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PAI in the Smart City — Can Personal AI Shine in the World's First Fully Integrated Smart City?
2017 has been a banner year for the blockchain industry. Along with the meteoric rise of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies, there's been a public awakening among companies and governments regarding the potential uses of blockchain technology. Some businesses like IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have already rolled out blockchain services in addition to their regular offerings, but no other city or government has committed as many resources to pursuing blockchain integration like Dubai has. With the blessing of Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum the government of Dubai aims to lead the world by becoming the first fully integrated smart city, and they're doing it with AI and blockchain.
My co-founder Adam and I recently attended the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai to present ObEN's mission of using Personal AI (PAI) on the blockchain to allow people to create independent avatars that can accomplish tasks and interact with other PAIs and services online. We left the conference very impressed with what we saw and heard there. While quite a few governments around the world have talked about blockchain and AI, with some even convening exploratory committees to study the subject further, Dubai's leadership has already launched initiatives to push the adoption of these technologies across the city.
ObEN is one of the earliest adopters of Project PAI, the world's first decentralized platform for intelligent avatars, and we are currently building applications using our Personal AI (PAI) technology on the PAI blockchain. Our proprietary technology lets anyone create their own intelligent avatar with a simple selfie and a few recorded lines. These intelligent 3D avatars look like you, speak in your voice, and can even think like you. When attached to the blockchain, every PAI interaction serves to improve the individual users PAI, as well as the collective PAI community. With more use, the PAIs become smarter and more useful to their owners. Eventually these PAIs will be able to perform a myriad of tasks on your behalf, saving you time and energy. They will even be able to pick up skills that their user may not possess, like communicating in multiple languages.
Dubai's smart city project is a perfect place for 3rd party PAI applications to be developed and implemented. The city has already established the Dubai Future Foundation to foster technological advancements that aim to improve the lives' of the city's residents. Launched in October of 2016, Dubai's plan for blockchain integration has three pillars to guide the development and integration of the technology: government efficiency, industry creation, and international leadership — each pillar of which can potentially benefit from PAI on the blockchain.
To make their government more efficient, Dubai is switching to a paperless model whereby all government transactions are recorded on the blockchain, creating an immutable record. This will make government services much easier to access for citizens and visitors, and also considerably reduce the labor required to provide these services, while simultaneously reducing bureaucratic opacity and the massive CO2 footprint of prevailing paper-based record systems. With all government services moving to an online digital format, a PAI avatar in this environment would be able to handle the majority of service requests without an individual having to spend any time waiting in line or filling out forms. For people that have had to navigate the often maddening maze of government bureaucracy, this will make obtaining these services incredibly easy by comparison.
In order to meet their goal of creating blockchain businesses in Dubai, the government has launched a two pronged program to both develop and nurture local human capital and entrepreneurs, as well as attract talented professionals and innovators from abroad. This includes the formation of the Global Blockchain Council, dedicated to sharing and exploring the potential applications of blockchain technology with other governments and leading innovators from around the globe. The theoretical solutions get turned into practical ones through the Dubai Future Accelerators program, which has created partnerships with leading government agencies including the city planners, police, road and transport authority, health authority, university system, and the main Dubai holding company. These organizations propose challenges and invite companies to submit proposals and work with relevant authorities to develop prototype solutions that are then tested in one of the most dynamic urban environments in the world.
Integrating blockchain throughout an entire city creates an unprecedented opportunity for a network of PAIs and PAI users to digitally interact with everything from healthcare providers (personalized healthcare advice 24/7 through your doctor's PAI) to transportation systems (PAI's can plan travel routes and navigate through traffic before you even step out the door). A plethora of personal, business, and government interactions can all occur autonomously and securely with verified PAIs. Dubai's leadership anticipate technology leaders taking advantage of this unique opportunity, and have already laid out a strategy for sharing and utilizing data submitted by citizens, visitors, and government agencies — data that will be vital to refining and improving PAIs across the network.
As part of their plan for global leadership, Dubai is using blockchain verification and security to pre-approve visas, driver's licenses, transportation, accommodation, and other services for international travelers. An international visitor will arrive at the airport and immediately be able to interface with the services available in this smart city. With application of PAI technology, before a visitor travels to Dubai their PAI can coordinate their itinerary, fill out all relevant forms for visas and other documentation, secure business services, and ensure access to healthcare — all without the actual person lifting a finger. While in Dubai, their PAI can help find local restaurants and hotspots, provide information on the city's rich culture and history, and even interact with local PAI's to gain more familiarity with the city.
I admire the vision that the leaders of Dubai have shown in embracing technology and knowledge as the means to ensure a brighter future for their citizens. Their plan to become a smart city via mass integration of blockchain solutions can potentially provide unparalleled convenience, comfort, and security to the cities residents and its visitors. I look forward to exploring everything Personal AI can do for citizens and visitors in the world's first smart city.
About the Author: Nikhil Jain is the co-founder and CEO of ObEN, which creates Personal Artificial Intelligence (PAI) that can look, speak, sing, and even act like the user.
ObEN is an artificial intelligence company that creates complete virtual identities for consumers and celebrities in the emerging digital world. ObEN provides Personal AI that simulates a person's voice, face and personality, enabling never before possible social and virtual interactions. Founded in 2014, ObEN is a Softbank Ventures Korea and HTC Vive X portfolio company and is located at Idealab in Pasadena, California.


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Who could resist San Francisco's dfL Urban Outlaw Cyclo-cross- dress series? It's a great way to get ready for cyclocross season, and a chance to show off your best tights under a fabulous little miniskirt.
If you show up in a dress, you save the $5 race fee, and there's a Hunter frame going to the overall best dressed in the whole series.
You've already missed the first date: it was last night, but there's still a 6 p.m. race September 20th at Crocker Amazon Park, another September 27th – same place and time, and the final race September 30th at 10 a.m. at Golden Gate Park, with a potluck to follow.
Update: Flickr user McBomb has posted photos from last night's race. Here's my favorite:
Also, the Specialized Angel has really let herself go.…
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Xi'an Galaxy Rising Industrial Co.,ltd which are researching and developing, producing and selling as one of the professional floor heating systems products (heating cable, heating mat, heating film) company in china.
We are mainly responsible for produce and export of heating wires and cables and films.our factory was founded in the year of 1990 ,which is a company with twenty-three years experience in heating cables production.
Our main products are as follows:heating cable series, heating mat series, heating film series
Our factory has more than 200 employees, 50 technical backbones and 23 senior technical staff. We boast the advanced production and testing equipment.Among our clients from Japan, India, the USA, the U.S.we enjoy a good reputation through more than our 8 year's effort and experience.Several key projects of high-volume are praised by users.
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Why Should You Choose Mediation?
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In mediation, clients are educated about the financial and legal issues they must discuss and decide; clients are guided in talking through conflicts and issues; guaranteed confidentiality and privacy in the process; and provided a customized Separation Agreement and other documents for filing with the Probate court. Mediation helps clients complete their divorce cost-effectively, privately, respectfully, and with reduced family conflict and disruption.
At Kellem✶Mahoney Family Law & Mediation Group, P.C., our divorce mediators serve clients in Massachusetts, offering answers to pressing questions about mediation. Below, we share some of the most important aspects that mediation may fulfill in your divorce matter.
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Talk about a seriously easy and delicious snack or garnish for a salad. Spicy fried chickpeas!
Spice of your choice
Some canned chickpeas ( well rinsed)
Salt and pepper to taste…
Olive oil for frying.
After rinsing your chickpeas ( 2 x 400g cans), sprinkle of spice mix and salt and pepper.
Heat some olive oil in a pan around medium heat, add the chickpeas and fry for approx 10 or so minutes. You need to regularly give them a shake to stop them burning.
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- This Korean skincare contains Chiffon Ceramide, a natural plant derivative, that heals the damage on the barrier of the skin.
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The first UK Speed Queen branded launderette opens in Ilford
Speed Queen branded launderettes are already becoming a familiar sight in many European countries, thanks to an investor programme run by Alliance Laundry Systems, the world largest commercial laundry manufacturer. June saw the opening of the first one in the UK in Ilford, East London, owned by Tharmalingam Senthuran, known locally as Senthu. From the time that he first filled in his on-line application form the whole project has been managed by WashCo Commercial Laundry Systems who sell Alliance equipment in the UK, with territory manager Simon Rawle taking charge.
The new launderette, in a busy parade of shops alongside the A12 close to Gants Hill underground station looks clean, modern and attractive. It is not attended, so no service washes are offered, but there is a telephone number prominently displayed in case anyone needs help – but so far Senthu tells us this has not been needed. It is open from 9.00am to 10.00pm daily and is opened and closed by the shift staff from a nearby convenience store, also owned by Senthu. The site is equipped with four 9kg and one 18kg washers and three stacked tumble dryers – giving six 13.6kg machines – and one 20.4kg dryer. Prices and machine instructions are very clearly and simply displayed and there is a detergent and softener dispenser. All the machines are built into the wall but all are accessible from behind via a staff only area for servicing and maintenance.
"Since we opened, the level of business has really exceeded my expectations", Senthu told us. "Sometimes at weekends there are people queuing up for machines, and at least one local hotel has started to use the unit. This area is largely residential, with a lot of new flats being built, and I expect even more business come the winter with people wanting to dry their laundry."
Senthu arrived in the UK from Sri Lanka in 2001, initially living in East Ham and then moving to Gants Hill where there is a large Sir Lanka community. The son of a businessman in Sri Lanka, Senthu now owns a string of retail premises in the area including a 24-hour convenience store, a take-away, a restaurant, an off-licence, a travel agent and a barbers and calls himself "a serial entrepreneur"! But this is his first venture into the launderette business, and he says that the help and advice he has received from WashCo has been invaluable. "The whole project took more than a year, with various regulations having to be dealt with including change of use as the premises was previously an off-licence", he said. "But Simon has been there every step of the way and nothing has been too much trouble, no matter what time of the day I called him, he always picked up and was able to help. Dealing with WashCo has been a real pleasure."
Tom Lowes, director of WashCo, said "We are delighted to have been involved in the setting up of this, the UK's first Speed Queen launderette and have been extremely impressed with Senthu's thoroughness and commitment to the project. We are looking forward to more of these opening, replicating the success that the concept is having in Europe."
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MANTAMAE | Luxury Sailing Yacht
"Explore the spectacular diving sites Indonesia has to offer aboard this classic Phinisi luxury sailing yacht."
Haji Baso 30.5m - 4 Cabins - Komodo - Bali - Raja Ampat From € 28000 to € 30800 per week
This traditional and majestic Phinisi sailing yacht accommodates up to 10 guests in 4 cabins and is the ideal boat for those looking for a luxury diving charter!
With a spacious salon, interiors adorned with semi-precious stones from Madagascar and a keel made from a single Ironwood tree found only in the jungles of Kalimantan, this yacht is truly a work of art. Keep reading...
With a spacious salon, interiors adorned with semi-precious stones from Madagascar and a keel made from a single Ironwood tree found only in the jungles of Kalimantan, this yacht is truly a work of art. Keep reading...
Great for anyone seeking a new underwater adventure, MANTAMAE comes fully equipped with a wide range of water toys and even dive master Alex who will be on hand at all times to guide you around untouched marine life.
Number of Cabins: 4
Cabin Configuration: 3 Double + 1 Convertible
Bed Configuration: 1 King, 2 Queen, 4 Single
Number of Guests: 10
Sample 7-day Itinerary:
Start your luxury Phinisi sailing yacht charter in East Indonesia and discover Komodo, Raja Ampat and more with our 1 week itinerary!
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Indonesian chef Buhan will cook you up the best in traditional Indonesian cuisine so you can truly immerse yourself in the Indonesian way of life whilst cruise manager and PADI SSI BSAC instructor Ben will be sure to guide you around the best dive sites the area has to offer.
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April 6 2014. When half of India was glued to their TV sets, Cricinfo's live scorecard or any of the dozens of websites live-streaming the World Twenty20 final between India and Sri Lanka, quite a sizable chunk of us were frantically catching up with the updates from another sport. Partly to escape the cacophony of the overdose of the political advertisements between the overs and partly to witness history bring made in the Bahrain GP. Force India had arrived. Continue reading Feel The Force : Memoirs of a Force India Fan
Feel The Force : Memoirs of a Force India Fan
Crouching Tiger, Bullying Dragon
Picture this. You are like any normal 5th grader going to school. And there is this big bully twice your size who steals your pencils. And there's this obnoxious guy half your size who steals your lunch. What do you do? It's obvious in the case of the small guy; You shove him around, show him his place, take your lunch back. But what to do with the big bully? Do you go try punch him in his face but instead you yourself return home crying with two blackened eyes and a broken wrist? Or do you complain about it to the teacher and make sure you get back your stolen pencils? Or do you gang up with your own well built friends and scare/beat the shit out of the big bully? And additionally scare him that you would take his pants the next time if he dares mess with you again and strut around the school with your newly formed league of strong schoolboys with whom no one will mess up ever again?
Now replace yourself as India, the obnoxious weed as Pakistan, The Big Bully as China. Your league of strong schoolboys as The USA, Russia, UK, Israel, Japan, etc. and your stuff that gets stolen is India's border/LOC. Putting these in context of the current Indo-Chinese border crisis. We have been seeing our Facebook Walls, Twitter Timelines and New Channels with angry war cries. But do we realize that when it comes to China, The Big Bully things get a little complicated. The war isn't a feasible option against an enemy whose Army is twice the size of us, whose weapons are superior than us and whose logistical know-how and infrastructure near the border is 'God-knows-how-many-times' stronger than us. In our sudden bursts of Patriotic jingoism we fail to look at the sad but true facts. We have already lost a war against the dragon state. Can we afford to go heads on with them again, especially when we haven't learnt much from the past defeat? Continue reading Crouching Tiger, Bullying Dragon


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Recovery Direct provides a conclusive therapeutic people suffering with benzodiazepine addiction or benzodiazepine use disorder. This specilised programme offers one of a kind treatment, effective for life long recovery from addictions.
Benzodiazepine Addiction Recovery
Treatment for Benzodiazepine Addiction
Before you abruptly stop taking benzodiazepines, seek the help of a trained addiction professional, as sudden abstention from this prescription drug can be very risky. Experts recommend starting a medical detox, followed by a prolonged drug rehab program. However, it may be possible, if the addiction is not too firmly established, to taper off the usage of the drug whilst undergoing therapeutic treatment.
A large-scale trial, using cognitive behavioural therapy on chronic users of sedative hypnotics, found it to be very effective for long-term treatment of anxiety and sleep disorders. Cognitive behavioural therapy was also shown to be an effective tool to add to a gradual benzodiazepine dosage reduction program. It led to improved and sustained mental health benefits and was effective for the long-term management of these disorders.
Feel free to dial the number at the top of this page for advice or a confidential appointment with a professional benzodiazepine recovery and relapse prevention counsellor in Cape Town.
What are benzodiazepines?
Benzodiazepines, also called benzos, are prescription medications, available in pill form, that act on the central nervous system. They have a calming effect and are used to relieve tension, anxiety and panic. They are also used to induce sleep or, sometimes, as a muscle relaxant. They are sold under product names like Ativan, Librium, Valium, and Xanax. Benzodiazepines are reasonably priced and widely available. People sometimes become dependent on them inadvertently, even when used as prescribed.
In a medical context, benzodiazepines are mostly used for short-term treatment. This is because the medicine causes tolerance and dependency if used for more than a few weeks. Tolerance means that people have to start using more and more of this drug to achieve the same effect. The increased usage accelerates their dependency on the drug. It also produces very unpleasant withdrawal symptoms if consumption is suddenly reduced or stopped.
Benzodiazepine users are divided into two groups: Those who obtain it legally, as prescribed by their doctors, and those who procure it illegally. The first group is professionally diagnosed and requires the prescribed medication to cope with a problem. The second group is people who abuse it for recreation or have become addicted during the legal prescription period and need more than the usual dosage that a medical entity would willingly prescribe.
People, who abuse benzodiazepine, obtain excessive quantities by visiting a number of doctors and deviously getting a separate prescription from each doctor, thus enabling them to buy more than the prudent quantity from random pharmacies. They also coerce other people to misleadingly obtain prescriptions from doctors and then they buy it from those people. Alternatively, they buy it from drug dealers or order it illegally from online stores that do not require prescriptions.
Benzodiazepine addiction includes both physical and psychological dependencies. Long term use leads to increasing physical and mental health problems. Abrupt dose reduction or abstinence results in withdrawal symptoms. Abuse continues for years, because of fear of the withdrawal symptoms and the users' doubts about coping with the emotions that made them use the drug in the first place. Benzodiazepine addiction has become a public health problem, as they are so widely used, yet potentially very dangerous.
Death and serious illness does not often result from the benzodiazepines themselves, but they do affect the nervous system – this alone can lead to accidents, serious injury and even death. They also cause health and social problems in the long term. Lastly, they are often taken with alcohol, other medications or illegal drugs and these combinations can be lethal.
The Immediate Effects of Benzodiazepines
If you use benzodiazepines medically for a short time, it can be beneficial. The tranquilising effect helps you to cope with the discomfort brought on by severe stress triggers. This initial effect occurs rapidly after ingestion. It does not resolve the problem that causes the distress, but it provides almost instant relief from the mental anguish. It will calm the user enough to prevent overreactions to the situation that triggered the anxiety.
There are dozens of different benzodiazepine products available, so it is best to confer with a doctor or psychiatrist about the exact nature of a specific product. However, they are all used primarily for acute agitation or anxiety and they all have almost the same effects and consequences. They differ in the way they are absorbed by the body and how long they work. Some work for hours and some for several days.
The Side Effects of Benzodiazepines
As with all powerful nervous system agents, benzodiazepines come with a high risk tag. They all lead to addiction within a few weeks of regular treatment use. Once addicted, you will find it very difficult to stop the medication without facing serious withdrawal issues. Stopping or reducing the dosage, entraps the user in a reversal of the euphoric affects that the drug originally offered and leads to increased anguish.
Benzodiazepines cause a decrease in neurotransmitters which are needed for normal memory, moods, coordination, emotional responses, endocrine gland secretions, heart rate and blood pressure control. With chronic usage, tolerance develops rapidly. If it is suddenly withdrawn, your neurological system is in disarray. Withdrawal symptoms then emerge and persist until the system has reverted to its natural state.
Withdrawal creates a reversed mirror image of the drug's intended effects. Sleepiness is replaced by insomnia, nightmares and hallucinations; anti-anxiety is replaced by anxiety and panic; muscle-relaxant effects are replaced by muscular spasms or cramps; and anticonvulsant effects are replaced with seizures when cold turkey or unassisted withdrawal is attempted. You should undergo a withdrawal process under guidance of a suitably qualified practitioner.
- Sedation, calmness, drowsiness, sleepiness.
- Blurred vision, slurred speech.
- Poor coordination and balance when moving.
- A sense of detachment from reality.
- Reduced inhibition, impaired judgment.
- Amnesia, memory lapses, poor concentration, confusion.
- Headache, light-headedness, dizziness, fainting.
- Sweating, tremors, muscle twitches and cramps, convulsions.
- Mood swings, severe anxiety, depression, hostility, irritability.
- Abdominal cramps, vomiting, loss of appetite.
- Lethargy, weakness, high blood pressure.
- Disturbing dreams, delusions, hallucinations.
- In rare cases, psychosis and epileptic seizures.
- Absence from work, social isolation, self-neglect.
- Doctor hopping, forging prescriptions, buying the drug illegally.
- Self-harm, suicide.
- Occasionaly, overdosing, coma and death.
Whilst under the influence of the sedative, the user is vulnerable to exploitation, as it dampens the urge that normally inspires a person to react to provocation.
Impaired abilities can cause accidents when climbing stairs or ladders or driving or operating machinery.
Mental dysfunction, due to dependence and withdrawal, has led to suicide and self-harm, especially in young people.
Memory loss and confusion can cause overdosing, leading to coma and, sometimes, death.
Mixing benzodiazepines with alcohol or some other drug or medication, increases central nervous system depression that can cause respiratory suppression, leading to death.
As explained above, benzodiazepines are, indeed, highly addictive. They should be used for short periods or a few individual doses. Psychiatric specialists will only prescribe them for long periods in very exceptionally cases. Benzodiazepines pose a risk of gradually losing their calming effect and the user then needs to take larger and larger doses to achieve the same effect or to stave off the onset of the withdrawal symptoms. With long-term use, there is also a risk of permanently impaired memory and other intellectual abilities.


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An independent day school for girls and boys aged 3 to 18, founded in 1570
In Reception we have been thinking about our wonderful Mums.
To begin our work, we have been reading books written and illustrated by the unique and inspirational Anthony Browne. We enjoyed reading 'My Mum'; Browne's humour and illustrations initiated a fabulous discussion about some of the qualities that the children appreciated the most in their own mothers.
We enjoyed immensely, 'Piggybook.' This story sees Mrs Piggot being taken for granted by her family with an unusual plot twist, never to be forgotten and reminding families of the importance of working together. Once read, this story has to be immediately re-read in order to fully appreciate the clever illustrations and subtle piggy-style changes.
Reception have made cheerful, bright sunshine cards to say 'thank you' to their Mums. We learnt the song, 'You are my Sunshine.' We wrote 'You are my sunshine!' on the front of our cards.
Just before the Easter holidays, Year 1 children baked bread as part of their work on The Great Fire of London.
The children exclaimed it was 'the best bread ever!' We hope they shared it with their special grown-ups at home. This week, Year One have entertained some very royal visitors as part of their 'London' topic.
The children baked cakes for and interviewed people who had met a member of the Royal Family or visited Buckingham Palace. They learnt lots of new things as well as enhancing their research skills by compiling some excellent and probing questions. We hope our guests enjoyed it as much as the children.
To kick start our new topic 'Wriggle and Crawl', Year 2 have been visited by the Bug Man this week.
The children took part in two workshops where they learnt about different kinds of minibeasts and the various micro-habitats they lived in.
Some very brave children got to hold a variety of creatures including a Giant African Snail, a millipede and even a tarantula!
We all learnt lots about the different minibeasts and in the forthcoming weeks we are going to be using our research skills to find out even more!


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My Obsession in Givenchy
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Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, aka My Obsession, were in Paris for the Givenchy presentation this weekend at Paris Fashion Week. Aaron is the face of Givenchy for men and Sam directed his fragrance ad last year Full Story
Charlie & Rami, finally
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Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek attended a screening for their film Papillon this weekend. It opens on Friday and it's been a while. Papillon premiered at TIFF last year and now it's getting a late August release with, frankly, not that much buzz. Also, though I'm sure this is quality filmmaking with quality performances, the movie feels, to me, like a buzzkill. Full Story
Aaron, Charlie, and Opie
Charlie Hunnam gave an interview last year while promoting The Lost City Of Z, casually dropping into conversation that he's close with My Obsession, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and as a I wrote at the time, my head exploded Full Story
A Million Years Later
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A common complaint about movies is that there are no new ideas, it's all superheroes and remakes, reboots and spin-offs. But what about a story from 2003 that was supposed to be a movie but never got made? A work that was once so hot, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston (along with the late Brad Grey) bought the rights to it? What if it's a cinematic novel that's been kicking around for 14 years, untouchable because of a scandal so huge that it made the work radioactive? A Million Little Pieces is that story, and Sam Full Story
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My Obsession went to New York
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I wrote about My Obsession, Sam and Aaron Taylor Johnson yesterday heading out of LA Full Story
My Obsession & Givenchy
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Here are Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson at LAX yesterday. These aren't the pictures I want to show you though. Full Story
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Well, we certainly turned a few heads in the transfer window!I must first thank Mark, his team and Lee for the work and effort put in during the month. It was very tiring but, most of all, rewarding for all of us and the signings made have given the team a real competitive edge.
I would like to wish all the lads who have managed to get out on loan the best of luck as they try to regain fitness and form, and of course all who have joined us a happy and fruitful finish to the season.
With all the comings and goings it will take a while for the team to reach full potential, but we now have the basis to go and challenge for the best finish we can in this league. Only six points off a play-off place, with a couple of games in hand, it couldn't get more exciting - or could it?!
I believe this is becoming one of the best squads this club has assembled and we may not finish there - just can't wait until matchday.
Our final foray into the market place last week ended with the club signing Kevin Van Veen, a target we had identified earlier in the season - so much so he came to see us. Not only impressed with his goalscoring exploits, this guy can play!
It will take time for him to adjust, not only to the English game, but to life in England, so we must be patient with him and help him adapt over the coming weeks.
Whether he starts or is on the bench this weekend, he has given the club a real buzz and will not only compliment the excellent players we have, but give us more goalscoring options as we climb the table.
We really hope that some of those fans who have not been back to the club for one reason or another decide to return and support their local team.
This could be as exciting a finish to the season as this club has had and that is saying a lot!
I do not know how much more we can do to entice you back, but we are trying to do just that with the quality signings and the on-field improvement.
I promised to invest and improve the club's hopes and believe I have come through with that. Now to put that final piece of the jigsaw in place we want you, the fans, to come down and "enjoy the ride."
The atmosphere has been getting better and better at GP and I do believe that helps the team and the management, it's great support and we do appreciate it.
We are working on some offers over the next few weeks, as the games come thick and fast, so watch this space.
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Below are some events related to issues of poverty during the week of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. We will update this list as we learn of new events. (Project HOME is not directly endorsing these events.)
From Newsworks:
What makes the good life? What are our truths?
These are the philosophical questions that underlie many of our larger political debates.
And they are also the centerpieces of two portable, interactive art installations in the city this week that seek to foster a more productive civic dialogue among Philadelphians.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Richard Henry and Robert Jones took a break Tuesday from their maintenance jobs and sat on a ledge outside the Municipal Services Building to watch the protests that had overtaken the plaza.
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With the Democratic National Convention in town this week, both the Democratic Party and the City of Philadelphia will do their best to put on a good show. For different reasons, they both want to highlight orderliness, competence, leadership, spectacle, entertainment, compelling drama, and hospitality.
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This week, tens of thousands of people will converge on Philadelphia to attend the Democratic National Convention. They'll swarm a city that is home to roughly 670 people currently living without shelter.


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King's-Edgehill School will challenge, encourage, and educate your child with teachers that are committed to being supportive in classes that remain small and personal. We will provide for them an outstanding, world-class education that will establish a sound foundation for them in academics.
King's-Edgehill doesn't just offer outstanding classroom academic structure - we also inspire athletic and artistic excellence. There is also adventure available with the many short, fun trips offered to your child to expand his or her sense of the world around them.
Two recent trips that our students enjoyed were a yoga/surf weekend in Nova Scotia and a soccer and educational tour of California.
The yoga/surf weekend took place on Nova Scotia's beautiful South Shore. We stayed at the Port Mouton International Hostel. We had a spectacular bonfire on Crystal Crescent Beach, enjoyed a BBQ, and participated in fun beach games.
Many students kicked off Saturday morning with "yoga at sunrise" and then headed out to meet the surf instructors and to learn to surf. They were taken on a gorgeous kayak trip through a series of lakes and were given beach time to enjoy some relaxation by the water. This was an amazing trip and all students were genuinely pleased with the experience and the opportunity to unwind from the business of school life.
Our Soccer Students thoroughly enjoyed their trip to California which provided students the opportunity to put their soccer skills to use and to visit Californian universities. Starting in San Diego, California, they spent a week of soccer competition and then headed off to Los Angeles where they were introduced to the famous UCLA campus. The trip offered our team some wonderful experiences: kayaking at a marine ecological reserve, a visit to the Gaslamp Quarters, a tour of Coronado Island, a visit to the USS Midway, attendance at a NFL football game and so much more.
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THE 135th ANNIVERSARY OF ALEXANDER GERASIMOV
The 135th Anniversary of Alexander Gerasimov
This retrospective of Alexander Gerasimov organised by the State Historical Museum in collaboration with Leonid Shishkin Gallery is the largest exhibition of the artist's works to be held in Moscow for 60 years. Over 90 canvases from the collections of the State Historical and Russian Museums, as well as hitherto unexhibited early works from nearly two dozen private collections in Russia and abroad, together shed new light on the artistic legacy of one of Soviet Russia's best known and most respected artists.
A pupil of Korovin, Serov, Arkhipov and follower of Repin, Gerasimov produced a great many accomplished and genuinely artistic works following in their well-trodden footsteps, alongside fellow pupils and followers. Of his broad and varied output, visitors will see early landscapes from the 1910s, Parisian scenes from the 1930s, vivid watercolours painted in India and China in the 1950s and the sensitive still lifes he painted throughout his career and which have always been popular with collectors. Nevertheless, even within the field of Russian Impressionism, Gerasimov hardly occupied a leading position in Soviet figurative art. It was not for these paintings he was awarded People's Artist of the USSR, Cavalier of the Order of Lenin, recipient of four State Stalin prizes and, in 1947, the first presidency of the newly founded Academy of Arts of the USSR.
After the Revolution, it was the artists of the avant-garde who professed to be "creators of the new style": the abstractionists and manufacturers; the members of the Society of Easel Painters; the monumentalists of the Leningrad circle and many others. The pronouncement of this elusive goal accompanied the exhibitions of numerous artistic organisations. Because of the political agenda behind "the construction of the new man" it is the Socialist Realist canon of the 1930s to 1950s, specifically the version of Alexander Gerasimov, which has survived. Gerasimov was almost 50 when he painted Lenin at the Tribune (State Historical Museum) in 1930. Millions of copies of this canvas were reproduced for distribution throughout the USSR and it was to become a benchmark image for every artist, cinematographer and dramatist.
Endowed with a gift for capturing a likeness, which in 1903 had earned him a place at the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture without any formal training, Gerasimov found success in the 1930s and was made Stalin's official portrait painter, co-creator of his cult. Given that portraits of the leader were distributed about the country in a mass of bills and reproductions, it was Gerasimov's responsibility to represent Stalin in places he had never visited. Thus for many, namely Stalin, it was Gerasimov's image which embodied that of the leader whose "happiness is the happiness of his people".
At the Institute Gerasimov studied not only painting, but also architecture. Perhaps it was this interest and experience in both disciplines that enabled him to combine pictorial and monumental principles in his state-commissioned thematic paintings. Ultimately, it was this very quality which led his work to become a benchmark of the Stalinist style, an essential component of which was the influence of Moscow Impressionism.
That Gerasimov's artistic gift, skill and creative temperament did not desert him in his last years is demonstrated by the colourful bacchanal of Polovtsian Dances (Private collection, Moscow), the large picture on which Gerasimov worked after Stalin's death, once left to his own devices.
Today, the exhibition of this work reveals the other Gerasimov. The sheer exuberance of the mature master's palette can be seen as an attempt to repay old dues.
What would Gerasimov have been without Stalin? And what impression would Stalin's image have made without Gerasimov? These are the questions the today's visitor is bound to ask. Was his muse not crushed by the necessity of serving the leader or, on the contrary, did it find its calling and blossom in the sunshine of his favour? Whatever answer we arrive at must not forget respect for his talent and skill, the singularity of his biography and fate.
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Biting off the first chunk of the 100 Mile Wilderness.
The Lakeshore House shuttle dropped me back at the trailhead a little after 8am and right away the trail entered the 100 Mile Wilderness, the penultimate challenge of the AT.
It is a section nearly exactly 100 miles long which has no towns, stores, houses, etc. It does have private roads owned by the logging and timber companies who own the land and therefore some access is possible in places. Lakeshore let you slackpack 15 miles in and then another 14 the next day. That only leaves 80 miles (4-5 days) to do in one leg. So today I did 15 and then came back to the hostel.
A few miles in I stopped by Little Wilson Falls, a 60′ waterfall. Like all "water features" right now it is not at its strongest but was still a nice sight.
There were three "wet ford" rivers today except that rock-hopping was all that was required. I'm not complaining.
The shuttle pickup was down a 0.8 mile side trail (much smoother than the AT funnily enough) to a gravel road parking lot. Back at the hostel by 5:30 I was able to eat a third pulled pork dish, pizza and rhubarb pie while preparing to head out tomorrow for a 7 day leg that will take me to the end of the AT. There is a store that sells food at the end of the Wilderness which I expect to reach in 5 days. So this is my food bag for 4 days (tomorrow is packed in my pack already). It weighs 7.2 pounds (3.2kg) and will be delivered to me on trail at the end of the day tomorrow by the hostel. I hope.
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As some of you may know, I ran a wild-harvested, hand-crafted herbal apothecary for almost five years in Mississippi from 2013-2017 called Sweet Gum Springs Apothecary. You can read more about those days here.
I'll be posting new herbal preparations on this page as things become available.
The majority of the plant material I work with is wild-crafted from the field & forest. Some herbs come from sustainable growers and are either organic or chemical-free. Great care is taken when wild-harvesting plant material to ensure the sustainability of all plant and tree communities that I work with.
(All of my labels are hand-written now)
Salves & balms:
Pine pitch salve (2 oz for $12) – an amazingly fragrant, warming topical salve for bites, stings, and cuts – drawing salve that is good for splinters – great for arthritis that responds well to warmth – a decent chest rub for a cold, clammy chest with lodged mucous – pinyon pine resin, yerba mansa leaves, and calendula infused into organic EVOO, thickened with local beeswax.
Formulas, limited quantity (1,2 & 4 oz for $12, $20, & $36, respectively):
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Kyphi incense (.5 oz for $7) – break off a pea size piece of this exotic and bioregional incense blend to enjoy the rich aroma of herbs, berry notes, and spicy resins: myrrh, locally-harvested Acacia redolens resin and leaves, elderberries, local lavender, local CA bay leaves, beeswax, local honey, and white wine. (burn on a charcoal round on top of a bowl of sand or piece of pottery; you can also burn on a hot coal set aside in your fire place or fire pit)
Herbal first aid spray (1 oz for $7) – a blend of potent, anti-microbial herbs in isopropyl alcohol to deter infection of shallow cuts – these herbs will also help mediate the inflammatory response and shorten the bleed time – lantana, white sage, yarrow, and rosemary.
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Fate/Extra: Last Encore - Illustrias Tendousetsu (2018)
Lord El-Melloi II Sei no Jikenbo: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Hakamori to Neko to Majutsushi (2018)
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Fruist Basket 2019\ aka Fauruba Brotherhood, lol, and One Punch Man season 2.
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One Piece and JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze.
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Picked up Black Clover
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Rising of the Shield Hero
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo.
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I just finished the first two episodes of March Comes in Like a Lion. It seems to be a coming of age and slice of life anime, where the hero seems to be a bit depressed. Other than that, I am not yet sure what it is about.
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