Coco Chanel is currently a household name having shaped our perception of fashion for the past century, but her life holds many controversial secrets. Coco was born as Gabrielle in Saumur, France, whe...
Jason Howk’s Skeptics Talk: The Decline of Religion
Last Tuesday, Blair Academy welcomed Jason Howk, the founder of Global Friends of Afghanistan and the publisher of an acclaimed translation of The Quran, to offer an explanation for the slow decline o...
Keep Your Arse in the Chair: Colum McCann’s Writing Journey and Advice
On Tuesday, October 5, the great world spun as Blair welcomed award-winning author Colum McCann to a discussion with AP Literature students about one of his books, Let the Great World Spin (indeed), a...
NLP vs NLU vs NLG Know what you are trying to achieve NLP engine Part-1 by Chethan Kumar GN
Dont Mistake NLU for NLP Heres Why. With unstructured content only growing for most organizations, it’s important to have ways to continue to capture, analyze and make sense of this valuable dat...
The Man That Dreamed
The Man that Dreamed There was a man that dreamed of a utopia. He was a man of principles. He was a man of honor. He was a man of truth. He was a man of loyalty. He was a man of faith. He was a man of...
The Dreams of A Man
The Dreams of a Man The true dreams of the man were to create a beautiful and perfect utopia. A world where all the starving are fed. A world where all the homeless are sheltered. A world where all th...
Existential Tribulations
There is nobody, There is nothing. Trauma processed to gain clarity, Pain is Liquid, but the surface is breaking, white is white, the blue is blue, the shock. The universe doesn’t prevent the yearning...
Two Burger Recipes (for picky eaters)
Two Burger Recipes (for picky eaters) Coming from someone with a family filled with picky eaters, it’s understandable to be bored of making and eating the same bland food. If you want to start cooking...
Free Verse 4
Free Verse 4 I am afraid to feel. What is it like? To be joyful, enraged, or content? To be so vulnerable, yet so strong? “Men don’t cry.” Men don’t cry. So instead, I feel Like a flag torn from its s...
NBA Playoff Predictions
My NBA Playoff Predictions The NBA playoffs are well underway and the hype is here. Many stars have reached a new stature within these past couple of weeks. The chase is on for this year’s cham...
Designer Spotlight: Junya Watanabe
Junya Watanabe Origins Fury, Formerly Rei Kawakubo’s apprentice pattern-maker at Comme des Garcons, Junya Watanabe knew he wanted to pursue fairly fashion early on (SHOWstudio, Junya Watanabe). Born i...
Falling
Falling The sky is falling, Tick Tock Tick Tock… Here, afar, over there, everywhere, it falls, OH IT FALLS. Yet I stood still with eyes closed amidst this uproaring world. I smelled rain pounding on d...
Kant’s Response To “How Does One Live A Good Life?” In Reference to “Hornbook Ethics” by Cardwell
Immanuel Kant is recognized as the founder of deontology, who derives morality from pure reason (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). “Deontology” means “the study of duty” (Cardwell, 82), derived fr...