but don't remember who said it or where I saw it.
Is this the observation of others? Is there a theoretical basis that I have forgotten about (or never knew)? Replies would be appreciated, of course.
From: Howard Mark [email protected]
Bruce - well, basically: when the structure disappears then you're at the point where all that's left to model is the noise, which of course, is random. While you're seeing structure then there are real, systematic effects being modeled.
My concern would be that at least some of the time, you're going too far and including factors that, while they do contain information, do not contain enough information, or relevant information, and therefore bring as much "noise" into the model as they account for real effects - i.e., what we loosely call "overfitting".
I think this is true for the T versus U scores (scores versus residuals really) plot. The structure in the n versus n+1 plot becomes difficult to interpret after the first few PC's.
From: Richard Kramer [email protected]
Generally, this method would seem to make sense, but it begs the question "How do you determine whether or not a particular score plot has structure?"
Clarifications: When I am using the "disappearance" of structure in a scores plot, I use the number of factors/components that either (1) just gives me what I visually see as probable randomness, compared to the scores plot that was using one less factor, or (2) compare the scores plot with a plot of variance against number of factors. Often, and maybe always(?), the minumum in a variance per factor plot is at or close to the same number of factors where I perceive the randomness is widespread in a scores plot. This correlation makes sense to me, as the randomness, as Howard correctly points out, in a scores plot is due to noise - about which we have to be careful. In a variance plot, the increase in variance is due to noise, so there should be a correlation of number of factors between the two plots.
I don't use more factors than exist for a minimum in the variance plot, and often one or two less. And when consulting a scores plot, I often use one less than the number of factors giving what visually appears to be complete randomness. Even then, I look at other measures before deciding upon how many factors to use.
Bruce - second round comments, mainly in response to Rich Kramer's. I'd sent this to him privately also, but I think that perhaps it should also go to the group:
For a long time now I've been trying to promote the idea that the Chemometrics community can and should learn from the statisticians, instead of looking down on and ignoring it just because in our arrogance we think we know more than them becaue we can sling around matrix equations. Indeed, that's the reason the first 10 years or so of the column was called "STATISTICS in Spectroscopy".
Richard's question makes a perfect foil for this - one of the key underlying functions of Statistics as a science is just to distinguish those cases where real systematic effects are operating versus those cases where apparent effects are due only to noise and random factors, and to do so in an objective, systematic, scientific manner.
Mark Twain's comment about Statistics is cute, but if you've ever seen a competent Statistician work, you would quickly appreciate how the proper application of Statistics can lead you through the thicket of seemingly impenetrable problems in data analysis, and realize that for all his good work, in this case he is the one talking through his hat.
When I spent a good part of one of the recent columns trying to promote this point of view, one of the responses I received was on the order of: "why did you waste so much space before getting to the important part?". What I find very saddening about this is that that WAS the important part, and even among the readers of the column, who have given us kudos for the statistics as well as the chemometric discussion, they didn't recognize that.
To comment on the expansion of your question: stopping at a point corresponding to one or two fewer factors than the computer indicates to be the limit is a good idea in general. The problem with that procedure (from the purist scientific point of view) is that may not be optimum in any given case. One way to improve on that is to devise a measure of the degree of improvement; the Statisticians have shown us that the objective way to evaluate this is to look at the way the sums of squares are distributed - some of Malinowski's work takes this approach.
The main difficulty with this approach is that, in trying to eke out the maximum sums of squares in the model, it is also subject to overfitting. "Overfitting" is also something we don't have a good definition of - it's on the order of "I know it when I see it", but if we could generate a proper definition, then we could use that to create objective criteria for determining whether it exists.
The approach you describe is a reasonable way to find the general approximation of the optimum rank to use. But...
One of the problems I have with this whole discussion is that "optimum basis space" hasn't been defined. All too often, and apparently for the purposes of this discussion, "optimum basis space" is defined as "the basis space for a calibration comprising the first n factors, where n is chosen to produce the best calibration." I have three problems this definition:
1. It does not allow for the exclusion of any of the first n factors;
2. It does not consider that the optimum basis space at time = 0 may not be the optimum basis space at some later time. Often the most robust calibrations are NOT the best calibrations at time = 0;
3. It otherwise does not define what is meant by "best calibration."
It also fails to consider that it is possible to have factors which have captured important systematic variance in the data which is present at a magnitude lower than the magnitude of the noise captured by that factor. This is often the case, as is apparent when a cross-validation plot shows a nice minimum in PRESS at, for example 5 factors, but shows an even deeper minimum at, say, 11 factors. We had a discussion here some months ago about whether, in such cases, it is better to go with the 5 factor or the 11 factor model. The approach under discussion presently will always choose the 5 factor model without considering the relative merits of the 11 factor model.

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La principauté de Sanggau est un État princier d'Indonésie dans l'actuelle province de Kalimantan occidental, dans l'île de Bornéo. Ses princes portent le titre de Panembahan ("celui à qui on rend hommage") mais par le passé, certains ont pris celui de "sultan". Le prince actuel, Gusti Arman Surya Negara, ne porte que celui de Pangeran Ratu.

Aujourd'hui, Sanggau est un kabupaten (département) de la province.

Histoire

Les souverains de SanggauA. Roffi Faturrahman et al., Kesultanan Sanggau
Dara Nante (1310)
Dakkudak
Dayang Mas Ratna (1485-1528)
Nyai Sura (1528-1569)
Abang Gani, avec le titre de Pangeran Adipati Kusumanegara Gani (1569]-1614)
Abang Basun, avec le titre de Pangeran Mangkubumi Pakunegara (1614-1658)
Abang Bungsu, avec le titre de Sultan Mohammad Jamaluddin Kusumanegara (1658-1690)
Abang Kamaruddin, avec le titre de Sultan Akhmad Kamaruddin (1690-1722)
Panembahan Ratu Surya Negara, avec le titre de Sultan Zainuddin (1722-1741)
Abang Tabrani, avec le titre de Pangeran Ratu Surya Negara (1741-1762)
Panembahan Mohammad Thahirl Surya Negara (1762-1785)
Pangeran Usman, avec le titre de Panembahan Usman Paku Negara (1785-1812)
Panembahan Mohammad Ali Surya Negara (1812-1823)
Sultan Ayub Paku Negara (1812-1828)
Panembahan Mohammad Kusuma Negara (1812-1860)
Panembahan Mohammad Thahir II (1860-1876)
Panembahan Haji Sulaiman Paku Negara (1876-1908)
Panembahan Gusti Mohammad Ali Surya Negara (1808-1915)
Pangeran Gusti Mohammad Said Paku Negara (1915-1921)
Panembahan Thahir Surya Negara (1921-1941)
Gusti Mohammad Arif (1941-1942)
Ade Marhaban Saleh (1942-1944)
Panembahan Gusti Ali Akbar (1944-1945)
Panembahan Gusti Mohammad Taufik Surya Negara (1945)
Pangeran Ratu Gusti Arman Surya Negara (depuis 2009)

Notes et références

Kalimantan occidental
Royaume de Kalimantan
Royaume malais
Dynastie indonésienne
Mine de diamant
État fondé en 1310

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Q: Write Persian Text to pdf via PDFBox I want to write persian text to pdf via PDFBox, however, pdfbox separates and reverse separated charachters. how should i fix that? ( i use pdfbox pdfbox-2.0.19 )
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                 cont.showText(text);
                 cont.endText();
                 cont.close();
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A: for those of you who seeking the answer of this question:
you should do some manipulation with Unicode characters.
Every Persian character that you normally know (for example س ش ت ظ), actually has 4 different forms and each form has its own Unicode characters.

*

*initial form

*medial form

*final form

*isolated form

Let's say the word  سا
in this case, the initial س has a Unicode character which is different than the س in راس which comes at the end of the word.
for better understanding, look at the picture below

how can you get Unicode characters of each form?
just go to this website https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/ and search your character.
please note that, Arabic and Persian almost use the same script, that's why in the picture that I uploaded, it says "Arabic letter Seen isolated form" for س character.
Here is a class that you can use to calculate 4 different forms of Persian characters:
 public class PersianCharachtersUnicode {

    char c;
    private String InitialFom_Unicode;
    private String MedialForm_Unicode;
    private String FinalForm_Unicode;
    private String IsolatedForm_Unicode;

    public void setCharc (char c) {
        this.c = c;
        calculate();
    }

    private void calculate() {

        switch (c) {

        case 'آ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\0";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFE81";
            break;

        case 'ا':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFE8E";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFE8D";
            break;

        case 'ب':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFE91";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFE92";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFE90";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFE8F";
            break;

        case 'پ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFB58";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFB59";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFB57";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFB56";
            break;

        case 'ت':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFE97";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFE98";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFE96";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFE95";
            break;

        case 'ث':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFE9B";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFE9C";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFE9A";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFE99";
            break;

        case 'ج':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFE9F";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEA0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFE9E";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFE9D";
            break;

        case 'چ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFB7C";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFB7D";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFE9B";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFB7A";
            break;

        case 'ح':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEA3";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEA4";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEA2";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEA1";
            break;

        case 'خ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEA7";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEA8";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEA6";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEA5";
            break;

        case 'د':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEAA";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEA9";
            break;

        case 'ذ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEAC";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEAB";
            break;

        case 'ر':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEAE";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEAD";
            break;

        case 'ز':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEB0";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEAF";
            break;

        case 'ژ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFB8B";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFB8A";
            break;

        case 'س':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEB3";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEB4";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEB2";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEB1";
            break;

        case 'ش':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEB7";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEB8";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEB6";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEB5";
            break;

        case 'ص':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEBB";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEBC";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEBA";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEB9";
            break;

        case 'ض':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEBF";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEC0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEBE";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEBD";
            break;

        case 'ط':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEC3";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEC4";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEC2";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEC1";
            break;

        case 'ظ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEC7";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEC8";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEC6";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEC5";
            break;

        case 'ع':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFECB";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFECC";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFECA";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEC9";
            break;

        case 'غ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFECF";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFED0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFECE";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFECD";
            break;

        case 'ف':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFED3";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFED4";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFED2";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFED1";
            break;

        case 'ق':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFED7";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFED8";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFED6";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFED5";
            break;

        case 'ک':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFB90";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFB91";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFB8F";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFB8E";
            break;

        case 'گ':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFB94";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFB95";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFB93";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFB92";
            break;

        case 'ل':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEDF";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEE0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEDE";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEDD";
            break;

        case 'م':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEE3";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEE4";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEE2";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEE1";
            break;

        case 'ن':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEE7";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEE8";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEE6";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEE5";
            break;

        case 'و':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\0";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\0";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEEE";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEED";
            break;

        case 'ه':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFEEB";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFEEC";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFEEA";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFEE9";
            break;

        case 'ی':

            InitialFom_Unicode    = "\uFBFE";
            MedialForm_Unicode    = "\uFBFF";
            FinalForm_Unicode     = "\uFBFD";
            IsolatedForm_Unicode  = "\uFBFC";
            break;

        default:
            break;
        }

    }

    /**
     * @return the initialFom_Unicode
     */
    public String getInitialFom_Unicode() {
        return InitialFom_Unicode;
    }

    /**
     * @return the finalForm_Unicode
     */
    public String getFinalForm_Unicode() {
        return FinalForm_Unicode;
    }

    /**
     * @return the isolatedForm_Unicode
     */
    public String getIsolatedForm_Unicode() {
        return IsolatedForm_Unicode;
    }

    /**
     * @return the medialForm_Unicode
     */
    public String getMedialForm_Unicode() {
        return MedialForm_Unicode;
    }
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Foxgloves are definitely a sign of Summer for me. I love their spikes of purple flowers against the rich Summer greens of the woodland.
These three ox-eye daisies looked much lovelier than I have managed to captured in my photo! Their sunny faces were looking up at me from beside this wooden fence.
The object of our walk today was to see the wild poppies flowering along the field edges. I'd planned to take more photos but the breeze had picked up again, which was better for walking uphill on a rather warm day, but was not so good for photographing poppies! Never mind – the poppies danced for us in the breeze instead, which was still lovely to see.
Do take a look at what others have found in groups of three for Cee's Fun Foto Challenge this week.
There is no better time to enjoy the beauty of our woods than after a spell of Summer rain. The new season's greenery is washed clean and refreshed. The dark, wet tree trunks contrast strongly with the bright greens of early Summer leaves. The air is laden with the delicious earthy scents of damp woodland, mingled with the fragrance of 'green'. Did you know you could smell 'green'? In damp woodlands in June, I am sure you can.
As well as enjoying the woods and their glories generally, on this occasion I was watching out for one particular woodland flower, the Wood Avens Geum urbanum (also known as Herb Bennet). Last week, when I was giving you the answers to my fun plant quiz, I discovered that somehow I did not have any photographs of this very common woodland flower. Hopefully, we would be able to rectify this situation.
Soon after entering the woods, we were spotting Wood Avens growing beside the woodland paths. Their delicate yellow flowers dotted the path-side greenery.
Here you can see the Wood Avens plant, nestled in amongst the grasses with its bright yellow flower.
Here's a closer look at the Wood Avens flower. The yellow petals are very fragile and look as if they may blow away at any moment.
The Wood Avens flower only lasts a brief time before the red hooked seedhead develops. The seedheads are rather more robust and will stay around across the Summer. The hooks of the ripe seeds would enable them to hitch a ride on a passing animal and so spread the flower seeds further.
With the Nine Arches Viaduct, in Gateshead's stretch of the Derwent Valley, it is possible to answer my question definitively. When the Derwent Valley Railway was built in the 1860s, the Earl of Strathmore refused to allow the railway to cross his land on the south side of the river and this meant two sizeable viaducts were needed to route the railway onto the north side to avoid the Earl's Gibside Estate. I can appreciate that to keep the railway on a level route would have taken the railway rather close to the grand Georgian house and besides, the Earl's coal interests didn't require this railway line, so why would he help out his competitors?! Arguments of this sort were commonplace as Victorian coal mine owners sought routes to transport their coal to the River Tyne and so increase their fortunes.
The Nine Arches Viaduct now carries the Derwent Walk Railway Path, a multi-user route that is very popular for walking, cycling and horse-riding. This route is part of the C2C long distance trail between the east and west coasts of England.
Many people must travel over the rather unassuming concrete surface of the viaduct without ever knowing the reason for its existence and those who never venture from the main path down to the river bank would also never know the huge scale of this amazing piece of Victorian engineering, 500 feet (152 metres) long and rising 80 feet (24 metres) above the River Derwent.
As you've probably guessed, the viaduct is known as the "Nine Arches" because it has nine arches, though only one of them actually spans the River Derwent.
Looking up from the meadow and the river bank is the best place to see the impressive scale of this sandstone and brick bridge structure. The fence under the trees and the trees themselves in the above image give you some idea of the height of the railway viaduct. Now let's take a look at the Nine Arches Viaduct from an elevated viewpoint.
Here we can see the Nine Arches Viaduct in context. You can see it is dwarfed by its own landscape setting, taking its small-scale place in this wooded valley. I think the view over this part of the Derwent valley is wonderful when the woodland is in its Autumn colours.
After my surprise and delight at being selected by Cee as one of her Featured Bloggers for my post in last week's Fun Foto Challenge on the colour blue, this week I have looked for yellow signs of Autumn in my favourite environment, the woods.
When we took a Sunday stroll in one of our local woods last weekend, we could certainly see Autumn is upon us. Yellowing bracken and yellowing leaves were all around us.
The Autumn leaf colours that we all so enjoy are a very visible sign that the trees and plants have done their work and are approaching their Winter's rest. The changing colour we observe is part of the chemical process in the leaves that we know as photosynthesis.
The lower levels of sunlight and cooler temperatures of Autumn mean the leaves are no longer able to produce chlorophyll, the pigment that paints the leaves green in Spring and Summer. As the chlorophyll is used up by the leaf for food and the leaf is no longer able to produce more, we observe the green of the leaf fading to yellow.
The yellow colour is provided by the carotene that has also been present in the leaf but in Spring and Summer is not visible to us under the green cloak of the chlorophyll. We learned all this and more on the changing colours of Autumn leaves from this fascinating Woodland Trust information leaflet.
The signs of the approaching time of rest for the trees gives rise to another kind of sign in the woods too – Tree Felling time! Autumn and Winter are the seasons for a lot of woodland maintenance work. The woodland you see in my images in this post is currently undergoing a restoration plan. The ancient woods that once cloaked our valley have largely disappeared as farmland, villages and commercial forestry took over.
There is now a move to try and restore some of the remaining woodlands to their former glory, especially in woods such as this one, where small pockets of the ancient woodland remain. With careful planning it is possible to remove the commercial plantation plantings and facilitate the regrowth of indigenous tree and understorey species. We have already seen how successful this can be in other parts of this wood.
When we visited these woods on Sunday we saw the tree felling signs were in place, ready to remove the fully grown Norway Spruce trees from an area of the wood our children have known as 'Mirkwood'. If you're a Tolkein fan, you will recall instantly that dark, dense forest from The Hobbit. So, although we know the restoration of ancient woodland will be wonderful in the long run, it is with a tinge of sadness that we see this part of a childhood play area being felled. Perhaps we can recognise this as a sign of our children growing up too – though I doubt they will ever grow out of building dams in woodland streams or having pine cone battles between the trees!
This post links to Cee's Fun Foto Challenge with the theme of 'Yellow' and the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge with the theme of 'Signs'. Do take a look at the yellows and signs that others have found for us this week's challenges.
Spring is one of my favourite seasons of the year. It's the season when everything bursts back into life after a Winter rest. Walking in the woods is a real treat for the senses in Spring as the trees are developing their fresh green leaves and the Springtime flowers begin to bloom. I know I've said before, but you can smell 'green' in the air! This is a time of renewal, a time for making new plans. Spring is full of promises to be fulfilled.
I've chosen beechwoods in Spring for Cee's Wood and Spring Foto Challenge. I love the way the sunlight filters through the the new citrus-green leaves.
The bark on this Beech tree really caught my eye. Beech trunks are usually quite smooth and grey – they always remind me of elephants! But on some trees, like this one, the bark develops into a network pattern. When it rains the rain runs down in rivulets and the algae on it glows an irridescent green against the dark tree trunk. It's beautiful to see.
Our Summer woodlands are painted with an artist's palette of wild flowers and greenery. Wherever we walk, our senses are treated to a kaleidoscope of colours and scents.
On this occasion our walk took us along a favourite path that is always rather wet and muddy. Either side of the narrow woodland path, the tumble of undergrowth was dotted with the bright pinks of Herb Robert, the purples of Tufted Vetch, the pastel pinks of Dog Roses, the bright yellows of Buttercups, the creamy whites of Honeysuckle and the lofty white umbels of Hogweed.
However, this time I decided to seek out some of the less obvious flowers to share with you.
This is Brooklime Veronica beccabunga. I love that Latin name – I think it sounds like it should be the name of a character in a Roald Dahl story!
Brooklime belongs to the Speedwell family and has a small bright blue flower with a pale greenish-white centre, fairly typical of Speedwells. However, unlike other Speedwells it is likely to be the fleshy green oval leaves you'd notice first.
The delicate Brooklime flowers grow in pairs from the leaf axils and I always feel look rather small for the size of the leaves. As its name suggests, Brooklime grows in marshy places. Our patch here grows in a very muddy spot and is often part of a puddle.
At the next path junction I smelled a tell-tale Summer smell and soon spotted some stems of Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria with their fluffy sprays of creamy flowers. It was from these flowers that this distinctive scent was drifting. In some parts of our woods Meadowsweet grows in swathes but here there were only a few stems.
They had sprung through a bare patch of earth bank on the side of a drainage ditch, dug as part of some footpath repair work earlier in the year. It will be lovely to see a little colony of these flowers developing along this muddy ditch. Meadowsweet is another plant that likes to grow in damp and marshy places.
On the other side of the path I spotted some straggling stems of the delicate Common Marsh-Bedstraw Galium palustre, growing through the path-side vegetation. As you'd expect, the 'Marsh' in this plant's name confirms the habitat in which it grows. Similarly to other Bedstraw species, the leaves of Common Marsh-Bedstraw grow in whorls around the stem. Its 4-petalled white flowers grow in small clusters. Unlike some 'little white flower' species, the flowers of this Bedstraw are quite sculptured and well-defined. I love the curve of the petals – they look like tiny sugar flowers.
Another plant that was re-establishing itself on the side of the drainage ditch was Common Figwort Scrophularia nodosa. This curious flower is another inhabitant of damp woodlands. It is unusual in having square stems and Figwort flowers are quite odd too.
The flower buds are globular but then the 'upper lip' opens like a mouth to reveal its maroon throat and a yellow 'tongue'!
My son said it reminded him of a mini version of the Pitcher plant we've seen in botanic gardens. However, unlike the Pitcher plant, I don't believe Figwort is carnivorous! We see lots of it in our woods, especially along the verges of the wide woodland rides where its moist habitat is often found.
Along the path edge I spotted some pale blue spikes of Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis. On closer inspection you can see the pale blue flowers of Heath Speedwell also have violet veins running through them. The soft furry leaves are spoon-shaped with a serrated edge. I love the shape of the pale violet flower buds with their protective green sepals. Heath Speedwell is a grassland flower but we often find it along woodland rides too.
Just as I was eagerly anticipating in my last post, we haven't had to wait long to enjoy the carpets of native Bluebells blooming in our local woods. There are certain parts of our woods where the Bluebells really make themselves at home during May.
Across the forest floor amongst the feet of beeches, sycamores, rowans and oaks the luxuriant green foliage of Spring flowers provides the backdrop for the beautiful Bluebells themselves. Native UK Bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta are a much deeper blue than the Spanish Bluebells. The rich blue sometimes adopts an almost purple hue in the dappled woodland light.
The native Bluebell's slender stem hooks over to one side, like a shepherd's crook. The slim blue blooms hang beneath the crook, turning up the points of their petals when the flower fully opens.
In our woods Bluebells are joined by the clean whites of Wood Sorrel and Greater Stitchwort, the deeper purple of the Dog Violets and the occasional flamboyant yellow of Dandelions. The acid-green of the Wood Sorrel's fresh trifoliate leaves provide another luminous blast to the woodland floor. For me, these are the colours that I really associate with Bluebell woods at this time of year.
Today we saw Bluebells everywhere we walked. They are certainly one of my favourite flowers and just one of the many reasons that make protecting their endangered ancient woodland habitat here in the UK such an important task.
Long may the Bluebells bloom!


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Q: Customise Angular Pipes I am trying to build a customise angular pipe. This pipe would be similar to Decimal Pipe.
I am rendering multiple items on the screen. Each items has it's own price and each item has different decimals places and which comes from database dynamically. I can use decimal pipe but I have to specify decimals place individually for each item. So basically what I am trying to do is, create a customise pipe that converts value(price) to its own decimals places instead of me specifying decimals places for each item.
I am using two objects(item and decimalplaces) which I have specified below.
'item': {
'itemID': 'id',
'name:' 'itemName'
'feature': 'feature'
'price': 200
}

'decimalPlace': {
'decimals': 2
'itemID': 'id'
}

Currently what I am trying to do is that I am calling getDecimals  method(which returns decimalsPlaces object) in pipe constructor then I am specifying item name using string interpolation.
Example:
{{ item.price | customisedPipe: {{ item.itemId }} }}

Inside the pipe class I am using find() function to compare 'item.itemId' and decimalPlace.decimals if its match then I am transforming value to return decimal places value.
This way it works, but I have been told not use this way. So, I'll appreciate if someone can suggest any other solution.
Please let me know if this question doesn't make sense.

A: A pipe is meant to work with it's parameters only, and no external data.
I think that you should bundle your 'decimalPlace' objects into your item objects, and then simply send the items through the pipe.
That way, the pipe will have, for each object passed in, all of the item's info, including the price and the number of decimal places, and will not have to do any sort of "find" operation.


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Colony Ranked in Startups 100 2017
For the second year running, Colony is named in the prestigious annual index of the 100 most innovative and exciting new businesses in the UK
We are delighted to be included in the Startups 100 2017, the annual list of the UK's 100 most promising new businesses by Startups.co.uk and AXA Business Insurance. The longest running index of its kind, "the prestigious Startups 100 is industry-renowned for uncovering businesses that have the highest growth potential and the most disruptive concepts, and will go on to become major brands or household names". It boasts alumni companies including PROPERCORN, Purplebricks, LendInvest, Deliveroo, onefinestay, and many more.
Running for its eighth year, the Startups 100 index identifies the country's most inspiring, exciting, and transformative new privately-owned UK companies launched on or after 1 January 2014 which demonstrate innovation, solid financials, economic impact and the ability to scale. Describing Colony as "so much more than your average Netflix or Amazon Prime", the business was profiled in the 2016 list and is one of just 29 returning companies ranked among the 2017 cohort. CEO Sarah Tierney was also revealed as one of 30 female founders in the 2017 index.
Read more at startups.co.uk.
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Come and see Chadkirk Dog Training Club demonstrations at Hayfield County Show 17th and 18th September 2016.
Club members will be demonstrating obedience, agility and flyball on both days. Trainers and club members will also be available to discuss dog training.


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Therapist Raises Over $80K To Provide Free Mental Health Resources For The Black Community
"I knew I wanted to support their mental health through all the recent devastation," said Saleemah McNeil.
In the midst of the uprising and the pandemic's disproportionate impact on communities of color, individuals and organizations are leading initiatives focused on Black mental health. According to Philadelphia Magazine, a Pennsylvania-based therapist raised over $81,000 to provide free therapy for those coping with trauma that stems from racism.
Philly therapist, Saleemah McNeil, raises over $81,000 to provide free therapy for the Black community https://t.co/XvFhYDnAcm pic.twitter.com/lDykqMIQlT
— Live Civil (@LiveCivil) June 26, 2020
The effort is being led by Saleemah McNeil, a psychotherapist who founded the Jenkintown-based Oshun Family Center. The center—which opened in 2018—was created to eliminate socio-economic barriers and stigmas surrounding seeking help for mental illness within the Black community. Cognizant of the emotional and psychological trauma that can be byproducts of the current state of society, McNeil was determined to ensure the Black community has access to the necessary resources.
Through her initiative, the Oshun Family Center is providing eight free 60-minute sessions for those battling with racial trauma. She is also aligning individuals with culturally competent therapists. McNeil teamed up with Philly Psychology to raise funds for the campaign and has a goal of reaching $100,000 so the Oshun Family Center can continue to provide these services.
"Seeing Black people in my community impacted by the pandemic and the racial epidemic, I knew I wanted to support their mental health through all the recent devastation," she said in a statement, according to the news outlet. "Racially-concordant care is very important for the Black community. I believe there is power in getting to know the therapist sitting across from you, especially a therapist who understands your experience."
There have been several efforts to make mental health resources accessible and affordable. In April, actress Taraji P. Henson launched the COVID-19 Free Virtual Therapy Campaign through her nonprofit organization the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation to cover expenses related to mental health services for people who have been significantly impacted by the public health crisis.
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Taraji P. Henson Launches Campaign To Provide Free Mental Health Services For Black Communities Impacted By COVID-19
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TD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross Theaters / Avg Screens / Avg Shows / Avg Gross To-Date Day
1 National Treasure: Book of Secrets BV $4,965,352 3,762 $1,320 5,500 $903 21,400 $232 $170,870,795 17
2 Alvin and the Chipmunks Fox $4,125,550 3,462 $1,192 4,300 $959 19,300 $214 $176,283,861 24
3 Juno FoxS $4,052,487 1,925 $2,105 2,000 $2,026 9,600 $422 $51,667,586 33
4 I Am Legend WB $3,684,930 3,648 $1,010 4,600 $801 20,700 $178 $228,055,662 24
5 One Missed Call WB $2,165,357 2,240 $967 2,240 $967 10,900 $199 $12,511,473 3
6 Charlie Wilson's War Uni. $1,971,440 2,594 $760 2,800 $704 12,300 $160 $52,552,540 17
7 P.S. I Love You WB $1,953,131 2,471 $790 2,500 $781 9,800 $199 $39,202,724 17
8 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep SonR $1,736,594 2,777 $625 2,900 $599 12,000 $145 $30,823,470 13
9 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street P/DW $1,513,587 1,249 $1,212 1,400 $1,081 6,100 $248 $38,608,100 17
10 Atonement Focus $1,403,766 583 $2,408 610 $2,301 2,610 $538 $19,155,607 31
11 Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem Fox $1,229,143 2,617 $470 3,000 $410 14,200 $87 $37,054,994 13
12 The Great Debaters MGM/W $1,043,740 1,290 $809 1,300 $803 5,800 $180 $22,013,765 13
13 Enchanted BV $1,033,044 1,932 $535 1,932 $535 6,100 $169 $119,820,940 47
14 The Golden Compass NL $882,000 1,611 $547 1,611 $547 5,000 $176 $65,664,496 31
15 No Country for Old Men Mira. $492,000 819 $601 820 $600 2,440 $202 $44,759,744 59
16 The Kite Runner ParV $468,564 380 $1,233 390 $1,201 1,590 $295 $8,669,803 24
17 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Sony $448,802 2,041 $220 2,100 $214 6,500 $69 $17,284,363 17
18 There Will Be Blood ParV $414,746 51 $8,132 70 $5,925 260 $1,595 $1,829,285 12
19 The Orphanage PicH $152,870 69 $2,216 70 $2,184 340 $450 $917,756 10
20 The Savages FoxS $129,360 110 $1,176 110 $1,176 470 $275 $2,545,266 40
21 Bee Movie P/DW $118,280 407 $291 460 $257 1,660 $71 $125,196,072 66
- The Bucket List WB $97,272 16 $6,080 20 $4,864 110 $884 $1,308,990 13
- American Gangster Uni. $63,845 327 $195 330 $193 800 $80 $129,499,865 66
- Beowulf Par. $55,359 215 $257 220 $252 600 $92 $81,512,692 52
- Fred Claus WB $51,073 404 $126 430 $119 1,420 $36 $71,651,318 59
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Fox $50,342 306 $165 310 $162 990 $51 $31,366,474 52
- August Rush WB $45,400 194 $234 194 $234 570 $80 $30,439,970 47
- Into the Wild ParV $43,667 81 $539 81 $539 210 $208 $17,252,013 108
- I'm Not There Wein. $32,076 79 $406 80 $401 210 $153 $3,292,335 47
- Hitman Fox $26,877 153 $176 153 $176 490 $55 $39,381,931 47
- The Perfect Holiday YFG $25,790 263 $98 270 $96 920 $28 $5,706,751 26
- This Christmas SGem $25,554 190 $134 190 $134 590 $43 $49,121,934 47
- The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2007) WB $19,167 30 $639 n/a n/a n/a n/a $2,432,361 94
- Michael Clayton WB $18,992 42 $452 42 $452 130 $146 $39,254,140 94
- Margot at the Wedding ParV $17,965 85 $211 90 $200 280 $64 $1,865,667 52
- Lars and the Real Girl MGM $11,035 38 $290 40 $276 90 $123 $5,760,558 87
- Deep Sea 3D (IMAX) WB $10,829 15 $722 20 $541 30 $361 $33,826,326 675
- Blade Runner: The Final Cut WB $10,707 9 $1,190 n/a n/a n/a n/a $1,229,672 94
- Awake MGM/W $9,083 68 $134 70 $130 190 $48 $14,139,086 38
- Bella RAtt. $8,536 47 $182 50 $171 160 $53 $7,637,172 73
- The Darjeeling Limited FoxS $8,247 37 $223 40 $206 80 $103 $11,743,402 100
- Lust, Caution Focus $5,948 12 $496 12 $496 30 $198 $4,563,185 101
- The Mist MGM/W $5,451 61 $89 61 $89 150 $36 $25,335,717 47
- Control Wein. $1,675 6 $279 10 $168 20 $84 $846,276 89
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford WB $792 7 $113 10 $79 10 $79 $3,884,370 108
- Lions for Lambs UA $604 7 $86 10 $60 20 $30 $14,938,321 59
- In the Valley of Elah WIP $27 2 $14 2 $14 n/a n/a $6,765,181 115
Note: Screen and Showing Counts are estimates made by Box Office Mojo based on showtimes tracking information. To read more about box office tracking and terminology, click here.


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Arman Alizad (born 12 January 1971) is an Iranian-Finnish master tailor, fashion columnist and TV personality. He is best known for the martial arts series Kill Arman, which has aired in over 100 countries around the world. Alizad has also hosted several other Finnish TV series, such as Dresscode, Unisex, Loman Tarpeessa and Arman Reilaa.

Early life
Alizad was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1971. When the Islamic revolution started in 1979, his family first escaped to the United States and eventually Finland, where his grandparents had been living. He has lived there ever since. He was active as a child and enjoyed skateboarding and football.

Tailoring career
Alizad graduated from a basic tailoring school in 1992, and became an apprentice to master tailor Jouni Korhonen. Alizad passed the master tailor's test in 1997.

He co-owns the Finnish Pukustudio clothing company with Sonja Raassina, one of the last remaining master tailors in Finland.

TV career
Alizad started his television career with the fashion show Dresscode in 2001. Since then he has done another fashion show (Unisex), two travel shows (Loman Tarpeessa, Arman Reilaa), and one martial arts TV series, Kill Arman. His more recent series are Arman ja viimeinen ristiretki (Beyond Human Boundaries), 2013–) and Arman pohjantähden alla (Arman under the North Star, 2016–).

In Viimeinen ristiretki, he visits people and places that are completely outside "western culture". The show won the 2014 Golden Venla for best TV reality series and for Alizad as best performer.

In Pohjantähden alla he travels inside Finland to show things that others close their eyes to. This show won the Golden Venla for best documentary in 2017. Alizad won for best performer again in 2016 and 2017.

International fame
In 2009, Kill Arman made a distribution deal with the British TV distribution company DRG. Between 2009 and 2011, the series was sold to over 100 countries, making Alizad an internationally known TV personality. The series airs, for example, on BBC Knowledge, Extreme Sports Channel and Jim.

Personal life
Alizad has three daughters. He is divorced, having been married twice.

References

External links

1971 births
Living people
Finnish television presenters
Iranian emigrants to Finland
Finnish people of Iranian descent
Finnish tailors
Mass media people from Tehran


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ROBINHO: ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR CAREER EXAMINED
June 2, 2021 | by index
Brazilian attacker Robinho spent just one season in the Turkish Super League with defending champions Istanbul Basaksehir. He was at the club during the 2019/20 campaign.Robinho played a big role for Istanbul Basaksehir on their way to winning the league last season netting four goals in 32 games.
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Robinho tasted Turkish football for the first time when he signed for Sivasspor in January 2018. He signed for the club as a free agent on the back of his spell at Atletico Mineiro in his native Brazil. He had scored 38 goals in 109 matches for the Brazilian side over his two-year contract with the club.
Istanbul Basaksehir signed Robinho from fellow Turkish top flight team Sivasspor after one season. The reigning Turkish champions paid around $2.78m to secure his transfer. Robinho signed for the club on January 1, 2019. He was part of the team that won the league title for the first time in the history of the club at the end of the last season.
Robinho left Istanbul Basaksehir at the end of last season before re-signing for his beloved Santos in the Brazilian league for his fourth spell at the club. The 36-year-old joined Santos as a free agent and on a short-term contract running until February 2021 with the option for an extension until December 2022.
The return of Robinho to Santos was announced on October 10, 2020 but in less than a week the contract was rescinded after a public outcry. His signing was heavily criticised due to his trial court conviction in the European nation of Italy to the extent that one of Santos' sponsors ended their deal with the club as the transfer was seen as an insult to women.
Robinho has been without a club since his contract was cancelled on October 16, 2020 with his focus solely on his sexual assault case.
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December 7, 2019: Morocco has ordered 36 American AH-64E Apache attack helicopters after first expressing their interest in 2018. The U.S. government has approved the sale but it still has to be approved by Congress, which is unlikely to have any reason to block it. Morocco has local Islamic terrorism under control and always has. The AH-64Es would be used to deal with any foreign threats and the most likely one is renewed violence from Polisario separatists in the south. Less likely are any serious problems with neighboring Algeria. Finally, the AH-64Es are most urgently needed to replace elderly French Gazelle SA342 helicopters, some of which are armed with missiles and machine-guns to act as gunships. Several other Arab nations (plus Israel) use the AH-64 and find this gunship worth the cost.
The AH-64Es will cost about $4.25 billion. This includes 24 AH-46Es with an option for an additional 12 together. The initial purchase includes 79 engines, 36 AN/ASQ-170 target acquisition systems, Pilot Night Vision Sensors, 18 Fire Control Radars and other electronics plus related equipment, support, training, and logistics.
Morocco is also interested in obtaining 600 Hellfire ATGMs (anti-tank guided missiles), 558 smaller APKWS ATGMS and some unguided 70mm Hydra rockets as well. There is also some interest in buying 200 AIM-92H Stinger air-to-air missiles.
The AH-64E Apache is the latest iteration of the famous tank buster gunship which has been used by the U.S. Army since 1984 when the AH-64A entered service. So far about 2,200 Apaches have been delivered to customers in various versions. The latest model, the AH-64E, entered service in 2011 and attracted many export customers, including India, Saudi Arabia and Britain. The AH-64 is a heavily armed and armored attack helicopter with a maximum takeoff weight of 11.5 tons and a top speed of 279 kilometers per hour. New AH-64E features included the improved Longbow fire control radar and the capability to cooperate with UAVs. The AH-64E can carry up to 16 Hellfire missiles in addition to a 30 mm M230 autocannon. A pair of Stinger air-to-air missiles are often carried as well.
Morocco has long enjoyed good relations with its neighbors. Algeria has been a threat in the past but is now sharing concerns about a growing problem with Islamic terrorists and criminal activity in these refugee camps created by earlier Algerian support for the Polisario separatists of southern Morocco. That animosity has diminished as has Algerian support for Polisario. There were doubts about this new Algerian attitude. For example, in early 2018 Algeria assured Morocco and the UN that it no longer had anything to do with Polisario But soon after an Algerian Air Force transport crashed on takeoff and among the 257 dead were 26 Polisario members. The transport was taking off from a base near the Algerian capital carrying mainly military personnel. This was more than an embarrassment, it confirmed the accusations that Algeria could not be trusted when it came to Polisario, and perhaps other matters as well.
For example, Algeria is one of the few Sunni majority Arab countries that supports the Syrian Assad government. Algeria is a major customer for Russian weapons and admirer of current Russian politics where the creation of a "president for life" became acceptable in what is supposed to be a democracy. This was very similar to what Algeria has had since the 1960s. Fortunately, many Algerians shared those misgivings and by the end of 2018 a popular mass movement got going and the Algerian president-for-life was ousted in early 2019. A new, truly democratic government is a strong possibility.
Algeria and Russia have a lot of history. Back (before 1991) when Russia was the Soviet Union, the Russians backed Algerian efforts to support and encourage Polisario and thereby weaken neighbor Morocco, which was, and still is, a centuries-old monarchy and a more efficient government than the democratic dictatorship in Algeria. Morocco felt betrayed by Algeria but generally ignored Algerian threats and denunciations. That crisis with Morocco was one of the reasons Algerians finally toppled the government that created Polisario and seemingly endless problems with Polisario.
Polisario has always caused problems with neighboring Morocco and the problem got worse in 2013. Algeria and Morocco recalled ambassadors and there was talk of escalation. This made cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts (or anything else) with Morocco impossible. Meanwhile, Polisario was providing Islamic terrorists safe haven in Polisario refugee camps in Algeria (90,000 refugees) and Mauritania (24,000). This is all connected with the declining prospects of Polisario, which has been in bad shape since 1991. Back then, Morocco finally won its war with Polisario rebels, who were seeking independence for Western Sahara, a region south of Morocco. Polisario remains powerful in Mauritania, where the rebel group has official recognition and maintains several refugee camps.
This all began in the 1960s when Polisario was so well-subsidized by Algeria, back when Algeria was a radical state, that Polisario created enough diehards to keep the violence in Morocco going and lots of people in Western Sahara unhappy. This situation also provided recruits and sanctuary for al Qaeda and other Islamic radicals. Since the 1990s the UN has been trying to work out a final peace deal between Polisario and Morocco. During the 1990s Algeria said it cut off all support for Polisario. But that, and UN efforts to mediate the differences have just not worked. The contested area called Western Sahara is largely desert with a current population of less than 600,000. Logic would have it that the area is better off as a part of Morocco. But until the 1990w there were still thousands of people in Western Sahara plus refugees who would rather fight for independence than submit to Morocco.
Some resistance is tribal and cultural, with the Moroccans seen as another bunch of alien invaders. Western Sahara was administered until 1976 as a Spanish colony. Most Western Saharans have now made peace with Moroccan rule, especially since Morocco has been spending a billion dollars a year on infrastructure and other improvements and doing so for decades. Western Sahara is a much nicer place because of that. Polisario still has several thousand armed men based in the refugee camps and refuses to accept Moroccan rule of Western Sahara. Polisario has become an outlaw organization with no real purpose. If the fighting breaks out again, Morocco could defeat Polisario, but Polisario still has a sanctuary in the Algerian and Mauritanian refugee camps. There Polisario discourages any talk of peacefully returning to Western Sahara, even though a growing number of the camp inmates are quietly doing that. The refugee camps have become police states run by Polisario and tolerated, until now, by Algeria. As more veteran Algerian Islamic terrorists are captured or surrender, the information they provide keeps pointing back to Polisario as a major source of support for AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) and its lucrative smuggling (drugs, people, weapons) from the south into Algeria. Polisario was hoping to avoid a major confrontation with Algerian security forces over this but that is becoming more difficult to do with their major supporters in the Algerian government gone. --- Przemysław Juraszek
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In honor of Mother's Day, NCIS star Michael Weatherly and his mom Pat O'Hara sat down with ET's Brooke Anderson to dish on the TV star's upbringing.
"Michael has his inner child still with him," said Pat, a hospital administrator. O'Hara went on to describe early games that she watched her son play that prepped him for his future career. "He'd pretend that the rug was water so Batman and Robin had to climb over the chairs and tables."
Today, Pat and Michael remain close. The two revealed that they are practically joined at the hip twice a year when Pat visits Michael on the NCIS set.
Michael described the experience, saying, "Say you work at a bank. Imagine you're the teller and standing next to you is your mom for eight hours."
One part of being on set that Pat could do without are all the head slaps that Michael's character has to endure from the hand of Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon).
"I didn't like that," Pat said simply.
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