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The theme of the book Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel is to take advantage of opportunities to live the way you want.

This theme really fits with the book because many of the characters would never be in the situations they would've been in if they never took a chance. The majority of the book is set in a post-apocalyptic setting where characters use opportunities to thrive in this environment. Though, there are some instances where the book would recall events before the pandemic spread. At those moments of recollection, we would see characters go through the hardships in life, trying their best to hop on another opportunity. Opportunities can really help push us to where we want to be physically, emotionally, social, and even politically.

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In history, we've known that many leaders before would take advantage of whatever they could to make themselves stronger. Ancient Egypt for example, Pharaohs would claim that they were a god in human form. They took that opportunity of people believing that claim, and took control over civilians.

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What really interested me from the lectures and reading for this week, was this idea of Power of Elites through Religion. About how they used it to create a greater social stratification in the society. What drew my attention was the discussion about how part of the collapse of the Old Kingdom in Egypt was somewhat brought on by the decline in tribute from the Nomarchs, as well as thoughts, from the article "Ancient Mesopotamia" by Susan Pollack, about the social differences between the "Priests" and civilians. This made me contemplate why did they give tribute to the Pharaoh in the start. What was pulled from the lectures was that Pharaohs were given their power by this idea that they were the god in human form. So that their power was from the idea that they were a god. Giving them control over their people through religious beliefs. By using this power the Pharaohs were able to convince the people to build many things in their honor. Giant Pyramids that would house their mummified bodies and treasures. During the time of the Old Kingdom colossal projects were finished and constructed. The creation of separate burial grounds that far exceeded that off "normal" civilians was part of the way this power help to social stratify the society even more.

Then I drew the connection from the reading about Ancient Mesopotamia about how the only differences in housing was with in the Ubadid society was between the temples and the civilian housing. That the temples were built on platforms that would draw them as high as 1 to 10 meters above the surrounding housing. The temples tended to not be larger than the normal households their construction was what made them different. Thought went into the construction of the temples with focuses on decorative architectural features, such as mosaic decorations, recessed portals, and niched facades. Even though the temples tended to contain house hold artifacts it also held more finely created ceramics that were painted and sometimes shaped unusually. The unusual painted and shaped ceramics were only seen with in the temple part of the site. This created a difference between those who lived with in the temple and those who did not. Power also came with this differentiation the very creation of these elaborate temples, and their sheer numbers in the sites that litter Mesopotamia can be used to show the acceptance of the Priest with in a separate category.

So in these two examples the use of Religious thought and roles can be seen as a way to for certain individuals to gain power as well as social standing. It is curious to me whether this occurs with in every beginning of every society? As well as this idea that without religion would certain monumental structures have been created?

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In this news segment, this kid's illness heavily hindered his ability to play. So he tried to quit, but his director wouldn't let that happen. She saw one day, he was messing around with drumming applications on his smart phone, and there she saw an opportunity to let him finally play with the band.

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At a young age, his parents divorced and his mother was left to raise him on her own. Though, it was one of his classmates that an opportunity arose. His classmate's father was an acting agent. Drake managed to get an audition through his classmate's recommendation, and Drake had a new agent. Ever since then, he's been on several acting roles.

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Drake has released his new, 25-track double album, 'Scorpion,' which features JAY-Z, Michael Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Future, and Ty Dolla $ign. The songs address accusations of Drake having fathered and hidden a child, as well as fatherhood itself, and allude to feuds with Meek Mill.

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She wasn't earning very much once her husband died, making less than a dollar each day as a washer woman. Though, as an African-American woman, she realized that there was a need for products that catered to her needs. So she made her own products, and becoming America's first self-made female millionaire. "...you need to realize that opportunity can masquerade as necessity."

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There are a few things that incredibly successful people do differently than the rest of us, says Bernard Marr, a global enterprise performance expert and a best-selling business author, in a recent LinkedIn post. One thing they always do: spot and grab opportunities as they present themselves.

"[This is] an important skill, and one that many of the most successful and powerful entrepreneurs and businesspeople of the world have turned into quite a lot of money," Marr explains.

He offers the following four examples:
Richard Branson never tries to create something entirely new; he looks for opportunities to "improve on what already exists in a meaningful way."
Branson originally wanted to be a journalist and editor, Marr explains, but he quickly realized he had to learn to become an entrepreneur to keep his magazine afloat. "Since then, Branson has become the epitome of the savvy businessman who knows how to spot an opportunity," Marr says.

"Branson's calling card these days involves seeing a somewhat staid and rigid industry - like the airline industry or mobile phone industry - and flipping it on its head, making it cool, unique, different, and calling a very unique set of customers in who weren't being served by the old guard."
Mary Kay Ash saw opportunities in obstacles.
When the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics was denied a promotion, she took $5,000 of her life savings and "turned it into one of the largest, most successful multi-level marketing companies ever at a time when female CEOs were still extremely rare," Marr says.

Ash never let a setback sideline her. Instead, she saw obstacles as "impetus to create something new."
Madam C.J. Walker recognized needs that weren't being met and developed a way to meet them.
Walker, the creator of a popular line of African-American hair care products and America's first self-made female millionaire, discovered opportunities as a matter of necessity.

She was earning less than a dollar a day as a washer woman when her husband died, supporting herself and her young daughter, who she wanted to be able to give a formal education.
Thomas Edison didn't see failure as a sign to stop, but rather a sign to keep going.
"Walker had to take care of her family, but also saw a need for beauty products that catered to her unique needs as an African-American woman," Marr explains. If you want to be successful, you need to realize that opportunity can masquerade as necessity, he says.

Edison once said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
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"[He] definitely understood the value of work," Marr says. "Edison understood that a single invention was unlikely to make and sustain the sort of success he wanted, so he continued working, challenging, and pursuing new ideas well past the stage when many would have given up."

Opportunity doesn't always present itself as the easiest option, Marr explains. "But sometimes as a reward to those who keep working."

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The Five Nights at Freddy's developer, Scott Cawthon, had a very rough start when it came to video game popularity. One game he created, Chipper and Sons Lumber Co., received a lot of backlash for the style of characters. Fortunately, Cawthon used this criticism as an opportunity to inspire his next indie game. After the first games release, the streaming platform, YouTube, could not get enough of this game; having many famous content creators play his game. His game is now one of the most famous, and successful indie titles to ever exist.

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Learn more about the impressive success of Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon.
Five Nights at Freddy's by developer Scott Cawthon is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable indie horror franchises of the decade, with millions of gamers currently owning at least one game in the series. In addition to its impressive gross sales, Five Nights at Freddy's has firmly rooted itself in modern pop culture. It seems as though every popular YouTube Let's Player jumps at the opportunity to stream the latest game in the series, and game merchandise aplenty can be found at retailers such as Hot Topic and Target.

Overall, life is looking pretty good for developer Scott Cawthon... but it wasn't always this way. In fact, prior to the success of the Five Nights at Freddy's games, life proved to be something of an uphill battle for Cawthon. Born July 26th, 1971, Cawthon's interest in game creation first piqued at the age of 13 after his mother purchased a program called Klik & Play.

From that point forward, Cawthon was immersed in the realm of game creation, releasing his first game "The Misadventures of Sigfreid The Dark Elf" back in 2003. Over the years, some of his titles garnered mediocre response while others like Chipper and Sons Lumber Co.received flat-out criticism for characters unintentionally resembling animatronic characters. The backlash he received almost inspired him to give up game development for good.

However, Cawthon isn't the kind of man to let people discourage him from his passion. So Cawthon decided to embrace the criticisms he received, and in a twist of irony, responded by piecing together a game about scary animatronic characters.

The original Five Nights at Freddy's game is brilliant in its simplicity, and the mechanics lend themselves well to horror. While naysayers may disapprove of the game's rampant use of jump scares, the sincere presence and dark humor of the situation is both clever and bone-chilling.

In the game, you play as a new security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza tasked with lasting the night. Although this may initially seem like a walk in the park, you quickly realize that the restaurant's animatronic critters have sinister motives (including shoving you into their metal suits), and will stop at nothing to get to you. Unable to flee from your post, you have to figure out when to open and close your security doors by monitoring the restaurant's cameras.

This can prove to be quite a challenge, as it's hard to not slam the doors down the moment you notice one of the creepy animatronic animals has moved from the stage. However, things become infinitely worse once the power goes out as the doors will remain permanently open... letting anything that wants to harm you inside.

Each subsequent game in the series builds upon this terrifying premise, and the games actually contain quite an interesting story. The most recent release, Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, is arguably one of the more interesting games in the series.

There have been gamers who complain about Cawthon only releasing Five Nights at Freddy's games, to which Cawthon has responded by pointing out the fact that the games continue to be in high demand. Before the success of the franchise, Cawthon worked minimum wage jobs and struggled to get by.

"Did you know that last year I was working at Dollar General? I worked as a cashier. I had three bosses who were all still in high school. Before that I worked at Target in the backroom freezer, unloading frozen foods. I haven't had a successful life; and now that God has blessed me with some success, I'm doing my best to be responsible with that success. I don't party on weekends, I don't get drunk or sip martinis. I spend my evenings playing Megaman 3, buster only, with my kids. And I try to do good with what's been given to me."

- Game Rant

Cawthon cares for his FNAF games which in turn continue to provide for his family. The amount of effort put into each one is easy to see, and the evolution has progressed with Cawthon releasing FNAF books that explore the story in more depth. In addition, an upcoming movie adaptation for Five Night's at Freddy's is currently in the works!

For us, we'd be lying if we said we didn't read through the book, or purchase a few FNAF merchandise goodies for that matter. In summary, it's hard to deny that Cawthon has achieved something few indie developers have... widespread success.

Whether you love or hate his games is beside the point. His contribution to the indie game horror genre, and his persistence in working tirelessly to accomplish his goals is admirable. We wish Cawthon continued success, and recommend the Five Nights at Freddy's series to anyone who has yet to experience them. You certainly won't be disappointed.

You can purchase the first Five Nights at Freddy's game on Steam.

For more in-depth features here at Indie Obscura, be sure to check out our exclusive Twitch Streamer Profile on user LIRIK, our recent interview with developer Steel Wool Studios, and how one Korean indie developer is using his game to tackle the subject of censorship.

Morgan is a writer, indie game lover, and socially awkward coffee addict. When she's not gaming or caffeinating, you can reach her at or say hello using GIFs morgan.shaver@allgamers.com on Twitter.

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As the story goes, Simon finds a fellow student that comes out anonymously to his school online. Simon uses this opportunity to finally make a connection with someone that he can relate to. As he tries to figure out the identity of the anonymous boy, he takes advantage of opportunities to still keep his own secret hidden.

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In the story mode of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, nearing the end of story, every character was turned into a trophy. Although, King Dedede took the opportunity to save a couple of characters with his own device. These characters would then be used later to save the rest of the cast.

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As a retired professional basketball player, he still manages to make a lot of money. When he was still earning from playing basketball, he saw an opportunity to still make a lot of money even after his career in the field. He made investments, and signed many contracts to still earn what he can today.

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When former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal chooses which companies to invest in, he follows one rule: "I'm going to invest in things that are going to change people's lives," he tells CNBC's Bob Pisani at BITG's Charity Day, adding, "my style is very simple."

He's not focused on crunching numbers: "I never say, 'If I invest in this, five years down the line, we could sell it for this.' Every time I've had that model, it's always been a failure."

His method has worked out so far.

Since retiring from his 19-year basketball career in 2011, O'Neal has seen just as much success off the court. He has invested in Google and Apple and has since accumulated an impressive portfolio. He has embarked on a number of business ventures, owning restaurants and fitness centers and opening night clubs, and most recently, he has become the style ambassador for JCPenney's "Big & Tall" business.

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Shaq, who made smart investments in Google and Apple, shares his 'very simple' investing style

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Whichever story is actually true, each one has taken the opportunity to create something to fix an issue, solve a problem, or even develop another type of platform. They each had an opportunity, and not just a spur of the moment idea that pops into their head.

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Fifteen years ago today, Netflix went public. But how the co-founders came up with the idea for the revolutionary entertainment service is still unclear.

Originally, CEO Reed Hastings told several outlets said he got the idea for Netflix after Blockbuster charged him a $40 late fee for "Apollo 13." But co-founder Marc Randolph, who left the company in 2002, said the tale was a "convenient fiction" to explain why the company was better than its competitors, according to CNET.

Instead, Randolph claims the company was started when he and Hastings decided they wanted to create "the Amazon.com of something" in 1997, The Washington Post reported. They decided on shipping DVDs because customers were willing to buy them online and they were strong enough to mail. Since they couldn't get a DVD - which was new technology at the time - they mailed a CD a few blocks to see how it would hold up. When it arrived in one piece, they decided to start Netflix.

Hastings' story has changed a few times. Earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Spain, he said the idea stemmed from a math problem about the bandwidth of a station wagon carrying tapes. To solve the problem, a person would have to figure out how many tapes could fit inside the vehicle, how much data the tapes could hold and how quickly the car could get to a given destination.

It led Hastings to think about how much data a DVD could hold and how quickly you could disseminate that information through the mail, he said. Eventually, he thought the internet would make it possible to deliver things even faster.

Hastings had always been vocal about his belief in streaming video. In an as-told-to piece for Inc. in 2005, Hastings said the company was preparing itself for an internet-based future, although he also said he thought Netflix had at least a decade left of dominating DVDs. The company introduced streaming content in 2007, just two years after the article was published.

"Movies over the internet are coming, and at some point it will become big business," he told Inc. at the time. "We started investing 1 percent to 2 percent of revenue every year in downloading, and I think it's tremendously exciting because it will fundamentally lower our mailing costs. We want to be ready when video-on-demand happens. That's why the company is called Netflix, not DVD-by-Mail."

And in that same Inc. article, Hastings admits there was no flashy origin story.

"Netflix was originally a single rental service, but the subscription model was one of a few ideas we had - so there was no Aha! moment," he said.

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Mark Neuling | CNBC | NBCU Photo Bank | Getty Images Fifteen years ago today, Netflix went public. But how the co-founders came up with the idea for the revolutionary entertainment service is still unclear. Originally, CEO Reed Hastings told several outlets said he got the idea for Netflix after Blockbuster charged him a $40 late fee for "Apollo 13."

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Harriet Tubman was a black slave that was famous for the Underground Railroad, When she was twelve, she got in between a slave and their owner; only to be struck in the head with a weight. Though, once she was threatened by her husband, she had an opportunity when she had others to help her plan their escape. That's when she escape, and had another opportunity to save more of her fellow slaves.

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When Was Harriet Tubman Born?

Harriet Tubman was born around 1820 on a plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her parents, Harriet ("Rit") Green and Benjamin Ross, named her Araminta Ross and called her "Minty."

Rit worked as a cook in the plantation's "big house," and Benjamin was a timber worker. Araminta later changed her first name to Harriet in honor of her mother.

Harriet had eight brothers and sisters, but the realities of slavery eventually forced many of them apart, despite Rit's attempts to keep the family together. When Harriet was five years old, she was rented out as a nursemaid where she was whipped when the baby cried, leaving her with permanent emotional and physical scars.

Around age seven Harriet was rented out to a planter to set muskrat traps and was later rented out as a field hand. She later said she preferred physical plantation work to indoor domestic chores.

A Good Deed Gone Bad

Harriet's desire for justice became apparent at age 12 when she spotted an overseer about to throw a heavy weight at a fugitive. Harriet stepped between the enslaved person and the overseer-the weight struck her head.

She later said about the incident, "The weight broke my skull ... They carried me to the house all bleeding and fainting. I had no bed, no place to lie down on at all, and they laid me on the seat of the loom, and I stayed there all day and the next."

Harriet's good deed left her with headaches and narcolepsy the rest of her life, causing her to fall into a deep sleep at random. She also started having vivid dreams and hallucinations which she often claimed were religious visions (she was a staunch Christian). Her infirmity made her unattractive to potential slave buyers and renters.

Escape from Slavery

In 1840, Harriet's father was set free and Harriet learned that Rit's owner's last will had set Rit and her children, including Harriet, free. But Rit's new owner refused to recognize the will and kept Rit, Harriet and the rest of her children in bondage.

Around 1844, Harriet married John Tubman, a free Black man, and changed her last name from Ross to Tubman. The marriage was not good, and the knowledge that two of her brothers-Ben and Henry-were about to be sold provoked Harriet to plan an escape.

Harriet Tubman: Underground Railroad

On September 17, 1849, Harriet, Ben and Henry escaped their Maryland plantation. The brothers, however, changed their minds and went back. With the help of the Underground Railroad, Harriet persevered and traveled 90 miles north to Pennsylvania and freedom.

Tubman found work as a housekeeper in Philadelphia, but she wasn't satisfied living free on her own-she wanted freedom for her loved ones and friends, too.

She soon returned to the south to lead her niece and her niece's children to Philadelphia via the Underground Railroad. At one point, she tried to bring her husband John north, but he'd remarried and chose to stay in Maryland with his new wife.

Fugitive Slave Act

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act allowed fugitive and freed workers in the north to be captured and enslaved. This made Harriet's role as an Underground Railroad conductor much harder and forced her to lead enslaved people further north to Canada, traveling at night, usually in the spring or fall when the days were shorter.

She carried a gun for both her own protection and to "encourage" her charges who might be having second thoughts. She often drugged babies and young children to prevent slave catchers from hearing their cries.

Over the next 10 years, Harriet befriended other abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass, Thomas Garrett and Martha Coffin Wright, and established her own Underground Railroad network. It's widely reported she emancipated 300 enslaved people; however, those numbers may have been estimated and exaggerated by her biographer Sarah Bradford, since Harriet herself claimed the numbers were much lower.

Nevertheless, it's believed Harriet personally led at least 70 enslaved people to freedom, including her elderly parents, and instructed dozens of others on how to escape on their own. She claimed, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger."

Harriet Tubman's Civil War Service

When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Harriet found new ways to fight slavery. She was recruited to assist fugitive enslaved people at Fort Monroe and worked as a nurse, cook and laundress. Harriet used her knowledge of herbal medicines to help treat sick soldiers and fugitive enslaved people.

In 1863, Harriet became head of an espionage and scout network for the Union Army. She provided crucial intelligence to Union commanders about Confederate Army supply routes and troops and helped liberate enslaved people to form Black Union regiments.

Though just over five feet tall, she was a force to be reckoned with, although it took over three decades for the government to recognize her military contributions and award her financially.

Harriet Tubman's Later Years

After the Civil War, Harriet settled with family and friends on land she owned in Auburn, New York. She married former enslaved man and Civil War veteran Nelson Davis in 1869 (her husband John had died 1867) and they adopted a little girl named Gertie a few years later.

Harriet had an open-door policy for anyone in need. She supported her philanthropy efforts by selling her home-grown produce, raising pigs and accepting donations and loans from friends. She remained illiterate yet toured parts of the northeast speaking on behalf of the women's suffrage movement and worked with noted suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony.

In 1896, Harriet purchased land adjacent to her home and opened the Harriet Tubman Home for Aged and Indigent Colored People. The head injury she suffered in her youth continued to plague her and she endured brain surgery to help relieve her symptoms. But her health continued to deteriorate and eventually forced her to move into her namesake rest home in 1911.

Pneumonia took Harriet Tubman's life on March 10, 1913, but her legacy lives on. Schools and museums bear her name and her story has been revisited in books, movies and documentaries.

Harriet Tubman: $20 Bill

Tubman even had a World War II Liberty ship named after her, the SS Harriet Tubman.

In 2016, the United States Treasury announced that Harriet's image will replace that of former President and slaveowner Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (who served under President Trump) later announced the new bill would be delayed until at least 2026. In January 2021, President Biden's administration announced it would speed up the design process to mint the bills honoring Tubman's legacy.

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General Tubman: Female Abolitionist was Also a Secret Military Weapon. Military Times.

Harriet Tubman Biography. Biography.

Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, Residence, and Thompson AME Zion Church. National Park Service.

Harriet Tubman Myths and Facts. Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman Portrait of An American Hero by Kate Clifford Larson, Ph.D.

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Harriet Tubman. National Women's History Museum.

Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her People. Harriet Tubman Historical Society.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad. National Park Service.

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" 'She's twelve years old,' Kirsten said. 'You believe everything the prophet says?' The archer smiled. 'The virus was the angel,' he whispered."
- Chapter 48, Page 286
This shows that the prophet took the opportunity to create a following to do his bidding due to what he says, and how he manipulates his followers.

"-that Pablo is mean. His email arrives within minutes. The subject header is WTF. Miranda, it reads, what's going on here? It seems like you're weirdly hostile and kind of passive-aggressive What gives? She closes it without responding..." " 'It's Arthur Leander,' he says when she answers. 'Can I buy you another lunch?' 'How about dinner instead?' "
- Chapter 14, Page 86
This shows that Miranda realizes her boyfriend isn't good for her, and ignores him. She finally sees an opportunity to get away from the relationship through Arthur Leander.

"What was lost in the collapse: almost everything,almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. Twilight in the altered world, a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in a parking lot in the mysteriously name town of St. Deborah..."
- Chapter 11, Page 57
This shows that the Traveling Symphony took advantage of the new world needing entertainment. So they made this group to perform, and act for small civilizations to retain some of the old world. This also is an opportunity to constantly keep their skills in check, and to not forget how the old world was.