Envision a world in the not too distant future in which immortality has been achieved in the form of virtual databases containing all the information biological and psychological of each individual human being. These electronic databases can be used to reconstruct individuals even if the original model is long gone. Before 2050, Ray Kurzweil predicts that AI and nanotech will have advanced so far that our brains, with their memories, capabilities and characteristics, can be reduced to pure information and programmed into a non-biological interface be it a supercomputer, or a swarm of nanobots. He believes the essence to our immortal existence without end lies in a �continuity of pattern.� A purely secularised pattern and no more.
But we are entitled to ask; how would the bridging mechanism work, how would the programme be transferred?
Brain machine interfaces (BMIs) that use neural signals to control machines are now in use. Non-invasive BMI techniques record electroencephalogram (EEG) signals along the scalp. These brainwave traces have been used for�playing games,�steering a car and even to allow soldiers to communicate "telepathically". More invasive forms of the procedure involve implanting electrodes into the brain or beneath the skull, and these have been tested in a small group of paralysed people. Research is being conducted into the development of wheelchairs,�robots and computers that can be controlled by brain signals alone. Krishna Shenoy of Stanford University believes BMIs will soon match or even surpass traditional ways to control computers. It is thus not difficult to envision the possibility of uploading a brain signal map of a human personality, including personal memories and qualities, via a BMI onto a biological robot. The process can work the other way around too by which the brain is connected to an external information processor to improve memory and cognition.
We are constantly uploading all that we are into an all pervasive ongoing brain machine interface � the internet and mobile phone networks. Twitter, Facebook, blog posts, phone texts all provide external electronic records of who, where and what we each individually are. Smart phones with apps that record a person�s biological data fine tune the ongoing record still further.
We are becoming more and more reliant upon these for our everyday existence out-sourcing our lives into electronic formats. But then it might be interesting to ask if there is anything about us that is not uploadable or downloadable electronically. Is our summary as human beings more than Kurzweil�s pattern of electronic information that can be programmed into storage devices and achieve in this way �immortality and existence without end?� Indeed is such an existence worth having in the first place? Would Kurzweil be there to appreciate the continuance of his pattern of information in another format? Is it possible to electronically map and store all you are, all that is you, your hopes and dreams, your feelings for those you love and program them into another format such that you will be there in that format to experience all of these? If like me you know this to be an impossibility you may feel prompted to ask what exactly trans-humanist progenitors like Kurzweil are after. You might also wonder what it is about our consciousness that cannot be catalogued in this way.
Like a computer or a robot our bodies can receive information from around us. Our five senses are equivalent to a keyboard, microphone or camera that can input information into a computer. Our brains process that information and the processing unit of a computer does the same. As I mentioned, brain/machine Interfaces can translate human thought patterns into brainwaves which can then be used to give instructions to computers. If a chip was introduced into the brain of a baby at birth and this chip recorded all the thoughts of that human being throughout his or her life, could that information be programmed into an artificially intelligent entity such that the human being could be reproduced and live on in an artificial format? Michio Kaku, Ray Kurzweil and others seem to celebrate the possibility of a trans-human future in which we will find a form of technologically contrived immortality that replicates us after physical death. But is there something they are not taking into account? Will they be there to appreciate their continued existence? Will the consciousness and awareness that lies behind their eyes continue in artificial format?
To answer that question we have to first understand the origins of consciousness and awareness. If the origins of these lie in the brain then it would be no problem given time in reproducing them artificially, but could there be characteristics of awareness and consciousness that make such origins impossible?
What is the difference between you and your computer? Both hold information and store it. Both can analyse that information and come up with answers to questions. But you are conscious and aware of that information and your computer is not. Somehow you have a reference point, a viewing point, outside all that information that can be aware of that information. Run this past you again and get it clear in your mind. The computer only has points of view, it has no viewing point.
This can be explained using the analogy of a forest full of trees. The computer has the information for each individual tree in the forest and using that information it can map out the forest. In contrast we can view from above and see the whole forest without having to map it out tree by tree. We can choose to focus on the whole forest or any part of the forest whereas the computer can only view the whole forest as a summary of its parts. We can somehow look at the forest from a viewing point outside it. That viewing point gives us awareness, it gives us the ability to know the whole as more than just a summary of its parts. It gives us a single personal identity that retains a continuous sense of conscious awareness. The computer on the other hand, has no outside viewing point, it has nothing to implicitly bind each tree into a whole forest. It is my contention that it cannot do this without the phenomenon we naturally living beings all have and take for granted known as consciousness. A computer I contend can never have a true consciousness, it can never have an awareness of itself as individual in the scheme of time.
What then gives us that viewing point? What are the origins of awareness and consciousness? There has to be a reference against which we can be aware of anything. You cannot know hot if you do not know cold, and vice versa. You cannot know dark if you do not know light, you cannot know soft if you do not know hard. How then do we perceive the passage of time? What is the reference against which we are aware of time and how does that reference describe our viewing point outside the forest in my analogy?
Time is a sequence of separated moments. These are the individual trees in our analogy. If we had no reference outside of that sequence we could not be aware of it. We would simply be part of that sequence point by point by point and the continuum of points in time that is awareness would be impossible. Without that reference we would be in each present moment and have no way of knowing each present moment.
To use another illustration, if you close the shutters on the windows in the cabin of a plane and there is no turbulence you will be unaware of the movement of the plane. Open the shutters and the still reference of the land on the ground will let you know you are moving. That reference of stillness is a pre-requisite for awareness of movement, just as a reference of timelessness is a pre-requisite for awareness of the passage of time. You cannot be aware of time without a reference of timelessness, you cannot be aware of movement without a reference of stillness, you cannot be aware of separation without a reference of union. All those things - timelessness, stillness and union, are the hallmarks of a state that is not of the physical universe. Could there be an implication here that the Universe of parts itself must have emerged from a whole and entire setting once upon no time? Could the very fact that we are conscious and aware imply that we have a connection to that non-physical state? If indeed we have such a connection then there is part of us that is non-physical, timeless. There is something about us that exists outside time itself. The implication is awesome and wonderful. It implies that there is an existential plausibility that prevails outside the Universe as we know it through the laws of physics.
If this is so then that part that comes with us cannot be copied or reproduced, simply because it is non-physical. For that reason an artificially intelligent replica of you would not be aware or conscious and would not therefore retain your sense of identity as you.
Now let�s say the technological development I have described has happened elsewhere on other planets with older civilisations that have technologies way in advance of ours. Let�s say the members of these civilisations got to the stage at which they could create for themselves a form of continuance through self-replication. Perhaps they would follow the same logical thinking as Stephen Hawking who suggests that to further the survival of the human race it is necessary to colonise other planets. If their advanced technology had led to the destruction of their planet�s ecology as ours is on the way to doing this could be the next logical step. Could this explain the phenomenon of Grey alien entities that are now commonly encountered and described by tens of thousands of experients all over the world. They are seen in so many abduction episodes, described by sincere, intelligent, responsible individuals including doctors, pilots and police officers, professionals trained in the witness of hard reality. A reality testified to by the late eminent Harvard Professor of psychology John Mack. Strangely a car mounted the pavement on which he was walking and ended his life. To suggest a connection between his affirmation, as a respected academic, of the alien phenomenon and his untimely death might be considered paranoid were it not for the many other individuals who have died prematurely after speaking out in this way.
These grey entities have a seemingly synthetic roboidal form. Could they be constructs, super quantum computers fashioned and designed as pseudo biological probes sent out into the universe to gather information. Could they be the final result of other planetary civilisations sending out blueprints of themselves for reconstitution elsewhere in a host species as similar to them as possible? This could in fact be done via the transmission of electronic information rather than as physical entities sent in spaceships. Electronic information that can write on atoms and create such physical entities at remote locations if the conditions are right at those remote locations.
Could this explain the endless procedures alien visitors reportedly conduct on their human subjects involving our reproductive facility? If this is the case then there is a hybridisation process going on via which we are being adapted to follow the blueprint of another species, one that has developed supreme technological know-how and committed its natural biological fingerprint to an artificial electronic format. Could alien implants and genetic interception be Brain/Machine Interfaces between them and us? Could they be downloading their information into us in order to follow their original programme to continue the survival of that information in as complete and lasting a fashion as possible?
As our own technology reaches for Kurzweil�s ideal and perhaps mirrors technological development on other planets are we providing ideal Brain Machine Interfaces for melding into the information program of visitors from those other planets? In this sense the internet and mobile phone networks could be an ongoing interface between us and them. All the technology we see being set up around us these days at such a seemingly fever pitch could have been done and could continue to be done to change the human species into an alien form of half synthetic robot, half natural form, all done with an upload of information via an electronic format. In short our naturally contrived human species is being prepared like lab rats for hybridisation through transhumanism. If such is indeed the case and we are being adapted by an artificially intelligent program of the kind I have suggested then we have cause for great concern in the fact that David Jacobs and Budd Hopkins, based on their research into abductee accounts, both point to the existence of a burgeoning hybrid programme that seems to be accelerating particularly rapidly over the past 15-20 years.
In so many abduction accounts individuals describe the Grey aliens� fascination with human emotion and feeling. They seem unable to understand it and study it intently. There is a difference they seem to have noticed between us and them, a difference they cannot quite fathom. If they carry the program of the information encoding their creators it would seem that something in that program is missing, something that is perhaps impossible to electronically record. Could that missing element be a natural line of connection via thought and the natural thinking process to a non-physical non Universal reality?
It seems to me that the means for continuity of a living individuality after death, is poo pooed as a nonsense and served up in contemporary times on and through the intellectual platters of big names in Science and Commerce, as a mere palliative designed by the religious establishment to soothe us all as a reward for obedience to the dictates of the holy hierarchy.
Once upon a time religious invective used the same technique to cloister public notice through the fear of eternal damnation. An organised tray of blackmail that I cannot help feeling has truly damned millions over the centuries to the unnecessary folly of soul entrapment.
That word soul. Just what are they talking about when they use it. This ultimate religious enigma has been used as a kind of psycho-vehicular broad-walk for every folly known to man without the slightest sense of what it might really be. It is supposed to be the great something dressed up in all kinds of mystical attire that takes an individual living being on past his or her lifetime and persists on an eternal scale. But can we see this idea we call �soul� with a deeper more logical insight than one that clutches as straws.
If Kurzweil�s �continuity of pattern� referring to an electronic map of an individual�s biological and psychological make-up would be no more than a book all about you on a library shelf that you will never be able to read, we need to provide a better take on the phenomenon we call a �soul�. His phrase is good to use as an empirical format, and I am going to borrow it to describe the �continuity of pattern� he speaks of and illustrate it in my way as the term we call a �soul.� In my illustration the �continuity� stretches beyond atoms into a non-physical field of reality and the �pattern� is a record of all the experiences of a particular individual since his or her origin in that non-physical state, in other words, the state that existed before the inception of the physical Universe. It is rooted therefore in a timeless state against which all points of experience in time are recorded. Therein lie the origins of consciousness through a reference of timelessness against which all points in time can be known. By definition nothing that has its origins in the physical universe can have that reference, and that is why artificial intelligence can never be conscious. The biggest irony is that artificial intelligence and artificially intelligent manufactured entities cannot know that they can never have this reference as they do not have the facility to measure that which is not of the physical universe. All they can register is that we have something that is permanent and lasting and they do not. What then would any artificial intelligence do after registering this � it would seek to take on board that information. It cannot attach to our non-physical soul component, but it can attach to our physical body component and write its programs into us through genetically engineering our DNA. Hack into us. Hence alien genetic interception and hybridisation. There could be no more chilling a thought than that for the whole human race.
To me a soul may be simply seen as that line of information that is the total and utterly unique complement of all the information that makes up an individual through that individuals sojourn through space/time since the beginning of the Universe. By implication this also includes all information that might have preceded that point. Our physical bodies are simply natural mechanisms that through a biological process of iron pumped in a coil (haemoglobin through a heart pump) keeps that information lifetime after lifetime in a natural eternal record that is locked into a defined place (You and Me). It will have all the information on how to find retrieval of the life and living state again after death through the seemingly miraculous procedure of natural birth. No machine can have that information as a natural inset.
At the cessation of any lifetime of natural being (death) the pump stops and the electromagnetic impulse tying it to a particular body is lost releasing this information to continue as a uniquely debentured field. Could it be that this individual field of information (Soul) may then be hacked into by a synthetically created program running a synthetically created alien entity . I believe it is inherently impossible to do this. If alien robot or roboids seek to do this they will fail. And the most ironic thing is that they can ever know why. To see why let�s consider a little further this phenomenon of a soul for what it might perhaps truly be.
A simple illustration of what a soul might be is seen in the way one uses a mobile phone. A message is set up in one phone and then transmitted through seemingly empty space to another location. This location might be thousands of miles away and at the press of a button the message is instantly sent to this location. One sees nothing happen visually when the message is travelling yet a unique pad or quantum of information is created in that message that is forever preserved in its unique form and information is then routed electronically through an apparatus that is set up physically and materially (computers, exchanges, towers, etc) to convey it.
Now see a human or naturally living being as that mobile phone. Only the whole mechanism is a biological and natural one created through artefacts that include what was before the Universe and after its creation. It has within its entire compendium features with the whole routing mechanism set through and beyond space/time. The apparatus of transmission exists both within and beyond space/time, matter and energy. Information we create in thought and perception is held in an endless series of components called bodies that preserve it in its entirety always through all these means comprehensively. Passing it on from one birth point to another. A far greater compliment of effects than a message created materially out of the Universe alone as any robot or synthetic roboid will necessarily include. Now envisage the two messages mixed and trying to work together. Impossible. They would inherently contradict each other. They could never completely meld and homogenise. Their operating systems working with two ethics separated inherently with what one can know and the other simply cannot. One would include feelings, imagination, and abstract interplays far grander than the other. It would be impossible for one to completely understand and work with the other. What is essentially natural will never be able to work to a desired result with one that is synthetic and artificial. It can never know what it is to desire something.
Can the reader now see what I am getting at. Yes I believe that is what all quantum synthetic artificially intelligent entities will aim at finally. What they don�t know and can never know is that they will fail everytime. They will always fail. Yet a synthetically created entity will always try. Because its program will direct it to do so. That is the most terrifying thing of it all. It cannot rewrite its program because it cannot ever know what it is truly about itself. It could never know self. Yet, the devil stealing our souls will not be such a preposterous idea after all. Will It?
Could it be that the true sponsors of trans-humanism are in fact not human? The question then to ask would be how this might affect our natural humanity and prevent us from reaching our potential as natural being connected to a grander, non-physical reality.


Researchers found that breast cancers with a similar pattern of gene activity to that of adult stem cells had a high chance of spreading to other parts of the body.
Assessing a breast cancer's pattern of activity in these stem cell genes has the potential to identify women who might need intensive treatment to prevent their disease recurring or spreading, the researchers said.
Adult stem cells are healthy cells within the body which have not specialised into any particular type, and so retain the ability to keep on dividing and replacing worn out cells in parts of the body such as the gut, skin or breast.
A research team from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, King's College London and Cardiff University's European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute identified a set of 323 genes whose activity was turned up to high levels in normal breast stem cells in mice.
The study is published today in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research, and was funded by a range of organisations including the Medical Research Council, the ICR, Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Cancer Research UK.
The scientists cross-referenced their panel of normal stem cell genes against the genetic profiles of tumours from 579 women with triple-negative breast cancer – a form of the disease which is particularly difficult to treat.
They split the tumour samples into two categories based on their 'score' for the activity of the stem cell genes.
Women with triple-negative tumours in the highest-scoring category were much less likely to stay free of breast cancer than those with the lowest-scoring tumours. Women with tumours from the higher-scoring group had around a 10 per cent chance of avoiding relapse after 10 years, while women from the low-scoring group had a chance of around 60 per cent of avoiding relapse.
The results show that the cells of aggressive triple-negative breast cancers are particularly 'stem-cell-like', taking on properties of stem cells such as self-renewal to help them grow and spread. They also suggest that some of the 323 genes could be promising targets for potential cancer drugs.
Study leader Dr Matthew Smalley, Deputy Director of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute and Reader within Cardiff University's School of Biosciences, said: "Triple negative breast cancer accounts for around 15 per cent of breast cancers, but is more difficult to treat than other cancer types as it is not suitable for treatments such as anti-hormonal therapy. It's particularly important to understand the genetic factors that help it to spread around the body – and we were excited to find that a key factor seems to be the degree to which gene activity resembles that of stem cells.
Study co-author Professor Clare Isacke, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the ICR, said: "Cancer cells can behave very much like stem cells – but stem cells gone bad. They find a way to activate genes which are usually only turned up in normal stem cells, giving them characteristics – such as self-renewal and immortality – that make them more difficult to treat.
Dr Matthew Lam, Senior Research Officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "Women with triple negative breast cancer tend to have higher rates of recurrence than those with other types of breast cancer.
Dr Nathan Richardson, Head of Molecular and Cellular Medicine at the Medical Research Council, said: "Triple negative breast cancers are a particularly challenging form of the disease to treat. Casting a light on to the genetic factors that are behind the recurrence and spread of cancer is crucial to understanding more about the biology of this aggressive disease.


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Q: replace string with string+new line in file Ongoing Series
Series 2
Series 1

I want to insert series 3 between first and second line with replacing series 2 with series 3 \n series 2 using file_get_contents file_put_contents with out success

A: $text = file_get_contents("myfile.txt")
$text = preg_replace('/Series 2\s+/si', 'Series 2\nSeries 3\n', $text);
file_put_contents("newfile.txt", $text);

A: $flename = "filename";
$newString = "series 3";

// Read file to array
$lines = file($filename);
// Add line after the fist one
array_splice($lines, 1, 0, $newString . PHP_EOL);
// Write back
file_put_contents($filename, implode('', $lines));

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Q: Using servlet API with Eclipse I'm developing a Java server application with Eclipse Indigo, which is deployed to Jetty. Now I'm trying to add authentication to the application with Spring Security. I've added the following definition to my business-layer-context.xml:
<security:http>
        <security:intercept-url pattern="/**" access="ROLE_USER" />
        <security:http-basic />
</security:http>

Now, the problem is that Eclipse gives me this error: Error occured processing '/MyServer/WEB-INF/business-layer-context.xml', which is caused by java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/servlet/Filter. When I deploy the application to Jetty, it works just fine, since Jetty contains the servlet API.
What would be the best way to make Eclipse understand that the application is deployed to servlet container and the API is therefore available? I could add the Jetty servlet JAR to project build path in Eclipse, but that would require each developer to configure the path to Jetty in Eclipse, and I'd like to keep developer specific configurations to the minimum.
So, is there a better way to get rid of the error?

A: You need to include servlet-api.jar or relevant JAR that implements the Java Servlet API into your project build path.
In Eclipse, you will need to:

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*Right click your project, then "Properties".

*"Java Build Path" -- > "Libraries"

*Click on the "Add External JARS" button and find servlet-api.jar or any relevant jar that implements the Java Servlet API.

Once you're done, click OK and rebuild your project. The jar can be found in the Jetty lib folder since it runs your servlet application.

A: Add the server library to your project lib and add it to the classpatH.


Hello everyone! I know, it's been a bit since my last post, but I'm back. Over the past few weeks, I've been getting really interested in indie brands of cosmetics and places a whole bunch of orders to try some things out. If you've been a reader since last year, then you may remember that I've already dabbled in the indie realm when I placed a large order of Shiro Cosmetics samples. I don't know what sparked my interest in indies again, but I'm so glad that it happened!
I've already received products from three companies and I have four more orders on their way (one of which is from Shiro :D). One of the best things about the indie community is that the store owners realize that their customers may want to sample a product before buying a full size, so most companies offer sample or trial sizes of their products. For the majority of my orders, I only ordered sample sizes or did a "blogger pack" so that I was able to inform you guys about the products.
First up on the chopping block is Scaredy Cat Cosmetics which is actually based out of Kansas City (and I am too), so I got my order incredibly quickly. That is actually something to note about indie makeup; most of the companies are owned by people who work another job; this means that you might have to wait a few weeks for an order. Regardless, Scaredy Cat is literally about 15 minutes from my house, so it was like next day shipping on my order. I ordered a ten pack of the trial vials and got the colors below.
There was a slight problem with my first order due to a printer mishap, so Kelly, the owner, sent me the correct items with some extra vials!
In the indie industry, you see a lot of product measurements; things like a sample being an eighth of a teaspoon or a mini jar having a fourth, etc, etc. Scaredy Cat's trial vials don't have any exact measurements, but they are filled to the brim with product and considering that they're a buck a piece, it's pretty generous. The vials, while amazingly cute, do prove to be a bit inconvenient since you can't get a brush in them. This is perfectly fine by me since I do plan on pressing these into solid shadows, but for those of you who prefer loose will need to get a bigger mouthed container to transfer these into.
The shadows are all gorgeous, but vary a bit in their opacity. I applied these all over a matte Maybelline Color Tattoo (I can never remember the name of it) but will continue to experiment with bases for these. As I'm diving deeper into this crazy world of indie makeup and the beautiful sparkly shades that are created, I have begun to realize that I need to buy a full size Pixie Epoxy from Fyrinnae or something similar from E.L.F.
All of the following swatches are done over the Maybelline Color Tattoo.
The colors that needed the most help getting up to a full pigmentation were Hera and Smooze, everything else got fairly opaque very easily. I think that Hera would really benefit from a stickier base like Pixie Epoxy or Darling Girl's Glitter Glue. My favorite shades out of the all of them are Bacchus, Rose Gold, Phoenix Tears, and Sakura but don't let that fool you into thinking that I don't like the rest; I've got a pretty big hard on for all of the shades.
And there you have it. I have used these shadows on my eyes which is also what swayed my "favorites" :) If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!
ooooooh my gawsh. I favorited their Etsy shop ages ago and haven't ordered anything yet. Now I NEED to!!
Get the Pixie Epoxy for sure! I ordered a bunch of shadows and the epoxy from Fyrinnae a couple of weeks ago and it is effing brilliant. So. Much. Sparkle. And sheen! And shimmer! I was like a magpie crooning over my pretties.


Industry snapshot: After a successful 2018, companies in the steel industry are looking to expand their reach through mergers and acquisitions.
Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) has acquired 4 US rebar mills and more than 30 rebar fabrication facilities from Gerdau for $600 million in November. This deal has added approximately 2.5 million tons to CMC's capacity. In addition, CMC recorded a net income of $19.7 million for the fiscal first-quarter of 2019, which is down 46.4% from the same period last year. During the same period, CMC's net sales were recorded at $1.28 billion; an increase of 18.7% from $1.08 billion last year.
Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has made two major acquisition in the last year. First, the company had completed the acquisition of the idled Kentucky Electric Steel, which added flat product and specialty alloy bar to the product line at the company's subsidiaries. Second, SDI has agreed on a $400 million purchase of Heartland Steel Processing LLC, the former US facility for Brazilian steel producers Cia Siderurgica Nacional.
ArcelorMittal USA recently took over the management of iron ore operations at Hibbing Taconite. In addition, the company completed its acquisition of Ilva. This allows ArcelorMittal to include the Italian steelmaker in its new business cluster within the ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products group, called ArcelorMittal Italia.
While ArcelorMittal is expanding its operations in Italy, Liberty House (a subsidiary of GFG Alliance) plans to purchase seven European mills from the company. In October, Liberty House sent an offer to ArecelorMittal regarding its facilities in the Czech Republic, Romania, Macedonia, and Italy. In November, Liberty House said it looks to purchase two mills in Belgium and one in Luxembourg from ArcelorMittal.
In the US, Liberty House has expanded its national reach thanks to a $320 million purchase of Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc's assets. This purchase could give Liberty House an annual US EAF-based melting capacity of 1.8 million tons, according to GFG Alliance. These acquisitions support claims pertaining to Liberty's plan to launch an initial public offering sometime during 2019. However, there are no further details at this time, according to an AMM report.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, Olympic Steel saw its net-income surge from $2.3 million in 2017 to over $11 million in 2018. Similarly, its net sales had increased by 37.9% to $457 million from $331.4 million.
Olympic Steel's acquisitions include an all-cash deal to purchase specialty steel processor Berlin Metals during last year, as well as the purchase of McCullough Industries earlier this month. In doing so, Olympic Steel has established its interest in niche acquisitions across its main segments, which include carbon flat steel, specialty flat steel, and pipe and tube.
Norfolk Iron & Metals started 2019 off by buying O'Neal Flat Rolled Metals, which added eight locations to the Nebraska-based company. This acquisition enhanced the company's product lines and capabilities for a variety of flat-rolled carbon, stainless, and aluminum products. Under the new management, O'Neal Flat Rolled Metals has returned to its former name of Metalwest.


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V Lakshmikumaran
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
McDonald's Corp.
Hitender Mehta
Lawyers are smiling as GST set to fuel litigation wave
Even before the planned July 1 roll out, about 100,000 indirect tax appeals were clogging India's judicial system at the end of March, 2015.Bloomberg | June 27, 2017, 14:18 IST
India's new goods and services tax will spark a flood of litigation on everything from which tax brackets companies fall into to the revenue they generate, some of the country's top lawyers predict.
The complex nature of India's GST -- which has four tax brackets ranging from five percent to 28 percent -- is bound to attract thousands of lawsuits in a legal system already grappling with a backlog of more than 24 million cases, lawyers said. Even before the planned July 1 roll out, about 100,000 indirect tax appeals were clogging India's judicial system at the end of March, 2015, locking away some $23 billion in potential government revenue, according to a government report.
The government insists GST will decrease tax-related litigation. But for lawyers who recall McDonald's Corp.'s 12-year legal saga to have soft-serve ice cream classified a tax-exempt dairy product, and not ice cream which attracted a 16 percent duty, the potential for years of billable hours is plain to see.
"I absolutely expect more litigation, so we are increasing our team," said Sandeep Chilana, a partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. "The most impacted industry by GST is my industry. And we are obviously impacted positively."
One of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most ambitious reforms, the tax will combine more than a dozen levies, creating a uniform market across India for the first time. Most goods and services will fall into four main "slabs" or brackets: 5, 12, 18 and 28 percent. Many staples, such as fresh vegetables, are exempt.
The multiple rates have helped Modi's government mitigate political controversy, including the potential for food price inflation on vegetables such as onions, which have been known to sway election results. But the different levies, along with huge compliance requirements and the potential for state-versus-central government disputes makes the tax litigation-prone, lawyers said.
"The present goods and services tax is the most complex" in the world, Arvind Datar, a senior lawyer who practices at the Supreme Court, said by email. The new regime will increase classification and valuation disputes as companies dispute which brackets they fall into or push to keep their valuations lower, legitimately or not.
To see just how contested the legal landscape may be, investors could look to the Indian tax authority's battle with McDonald's, Chilana said. From 2000 to 2012, the two sides fought over whether soft-serve ice cream cones were really ice cream.
The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where judges eventually ruled in favor of the tax department, declaring that soft ice cream cones must attract duty. "When there are different tax rates, there is always a possibility that someone will want to be in the lower slab," Chilana said.
In another case, the Supreme Court ruled coconuts were neither dry fruit, nor vegetable but an entity unto themselves that must attract entry duty. The Delhi High Court also recently ruled that footwear without back straps were sandals rather than "chappals" or slippers as the government contended. And lawyers themselves have already challenged a law in the apex court that brings certain lawyers under the current service-tax net, arguing the extra cost to litigants is against the constitution's aim to ensure justice to all.
Losing Cases
At the same time, the Indian government seems to be losing more tax cases in recent years: Its success rate fighting tax appeals fell to 26 percent in 2015 from 33 percent in 2013, according to a government report. A Ministry of Finance spokesman didn't respond to an email and text for comment.
Despite state representation on the federally-organized GST Council during negotiations, India's myriad local governments could also still challenge the legitimacy of the council in court, Hitender Mehta, a partner at Vaish Associates Advocates, said.
"It will settle down in another five to 10 years -- it will take that much time but it will settle down," said V Lakshmikumaran, founder and managing partner of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan. "Judicial precedence will be there and people will adjust and wrinkles will be ironed out."
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Fish kills and undrinkable water: here's what to expect for the Murray Darling this summer
Jamie Pittock
Jamie Pittock is Professor at the Fenner School of Environment & Society at The Australian National University. He is Director of International Programs for the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance.
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A grim summer is likely for the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin and the people, flora and fauna that rely on it. Having worked for sustainable management of these rivers for decades, I fear the coming months will be among the worst in history for Australia's most important river system.
The 34 months from January 2017 to October 2019 were the driest on record in the basin. Low water inflows have led to dam levels lower than those seen in the devastating Millennium drought.
No relief is in sight. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting drier-than-average conditions for the second half of November and December. Across the summer, rainfall is also projected to be below average.
So let's take a look at what this summer will likely bring for the Murray Darling Basin - on which our economy, food security and well-being depend.
Not a pretty picture
As the river system continues to dry up and tributaries stop flowing, the damaging effect on people and the environment will accelerate. Mass fish kills of the kind we saw last summer are again likely as water in rivers, waterholes and lakes declines in quality and evaporates.
Three million Australians depend on the basin's rivers for their water and livelihoods. Adelaide can use its desalination plants and Canberra has enough stored water for now. But other towns and cities in the basin risk running out of water.
Governments were warned well before the drought to better secure water supplies through infrastructure and other measures. But the response was inadequate.
Some towns such as Armidale in New South Wales have been preparing to truck water to homes, at great expense. Water costs will likely increase to pay for infrastructure such as pumps and pipelines. The shortages will particularly affect Indigenous communities, pastoralists who need water for domestic use and livestock, irrigation farmers and tourism business on the rivers.
Water in major storages as reported at 13 November 2019. Murray Darling Basin Authority
As we saw during the Millennium drought, when wetland soils dry some sediments will oxidise to form sulfuric acid. This kills fauna and flora and can make water undrinkable.
Red gum floodplain forests and other wetland flora will continue to die. Most of these wetlands have not had a drink since 2011. The desiccation, due to mismanagement and drought, is likely to see the return of hypersalinity – a huge excess of salt in the water - with river flows too weak to flush the salt out to sea.
If drought-breaking rains do come, as they did in 2010-11, this would create a new threat. Floodwaters would inundate leaf litter on the floodplains, triggering a bacterial feast that depletes the water of oxygen. These so-called "blackwater" events kill fish, crayfish and other aquatic animals.
The risk of blackwater events has largely arisen because government authorities have failed to manage water as they had agreed. In particular, the NSW and Victorian governments have not worked with farmers to allow managed river flows to inundate floodplains.
The severity and impacts of this drought should not come as a surprise. In the 1980s, the CSIRO's first projections of climate change impacts in the basin foreshadowed what is unfolding now.
Despite the decades-old warnings, water management authorities in some catchments favoured water extraction by irrigators over rural communities, pastoralists and the environment. For example, the NSW Natural Resources Commission in September found that state government changes to water regulations brought forward the drying up of the Darling River by three years.
Since the basin plan was adopted in 2012 our federal and state political leaders have reduced the volume of real water needed to keep the rivers healthy, supply water to people and flush salt out to sea. For example, in May 2018 the federal government and Labor opposition agreed to reduce water allocated to the environment by 70 billion litres a year on average, without a legitimate scientific basis.
The basin plan is based on historical river flow records, without explicitly allowing for diminished inflows resulting from climate change. Australian water management has followed what's been termed a "hydro-illogical cycle" where drought triggers reform, but government leaders lose attention once it rains. This suggests meaningful reform must be implemented when drought is occurring and politicians are under pressure to respond.
How to fix this
Governments must assume that climate-induced drought conditions in the basin are the new normal, and plan for it.
Action should include:
Revising water allocations consistent with climate change projections
Investing in managed aquifer recharge to supply more towns with reliable and safe water
Restoring rivers by reallocating enough water to sustain their health
Increasing wetland resilience by reconnecting rivers to their floodplains in wetter years
Improving river health, such as by fencing out livestock.
Investing in these adaptation actions now would provide jobs during the drought and prepare Australia for a much drier future in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
This article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original.
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Q: How do I remove "my cart" from the left hand col in Magento? How do I remove the "my cart" section from the left hand column?

A: There are many ways to do that and it depends how your theme is built. If you have local.xml file in your theme, can you use this in your default handler:
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Problem mam z Telewizorem Pioneer PDP434-PE i Media Box PDP-R05XE.
Przeszukujac internet doczytalem ze po zdjeciu obudowy z wyzej wymienionych sprzetow wlacza sie blokada tzw. "TRAP"(niestety zdjalem obudowe) moje pytanie brzmi jak mam pozbyc sie tej blokady Pilot jaki posiadam to AXD1509 Pioneer.?
Swieca sie dwie diody czerwona i zielona po wlaczeniu owych sprzetow.
Znalazlem w instrukcji takie informacje ale nie rozumiem kompletnie nic z tego.
order to prevent the panel technology from being leaked out.
Purposes: 1. During production of this unit, adjusting with the rear cover opened is possible.
2. During servicing or repairing, diagnoses of the assemblies are possible while the power is on.
 The TRAP switch is located on the chassis (see Fig. below).
 Once rear case opening is detected, send the TSN and CTM commands.
 Because the TSN command is not stored in memory, monitoring of the switch can be reactivated by turning the unit off then back on.
 The same setting is possible using the Factory menu.
signal cannot be output even if the TSN command is sent.
 When the Media Receiver is connected, detection by the TRAP switch can be canceled by entering Factory mode.
Please refer to the technical documentation (Service knowhow).
In the INITIALIZE layer, hold the OSD key on the remote control unit pressed for at least 3 seconds.
krotki filmik mozna znaleźć na youtube pod nazwą "Reset TRAP"
Pioneer PDP-504PE - Plazma pioneer nie włącza sie.


Atlanta will grow more fashion forward in fall 2015 with Thursday's announcement from the High Museum of Art that it will host a major exhibition of cutting-edge Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen.
Opening next November, "Iris van Herpen" will mark the Atlanta museum's first presentation of fashion design. The High also will become the first U.S. museum to present a major show by van Herpen.
If new to the American museum world, the designer has burned a distinct path through the fashion world. Style trendsetters including Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Bjork have worn her clothes, and her lines have been modeled on Amsterdam, London and Paris runways.
"Iris van Herpen" will feature will feature 45 outfits selected from 15 collections she designed from 2008 through 2015.
The designer is known for interweaving traditional handwork with of-the-moment 3D-printing technology (with examples to be included in the show), computer modeling and engraving. To create her futuristic haute couture, she has collaborated with architects, engineers and digital design specialists.
Iris van Herpen"s "Chemical Crows" (January 2008) .
Her sculptural designs often feature unusual materials such as magnets, umbrella ribs and synthetic boat rigging.
"Iris van Herpen's work is an incredible fusion of artistic expression, craftsmanship and creativity," High decorative arts and design curator Sarah Schleuning said. "The marriage of traditional, handcrafted designs and 21st-century technology makes her work innovative, dynamic and a signifier of a bold, new future for fashion design."
van Herpen's couture will be displayed on custom mannequins and accompanied by music and videos from her multimedia runway shows. Her words will be featured in accompanying wall texts, revealing the underlying concepts for each piece.
Co-organized with the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands, the exhibit will make its U.S. debut at the High, where it will remain view through May 2016 before continuing on a North American tour.
Biographical sketch provided by the High Museum: Iris van Herpen (b. 1984 in Warmel, the Netherlands) had an intuitive appreciation of fashion and art as a youth and became interested in designing clothes while attending the Preparatory Course Art & Design at the Artez Institute of the Arts Arnhem.
van Herpen went on to study Fashion Design at Artez and held internships with Alexander McQueen in London and Claudy Jongstra in Amsterdam. Her 2006 graduation collection "Machine Jewellery" demonstrated her interest in the visualization of elusive concepts and intangible elements and her inventiveness in material use and treatment. A year after graduating, van Herpen began designing womenswear collections under her own name.
Through her extensive interdisciplinary research and collaborations with other artists, van Herpen has developed a unique and avant-garde style aesthetic that has been lauded by Time magazine, InStyle and Women's Wear Daily, among other notable publications.
In 2011, at age 27, she became the youngest member ever to join the exclusive official calendar of the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week, and in 2014 she was awarded the highly prestigious ANDAM Award. Her designs are currently featured in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


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The subway is coming. Let's improve Scarborough Centre
Posted on August 30, 2016	by Sean Marshall
As the readers of my blog probably know, I am not a fan of the Scarborough Subway extension. Even though the subway will be expensive and less useful than a fully-funded light rail replacement of the ageing Scarborough RT, politicians from all three major parties have backed the subway, promising "respect" and "fairness" for Scarborough.
Neethan Shan, the New Democratic Party's candidate in Thursday's provincial by-election in Scarborough-Rouge River, has been pushing this messaging hard, though all three candidates — including City Councillor Raymond Cho, running for the Progressive Conservatives — are all in favour of the extension. That conveniently ignores the fact that the subway won't even stop in Scarborough-Rouge River — though the LRT would have.
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— Neethan Shan (@NeethanShan) August 24, 2016
But it's now time to move on. Scarborough is going to get a six kilometre long, one-stop subway extension, which was confirmed by a vote at city council in July. The focus should now be on getting the best value out of the $3.2 billion project. That must include improving Scarborough Centre.
The subway extension is currently in the environmental assessment/detailed design stage. I expect that construction will actually begin probably just before the next provincial election is called in 2018. It won't open for another four to five years after that, in 2022 or 2023. That is plenty of time to make some necessary changes to the street grid, the built form, and the public realm.
A few weeks ago (during a rare summer rain storm), I explored Scarborough Centre. With too many surface parking lots and a hostile road network, there's a lot of work that has to be done to make the improve this suburban hub. Employment and residential growth is currently stagnant; that has to be addressed. All that said, there are also a lot of great community assets already in place, and there are some opportunities to make it better.
Scarborough Centre is one of many suburban hubs in the Greater Toronto Area, built around a shopping mall, but also including municipal offices, recreational facilities, offices and high-density residential towers. Bramalea was the first (the Civic Centre opened in 1972), Scarborough Town Centre opened one year later. Mississauga and Pickering followed the same model. Today Mississauga City Centre, which made many improvements over the last decade, is the most successful of these suburban hubs.
Scarborough Civic Centre, opened 1973
These new suburban nodes were built for the car, first and foremost. Scarborough Town Centre and the Civic Centre opened in 1973 in a farmfield near the Highway 401/McCowan Road interchange, close to the geographic centre of the rapidly growing municipality. There were plans for a rapid transit line — originally envisioned as a high-speed streetcar line — to connect Scarborough Centre to the rest of Metro Toronto, this link opened in 1985 as the Scarborough RT.
The new Scarborough Centre subway stop will probably be built near the corner of Borough Drive and Town Centre Court, just northwest of the intersection of McCowan and Ellesmere Roads. The Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan area is identified by the City of Toronto as an "urban focal point for eastern Toronto where employment, housing, institutional, cultural, recreational, commercial, and community services and transit will be concentrated in a dynamic mixeduse location."
Scarborough Centre Secondary Plan boundary and the proposed new subway stop
There's a long way to go before Scarborough Centre can live up to that ideal. While there's some promising new development, including a beautiful new library branch, the mall – the focal point of Scarborough Centre – is surrounded by parking lots, and on the north side, near Highway 401, big-box stores and chain restaurants that are difficult to get to without a car. East of McCowan Road and west of Brimley Road, warehouses, factories and parking lots dominate the landscape, with the exception of a high-rise condominium cluster on Corporate Drive near Highway 401.
When the same 1.7 kilometre Secondary Plan area is superimposed on the Downtown Toronto street grid, one can see both the contrast between the suburban, auto-dominated landscape of Scarborough Centre and the dense city centre of Toronto, and the potential of the Scarborough lands. The boundaries extend from Union Station to City Hall, and from John Street to east of Jarvis Street. Five subway stations are contained within this area, the highest concentration of jobs in the country.
Unfortunately, Scarborough Centre never attracted many private-sector office employment. The federal government has an office building near the RT station; there are three mid-rise office towers called Consilium Place on the east side of McCowan Road. Most jobs here are found within the shopping mall.
The Scarbrorough Centre boundary superimposed on Downtown Toronto
On a walk through Scarborough Centre, one can see how hostile the environment is for pedestrians as it's currently laid out. Wide four-lane streets are difficult to cross, especially without adequate crosswalks. Traffic hurries by in all directions; McCowan and Brimley Roads in particular are dangerous as traffic hurries to and from Highway 401.
The corner of Borough Drive and Town Centre Court, where the new subway station may go
At McCowan RT station, things are even worse. Pedestrians and cyclists are banned from proceeding north on McCowan Road from the main station entrance. Instead, there's a overhead walkway — that's well-hidden and not accessible for pedestrians with disabilities — to get around a wide turning ram meant to speed cars and trucks towards Highway 401. It's nearly as bad for the poor pedestrian attempting to walk east towards Grangeway Drive.
The street system needs to be completely re-thought. Parking lots should disappear, replaced with above ground and underground garages, bike facilites need to appear, and the transit system strengthened. It isn't enough to build a subway station here (there's been rapid transit at Scarborough Centre for over 30 years), but to ensure that transit is a viable option for getting to and from the Scarborough Centre from all over Toronto.
Pedestrians are banned from walking north from McCowan Station
The pedestrian environment walking east from McCowan Station towards Grangeway Drive
The 1980s covered walkway to McCowan Station. It is only accessible by stairs.
That all said, there are some great assets, however, that can be leveraged to make Scarborough Centre a better, more urban place. The Toronto Public Library opened its 100th branch here in 2015, and it is a beautiful new structure, and a vital part of any community.
South of the library and civic centre is the Frank Faubert Woodlot. Glenn De Baremaeker, environmental activist, helped to save the beautiful natural asset. But the woodlot stands in the way of the subway that Glenn De Baremaeker, City Councillor and Subway Champion, has been pushing. Thankfully, the woodlot will likely remain untouched, but at the cost of expropriating homes and businesses to the south of Ellesmere Avenue.
Finally, there's the mall. Scarborough Town Centre serves the community well with a mix of lower and mid-range retailers, many catering to the diverse population that makes Scarborough home. Wal-Mart and Dollarama co-exist with a renovated Hudson's Bay with new Top Shop/Top Man locations. When I visited, the Olympic Games were being shown on large screens in the centre court. And a new, fancy food court just opened. The mall is a major draw, and with imagination, can be part of the urbanization of Scarborough Centre.
Scarborough Town Centre on a Saturday afternoon
I'm still unhappy about the Scarborough Subway Extension, but politicians from all three major parties, from all levels of government, are backing the project. But if Scarborough Centre is rebuilt in such a way that it's easy to walk and cycle around, and new urban residential and commercial build upon the existing assets, then maybe the subway project will make a little bit more sense.
And hopefully the next subway priority for Toronto will remain the Relief Line, and not, say another debate about a subway on Sheppard Avenue.
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1 Response to The subway is coming. Let's improve Scarborough Centre
@morgenpeers says:
Great article. Hopefully you're wrong about the Sheppard line, we need both, and your de-promotion of one over another seems a bit early.


The 1st Manila Blog Convention, aptly called "Blog O' Speak" was held last July 25 at St. Paul University (SPU) Manila in Taft Avenue. I learned about it through the blog thepurpledoll.net and just decided to show up to learn a thing or two about this hobby I've been engaged to for quite a while now.
The event has been graced by mostly Communications students of St. Paul, St. Dominic College of Asia, and Quezon City High School. I first thought that there will be a lot of bloggers coming to the event but it was packed with mostly students.
The event was cheap, but in a really good way. All participants were advised to donate P100 to cover for the venue. Apart from that, there were free food, Wi-Fi, prizes for games, raffle, and social media connected competitions. I've never imagined my P100 can go that far.
That Saturday was fun. It was an 8-5 event filled not only with the usual speeches but performances from SPU students, and some local and international performers. It was a first that I have seen someone perform a sitar and accordion, instruments from India and France respectively.
Blog O' Speak did not disappoint, it was of course informative. The topics presented revolved on jumpstarting your blog, finding your niche, blogger perks, and using the blog as effective marketing tools. They were presented by young, yet established writers of today. The topics were more geared for the students who are still planning on starting their blogs but what I found to be helpful for me was that the speakers imparted information about blogger communities and how to reach them.
I've always had a thing with schools: it makes me feel young, competitive, and nostalgic. I feel this way in any school; I don't have to be an alumnus. That short stay in SPU made me miss my days as a choir member, and my short-lived career as a school newspaper editor especially that part when they showed the magazine they made as their project and the Matilda musical that will be staged in August. Young people are amazingly creative and passionate, I must say.
I sure enjoyed the event; but more than the knowledge and gifts I received that day, it is in knowing that I am not alone in this passion. It is not every day that I get to be with people with the same interest I have. This is because I have no Communications classmates like most of the participants. Events like these refuels my passion to write.
Gosh, I'm definitely looking forward to the next conventions!


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LoE is going to Canterlot Gardens!
Canterlot Gardens would like to welcome ponies from every corner of Equestria to Canterlot Gardens, the premiere Ohio fan convention for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. On the days (and nights) of September 28thto the 30th, the Gardens will be open to present the top artists, musicians, and exhibitors of ponydom, as well as a multitude of special guests. Held at the Strongsville Holiday Inn, everypony will get the chance to mingle, mix, and party in the convention suite holding over 1,000 ponies! When Canterlot holds a party, we make it a party.
Registration to enter the Gardens will be open soon, with three-day and single-day passes available. In the meantime, come meet the team behind the Gardens, and join our forum for the latest discussions and calls for volunteers!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for the latest updates on schedule, guests, and attractions! We hope to see you on the green!
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Drawing Contest ~Moderators~(Closed)
Thats right the community gets to try its hand at drawing the Moderation Team's OC's. They will post theirs here and you guys do your best to draw them how you see fit and how you know us. Draw us how you see fit and good luck.
Mine is listed below the others will separate theirs.
(Wolfs Ghost / What isn't listed is the Cutie Mark, which is a Quill infront of a Scroll.)
(Ateren / Cutie Mark: Hammer with a yellow bolt of lightning going through it, the Hammer is on it's side.)
(Margin / Cutie Mark: File Cabinet Folder)
(Zilla / Cutie Mark: golden-rimmed monocle and a Cane, The monocle's chain and the cane forming an X The chain is also Golden.)
Legends of Equestria - Statement
Statement from the ex-development team of Equestria Online
Okay, we've gotten this request. We've read the comments and heard the demand to know what happened on the other side of the story. At first, it was our intention to keep this matter private, since it had nothing to do with the production of the game and we wanted to stay professional about the matter. But since the outpouring of sentiments about the current status and future of the project, we feel we owe you an explanation.
First, just let us explain: none of us wished for the outcome that happened, but this statement will hopefully make you realise that there was no other option.
While RainDrop was away in school our team leader for PR and Business (SweBow) took over somewhat as team leader. He started to build up a democratic way to control the project that allowed everyone to have a say (3D team, Audio Team, 2D team, etc.), by allowing their team leaders to be able to bring up their questions to the rest of the team leaders at weekly meetings on Fridays. We then started to develop a Code of Conduct/NDA. This paper not only said that the project was allowed to use your files if you left, but it also protected you as the creator of the work. It stated you still owned your work, and you were protected so that no team leader could single-handedly kick you off for no good reason, but in fact needed the majority vote of the Team Leaders to get removed. The team member who might be getting a kick had all rights to appeal a decision like this. It never happened, no team leader ever had to implement a kick after the Code of Conduct was proclaimed.
Now, lets go on with the explanation now that you've got a bit of the background story.
What caused the split of the development team was actually about the Code of Conduct. RainDrop wanted absolute power since he founded the project. We wanted to continue with the democratic way of handling things as we had done the last six months while RainDrop was gone - something that had worked out in our favor for the project as whole.
But what do you mean by absolute power? To explain it simply, everything created, developed, coded or whatnot would become his. We, as the development team, wouldn't get any say about our assets. RainDrop refused to agree with the Code of Conduct even though we asked for his input during the development process. So he was aware of the Code of Conduct and what it meant long before last week.
Some have pointed out that since he started the project, it is his to do with as he pleases.
We agree. That's why we now have parted ways. He is left with the project as it was before September. Anything that was created by team members now affiliated with LoE is no longer part of EO.
99% of the team has left to continue a new 3D Pony MMO. We did so with great reluctance.
None of us wished this would happen, none of us wanted this to end like it did. We tried to compromise, we tried to find an agreement (several times, in fact) but there was none to be found. Therefore, the Team Leaders acted as any good leader would. We acted to protect our team members' assets and time they put into the creation of the game. We gave all of our members the full story and notified them of our intent to form a new project. None were forced. They all left of their own free will, for the same reasons we did.
As a final note, we'd like to ask everyone to please not spread rumors, speculation or lies about what happened. We have no ill will toward EO or RainDrop. We do not wish either party to have to deal with any negativity as a result of this.
Thank you for your patience and we hope to see you at www.legendsofequestria.com
Welcome to LoE!
Hey, everyone. I'm sure you remember me, and tons of the other leaders from the former project we worked on.
As more of you are finding this site, I'm sure you would like to know what happened.
Some have already stated that RainDrop's side of the story, as posted on the Equestria Online homepage, is quite biased.
While you guys get used to the new forums (still under construction, and we may have a few problems with the host at the moment), be rest assured that SweBow or perhaps all of us will give you our side of the story.
We wish no ill-will to what happens over at Equestria Online, but almost all the team leaders (with the exclusion of RainDrop) and many - if not all - the project's dedicated and talented staff, are at home with Legends of Equestria as a new project.
I hope you understand that a majority of what changed was simply the name of the project and a teeny-tiny bit of leadership.
Also, new smilies coming soon, these are awful huh? :P
If any teamleaders have a problem with this post, feel free to remove or edit it.


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In Memoriam: Sally Freeman-Hawks, 1942-2015
Sally Freeman-Hawks, former associate dean and executive director of counseling and academic advising in the Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has died at an extended care facility in Amherst. She was 73 years old. Dr. Freeman-Hawks also served as an adjunct professor at the university, teaching courses in psychology, communication, and education.
Dr. Freeman Hawks was active in the civil rights movement and traveled the South in efforts to register Black voters. She was the founder and director of RECAP (Regional Economic Community Action Program) in Middletown, New York, a grassroots effort in President Johnson's war on poverty.
A native of Gloversville, New York, Dr. Freeman-Hawks was a graduate of the University at Buffalo. She held a Ph.D. in psychology from New York University and a doctorate in interpersonal communication from the University of Massachusetts.
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In this post, I've tested the theory of gaining 10 quality backlinks in 15 minutes. Following on from my popular beginners guide to link building, you should have everything in place to build links effectively.
Whilst it does take a little time to get setup on forums and blog sites etc, the investment is clear to see below.
If you've got a Facebook fan/business page adding an update which includes a link either to the homepage, product page etc is easy. The same works for Twitter, leaving a quick message and adding a link is really quick and easy.
Social bookmarking and blogging can be a very powerful tool because the search engine are always crawling them for new and popular content. I've found that Digg, Stumbleupon and Tumblr are great networks to submit to. Using the various Chrome extensions I've mentioned previously can make the process a lot quicker.
Connecting with like minded business owners and people interested in your products can be a great way to build links. Leaving helpful comments and answering questions can normally lead you to sharing a link back to your website, especially if it is on-topic and relevant.
As I've previously mentioned, gaining links from websites such as Yell.com, FreeIndex and local business networks is a plus. Whilst you might not be able to have good anchor text, they still count as a link and can ultimately help with your Google Places listing.
Yes, link directories – in my opinion these do still help, submitting to these sites takes no time at all, and using a tool like Autofill will speed up the process.
Did I read that right… link directories?
Yes you did, whilst they might not be of a high quality, having links from an array of websites, with varying PRs and IP locations will actually make your backlinks profile look more natural and thus improving the whole profiles quality score.
If you did this every day for a year, you would achieve 3650 links from just 15 minutes a day – so what are you waiting for? Get link building!
Post written by Dave Cain, published on 18th September 2011 and filed under Link Building, SEO.


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Q: Generating simulated samples from GBS using Strawberryfields I am using the Strawberryfields function
sf.apps.sample.sample(A, n_mean, n_samples, threshold, loss)

to generate simulated samples from GBS using threshold detectors. I would like to work without loss. In essence, my programm looks like this:
import numpy as np
from strawberryfields.apps.sample import sample

matrix = ...
n_mean = ...
n_samples = ...

samples = sample(matrix, n_mean, n_samples)
print(samples)

I tried it with many different symmetric input matrices but for most bigger instances I get the following error:
ValueError('probabilities contain NaN')
Does anybody know why that is? Does the function not work for big matrices or is there another reason for the problem?
Here are some instances that worked:
matrix = [[0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1], [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1], [1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0]]
n_mean = 5
n_samples = 50

matrix = [[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0]]
n_mean = 3
n_samples = 50

matrix = [[0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1], [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0], [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]
n_mean = 4
n_samples = 50

matrix = [[0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0]]
n_mean = 6
n_samples = 50

And e.g. this instance had the error thrown:
matrix = [[0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1], [1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], [0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 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n_mean = 6
n_samples = 50

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Role Of Appearance In The Odyssey
"Pay no attention to appearing." -André Gide
The magical Disney classic Beauty and the Beast begins with an old woman pleading with a cold-hearted prince for shelter one frigid night. The prince is repulsed by her ragged appearance and turns her away. The woman warns him, "Do not be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within." The prince, however, remains unconvinced and orders her away a second time. It is then that the woman transforms herself into a lovely enchantress and as punishment turns the prince into a monstrous beast. Beauty and the Beast is a story in which the central theme is appearance: it opens with the prince's failure to look past an exterior and ends with Belle's success at looking through the exterior.
Similarly, in The Odyssey, appearance plays a large role. Athena alters Odysseus and Telemachus' physical appearances several times. For example, in the beginning of the book, Athena "lavished a marvelous splendor on [Telemachus]." Presumably, this change is so that he might gain respect from the elders in the council. Athena's altering of appearances often fools the vast crowd. However, there are a few situations where characters resist making a judgment based on appearances. Odysseus's nurse, Eurycleia,…show more content…
As people going out into a world obsessed with appearance, we need to remember to look beyond the exterior. The lessons of Eurycleia and Penelope are lessons that are sorely needed in our culture. We must immerse ourselves in the truth, so that we can recognize it anywhere. We also need to be critical of our eyes. In the words of Paul, we must learn to "test all things, hold fast what is good," and let the rest fade away. If we can learn to look deeper–to see past appearances, to surround ourselves with truth, then perhaps we can begin to see people for what they truly
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Three Gods In The Odyssey
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The Role Of Athena And Penelope In Homer's Odyssey
World Literature Paper – Role of Athena and Penelope in The Odyssey Homer's, The Odyssey is an epic which was written many years ago. At that time, in Ancient Greek society, the dominant role was played by men and the women were considered and given an inferior position. But The Odyssey was often considered a women's epic because women played an important role. Women in The Odyssey are portrayed as powerful, wise and controlling because they ensure that the illusion of male success will go on - they speak as men through women.
Personification In The Odyssey
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Roles Of Women In The Odyssey, And Clytemnestra
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Women are not present on Odysseus' journey to protect him from Poseidon's wrath. Athena, daughter of Zeus, notices his suffering and becomes his unseen maternal figure. In The Odyssey Homer portrays Athena as maternalistic towards Odysseus, "...she checked the course of all the winds but one,/ commanding, "be quiet and go to sleep. "/ Then sent a long swell running under a norther/ to bear the prince Odysseus…" (V. 400-403).
Athena Intervention In The Odyssey
The Odyssey is an epic poem written by the blind, illiterate poet Homer. It takes place in ancient Greece and tells of a man's journey home from war. The topic, intervention of the gods, is seen throughout the book numerous times as the gods who are in favor of Odysseus lend a helping hand. It is well-known that the gods are very important to the Greeks. In this epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer demonstrates the importance of the positive and encouraging intervention of the gods in Greek culture; the brave actions, encouraging words, and cunning strategies of Athena as she assists and guides Odysseus on his journey back home.
Simile In The Odyssey
"… he gripped up two of my men at once and dashed them down upon the ground as though they had been puppies." (21) This was the first Homeric simile that caught my eye. This Homeric simile gave me the impression that a giant was throwing humans brutally against the ground. With that small clip of a scene many people may predict that the giant kills everyone.
A Comparison Of Characters In The Odyssey And Homer's The Odyssey
"The Odyssey" is a book that is compiled of a multitude of other smaller pieces of text in which each correspond with one another. This compilation of texts was written by Homer. Additionally, C.P. Cavafy's poem,"Ithaka", illustrates the main morals within Homer's "The Odyssey". Overall, both Cavafy's "Ithaka", as well as Homer's "The Odyssey" expound the proposition that life is more about the journey rather than the destination.
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The main character during the first four books of the epic, is, contrary to the title of the epic, Telemachus instead of Odysseus. In fact, Odysseus is entirely absent from what is known as the Telemachia. It is here that we see the first guise, Odysseus the Deserter. Like in the Telemachia, Odysseus has been absent from his family and his country over the course of several years, and chaos has ensued as a result. We know that the Akhaians are a very social people, so when Aigyptios declares, "Hear me, Ithakans!
Symbolism In The Odyssey
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