I've been learning python recently and one thing that has confused me is it's strictness on file formatting. What do you mean? I mean if you fuck the format up of your python script it will give you an error, usually a "EOL" error. There was an error in your program: EOL while scanning single-quoted string. EOL stands for End Of Line. This error means that there was an open quote somewhere, but the line ended before a closing quote was found. Another type of syntax error will simply say invalid syntax. Python is super sensitive to file formatting and what you do with whitespace, you have to be consistent.
If you're going to cut and paste code from stack overflow you better hope all of those people stuck with the same code formatting as you. (spoiler, they didn't). You're going to end up formatting a lot of code, most IDE's can do this automatically but you will have to search how for yourself. I like python, it's easy to learn. But be careful with formatting. Weird fact: Python was names after Monty Python and the flying circus.
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"The Bell Witch," an adaptation of the 200-year old Tennessee ghost story will grace the University of North Carolina's stage from October 25-30.
The performance will begin at 8pm at Studio 6 in Swain Hall at the University of North Carolina. "The Bell Witch" is being directed by Ariel Gratch, who is a Master's student in the communications department at the University's College of Arts and Sciences. According to the legend, John Bell's first encounter with the Bell Witch occurred in 1817, when he saw an animal with a rabbit's head and a dog's body. He claims the animal disappeared when he tried to shoot it. The Bell family reported shortly after the spotting of the strange animal, they heard gnawing and beating sounds in and around their home. Next, the children in the family reported having their blankets and sheets pulled off in the night by an invisible force. Betsy Bell, the only daughter who continued to live at home in the Bell house, was a victim of the Bell Witch's torture, according to legend. Not only was her hair pulled and her face slapped, but also during her engagement period, the Bell Witch spoke to her and her fiancé whenever they were alone together, expressing her displeasure at the engagement. The disembodied voice became well-known throughout Red River County for its quoting Bible verses, singing, describing events that were taking place far away, and talking with the Bell family and neighbors. The Bell Witch expressed a lot of dislike for John Bell and she made it clear that she intended to kill him. John Bell died on December 20, 1820. A small vial of liquid lay next to his body, but its contents were never identified. The family reported they heard a voice say, "I gave Ol' John a big dose of that last night and that fixed him." Guests at John's funeral also reported hearing a disembodied voice singing and laughing. The voice apparently told Lucy Bell, another Bell child that it would return in 1828, which it did, during which time John Bell Jr. reported the voice told him of future events such as both World Wars, the Great Depression, and the Civil War. According to legend, the voice said it would return again in the year 1935. Some people assert it is hard to take a good picture where the Bell house once stood and that you can hear faint talking in the general area. Ariel Gratch went to Adams Tennessee in order to research the ghost story before he wrote a production about it. This event is open to the public. Tickets for the general public are $8 and $5 for seniors and students. In order to purchase tickets or for more information about, "The Bell Witch" production please call: 919-843-3333 or e-mail: [email protected]. Sources: University of North Carolina: Two-Hundred-Year-Old Ghost Story "The Bell Witch" Adapted for UNC Stage: http://college.unc.edu/features/september2007/article.2007-09-27.8703840708 Wikipedia: Bell Witch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Witch Ever done a playwriting exercise and gotten stuck because the characters don't have anything to say to one another? Not anymore. This exercise alleviates the common going-nowhere scene.
Materials Needed for Exercise Paper, writing utensil, four dice Step One: List Six List six names that imply different characterizations to you and number them one through six. Next, add another numbered list of six settings and situations. After you have made your two lists, roll four dice. Circle two characters, a setting, and a situation that correspond to the dice you rolled. These characters and characteristics will serve as the framework for your new scene. Step Two: Start Writing Set a timer for five minutes. Now, start writing! Don't stop, no matter what happens. You might be thinking that these characters have nothing to say to each other or that they would never be seen at that setting, but try your hardest to make as much content as possible. If the characters truly don't have anything to say to one another, have them make awkward small talk. Force an interaction. Try to get at least a page. When the timer goes off, even if it's in the middle of a word, immediately stop writing. Step Three: Interrupted Twist Resume writing, but immediately add an interruption. A cell phone goes off with an urgent phone call, a gangster breaks in and holds the setting up, an earthquake his, zombies attack...the possibilities are endless. But, the interruption should be big enough to alter the course of the scene and redirect the energy and focus to the new issue. Write to the end of the scene or until you get suck. How This Works This exercise alleviates several common roadblocks in scenes. It provides a conflict and common experience that happens to all of the characters in the scene at the same time. This forces them to react commonly and deal with things as a group instead of isolated individuals. Further, this method mirrors real life. Moments rarely happen dramatically. Things come up, and people have to deal with life as it hits. Also, this gives you an opportunity to dare to dream huge. Don't consider how possible it would be to stage your interruption. Let your imagination run free and do something out there. Example Let's assume that I've rolled my dice and gotten two characters named Tina and Marcos and they are in a graveyard and Tina needs to tell Marcos she's pregnant. Character names are abbreviated by their first initial. M: Strange place for a walk. T: I needed to talk to you. M: In a graveyard? T: No. M: Then why are we here? T: Don't be so mean. M: I'm not being mean. T: It's always the same. And so on. This scene could easily descend into bickering and Tina may never get to her revelation. So, let's insert an interruption. (It starts to rain) M: Of course. Do you have an umbrella? T: I didn't know it was going to rain. M: Of course you didn't. T: I'm sorry. M: It's okay. It's just always the same. T: Not for too much longer. I really need to talk to you. M: I'm going home. It's raining. T: Marcos. M: Talk to me when we get home. (M exits). In this scene, it very easily could have boiled into an argument with Tina shouting her news at Marcos. However, because of the added interruption, their moment of truth has been postponed. Interruptions add layers and delays that can strengthen a dramatic arc and alter the mood of a scene. Use them judiciously to improve your playwriting scales. With a current enrollment of 48,000 students, the University of Texas is the second-largest public university in the country after UCLA's main campus.� But unlike Los Angeles, Austin, Texas is considered one of the best cities in which to live in the U.S.� Unfortunately, on-campus student housing facilities haven't kept up with the university's gargantuan population. Since I graduated from UT's class of a-year-a-long-time-ago-so-don't-worry-about-it,
here are some things to keep in mind about your first year's digs: 1) UT admits students on a first-applied, first-accepted basis.� Once a student is accepted to the University, sometimes as early as October of his/her senior year of high school, he can apply for on-campus housing.� The later in the year a student is accepted, the less likely getting on-campus housing is.� 2) Students need to turn in a separate application for on-campus housing. Most schools send to their accepted students a housing assignment with the student acceptance/enrollment package.� No so UT! Once a student has accepted a place at UT, she must submit a separate application for on-campus housing. 3) Transfer students get what's left. Transfer students aren't assigned on-campus housing slots until all new, incoming freshman applications have been processed. 4) Living on the campus is not always the least-expensive option.� Budget-minded students need to know that on-campus housing starts at just over $700 per month during the school year (or what UT calls "the long session").� While that does include a meal plan, meals are no longer all-you-can-eat affairs requiring a student ID with the right sticker. On-campus residents are now given 1200 "Dine-In" dollars per year to spend in any UT Food Service-run facility.� Rent and groceries may cost some students less depending on lifestyles. 5) Living off-campus can be hard on a freshman's social life.� If you're naturally shy or not much of a student club joiner, living off-campus can be a barrier to making friends on your new surroundings. On-campus housing offers floors that are targeted to specific populations, such as honors students, students who don't want exposure to alcohol, or students who don't want a co-ed floor.� Resident advisers live on every dorm floor, and offer free advice and problem-solving from a upper-class-men's point of view.� Conversely, after your first year at UT, living off-campus can be hard on your grades. 6) Living off-campus doesn't bar you from other student services.� Living off-campus used to mean brown-bagging lunch. Students living off-campus can now eat at all dining facilities run by the UT Food Service department.� Off-campus can also use the Student Health Center, Student Pharmacy, and Student Athletic Center. 7) Your car won't be much help on weekdays, regardless of where you live.� With 48,000 students, UT has what has been charitably referred to as a "parking problem". It's not so much as problem as a mathematical error no one seems interested in correcting.� Any student may buy a "C Class" parking permit, but there are at any time only 14,000 parking spaces to serve those permit holders.� Good thing cars aren't permitted on campus between 4 a.m. and 5 p.m.! Consider these points as they might apply to you as you head to the land of Lance Armstrong and Michael Dell, but don't let the housing decision get you down - it's only for 9 months, and you already chose the best school on earth! |
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