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Q: How to find a substring using two indexes/positions in Python I want to find sub-string using indexes, like:
"I am a boy!"

and if I have positions 3 and 5, then the sub-string will be "am".
Is there a command or way to do this?

A: You can use slicing. As indexes are 0 based in python so you've to use 2 and 4.
>>> strs = "I am a boy!"
>>> strs[2:4]
'am'

If you're new to slicing : Explain Python's slice notation

A: Subtract 1 from indices for 0 indexed
>>> text = "I am a boy!"
>>> text[2:4]
'am'

A: You can use slicing, like follows. You'll have to subtract 1 from your index, since indexing starts from 0 i.e the first character is at index 0.
>>> string = "I am a boy!"
>>> startPosition = 3
>>> endPosition = 5
>>> string[startPosition-1:endPosition-1]
'am'

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Can you pass a color blind test? A guide for artists and designers
This is the third article in Color Theory: a complete set of lessons for Art students.
It is estimated that 40% of those who are color blind remain undiagnosed by the time they leave high school. Could you be color blind? What does this even mean? Are you entering a career where color choices are important? What are the implications for an artist or designer who is color blind – or for someone who is studying Art at school or college? How can designers ensure that their work is accessible for those with a vision deficiency? What modifications should be made when teaching a color blind student? Answers to these questions and more are discussed below.
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This color arrangement test (by Daniel Flück of Colblindor) is a version of the D-15 Farnsworth color test, which asks you arrange colors in a smooth gradation of hues. You may wish to take this test and then return to the rest of this article.
I failed this test. Am I color blind?
Firstly, please note that your monitor or digital screen may affect or invalidate results, as colors may not be represented exactly as intended. If the test indicates that you have some form of color deficiency, you should seek out a full color vision diagnostic test from a doctor to verify the results. This color blind test does not always identify those with mild color blindness.
Please read on to find general information about color blindess and what it may mean for an artist or designer.
An overview of color blindness for artists, students and teachers
What does color blind mean?
The following color blind definition is given by dictionary.com:
1. the inability to distinguish one or several chromatic colors, independent of the capacity for distinguishing light and shade.
2. complete inability to distinguish colors of the spectrum, with all objects appearing as shades of gray, black, and white, varying only as to lightness and darkness.
This means that color blindness is the inability to see certain colors or to distinguish them from other colors. In rare cases, individuals may be unable to see any color at all and may view the world in black, white and grey.
What causes a deficiency in color vision?
In people with normal vision, three types of cone cells exist in the eye, each sensitive to a different set of light wavelengths within the visible light spectrum: long, medium and short wavelengths. Although referred to as the 'blue', 'green' and 'red' cones, each receptor is sensitive to a range of wavelengths, and these are stimulated to a different degree, depending on the color of light that is received. The different combinations result in the perception of about a million distinguishable hues. When all of these three cone types are present, a person is able to perceive a continuous range of color, called trichromatic vision.
Color blindness occurs where an unusual combination of retinal cone cells are inherited, or where genetic mutation causes one or more of the cone types to be less sensitive than usual. For example, two red or two green cones might be inherited along with blue (rather than red, green and blue cones that are normal). These variations may cause a mild or severe color vision deficiency.
Some people are born with abnormal red or green sensors. If they're somewhat abnormal, a person doesn't quite discriminate colors on the red-green end of the spectrum as well, but they may see them if they're bright." – Michael Marmor, a professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University
A rarer type of color blindness is caused when a disease, infection or accident damages the eye, optic nerve or brain, resulting in a sudden or gradual onset of vision change. This type of color blindness is usually identified quickly, as the sufferer notices the change.
Tetrachromatic vision
A subset of women has been recently discovered to have four types of cones (some hypothesise that these women might usually be the mothers of color blind sons), giving them tetrachromatic vision – the ability to perceive an additional set of wavelengths that normal-vision people are unable to see. The additional cone usually picks up colors in the orange range (or sometimes other types of green) and may allow tetrachromatics to experience 100 million separate hues (99 million more than normal). This 'super vision' is only possible for women, as the genes for pigment in green and red cones lie on the X chromosome. This super vision is estimated to occur in between 2-3% of women, but, as with color blindness, is often undiagnosed, as this always been 'normal' for them – having existed since birth.
It may be impossible for us trichromats to imagine what a four-color world would look like. But mathematics alone suggests the difference would be astounding – Jay Neitz, color vision researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
How common is male color blindness?
About 8 percent of the world's men with Northern European ancestry are estimated to have color deficiency (1 in 12 men). It is common for high school classrooms to have at least one color blind student in the room, although this person may not always realise, or may hide this information from others.
Can women be color blind?
Women are far less likely to be color blind – an estimated 0.4% of the female population. For a girl to be color blind girl, both her mother and father must carry the gene.
How to test for color blindness
Most color blind tests ask you to identify an image, based on the Ishihara color test. Test images are formed from dots of different colors that contain hidden pictures, letters or numbers. Some of the differences in hue are not discernible to those with certain types of vision deficiency.
An inexpensive color blindness test that can be distributed to large groups and taken in less than five minutes is available from professors Jay Neitz and Maureen Neitz from the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington. This test allows teachers to quietly and unobtrusively test all students for color blindness in less than 5 minutes.
Can color blindess be treated?
Color blind treatment does not yet exist, however professors Jay Neitz and Maureen Neitz are running exciting clinical trials in which gene therapy has been used to successfuly instate color vision in male monkeys that have been color blind since birth. They are still analysing long term side effects and whether the treatment might one day be safe for humans.
There has also been a recent invention of color blind correction glasses. These allow some individuals to pass a color blind test, but do not provide an instant 'cure', as many might hope. In the words of London landscape painter Adam Fenton, who has red-green color blindness and tested the glasses:
When I first heard about them, I envisioned wearing them and being instantly cured. It was nothing like that, but other interesting things happened. – from an article by Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine
The glasses help Adam to see warmer, redder hues, however sometimes made it difficult for him to separate between these warmer hues (for example, the difference between red and orange became more difficult to see) and also between cooler colors (greens, grays, blues).
Artist Adam Fenton wearing Oxy-Iso color blind glasses. The work on the left was made without the glasses; the work on the right was made with them.
What is it like to be color blind? How do color blind people see the world?
This depends upon the type of color blindness and the severity. According to the US National Library of Medicine, red-green color blindness is the most common type, followed by blue-yellow color blindness (1/10,000 people) and lastly blue cone monochromacy (1/100,000). It should be noted that these are broad titles that don't indicate clearly which colors are seen. Some people with a mild red-green color deficiency are able to differentiate between many shades of red and green, for example. For more severe color blindness, however, whole groups of colors may look like darker and lighter versions of the same color (i.e. red, orange and yellow may look like different tones of one hue).
According to colorvisiontesting.com the colors most often confused are pink/gray, orange/red, white/green, green/brown, blue green/gray, green/yellow, brown/maroon, and beige/green.
Interestingly, Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is color blind – tweet this!
Colors don't matter much to Zuckerberg; a few years ago, he took an online test and realized that he was red-green color-blind. Blue is Facebook's dominant color, because, as he said, "blue is the richest color for me – I can see all of blue." – Jose Antonio Vargas, The New Yorker
Most people think red/green color blind people confuse just red and green. This is not the case at all – red/green color blind people have problems with colors right across the spectrum, particularly reds, greens, oranges, browns and greys…[]…Blues and purples can be confused because of the red tones in purple and people with a red vision deficiency will find it difficult to distinguish dark colors and can readily confuse a deep red with black! – colourblindawareness.org
I usually explain my color blindness like this: "I don't see red or green as well as most people. So if I'm looking at a purple that's very blue, I might think it's blue, since I don't pick up the red in it." Turns out that's the tip of the iceberg when it comes to oil painting. My teacher says I tend to make everything too cold, that is, not red enough. In a way, that makes sense–I don't see the red in the model's skin, say, so I don't mix it into my paint on my pallet.
But there are also times where I make the opposite mistake–I mix too red a color and start slathering it on. I suppose that makes sense as well–I don't realize how red my mixture is–but there's something contradictory about those mistakes, and I'm not sure how it happens. – anonymous color blind artist
We have put together some illustrations below using digital color blind simulators to help illustrate what a color blind person sees. Digital simulators are are great tools for designers, as they allow you to test a design and make sure it is easy to navigate and read for those whose color vision is impaired.
These color blind pictures have been produced using the free online simulator by Colblindor:
You might have heard the theory that Vincent van Gogh was color blind – a question that was raised when a Japanese medical student Kazunori Asada noticed that the color palettes used in van Gogh's paintings appeared 'smoother' and more realistic when viewed through certain color blind simulators (others are convinced that his competent handling of green makes this unlikely). Whether or not this is true or not, viewing artworks as others might see them is fascinating!
Was van Gogh color blind? 'The Starry Night' (top), 'The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum Arles at Night' (middle) and 'Self-Portrait' (bottom) are shown in their original color on the left and with a mild color blind simulation applied on the right.
Color blind students in the classroom – tips for teachers
Severe color blindness can bring much frustration – mixing up crayons, missing color coded information, not recognising when fruit is ripe, not seeing the difference between red and green traffic lights and so on. It is important for teachers to make lessons that minimise frustrations for those with diagnosed and undiagnosed color deficiencies. Many great points are outlined in the Teachers Advice Booklet for Secondary School prepared by www.colourblindawareness.org. We have summarised those that are relevant for Art students below, along with additional recommendations. Please read their full document for more information and advice about other high school subjects.
Ensure workspaces have bright, preferably natural lighting
Underline key words, rather than highlighting text with colors
Consider guiding or limiting color choices for the whole class in certain tasks, especially at junior levels
Include a range of projects that don't include color at all (black and white exercises, monochromatic sculpture etc)
Ensure that some lessons address other elements of art (line, shape, texture etc)
Use descriptive names for colors, such as 'bright red' rather than 'vermillion' and label containers within the classroom
Name different colors to be used, as in the teaching example used for portraiture below (in this case the teacher photocopied a student's drawing – after asking for volunteers – and demonstrated adding the different skin tones on the board, so that students could follow along over the course of the lesson). In teacher-directed exercises (such as might occur more frequently with younger students), give clear guidelines, if appropriate, such as 'we will now use ochre to create an undercoat'…
This teaching resource for Year 9 Art students lists the colors in order used to create skin tone (identical names to those on the brand of pastel used) to help eliminate confusion for color blind students. At the bottom we have included simulations of various color blindness at the bottom, indicating how challenging skin tones can be for those with color deficiency!
Use strong contrasting colors on whiteboards and digital screens – for example, black pen on a white board
Be on the alert for any teasing regarding color choice or a failure to recognise colors. Remember that color blind students may have a lot of anxiety about Art and worry about being taunted for color choices
Be aware that many books, illustrations and graphic designs are not designed for a color blind audience and often contain portions that are inaccessible for those with a color vision deficiency. Photocopy sheets into black and white to check that all information is legible.
When creating your own resources, use the design guidelines below.
Designing for the color blind
Note: these recommendations often result in an improvement in clarity for those with normal color vision as well!
Use patterns, shading or labels to differentiate items rather than (or in addition to) color coding
Use strong contrasting colors between text and background, to improve legibility
Test designs using a color blind simulator and in black and white to ensure that no information is lost
Remember that materials, viewing format and lighting conditions affect how colors are recognized.
I am color blind. Can I still be an artist or designer?
At age 32, artist Peter Milton, who had studied at Yale under Josef Albers, author of Interaction of Color, and was teaching Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, received feedback that would forever alter the direction of his work.
…someone referred to how warm and sort of pinky the landscapes were," he says, "and I was horrified." – NPR.
A short test quickly diagnosed Peter with red-green color blindness. He now works primarily in black and white, producing beautiful intricate prints.
Although a career in some areas of the visual arts may be challenging (if required to carry out precise color matching or mixing colours of paint, for example), the examples included within this article indicate that being a color blind artist is entirely possible.
If you have a confirmed color deficiency, rather than concentrating on your inability to see or mix every color, focus on the advantages of being color blind (yes, there are positives to be found in every situation). Some color blind people are better at detecting certain camouflages – and are able to perceive certain color combinations better than normal sighted people. Certain types of color deficiencies lead to improved night vision and an ability to identify variations in luminosity with more accuracy (for example, a 'reverse color blind test' has been created that many color blind people can read, but normal visioned people cannot). Given the high proportions of red-green color blindness, it is even suggested there may be an evolutionary advantage (perhaps men with this type of color blindness were better at spotting prey – or an enemy – hiding in a forest)! Remember, too, that even those with 'normal' vision disagree about color choice.
The real – and perhaps surprising – advantage to color blindness, however, is made clear in the words of Soren Kierkegaard:
The more we limit ourselves, the more resourceful we become. – tweet this!
James Clear explains:
Our limitations provide us with the greatest opportunity for creativity and inventiveness.
It can be easy to spend your life complaining about the opportunities that are withheld from us and the resources that we need to make our goals a reality.
But there is an alternative. You can use your constraints to drive creativity.
This quote by an anonymous art student shows how initial shock at a diagnosis can make way to acceptance:
I can't tell you enough of my shock when I found out I am color blind. I wanted to be an artist since I was a child and the earth seemed shattered when I learned about that. But, look at it from the bright side, if you didn't know about your color vision problem until you took a test, that means your problem isn't too severe. That also means color theory is your best friend.
In an email to Fotis Flevotomos, Michael Marmor, professor and past chair of ophthalmology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, makes this excellent point:
I try to teach students that low vision or color "blindness" are not necessarily faulty vision… they are "different" vision. And may in some ways be better, or at least just as valid, depending on what you are trying to do. You have more of an "impressionist" view of a distant landscape than others with perfect vision — it's not better or worse, but alternative.
Jessica Helfand, senior critic in graphic design at Yale School of Art and lecturer in Yale College, talks about a color blind student who enrolled in her course Blue: the cultural and iconic history of blue as both a method and a motive for making work in the studio:
My color-blind student was brave enough to take this class and he has excelled here, precisely because he is willing to push himself, to ask questions, to try new and unusual things each week. – YaleNews
And in the words of Edgar Degas, quoted in NPR:
I am convinced that these differences in vision are of no importance. One sees as one wishes to see. It's false, and it is that falsity that constitutes art.
Art teacher Ronda Sternhagen also made this great comment on an article on The Art of Education:
Whenever I have a student like this, we generally dive into a conversation about who is right? Perhaps "we" are color blind and this student sees the colors in the "correct" way. It sort of boosts them up and makes them feel like it really isn't that big of a deal…it's who they are, they have (or will have) learned to adapt, and we go about our business of being artists. Isn't that what makes art special? We all have our own solutions to the "problems."
So what does it mean to be color blind in an artistic career? It means you have an additional design constraint – one that may, in fact, form a great point of difference and trigger creative output. Perhaps you can make art about color blindness itself and throw yourself full throttle into an investigation of color, as you see it. Perhaps you can continue as you have done, but seek outside input for color choices (such as the opinion of others or using digital color matching tools) or intellectualize some aspects of color theory. Perhaps you deliberately move away from realism and apply unusual, unexpected color schemes with purpose, or limit your color palette to those you see well. Perhaps you embrace your own different view of color and celebrate it. Perhaps you focus on the many other wonderful and critical aspects of an artwork – line, texture, shape, space, tone, 3D form, surface or material (in case it isn't obvious, a color blind artist can still be an exceptional observational drawer; a phenomenal sculptor; generate inventive compositions and communicate ideas visually in superb, original ways).
I am a color blind artist. I teach around the US on graphics (and have produced some Photoshop tutorial videos) and am a designer for my own company. My partners help me out many times when I get confused by color (though I still create pretty much all the dazzling graphics and designs for our firm as my 'perspective' is often times so different that our clients love it) – a quote from Vischeck.com
In his excellent book Art & Ophthalmology: The Impact of Eye Diseases on Painters Phillippe Lanthony makes the observation that while color blind painters may use a limited color palette, their work is 'not at all discernible from those paintings that are made by a painter with normal color vision' and that color blind painters are thus difficult to detect throughout history.
To give you further example of what is possible, we have collated a list of some more famous color blind people who have achieved success in the art and design field.
A list of color blind artists
Color blind artist Neil Harbisson has achromatopsia, which means he sees no color at all. He wears a custom made high-tech headset that measures color frequency and transmits this into a sound that is transmitted directly into his skull via a headband. Rather than seeing color, he hears it.
Harbisson got into art school, after teachers made an exception, letting him paint only in the gray scale. He went on to study color theory.
Harbisson said if someone found a cure for his color-blindness, he's not sure he'd take it. He said he thinks processing so much new information could be overwhelming, and his quest to understand color would somehow lose its spiritual quality. – Gerry Hadden, PRI
Charles Méryon gradually gave up painting to become a black and white printmaker after he was diagnosed with red–green color blindness. He is one of the most significant etchers of 19th Century France.
Color blind painter Clifton Ernest Pugh was awarded the Australia's Archibald Prize three times and recognized for his contribution to Australian art.
Irish painter Paul Henry concealed his color blindness and it was only revealed by his doctor after his death. In the later part of his career, he chose to paint predominantly in blues and yellows.
Australian color blind artist James Charles Nuttall studied at the National Gallery School of Design and then worked as an illustrator. Copies of his most famous work, a monochromatic sepia painting titled 'The First Federal Parliament of Australia, May 1901' were hung in homes and schools throughout Australia.
Artist Robert McCall who produces spaceflight-themed work, discovered that he was color blind when he was 20. He had been making a living as an artist for the previous three years and the possibility that he was color blind had never occurred to him.
Royce Deans studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, majoring in illustration and design. His paintings have hung on the walls of McDonalds restaurants throughout the world. This quote is from an interview with Artist Perspectives:
My "hue challenged" situation has affected my style, and probably even more so my method. For years I frustrated myself trying to do things right. Then, three years ago I had a sort of a rebirth experience. …[]… My preliminary drawings had heavy black lines in them and they made me think of stained glass windows. So I started filling in the spaces in and around the figures with the brightest colors I could find. Most were right straight out of the tubes. I was completely intoxicated. – Royce Deans
Albert Uderzo, one of the creators of the world renowned Astérix comic book series is color blind and carefully labelled his pens as a boy.
Comic book artist Tim Sale provides the artwork for the TV shoe heroes. He is color blind and creates works in black and white that are digitally colored by others.
Another comic book creator John Lindley Byrne is unable to see some greens and browns. He has worked on Marvel Comics, X-Men and Fantastic Four.
When colored pencil artist Bonnie Auten found out she was color blind, she learned everything she could about color theory, the color wheel and color blindness.
I am atypical in that I do not see everything in vivid colors. Since I am color blind, or color recessive, colors are visible to me, but not all their gradations. I used to think this was an appalling handicap, however, I now believe it makes my art unique. My work features value, form and composition more dominantly than color. – Bonnie Auten
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Remembering Brandon Lee
Remembering a talent that was taken from us too early, 20 years ago this year.
By the time Bruce Lee died from a cerebral edema at the age of 32 in 1973, he had no idea that a little over 20 years hence, a renewed love of his films would make him a modern Van Gogh, revered for his work among serious moviegoers years after his life ended.
As Tarantino whipped up a love of cult cinema far and wide, it put Lee on the pinnacle of cine-literate appreciation. Today he shares it with contemporaries that likewise got little respect back when they were churning out grindhouse horror, martial arts epics and spaghetti westerns back in the 70s and 80s.
In fact, the Tarantino effect came a little too late for Lee's son – actor and fight choreographer Brandon – as well. His final film, The Crow, was released the same year Pulp Fiction catapulted Tarantino to the top (1994). The ascent of the alternative indie aesthetic from studios like Miramax and Dimension Films meant the schlocky, straight to video punch-em-ups Lee had made in his short career were suddenly viewed in a new light.
Cineastes who'd once worshipped Fellini and Godard now extolled the virtues of syrupy dialogue, hackneyed stories and over-the-top fight scenes from the likes of Cynthia Rothrock, Mark Dacascos, Brian Bosworth and Eric Roberts (with Robert Davi firmly installed as a go-to villain).
After appearing in Hong Kong action film Legacy of Rage (1986) and playing an assassin in David Carradine's Kung Fu: The Movie (1986), Brandon Lee's fighting ability caught the eye of the industry. Offered a contract by Fox, his movie career began in earnest.
Films like 1989's Laser Mission and 1992's Rapid Fire were fairly run of the mill, giving him plenty of fight scenes but pretty flat characters. He gave us the first glimpse of what he could really do in between the two with Mark L Lester's Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991). With films in Lester's back catalogue called Extreme Justice and Instinct to Kill, you might dismiss Lester as just another straight to video action hack, but he also directed the adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter (1984) starring a post-ET Drew Barrymore, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando (1985) and he was the screenwriter behind Class of 1984 (1982).
Lee starred opposite Dolph Lundgren, himself on the way to big screen stardom as Rocky Balboa's Russian opponent Drago in the Cold War parable of Rocky IV (1985). Lundgren is an LA cop who lives and loves Japanese culture, teaming up with Lee as Valley Boy detective Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American kid who knows a life only of 'malls, MTV and borrowing Dad's car for the weekend' despite his ethnic heritage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLgTzyrwFiM).
Lundgren is the straight-laced good guy, all muscles, iron jaw and heroics, but as his slightly comic sidekick in the battle against a Japanese crime lord, Lee gives the role of Johnny a sense of humour and a real personality, promising great things to come. One of his best lines ('You have the biggest dick I've ever seen on a man') is not only funny and makes sense in context, Lee says it without an ounce of awkwardness.
Like The Rock years later, Lee would be that rarest of Hollywood beasts – a star who crossed over from sports and demonstrated the very thing plenty of Hollywood actors sadly lack; the ability to act. But his true calling card and the starring role that would establish him as a major screen talent was just around the corner.
Becoming Eric Draven
In 1989, Caliber Comics published The Crow, a revenge fantasy by author James O'Barr. After losing his girlfriend to an accident involving a drunk driver, O'Barr dreamed up the character of Eric Draven to help him deal with her death.
Playing a constant mix of Joy Division and The Cure (who'd contribute to the soundtrack, along with some of the hottest acts of the day like Stone Temple Pilots and Rage Against the Machine), O'Barr imagined a dark superhero who'd died with the love of his life only a day before their wedding, but who'd come back from the grave to exact revenge on the gang of thugs who murdered them. The spirit guide who'd lead him from the world of the dead would be a common crow, and the sad clown make-up depicted in the comic would end up one of the strongest images in pop culture.
Producer Edward R Pressman's company bought the rights to O'Barr's series and hired Alex Proyas, a 30-year-old music video director from Australia, to bring it to life. O'Barr initially hated the casting – he thought Lee's presence would turn the film into a kung-fu film and wanted Johnny Depp (Cameron Diaz was offered the role of Eric's girlfriend Shelly but didn't like the script).
But after meeting with the young star, O'Barr was convinced about his motives, his belief in the script and his talent. The actor wanted a starring role that relied on his ability as an actor rather than fighting prowess, and when the film came out between July and November 1994 around the world, audiences were convinced too. Lee's long hair, sinewy figure, black garb and the haunting make-up was unmistakable. His crystal clear voice delivered heartfelt dialogue by screenwriters David J Schow and John Shirley (including ad-libbing – particularly during the scene in the apartment of Ernie Hudson's crusading cop Albrecht).
Proyas, cinematographer Dariusz Wolski and production designer Alex McDowell (who'd go on to films like Fight Club, Minority Report, Watchmen and Man Of Steel) brought Draven's world to life in a style that's often copied but seldom bettered. The unnamed city gave us a shorthand for the term cyberpunk – a dark, dangerous urban jungle crawling with low lives – a younger, nastier, grimier Gotham City, drenched by a constant rain.
The plot was deceptively simple. After his and Shelly's deaths at the hands of T-Bird's (David Patrick Kelly) gang, the crow alights on Draven's grave during a storm. It watches with its cold, impassive eyes as the music swells and Eric crawls out of the grave, bought back to avenge his and Shelly's murders by a power that's never explained.
As Eric tracks down each gang member in the order they beat and raped his beloved fiance, it leads him to crime boss Top Dollar (Michael Wincott). Eric's exploits have the underworld of the city spooked, especially when he shoots up a gathering of high level gang leaders to reach final victim Skank (Angel David) and proves to be unkillable as he does so.
With talk about calling off the forthcoming Devil's Night tradition of lighting fires all over the city, Top Dollar realises Draven is a problem that needs to be dealt with, so he takes Eric and Shelly's young friend – street kid Sarah (Rochelle Davis) – hostage to force Eric to fight him.
The film is a vision of extremes. There are bouts of brutal violence accompanied by heavy rock and metal music and sequences of beauty, stillness and slowness over Graeme Revell's melancholy score. It's an action movie with a dark, romantic heart, a love story with blistering violence. No wonder Proyas originally wanted to shoot it in black and white.
It's also a far cry from most action movies, with their interchangeable heroes stopping some interchangeable bad guy. Driven by love and heartbreak rather than blazing muscles or firepower, Lee is poignant and heartfelt portraying the agony of losing Shelly and (dare we say it) kick-ass rolling across a floor unloading clips at a room full of scumbags. There isn't a trace of humour or lightness in his performance, every frame heavy with his belief in Eric's pain.
Dying for immortality
Of course, every time you see Lee on screen, it's not necessarily him. Several scenes (like Eric first putting on the make-up and the iconic visual of him approaching the window to look out over the crime ridden city with the crow on his shoulder) were done with body doubles, digitally animating Lee's face into shots. With CGI still a fairly new trick in the early 90s, Proyas and his crew worked wonders keeping the story intact after losing their leading man.
The day was March 30, 1993. The scene was a flashback of Eric remembering the day T-Bird's gang broke into his apartment. Shelly (Sofia Shinas) has attracted the attention of local hoods by fighting corrupt tenant evictions, threatening a source of extortion income.
At Top Dollar's request (as we learn later), T-Bird is sent to teach her a lesson. Home alone, Shelly gets up to answer a knock when the gang bursts in to beat, rape and torture her to death. Eric comes home and enters the apartment during her assault, and the script called for gang member Funboy (Michael Massee) to shoot him in the chest before the gang throws him out the apartment window. In the final cut, the knife wielding Tin Tin (Laurence Mason) throws a knife instead as Eric opens the door.
Because the stunt was a simple one and the production would save money, the weapons specialist had already been sent home for the night. The.44 magnum already used by Massee in rehearsals contained dummy bullets (with no primer or gunpowder). But rather than buy pre-formed dummy cartridges, the crew took the projectiles and powder from live rounds, not realising the fatal consequences of leaving the percussion primer in the cartridge.
Discharging the gun for either testing or safety between takes caused the primer to go off, shooting the casing into the barrel where it got stuck. For the shot of Funboy shooting Eric from about four metres away, prop master Daniel Kuttner replaced the dummy rounds with the live blanks that generate the 'flash' effect needed on film to make a discharge look like a live round.
But blanks have all the percussive force of a real bullet – they just have no projectile to shoot – so when the gun was discharged, the jammed casing was fired with almost the same force as a live round.
The bag of groceries Lee was carrying contained an explosive squib to simulate the bullet's impact. Lee himself held the trigger to fire it, but as the cameras rolled, he was hit in the chest by the jammed casing. The star collapsed to the floor and it was several seconds before anyone realised he was actually hurt, the action ongoing around him.
Lee was rushed to a hospital near the Wilmington, North Carolina set, his heart stopping several times along the way. Doctors used 60 pints of blood fighting to revive him over the course of six hours, but he died just after 1pm on March 31, 1993. His final days on the film were scheduled for April 3, just four days later.
The Crow's last scene depicts the night sky above the city, the crow flying off into the distance as Sarah begins her final voiceover; 'If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.'
The picture fades to black, and just before the credits appear a title card reads 'For Brandon and Eliza'. Lee met his girlfriend Eliza Hutton while she worked as a personal assistant for Die Hard 2: Die Harder and Cliffhanger director Renny Harlin on the Fox lot, and the pair's wedding date was already set for April 17 in Mexico. Lee died only days before marrying the love of his life – just like Eric Draven.
After enduring the very premature death of her husband Bruce, now Linda Lee Cadwell had to hear the news that her son had died too, aged only 28. She filed a negligence lawsuit against producer Edward R Pressman, actor Michael Massee and 12 other people connected with the film. Contrary to most reports, Proyas didn't order the footage of Lee's shooting destroyed out of respect. It was processed and developed for the investigation into the accident, later destroyed as part of the out-of-court settlement awarded to Lee's mother. The district attorney of Wilmington subsequently said it wouldn't pursue criminal charges.
Actor Michael Massee, now a TV stalwart after roles in 24 and Flashforward, was said to have been so devastated at unwittingly causing Lee's death he retired from acting for a year. His part in the accident makes one of his lines as Funboy ('Don't you ever fuckin' die?' – said when Draven invades his hotel room home before tormenting and killing him) even eerier.
But if there's one thing the cultural conversation attached to Lee's death faster than James Dean's famous axiom ('live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse'), it's the urban myth about a Lee family curse. 20 years before (give or take a few months), stories surfaced that some shadowy martial arts authority or the Chinese Mafia had ordered Bruce Lee assassinated for revealing the secrets of their ancient rites in his movies.
With news of Brandon's death, all the old stories came out of the woodwork. The same cabal of killers had murdered Brandon in some kind of ancient tradition of punishing an enemy by killing his first-born son. A Triad group killed him because he refused to work in films produced by their front companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
But as far-fetched as some of the rubbish attached to Lee's death was, you can't ignore some weird coincidences. His father's last film Game of Death (released five years after he died in 1978), which depicted a movie-within-the-movie, showed his character being hit with a real bullet instead of blanks for the film his character is filming.
Then there was the troubled production of The Crow itself, Lee's shooting only the last and most visible in a long line of incidents. A carpenter was badly burnt when a crane he was riding in touched power lines. A truck caught on fire. A car ran into the plasterer's workshop. A builder accidentally drove a screwdriver through his hand.
But eerier (and sadder) of all are the parallels between Lee and the very character he was playing. One of the reasons he pursued the role was because of the strength of the idea that love transcended death – something he was very conscious of in his blossoming relationship with Eliza.
In his last ever interview, Lee talks about what a wonderful role Eric was to play to remind us to appreciate every minute. He quoted a passage from a book he'd chosen for he and Eliza's wedding invitations, words he probably never dreamed would be etched onto his grave in Seattle just a month later, where he's buried beside his father;
'Because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well. And yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood, an afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it? Perhaps four, or five times more? Perhaps not even that. How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems limitless...'
The Crow lives
If The Crow went on to be a success (and with a global box office take of $94m worldwide from a $15m budget, it certainly was), Lee was signed to two sequels. We can only guess what they would have been like, and while the circumstances were tragic, he left us on a high note. The next installments didn't have the same magic – subsequent stars Vincent Perez (1996's The Crow: City of Angels – 1996) and Eric Mabius (The Crow: Salvation – 2000) looked fine, but neither had Lee in the title role or the romance and action of O'Barr's original premise.
None of which has stopped Hollywood launching the inevitable cash grab for a new generation. Relativity Media is spending a reported $70m on the reboot, with Luke Evans starring. You might know him as the villain from Fast & the Furious 6 (2013), and in another strange twist of fate, he played a role in John Cusack's Edgar Allen Poe thriller The Raven (2012).
Evans is signed to play Eric Draven with unknown F Javier Gutiérrez directing, although there hasn't been much movement with the production in awhile. The last news was from late 2013, when Evans told the media he wasn't scared of an apparent 'curse' over the role.
A roll call of A listers like Bradley Cooper, Mark Wahlberg, Channing Tatum, Robert Pattinson, James McAvoy, Tom Hiddleston and Alexander Skarsgard are all said to have been considered for the title role, and if nothing else, Generation Xers who loved the original will show up to see just how wrong Hollywood gets it.
Still, strange things happen. On paper, a $15m story of action and romance in a gothic, bleak setting starring a martial arts actor shouldn't have worked either. But no matter how artistically respectful Gutiérrez is or how good Evans looks and sounds in the make-up, many of us like to think it'll always be a mere re-run, a pastiche.
The original – both of The Crow and of Brandon Bruce Lee himself – has been and gone.
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Home Economy Trade Talks Stalled as China Resists U.S. Demands on Farm Goods Purchases
Trade Talks Stalled as China Resists U.S. Demands on Farm Goods Purchases
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A U.S. demand that China detail how it plans to reach as much as $50 billion in agricultural imports annually has become a sticking point in negotiations on a phase one trade deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
Chinese negotiators are resisting a proposal from American officials that it provide monthly, quarterly and annual targets for purchases, said the people, who asked not to be named discussing the private talks. China also insists that the two sides must agree to rollback tariffs in phases if a deal is reached, the people said. U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier he had not agreed to ease any levies.
Optimism that the U.S. and China are close to a limited trade deal has faded in recent days due to uncertainty over whether Washington would agree to rollback tariffs and also how any agreement would be enforced. Trump has said that the U.S. will substantially increase tariffs on China if the first step of a broader agreement isn't reached.
China has also taken actions that could signal imports of U.S. farm goods are in jeopardy if talks sour. While China restarted purchases of some agricultural products as talks progressed, it is now delaying the unloading of American soybeans at its ports, the people said, which could slow down further purchases.
About 1.8 million tons of soybeans, mostly for state reserves, are being held up at China's ports. Local buyers have to pay a hefty deposit to customs before they can collect refunds on the 30% tit-for-tat tariffs which China adopted because of the trade war. The deposits can cost as much as 60 million yuan ($8.5 million) per cargo and unloading can take about 28 days.
China's Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs did not immediately respond to faxes seeking comment on the enforcement mechanism and port delays respectively.
The two sides are conducting thorough talks on a phase one deal and removing existing tariffs is an important condition for an agreement, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesman reiterated at a regular briefing on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that China is wary of putting a numerical commitment into writing, citing people familiar.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had planned to sign the partial agreement at an international conference this month in Chile that was later canceled because of social unrest in that country. A new site for the signing hasn't been announced.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Chinese spending on U.S. farm goods will scale to an annual figure of $40 billion to $50 billion over two years as part of a partial trade agreement, though China has not publicly committed to that value and time frame.


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FSU lands versatile four-star wide receiver Marquez Ezzard
Four-star Stockbridge (Ga.) wide receiver Marquez Ezzard has committed to Florida State over Georgia.
The talented receiver visited FSU earlier this week, and made up his mind then.
"FSU's different," Ezzard told the Tallahassee Democrat.
"It's different from all the other schools I've been to. I feel like they can take me far in my education. The environment and the coaches are real. They have an outstanding program there."
Ezzard is 6-foot-2, 205-pounds and uses his body well. Not just in the passing game, but also in the running game. It's part of what makes him such a hot commodity among some of the best college football programs in the country.
"I'm coachable," Ezzard said.
"I'm disciplined. I have a good work ethic. Any where I go I feel like I can start and help the team in multiple ways. Not just catching touchdowns, but blocking and things like that. I don't have a problem blocking."
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During his visit this week he got to spend a lot of time with FSU wide receiver's coach Lawrence Dawsey, and the two have developed a great relationship.
"He knows what he's doing since he played wide receiver too," Ezzard said.
"I feel like he can get me to the next level."
Ezzard is an early enrollee and will sign during the first early signing period in college football on December 20th.
He is rated as the No. 13 athlete and No. 280 player overall in the 247Sports composite rankings.
He is the 16th commitment for the Seminoles in the 2018 class. With his commitment FSU moves up to No. 7 in the team rankings passing Oregon, Oklahoma, and Clemson.


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Beat News: May 10 1995
Levi Asher • May 10th, 1995
Beat Generation Film News
1. This is still unconfirmed, but I hear that Brad Pitt and Sean Penn have been picked for the two lead roles in the new film of "On The Road." I'm pretty happy with the choice of Sean Penn, who I think is an excellent actor. As for Brad Pitt, I don't really know his work and couldn't possibly tell him apart from Ethan Hawke or any of the rest of those guys. I assume Sean Penn will play Dean Moriarty, and if that's the case then the film might actually work. Dean (the character based on Neal Cassady) is the critical role -- all Sal Paradise (the character Kerouac based on himself) has to do is sit in the passenger seat looking poignant, and I assume Brad Hawke can handle that.
2. A very nice person named Sherri has endeavored to finally create a comprehensive Beat bibliography for Literary Kicks. She is now beginning to work on author-specific bibliographies, some of which will be written by other contributors. Sherri and I would like these bibliographies to be as complete as possible, so please check the first one out and send her any info you think she might be missing.
3. There's a fun new radio show dedicated to online culture being produced in New York, and they were nice enough to call me for a phone interview this week. I probably got picked because the guy who runs the show -- his name is Galinsky -- is a young poet from Brooklyn, and Galinsky knows Beats. The show is called Pseudo Online Radio, and it's on WEVD 1050 AM on Thursday nights at 11. Here's their logo:
This article is part of the series Beat News. The next post in the series is Beat News: May 22 1995. The previous post in the series is Beat News: April 22 1995.
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by Levi Asher Wednesday, November 3, 2010 10:40 pm
Prompted by Tom McCarthy's trendy new novel C, AbeBooks presents a tableau of one-letter (or two-letter) books. It's a lot of fun to look at. Of course, I'm an old school techie, so to me C will always be the title of a classic book by Kernighan and Ritchie.
John Osborne's Angry Looks
by Levi Asher Monday, March 26, 2007 09:20 pm
John Osborne's signature work is 'Look Back in Anger', which opened in 1956 and gave the "Angry Young Men" their name. It's the story of a fuming, flannel-shirt wearing London bloke named Jimmy who slaves away at a candy stand all day and plays hot trad jazz saxophone all night.
Ken Kesey's Mobile Transcendentalism
by Levi Asher Wednesday, August 24, 2011 07:44 am
Magic Trip, a new film by Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood, tells the story of novelist Ken Kesey's 1964 road trip across America in a painted bus with a troupe of fanciful hippies and legendary beatnik Neal Cassady at the wheel.
Road Drops
by Levi Asher Wednesday, May 23, 2012 07:30 am
How long do we have to wait for the "On The Road" movie to play in theaters in the United States of America?
On The Road: Sal Paradise Hits The Silver Screen
by Levi Asher Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:30 pm
Levi Asher reviews the new Walter Salles/Francis Ford Coppola film version of Jack Keroauc's On The Road.
David Amram on Wonderama
by Levi Asher Thursday, November 15, 2012 06:49 pm
While we're watching counterculture moments on television from the 1960s, here's something else I just stumbled across: an appearance by the joyful jazz composer and performer David Amram on the kid's show Wonderama. He demonstrates his favorite world-music instruments, and naturally leads a jam session with the kids, who are way into it.
Taylor Mead: A Bowery Glimpse
by Eamon Loingsigh Monday, May 13, 2013 03:20 pm
Eamon Loingsigh remembers downtown personality and "Flower Thief" star Taylor Mead.
Daniel Radcliffe, Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Darlings
by Levi Asher Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:29 pm
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Allen Ginsberg in the new film "Kill Your Darlings".
2013 Wrap-Up: A Mockingjay Year
by Levi Asher Thursday, December 26, 2013 06:40 pm
I hope my pick for the most significant book of 2013 will surprise you. It surprises me. For one thing, it's not exactly a book. It wasn't published in 2013. And I've never mentioned it on Litkicks before.
The Great Lost Folk Memoir: The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk
This memoir of a great but little-known Greenwich Village blues/folk singer helped to inspire the Coen Brothers' 'Inside Llewyn Davis'.
Amiri Baraka, Newark Poet
by Levi Asher Thursday, January 9, 2014 09:09 pm
Amiri Baraka, a seminal Beat poet, angry playwright, revolutionary activist and scrappy indie publisher from Newark, New Jersey has died.
The Genius of David Bowie, in 5 Songs
by Levi Asher Monday, January 11, 2016 09:14 am
Five lesser-known epic songs from the complete catalog of David Bowie show the depth and brilliance of his craftsmanship and musical/lyrical vision.
by Levi Asher Saturday, July 23, 1994 02:01 pm
Jack Kerouac was born Jean-Louis Kerouac, a French-Canadian child on March 12, 1922 in working-class Lowell, Massachusetts. Ti Jean spoke a local dialect of French called joual before he learned English. The youngest of three children, he was heartbroken when his older brother Gerard died of rheumatic fever at the age of nine.
Ti Jean was an intense and serious child, devoted to Memere (his mother) and constantly forming important friendships with other boys, as he would continue to do throughout his life. He was driven to create stories from a young age, inspired first by the mysterious radio show 'The Shadow,' and later by the fervid novels of Thomas Wolfe, the writer he would model himself after ...
"This Is The Beat Generation" by John Clellon Holmes
by Levi Asher Sunday, July 24, 1994 02:21 pm
The original 1952 New York Times Magazine Article that introduced the phrase "Beat Generation" to the world.
The Beat Generation
by Levi Asher Monday, July 25, 1994 12:36 pm
Like the French Impressionist artists of Paris, the Beat writers were a small group of close friends first, and a movement later. The term "Beat Generation" gradually came to represent an entire period in time, but the entire original Beat Generation in literature was small enough to have fit into a couple of cars (at times this nearly happened).


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Navy Chief strongly pitches for third aircraft carrier, says India will soon procure six more submarines, other assets
Admiral Karambir Singh also said the Indian Navy was cognisant of the rapid expansion of the Chinese PLA, and has put in place a standard operating procedure in the event of any infringement of its maritime domain in the Indian Ocean Region
Press Trust of India December 03, 2020 21:43:43 IST
File image of Indian Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh. PTI
New Delhi: Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh on Thursday said the Indian Navy is moving towards procuring a number of key assets including six more submarines, and pitched for a third aircraft carrier even as he asserted that the force is fully ready to deal with any challenge including from China.
Admiral Singh also said the COVID-19 pandemic and attempts to change the status quo at India's northern borders have thrown up challenging situations, adding the Indian Navy aimed to stand steadfast as a "combat-ready, credible and cohesive force", furthering the country's national and maritime interests.
Addressing a press conference on the eve of Navy Day, he said the Navy has put in place a standard operating procedure in the event of any infringement of its maritime domain in the Indian Ocean Region by China.
Asked about the rapid expansion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and possible challenges from it for India, the Chief of Naval Staff said the Indian Navy was cognisant of it, and was focusing on boosting its overall combat prowess including by procuring niche capabilities and unmanned solutions with available resources.
"As a primary manifestation of India's maritime power, the Indian Navy stands ready to fulfil its mandate to protect our national interests in the maritime domain."
Admiral Singh also said the Navy was looking at the establishment of maritime theatre command in the near future which would further buttress joint planning and application of force in the maritime domain.
"The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted and permeated every aspect of our lives. The near-simultaneous attempt to change the status quo at our northern borders has significantly increased the complexities in our security situation. This dual challenge scenario continues as we speak and the country collectively continues to battle the pandemic and tackle the security challenges," he said.
On acquisition of a third aircraft carrier, Admiral Singh said the Navy considers it as an absolute necessity and that it will make a formal case to the government after collating technical details. India currently has one aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, and a second one — INS Vikrant — is under construction.
The construction of INS Vikrant is at an advanced stage and its sea trials are expected to commence in early 2021. The indigenously built aircraft carrier is expected to be fully operational by 2022.
"The navies are all about reach and sustenance. If you are a nation that is aspirational if you want to become a five trillion economy, you have one-fifth of the world population, if you want to do well, you have to go outwards... For that, you require air power. Aircraft carriers are absolutely necessary," the Navy Chief said.
In February, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat had indicated that the Indian Navy may not get approval for a third aircraft carrier anytime soon as the priority is to bolster its submarine fleet.
General Rawat, who has been tasked to prioritise military procurement, had said that cost could be a major factor in deciding on the issue as aircraft carriers are "very expensive".
Admiral Singh said the Navy will soon take forward the process of acquiring six more submarines as well as a plethora of other assets including six P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft.
On the Navy's overall focus, Admiral Singh said it has established a persistent foot-print in its areas of interest including at various choke points in the Indian Ocean.
"Naval deployments also serve as a deterrent to inimical interests, really signalling the Navy's reach, capability and intent." Referring to the situation along the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the Naval chief said Indian Navy's surveillance aircraft P-8I and Heron drones were deployed in the region.
"Whatever we are doing is in close coordination and synergy with the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force to produce desired results," he said.
India and China are locked in a nearly seven-month-long military standoff in eastern Ladakh.
On the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition among India, the US, Australia and Japan, Admiral Singh said it is not against anybody, and he personally felt that cooperation under the grouping will grow organically depending on the challenges facing the member nations.
He also noted there were differences between the Quad drill and last month's Malabar naval exercise that featured all the four member nations of the grouping.
"I would like to differentiate between Quad and Malabar because Malabar is an exercise which has been going on since 1992 and it is more of a professional exercise among the participating navies," he said.
India had invited Australia to be part of the Malabar exercise this year that effectively made it a drill by all the Quad member nations.
Asked whether Australia will be part of next year's Malabar exercise, Admiral Singh said: "I am not ready to speculate. Next Malabar will be hosted by the US. We will have to look at what decision the Government of India takes on the inclusion of Australia."
Admiral Karambir Singh
Australian Navy
Chinese People's Liberation Army
What are WHO researchers trying to learn about COVID-19 origins in Wuhan? Is the secrecy necessary?
Possible visits after a 14-day quarantine are to the market where the first cases came up in December 2019, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
China reports 109 new COVID-19 cases; Hebei province accounts for two-thirds of recent patients
There were 72 new cases in Hebei province, where the government is building isolation hospitals with a total of 9,500 rooms to combat an upsurge in infections
WHO expert team arrives in Wuhan to begin investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic
A single scientific visit is unlikely to confirm the origins; it could take years of genetic analysis and epidemiological studies to find an answer.
Govt takes all measures to safeguard sovereignty: MEA on report of China building village in Arunachal
The Ministry of External Affairs said India has stepped up the construction of border infrastructure including roads and bridges for the improvement of the livelihood of its citizens
'Remember his promise?': Rahul Gandhi targets PM over reports of China building village in Arunachal
Gandhi's comments come after a report by NDTV channel claimed that China has constructed a new village in the disputed region of Arunachal Pradesh and it consisted of about 101 homes
Indian Army apprehends Chinese soldier in Ladakh; second incident of transgression across LAC in 3 months
Indian troops had captured Corporal Wang Ya Long of the PLA on 19 October last year after he "strayed" across the LAC. The corporal was handed back to China following existing protocols
Capable of giving 'befitting reply' if any superpower hurts national pride, says Rajnath Singh in veiled dig at China
The defence minister's remarks, made at the Headquarters Training Command of the IAF in Bengaluru, came in the backdrop of an eight-month-long border stand-off at Ladakh
China calls for immediate return of PLA soldier held by Indian Army, says he 'went astray' along LAC
A Chinese soldier was apprehended at the Pangong lake on the Indian side of the LAC on Friday. China said he lost his way due to "darkness and complicated geography"


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module HTML.Upload where

import Control.Lens.Operators
import Data.Time.Format
import System.Locale
import Text.Blaze.Html
import Text.Blaze.Html5 as H
import Text.Blaze.Html5.Attributes as A

import Bindrop.State.UploadDB
import Bindrop.State.Users
import HTML.Base
import HTML.Frames

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    H.title "File Information"

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            H.body $ do
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Discover Europe's breathtaking landscapes, enchanting castles and ancient architecture on an all-inclusive A-ROSA cruise. You'll travel in supreme comfort along Europe's celebrated waterways.
Delicious meals featuring only the freshest ingredients are served daily in open sittings on board, while soft drinks, tea, coffee, beer, wine and spirits are always available -- for no extra charge -- at open bars throughout the ship. A selection of complimentary shore excursions is provided, and bicycles are available if you'd like to explore on your own.
Your A-ROSA cruise includes a spacious, elegant cabin, most with French or full balconies where you can enjoy the ever changing view. Friendly, professional and English-speaking staff will assist you on board, and modern facilities such as a spa, sauna, gym, pool, jacuzzi and putting green await. Plus, gratuities for the ship's staff and all onshore guides are included in the price of your trip.
A-ROSA offers river cruises in Europe.
River cruises are rated according to the quality of the vessel and its accommodations, the number of included amenities and activities both on and off the ship, the class of hotels used for land portions of itineraries, and the level of service delivered. A-ROSA river cruises are categorized as deluxe on the industry rating scale (budget, first class and deluxe).


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Educational magazines
Coe, George Albert 1862-1951
Born March 26, 1862, in Mendon, NY; died November 9, 1951, in Claremont, CA; son of George W. (a Methodist Episcopal minister) and Harriet (Van Voorhis) Coe; married Sadie E. Knowland (a professor of piano and music history), September 3, 1888 (died August 24, 1905). Education: University of Rochester, A.B., 1884; Boston University, S.T.B., 1887, A.M., 1888, Ph.D., 1891; attended University of Berlin, 1890.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, teacher, 1887-91, professor of philosophy, 1891-93; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, John Evans Professor of Philosophy of Religion, 1893-1909; Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, professor of religious education and psychology of religion, 1909-22; Columbia University Teachers College, New York, NY, professor, 1922-27.
Religious Education Association (founding member, 1903; president, 1909).
The Spiritual Life: Studies in the Science of Religion, Eaton & Mains (New York, NY), 1900.
The Religion of a Mature Mind, Fleming H. Revell (Chicago, IL), 1902.
Education in Religion and Morals, Fleming H. Revell (Chicago, IL), 1904.
Sadie Knowland Coe: A Chapter in a Life; October 9, 1864-August 24, 1905, privately printed (Alameda, CA), 1906.
(Editor, with Charles Foster Kent) Harold B. Hunting, The Story of Our Bible, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1915.
The Psychology of Religion, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1916.
A Social Theory of Religious Education, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1917.
Law and Freedom in the School: "Can and Cannot," "Must and Must Not," "Ought and Ought Not" in Pupils' Projects, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1924.
What Ails Our Youth, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1924.
The Motives of Men, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1928.
What Is Christian Education?, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1929.
Educating for Citizenship, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1932.
What Is Religious Education Doing to Our Conscience?, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1943.
Other writings include "A History of the Upsilon Chapter of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity," Upsilon Chapter, Psi Upsilon (New York), 1883; and "The Core of Good Teaching," Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1912; coeditor of leaders' manual for Child Study and Child Training, by William Byron Forbush, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY), 1915. Contributor to books, including Am I Getting an Education?, Doubleday, Doran (Garden City, NY), 1929; and Religion in Transition, edited by Vergilius Ferm, Allen & Unwin (London, England), 1937.
Coe's correspondence is housed in the Coe Collection, Yale Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:
Ferm, Vergilius, editor, Religion in Transition, Allen & Unwin (London, England), 1937.
Religious Leaders of America, 2nd edition, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1999.
Religion in Life, winter, 1952-53, H. Shelton Smith, "George Albert Coe: Revaluer of Values," pp. 46-57.
Religious Education, March-April, 1952.
OBITUARIES:
New York Times, November 10, 1951.*
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Coffin, Henry Sloane 1877-1954
DYNES, Wayne R. 1934-
BURTON, Rebecca B(rown) 1940-
Brightman, Edgar S(heffield) 1884-1953
Stine, R.L. 1943- (Eric Affabee, Zachary Blue, Jovial Bob Stine, Robert Lawrence Stine)
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BOWERS, Terrell L. 1945-
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Coe, Dawn (1960–)
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Cody, Robin
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Cody, Paul 1953-
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Cody, John Patrick
Cody, Jeffrey W. 1950-
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Coducci
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Codrington, Thomas
Codrington, R. H.
Codrescu, Andrei 1946–
Codrescu, Andrei 1946-
Coe, Jonathan 1961-
Coe, Kathryn 1942-
Coe, Marian 1931-
Coe, Michael (1929–)
Coe, Michael (Douglas)
Coe, Michael Douglas 1929-
Coe, Sue (1951–)
Coeffeteau, Nicolas
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Coehoorn, Menno van
Coel, Margaret 1937-
Coel, Margaret 1937–
Coelacanthiformes (Coelacanths)
Coelacanthimorpha
Coelacanths and Lungfishes: Sarcopterygii
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Response: Where are the Women Wonks?
written by Annachiara Antinelli On July 17, 2012 in 2010-2016, Uncategorized, WIIS Blog
By WIIS Staff
The Washington Monthly article, "Where are the Women Wonks?" by Anne Kim has created a stir similar to last month's hype over Anne-Marie Slaughter's article in the Atlantic Monthly, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All". The question that Anne Kim poses is a good one, mostly because of how complicated and deep rooted the answer is. As she points out, multitudes of women enter the workforce with the same education and intelligence as men, however somewhere along the way, their numbers dwindle. Although the article brings up many important issues, one assertion needs to be set straight. Kim writes, "There has not yet been a high-profile mentoring effort for women in public policy or an organized network for women to help each other." Our organization, Women in International Security (WIIS) has been studying and addressing this issue as it pertains to the "Daddy issue," International Security, since it was founded in 1987.
WIIS is an affiliated program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which is a highly respected bipartisan international affairs think-tank. WIIS not only researches women's participation in the peace and security field and promotes visibility for women experts, but it also organizes and fosters networking, professional development, mentoring, and communication on global women's issues. WIIS has about 7,000 members from 47 different countries. WIIS experts have formed groups in 17 countries and in 6 locations throughout the United States. Members' expertise is broad: ranging from nonproliferation and terrorism, to human rights, development, environmental security and conflict resolution. WIIS serves as a bridge-builder among these diverse communities, and works to advance women's leadership at all career stages.
However, the problem with networking is that it is grassroots in nature, and requires women to talk openly and communicate their needs. WIIS research and discussions demonstrate the need for female mentors and trail-blazers who have successfully made it through the pipeline to help them navigate the fraternal world of international affairs. Progress has been made in female participation, but many areas of public policy remain under-represented, therefore omitting women's unique voices and contributions. Women need sponsorship and professional development to succeed in decision-making positions, and many women self-eliminate from opportunities for a variety of reasons. Women perceive that they face unique trade-offs and sacrifices to achieve career advancement. Work-life balance, as recently debated by Anne-Marie Slaughter, Sheryl Sandberg, and other professional women, is a prominent figure in the absence of female leadership.
Another problem that exists is that women are still fighting for equality in the workplace and in society. There are issues that hit close to home for women, such as equal pay, violence against women, and reproductive rights. Men may argue these points on the news, but women in great numbers are working on these issues in a variety of ways, whether it is research, advocacy, and program implementation. These issues are not likely to subside quietly into the night any time soon—but there is hope that one day enough progress will be made, so instead of debating gender equality issues, women can simply work side by side with men on all issues.
So the answer to Anne Kim's question is, the women wonks are out there. There are many challenges that women face in achieving top-level positions in think-tanks or other public policy institutions. Women continue to feel forced to make decisions that men rarely face in order to become "known" policy experts. Issues such as trucks, money, and bombs resonate with and impact women and men differently, and therefore insights from both genders are required—much like the "Mommy" issues of welfare and poverty that Ms. Kim writes about. Women coming up through the pipeline are doing everything that Ms. Kim suggested; they are acknowledging the problem, organizing a network, and searching for solutions. However, more needs to be done, and it needs more attention and publicity. WIIS is working on analyzing, supporting and advocating for women's leadership opportunities, trying to give the issue the spotlight it deserves, but more participation and activism is required at all levels. Men and women need to work together to confront the issue with more vivacity and strength, and increase recognition that a woman's perspective, on all policy issues, is an imperative that is in everyone's interest. Until that day, WIIS, its members, and partnering organizations will continue the slow but steady work of bringing more women to the forefront of policy wonks, experts and leaders.
London 2012: Gender Disparity Still Present For Some
A Woman to Lead the African Union


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Segodnya ('Today', ) is a tabloid newspaper published in Latvia. Formerly named  ('Soviet Youth'), SM segodnya and until 2017 Vesti segodnya ('News Today'), in 2010 it had the highest subscription among Russian language dailies in Latvia and equal third highest in the country overall. It has its roots in the official newspaper of Komsomol under Soviet rule in Latvia, . Content is published on the news portal vesti.lv.

Its name is similar to Segodnya, a notable Russian emigre newspaper issued in Riga from 1919 to 1940.

Segodnya newspaper claims to be the only Russian-language daily in the European Union. Segodnya has, as have Vesti.lv and related publications, been described as pro-Russian and "overtly cynical" in their reporting, describing a wider trend evident in the Russian-language media landscape in Latvia that includes low wages for journalists, low readership and ad revenues.

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Russian-language newspapers published in Latvia
Mass media in Riga
1999 establishments in Latvia
Publications established in 1999

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In early 2014 approximately 1,000 tonnes of mixed commercial waste was illegally tipped at the former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon. A new development is proposed to take place on this land and the removal of the illegally deposited waste will incur a cost of around £200,000 before the development can even be started.
Waste crime is an increasing problem. As well as the investigation in to the illegal tipping at the former Master Brewer, our officers in the Hertfordshire and North London Area (H&NL) are working on several other major investigations. But the fight to beat waste crime doesn't stop there. We all know prevention is better than cure and our officers also work on prevention and education initiatives across the area. This is a snap shot of some of our officer's ongoing investigative work.
Environmental Crime Officers and Environment Officers from H&NL visited the former Master Brewer site and carried out a search looking for any traceable waste to help us establish those responsible. Traceable waste can include letters, bank statements, postcards or other items with your address on that you've given to someone you believe to be a legitimate waste operator for disposal. If your waste turns up tipped illegally our officers would contact you to find out who you gave your waste to. This will get us a step closer to finding the waste criminals.
We are also in the process of investigating a similar, incident of mixed commercial waste deposited at a disused warehouse in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. We made an appeal for information, which includes a YouTube video of the site and the waste deposited there.
Waste crime remains one of our priority work areas. We employ a wide variety of techniques when investigating environmental crime. As a rule local authorities deal with fly-tipping, but the Environment Agency deals with big, bad and nasty fly-tipping incidents. As well as all the investigation work, we are proactive in tackling, preventing and disrupting environmental crime. For example, we are working in partnership with local authorities to identify fly-tipping hot spots. Where we have identified vulnerable areas we deploy 2.5 tonne concrete blocks to block access for waste vehicles attempting to fly-tip there.
Emma Viner is a Senior Environmental Crime Officer in our Hertfordshire and North London team.
If you have any information about the above incidents, or to report environmental crime, please contact the Environment Agency on our 24-hour incident hotline on 0800 807060 or you can report anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm is rated 4.9 out of 5 by 9.
WELCOME TO THE HIVE MIND You are Sarah Kerrigan, former Queen of Blades. Once the most feared entity in the galaxy, you now wait in a cell in the depths of a high-security research laboratory. Before the murderous forces of the Terran Dominion close in, you must plot your escape to the dark reaches of space... and reclaim your living empire at the Heart of the Swarm.
Deploy devastating new units across an ever-shifting battlefield. Incinerate advancing foes with the Battle Hellion, seize air superiority with the Tempest, engulf entrenched enemies with the Swarm Host, and much more.
Experience the next evolution of StarCraft II's global community on Battle.net. Join co-op games with friends, play near-limitless custom mods in the StarCraft II Arcade, and marshal your forces across ranked and unranked brackets for every level of play.
Requires Star Craft II: Wings of Liberty.


VALENCIA, Spain - Valencia advanced to a meeting with Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semifinals after beating Levante 3-0 thanks to Pablo Piatti's double on Thursday for a 7-1 aggregate score.
Piatti, who has had a subdued role for Unai Emery's side since his arrival this summer from Almeria, played his best game of the season.
The Argentine forward provided a constant threat for the visitors at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium and drew various fouls from Levante's frustrated defence.
Piatti saw his bouncing shot go wide moments before laying off for Aritz Aduriz to net the 25th-minute opener.
Five minutes later Piatti ran onto youth player Juan Bernat's throughball and slotted home Valencia's second goal to put the series against its crosstown rival beyond doubt before halftime.
Levante played from the 72nd with 10 men after recent signing Oscar Serrano received his second booking for fouling Piatti, who then capped the victory in the 86th by drilling in a rebound of a chance he had created for Aduriz.
"We looked to put together a squad (today) without our regular starters, but that we trusted would play for the team and to win," Emery said. "We did just that without losing any players and keeping a clean sheet."
Levante missed injured forward Juanlu Gomez and playmaker Jose Barkero as it failed to make a serious challenge to overturn the 4-1 loss in the first leg.
Barcelona eliminated Real Madrid on a 4-3 aggregate score after a 2-2 draw at Camp Nou on Wednesday. Valencia hosts the European champions next week in the first leg.
"We know it will be tough, but we also know it is possible," Emery said. "We are definitely going to try."
Athletic Bilbao opens the other semifinal with a visit to third-tier Mirandes, which has ousted three straight topflight clubs.


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Q: count total records for each user I have this code that pulls all users with open requests. I need to show a total for each assigned buyer.
<CFQUERY  NAME="allbuyers" DATASOURCE="procuresource3">
    SELECT *
    FROM allorders3
    WHERE open = 'y'
    order by assignedbuyer
</cfquery>

<cfoutput query="allbuyers">
    #assignedbuyer# #prn#
</cfoutput>

<cfoutput>
    Total: #allbuyers.RecordCount#
</cfoutput>

The output is all records. I need a total for each user. Something like this below:
Christine - 301366
Christine - 300729
Christine - 300731
Christine - 300732
Total: 4

Connie    - 301524
Connie    - 301516
Connie    - 301510
Connie    - 301509
Connie    - 301460
Connie    - 301362
Total: 6

Dannette  - 301478
Dannette  - 301458
Dannette  - 301340
Total: 3

Thank you in advance.
CarlosL

A: There are multiple ways to accomplish this with query adjustments to get counts and building up struct counts by unique key.
The most straight forward with where you are currently is to build up a count based on whether the current assignedbuyer is the same as the previous assignedbuyer. CF provides a built-in way to have code run in a loop when a query group column changes.
<cfset q = queryNew("") />
<cfset queryAddColumn(q, "name", "varchar", ['Dan','Dan', 'Bob', 'Bob', 'Bob', 'Chris']) />

<cfoutput query="q" group="name">
    <cfset count = 0 />

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            #name#

            <cfset count += 1 />
        </cfoutput>
        Total: #count#

</cfoutput>

Output

    Dan

    Dan

    Total: 2

    Bob

    Bob

    Bob

    Total: 3

    Chris

    Total: 1


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BASS LINES by Jaime David Vazquez – Famous Bass Intro: The Meters – "Cissy Strut"
The Legends of Funk and R&B – the Sixties
Bass Events
Culbertson Readying to Take "Funk!" to the Stage with Bassist Rodney Jones, Jr.
Valery Amador
Message to funk received from the Mothership: hit-maker Brian Culbertson is in the studio conspiring with his cosmic group of musical soul brothers on his second funk collection, "Funk!," which will be released September 16 on his BCM Entertainment label. Less than a week after his seventeenth album streets, the award-winning multi-instrumentalist will launch a coast-to-coast concert tour on a scale unlike any trek ever mounted by the vivacious showman who will be flanked by the same band showcased on the album. To help set the stage for the 11-song set plus three playful interlude sketches, all produced by Culbertson, radio stations will be serviced "Been Around The World" in early July.
Those who have caught a Culbertson show over the last year might have had a premonition that the R&B-jazzman was about to again morph into an emissary of funk, a mission that began with his 2008 recording "Bringing Back The Funk," which he co-produced with the late Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire and featured legendary funksters Bootsy Collins and Larry Graham. His set list at recent gigs included a pair of funk classics, "Got To Give It Up" and "Play That Funky Music," which made it onto the new album. The Chicago-bred musician who plays piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, clavinet, Hammond B3 organ, synths, trombone, bass, drums, percussion and sings on the entire record wrote or co-wrote nine new songs for "Funk!" that showcases his live band – Marqueal Jordan (vocals & sax), Tyrone Chase(guitars), Eddie Miller (keyboards, organ & vocals), Rodney Jones, Jr. (bass, guitar & vocals), Chris Miskel (drums) and Michael Stever (trumpeter & horn arrangements) – along with Chance Howard, a nasty R&B keyboardist, bassist and vocalist who has toured and recorded with fellow Minnesota native Prince. Noted trumpeter Patches Stewart will replace Stever for the Funk! Tour.
Next month, Howard will join Culbertson on stage to premiere a few choice cuts from "Funk!," including the first single, at Culbertson's fifth anniversary Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, a wine and jazz lifestyle experience in the heart of California Wine Country taking place June 8-12.
"The concept for 'Funk!' was to make an old-school, throwback funkadelic record in the style of P-Funk meets Prince and to tour with the same band that appears on the album – my band plus Chance (Howard). We finished tracking and are mixing this week. The show we will be taking out on the road is unlike anything anyone has ever seen from me before. It's on an entirely different level. Yes, we're taking it there! I'm also very excited about capturing the magic by shooting a Blu-ray to be taped on tour this fall," said Culbertson, who as an imaginative and trend-setting artist, producer and songwriter has architected 28 Billboard No. 1 singles along with a library of chart-topping albums.
Once again, Culbertson has opened the doors to the recording studio by posting a series of video blogs from the "Funk!" sessions on his website (http://www.brianculbertson.com/funk) as well as engaging his followers through Facebook Live. And like his most recent studio release, he's offering fans the opportunity to get involved with the process by launching an Indiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/brian-culbertson-s-funk–2#/) that provides a menu of unique options, including VIP concert tickets, tickets for the Blu-ray filming, autographed CD, limited edition vinyl album, a private personalized video message, sheet music and a bobble head Funk! doll.
Tickets go on sale for the Funk! Tour for fan club members beginning June 1 and to the general public starting June 3. For more information, please visit www.BrianCulbertson.com.
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Rudiger Ahrend is Head of the Urban Programme in the OECD's Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development. In this capacity he has been supervising various studies on metropolitan governance, urban productivity, land use, housing, urban transport, and national urban policies. In addition, he has overseen numerous reports on major metropolitan agglomerations and is the main author of The Metropolitan Century: Understanding Urbanisation and its Consequences. On top of his OECD work, he has published widely in both academic journals and newspapers.
As head of the Urban Programme he is also in charge of the OECD Working Party on Urban Policies, as well as the OECD Roundtable of Mayors and Ministers. He previously worked as a Senior Economist in the OECD's Economic Department and as a Researcher and Independent Consultant. He holds a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics, as well as degrees in Social Sciences and Mathematics from the University of Göttingen, Paris-IX Dauphine, and the Sorbonne.


I hate spam, email spam I can deal with, usually, though it is a pain in the arse when I am out and about, checking mail via my PDA or laptop on a dial up connection. But the spam that hacks me of the most is the spam that has been posted to my blog.
Over the last few days I have deleted something like 60-65 spam comments and trackbacks. I have now installed Spam Karma 2, an anti spam filter to the blog from http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/ to deal with them, I am pleased to report that since installing it I have had no successful attempts to spam the blog.
What I cannot understand is the fact that many of the links refer to genuine big corporations, including bookies and online casinos. Do they really think that I or anyone who visits here are going to be impressed that their marketing campaigns including creating spam? I personally will never touch William Hill the bookies or 888Casino ever. They must be completely retarded if they think that spam will increase their chances of doing business.
I also hate spam on a completely different level, maybe my palate has changed since I was a kid, I used to love Spam Fritters that were served for school dinners, now I can't even stand the smell of the stuff.


"Words of Wisdom from a Snowman - It's okay to be a little bottom heavy, don't get too much sun. Everyone nose carrots are good for you. Be a jolly happy soul. It takes a few extra rolls to make a good midsection. It's fun to hang out in your front yard. Remember, we're all a bit flakey. White is always appropriate. Accessorize, accessorize, accessorize." Model stitched on 28 Ct. Waterfall Blue evenweave.