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2019: How was it for you?
With the end of the year approaching, a selection of leaders from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence set out their reflections on the year gone by.
The end of the year is a chance to take stock. To consider the year gone by and reflect on what might come next. Here, we sit down with a selection of leaders from across BAE Systems Applied Intelligence to hear their thoughts on the past 12 months.
What has surprised them and which issues have shaped their priorities and impact? Here's their take on 2019…
Holly Armitage, Head of Data Services
2019 has seen data ethics turn from a niche, academic subject into tabloid news.
That data ethics can hold its own against celebrity drama and escapades in the mainstream media is testament to increased digital literacy or an indication of how low – in certain industries – analytical practices have sunk.
As a consequence, we have seen (and heard) a more spirited discussion as organisations debate their data-related values. Organisations are waking up to the fact that data ethics is so much more than tick-box compliance exercise, and the ability to take a values-driven approach provides a new form of intelligence advantage for the digital age.
Andy Lethbridge, Head of Central Government Consulting
Central government has, as ever, been an interesting place in 2019 but it was the middle of the year that saw perhaps the biggest realisation that digital transformation isn't just about shiny new websites. There is now greater focus on the back-end legacy systems on which so much of our society depends.
This presents an interesting and huge challenge for the public sector. It requires a more fundamental look at not only IT systems, but enterprise wide transformation; from the operating model, into budgeting, forecasting and exploiting different delivery approaches. Next year will see two speed and even three speed IT become common topics at the discussion table.
Mivy James, Head of Consulting for National Security
2019 is the year when large and mature organisations really committed to Agile working and digital transformation and all that it means. In other words, they are not stopping with teams of coders but beginning to extend Agile principles and deliver transformed leadership across their enterprises.
It has also been the year when diversity is no longer seen as a "nice to have". Organisations increasingly realise the error in well-intended initiatives that look like attempts to "fix the women" and understand that major investors will no longer fund businesses led by non-diverse teams.
Charles Newhouse, Global Consulting Director
2019 has been the year of the quiet revolution for blockchain.
Driven by a constant stream of news relating to crypto currencies, blockchain has had a difficult year from a PR perspective. But cryptocurrency is only part of the story. Whilst we have been distracted with volatility and scandal, the technology sector has been finding an astonishing number of new ways to use the distributed ledger technology to solve real-world problems. With over 1,100 new blockchain related patents granted in the first eight months of 2019, expect to see a whole raft of blockchain-enabled solutions in 2020 and beyond.
However, the technology community is going to have to address the power problem. The amount of power required to maintain BitCoin already exceeds the power consumed by Switzerland. In an era of growing environmental awareness, blockchain is going to have to get much more efficient or rapidly become the next eco pariah.
Lorna Rea, Account Manager, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2019 was the year marking a return from maternity leave for me – I was looking forward to it and it hasn't disappointed.
I have returned to our Foreign and Commonwealth Office Account where I started out ten years ago. I knew it would be challenging – but the interesting side of it is accessing senior clients. Long-serving diplomats always have an interesting story or two and the good news is that we are really well placed to help them resolve their challenges.
Clients are asking us to be creative in the data space so we have been talking about data landscape maps, procurement success analysis, Gov Reveal and, of course, the catchy phrase 'Pseudonymisation' (which is about retaining meaningful relationships between data sets but anonymising the data). I look forward to continuing my FCO adventures in 2020. Bring on serverless tech!
Professor Roberto Desimone, Manager, Strategic Innovation (Disruptive Technologies)
2019 has been a seminal year for disruptive technologies, not only in landmark achievements but also in establishing government institutions for overseeing the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) across society.
Google announced they had shown how a 53 qubit quantum computer has solved in 200 seconds a mathematical problem that would take over 10,000 years on the fastest supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Labs in the US. This is the first example of quantum supremacy, albeit on an esoteric mathematical problem. Expect more announcements over the next few years showing how quantum computing will disrupt new markets.
And finally, the UK's Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport established the Office of AI and Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation. It will be interesting to see if it manages to achieve its aim of AI enhancing economic development in a manner that does not compromise ethics or impact jobs.
Mark Rayner, Head of Consulting for Financial Services
2019 has been a year for intelligence.
In cyber, threat intelligence has come of age as banks and insurers put a much greater focus on being threat-led. This has been driven by the continued roll-out of CBEST and similar schemes and we're now seeing financial institutions basing their cyber transformation programmes on a real understanding of the threat landscape. More broadly, regulators are looking holistically at risk and promoting the operational resilience of financial market infrastructures across a range of risk scenarios.
The adoption of machine learning is helping banks to intelligently fight financial crime whilst also returning bottom line savings. There's much more to do in developing an end-to-end analytics eco-system but the direction of travel is clear. Finally, financial institutions are also becoming more intelligent in delivering change. Engineering teams are moving beyond agile to leverage automation through dev ops, whilst leadership teams are adopting agile practices in their core ways of working.
One change that's yet to have a transformational impact is Open Banking but, with the foundations now in place, this is one to watch in 2020.
Samantha Neath, Interoperability and Secure Solutions Sales Lead and Co-Chair OutLinkUK
The defence industry needs to diversify. They know it, we know it. But how do they do it? That's not a question we can answer for the whole industry. But what we can do is try and make BAE Systems more a diverse and inclusive workplace.
The good news is that 2019 has been a great year for D&I at our organisation. We've had a new Head of D&I join; it's been discussed by the Executive Committee; we've given back to LGBTQ+ communities by sponsoring Pride events; and a new framework for Employee Resource Groups has been launched. It's been truly amazing to see this change happening. But unfortunately it's still not enough.
Our company, like the industry as a whole, is still largely made up of white, male and able-bodied people. Change won't happen overnight, but we need to make sure that our door is open to everyone and that all people will be accepted and celebrated.
Ravi Gogna, Principal Consultant
For me, 2019 has been a year to deal with the giant elephant of the EU-exit. While the majority of the work we do isn't explicitly related, what's been both personally interesting and professionally challenging is seeing our clients' headspace get filled up by the ripple effects of ramping up No-Deal activities twice this year.
I've also been hugely impressed by the scale and volume of innovation going on across the public sector. I think this will be a challenge for us over the years to come, as we will have to work hard to articulate our value when our clients are actively recruiting and nurturing data analysts, scientists and engineers of their own.
Alex Richards, Head of Data and Digital
2019 was the year artificial intelligence went mainstream. Organisations of all shapes and sizes are building capability to capitalise on the tools and computing power now available through the major cloud providers in particular.
However, it also brought to the fore the inherent challenges in the adoption of AI. The two most significant are the quality and appropriateness of the data being used to build, train and feed AI solutions, but also the ethical and auditability considerations that are only just starting to test the boundaries of existing experience. It will be fascinating to see how these issues develop over the course of 2020.
Sandy Boxall, Account Director
2019 has seen ever increasing levels of geo-political uncertainty. Combined with the perpetually evolving face of technology, the threats and challenges faced by the Ministry of Defence have increased and become more varied. As ever, more must be done with less to counter these developments.
We are seeing an increase of Ministry of Defence procurements towards higher tech projects and the rise of digitisation and projects run on Agile models – customers are recognising that the old ways of doing things are simply too slow and too inefficient.
For us, the prime example is Programme Nelson, the Navy's effort to embrace digitalisation. I'm delighted that we've been able to take a leading role and have seen our team balloon from an initial two to the 50 odd we have now. The work we're doing is just the tip of the iceberg and we're at the start of something very exciting. It's been a privilege to be involved so far and 2020 could be the best year yet.
Dylan Langley, Home Affairs and Justice Engagement Lead
This was the year that a litany of large outsourced Home Office IT services were scheduled to come to an end. In 2014, I promised myself I would sit and watch 2 Marsham Street on 31st March 2019. Sure enough I did, and sure enough those contracts and services are still ongoing.
However, after five years of large programmes and application building the Home Office is starting to get these new services live and are looking to reduce their range of suppliers and ask more from them across their portfolios. We are well placed going into 2020 as we now support live service applications, advise on their key strategic programmes and are building their key analytics capability.
Gary Kalish, Senior Financial Crime Prevention Analyst
The focus on financial institutions requirements to mitigate financial crime risk has continued to remain a big focus, as seen with yet another Laundromat scandal making the headlines.
One of the bigger pieces that was published in the year by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority was its thematic review looking at understanding the money laundering risks and vulnerabilities within the capital markets space. Although not new, it has reinvigorated focus on the risks itself as well as some of the connections with other risks faced within the capital markets space, such as market abuse.
Another big, positive move, this year was the FATF's announcement to prioritise the development of good practices in tackling the financial flows associated to illegal wildlife trade.
I expect to see greater focus towards both these elements and more as we move into 2020 in the fight to disrupt the movement of criminal proceeds.
Orsi Patterson, Lead Business Analyst – Defence
Many organisations talk about transformation. Some start it but very few seriously commit to it – unlike the Royal Navy. In 2018 it appointed its first CTO to start educating the organisation about the transformative power of Agile ways of working.
As we now know, that was just the very start of the Royal Navy's transformation journey into which they have seriously invested in 2019. This was an unprecedented investment and I don't mean in terms of funding but the sheer top to bottom and bottom up support that galvanised the entire organisation to start its change programme. I am eternally grateful to be part of the BAE Systems team on part of this journey via Programme Nelson and NavyX.
For the next year, I predict that the Royal Navy will become the poster-child for how to do transformation in defence and with leading contractors. It will have a much improved relationship with both large and small enterprises rooted in modern working practices and a re-affirmed purpose of delivering world class defence.
Hannah Green, Head of Data Platform for Programme Nelson
2019 saw the Royal Navy's new First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin announce his five priorities. The particularly exciting one for us is "putting technology at the heart of the fleet", and this came alongside a challenge to Programme Nelson to "Go Faster". It is incredibly exciting to see the industry publicly embrace technology and commit to pushing forward, whilst acknowledging there are challenges to be overcome in the process.
For us, this means there is work to do! We have achieved so much helping the Royal Navy with their goals this year, hitting some major milestones like deploying to sea for the first time. I am proud of the way everyone – military, civil service, civilians – have pulled together into "One Team Nelson" to deliver and consider our success a testament to what a great team with ambition can do.
So on to "Going Faster" next year!
Maya Kolaska, Principal Consultant
2019 has been all about data. Across government I've seen a much greater appetite for sharing data, balanced with improved awareness of the importance of data governance. With intense media coverage of when organisations have got it wrong, along with legislative changes such as GDPR, government agencies are coming under increased scrutiny about what information they hold on individuals and what they are doing with that information.
Whilst many government organisations have ambitious plans with regards to using data to make their organisations more efficient and more effective, the cultural shift and gap in data literacy should not be overlooked and will indeed be a key focus of the next few years.
Anna Whitmore, Senior Consultant
2019 has seen a rise in the awareness and demand for change management. Historically business change has been regarded as 'nice to have' and would often be considered after go-live in many technology programmes. Across government I have seen a large shift in the appetite for business change this year, understanding the importance of the function to realise early benefits of delivery as well as ensuring the greatest Return on Investment.
Partnered with the increased availability and awareness of professional change management accreditations, change management is no longer a nice addition but is now a must for successful technology programmes across our industry.
Nick Rhodes, Privacy and Trust Capability Lead
2019 has been the year of GDPR implications – potential fines have materialised and organisations are increasingly aware of their accountability obligations (such as privacy by design) and transparency expectations (such as artificial intelligence explainability) to build trust.
2020, I believe, will see increasing convergence between the digital and physical (including social media and the Internet of Things). There will also be regulatory harmonisation, ethics and substance (such as guide rails for machine learning) and a growing realisation that surveillance capitalism risks unbalancing societal norms without the "mid-course correction" that Tim Berners-Lee and others are calling for.
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Q: Parsing possibility What is the correct way to parse the following sentence:
It is possible that one can be happy only if one can be free.
Does the sentence say:
It is possible that [one can be happy only if one can be free].
or does it say:
[It is possible that one can be happy] only if [one can be free].
What's the clearest way to express the former so it does not get confused with the latter?

A: As I can suppose by Rimmer's comment, the difference is visible only to mathematicians. We could move parts of the both sentences more apart.

It is possible, that the sentence "one can be happy only if one can be free" is true. I am not sure.

Or

It is possible that one can be happy.  But that is so if only this very person can be free. I.e. It is possible, if he is free.

But so it is well seen, that these both sentences are very close. One is probably true if the other is true and vice versa. In the normal language it is enough to feel them equivalent. (of course, they are not, but that doesn't matter. People don't use mathematical logics usually)
If you need to check how some constructions differ, you should find an example (better more than one), in which these two constructions have different meanings. If it is possible, they are different.
You are asking for even more elaborated meta-thinking. You see here two readings/constructions in the same sentence. The receipt is the same - find an example where they will really differ and then people will help you.
Let's try to change some words:

It is natural that one can be happy only if he is free.

For this sentence, according to my feelings, only the first reading is possible.

One can be happy if he is free. It is natural.

And not at any rate:

It is natural to be happy if only one is free. (If he is not free, his happiness is disgustful.)

So as I see, the first "parsing" would be more natural.  Maybe, it could be changed by commas and that is the case where they are really very significant.

A: The answer by prash can be used in other cases, which is especially useful when the two sentences are not logically equivalent.
Consider the following:
It is impossible that Alex can run only if Bob can run. [1]
There seems to be two ways to understand [1]:
That Alex can run only if Bob can run is impossible. [2]
and
Only if Bob can run is it impossible that Alex can run. [3]
[2] says that the conditional "Alex can run only if Bob can run" is impossible.
[3] says "IF it is impossible that Alex can run, then Bob can run," i.e., it says that the antecedent of the conditional in [2] is impossible.
However, [2] and [3] are not logically equivalent (at least in one system of modal logic, viz. S5). If "Bob can run" is true, then [3] is true but [2] is false.
So now I'm wondering whether there's a grammatical reason for treating the phrase "It is impossible that..." as operating on everything that follows it until the period.

A: I think the natural reading of the phrase is as you want it - because the "one can be happy" matches the "one can be free", which encourages that reading. If I wanted to point towards the other intention, I would have to adjust the sentence, maybe just punctuation to emphasise the distictions:
It is possible that one can be happy, only if one can be free.
[I would probably put it a different way entirely, this is just for simple illustration]
To emphasise the required meaning might need more reworking:
One can be happy only if one can be free. This is possible.
[Again rather clumsy, but more context would be needed to do it properly]
It is worth doing this is misinterpretation (deliberate or not) is likely by the readers, or is significant if it occurrs.

A: Unambiguous ways of expressing the ideas behind:

It is possible that [one can be happy only if one can be free].
[It is possible that one can be happy] only if [one can be free].

How about these:

That one can be happy only if one can be free, is possible.
Only if one can be free is it possible that one can be happy.

The original sentence is considered ambiguous because it has two equally likely root clauses.

A: The most "natural" way to parse the sentence is:

[It is possible that one can be happy] only if one can be free.

I.e. without freedom, there is no possibility of happiness.
This reading is natural for exactly the same reason that "The horse raced past the barn fell." is confusing: humans read sentences one word at a time, and jump to conclusions early.

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Police: Husband nearly ran over wife 2 years before killing
By DAVE COLLINS , Associated Press, Associated Press
FILE - This undated file photo from a missing persons flier provided by the New Canaan Police Department shows Jennifer Dulos, mother of five who went... FILE - This undated file photo from a missing persons flier provided by the New Canaan Police Department shows Jennifer Dulos, mother of five who went missing in May 2019. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was arrested by state police Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Farmington, Conn., and faces murder charges. (New Canaan Police Department via AP, File)
Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, a missing mother of five, is arraigned on murder and kidnapping charges in Stamford Superior Cou... Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, a missing mother of five, is arraigned on murder and kidnapping charges in Stamford Superior Court Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in Stamford, Conn. Dulos had been previously charged with evidence tampering in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. (Erik Trautmann/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)
Connecticut State Police officers lead Fotis Dulos, center, from the State Police barracks to a waiting car Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Bridgeport, Conn... Connecticut State Police officers lead Fotis Dulos, center, from the State Police barracks to a waiting car Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Bridgeport, Conn., after he was arrested at his home in Farmington. He faces charges he murdered his estranged wife Jennifer Dulos, who went missing in May 2019. (AP Photo/Chris Ehrmann)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two years before mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos went missing last May in what police believe was a murder, her estranged husband tried to run her over outside her new Connecticut home around the time she had filed for divorce, the children's nanny told police.
The allegations were revealed in nearly 500 pages of search warrants that were released Wednesday after being unsealed by a state judge presiding over the criminal cases of Fotis Dulos, who last week was charged with murder in the disappearance and presumed death of Jennifer Dulos.
A message seeking comment was left Wednesday with Fotis Dulos' lawyer, Norman Pattis. Fotis Dulos has denied having anything to do with Jennifer Dulos' disappearance or presumed killing.
In a statement on Wednesday, Pattis said, "A preliminary review of the warrant leaves us relieved and saddened. We're relieved that there is nothing we didn't expect or have heard about; saddened because it's obvious the state police really have no idea what became of Jennifer. This remains an open case in our view."
In interviews with police, the nanny, Lauren Almeida, described a volatile time in the relationship between Jennifer and Fotis Dulos in the summer of 2017. Jennifer Dulos had left the family home in Farmington with her children in early June and filed for divorce on June 20.
Besides the vehicle incident outside Jennifer Dulos' new home in New Canaan, Almeida said Fotis Dulos that summer had also chased Jennifer Dulos through the Farmington home. She said Jennifer Dulos ran into a bedroom and slammed the door, which Fotis Dulos started pounding on in an attempt to open it, according to the search warrants.
Almeida said Fotis Dulos appeared to calm down when he realized that Almeida and one of his children were in the bedroom with Jennifer Dulos.
"Almeida said Jennifer did not want to call the police as she was very afraid of her husband and he threatened to take the children permanently to Greece," New Canaan officers wrote in one of the warrants.
Also in June 2017, Farmington police seized an unregistered handgun from Fotis Dulos because of a protective order.
Two months later, Jennifer Dulos called New Canaan police from her new home to report that Fotis Dulos had argued with her in front of the children, calling her a "bad mother" and saying she "belongs in an asylum."
"Jennifer Dulos had become upset, started to cry, and contacted New Canaan Police," investigators wrote. "No arrests were made in this incident."
Jennifer Dulos disappeared on May 24 after dropping all the children off at school in New Canaan. Her body has not been found.
Police allege Fotis Dulos attacked her in the garage of her home when she returned from dropping off the children and drove off with her bloody body, according to an arrest warrant charging Fotis Dulos with murder.
The medical examiner concluded Jennifer Dulos could not have survived her injuries from the attack without immediate medical attention, given the large amount of blood found in the garage.
Fotis Dulos was arrested on the murder charge last week and posted $6 million bail.
His former girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, and his friend, attorney Kent Mawhinney, were both charged last week with conspiracy to commit murder. They are accused of helping Fotis Dulos cover up the killing by creating bogus alibis and through other actions.
Fotis Dulos and Troconis were first arrested last June on evidence tampering and hindering prosecution charges and arrested again in September on another evidence tampering charge. Both have pleaded not guilty.
Police say Fotis Dulos was recorded on surveillance video in Hartford, with Troconis with him in a pickup truck, disposing of clothing, plastic zip ties and other items that later tested positive for Jennifer Dulos' DNA, hours after she disappeared.
The children have been living with Jennifer Dulos' mother in New York City.
In the arrest warrants, police have suggested a possible financial motive, saying Fotis Dulos was $7 million in debt and would have had some access to the children's trust funds if Jennifer Dulos died. Fotis Dulos denies that allegation.

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Q: Problem with running the code for the circular barplot I try to run the code for a circular barplot provided by https://www.r-graph-gallery.com/299-circular-stacked-barplot.html
# library
library(tidyverse)
library(viridis)

# Create dataset
data <- data.frame(
  individual=paste( "Mister ", seq(1,60), sep=""),
  group=c( rep('A', 10), rep('B', 30), rep('C', 14), rep('D', 6)) ,
  value1=sample( seq(10,100), 60, replace=T),
  value2=sample( seq(10,100), 60, replace=T),
  value3=sample( seq(10,100), 60, replace=T)
)

# Transform data in a tidy format (long format)
data <- data %>% gather(key = "observation", value="value", -c(1,2))

# Set a number of 'empty bar' to add at the end of each group
empty_bar <- 2
nObsType <- nlevels(as.factor(data$observation))
to_add <- data.frame( matrix(NA, empty_bar*nlevels(data$group)*nObsType, ncol(data)) )
colnames(to_add) <- colnames(data)
to_add$group <- rep(levels(data$group), each=empty_bar*nObsType )
data <- rbind(data, to_add)
data <- data %>% arrange(group, individual)
data$id <- rep( seq(1, nrow(data)/nObsType) , each=nObsType)

# Get the name and the y position of each label
label_data <- data %>% group_by(id, individual) %>% summarize(tot=sum(value))
number_of_bar <- nrow(label_data)
angle <- 90 - 360 * (label_data$id-0.5) /number_of_bar     # I substract 0.5 because the letter must have the angle of the center of the bars. Not extreme right(1) or extreme left (0)
label_data$hjust <- ifelse( angle < -90, 1, 0)
label_data$angle <- ifelse(angle < -90, angle+180, angle)

# prepare a data frame for base lines
base_data <- data %>%
  group_by(group) %>%
  summarize(start=min(id), end=max(id) - empty_bar) %>%
  rowwise() %>%
  mutate(title=mean(c(start, end)))

# prepare a data frame for grid (scales)
grid_data <- base_data
grid_data$end <- grid_data$end[ c( nrow(grid_data), 1:nrow(grid_data)-1)] + 1
grid_data$start <- grid_data$start - 1
grid_data <- grid_data[-1,]

# Make the plot
p <- ggplot(data) +

  # Add the stacked bar
  geom_bar(aes(x=as.factor(id), y=value, fill=observation), stat="identity", alpha=0.5) +
  scale_fill_viridis(discrete=TRUE) +

  # Add a val=100/75/50/25 lines. I do it at the beginning to make sur barplots are OVER it.
  geom_segment(data=grid_data, aes(x = end, y = 0, xend = start, yend = 0), colour = "grey", alpha=1, size=0.3 , inherit.aes = FALSE ) +
  geom_segment(data=grid_data, aes(x = end, y = 50, xend = start, yend = 50), colour = "grey", alpha=1, size=0.3 , inherit.aes = FALSE ) +
  geom_segment(data=grid_data, aes(x = end, y = 100, xend = start, yend = 100), colour = "grey", alpha=1, size=0.3 , inherit.aes = FALSE ) +
  geom_segment(data=grid_data, aes(x = end, y = 150, xend = start, yend = 150), colour = "grey", alpha=1, size=0.3 , inherit.aes = FALSE ) +
  geom_segment(data=grid_data, aes(x = end, y = 200, xend = start, yend = 200), colour = "grey", alpha=1, size=0.3 , inherit.aes = FALSE ) +

  # Add text showing the value of each 100/75/50/25 lines
  ggplot2::annotate("text", x = rep(max(data$id),5), y = c(0, 50, 100, 150, 200), label = c("0", "50", "100", "150", "200") , color="grey", size=6 , angle=0, fontface="bold", hjust=1) +

  ylim(-150,max(label_data$tot, na.rm=T)) +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme(
    legend.position = "none",
    axis.text = element_blank(),
    axis.title = element_blank(),
    panel.grid = element_blank(),
    plot.margin = unit(rep(-1,4), "cm")
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The Power of Goals.: Shot Analysis Of Bolton v Manchester City, 2011/12.
Shot Analysis Of Bolton v Manchester City, 2011/12.
Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, Gavin Fleig and Opta have recently released advanced level data for the 2011/12 early season game at the Reebok, between the two respective sides. The data provides a play by play account of the game, where each action throughout the match is described in minute detail. The most important addition to the earlier aggregated data release is the inclusion of the so called x, y co ordinates which allows a degree of context to be introduced to any analysis. Inclusion of pitch position and also game state begins to make it possible to begin to quantify the importance of major in game events and investigate more thoroughly each team's differing intentions during various stages of a match.
One of the most readily identifiable match event is attempts on goal and the new data release enables such chances to be quantified. Potentially this adds insight to the events on the day and reveals an extra layer of information to supplement the previous performance indicators based solely around goals and match result.
Anticipating the level of expected superiority between two opponents in a low scoring sport such as a football match is difficult. The average number of goals scored per game in the Premiership hovers around 2.5 goals and even in the biggest of mismatches when top play bottom, the superior side is on average rarely more than two goals superior to their opponents. Home sides on average are around four tenths of a goal superior to average away sides, but it's difficult to make a "goals only" judgement on either of these mythical side's performances if the game ends in say a single goal win for the home side.
By quantifying each chance created, especially with regard to how likely each chance was to produce a goal, we can begin to look at overall performance rather than performance based merely on result.
Manchester City visited Bolton on week two of the 2011/12 season, both had opened their campaign with 4-0 wins, City at home to Swansea and Bolton away at QPR. However, a more accurate estimation of the respective merits of each side could be found in their records from the previous year. Two average Premiership sides from that season, meeting at a neutral venue again and again would have shared around 2.8 goals on average. Therefore, Bolton's overall record of 52 goals scored and 56 conceded marked them down as a slightly below average attack and a below average defence, fully consistent with their finishing position of 14th. In contrast, Manchester City's 60 goals for and just 33 against indicated above average ability at both disciplines, again fully consistent with a finishing spot of 3rd and combined with £80 million gross purchases, it signaled an anticipated springboard for a title ascent in 2011/12.
Ground advantage would tweak the balance back towards the hosts, but City would expect to win this type of matchup by an average of around eight tenths of a goal over many repetitions. An average goal expectancy of 1.7 goals for the visitors and 0.9 for the hosts, equating to a win expectancy of 55% for the aspiring champions was in line with most pre game predictions.
The actual result, 3-2 to City reflects as accurately as it can the expected difference in ability between the two sides, but twice as many goals were scored compared to the average outcome from such a meeting. Therefore it may be more instructive to roll the scoring process back one step to see if the performances of each team was fairly typical of such matchups and the actual result was simply a less likely, but not prohibited outcome. A Manchester City side with sights on the title would record a 3-2 victory at a team such Bolton around once in 40 visits.
Quality Of Bolton's Goal Chances At Home To Manchester City, 2011/12.
Bolton created and attempted seven goalscoring chances and they are arranged in chronological order in the table above. The colour coding represents the percentage chance that each shot would, be on target (blue), blocked (gold) or result in a goal (brown). The first attempt, a free kick from Eagles that Hart palmed away came as early as the third minute. In order of likelihood, this particular attempt could have missed the target, been blocked or been on target. The distance and angle of the free kick made it a longshot that a goal would result directly from the kick. Bolton started the match brightly, but didn't manage another attempt following Kevin Davies' 63' effort that bought the game to it's final 3-2 scoreline.
Around half of the attempts represent genuine scoring opportunities. The two chances that fell to Davies, one of which he converted and their opening goal that was scored by Klasnic were each likely to result in a goal between 15 and 25% of the time. Others, notably Eagles' attempts were more speculative.
An average attacking side presented with the seven chances that fell to Bolton would reap an average return of around eight tenths of a goal. That's a figure that was very close to Bolton's pre game expected goal average based on their attacking prowess and City's defensive ability from the previous year. So the slightly more extensive shot data is telling us that Bolton's attack performed largely to expectations and it was to the credit of the strikers that they turned an expected eight tenths of a goal's worth of chances into two actual goals. On another day they may have drawn a blank.
Quality Of Manchester City's Goal Chances Away To Bolton, 2011/12.
City not only produced many more goal attempts than did their hosts, 18 compared to seven, but they also carved out twice as many genuine scoring chances. Milner, Aguero, Dzeko, Silva and late on as Bolton sought an equaliser, Tevez and Johnson each had opportunities that were the equal or better of the host's best. It's noteworthy, rather than a repeatable team trait, that City scored their goals from three of the more unlikely opportunities that fell to them in August last year. Much better chances were created but failed to produce a goal, further indicating the random component that exists when the talent being exercised has success rates that seldom vary much above 1 in 4 and often fall a lot lower. Skill and randomness, two forces that ensure the best team doesn't always grind out a win, especially in a relatively low scoring sport.
As with the Bolton example we can, in lieu of grouping together similar matchups, compare the outcome expectation from the 18 shots rather than relying on the smaller three goal sample as an indicator of performance. If we again concentrate on the "goals for" column we find that the 18 shots would yield on average just over two goals. Again this is close to the value of the Manchester City pregame goal expectation derived from historical records for both teams.
How Cumulative Expectation Compared To Reality.
Team. On Target Shots. Blocked Shots. Goals.
In short, both teams had created chances that over the long term would yield the kind of average scoreline that we would have predicted for a clash between the Bolton and Manchester City teams of the previous 30 + games. The goal glut materialized partly because of the uncontrolled order at which chances are converted into goals in a highly competitive arena. On another day a similar range and quality of chances could lead to few in any goals. A 1-0 victory for the visitors should be played out on average once every eight such trials, even with shots arriving at a rate of one every four minutes.
The Five Chances That Were Converted In The Bolton Verses Manchester City Match.
Analyzing shots is a fertile ground for investigation and the addition of pitch position enhances any conclusions. As a descriptive and analytical tool it can be used to explain the match scoreline or in a wider, more extensive context to highlight teams or players who consistently under or overperfom against the norm. Just as importantly, a deeper understanding of how chances become goals can help to show that even seemingly elevated levels of scoring actually flow naturally from in game events.
I'm curious how you calculated the shot outcome probabilities here. Are they based only on this dataset or on a larger sample of shots? Also, are they just a function of x/y position or are there other variables involved? Finally, just to clarify, shots on target here are shots that would have gone in without intervention by a defender, but not the keeper (those are blocked shots), right?
the probs are based on a larger dataset comprising goal attempts for most of the teams currently playing in the Prem. X& Y co ordinates are the only inputs used, although other variables are obviously important but currently unavailable generally.
Your understanding of how I've defined shots on target and block shots is correct.


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At least 36 people were killed when a bus hit the wall of a tunnel in northern China. The coach crashed in Qinling tunnel on an expressway in Shaanxi province late on Thursday night, 10 August.
Front portions of the 51-passenger capacity bus were left mangled after it crashed into the wall when it was about to enter the tunnel. The vehicle was en route from Chengdu to Luoyang, in Henan province, and was ferrying 49 people at the time of the crash.
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NASHVILLE – We're another week into May, and after the rookie minicamp over the weekend, next up is a round of OTAs.
Those kick off next week at Saint Thomas Sports Park.
But first, another Titans mailbag…
Kurt Pomrenke from Abingdon, Virginia
Question: Hi Jim. When will the Titans post information regarding the details for the 2019 training camp? I would like to make plans and request time off, if needed, but I cannot find any information posted yet. Thanks!
Jim: Hey Kurt. That's going to be a while, probably not until late June or early July. I suspect it will kick off around July 24-25 and run until the third week of August. And bank on the practices against the Patriots (guessing on August 14 and 15th here) leading up to the August 17 preseason game.
James Panos from Tuscon, Arizona
Question: Hey Jim. Long-time long-distance Titans fan here, read the column every week. Traveling to Nashville this year for the first time to catch a game with a group of friends (large group around 12-15). Any suggestions for getting that many tickets for good seats? Also, where should we eat?!
Jim: Hey James. Bryan Fillet from the ticket office (BFillet@titans.nfl.com) told me to let you know the team offers discounted ticket rates to groups compared to what they can get via titansonline.com. So I'd contact him. As for where to eat, man, a ton of great options. Martin's BBQ downtown is great. Acme is a fun place, and The Southern is spectacular. Have a big time!
Johnelle C from Kaneohe, Hawaii
Question: Aloha Jim. Can you explain what could happen with Marcus's contract next year please? Long term deal vs. Franchise tag vs. other options. Is franchise tagging a player negative because the agent and team couldn't come to an agreement or a team isn't sure about a player? I hope Marcus can stay healthy this year and shows everyone how great he is. Do you know if he is having any meet and greet events this summer in Hawaii? Looks like we might get Adam Humphries. Do you think his personality would be a good fit for our locker room? Could you ask him once he gets situated how he likes catching footballs from the number 1 and 2 pick of the 2015 draft? Is there any difference in how the ball comes out and leadership style etc.? My boyfriend took me to see the Titans vs. New York Giants game last year. Wow that was the best, but it was so cold and rainy. Did you get to stay dry? Thank you for all of the tips for my first NFL game. We are definitely going to fly over to Nashville for our next game. Can't wait to see where it all happens and I'm super interested in the new tour of the facility. Will be watching the Draft from the 808. Mahalo Jim and have a great week. Titan Up!
Jim: Hi Johnelle. A lot of potential options with Marcus. He's in the final year of his contract in 2019, the option year. Next year the options are this: A- Marcus plays well, stays healthy, and he gets a long-term contract next offseason. B- Marcus plays well, stays healthy but the two sides can't come to an agreement on a long-term deal, so the team opts to use the franchise tag to keep him while working toward a long-term deal, or use it to keep him while keeping the window open for further viewing. C- The events of 2019 lead to Marcus playing his final year with the Titans. Of course the Titans hope Marcus plays well, stays healthy, and the two sides can talk about moving forward with him as the franchise QB. But there's a lot TBD here.
Sergio Escobar from El Paso, Texas
Question: Hey Jim, lifelong fan of the Oilers/Titans. I liked the unis the team had this year and was wondering if we will get to see the throwback oiler unis anytime in the future. Thanks
Jim: Hey Sergio. You bring up another popular question of late. I get the sense folks are more interested in wearing the slightly redesigned Titans light blue unis (with bigger, easier to read numbers), than the Oilers uniforms. Could the team wear the Oilers unis one day? Well, controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk said she'd only wear them if the NFL approved a second helmet, so the team could match them up with the Oilers helmet. Until that happens, I'm not expecting to see them.
Matthew Gross from Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Question: Hello Jim. Was wondering if Arthur Smith is going to call plays from the field or the booth and what would the benefits of either be. I'm sure he has an idea of how he's going to do it since he's seen it done from both perspectives. Kind of tired of all the Mariota questions, he'll answer them this season with his play. Looking forward to many seasons with consistency. Thanks for the time
Jim: Hey Matthew. I suspect Arthur will weigh his options before deciding. A year ago, as a first-time playcaller, Matt LaFleur worked from the booth and the sideline during the preseason before deciding he'd rather be in the booth to call games. I suspect Arthur will do a similar experiment before making a decision.
Kevin Berkner from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Question: Which of the UDFAs might have a chance of making this team?
Jim: Hey Kevin. It's always fun to watch. The most highly-touted UDFA coming in was probably OLB Derick Roberson (Sam Houston St.), and I watched him a little on Saturday. He's a good-looking prospect, but I'll need to see a lot more before making any big predictions.
Charles Conklin from Smyrna, Tennessee
Question: Hi Jim, I've been missing football! Baseball and summer sports just aren't the same as football season, so I'm excited for rookie camp and OTAs that have started!
As a graduate of MTSU I was excited to see Brent Stockstill in rookie camp this week. I have a question related to him that I've wondered for some time. Since he's a left handed QB, if he had to play for the Titans because of injury, how does that affect the offensive line? Would Taylor Lewan switch from LT to RT to protect his "blindside?" There aren't many, if any left handed QBs in the NFL and I've always wondered how that would be handled.
Jim: Hey Charles. Brent took part in the rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, but he wasn't signed…
Dave Maniaci from Honolulu, Hawaii
Question: Aloha Jim! I am so excited about the 2019 draft picks! I hope Simmons can rehab his knee and get it to where he will be a solid contributor for years to come! If not for 2019 then certainly 2020 (hindsight hehe) and beyond. I do have to reflect on Kevin Dodd though and with the same idea of him rehabbing and being a contributor, it just didn't happen for KD and the Titans. It was a bust. So I am a little gun-shy and skeptical for those reasons on the Simmons pick. That aside, AJ Brown will finally bring us to the promise land. He is such a complete receiver and in my opinion is more like Andre Johnson than any other receiver out there. Most people say Calvin Johnson but I'm not too sure about that. AJ (Andre Johnson) Brown has awareness on the field like no other receiver in this draft. Like Vrabs said, "just get open and catch the ball", I believe he will. If Nate Davis wins the RG position holy smokes! We have ourselves a formidable wall. Long, Walker, Hooker, are not positions of need in my opinion but hopefully will result in a happy ending as well. If the Titans can beat Andrew Luck and Indy, they will be going to the Super Bowl. Prediction: Rams vs. Titans Act 2. Keep up the great work you're the best Jim! Mahalo.
Jim: Aloha Dave! Dodd was a different case, and he got hurt early during his time in Tennessee. Simmons seems like a different kind of guy. I like Brown as well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Kyle Young from Sparta, Tennessee
Question: Hey Jim. First-time writer, and I really appreciate the work you put in for us Titans fans. I've watched a lot if Titan football and my question is this: Do you think with the addition of Humphries and Brown, Walker's return, that maybe we see Marcus Mariota given more control of the offense? No secret MM is in a contract year, it makes sense to me that you put all the chips in and let him do what he does best. I hope we see #8 in two-tone blue for a long time, and believe he is the best we have had since the great #9. Titan Up!
Jim: Hey Kyle. I think you're going to see a mix. While a lot of folks want to see Mariota handed the reins to do more, I get as many questions – heck, probably more – wanting to see Derrick Henry fed the football more moving forward. I think you're going to see a split, but with Walker's return, the addition of Humphries and Brown, and the continued improvement of guys like Corey Davis, Taywan Taylor and Tajae Sharpe, I do think the passing offense should be in a much better position to be successful in 2019.
Tuesday Mailbag: Jim Wyatt Answers Questions From Titans Fans Leading Up to AFC Championship Game
With wins over the Patriots and Ravens, the Titans will now face the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday. Titans Online's Jim Wyatt answers questions from Titans fans in this Tuesday's Titans mailbag.
Gameday Mailbag: Jim Wyatt Answers Questions From Titans Fans on Day of Playoff Game vs Ravens
The Titans face the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday night at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Titans Online's Jim Wyatt tackles questions leading up to tonight's game.
After knocking off the Patriots in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, the Titans now face the Ravens on Saturday in the Divisional round. Titans Online's Jim Wyatt discusses the win over New England, and what's ahead in this Tuesday's Titans mailbag.
GameDay Mailbag: Jim Wyatt Answers Questions From Titans Fans on Day of Playoff Game
The Titans face the New England Patriots on Saturday night in Foxborough, Mass. Titans Online's Jim Wyatt tackles questions leading up to tonight's game.
New Year's Eve Mailbag: Jim Wyatt Answers Questions From Titans Fans
Titans Online Senior Writer and Editor Jim Wyatt tackles questions from Titans fans in this Tuesday's edition of "Ask Jim."
Weekend Mailbag: Jim Wyatt Answers Questions From Titans Fans
Titans Online Senior Writer and Editor Jim Wyatt tackles questions from Titans fans in the weekend edition of "Ask Jim."
TitansOnline.com Senior Writer and Editor Jim Wyatt tackles your questions in this Tuesday edition of "Ask Jim."


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Guest blogger Tony Herbert embarks upon the final leg of his tailor made American road trip, visiting the vast Bryce Canyon and the russet red sandstone landscapes of Zion, Utah.
We're on the final leg of what has been an almost unreal experience, and this morning, we open the door to the sound of the rushing rapids of the Colorado River and the view of the red cliffs looming dramatically above. I'm sad to leave, but we are setting off on our way to one of our final destinations, Bryce Canyon.
On the drive, the desolate countryside begins to give way after a village called Hanksville, and we begin to find ourselves surrounded by dramatically different scenery. Forests of cottonwood trees emerge as we enter the valley of the Fremont River. The trees have a golden glow that contrasts vividly against the russet red of the cliffs. There's much more variety in the colours of the landscape, too: often, the cliffs are a deep terracotta red, with layers of white and cherry beneath, but now, they're interspersed by gloomy valleys of dark black rock.
In pursuit of lunch, we drive over the substantial Boulder Mountain. This incline is a complete surprise, as US road maps don't do contours (though neither do ours, I suppose). We climb on a winding road to over 11,000 feet - higher than most Alpine ski resorts - and enjoy magnificent panoramic views.
When we reach Boulder, we head to Hell's Backbone Grill, which is a real discovery. It's a restaurant in a beautiful cabin and is run by a couple who are a mixture of Mormon and Buddhist (I'm not exactly sure how this works). The food has been rated by all sorts of magazines and Zagat, and we bought the T-shirt and - I'm afraid - the cap to remember it by.
On the road again, we start on a mildly terrifying road that runs along a rocky spine with deep drops on either side. It's called either the Hogsback Ridge or the Devil's Backbone. Either seems appropriate.
Later, we arrive at the Bryce Canyon Lodge, the only hotel in the park itself. It still has a rustic charm, with the all-pervading smell of the log fire burning away in the lobby. Dinner operates in an old-fashioned, no-nonsense way and is controlled by a small bald man with thin-rimmed spectacles and a neat moustache who hands you a pager and tells you firmly that there'll probably be a 30 minute wait. His estimates, fortunately, are pessimistic, but what you can't do is wait in the bar. Mormon tradition is observed by lack of a bar - drinks are only served with food, and even then, it's only wine or beer - no naughty spirits.
Bryce Canyon is not actually a canyon at all: it's the edge of a vast plateau, created many millions of years ago. It's been eroding gradually ever since, forming the bizarre structures known as 'hoodoos' that Bryce is famous for. One ranger quipped that it should really be called Bryce Eroding Plateau National Park, but admitted that it lacked a certain oomph and pizzazz. The sheer size of it all makes it even more impressive than anything imaginable.
Zion, unlike Bryce, is actually a real canyon, carved out of red sandstone by the Virgin River. We've already seen the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Arches, Bryce. So what does Zion add? It's different again: cliffs and rocks tower above us like vast walls, eroded into mountains of smooth red rock. Much of it is so narrow it's suitable only for hikers.
A lot of fellow travellers we came across were doing much the same tour, but in the reverse direction. Maybe the plan was to leave the best till last, with the Grand Canyon as the grand finale?
Initially, I thought their approach might be better. 'Won't the other places seem like a series of anti-climaxes?' I asked myself. But they don't. Each is amazing in it's own way - so I think Olga, our Original Travel consultant, got it just right.
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Why Henry Cavill Is Not Just the Lead of The Witcher but So Much More
Henry Cavill and his career have been nothing short of magnificent with roles like Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher, Superman in the DC films trio, Charles Brandon in The Tudors, and Sherlock Holmes in Enola Holmes. With a career that is doing so well, many expect Cavill to not focus on other activities quite so much. But the actor has proved time and again that he is certainly a man of many talents.
Here is a list of all trades Henry Cavill is a jack of:
Who doesn't love a bit of escapism, eh? With actors being chased around by paparazzi every time they step out, they tend to look for indoor activities to keep them preoccupied, and what's better to offer in this segment than gaming? Cavill is an ardent gamer who plays for hours without end.
We're all a little competitive, some of us more than others. Henry Cavill certainly is zealous as he doesn't even like to go easy on gaming. The actor talked in an interview about how enjoys the competitiveness and ends up taking it a bit too seriously.
"At the same time, I am very competitive and play everything on the hardest level I possibly can because I do like the challenge," said the actor. He continued, "I get frustrated as well; there have been times when I've been up at 3 am or 4 am going, 'I'm not going to beat it today. I need to go to sleep and stop winding myself up because it's having the exact opposite effect of what I wanted.'"
While Henry Cavill's gaming days are quite popular, especially because his favorite games included, of course, The Witcher. But what many fans don't know is that Cavill is also tech-savvy. The actor took to social media to upload pictures of a computer he built from scratch.
He is quite the British gentleman
While this isn't a talent quite by itself, it is a trait admirable enough to deserve a special mention. Chivalry and niceties are the last things fans might expect from a successful actor. Especially if the actor in question is 6'2, happens to be an ardent gamer, and has the brains too.
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After Rocky Start, Biden Builds Rapport with Mexico President López Obrador
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MEXICO CITY — It was only about two years ago that Mexico's leader would not even recognize President Biden's election victory. But on Monday, the two men were standing side by side at Mexico's national palace, locked in a group hug with their wives.
The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, later called his American counterpart "a visionary president," saying "there would be no other leader" who could unify the Western Hemisphere.
It was a remarkable turn in a critical relationship that started on uneasy footing, but has shifted in part because Mr. Biden has invested heavily in personal diplomacy with the Mexican head of state — and Mr. López Obrador has realized how beneficial it is to be on friendly terms with the United States.
Significant challenges remain pressing on both sides of the border, and the two countries are not always aligned on how to contain an extraordinary movement of people across the Americas, curb the surging trade in fentanyl or combat climate change.
The meeting between Mr. Biden, Mr. López Obrador and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, known as the North American Leaders Summit, concluded on Tuesday without yielding much in the way of new policies. And it's unclear whether any of the warm gestures on display at the summit will translate into more lasting cooperation on those contentious issues.
At a news conference on Tuesday evening, Mr. López Obrador stressed the importance of leaving behind "hegemonic interventionism," saying the three countries must treat each other "as good neighbors, economic allies and as friends."
Energy remains a sticking point, as the United States and Canada have accused Mexico of violating a free-trade agreement with policies that boost a state-owned electrical utility over international companies.
But the gathering did send a clear message: Years after former President Donald J. Trump at best neglected — and at worst battered — partnerships in North America, the United States is back on better terms with some of its closest allies.
"This trip is a good opportunity for President Biden to deepen his personal engagement with President López Obrador and Prime Minister Trudeau," Jake Sullivan, Mr. Biden's national security adviser, told reporters, adding: "That's an important dimension to this."
A crucial part of the summit, said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico's foreign minister, was deepening "personal relations" between the leaders.
Senior Biden administration officials have recognized that the rapport between the two leaders was key to securing deeper collaboration from Mexico's government in stemming the historic flows of people arriving at the U.S. border.
"I'm grateful to have both of you as partners — and, might I add, friends — as we work together to realize a shared vision for North America," Mr. Biden said to his Canadian and Mexican counterparts at Tuesday's news conference.
Mr. Biden has been focused on building personal ties with the Mexican leader, said a senior state department official not authorized to speak publicly. The official noted that the U.S. president chose Mexico as his first trip to any country in the Western Hemisphere and that the two leaders speak regularly on the phone.
The friendly exchanges represent a notable shift from the way the relationship began.
Mr. López Obrador was among the last world leaders to congratulate Mr. Biden on his election victory in 2020, insisting on waiting "until all the legal issues are resolved."
The first time the two men got on the phone after the election, Mr. López Obrador went out of his way to praise the "very good relationship" his country had established with Mr. Trump.
"The relationship between AMLO and Biden started off on the wrong foot," said Martha Bárcena, who was appointed by Mr. López Obrador as Mexico's ambassador to the United States from 2018 to 2020.
While Mr. Trump had called some Mexicans "rapists" and threatened America's closest economic partner with a trade war, he adhered to at least one principle that Mexico's leader valued: mostly staying out of the country's business.
Mr. Trump did effectively browbeat Mexico into accepting a large number of migrants expelled from the United States, but in turn, he left Mr. López Obrador to pursue an ambitious domestic agenda without saying much about the sometimes damaging effect on American interests.
Mr. López Obrador feared that largely hands-off approach would change with Mr. Biden, partly because the Mexican leader saw Democrats as more interested in imposing their values on Latin American countries, current and former officials from both countries said.
In the run up to the last meeting between the three North American leaders, in November 2021, Mr. López Obrador attacked the Biden administration for funding Mexican media groups that he described as "opposition publications" and called the long-running American embargo on Cuba "vile."
Then, in June, he snubbed Mr. Biden by refusing to attend a gathering of leaders from across the Americas that was hosted by the administration in Los Angeles, because Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua had not been invited.
But in recent months, Mr. López Obrador's stance has appeared to soften. The Mexican leader, in his morning news conferences, has spoken about Mr. Biden in glowing terms, praising him as "responsible, sensible" and "respectful."
What changed? Analysts point to Republicans' disappointing showing in the midterms and Mr. Biden's recovery in public opinion polls, a sign that the U.S. president might be politically stronger than many in Mexico expected.
More urgent for Mexico's leader, though, are elections in his own country. This year will mark the beginning of campaigns for the 2024 presidential contest in Mexico, in which Mr. López Obrador's is barred from running again. But he is expected to have significant say in who from his Morena party will run to succeed him— and fight to cement his legacy with another six-year term.
The Mexican president recognizes that the U.S. administration — which holds enormous economic and political sway in Mexico — could make it difficult to carry out the sweeping changes he promised to bring to the country after winning an overwhelming victory in 2018.
For Mr. López Obrador, it is now more valuable than ever to extinguish any whiff of antagonism between the two governments.
"He doesn't want the U.S. government to be supportive of the opposition — or an open critic of his policies," Ms. Bárcena said. "It's smarter to be on better terms with the U.S. government than how he was at the beginning."
Mr. Biden has also made a concerted effort to charm Mr. López Obrador. Six weeks after Mr. Biden took office, he and Mr. Lopez Obrador held their first virtual meeting, where the American president heaped praise on his counterpart, saying that "what you do in Mexico" affects the whole hemisphere.
Last summer, after Mr. López Obrador refused to attend the regional summit hosted by the administration, Mr. Biden made a public show of bringing his counterpart to the White House.
At that meeting, Mr. López Obrador told Mr. Biden that "we trust you because you respect our sovereignty."
Blanca Heredia, a professor at Mexico's Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, said, the two leaders "were like a couple that at the beginning didn't know how to dance together, but then started synchronizing."
"It's not just that it's better for them not to fight,'' she added, "it's that they both are indispensable to one another."
This week, Mr. Biden made another modest, but important gesture: He bypassed Mexico City's major international airport and instead flew into a smaller airport the Mexican leader's administration had built.
Though it has been criticized as a boondoggle pet project of the president's, Mr. López Obrador counts the new airport as a monument to his success in transforming the country and had requested that Mr. Biden land there.
After descending from Air Force One on Sunday, Mr. Biden took the display up a notch: He invited his Mexican counterpart to ride with him in his limousine on a trip to the capital made extraordinarily long by the airport's remoteness.
For Mr. Biden, landing an hour away from the capital was a small price to pay for placating a leader whose cooperation — on migration, energy and trade — is more important than ever.
"For AMLO this is a get, being seen as respected by the U.S. president for his vision of policymaking, for his leadership," said Shannon O'Neil, a Mexico expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. "The bet by the U.S. is, we'll give him the optics, and then he'll be more amenable to give us the substance."
The ride from the airport, said Mr. Sullivan, gave the two leaders "the chance to just have a one-on-one chat," about "how they're seeing the world right now, what's on their minds. I think they both got a lot out of it."
Mr. López Obrador raved about how the American president "himself showed me how the buttons worked," the Mexican leader said, referring to the vehicle's controls. "President Biden is a friendly person."


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