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Q: How to format columns dates in python that they are weekly based on eachother? I have a dataframe df that looks similar to this:
identity      Start        End     week
  E         6/18/2020   7/2/2020    1
  E         6/18/2020   7/2/2020    2
 2D         7/18/2020   8/1/2020    1
 2D         7/18/2020   8/1/2020    2
 A1          9/6/2020   9/20/2020   1
 A1          9/6/2020   9/20/2020   2

The problem is that when I extracted the data I only had Start date and End date for every identity it replaced, but I have the data by weeks all identitys have the same amount of weeks some times all identitys can have 5 or 6 weeks but they are always the same. I want to make Stata and end be weekly so when the first week end I add 7 days. And when the week starts again it starts where week ended. A representation would be
identity      Start        End     week
   E       6/18/2020    6/25/2020   1
   E       6/25/2020    7/2/2020    2
  2D       7/18/2020    7/25/2020   1
  2D       7/25/2020    8/1/2020    2
  A1        9/6/2020    9/13/2020   1
  A1       9/13/2020    9/20/2020   2

I tried a simple method that was creating a sevens column and making the sum to get the end of the week I get and error Addition/subtraction of integers and integer-arrays with Timestamp is no longer supported. Instead of adding/subtracting n, use n * obj.freq
Then I would concat start over minus seven but I don't know how to get around this problem. Any help would be magnificent.

A: Similar to your other question:
First convert to datetimes:
df.loc[:, ["Start", "End"]] = (df.loc[:, ["Start", "End"]]
                                 .transform(pd.to_datetime, format="%m/%d/%Y"))

df

identity    Start   End     week
0   E   2020-06-18  2020-07-02  1
1   E   2020-06-18  2020-07-02  2
2   2D  2020-07-18  2020-08-01  1
3   2D  2020-07-18  2020-08-01  2
4   A1  2020-09-06  2020-09-20  1
5   A1  2020-09-06  2020-09-20  2

Your identity is in groups of two, so I'll use that when selecting dates from the date_range:
 from itertools import chain

result = df.drop_duplicates(subset="identity")

date_range = (
    pd.date_range(start, end, freq="7D")[:2]
    for start, end in zip(result.Start, result.End)
)

date_range = chain.from_iterable(date_range)
End = lambda df: df.Start.add(pd.Timedelta("7 days"))

Create new dataframe:
df.assign(Start=list(date_range), End=End)

    identity    Start   End     week
0   E   2020-06-18  2020-06-25  1
1   E   2020-06-25  2020-07-02  2
2   2D  2020-07-18  2020-07-25  1
3   2D  2020-07-25  2020-08-01  2
4   A1  2020-09-06  2020-09-13  1
5   A1  2020-09-13  2020-09-20  2


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When I read that verse, I was comforted in my Spirit. The Lord was saying to Jehoshaphat that he need not fight, the battle was not his, but God's.
Jehoshaphat heeded the word of the Lord and assembled his people, but he did something very pivotal, he placed the singers in front first. Not the warriors, but the singers, the praisers, those who would usher in the presence of God. Jehoshaphat knew that God resides in the praises of his people so he set up a praise. By the time they neared the enemy, their camp was in disarray. The allied army began to fight among themselves. God used the praises of his people to confuse the enemy and they were defeated without even having to fight.
In Joshua 6 we see how the Israelites marched around Jericho for seven days upon the counsel of the Lord. On day seven, when they shouted, the wall of the city came tumbling down. Now, it is not the shout of the people that brought down the wall, but, upon hearing the praise, God moved on their behalf.
Praise solidifies our relationship with God and shows him that we appreciate his goodness. I encourage you to praise God in advance of your victory and watch the hang of God move on your behalf. Watch him confuse your enemies and watch your situation turn around!
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As if the scenery wasn't enough, the park offers a range of activities for visitors, including camping, hiking, backpacking, kayaking, fishing, horseback riding, wildlife watching, bicycling, and llama trekking. (Yes, you read that last one correctly.) Whether you're up for the challenge of a strenuous hike or you'd prefer to sit quietly and watch the sunset, Yellowstone is a great place to admire the nature's vast and wild beauty. In the words of John Muir, "You'll never want to leave."
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Number of visitors: 4.2 million in 2016
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Old Faithful water temperature (during eruption): 204°F (96°C)
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Upcoming: FELIX CASTOR SERIES by Mike Carey (Re-Issues, Orbit)
January 29, 2018 Civilian Reader Uncategorized Dead Men's Boots, Felix Castor Series, Mike Carey, MR Carey, Naming of the Beasts, Orbit, Supernatural, The Devil You Know, Thicker Than Water, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Vicious Circle
This year, Orbit is re-issuing Mike Carey's Felix Castor series: The Devil You Know, Vicious Circle, Dead Men's Boots, Thicker Than Water and The Naming of the Beasts. Above and below are the new covers. Here's the synopsis for the first novel:
Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stomping ground. It may seem like a good ghostbuster can charge what he likes and enjoy a hell of a lifestyle, but there's a risk: sooner or later he's going to take on a spirit that's too strong for him.
When Castor accepts a seemingly simple ghost-hunting case at a museum in the shadowy heart of London, what should have been a perfectly straightforward exorcism is rapidly turning into the Who Can Kill Castor First Show, with demons and ghosts all keen to claim the big prize.
But that's business as usual: Castor knows how to deal with the dead. It's the living who piss him off…
Carey has recently been publishing as M.R. Carey, including the critically-acclaimed and best-selling The Girl With All the Gifts and its sequel, The Boy on the Bridge. The Felix Castor novels are published by Orbit in the US and UK.
Also on CR: Review of The Girl With All the Gifts
Upcoming: THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE by M.R. Carey (Orbit)
January 14, 2017 January 12, 2017 Civilian Reader Upcoming Boy on the Bridge, Duncan Spilling, Girl With All the Gifts, Mike Carey, Most Anticipated 2017, MR Carey, Orbit Books, Post-Apocalypse, Stephen Mulcahey
Above is the cover for M.R. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge, the highly anticipated sequel to The Girl With All the Gifts (easily one of my favourite reads of 2013). Cover design by Duncan Spilling, photography by Stephen Mulcahey of Arcangel Images.
Here's the novel's brief synopsis:
Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy.
The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world.
To where the monsters lived.
The Girl With All the Gifts was a word-of-mouth bestseller, and has been adapted into a film starring Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.
The Boy on The Bridge (one of my most-anticipated novels of the year) is published by Orbit in the UK and US, on May 4th, 2017.
Also on CR: Guest Post on "Writing Strong Women"; Review of The Girl With All the Gifts
Guest Post: "Writing Strong Women" by M.R. Carey
September 14, 2016 September 11, 2016 Civilian Reader Guest Post Fantasy, Fellside, Girl With All the Gifts, Hellblazer, Horror, Lucifer, M R Carey, Mike Carey, Must Read 2016, Orbit, Urban Fantasy, Vertigo, Writing, Writing Strong Women
My latest novel, Fellside, had its UK release in April and it's just come out in paperback. To commemorate this fact I'm spending the week running around on other people's blogs (thanks, Civilian Reader!) shouting "look at me."
It's a time-honoured tradition, and to keep you from saying the same thing ten times over your publisher will usually come up with a list of possible themes or titles. On the list in front of me right now, about two-thirds of the way down, the following phrase appears:-
"Writing Strong Women"
It immediately made me wonder whether or not that's something that I do. Continue reading →
Quick Shot Reviews: Catching up on Graphic Novels
August 6, 2016 August 6, 2016 Civilian Reader Comics, Review Action, All-New X-Men, American Vampire, Black Magick, Charles Soule, Christopher Moeller, Daredevil, DC Comics, Dean Ormston, Dennis Hopeless, Extraordinary X-Men, Francis Manapul, Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Horror, Huck, Humberto Ramos, Image Comics, Jason Fabok, Jeff Lemire, Jerry Ordway, Jim Lee, John Paul Leon, Jon J. Muth, Justice League, Kevin Maguire, Lazarus, Lucifer, Mark Bagley, Mark Millar, Marvel, Michael Lark, Mike Carey, Mitch Gerads, Nicola Scott, Owen Freeman, Peter Gross, Phil Jimenez, Rafael Albuquerque, Ron Garney, Ryan Kelly, Scott Kolins, Scott Snyder, Scott Williams, Sheriff of Babylon, Super-Heroes, Tom King, Vertigo Comics
Despite the near-total-silence on the graphic novel/comics side of things, I have continued to read a whole bunch of new and old collections. Generally speaking, though, I haven't been overly impressed. Here are mini-reviews for ten stand-out collections I've read recently. [I'll hopefully do a few more posts like this in the not-too-distant future, as I try to catch up with recent titles.]
Featuring: All-New X-Men, American Vampire, Black Magick, Daredevil, Extraordinary X-Men, Huck, Justice League, Lazarus, Lucifer, Sheriff of Babylon Continue reading →
Trailer: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
June 21, 2016 Civilian Reader Upcoming, Video Colm McCarthy, Gemma Arterton, Girl With All the Gifts, Glenn Close, M R Carey, Mike Carey, Most Anticipated 2016, Orbit Books, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nanua, Survival Horror, Trailer, Warner Bros, Zombies
I loved M.R. Carey's The Girl With All the Gifts. I read it shortly after it was published, and consider it to easily be one of the best books of 2014. Above is the first full trailer for the movie adaptation, which will arrive in theatres soon. It is directed by Colm McCarthy, and stars Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close and Paddy Considine. Here's the synopsis:
The near future; humanity has been all but destroyed by a mutated fungal disease that eradicates free will and turns its victims into flesh-eating "hungries". Only a small group of children seem immune to its effects.
At an army base in rural England, this group of unique children are being studied, subjected to cruel experiments by biologist Dr. Caldwell. Despite having been infected with the zombie pathogen that has decimated the world, these children retain normal thoughts and emotions. And while still being subject to the craving for human flesh that marks the disease these second- generation "hungries" are able to think and feel making them a vital resource in the search for a cure.
The children attend school lessons daily, guarded by the ever watchful Sergeant Parks. But one little girl, Melanie, stands out from the rest. Melanie is special. She excels in the classroom, is inquisitive, imaginative and loves her favourite teacher Miss Justineau.
When the base falls, Melanie escapes along with Miss Justineau, Sergeant Parks and Dr. Caldwell. Against the backdrop of a blighted Britain, Melanie must discover what she is and ultimately decide both her own future and that of the human race.
The novel is published by Orbit Books (UK/US), and is a must-read. You can read my review here. Carey's latest novel, Fellside, is also published by Orbit, and is out now (UK/US).
New Year, New Books… (Dec/Jan)
January 1, 2016 August 23, 2018 Civilian Reader New Books Addison Gunn, AM Dellamonica, Angry Robot, Antonia Hayes, Black Swan, Century, ChiZine, Corsair, Elizabeth Brundage, Emily Schultz, Guy Haley, James Rollins, Jeff Mariotte, Jennifer Ridyard, John Ayliff, John Connolly, K.S. Merbeth, Kate Atkinson, Lilith Saintcrow, M R Carey, Maggie Mitchell, Marsheila Rockwell, Megan Abbott, Mike Carey, Open Road Media, Orbit, Patrick Gale, Peter Tieryas, Sarah Pinborough, Simon & Schuster YA, Solaris, Stephen Becker, Tim Federle, Tor, Transworld, Voyager
Featuring: Megan Abbott, Kate Atkinson, John Ayliff, Elizabeth Brundage, M.R. Carey, Mike Carey, Linda Carey, Louise Carey, John Connolly, A.M. Dellamonica, Tim Federle, Patrick Gale, Addison Gunn, Antonia Hayes, Jeff Mariotte, K.S. Merbeth, Maggie Mitchell, Sarah Pinborough, Jennifer Ridyard, Marsheila Rockwell, James Rollins, Lilith Saintcrow, Emily Schultz, Peter Tieryas
Trailer: LUCIFER, Season 1
May 11, 2015 Civilian Reader Upcoming, Video Fox TV, Jerry Bruckheimer, Len Wiseman, Lucifer, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, Tom Ellis, Trailer, Vertigo
Fox has unveiled the first trailer for the upcoming TV series adaptation of the comic series Lucifer, published by Vertigo Comics. Spinning out of Neil Gaiman's genre-redefining Sandman, the books were written by Mike Carey — who also wrote (among others) the Felix Castor urban fantasy novels, The Unwritten comic series (also published by Vertigo), and one of my favourite novels: The Girl With All the Gifts (Orbit).
The series is directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld), and stars Tom Ellis as Lucifer. I'm rather looking forward to this.
I would highly recommend the aforementioned The Girl With All the Gifts, as well the Lucifer comic series, which has been collected into five omnibus editions:
Review: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS by M.R. Carey (Orbit)
March 28, 2014 November 7, 2014 Civilian Reader Review Action, Girl With All the Gifts, Horror, M R Carey, Mike Carey, Must Read, Orbit, Post-Apocalyptic, Suspense, Zombies
A superb novel, one of my favourite so far this year
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her "our little genius". Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favourite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.
I have long been familiar with Carey's comics work – mainly the amazing Lucifer and The Unwritten, both of which I am addicted to. It took me a long time to get around to reading this novel, though, for reasons I cannot quite figure out. Long-time readers of the blog will know I'm a fan of certain types of post-apocalyptic-zombie novels. The Girl With All the Gifts is absolutely brilliant, and one of this year's Must Reads. I loved it. Continue reading →
Suicide Risk, Vol.1 (Boom Studios/Titan Comics)
March 20, 2014 April 19, 2016 Civilian Reader Comics, Review Boom Studios, Elena Casagrande, Graphic Novel, Mike Carey, Suicide Risk, Superheroes, Titan Comics, Volume 1
Writer: Mike Carey | Artist: Elena Casagrande
Even when there are only villains, being a hero makes you a…
Super-powered people are inexplicably rising from the streets and there's a big problem: Too many supervillains, not enough superheroes. Heroes are dying, and cops are dying twofold. Humanity is underpowered in the face of their onslaught, and people are suffering untold casualties trying to stem the flow.
After barely surviving a super-powered bank heist gone horribly wrong, beat cop Leo Winters vowed to try and find a way to stop them. Following a lead, he discovered two lowlifes who seemed to be able to grant a person powers… for the right price. Thing is: you don't get to choose which power. It's seemingly random, a crap-shoot, a risk. Will Leo decide to take that risk? And why is it that even the heroes in this world eventually break?
Collects: Suicide Risk #1-4
I have long been a fan of Mike Carey's work – his comic-series The Unwritten and Lucifer (Vertigo) are easily among my top five favourites; and his most recent novel, The Girl With All the Gifts (Orbit) is one of my favourite reads this year. Carey's new original ongoing series is a great one. Anyone interested in superheroes should check this out. Continue reading →


Why has Russian defense spending fallen?
Russia is one of the world leaders in terms of the share of GDP spent on defense.
Russia is no longer among the world's top three military spenders, say experts from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Why has this happened and how does it compare to global trends?
According to a study by experts from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Russian defense spending has fallen and the country no longer ranks as one of the world's top three military spenders, having been overtaken by Saudi Arabia.
How much is Russia spending on defense?
According to SIPRI, in 2015 Russia increased its defense spending by 7.5 percent and the Defense Ministry's budget reached $66.4 billion.
The world's biggest military spender, according to SIPRI, is the United States, which spent $596 billion on defense in 2015. It was followed by China, with $215 billion, and Saudi Arabia, with $84.2 billion.
What share of GDP does Russia's spending constitute?
Percentage-wise, Russia is one of the world leaders in terms of the share of GDP spent on defense. For instance, the United States' defense spending makes up 3.5 percent of its GDP, with China's reaching some 2.1 percent, whereas Russia's amounts to 4.5 percent of its GDP. The Russian figure is the world's largest after Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which spend 10.4 and 5.1 percent of their GDP respectively on arms.
Is Russia's military spending rising or falling?
In 2015, Moscow increased its defense spending in rubles.
According to military analysts, because of the devaluation of the ruble and the sanctions, some of the defense spending had to be rechanneled and some cut.
SIPRI experts predict that Russia will be cutting its military spending in 2016.
Is global military spending rising or falling?
For the first time since 2011, the overall amount of defense spending globally grew by 1 percent to reach $1.7 trillion in 2015.
"On the one hand, spending trends reflect the escalating conflict and tension in many parts of the world; on the other hand, they show a clear break from the oil-fuelled surge in military spending of the past decade," Sam Perlo-Freeman, head of the Military Expenditure project at SIPRI, said in the organization's report.
What do oil and foreign exchange rates have to do with it?
In 2015, Russia increased its defense spending in rubles by 7.5 percent. However, the falling oil prices and the national currency's collapse against the dollar have squeezed Moscow out of the top three slots on the SIPRI rating of military spenders: the Stockholm institute calculates defense spending in dollars.
What does Russia have to save on?
According to military experts, Moscow is cutting its military spending on "services" but is not reducing the amount of funds allocated for the re-armament program or service personnel training.


I covered environmental hostility, tectonic hostility, rivers, and atmosphere... I could cover a few more. The idea behind the whole thing is that it's versatile, and you don't need to make a new algorithm just to cover a new planet type.
HKY09 - Nope. No examples. I'd REALLY like to see it in action, but at this point it would be a bit difficult to throw anything together quickly. At least for me... you've seen my work and how much of a perfectionist I am.
Ahhhhhh. Atlantis. Well, that would be simple enough - you just "build" the city over the water, and instead of parks? Open ocean. Ditch the trees, I guess - unless you want to do an interesting mix and have parks + open ocean patches.
With this picture something else interesting emerges: Triangular city blocks. Though... as to what factors would create these, I'm not sure.
I've seen Voronoi noise used on other fractal/procedural programs.
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Hyperion, you've outdone us all. This pleases me very greatly. I was always really big on pretty colonies.
Yes, these are superb, Hyperion.
Unfortunately, I can't recall what was decided on as far as colonies are concerned. How much detail are we going to get? It's a certainty we won't be getting the rich canvas that we see in SC. Perhaps we will get something similar to Freelancer without the character models but maybe some flying objects. All I remember being shown was a basic visit to these places in an early concept that Josh had for planet-based establishments. It consisted of arriving on a planet with maybe (or maybe not) a touch of atmospheric flying and landing outside these structures. His game mechanic for entering was based on a similar idea that Freelancer used but with a little extra variety in the places you could visit.
These are great backdrops for that activity, Hyperion, but I'd love to have some further detail about the idea the LT Team has for this part of the game.
Has it changed, have I missed some revelations concerning this aspect of the game?
I'm not in the loop anymore so I know as much as anyone who cares to visit these forums.


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Mexican police raid house looking for kidnappers
Police raided a house Friday outside Mexico City, capturing two alleged kidnappers and rescuing three people, including an 8-year-old girl, who had been held for more than two months. The dramatic morning raid, widely aired on Mexican television, comes as the Federal Agency of Investigation, the country's equivalent to the FBI, is being scrutinized for connections to drug traffickers and a video showing the killing of a drug hit man.
Federal police officials took reporters on a tour through the house's filthy rooms where the kidnapping victims were given only a bucket to go to the bathroom. Investigators also seized guns, fake I.D.s, and titles to stolen cars. Police detained a Mexican man and French woman, whose names were not released. Authorities said the two belong to a gang, tied to at least eight kidnappings, which police had been tracking for months.
The French woman told Mexican national television network Televisa she was simply dating the Mexican man and didn't know the people at the house had been kidnapped. "I would have reported it," she told reporters. "I didn't know." The Mexican man said he was hired to take care of the house and had nothing to do with the kidnappings. The victims included a woman and her 8-year-old daughter who were abducted while walking to the girl's school outside Mexico City. They were held along with a man who was kidnapped in Chalco, a poor community on the outskirts of Mexico City, reports the AP. N.U.


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The Automobile as American Culture – Write You Are!
In this seminar we will approach the automobile as both material object and cultural form. Utilizing the car as a vehicle through which to explore movement between geographical territories and among global cultures, we will examine the role of the automobile in the transformation of the built environment, in the diffusion of social networks, and in the development of aesthetic ideals in the twentieth century.
The invention and development of the automobile has revolutionized the geographic, economic, demographic, and cultural landscape of America. The central paradigm of movement allows us to investigate both the local and the transnational forms and significance of this revolution. In this course we probe the linkages between spatial, economic, and social mobility that have characterized American notions of progress and success. In the worldwide automobile revolution, the United States is, and remains, the foremost automobile culture. Engaging themes of consumption and mobility (two of the auto's central idioms), we will attempt to locate the place of the automobile in a broader analysis of American culture and its global circulation. In addition, both consumption and mobility direct our attention towards questions of race, gender, class and geography – the primary areas of inquiry we will be exploring in this course.
This seminar positions the auto as both a local and a transnational phenomenon; readings are both thoroughly interdisciplinary, and thoroughly international. Architecture, geography, urban planning, social history, labor history, industrial design, economics, literature, sociology – these represent the variety of disciplinary areas with which the auto intersects and intervenes in the twentieth century. Readings will be arranged thematically. Throughout the course, we will study several models of cultural analysis to provide us with critical frameworks for our examination of the role of the automobile in the definition and redefinition of the modern world.
Regular attendance and active class participation are mandatory. All students will be expected to generate two thoughtful discussion questions and distribute them to the entire class via e-mail prior to our weekly meetings. These questions will help guide the class discussion. In Week Six students will submit a 3-4 page analytical paper that expands upon seminal themes and issues explored in the first six weeks of the class. Students are encouraged to meet with the instructor early on in the term to discuss ideas for their final paper topics (15 pp.), and are required to submit a written proposal in class four weeks before the paper is due.
There is a substantial amount of reading in this class. We are covering a lot of historical and theoretical terrain here. Students will be able to post their own questions or issues regarding the weekly reading on our course server; this will facilitate an ongoing dialogue among students and instructor.
You will be offered many different angles and models of cultural analysis in this seminar, using the automobile as a point of entry into larger social questions and themes. In class discussion we will weigh the merits of the argument presented in that particular set of readings, as well as assess the strengths and weaknesses of its model of cultural inquiry and analysis. In your papers and in your presentations you are encouraged to think through these interpretive models in greater detail, as well as to develop your own ways of critically thinking through these issues.
There are a number of directions in which students might approach the final paper. You will be able to pursue in greater detail one of the thematic units we have explored in the course, or you may generate your own area of inquiry. In short, depending on your interest, there is a wide range of potential topics for you to consider – e.g. one might want to look at the role of professional drag racing in American culture; or explore the impact of new technologies, trends, and scientific advances on the automobile industry. Using the models of cultural analysis that we have become familiar with over the course of the semester, students will critically engage the issues undertaken in their paper. The paper will be 20-25 pages in length.
Please note: All readings marked by an asterisk will be in your course packet available at Tyco's.
*Lester Brown, Running on Empty: The Future of the Automobile in an Oil-Short World, pp. 1-50; 80-90.


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$20 Sony PlayStation Network Card
Tyler Treese
Bandai Namco Games America
T (Teen)
Digital PS4 version reviewed.
Developed by Harebrained Schemes, 'Necropolis' is a dungeon crawler with procedurally generated levels. The game's combat takes cues from From Software's 'Souls' series, and its roguelike nature makes every death count. It was originally released in July on PC, and now makes its way onto consoles with an added playable character and new enemies.
After starting 'Necropolis' the first thing I was greeted by was an in-game wall filled with the game's controls. Anyone who has played 'Dark Souls' will be semi-familiar with the controls that Harebrained Schemes have decided upon, but it's still a pretty complex system. I could use the left bumper and trigger to control my shield either using it for defense or bashing enemies with it, or use the same buttons on the right side of the controller to dish out light and heavy attacks. Furthermore, I could hold down either attack button to get a powerful special move that would heavily impact my stamina.
There's some other controls too (such as changing weapons with the d-pad and using circle to dodge) too, so this isn't exactly a great way to convey the subtlety of combat to the player. A small tutorial going over the different mechanics would've gone a long way of getting me up to speed immediately. In fact, I actually didn't discover the power attack mechanic until I had accidentally triggered it several hours into the game. This issue is compounded by the game not allowing players to pause, so if I wanted to check on the controls in the menu, I would have to risk getting attacked by foes.
The poor introduction of the controls highlights a bigger issue about 'Necropolis,' which is that the game doesn't really bother to tell you what you're supposed to be doing. Thankfully, after spending well over a dozen hours with the game, I have a firm grasp on it. Players have to explore each floor of Necropolis, the legendary city of the dead. Doing so isn't easy, as various monsters roam around each floor, and players will have to collect gems in order to unlock doors. Basically, it's a dungeon crawler, and players have to randomly run around each stage (since there's no map to look at) until they find the exit. It's all simple enough once spelled out, but it makes a really poor first impression.
Due to my unfamiliarity with the controls, my first handful of runs in 'Necropolis' pretty much crashed and burned. They all went basically the same way: I'd run down the many hallways of the area searching for the level's exit, eventually come across a room that would have five or more enemies in it, and then they would surround me. My health would then go from full to zero in just a matter of seconds, as the game is absolutely brutal in spots.
After I had accidentally learned to use the charged power attacks, my luck changed substantially. These moves are basically designed to take out large swarms of enemies with a single attack, and they would often knock an entire group of foes onto the ground. This made managing enemies a lot easier, in fact, it was so easy that I typically found myself getting through 5 or 6 stages of the game without any issue at all.
The thing is, the only difficulty in 'Necropolis' comes from dealing with groups of enemies. Fighting a single foe, no matter how large, is typically a ridiculously easy affair. I would simply move out of the way of attacks, then tap the left trigger to bash them with my shield. This would cause enemies to fall over, and I could quickly mash the right bumper to deliver a devastating combo attack that almost always killed them. This strategy basically worked flawlessly from beginning to end.
So despite a pretty complicated control scheme, I didn't really find much depth to the combat system. Sure, I could pick up different weapons that enemies dropped after dying that would change my attack animation, but it typically meant I had to just adjust my distance. There wasn't any real strategy going on, and I quickly found myself bored.
One of the reasons why the combat isn't satisfying is due to the game's awful hit detection. Sometimes I would see my sword slice through an enemy, and yet they wouldn't take any damage. Other times, I would clearly miss and yet they were hurt. There was seemingly no rhyme or reason to what happened on-screen.
While this was definitely frustrating, an even bigger issue is how 'Necropolis' performs on PlayStation 4. The frame rate would regularly start to freeze up temporarily during combat, most noticeably when a character would be defeated. That was merely irksome during single encounters, but it became game breaking when the game threw 5-6 enemies at me. Despite the action on-screen hitching up, things are still running in the background, so I actually died a few times due to this. For a game that is built around defensive play, it's impossible to do well when you can't tell what's going on.
Since 'Necropolis' is a roguelike, death also means that the player has to start all over again. So, losing a two-hour run to a bunch of technical snafus is unacceptable. A good roguelike has to be challenging, but fair. Harebrained Schemes haven't managed to do either, as the game alternates between being boringly easy once you know how to play, and straight up unfair when it spawns 10 giant enemies in one room.
Since the game is procedurally generated, it led to a lot of poorly designed combat encounters. This isn't like 'Bloodborne,' where each enemy has been optimally placed to ensure a tough challenge, as instead there are just a bunch of enemies hanging around in each room. Some areas (but not all) will also spawn enemies indefinitely, which really goes against the nature of the game. I had to stop and examine loot on the floor, and craft food so I could heal after battles. Several times while I was doing this, enemies would reappear out of thin air and would start attacking me while I was in a crafting animation. This is pretty much a perfect example of the game's brand of challenge, and it's not fair or fun to overcome.
To its credit, though, there is one aspect of 'Necropolis' that I really did love. I thought it was great how enemy characters were treated the same as the player. If an enemy tried to attack me and another foe was in between us, that character would take damage. This actually led to a lot of scenarios where I would lure enemies into traps that littered the later levels, and I was able to kill dozens of enemies without ever using my blade on them.
'Necropolis' is made a lot easier when played cooperatively online (it goes up to four people), but Harebrained Schemes have seemingly gone out of their way to make sure that players have a terrible time finding people to play with. Instead of being able to open up a lobby and matchmake with other random players, the co-op here only works through personal invites. Luckily for me, another reviewer I knew was playing the game, or I would've had to go to the game's Reddit page to look for a partner (as I'm not a bad enough friend to convince someone I know to spend $29.99 on a lark).
The major change in co-op is that players can be revived by their partners. This makes the cheap kills feel surmountable, as the other player can fight back, revive their pal, and the expedition goes on. It also allows the players to take advantage of the AI, and I found myself bashing enemies with my sword while my partner distracted them. It's a much more satisfying experience, even if the combat still feels clunky.
It really baffles me as to why the developer wouldn't have any sort of matchmaking, as I quickly determined that I would never want to play 'Necropolis' solo. It's much more fun with other players, and yet the game makes it needlessly difficult to play it that way. I would hope that it would be added in a patch, but it wasn't ever added to the PC version, despite the game's Steam forum being filled with threads where players beg for partners.
Despite hating a lot of design choices that Harebrained Schemes made, I do have to take my hat off to their artists. 'Necropolis' is filled with dozens of different monster designs, and they got cooler to look at the further I made it. Each floor also looks vastly different from the one before it, as I explored labyrinths filled with dinosaur skeletons to icy caverns. All of it looked gorgeous from beginning to end.
Sadly, the gorgeous enemy designs are often marred by some terrible animation. It gets particularly bad when foes are spotted from a distance, as sometimes they'll start moving as if they were in a stop motion film. It really takes away from what is otherwise a really great looking game
Sound design is another strong point of the experience, as monsters make some horrible sounding noises as they howl at the player. In fact, I had to stop playing with headphones on since I jumped at enemy shrieks several times, despite the game not trying to be scary. Music definitely takes a background to the sound of weapons clanging, but there's a really good ambient soundtrack laid underneath. It does a great job of adding to the atmosphere, without ever dictating the mood of the game.
The world of 'Necropolis' is procedurally generated, which meant that I was in for a different journey every time I started the game. Sadly, the randomized elements doesn't lead to fun level design, and since I didn't enjoy my time with the game, I was never clamoring to play more. Players could very well spend dozens of hours playing through 'Necropolis' repeatedly, but the game never gave me any reason to do so.
The only thing that carries over on each playthrough are tokens that I earned by slaying enemies and achieving goals I was given during each run. These quests mostly involved defeating certain enemy types, or drinking a dozen potions. They're not exactly fun to achieve, but they do give some additional purpose to each journey. I just don't feel like enough carried over from run to run, and unlike 'Rogue Legacy' or 'Spelunky,' I never found myself itching for one more go. It doesn't help that a solid run takes several hours, so it's a pretty long time investment to ultimately end up nowhere.
Finally, there are two separate character classes to choose from. The one I primarily used is a hulking figure, while the other class was a speedy character. The larger one has considerably more health, and in a game where death can come out of nowhere, I found that to be far more beneficial than speed. Each of the two characters play uniquely, but this isn't like 'Dark Souls' where you can continually replay the game with different character types. That sort of depth isn't here, and a few uses with both of the characters allowed me to decide which one I preferred and I never once wanted to go back.
'Necropolis' feels like an amalgamation of 'Dark Souls,' dungeon crawlers, and roguelikes. Sadly, it also seems to miss the mark on what is enjoyable about those games. The combat lacks variety, the randomized dungeon wasn't fun to explore, and technical issues keep it from ever feeling fair. If anything, it suffers from trying to do too much. When combined with the shocking exclusion of online matchmaking for cooperative play, I simply can't recommend it.


Bridget joined AYA in January 2015 and her one year anniversary with AYA is just around the corner. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with her! Bridget is an Adjunct History Professor with a passion for global education and this really shines through her involvement with our program.
"Bridget is my LC and she deserves to be AYA's LC of the Month because she really cares about her exchange students. She makes it a point to have a relationship with me and check in to see how my exchange year is going..."
Learn more about LC Wanda up on the blog, here.
The fall semester is off to a great start for our students! And we know our Local Coordinators and host families play a huge role in their success, providing the support and encouragement they need to feel involved and a a part of the family!
AYA is gearing up to welcome their 2015-2016 AYA students and we asked our National office to nominate LCs who have gone the extra mile and really shined this past month. New LC Maria from Texas is our LC of the month. Congratulations Maria!
This month we asked our team at the National Office to nominate LCs who have stood out and really shined as a LC. Regenia a Local Coordinator from Ohio came in with a strong vote.
Regenia has been with AYA since 2012 as a host family and Local Coordinator. She's dedicated to spreading the word about AYA and always thinking outside the box to find creative solutions to share our mission of bringing the world together. Check out her video she produced to promote our program, here!
Regional Director, Pieter shared with us why he nominated her: I'm proud to nominate Regenia as she has gone above and beyond in finding homes for our kids throughout the years as a Local Coordinator. Her dedication and motivation to place students is truly admirable. She's a great teammate and we are happy to have her a part of our mission, to bring the world together!
AYA is looking forward to another great year with Regenia! Are you interested in becoming a host family or Local Coordinator? Find out more of the benefits of joining the AYA team, here!
"I think he is an amazing LC, even my host family can't believe how good and responsible he is. During the winter he organized a hot chocolate get together with AYA students. And he always calls us or use Wechat to connect with us to know what we have been up to. He even taught us some American traditions and reminded us to prepare a gift for our host mom for Valentine's Day!
"Colleen plans get-togethers each month with her exchange students at her home for 'Topic Talks', where we get to talk about different topics. It's an opportunity for us to share things with each other and what we have been up to during the year and it's always very helpful and interesting. I think these gatherings are a great idea because I get to meet new people who are in the same situation as I am and we can share our experiences and ideas. She also serves snacks and homemade cakes!
"I am most thankful for my Local Coordinator, Mallory. She is always there for me when I have concerns, understands and supports me. We work things out together and I don't think I could have ever enjoyed the time as much as I have without her efforts to make this the most amazing year.
"She invited me and all the other exchange students to a lake house over Thanksgiving! We had a lot of fun together! She is just so wonderful and that makes you feel so good when you know you have somebody who is always there for you! She spends a lot of her free time with us and invites us to go on holidays with her and do activities. I'm so glad I have her as Local Coordinator.
She also made connections between us (exchange students) and that, in my opinion, is so important, because you have somebody who is in the same situation as you and you can always talk to them! I'm so thankful for Jonette and AYA. I found a lot of really good friends for life!"
Congratulations to Jennifer Slater, LC in Illinois, for being awarded LC of The Month for October. Jennifer has been with AYA for a little less than a year, but has proved to be amazing!
One of Jennifer's students, Anastasiya, had some wonderful things to say: "Jennifer always contacts me to know how I am doing or do I need some help. Also, she always gives me all the information I need. Jennifer tries to help me with any problem, to visit events I am participating in, to make me feel comfortable and just to enjoy my time here. She is very nice, kind, respectful, and reliable."
Awesome job, Jennifer. We are so glad to have you on our team.
Revonda has been a Local Coordinator with us for ten years, dedicating so much of her time to ensuring that our students have an unforgettable experience while here in the United States. With her continued passion for our students and devotion to our program, Revonda has proven to be an outstanding Local Coordinator.
Revonda is a great representative and truly embodies the role of AYA Local Coordinator. We are proud to have Revonda as a part of our mission and value her as an organization!
Rebeckah has been a Local Coordinator with us for two years. With her continued passion for our students and devotion to our program, Rebeckah has proven to be an outstanding Local Coordinator. We are continually impressed with her level of professionalism and willingness to help in any situation!
Rebeckah is a great representative and truly embodies the role of AYA Local Coordinator. We are proud to have Rebeckah a part of our mission and value her as an organization!
Sandra has been a Local Coordinator with us for two years and has consistently proven her determination and commitment to our program. We are continually impressed with the professional, kind- hearted and patient demeanor Sandra portrays in every task that she takes on!
Sandra is a great representative and truly embodies the role of AYA Local Coordinator. We are proud to have Sandra a part of our mission and value her as an organization!
"DeVonna started hosting with AYA back in 2009, and became a Local Coordinator in February of 2013. DeVonna has proven to be a wonderful host family and coordinator. She has dedicated her time to spreading the AYA mission to various people and schools throughout Minnesota throughout this placement season. Despite some road blocks along the way, DeVonna has not let this stop her from finding wonderful families. She is one of my most responsive Local Coordinators who continually turns in her paperwork in a timely fashion. DeVonna has placed many students this season and has qualified herself and a companion to attend our National Meeting in Portugal. I am very grateful to have DeVonna on our team and am excited to continue working with her throughout the year. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. Congratulations, DeVonna - can't wait to meet you in Portugal!"
"As the Regional Director for new LCs, I have had the opportunity to work with Jackie over the past few months, and I am so impressed with her dedication and work ethic! I am thrilled to say that after two months of working tirelessly to place two German students in her local private school, her efforts have paid off and Jackie has placed them both and qualified for the incentive trip to South Beach, FL! Jackie proved to be a responsive and reliable liaison between our office and her school as they worked together for two months to find the right students for their school and then locate host families for them. It was a long, arduous process that most people may have given up on – but not Jackie! Her persistence and drive has paid off and she is now the proud coordinator of two lovely German girls for this fall. I have every confidence that Jackie will exceed her South Beach qualification and we will see her in Portugal! Congratulations Jackie and keep up the great work!"
"Ginger has been so helpful to all of us and does so much to make our year great! I am always able to speak openly with Ginger. She respects me and my opinions and explains everything really well. One of my favorite memories was having a sleepover at Ginger's home with all of her other students. It was so much fun! We went out to dinner and then she took us to the movies! I trust Ginger so much and I know that she went above and beyond for all of her students!"
"Ginger is such a great Local Coordinator! Whenever I need her she is always there for me, responding to my emails within minutes. We are able to have both serious conversations and lots of fun together! Ginger has done everything she could to make me feel so comfortable throughout my time here in the United States. I am so glad that she is my Local Coordinator!
"LeeAnn has helped us through our hardest times. She texts us every day and encourages us so much. With LeeAnn as our Local Coordinator, we always know we have someone who stands besides us. LeeAnn is so nice to talk to and I feel comfortable telling her everything! She is so nice and is doing her best work to help us out and gives us a great time in America!"
Hugh has been a dedicated local coordinator with AYA since 2004 and host father since 1995! Hugh has always been actively involved in recruiting host families and building his network wherever he may be in the US. He has devoted his time to spreading culture and AYA mission to everyone he speaks to. Despite any road blocks during the placement process, Hugh has continuously persevered and always remains positive! His enthusiasm for the program and the students is one of his greatest assets; he takes every chance he gets to speak about our program and touch as many lives as possible.
One of the most recent ways he is reaching out this year, is doing a guest appearance on a radio station in Pennsylvania. Hugh is a very involved local coordinator with great relationships with this students and is always providing an optimal experience to his students with activities and support. Additionally, Hugh volunteers consistently at our student orientations in NYC, is happy to be a mentor to new LCs that are brought on board and helps out in any way he can. Hugh is a great example of someone with a passion for cultural exchange and making our host families and students feel supported through their experience. AYA is so grateful for all that Hugh has done and continues doing!! Congratulations Hugh!
"I am proud to announce that Glenda O'Regan has been selected as Local Coordinator of the Quarter. Glenda has been an LC and has hosted with AYA since 2008 where she has opened her home to two students each year. Glenda has proven to be one of my most reliable Local Coordinators during not only the supervision year, but the placement season. She has always given her all to finding wonderful families, and making sure that all of her students and families have a memorable experience.
Glenda devotes much of her time to spreading the word about hosting exchange students and is a wonderful advocate of our program. Glenda has always made it a point to turn in all of her paperwork in a timely fashion and has assisted AYA in many ways to make sure that our files stay up to date and compliant. This year, Glenda worked hard to place out assignments that had been given to her and ended the placement season with 18 students. I look forward to seeing Glenda again this year at our National Meeting in Portugal. She is a wonderful asset to the AYA team, and I am very thankful for all of her continuous hard work and dedication!"
Joanne Carlisle joined Academic Year in America in April of 2012 where she had enthusiastically jumped right in to the Local Coordinator role. She has dedicated her time to spreading the word of the culture of AYA to those around her – communities and schools. She strongly believes in AYA's mission and vision to bring the world together. Joanne has placed a number of students this year, and has done a wonderful job supporting her students.
In a difficult time, Joanne is always ready and willing to help. Despite school hurdles, Joanne has always been very persistent and has kept her head held high! She has also done an exceptional job completing and turning in her paperwork in a timely fashion to help our office stay compliant and complete placements. She is always looking for new ways to broaden her cluster and to show her students what the American culture has to offer. Continually, Joanne has excellent relationships with her families and students! Joanne is a wonderful addition to AYA and I am lucky to work with such a wonderful person!
Liz Vaughn joined Academic Year in America in 2010 as a wonderful host mother. As new worlds opened up for her and her family through her host student, her excitement grew and she quickly felt that this was her calling. She then joined AYA as a Local Coordinator in February of this year.
Liz is open-minded, eager to learn, assertive, and dedicated to our mission - all desirable qualities from the Regional Director's perspective and AYA as a whole. Liz has proven to have a natural way of relating to the students and getting across what's most important, creating a strong relationship of trust with them. This ability helps during supervision season where Liz has proven to have remarkable skills. She is responsive whenever needed and always keeps her student, family, and also the community in mind while trying to help guide their shared experience down a path which will produce lasting relationships for generations. Liz is compassionate, conscientious and detailed in all her efforts. We are excited that she is part of the AYA family and we look forward to helping her continue to grow as she invests our program throughout her community and so throughout the world.
Julie Fowler joined Academic Year in America as a Local Coordinator in June of 2011 when she switched from another foreign exchange organization. Julie has so much passion for this program and for the exchange students in general. She placed over 15 students this year and converted every assignment that she took. Even though at times she ran into difficulties with certain public high schools, it did not stop her from finding ways to place all of her students. She is one of the most responsive coordinators we have and always turns in her paperwork in a timely fashion to help us complete placements quickly. Additionally, she has a wonderful relationship with all of her students and host families alike and has earned herself the opportunity to travel to Panama and France this year as a result of all her hard work! She is a wonderful addition to the AYA family and I truly enjoy working with her on a daily basis.
"I had an LC from another company one day at the airport ask me how many kids I place. When I told her 17 this year, but I usually average 20-25, she was astonished! She came back to me a few minutes later and asked if I could tell her how I do it! After a minute of reflecting, my answer was this....'Know everything you can about the program. Study the DOS rules and regulations. Then, BELIEVE in the program!!! Your enthusiasm should make them want to host a student!'"
Terri Rogers joined Academic Year in America in August 2011 where she graciously opened up her home to two Grant students, one from Pakistan and one from Egypt. After hosting, Terri became a Local Coordinator and dedicated her time to spreading the word and the culture of AYA to people and schools in her reach. She brought an area that had very little contact with foreign exchange students to being one that is welcoming the students with open arms. Terri was later able to conquer the school in her area by getting them to double their quota of students they originally said they'd accept. When a difficult situation presented itself, Terri was there and she immediately jumped right in and was able to re-place four students within two weeks time. Terri is a motivated, dedicated, passionate local coordinator and we are lucky to have her on board.
From the very beginning Terri has been enthusiastic about the program and getting the students in her cluster involved within the community and immersed in American culture. She has done a number of enriching activities with her students, such as volunteering to serve meals, food drives, preparing for an international festival for the Youth Group, participating in an international panel with the Humphrey Scholars from Cornell University and an afternoon of visiting the ARC, the Association for Retarded Citizens where students participated in workshops. Terri likes a challenge and is a wonderful advocate for the students. Terri continues to do an exceptional job and we are very thankful for all of her hard work!
"I really enjoy getting to know each student and each host family - we all have a common interest! I have a lot of parties/get-togethers at my house July - October so everyone has a chance to come over and get to know everyone else in the group. We are our own little "AYA" family and everyone seems to get along perfectly - all of the families support each other and help each other ALL the time! We are together on the weekends doing things all the time!!"
Last year a group of four girls sewed 12 dresses in one day for the Little Dresses for Africa Project that PBS personality Nancy Zieman sponsors. It was a Global Youth Service Project. All four girls had been enrolled in a fashion design class at Oak Park High School and were eager to test their skills. With borrowed sewing machines, a little help from their LC and some Oreo cookies and tea it was fun and productive day.
Trips to the Park or Mall - My students do a survey of languages being spoken around them by others who visit those venues. Sometimes my students strike up conversations with foreign people and they learn much about the diversity of America. The students are always thrilled with these trips and can not stop talking about them!
Horseback Riding - Every year I take my students horse back riding and they learn about Free Market Economy. Anne, who owns the horse farm, was a HS exchange student to Finland in the 1970's and learned to ride horses English style while there.
"We recently had a horseback riding social. The coordinator for LifeSavers Therapeutic Riding Center, Carly gave the kids horseback riding class. She also needs volunteers, so she spoke with the families and students about the organization."
"In my 3 years as a Local Coordinator, the most important thing that I have learned is to be appreciative. I make sure that either I am at the airport (or I have a friend/long time exchange family) meet my families at the airport when our students arrive. As soon as the families get in the car to leave..I send them a quick text thanking them for opening up their homes to one of my students and reminding them that I am available 24/7..."
"I have a meeting with the families prior to the arrival of the students. At this time they have an opportunity to share fears, questions and get to know each other. Once the student arrives I go to the home and meet with the student to make sure they are ok with the trip here and the family they are with."
"We took a trip that revolved around the theme of Abraham Lincoln. We started out in our city of Fort Wayne, Indiana by visiting the Lincoln Museum. This is a very hands on museum and since many of the students take U.S. History, it helped bring to life some of the things they learned in class. We then traveled to both Kentucky and Illinois to visit the childhood home of Lincoln and to retrace the route he took when he traveled by train during the year of his election. The students were also able to visit the place where he stood to make his famous Emancipation speech."
"Working with the youth of the world in the AYA, FLEX, and YES Programs has opened eyes all around my region to the fact that we are not the only ones in the world. People in my area, schools, and even my own home have a wider outlook on what is going on in the world today."
"The most rewarding community and volunteer service for my students has been spending time with the elderly at the assisted living and nursing homes. Though it was somewhat difficult for some, because they had not experienced being around elderly people before, the students found it to be rewarding as they received expressions of appreciation for doing a variety of things with them such as putting nail polish on the ladies' nails, reading them stories, going for walks, helping them with their meals, sharing with them about their countries, and just being their offering them friendship, kind words and smiles."
"I always try to be involved in both the Host families and students lives. This can mean supporting them in sports activities, family events or just being a shoulder to lean on when they need encouragement. I always try to give them 100%. I have also tried to be a big part of the Orientations we have for all the students. I have always tried to be a supportive Local Coordinator and friend to all my Regional directors and also the AYA Staff."
"I've become known in my area as a person who runs a premiere program and I am starting to get people calling me wanting to be a part of our program. Students and families always comment on how they appreciate the ongoing support and availability and the many activities that we provide for our students and families to participate in."


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Town: Restraining Order Averts 'Mass Casualties' in Fire
Scoop Team December 6, 2013
Fire at Greenfield Road, Shinnecock Hills. Photo credit: dennis chuppe/SFD
A fire Wednesday that sent two men to the hospital—one with severe burns—could have resulted in multiple deaths if not for code enforcement action undertaken just a few months ago, according to Southampton Town officials.
Officials also lauded Southampton Fire Department 2nd Assistant Chief Chris Brenner for risking his own safety when he arrived at the scene and put out the flames on the burning man's clothes and body.
Firefighters were called to 18 Greenfield Road in Shinnecock Hills at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday and Brenner arrived to find that flames were coming out of every window, though two men who were inside the house made it out on their own.
According to Councilman Chris Nuzzi, co-chair of the town's Quality of Life Task Force, back in August code enforcement officials executed a search warrant there and found that approximately 20 people were living in the single-family house.
"At least 7 of the inhabitants were living in an illegally converted basement," Nuzzi says. "Due to code enforcement's investigative efforts, the town was able to go to Supreme Court and win an injunction and temporary restraining order returning the premises to its legal and permitted use as a single family residence and prohibiting all but one family, living on the second floor, from staying at the premises."
"The efforts of the Town's Code Enforcement Division to shut down this house and return it to its legal one family use prevented a massive tragedy" Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst says. "If people had been still occupying the basement at the time of the fire, there is no doubt we would be talking about mass casualties."
"The basement of this house was illegally converted and failed to provide any alternative means of egress for any occupant," notes Councilwoman Christine Scalera, co-chair of the Town's Quality of Life Task Force.
Councilwoman Bridget Fleming says that the town worked with Suffolk County Department of Social Services to ensure that anyone displaced by the restraining order found emergency housing
"We owe a great deal of gratitude to the volunteer fire fighters and ambulance workers who responded to this incident," Councilman James Malone adds.
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The maiden edition of the Malogy National Junior (Under 20) Chess Championship, which held between April 13th and April 15th, 2018, has come and gone, but its memories will remain in the hearts of every participant and the families that...
CHESS – CHESS HEIGHTS MONTHLY GOES REGIONAL
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The longest running chess competition in Nigeria known as Chess Heights Monthly has now expanded to Chess Heights Regional. Chess Heights Regional is a group of monthly chess competitions that holds in five regions in Nigeria, namely: Northwest with...


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Tatlin, Vladimir [Татлин, Владимир], b 28 December 1885 in Moscow, d 31 May 1953 in Moscow. Painter, designer, and cofounder of constructivism. He grew up in Kharkiv and worked as a merchant marine. He studied art in Penza (1905–10) and at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (1909–10) and private studios in Moscow. There he took part in avant-garde exhibitions (eg, the Donkey's Tail, Knave of Diamonds, and Union of Youth). Around 1914 he shared his studio with Oleksa Hryshchenko and began working on painterly reliefs and 'counterreliefs' inspired at first by Pablo Picasso's relief sculptures. His constructions were entirely abstract combinations of materials (wood, metals, and glass). While heading the Moscow branch of the Division of Visual Arts of the Commissariat of Education (1918–19) and chairing the Department of Material Culture at the Moscow Higher State Artistic and Technical Workshops (1919–29) he worked on his famous model of the Monument to the Third International. He then chaired the Department of Material Culture at the Academy of Arts (1920–2) and the Museum of Artistic Culture (1922–5) in Petrograd. In 1925–7 he chaired the theater, film, and photography department of the Kyiv State Art Institute. While in Kyiv he designed the cover for Mykhailo Semenko, Geo Shkurupii, and Mykola Bazhan's poetry collection Zustrich na perekhresti (Meeting at the Crossroad, 1927) and established ties with the Nova Generatsiia futurist group in Kharkiv, and these ties he maintained after his return to Moscow. He was a major exponent of avant-garde art and design of the 1910s and 1920s. His intuitive constructivism is similar to that of Vasyl Yermilov and of the set designs of Anatol Petrytsky and Vadym Meller.


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Also pushing for approval of the measure are Jack Reed (D – R.I.), the ranking Democrat on the committee, and committee members Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). The underlying message behind the bill is the belief that anyone who can meet medical and readiness standards should be allowed to serve.
McCain's support of the bill, which would cut short the amount of time Defense Secretary Mattis has been given to complete his study on the issue, adds an air of both urgency and legitimacy to the issue. A ranking Republican in the senate – one whose own military service has been lauded nationwide, no less – supporting the cause is indeed worthy of note, if not of outright celebration.
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Chaetodon ocellatus é uma espécie de peixes tropicais marinhos da família Chaetodontidae genericamente conhecida como peixes-borboleta. No Brasil é conhecido por diversos nomes: Beija-moça, Bicudinha, Bicudo, Borboleta,Borboleta-amarelo, Caco-de-prato, Jandaia, Namorado, Parum-amarelo, Parum-bicudo, Saberé eViuvinha. O nome científico vem do gregoChaeto, cerda ou cabelo, e donte, dente, em referência ao tipo de dentes encontrados nesta família de peixes; ocellatuspode ser traduzido do latim como com mancha ou com olhos, referindo-se à pinta que imita um olho na barbatana dorsal do peixe. Habitam os recifes e regiões costeiras do Atlântico ocidental tropical.

Descrição
Chaetodon ocellatus são peixes que podem atingir 20 centímetros de comprimento, porém são mais comuns com cerca de dezesseis, têm corpo largo, lateralmente comprimido, com uma única barbatana dorsal com 12 a 14 espinhas dorsais e de 18 a 21 raios dorsais macios e 3 espinhas anais com 15 a 17 raios anais. O corpo é branco, com uma barra vertical preta na cabeça que atravessa o olho, tornando difícil de vê-lo. A maiorida dos peixes desta espécie têm uma grande mancha negra na base da porção mole da barbatana dorsal e uma pequena mancha preta na ponta posterior da barbatana. Nos juvenis, uma segunda barra preta existe a partir da base da porção posterior da barbatana dorsal até a base da barbatana anal. As barbatanas dorsal, caudal e anal são amarelas ou transparentes.. Há também uma lista amarela curta e estreita da abertura branquial até a base peitoral. Sua boca é pequena com minúsculas cerdas em vez de dentes. Durante a noite aparecem nos peixes manchas laterais escuras de modo a melhor confundirem-se com o entorno.

A finalidade deste padrão é fazer que os predadores confundam as extremidades posterior e anterior do peixe. O primeiro instinto do peixe ameaçado é fugir, confundindo o predador que normalmente mira os olhos e assim imagina que ele nadará para o lado contrário. Quando a fuga não é possível, o peixe, às vezes, vira-se para enfrentar seu agressor, de cabeça baixa com as espinhas da barbatana dorsal totalmente eretas, como um touro prestes a atacar. Isto pode servir para intimidar o outro animal ou pode lembrar o predador que o peixe é muito espinhoso para tornar-se uma refeição aprazível.

Ecologia
Chaetodon ocellatus habitam os recifes e regiões costeiras, entre 0 e 30 metros de profundidade do Atlântico ocidental tropical, desde 43.35°N, o Golfo do Maine, estendendo-se pela costa da Flórida, Golfo do México e Mar do Caribe, Bahamas e Venezuela, até o nordeste do Brasil, nos recifes próximos à costa do Rio Grande do Norte.

Os espécimes juvenis desta espécie são mais frequentemente encontrados em leitos de algas marinhas. Adultos são mais comum em recifes rasos ao redor de Florida do que no resto do Caribe, encontrados em em pares ou em grupos de 4 ou 5. Como normalmente alimenta-se remexendo a areia do fundo do mar, ao contrário da maioria das outras espécies deste gênero que preferem pólipos de corais, são mais comuns em locais mais abertos aro redor dos corais e costas do que em meio aos recifes.

Como seu parente próximo, Chaetodon capistratus, também são espécies diurnas, e alimentam-se principalmente de Zoanthidea, Polychaeta, Gorgonia, Urochordata e anêmonas do mar que refiram das fendas e esconderijos com a ajuda das cerdas que tem em vez de dentes. Procuram abrigo no final do dia, a fim de descansar e  esconder-se de tubarões e moréias, seus principais predadores, bem como de quaisquer outros. Chaetodon ocellatus ocasionalmente é hospedeiro do ectoparasita Caligus atromaculatus.

Reprodução

Durante o namoro muitas vezes, os peixes ficam circulando cabeça com cauda até que um desiste e fuja, sendo perseguido pelo outro. Não apresentam cuidados parentais e são reprodutores livres, que liberam seus gametas geralmente ao anoitecer. No momento da desova par fica flutuando lentamente em um ângulo de 45° e liberam subitamente seus ovos e esperma que desaparecem rapidamente em direção ao fundo. A fêmea cerca de 3 a 4 mil óvulos por noite. Os ovos são pelágicos, e eclodem em um dia. As larvas, chamadas tholichthys, são características apenas da família dos peixes borboleta. Esta fase da vida é muito diferente: a cabeça é protegida por uma armadura óssea e placas ósseas estendem-se para trás da cabeça. Os tholichthys são cinza prateados, quase transparentes, uma útil adaptação das espécies que vivem em suspensão. Depositam-se no fundo durante a noite, depois que atingem 20 milímetros. Às vezes, milhares de tholichthys eclodem na mesma noite. Crescem tão rápido que pela manhã as larvas já assemelham-se  à fase juvenil no que diz respeito à cor do peixe. É comum que os ovos sejam levados para o Norte pela correnteza porém os peixes nascidos muito ao norte, pois há registros deles até na costa do Canadá, perecem no inverno devido ao frio. A temperatura da água deve sempre estar entre 23 e 28 graus para que esses peixes sobrevivam.

Taxonomia
Pertencem ao subgênero Chaetodon junto com mais três espécies: Chaetodon marleyi, Chaetodon capistratus e Chaetodon striatus. Este subgênero e formado por espécies que existem principalmente no Atlântico tropical, normalmente caracterizadas por serem de padrões estriados, com menos de 20 centímetros de comprimento e alimentarem-se principalmente de invertebrados e algas.

Importância para o homem
Esse peixe é frequente em aquários por ser uma das espécies mais resistente de Chaetodon, peixes geralmente difíceis de manter em cativeiro devido à dificuldade em fornecer sua alimentação altamente especializada.

Ver também
Lista de todas as espécies descritas como Chaetodon.

Ligações externas

Chaetodon ocellatus no World Register of Marine Species
Chaetodon ocellatus no FishBase
Chaetodon ocellatus na Universidade da Flórida
Chaetodon ocellatus no Barcode of Life
Chaetodon ocellatus na Biodiversity Heritage Library
Chaetodon ocellatus na Encyclopedia of Life
Chaetodon ocellatus no GenBank
Chaetodon ocellatus na IUCN Red List
Chaetodon ocellatus no ITIS
Chaetodon ocellatus no Marine Species Identification Portal

Chaetodon
Peixes descritos em 1787

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What Surprisingly Large Role Did Allergies Play in Dennis Rodman's NBA Career?
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BASKETBALL URBAN LEGEND: Allergies allowed the Detroit Pistons to, in effect, steal Dennis Rodman in the 1986 NBA Draft.
During Season 8 of the NBC TV series Celebrity Apprentice in 2009, Dennis Rodman missed one of the weekly competitions on the program. When later asked why he was not able to do the task, Rodman explained that he had severe allergies that knocked him out for the count. His fellow contestants doubted his story, claiming instead that Rodman had been partying and that he was hungover not suffering from allergies. I certainly cannot tell you whether Rodman was telling the truth on the show, but I can say that Rodman does, indeed, suffer from severe allergies. Rodman also has asthma, and his allergies can cause a terrible reaction with his asthma. While Rodman managed to control his allergies and his asthma long enough to have a Hall of Fame career in the National Basketball Association (NBA), it was due to his allergies that Rodman became one of the biggest steals in NBA Draft history.
Dennis Rodman was a late bloomer when it came to basketball. Growing up in the Dallas area, Rodman was too short to play on his high school basketball team (he was only 5 feet 6 inches as a freshman). After he graduated from high school, he took a job as a janitor at a local airport. However, a growth spurt that took him all the way to 6 feet 6 inches tall made him decide to give basketball one more chance. He attended Cooke County College in Gainesville, Texas for a semester. He played for their basketball team and averaged 17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds. Although he was only there for a semester, he showed enough promise that he got a spot on the basketball team at Southeastern Olkahoma State University, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Rodman excelled at SOSU for his three seasons there, averaging 25.7 points and 15.7 rebounds as he was named to the All-NAIA team in all three seasons.
As graduation approached, Rodman began to prepare himself for a chance at a career in professional basketball. He attended the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Portsmouth, Virginia. The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is the only pre-draft tournament that only allows senior students to participate. As a result, in recent years it has developed a reputation of being a place where the fringe players compete – the players who really need to impress scouts to have a chance of being drafted. For instance, of the 64 participants from the 2015 tournament (it is a four day tournament made up of eight teams of eight players), only five of them were drafted in the 2015 NBA Draft, although one of them, tournament MVP Jimmy Butler, was drafted in the first round. Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls is a notable alumnus of the tournament.
Fellow player John Salley roomed with Rodman at the Hawaii tournament, and he recalled that when he entered the room they shared, Rodman was already in there and "he has the sliding door open, the air conditioning on and he has asthma and he's under the covers, watching cartoons, shivering. And I'm going, 'What are you doing?' 'I'm sick.' 'What kind of sick? I ain't got time to be sick.'" Rodman explained his situation and told Salley that in return for Salley allowing their living arrangement to remain as they were, Rodman would defer to Salley the entire tournament and help make Salley look good. Salley agreed and Salley did, indeed, win the MVP of the Hawaii tournament.
So McCloskey now knew something very important – that Rodman's weak performances were almost certainly due to allergies and when Abdenour informed McCloskey that he was confident that they could control Rodman's allergies in the NBA, McCloskey knew that he wanted to draft Rodman. All things being equal, he would have Rodman ranked #1 on his board and would take him with the #11 pick. However, he wondered if he was the only GM that knew Rodman's situation. McCloskey began working the phone lines and having his assistants do the same, trying to gauge what other teams thought of Rodman. You see, McCloskey also wanted John Salley, as he wished to concentrate on defense in the Draft and Salley was a powerful shot blocker out of Georgia Tech.
McCloskey knew that Salley would be there at #11 but he also knew that Salley would definitely not be there when the Pistons next made a pick, which was the third pick of the second round (#27 overall). So McCloskey decided to take a risk. Every other team seemed to have written Rodman off after Hawaii and Chicago, so McCloskey had to cross his fingers and just hope that Rodman would be there at #27.
As you well know, Rodman was there at #27, and he went on to become a key player (as did Salley) for the Pistons as the franchise won back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990.
Rodman made an All-Star team as a Piston in 1990 and was named Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 1990 and 1991. Rodman is the only player from the 1986 Draft so far to make it into the Basketball Hall of Fame for his NBA playing career (Arvydas Sabonis and Drazen Petrovic were inducted for their international play). And who knows how his career would have went if it were not for allergies!
Thanks to Keith Langlois of Pistons.com and Steve Addy and Jeffrey F. Karzen's great book The Detroit Pistons: More Than Four Decades of Motor City Memories for the great quotes for this piece.
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The Nam Ha Protected Area is the main destination for trekking activities. Namtha District is the primary starting point for treks and mountain biking tours into Nam Ha. This province is also the site of the Nam Ha Ecotourism Project, the longest running ecotourism project in the country.
Boat trips down the Nam Ha River (inside the Nam Ha NPA) offer unique bird watching opportunities and can be arranged in Namtha District. Boats going down the Namtha River to the Mekong, with further connections to Luang Prabang or Houeixai (Thai Border crossing), can also be arranged in Namtha District and offer an alternative to road travel. Trips down the Namtha stop in Nalae District, an area with great potential for ecotourism with its national protected forests, caves and remote indigenous communities. Close to Namtha Town are villages that produce and weave silk, which can be visited by bicycle.
In Muang Sing District, treks to Akha, Hmong and Tai Lue villages are offered by the Muang Sing Guide Association. A newly developed, upmarket trek, the Akha Experience has been developed with Akha communities and the German development organization, GTZ. Many of the dirt roads in Muang Sing are excellent for mountain biking. Closer to town and accessible by foot or bicycle are Tai Dam and Hmong villages that produce various textiles.
Vieng Phoukha District is an up and coming ecotourism area with programs operated by the local Vieng Phoukha Guide Service Unit, and supported by the EU. The guide unit offerstreks to ethnic Khmu, Lahu, Akha and Tai Lue villages. Also in Vieng Phoukha is the Nam Fa River, a recently opened waterway with world class rapids and unspoiled nature, that flows 75 km to the Mekong River.


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