Support Vector Machines are a machine learning approach that is well studied, thoroughly vetted and effective in a large number of applications. The objective of this thesis is to accelerate an implementation of Support Vector Machines (SVM) using a heterogeneous computing system programmed using OpenCL in C/C++. LIBSVM, a widely-available, popular and open source implementation of SVM is chosen, allowing the presented work to be integrated seamlessly into existing systems. The proposed framework is evaluated in terms of speed and accuracy when performing training and classification on a number of standard data sets. Testing was based on two work station GPUs, the NVIDIA GTX 480 and Tesla K20, and a modern, work station CPU (Intel i5 Quad Core, 3 GHz).
We find that, for large data sets, training is accelerated by a factor ranging from 9 to 22. In general, speedup increases with the total number of training samples in the data set until the GPU device is fully utilized. While these gains in speedup are significant, they do not match the ideal parallel speedup, that is the total number of cores in the parallel system. Our findings indicate that performance is hampered by the portions of the SVM training algorithm that are sequential. In addition, we find that the classification phase of the SVM system is accelerated by a factor of up to 12. During classification only a relatively small number of samples are classified compared to the typical number of training samples, and the computational complexity of classification grows only linearly with the number of samples processed, as opposed to the training phase where it grows quadratically. The contri- butions of this thesis include the use of OpenCL for accelerating SVM training and testing on heterogeneous systems, and the performance analysis of the acceleration of SVM.


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Music fans begin to hop on the trend of rising artists
Shoreline Mafia's single "Heavy"
Fandoms are looking down upon all the trend-following listeners to their favorite artists that they've idolized for years before.
One thing that gets these groups of fans more mad than anything is the idea of all the 'trend followers' hopping on their musician's bandwagon.
"I don't think (hopping on bandwagons) are right. It's unfair to the people who've been listening to these artists for a prolonged amount of time," junior Avery Mershel said.
People have a passion for rising artists such as Tyler, the Creator, BROCKHAMPTON and Shoreline Mafia, just to name a few.
Although the die-hard fans believe in staying true to their favorite artists, there are two sides to every story.
"If you just start to like an artist, I can't hate on that," senior Pariya Rahni said.
If you just start to like an artist, I can't hate on that"
Artists put their music out so it can be enjoyed by all, not reserved by an exclusive group of fans.
It's okay to be a fan of an album, but not pretending to be a longtime fan of an artist you've just found.
"It's kind of disrespectful when someone pretends like they know something about an artist that they don't," Rahni said.
There really isn't an end goal in arguing about your status of a fan, anyway.
"There's no point in arguing on whether I'm a bigger fan of something than you are," junior John Hill said.
Like many other students at GBHS, Mershel is a fan of Shoreline Mafia, an upcoming rap group from Los Angeles.
"I see everyone listening to Shoreline Mafia out of the blue. I've been a long time fan and it kind of upsets me to hear when people pretend they know everything about them when they only listened to one of their songs," Mershel said.
As expected, this has gotten some die-hard fans of some obscure groups to get upset.
Recently, there have been some deaths of some underground artists and along with their deaths came waves of "RIP" tweets, instagrams and snapchats appearing all over the internet.
"People who had never listened to the (late) artists before and had barely even heard they existed would post on social media saying they are sad that the artists are gone," junior John Hill said. "That's when it becomes a problem."
In the past year, three popular artists passed away, including Lil Peep, Xxxtentacion and Mac Miller.
These young artists had a cult-like following on their SoundCloud accounts and other social media platforms.
With all the music out there today, there is something for everyone. If a fan happens to stumble upon a band before it gained popularity, they too will see people around them 'clout-chasing' and pretending they know of the coolest new bands before everyone else.
"In reality, we shouldn't hate on people for just starting to like music," Rahni said. "It's for everyone."
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Do NOT Waterboard your Terrorists- be kind to them!
How do you get important information out of a terrorist you have in custody? Maybe even to prevent more killings?
Trump thinks the US should waterboard them again.
The CIA had stopped this torture program and only used it three times in the past.
Now we learned something new.
The FBI is inspired by the approach of Hanns Scharff, a former investigator for Nazi Germany.
In a world where extracting the right information is becoming increasingly difficult, the FBI has been looking for inspiration in the unlikeliest of places. This time, they looked to Nazi Germany.
What has triggered this unexpected inspiration?
In the present global security climate, America's Federal Bureau of Investigation has been grappling with the questions of how to question terrorists, and gain important information from them in order to have a watertight approach to security.
While the usual cliché for such police or detective interrogation of terrorists brings to mind the image of physical torture, violence and mental harassment, the FBI may well do quite the opposite. Interestingly, this is inspired by the almost forgotten Hanns Scharff, who worked as an effective investigator and interrogator for Nazi Germany. He was believed to be a great manipulator, and ironically did not use much force to convince his targets to share information.
Scharff's strategy came into the limelight since 2009, when US President Barack Obama established the FBI-led High-Value Interrogation Group. This was started to explore other effective means to interrogate terrorists, as the US government was sharply criticised for use of torture on alleged terrorists.
Is Scharff's approach still relevant?
However, the question remains whether how effective Scharff's approach is in the present-day scenario of terrorist interrogation. If Scharff used the approach that he did with prisoners of war, it is a slightly different situation – as usually there is an unspoken humanitarian protocol that they should be treated with the basic respect they deserve for being a nation's official military man. Additionally, as Scharff mostly dealt with German-captured American war pilots, it was a different power equation between them. Mostly, there was no strong religious or cultural allegiance – more of a nationalist or patriotic connect to the country that one was fighting for. Therefore, if Scharff wanted to manipulate a military man into giving out sensitive information, he was only dealing with the soldier's ideals of patriotism, and being part of the German military support team himself – Scharff and the prisoner could discuss ideas as equals.
In the case of terrorists, it appears that they are often inspired by religious ideals, and share a very different dynamic with interrogating officers. They are convinced that they are performing a great spiritual service and will receive a great spiritual reward for defending their ideals through terrorism, and these terrorist activities are scattered across various groups and taken ahead by different leaders. Therefore, it is not as simple or useful for police officers today to interrogate terrorists as it might have been for Scharff with his military detainees.
However, Scharff's strategy of mental manipulation could definitely provide a unique approach to terrorist interrogation, and it is crucial that the FBI stops using unwarranted force and violence on detainees.
Time will tell whether this approach actually works out well for the FBI.
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Izelda held the gnoll and leaned on the door to the hallway, hopefully blocking someone from coming through behind them. Schmidt opened the other door, letting Locke and Leve through.
They debated locking the door Izelda was blocking, but decided against it in case they needed to retreat that way, although there was an open hallway exiting this second room which appeared to lead to the hallway in which they fought the gnolls. They also discussed what to do with the gnoll, eventually agreeing that they would lock him in where the prisoners were, and take any prisoners out the front door and get them to Nulb.
Izelda wedged the north door from this room shut as Locke grabbed a couple flasks of oil off a shelf. Leve grabbed four empty wine bottles off the same shelf as the group started to leave down the hallway.
It did return them to the hallway they had been in, and according to the gnoll's map, the padlocked door near where they had fought the ghouls was where they were keeping prisoners. This would likely be the location of Cannoness Y'Dey.
They returned to the padlocked door and Schmidt was able to open the deadbolt, but not the padlock.
Izelda tried prying the chain and padlock off, then tried prying the hasp on the padlock, then Locke tried assisting her in each, but they were unable to make progress. Leve asked them to step aside and started acid splashing the door, and it could be seen that this was working at least as quickly as Izelda prying on the door.
Izelda and Locke took up watch positions at the intersection of the entrance hallway and this side passage, Locke standing in the corridor for a better view. Izelda started to suggest that Locke step out of the entrance corridor when Locke was hit by something behind him coming from the direction the gnoll's had been...
Locke turned and swung at the massive transparent fleshy object, definitely slicing it with his sword. Schmidt moved to the door at the opposite end of the hallway where the ghouls had been and opened it to provide a means of escape if necessary. He left Biff at the door. Leve cast shield of faith and moved toward the combat, declaring his protection judgement. Izelda cast bull's strength on Locke and then stepped back, making her spear available to Locke and declaring, "Don't hit it with anything you want to keep, its acid will eat anything." The gelatinous cube moved forward attempting to engulf Locke, Izelda, and Leve, but all three were able to get clear.
Locke stepped back and pulled out an alchemist fire. Schmidt cast resist acid on Izelda as he stepped toward the combat. Leve corrected Izelda, stating, "it can't dissolve metal or stone, only organic material." He then stepped over toward Locke so they could share their shields. Izelda attacked it with her spear, hitting solidly. The cube attempted to crush Izelda, but missed. The gnoll ran away, past Biff through the open door.
Locke attacked the cube, hitting again. Schmidt took off after the gnoll, Biff coming with him. Biff immediately picked up the gnoll's scent in the former ghouls' room guiding Schmidt ot the door toward the banquet hall. Leve charged the cube and hit, the cube missing him as he cut past it. Izelda attacked and hit again, her spear protected by Schmidt's protection spell. The cube tried to hit Leve again, but missed.
Locke attacked the cube again, hitting. Schmidt and Biff ran down the corridor toward the old banquet hall, Biff snapping on the gnoll's ankle as they ran into the room. Leve and Izelda both hit the cube, and it dropped to a pool of translucent grey-green acid. The gnoll tried to get up having been tripped by Biff's bite, but with his hands tied he was unable.
Locke stepped out of the acid pool and attempted to clean off his clothing. Schmidt caught up with Biff and the gnoll, and yanked the gnoll to his feet. Leve started to step back, but Izelda pointed out a magic ring. "You're the one currently protected from the acid," Leve pointed out.
Locke went to check on the door. Schmidt started marching the gnoll back to the main hallway. Leve started down the corridor toward the kitchen. The gnoll had either run to the banquet hall and would be coming through the kitchen or back up the hall, or he had gone through the ghoul chambers and would be coming out the door into this hallway. As he neared where the hallway branched, he saw Schmidt and the gnoll approaching.
Locke shouldered the door, but it still wouldn't budge. "Leve's acid made some progress, but not enough," he relayed.
Schmidt pushed the gnoll along the corridor toward Leve. Leve raised his crossbow. "We gave you a chance, and you ran. If Ondisso favors you with life, you live, otherwise you will not betray us again," and Leve released a bolt into the gnoll's eye at close range. The gnoll survived.
Leve and Schmidt walked the gnoll back to the scene of the combat. Izelda was busy scooping acid from the mess onto the door to weaken it further. Locke had the magic ring, but said they weren't sure what it was.
Eventually they got through the door, and discovered that there were 13 nude prisoners shackled to the wall in the fairly small room. Most of the prisoners were human, but two were elves. None of them were the Cannoness. Izelda looked around at the group, then pulled out the large sack they had found full of clothing. As it happens, this was the clothing that had been taken from the prisoners. Schmidt unchained the prisoners and Izelda and Deserea helped them all get dressed. The prisoners will in poor condition, but none were in danger of falling over dead.
They started to head out, and one of the prisoners, one of the elves, came up to Deserea, deciding she was the most approachable. "I'm Ezren, a wizard of some skill, and would like to join you in your efforts to eradicate this pool of evil," he told her.
"Well, we'll have to evaluate that before making a decision."
They discussed it, and asked what he needed. They could provide him with some light armor and a sword and dagger he could use. As for spell components, they would need to find his in the temple, or get something from town. They were discussing sending Deserea into town in disguise with the prisoners and the gnoll, since they could not very well leave the gnoll in a prison without a door, and she could see about getting some items from Mother Screng. As they started putting a list together, Leve pointed out a number of items that were just not likely to be in Nulb. Not only was it a small and poor town, but he had spend a couple months there learning the community...
Ezren sent his familiar, a raven who had been hanging around outside the ruin, home with a message requesting reinforcements from his father, a minor noble to the east.
As they were getting everyone settled into camp, as it was already night when they got out of the temple, two other prisoners approached Locke and Leve. "If you're handing out gear, and their might be pay," one of them offered, "we're both of sure foot and strong arm."
Locke looked them over and determined that, like Ezren, they were not evil. Leve reported to the others that their motives seemed genuine. They are mercenaries looking for a payroll.
The next morning, Deserea left for Nulb with the gnoll prisoner and the former prisoners in tow. Then Izelda's presence made everyone ill...
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Introducing our new Head Chef: Joe Bartlett
At The Lake Country House, good food is a key part of our guests' experience. From breakfast and afternoon teas right through to our gourmet tasting menus, delicious, award-winning dining is part of our everyday.
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How did you go into cooking/the hospitality industry?
Firstly, I've always loved eating. Secondly, my first job was a waiter when I was 14. I spent most of my time in the kitchen watching the chefs prepare the food for the day, that's when I knew I wanted to become a chef.
Where have you worked previously?
I've always worked in Country House hotels and around the 2 rosette level. I fell into teaching at a private cookery school/chefs academy where I stayed for the best part of 8 years and enjoyed it thoroughly, but the kitchen is where I always wanted to be. Most recently I was at Le Manoir working under Gary Jones, the exec chef to Raymond Blanc. I was there for a couple of years trying to understand the standards needed to cook at the highest level.
What cookery awards do you hold? Or are there any you aspire to hold?
I've achieved two rosettes in two hotels in Devon and Cornwall but always wanted more. 3 rosettes is achievable but Michelin star would be the dream! After my time at Le Manoir I feel I've got the skills and knowledge to have a good go at achieving a Michelin star. It will take time to build and learn buts it's a marathon not a sprint after all.
How do you create your menus?
Imagination! I can think of a dish whilst sleeping or just simply a walk in the woods. Seasonality and great produce is the key.
What's the most important part of the cookery process for you?
Cooking with your senses. Sight, smell, touch, taste and simply just listening.
What's a typical working day look like for you?
I like to get in fairly early to see the deliveries and give the team a kick start. I then get set for the day. There is a lot of teaching and learning going on day to day. I usually nip off for a quick swim or forage in the afternoon and then back for service.
What's the most challenging aspect of your job?
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What recent food trends have had an impact on your cooking?
Zero waste is a massive one for me. Using every part of an ingredient and utilising what can be eaten.
Who is your favourite celebrity chef if any? Or what is your inspiration for your cooking?
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Interim Order: Imposed on 09 May 2018
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Order: The Interim Conditions of Practice Order made on 9 May 2018 and varied on 31 October 2018 is replaced by an Interim Suspension Order which will have effect for the remainder of the term of the Order until 9 November 2019.
This order will be reviewed by the Committee no later than 30 April 2019 or earlier if new evidence which is relevant to the Order becomes available after it was made.
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February 28, This day during the Mexican American War
February 28, 1847 – The Battle of the Sacramento River took place on February 28, 1847 during the Mexican–American War. About twenty-five miles north of Chihuahua, Mexico at the river Sacramento, American forces numbering less than 1,000 men defeated a superior Mexican army which led to the occupation of Chihuahua. In early 1847, Colonel Alexander Doniphan was heading south with his small army of about 1,000 men and officers, which included primarily infantry, cavalry and artillery. On February 8, Doniphan left the town of El Paso del Norte to escort a merchant caravan of about 315 wagons to Chihuahua and on February 25, the United States Army reached the Inseneas region when informed by spies that a force of 1,500 Mexican soldiers held the town. The American army continued and the Mexican garrison retreated without fighting. Continuing further, the Americans reached the Sacramento River. On February 27, the Americans learned that the Sacramento River pass had been fortified and defended by a larger Mexican force. At sunrise on February 28, the last day of February, the Americans took up the line of march and formed the whole train, consisting of 315 heavy traders, wagons, a commissary and company of wagons, into four columns. Colonel Doniphan placed the artillery and all the operators in intervals between the columns of wagons. The cavalry was used as a shield to protect the artillery. When the Americans arrived within three miles of the Mexican defenses, they made a reconnoissance of the enemy positions and the arrangement of their cannons. Several redoubts had been dug by the Mexicans. Protecting the 1,200 Mexican infantry and 1,420 militia, 1,200 Mexican cavalry men waited outside the fortified pass for orders to engage, sixteen cannons and culverin pieces were among the defenses. After opening hostilities with a salvo of cannon fire and followed by a Mexican salvo, the American army, supported by their own battery, attacked the right flank of the Mexican defenses, commanded by a General Heredia. The attack on the right meant that several of the Mexican artillery pieces on the left were out of range to suppress the American assault. The American artillery fire was effective, allowing their infantry to advance fast. Just outside of the Mexican's firing range, they stopped ahead of the enemy battery to prevent casualties from the cannons. Doniphan then ordered howitzers to the front. Protected by a force of mounted cavalry men, the howitzers charged and then were used to bombard and destroy the main Mexican battery on the right. Most of the American cavalry were dismounted and with the infantry, following the howitzers forward. At a quick pace the Americans reached the walls of the Mexican redoubts on the right and quickly overran its defenders. As the Doniphan's troops moved right, the Mexican cavalry attacked the American's left to try to flank the offenders themselves, but were repulsed. Now free to flank the leftern portion of the Mexican defenses, the United States Army finished the attack and captured the rest of the Mexican artillery and about 40 defenders in close quarters combat. The fighting lasted no more than an hour when the Mexicans began to retreat, bringing an end to the battle of the Sacramento. Unable to defend Chihuahua, the remaining Mexican units retreated south, leaving the city to American occupation. Almost 300 Mexicans were killed in the battle, as well as almost 300 wounded. Victims of the American artillery, Doniphan is said to have commented; "Our artillery was so effective that it blocked the sound of the Mexican guns." In the short engagement, the Doniphan's men suffered only two dead and elevan wounded.Sixteen artillary were captured.
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New Delhi: Registration for the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, to be held on November 19, was declared open here on Wednesday.
With a total prize money of $275,000, this year's edition is expected to witness over 34,000 participants, pound the wide long stretches of the capital on the third Sunday of November.
The registrations for the half marathon can be done till October 3, the organisers said at a press conference at a city hotel.
This year the event has received the merit of a Gold Label Race — a rare distinction from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) classifying the half marathon as one of 'leading road races around the world'.
The organisers have also introduced a new category — 10K Run — alongside the main event.


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Pathways to Shape the Bioeconomy
The Impact of Pay-As-You-Throw Schemes on Municipal Solid Waste Management: The Exemplar Case of the County of Aschaffenburg, Germany
10.3390/resources6010011
Pauchard, N.
Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Its Protocol: What Can Some Numbers Tell Us about the Effectiveness of the Regulatory Regime?
Nicolas Pauchard
Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
Academic Editor: Takayuki Hiraki
Resources 2017, 6(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/resources6010011
Received: 7 December 2016 / Revised: 19 January 2017 / Accepted: 15 February 2017 / Published: 19 February 2017
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted in 1992 and entered into force at the end of 1993, established a global regime on access to genetic resources (GR) and sharing of benefits arising from their utilization (Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regime). Its protocol—the Nagoya Protocol (NP)—which entered into force 21 years later in 2014, clears up some terminological ambiguities of the Convention, clarifies and develops several procedural and instrumental elements of the regime, and obliges States Parties to implement some of its provisions, including the core instrument of the regime: the bilateral ABS agreement between users and providers of GR, that became a condition for obtaining access to the resource. However, scholars who analyzed the ABS regime as well as its official bodies find, and sometimes deplore, the small number of ABS agreements concluded so far, under the CBD as under the NP. This paper has two objectives: First, to assess the effectiveness of the ABS regime implemented by the CBD and the NP on the basis of its central instrument: the ABS agreements concluded between users and providers of GR. The aim is to accurately document the number of ABS agreements concluded since the entry into force of the regime. To our knowledge, such a counting that is neither piecemeal nor has an estimate yet been produced. To do so, I combine several sources, including first hand data collected from the official information agencies—the National Focal Points (NFP)—of each of the States Parties to the NP. Second, I provide a critical summary of the existing explanations of the low number of ABS agreements concluded and I evaluate the corresponding causal mechanisms, relying on the results I obtained regarding the number of permits and agreements. View Full-Text
Keywords: Access and Benefit Sharing; Convention on Biological Diversity; Nagoya Protocol; ABS agreements Access and Benefit Sharing; Convention on Biological Diversity; Nagoya Protocol; ABS agreements
Pauchard, N. Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Its Protocol: What Can Some Numbers Tell Us about the Effectiveness of the Regulatory Regime? Resources 2017, 6, 11.
Pauchard N. Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Its Protocol: What Can Some Numbers Tell Us about the Effectiveness of the Regulatory Regime? Resources. 2017; 6(1):11.
Pauchard, Nicolas. 2017. "Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Its Protocol: What Can Some Numbers Tell Us about the Effectiveness of the Regulatory Regime?" Resources 6, no. 1: 11.
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Tecumseh was a precusor of Panindianism since he wanted to unite all native tribes to fight agianst white rule.
Why did Tecumseh want to unite Indian nations?
Tecumseh wanted to unite all the tribes so that the American government would have to deal with them as a unit not individually.
Tecumseh goal was to stop American settlement of the Ohio River Valley as had been promised by the British in 1763. Many of the tribes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana joined him.
His followers had gathered a large army at prophet's town under the command of Tecumseh younger brother. This army and the political efforts of Tecumseh were seen as a threat to the American settlers who want the land of the Ohio Valley. In 1811 William Harrison commanded a force that destroyed Tecumseh army at Prophet's town destroying the threat.
Tecumseh did not give up his hope of an independent united nation of native tribes. He gathered an army to fight with the British in the war of 1812 until his death in a battle in 1813.
The Americans were upset because if Tecumseh dream had come true the Ohio River Valley, would have become closed to American settlers and the expansion of the United States.


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namespace Vidal\DrugBundle\Command;

use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;

class KfuNameCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
	protected function configure()
	{
		$this->setName('vidal:kfu_name')
			->setDescription('ClinicoPhPointers.Name makes first letter uppercase');
	}

	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
	{
		ini_set('memory_limit', -1);
		$output->writeln('--- vidal:kfu_name started');

		$em  = $this->getContainer()->get('doctrine')->getManager('drug');
		$kfus = $em->getRepository('VidalDrugBundle:ClinicoPhPointers')->findAll();

		foreach ($kfus as $kfu) {
			$name = $this->upperFirst($kfu->getName());
			$kfu->setName($name);
		}

		$em->flush();

		$output->writeln('+++ vidal:kfu_name completed');
	}

	private function upperFirst($str)
	{
		return mb_strtoupper(mb_substr($str, 0, 1, 'utf-8'), 'utf-8') . mb_substr($str, 1, 200, 'utf-8');
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Gunners plot Roberto Firmino raid from Hoffenheim?
Arsenal will hope to secure the signing of Hoffenheim's Brazilian playmaker Roberto Firmino this summer, as they look for a potential replacement for the possibly departing Santi Cazorla.
The Gunners, 10/3 for an FA Cup triumph, face the possibility of losing their Spanish midfield maestro Cazorla, with La Liga champions Atletico Madrid having recently expressed a desire to acquire his services.
Arsene Wenger has now begun a hopeful search for a replacement, with Firminio reportedly high on his wish-list, as Hoffenheim's star man continues to shine this season.
The German club's £20m-rated goalscoring midfielder has been tracked by Arsenal's chief scout Steve Rowley in recent months, with the Gunners aiming to secure the signing of another creative attacking midfielder for next term.
Firmino has been in superb form for the Bundesliga outfit, striking six times in his 23 domestic league appearances, with four of the five games in which he has scored ending in victories and three points.
The 23-year-old is a pacey, creative and technically gifted attacker, with ferocious forward qualities which would fit perfectly into Wenger's outfit, having previously been involved in his native country's last three selected squads. At international level, Firmino has managed to net one goal in two appearances for Brazil in his short career so far.
Hoffenheim's sublime Samba star has attracted interest from a host of top European clubs after his brilliant Bundesliga displays, with Turin titans Juventus also reportedly hoping to rival Arsenal for Firmino's signature.
With Gabriel Paulista having recently arrived at Arsenal, Firmino would join his international counterpart, plus fellow South American stars Alexis Sanchez and Damian Martinez, in the Gunners squad.
Diego Simeone's Spanish champions Atleti are looking increasingly likely to make a swoop for clinical Cazorla this summer, with his contract expiring in 12 months.
The 30-year-old has been a star performer for Wenger's top-four hopefuls this term, and his departure would certainly leave a gaping hole in Arsenal's central attacking options, with the former La Liga midfielder having struck eight times this current campaign.
Although, Firmino's creative spark could provide the Gunners with the attacking attributes needed to fill that possible void, with Hoffenheim's Brazilian having dazzled in Germany this term.
Arsenal will need plenty of attacking threat to overturn a poor Champions League result against Monaco, and are 20/1 to reach this year's final in Berlin.


Synopsis: The citizens of Cnothan have never been friendly to outsiders. But, most of them have an exceptionally large hatred for Englishman William Mainwaring, who has purchased some of their land and always seems to be welcoming confrontation with the way he thinks he is smarter than everyone else. As a result, when his skeleton is found at the bottom of a lobster tank, just about everyone can be considered a suspect.


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Afghan Officials: Dozens Of Taliban Militants Killed In Latest Military Operation
At least 31 Taliban militants, including a local commander, have been killed and nine others injured in a military operation carried by security forces in southern Afghanistan, government officials said.
Gunmen Attack Base In Southeastern Afghanistan Near Pakistan's Border
Officials in Afghanistan' southeastern province of Khost say three gunmen have attacked a military base.
Eight Afghan Police Killed In Insider Attack, Officials Say
At least eight members of the Afghan security forces were killed by two of their colleagues in the southern Zabul province late on March 10, Afghan officials say.
U.S. Senator Vows To Revive Lapsed Visa Program For Afghan Asylum-Seekers
A U.S. senator is vowing to revive a lapsed special-visa program for Afghan interpreters and others who served U.S. forces in the country, often risking their lives.
Top U.S. General Says More U.S. Ground Troops Needed In Afghanistan
The head of the U.S. military's Central Command says more U.S. troops will be needed on the ground in Afghanistan in the fight against the Taliban and other forces.
Pakistan Closes Border With Afghanistan After Temporary Opening
Pakistan closed its two main border crossings with Afghanistan on March 9 after thousands of people rushed to cross the border during a two-day reopening.
More Than 20,000 Cross Into Afghanistan During Two-Day Pakistan Border Reopening
Pakistan's border police say more than 20,000 Afghans and Pakistanis have crossed into Afghanistan since March 7 since Pakistani authorities temporarily reopened two main crossings that were closed after a series of militant attacks.
Journalism Watchdog Opens Center For Women Journalists In Afghanistan
Reporters Without Borders launched a center to protect women journalists in Afghanistan, the second most dangerous country for female reporters after Syria.
At Least Two Dead In Attack On Kabul Military Hospital
At least two people have been killed after gunmen attacked a military hospital close to the U.S. Embassy in the Afghan capital and engaged security forces inside the building, officials and witnesses say.
Afghan 'Special Immigrant' Family Released After 5-Day Detention In U.S.
A lawyer for an Afghan family of five detained in Los Angeles last week after traveling to the United States on "special immigrant" visas says the family will soon be released.
Five Afghan Policemen Killed In Taliban Attack
At least five members of the Afghan security forces were killed early on March 5 when their checkpoint was attacked in northeastern Kunduz Province, an Afghan official said.
At Least Eight Civilians, Including Children, Killed In Afghanistan
At least eight Afghan civilians, including four children, have been killed in an attack in the western Farah Province, Afghan officials says, although it was immediately unclear whether they died in a military air strike or a roadside bomb blast.


Tragedy has struck the warbird community as the last remaining Northrop N-9M, restored and flown by the Planes of Fame Museum, was lost in an accident in Norco, CA. The aircraft appears to have impacted, after witness reports of some kind of power outage, in a nearby prison yard, where the debris and fire damage seems to have all but consumed the aircraft. The pilot did not not survive. The single seat, twin-engine, Northrop N-9M was built as something of a development platform for Northrop's flying wing ambitions... The aircraft was used to research and define the aerodynamics for what would come later -- the Northrop XB-35 and YB-35 flying wing long-range, heavy bombers, which boasted massive 172' wingspans. The N-9M was first flown in 1942. Becoming a professional pilot has always been costly. But... Alaska-based carrier Ravn Air and the University of Alaska, Anchorage have developed a new program that trains pilots for First Officer positions and paying them while they learn to fly. The paid internship program at UAA is the first of its kind in the nation. It allows pilot candidates to complete their degree and be paid as a regional airline pilot. A new DoD study highlighted the critical nature of the pilot shortage faced by the Air Force. And while the service and the Pentagon are attacking the problem from all angles, digging out of the current hole will be a long and expensive process. Current requirements in the Air Force call for 800 active duty and 1,150 reserve pilots. But the Rand Corporation estimates that the active duty pilot roster will face a shortfall of 1,607 pilots by 2023. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!


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We learned about the Sports Blog Net a while back through some friends and decided it was something we should probably join as well. Our other site, the Sports Dollar is also a part of the network and has seen plenty of positives come out of it.
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The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has not been coy about keeping the JF-17 Thunder's electronic warfare (EW) and electronic countermeasures (ECM) options open, especially from the perspective of building out the JF-17's exportability. A few years ago, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) tested an EW suite controller acquired from the Spanish firm Indra, and some believe that the JF-17 Block-II uses an Indra ECM suite.
The freedom to integrate its choice of weapons and subsystems onto the platform confers the PAF with advantages that are not available with the F-16. These advantages include quicker iterative upgrades, an assured modernization roadmap, and the ability to explore and exercise the full gamut of possible options.
One such option could be Aselsan, Turkey's leading producer of military-grade electronics equipment. Through a combination of local licensed manufacturing and original research and development (R&D), Aselsan became leading electronics vendor for the Turkish military, especially over the past 10 years. In fact, the next several years will likely be a "break-out" period of sorts for Aselsan as it begins to channel the results of its own R&D efforts into marketable high-quality solutions.
Aselsan has no shortage of programs, but the focus of this article will be on the company's EW and ECM technology. While the company's efforts originally centered on producing the BAE Systems' AN/ALQ-178 SPEWS (short for Self Protection Electronic Warfare System) for the Turkish Air Force's F-16s, the company succeeded in developing its own complete EW and ECM solutions. For example, Aselsan produces its own radar warning receiver (RWR), missile warning system (MWS), laser warning system (LWS), chaff and flare management and dispensing system, and digital radio frequency memory (DRFM)-based jamming system.
For those of you not familiar with EW/ECM. The systems noted above basically enable fighter aircraft (and other aircraft types) to protect themselves against airborne threats, such as enemy radar detection and air-to-air (as well as surface-to-air) missiles. RWRs alert fighters to possible enemy radar activity, chaff and flare systems can be used to thwart infrared and radar-guided missiles, and DRFM-jamming can be used to reduce enemy radar effectiveness (and potentially even thwart radar-guided missiles). For higher output jamming, dedicated EW pods are also available.
Aselsan is marketing its subsystems as an integrated ECM solution – the 'Helicopter Electronic Warfare System' (HEWS). The specific reference to helicopters notwithstanding, Aselsan is actually pushing the HEWS as an ECM suite for fixed-wing aircraft as well. Given that Aselsan is also developing an active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radar and dedicated EW pod for the Turkish Air Force's F-16s, it is likely that the HEWS will serve as the foundation for a new ECM kit as well (destined for Turkey's F-16s).
The Aselsan HEWS or a variation of it could be a viable ECM suite for use on the JF-17. Granted, the PAF's fiscal constraints may limited the extent to which it could draw upon Aselsan's expertise, but then again, the situation may not be as dire if fighter funding were fully concentrated behind the JF-17. With the Aselsan HEWS, the JF-17 could potentially have a self-protection suite comparable to the AN/ALQ-211(v9) used on the PAF's F-16A/B Mid-Life Update (MLU), for example.
If the PAF is already using a comparable suite provided by Indra (e.g. ALQ-500) on the JF-17 Block-II, then it is unlikely it would need the Aselsan HEWS for itself. However, if Indra is not a factor, then the HEWS could be a viable option for the PAF. The PAF will have to be careful with its limited funds, there is nothing wrong with staging a significant ECM upgrade with the Block-III.
In any case, imagine the idea of having 50 (or potentially 100-150) JF-17s equipped to this level – i.e. a large number of comparatively low-cost aircraft equipped with the same radar, EW/ECM, and weapon-systems technology found on much more expensive alternatives. Sure, a single JF-17 equipped to these specifications is not going to be superior to an individual Rafale or Su-35, but a large number of them (each with an AESA radar and DRFM-based EW/ECM suite) data-linked to one another and an airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft will offer a credible defensive deterrent.
In terms of export, the HEWS could be a way to enhance the exportability of the JF-17 before the introduction of the JF-17 Block-III. Subsystems such as helmet-mounted display and sight (HMD/S) and high off-boresight (HOBS) air-to-air missiles (AAM) are already available on the market. PAC could get these systems integrated onto the JF-17 Block-II, and in turn, offer it as a solution to prospective buyers, especially buyers that are likely keen on achieving strong qualitative enhancements with their big-ticket acquisitions, such as Morocco. It is not uncommon to see an export variant of a fighter be superior to the variant used domestically, it is after all much easier to iterate upon a prototype than it is with a fully operational (and busy) fleet. Just take the United Arab Emirates and the F-16E/F Block-60 as an example.
In the end, it is worth remembering that Aselsan is just an option, and there are other options; but this is the beauty of the JF-17, we can discuss options. There was news a while back of the PAF expressing its interest in the Thales Damocles targeting pod, and given the headway India is apparently making in terms of buying Rafales from Dassault, that pod is probably not going to be a reality for the PAF. But who cares? The PAF can keep exploring its options, such as the Aselsan ASELPOD, or a new Chinese targeting pod, and so on. At least the PAF does not have to sit idle and wait for the U.S. to release or approve a national need.


The Joy of New Toys!!
This is one of the latest of Henry's toys! The Baby Einstein Jumper! As you can see he is having a marvelous time with all those new little gadgets to explore. He's not quite tall enough to bounce, but he can stand which is one of his favorite things to do. I myself am very grateful for something to give me an extra twenty minutes to get some things done. Another thing I like about it, is that it plays good classical music, which doesn't get annoying. Yay for Baby Einstein!
This is Henry's new hair do these days. Kevin and I think it has a little rocker mohawk ( no idea how to spell that) look to it. However this look is only good after his bath.
I love those jumpers. Just wait until Henry figures out the jumping....it is so CUTE. P.S. I like his hairdo!
I LOVE IT! He looks like he is entertained for hours in that pimped out seat! Nice job Teige!
Okay, I feel like an idiot. I didn't know you had this blog. I have your old address that only has the posting of Henry being born. That's why I was getting at you for not posting more...no wonder why, sorry. Anyway, I'm glad I have this new one to look at now.
He is so cute, we need to get together and introduce him and Kate.


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With her omnivorous musical tastes and cheeky attitude, London-based pop singer/songwriter Lily Allen made a name for herself almost as soon as she released her demos on the Internet. The daughter of comedian Keith Allen, Lily spent most of her childhood bouncing from one school to another -- in fact, she attended 13 different schools between the ages of five and 15. This constant moving meant she didn't have much of a chance to make lasting friendships, so Allen entertained herself with books and, especially, music: she listened to everything from T. Rex, the Specials, and the Slits to the Happy Mondays and drum'n'bass, and even ran away to see the Glastonbury Festival when she was 14. After she left school a year later, she realized that music was the only career for her. Allen concentrated on her songwriting and singing, developing a style that was equally sweet and bratty; late in 2005, she set up a MySpace page and posted demos of her songs, as both individual tracks and as part of two limited-edition "mixtapes" that also featured tracks by Dizzee Rascal, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Ludacris. The critical acclaim for her work fueled Allen's publicity, leading to tens of thousands of friends on MySpace, airplay on BBC Radio One, and a record deal with Regal/Parlophone before the end of 2005.
Allen began working on her full-length album with producers such as Greg Kurstin, Mark Ronson (with whom she also collaborated on a cover of the Kaiser Chiefs' "Oh My God" that appeared on her second mixtape), and Futurecut, and released a limited-edition 7" of LDN as her debut single in spring 2006. Both LDN and Smile, which followed that summer, were chart successes, with the former reaching number seven on the U.K. chart and the latter hitting number one the week it debuted. Hot on the heels of Smile came Allen's first full-length, Alright, Still, which she supported with a slew of dates stretching out to the end of the year. Despite the speed of her success, Allen continued to update her MySpace page with amusing blog rants, including one about her June 2006 appearance on Top of the Pops that berated the lead singer of the Kooks for "wearing broken straw hats and dark sunglasses" indoors and Dirty Pretty Things for having "organic sliced bread on the rider." Allen rang in 2007 with more tour dates, including gigs in Japan, Australia, and the U.S., and the U.S. release of Alright, Still. She also earned nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo for that year's Brit Awards, while "Smile" and Alright, Still were nominated for British Single and British Album, respectively.
Allen spent most of 2007 touring, but also collaborated with Dizzee Rascal on Maths and English's duet "Wanna Be" and provided vocals on Basement Jaxx's Crazy Itch Radio. Allen's personal life and side projects were nearly as prominent as her music career, with her relationship with Chemical Brother Ed Simons and her subsequent miscarriage making headlines in late 2007 and early 2008. In February 2008, Allen embarked on a talk show on BBC Three, Lily Allen and Friends, which lasted through that April. That month, Allen posted two new demos on her MySpace page, including "GWB," which was about President George Bush; for her second album, she worked with producer Greg Kurstin of the Bird and the Bee, and co-wrote several songs with him instead of just providing the lyrics. She also worked on songs with Jamie Reynolds of the Klaxons and wrote a song about comedian James Corden for the 2008 Shockwaves Awards. Another new song, "Everyone's at It," debuted that fall, and Allen courted controversy again with an unauthorized cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer" that December. It's Not Me, It's You, which covered topics like drugs, fame, family, and society, arrived early in 2009, preceded by the single The Fear. Despite the album's success, which included platinum certification in the UK and debuting at the top of the charts in the UK, Canada and Australia (and at number five in the US), in September 2009 Allen did not renew her record contract and took a hiatus from making music.
She remained busy, founding her own label In the Name Of, which included Cults on its roster, writing songs for the musical version of Bridget Jones' Diary and starting a family with her boyfriend Sam Cooper, whom she married in June 2011. The following year, she announced she would be professionally known as Lily Rose Cooper and that she was in the studio working on new music with longtime producer Greg Kurstin. Cooper also appeared on Pink's 2012 album, The Truth About Love.~ Heather Phares, Rovi
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This tutorial originally appeared as a featured article in The Leading Edge in February 2014 — see issue.
Several years ago I wrote an article about smoothing (Hall 2007). At the time I was aware of but unversed in the ways of reproducible science and open source software. So I offered to share my code, but it wasn't online. And it wasn't really code — it was a bunch of Landmark PowerCalculator scripts. My dataset was proprietary. None of what I'd shown was practically reproducible by anyone. This time it will be different (this is the first article in the TLE series).
Seismic horizons, whether of the time, depth, or attribute variety, are just big tables of numbers. Think of them as arrays (a bit like a spreadsheet full of cells containing numbers), or even as images (where the cells are pixels). Indeed, we can be even more general — all data can be thought of this way. Logs are 1D arrays, and seismic volumes are 3D arrays.
Like all subsurface data, these arrays or images contain signal and noise. Sometimes they are so noisy we want to do something about it. Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to noise removal: linear and nonlinear filters. Linear filters treat all pixels the same. Often they mix the noise with the signal. This is how stacking works — we average the traces across offset angles. The assumption is that the noise cancels itself, because it is random and the signal is not. Nonlinear filters treat pixels differently. Most methods assume some spectral characteristic of the signal (usually that it is spatially smoother than the noise, which is the same as saying that it has a smaller wavelength in the wavenumber domain), and use it to discriminate between signal and noise.
Linear filters are usually implemented by convolution. Perhaps the simplest kind of convolution is a moving average. Imagine taking the moving average of a well log, with seven samples going into each mean. The seven-sample group is called a kernel. In the case of a mean, all the sample weights are equal — we sum the log samples in the neighbourhood at each stop and divide by seven. Sometimes we might increase the weight of the central value at each stop, and decrease the weight at the edges, remembering to ensure the weights still sum to one.
I will look more closely at nonlinear filters in a future tutorial. Because they cannot be implemented by a simple convolution, they are harder to implement than linear filters. A great many have been implemented in various image processing libraries for Python (such as PIL, Pillow, mahotas, and ScipPy), but we might also like to build our own.
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AutoMatters & More: 'Going Places' — Transportation is fun and interactive at the Fleet
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By Jan Wagner
Feb. 18, 2022 1:52 PM PT
We all depend upon the technology of transportation in so many ways, often in ways that we hardly ever think about. Through a variety of fun, interactive activities, the Fleet Science Center in San Diego's Balboa Park explores some of these various modes of transportation and travel technologies, how they have shaped our societies and how they help to improve our lives by moving people and things.
"Going Places highlights the size of the Earth and demonstrates how natural processes—like gravity, wind, currents, waves, friction and changing landscapes—are overcome by the ingenious designs that have been developed over time. This exhibition takes a closer look at modern technology and gives visitors a glimpse of where our future is headed."
Sailing vessels
Paul Siboroski, exhibits director of the Fleet Science Center, added that the exhibit presents some of the science, engineering and math involved in creating transportation systems, building cars, moving goods and much more — on land, water and in the air.
Would you like to learn how to properly pack your car? There is an activity where you can do just that.
One exhibit gives you a basic introduction to the parts of an internal combustion engine. Your goal is to assemble the parts in the correct places and make the engine run.
Design eco-friendly cars of different sizes and with different types of motors, and then compare their fuel efficiency by racing them to see which one can go further before running out of fuel.
A car trunk filled with luggage.
Fly a blimp and learn about how tricky they are for pilots to maneuver them steadily in windy conditions.
In the news lately have been reminders on how all of us rely on shipping and transportation of our goods over the oceans. One exhibit lets you see how to evenly load containers on a cargo ship, so that it does not tip over. Factors to consider include buoyancy, as well as weight, height and distribution of the containers.
Ride a hovercraft on a cushion of air, as you get effortlessly pushed along by your companion in much the same way that workers can move heavy loads around warehouses.
There is a simulation of a bike course that you can ride, while competing against another cyclist.
Loading containers on a cargo ship.
Another interactive exhibit lets you explore how sailing vessels are moved by the wind. The position of the sail has to change from side to side (called tacking), in order to catch the wind and move the boat forward.
An exhibit about public mass transportation encourages people to explore efficiency with a challenge that involves guiding two accelerating trains, as they compete to see which one can pick up the most passengers from the stations in the shortest amount of time — all while switching tracks and avoiding a head-on crash with the other train.
"Going Places" is a traveling exhibit, developed by Scitech in Perth, Australia, and produced by Imagine Exhibitions. "Imagine Exhibitions is currently producing over 40 unique, educational and exciting exhibitions around the world, in museums, science centers, zoos, integrated resorts and non-traditional venues." Visit them at: ImagineExhibitions.com.
Of course, there is much more to see and do at the Fleet Science Center. There are over 100 interactive exhibits. The Eugene Heikoff and Marilyn Jacobs Heikoff Giant Dome Theater is a state-of-the-art IMAX theater. "For young science enthusiasts, the Fleet hosts school field trips, science workshops and educational camps." For adults, the Fleet offers community events, such as "Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar" and "Sharp Minds."
Hovercraft activity
Established in 1868, Balboa Park is "one of the oldest city parks in the nation and is the most visited single destination in San Diego. Its 1,200 acres include 17 museums, many gardens and attractions, the San Diego Zoo, miles of hiking trails, and multiple athletic complexes to explore and discover." For more information, visit balboapark.org.
Experience "Going Places" at The Fleet Science Center through August 24, 2022. To learn more, visit https://www.fleetscience.org/exhibitions/going-places.
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Antônio Diogo da Silva Parreiras (Niterói, 20 de janeiro de 1860 – Niterói, 17 de outubro de 1937) foi um pintor, desenhista, ilustrador, escritor e professor brasileiro.

Suas pinturas paisagistas podem ser consideradas como representação de paisagens e momentos, acontecimentos considerados sublimes. Parreiras abordava a natureza com olhos de artista, sentindo-a com a emoção que causa a quem pessoalmente presencia o que retrata. Tinha o desejo de interpretar a natureza quando esta ainda parecia ter sido intocada.

Acredita-se que, para além de cumprir contratos — Parreiras tem obras espalhadas por importantíssimas edificações públicas —, o pintor tenha imprimido em seus quadros sua visão sobre a história nacional. Hoje, suas obras históricas podem, em sua maioria, ser encontradas nos museus de arte e história do Brasil afora ou até mesmo na decoração de algumas das sedes de governo do país. Para São Paulo, foram duas as obras encomendadas: o Salão Nobre da Câmara Municipal e o Gabinete do Prefeito têm obras de Antônio Parreiras como objetos decorativos.

Biografia

Nascido em Niterói em um momento em que a produção intelectual no Brasil passava por fortes influências de debates europeus, em seus vários textos redigidos, deu força a um discurso heroico quando referia-se à classe média, de onde veio. No entanto, após a morte de seu pai, foi à falência. Foram várias as experiências sem sucesso até que, em 1883, matriculou-se na Academia Imperial. Ingressar no universo artístico aos 23 anos de idade era considerado tarde para a época. Mas o artista não titubeou em abandonar o posto de escriturário na Companhia Leopoldina, em Nova Friburgo, para fazer o que, desde a infância parecia ter sido direcionado pelo destino a fazer.

Em trechos de sua biografia, Antônio Parreiras seleciona muito bem as memórias que pretende contar a fim de construir uma lembrança ao leitor em que todas as suas vivências conspiram à elaboração de um futuro específico ao qual, por toda a vida, fora destinado. "Não parava em casa. Tinha horror aos livros e só me interessavam aqueles em que haviam gravuras" e "Eis aí que conheci o primeiro pintor e o primeiro poeta. Eis como em minha alma, pela primeira vez, penetrou um raio de luz... a primeira emoção de Arte. Foi vendo um pintar, ouvindo o outro ler poesias, que deparei com a estrada ainda não vislumbrada, porém que devia trilhar em toda a minha longa existência. Abençoados sejam!" são alguns exemplos.

Ruptura com a Academia
Insatisfeito, em 1884, deixou de fazer parte da Academia para pintar d'après nature na cidade de Niterói junto ao núcleo formado pela inspiração do pintor alemão Georg Grimm. Este, formado em Munique, chegou ao Brasil em 1874 e foi descrito por Parreiras em sua autobiografia como "extremamente bondoso para com os pequenos, altivo e arrogante, violento até para os grandes". Influenciado pelos ares alemães de Grimm, pintar paisagens ao livre, romper com as instituições da academia era uma opção de vida a Parreiras.

Quando não mais fazia parte da Academia, o pintor preferiu seguir por rumos alternativos e então passou a organizar exposições próprias, grande maioria delas acontecia dentro de sua própria casa, em Niterói. Acredita-se que a arte de vender suas próprias produções tenha sido mais uma das muitas influências da convivência com os ideais de Grimm. A venda de suas pinturas obedecia uma filosofia comunitarista, em que os ganhos de todos sustentavam a compra de mantimentos e materiais de trabalho para uso comum.

1886 foi um ano em que uma de suas exposições próprias recebeu uma importante visita que seria fundamental para o reconhecimento de Antônio Parreiras como artista e, principalmente, pintor. Dom Pedro II não só visitou a exposição do paisagista niteroiense, mas também adquiriu duas obras do pintor. Como lamenta em sua autobiografia, esta não era uma época em que o pintor tinha dinheiro, muito menos fama. Entretanto, permanecia com ambição de ir à Europa dar continuidade a seus estudos. Foi então que, com base em acordos, conseguiu a venda de algumas de suas obras à Academia, em troca de que, quando retornasse ao Brasil, lecionasse algumas aulas sem a necessidade de receber salário. Já na França, Parreiras conseguiu montar seu próprio ateliê para divulgação de seu trabalho e, quando voltou, cumpriu o acordo e tornou-se professor de paisagem na Academia.

Passou vários anos vividos entre Brasil e França, realizando exposições, executando encomendas oficiais para edifícios públicos e participando de salões de arte. Parreiras chegou a vender a tela "Sertanejas" para decorar o Palácio do Catete e, entre outros, também realizou painéis para ornar a sede do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Ganhando prêmios, Antônio Parreiras não só foi o segundo pintor brasileiro a expor no Salão de Paris e nomeado delegado da Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, em 1911, mas também experimentou seus últimos anos de vida sendo reconhecido também no âmbito intelectual. Não só fez história e nome no mundo da pintura, mas também deixou sua marca no campo das letras. Pôde, então, experienciar diversos formatos de reconhecimento público.

Sucesso
O sucesso de Parreiras é, para muitos, motivo de estudo e análise profunda. Principalmente por sua inserção no embrionário mercado de artes que se formava entre os século XIX e XX no Brasil. O pintor, por boa parte de sua vida, obteve sustento proveniente da venda de suas obras, num momento em que o mercado de arte ainda era instável e incipiente.

Em 1927, Antônio Parreiras participou da inauguração de um busto em sua homenagem, esculpido em bronze pelo francês Marc Robert e exposto no Jardim Icaraí, atual praça Getúlio Vargas, em Icaraí, em Niterói.

Em sua carreira, pode-se dizer que Antônio Parreiras expressou o romantismo, ainda que de forma tardia, em "sua forma de procurar um lugar no mundo". Considerava-se ser um indivíduo autônomo, que manifestava um forte desejo de mudança social no âmbito hierárquico, o que o impedia de ascender e ter reconhecimento como sujeito artista e criador.

Grande parte de sua vida adulta foi passada num período de nacionalismo exacerbado e grande exaltação patriótica, o que explica um discurso abrangente em tais elementos e uma repercussão dele projetada no âmbito artístico de Antônio Parreiras. Em um de seus vários discursos na Academia Fluminense de Letras, o pintor afirmava que o grande valor dado à arte europeia pela academia e pelos poucos críticos, dificultou o desenvolvimento de uma arte nacional. O paisagista afirma ainda que, no período que circunda a década de 1880, artistas eram socialmente mal vistos, pois no Brasil a profissão era vista como "fator de civilização", uma importante filosofia decorrida do iluminismo, que prega a ideia de que a arte poderia melhorar a humanidade, civilizando-a.

Segundo ele próprio, ao longo de aproximadamente 55 anos, realizou mais de 850 pinturas, das quais 720 foram criadas em solo brasileiro, tendo feito 39 exposições no Rio de Janeiro e em vários outros estados do Brasil.

Autobiografias
A primeira biografia de Antônio Parreiras foi publicada no ano de 1926 e financiada por ele próprio. No exemplar disponível no museu do pintor, pode-se verificar que a obra conta com encadernação cuidadosa, possui capa em papel firme azulado de efeito mármore, sem identificação qualquer sobre do que trata. De acordo com a editora fluminense Tipografia Dias, Vasconcelos e C., pela qual a biografia fora publicada, são 131 páginas de texto escrito, 21 ilustrações, uma fotografia da fachada de sua casa e uma fotografia de seu ateliê.

Pode-se afirmar que a grande maioria das críticas referentes ao livro foram positivas. A primeira delas aparece no Jornal do Brasil, no dia 27 de novembro de 1926. Esta não só recomenda a leitura da autobiografia de Antônio Parreiras por seu conteúdo, mas também pela forma como foi estilosamente escrita, com fluidez. Em outro texto crítico sobre a obra, Mario Sette, para o Diário de Pernambuco, destacou, entre outros aspectos, a percepção do autor como artista que, embora tenha viajado com frequência, manteve-se consciente de seu lugar de origem. "Não se tornou pedante, nem um derrotista. Ao contrário, aprendeu ainda mais a amar a sua pátria, reconhecendo-lhes os méritos em confronto com os alheios". Outros críticos optaram por traçar uma analogia entre o ato de pintar e o de escrever, enaltecendo as habilidades do artista em ambas as funções, principalmente em seu viés paisagista.

A segunda edição de sua história contada por ele mesmo foi publicada em 1943, após o seu falecimento, e financiada pelo governador do estado do Rio de Janeiro, diferentemente do que propõe seu testamento, que os custos desta publicação fossem pagos pelo dinheiro arrecadado pela venda de suas medalhas de ouro e alguns quadros, caso houvesse necessidade.

Nela, o artista descreve algumas referências de exposições promovidas em sua homenagem, tal como a de comemoração pelos 50 anos de seu ingresso à Academia Imperial de Belas Artes, em Niterói. "Cerca de dez mil pessoas visitaram. Foi inaugurada por uma comissão eleita pela Sociedade Brasileira de Belas Artes que me fez a entrega de uma mensagem admiravelmente aquarelada pelo meu colega Armando Viana e assinada por diversos artistas". Parreiras conta também sobre a mudança do nome da rua Boa Viagem, onde chegou a morar com alguns colegas do grupo Grimm, para rua Antônio Parreiras, por sugestão dos membros do Centro Acadêmico Evaristo da Veiga.

Obras pictóricas

Jornada dos Mártires

Partindo do princípio em que "toda imagem conta uma história", estudiosos veem, em "Jornada dos Mártires", de Antônio Parreiras, referência à história da Inconfidência Mineira. O episódio foi marcado por um levante contra a ordem colonial, ameaçando o poder e a autoridade da Coroa Portuguesa. Quando descobertos, os inconfidentes foram presos em Vila Rica, no ano de 1789, e de lá seguiram para a cidade do Rio de Janeiro, onde posteriormente seriam julgados. Durante este trajeto, os prisioneiros pernoitaram na fazenda Soledade, do coronel Manuel do Valle Amado. O momento retratado por Parreiras nesta obra é justamente o da partida dos inconfidentes desta fazenda, rumo à cidade do Rio de Janeiro.

Apesar de o quadro não fazer nenhuma menção direta à Inconfidência Mineira, o tema dificilmente seria identificado apenas sob a observação da tela, sem mais informações. O que pode ser visto na obra não são os inconfidentes como heróis ou homens valentes e vencedores, Parreiras representa apenas o fim de um movimento sem sucesso, cujos integrantes estão prestes a pagar o preço de sua revolta com sua liberdade. Ao mesmo tempo, faz questão de ressaltar a firmeza, a coragem e a convicção dos "revoltosos". Ainda que não os pinte como heróis, transmite, através deles, uma lição de patriotismo e civismo.

Observando a obra sobre um viés crítico-artístico, apenas, é importante recordar que Antônio Parreiras é, principalmente, reconhecido por suas obras de paisagem, tendo sido aluno de George Grimm, pintor alemão que fez escola no Brasil dentro do gênero. Portanto, não nos causa espanto observar que a paisagem da obra ocupa cerca de dois terços do espaço utilizado para retratar parte do percurso dos inconfidentes mineiros.

Sertanejas
Sob um desejo constante de interpretar a natureza de forma a sentir a emoção que ela causa, a obra "Sertanejas" resgata o sentido roussoniano de que a natureza é mais bela do que a paisagem, por ser livre de qualquer intervenção do homem. A paisagem, segundo Shamma, "é a cultura antes de ser natureza; um construto da imaginação projetado sobre a mata, rocha, água". A obra retrata um túnel florestal primevo na Serra do Mar. Encerrado por um denso arvoredo, onde frestas de luz timidamente iluminam borboletas, que adejam sobre singelas flores tropicais que medram no chão úmido.

Paisagem do Campo do Ipiranga

O quadro intitulado Paisagem do Campo do Ipiranga foi pintado em óleo sobre tela por Antônio Parreiras no ano de 1893. Com dimensões de um metro de altura por 1,48 metro de largura, retrata uma paisagem que contém o antigo Museu do Ipiranga ao fundo.

Contrastando com o céu azul claro repleto de nuvens brancas esfumaçadas na diagonal, o quadro mostra, num primeiro plano, um grande campo de terra marrom-avermelhada, em partes, desmatado. Há uma cerca que divide o território e segue em linha reta, dando noção de profundidade à imagem. Ao fundo, onde a cerca parece chegar ao fim, se aproxima das imediações de um grande casarão branco posicionado ao lado esquerdo do quadro. Próximo a ele, as vegetações são mais altas e têm coloração verde-escura. É deste mesmo espaço do casarão branco que, ao lado direito da tela, um pequeno morro dá uma terceira dimensão à imagem. Neste pequeno morro, está o monumento de cor bege-clara, um pouco amarelada, antigamente denominado de Museu do Ipiranga.

Paisagem do Campo do Ipiranga é uma obra que foi executada na ocasião da primeira visita artística do pintor à cidade de São Paulo. Com ele, Parreiras teve a pretensão de ingressar na recém-inaugurada galeria de arte do Museu Paulista.

Museu Antônio Parreiras

O Museu Antônio Parreiras é a antiga residência do pintor. Trata-se de um casarão projetado por Ramos de Azevedo. Inaugurado no dia 21 de janeiro de 1942, hoje pode ser considerada uma das mais importantes edificações históricas e culturais do estado do Rio de Janeiro.

Embora Antônio Parreiras nunca tenha deixado explícito o desejo de ter sua própria casa transformada em museu, estudiosos veem preocupação breve em constituir e consolidar algo que remeta à sua memória no seguinte trecho de seu testamento:

Críticas a Aleijadinho
Em um de seus vários discursos na Academia Fluminense de Letras, Antônio Parreiras criticou a arte do escultor mineiro Aleijadinho. No início de seu discurso, publicado na revista da Academia, o pintor diz não aceitar o que é qualificado como "estilo colonial", por julgar impossível que, em um meio onde "predominavam a ignorância e as aspirações puramente materiais" dos tempos coloniais, "no meio de selvas", referindo-se à região de Minas Gerais, houvesse alguma preocupação de construção de um estilo arquitetônico.

Sob uma perspectiva determinista, o acadêmico Parreiras encarna profunda descrença na capacidade de transcendência da obra de Aleijadinho. Para ele, tal artista esteve preso demais às realidades de suas esculturas e, por tal motivo, não pôde transcendê-las, nem contextualizá-las no âmbito da divindade, quando se trata de criações de tema religiosos. Para o pintor, Aleijadinho fazia parte do grupo de artistas que não interpretava, mas simplesmente retratava tudo o que via na natureza. Antônio Parreiras nominou as obras do escultor mineiro de tentativas de reprodução da realidade como inúteis, pois lhe faltava técnica, estética e visão de arte; o que seria inato ao artista por viver em um meio que não favorecia o desenvolvimento de seu talento.

Galeria

Prêmios recebidos
Medalha de Ouro (Exposição do Centenário da Independência, 1922)
Medalha de Honra (Exposição do Centenário da Independência, 1922)
Grande Medalha (Exposição do Centenário da Independência, 1922)
Medalha de Ouro (Exposição Universal de Barcelona, Espanha, 1929)

Ver também

 Site oficial do Museu Antonio Parreiras

 Museu Antonio Parreiras

Lista de pinturas de Antônio Parreiras
O Primeiro Passo para a Independência da Bahia, obra de Parreiras.

Naturais de Niterói
Pintores paisagistas
Pintores do Brasil do século XIX
Pintores do Brasil do século XX
Pintores do Rio de Janeiro (estado)
Desenhistas do Rio de Janeiro
Ilustradores do Rio de Janeiro

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Been listening since the early days, in part because the movies they review are so amazingly bad they're good (when we're lucky) but mostly because of Doug and Moe's chemistry. They have always reminded me Gene and Bryan of Hometown Tales, which is a very VERY good thing.
For fans of conversational podcasts, who love hearing people rip apart bad movies…but also love when people find the silver lining - the magical moments, the creativity that can only come from having no money to throw at a problem, the bad acting that carries a horribly written film and makes it classic rather than trash.
If you love no-budget, ultra low-budget or microbudget cinema, you owe yourself to listen to (and read!) No-Budget Nightmares. Covering some of the most obscure shot-on-video and straight-to-video oddities, the podcast breaks every film down in great detail while the two hosts uproariously attempt to describe the action. It's so much fun, it should be illegal.


The CLASSIC piece – A little black dress. This season the little black dress is paired with a statement necklace to complete your holiday look. This same bold necklace can be worn with your favourite crew neck sweater or tee, to glam up the look.
The KEY piece – A chunky sweater, textured or bold, or both. This season's Sweater is a statement piece, paired down with a classic legging or skinny jean.
Love either or both of these looks?
You can WIN a $150 Costa Blanca Gift Card by Tweeting @hipurbangirl and @_CostaBlanca and tell us what your favourite piece is from their 2013 Winter Look Book.
Enter now because this contest closes on Sunday, December 15 at 11:00pm EST. Good Luck!
Wow, my FAVE piece from the look book is definitely that black fringe mini skirt! That's totally me and would be perfect for NYE!