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NOFA-TUNITY HUD has set a December 6th deadline for non-profits with at least five years of tenant outreach and organizing to apply for competitive grants of up to $720,000 under HUD's Tenant Resource Network program. It's designed "to facilitate preservation of projects with Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance at risk of loss" or, if preservation is not feasible, to ensure that tenants are fully informed regarding available protections such as the provision of tenant protection Housing Choice Vouchers." For more, see website
SPEAKING OF WHICH If you'd like to put a little meat on the bureaucratic bones of project-based "preservation" you may want to visit Portland, Oregon. In collaboration with a host of partners, including HUD, it's launched an "11 by 13" initiative which is trying to keep 11 rental complexes with project-based assistance currently but set to lapse in 2013 in the affordable inventory. So far, the "11 by 13" has preserved more than 520 rental units. Read how in Re-Up
BRIEF BRIEFS HUD awards $1.4 million to Idaho Legal Aid, Intermountain Fair Housing, Fair Housing Council of Oregon, Fair Housing Center of Washington and Northwest Fair Housing Alliance to, said HUD Secretary Donovan, "help HUD enforce the Fair Housing Act and make people more aware of their fair housing rights". . .Washington Association of REALTORS posts video on "how-to's" of Washington's new foreclosure fairness law online. . .League of Oregon Cities confers Awards of Excellence on cities of Albany and Millersburg for their Talking Water project that's created 39 acres of emergent wetland in the "first public/private engineering project of its kind in the nation," the City of Prineville's Freight Depot project which has "saved a city-owned railroad" and the City of Corvallis' Report Card that permits residents to "check in" on progress being made by city departments in implementing its 2020 Vision Statement. . .Bremerton Housing Authority's Kurt Wiest says Habitat for Humanity of Kitsap County has bought six lots in Bay Vista HOPE VI revitalization area . . .Fairfield, Idaho wins $325,000 USDA Rural Development grant for water system improvements. . .NEDCO, St. Vincent de Paul and USDA Rural Development break ground on first Home of Your Own "sweat equity" home in Lowell. . .King County Housing Authority and HomeSight welcome first family to Terrace at Greenbridge homeownership project in White Center. . . American Baptist Homes celebrates completion of 55-unit Salishan Gardens complex for the elderly, funded in part with a HUD Section 202 grant . . . Bonner County Bee says Sandpooint is drafting ordinance to "ban discrimination against gays and lesbians" in employment, housing and public accommodations. . .Following more than $625,000 in investments by Reverend Franklin Graham's Samaritans Purse project, Anchorage Daily News says 9 Crooked Creek families are enjoying "an early Thanksgiving" as they prepare to move into "boxy new homes" designed by Cold Climate Housing Research Center to replace ones destroyed by floods last year. . .U.S. Green Building Council honors ActiveWest Builders' Meadow Ranch development in Coeur d'Alene and Clackamas Community Land Trust's Juneberry Lane with 2011 LEED for Homes Awards. . .Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partners with Hacienda CDC to support Catholic Charities Proyecta Unica that provides micro-entrepreneurial opportunities to victims of domestic violence.
CONGRATS More than 500 housing advocates and providers attend the Oregon Housing Conference in Salem. They had lots to celebrate, not the least the Awards of Excellence that, said Oregon Housing & Community Services' Margaret Van Vliet, exemplified the theme of the 2011 conference - Building Together: the Power of Partnerships. The Jackson County Housing Authority won the best new affordable housing award for its Snowberry Brook complex in Ashland. NEDCO of Lane County won the best community-based organization award. Clackamas Community Land Trust's Juneberry Lane project in Oregon City won the best homeownership partnership award. NeighborWorks Umpqua in Roseburg won the innovative partnership award for its efforts to increase the number of foreclosure counselors in Oregon. Bienestar won the innovative resident services award for its efforts in Columbia and Washington counties. Pinnacle Architecture won the preservation of affordable housing award for its "built to last" transformation of Crest Butte Apartments in Bend. And, last but not least, the director's choice award went to the partnership - Portland Housing Bureau, Home Forward, Transition Projects and Multnomah County - which built the innovative Bud Clark Commons in downtown Portland. Take a bow, folks. You've earned it!
3K Since Congress established the Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program in 1996, Community Frameworks of Bremerton and Spokane and its affiliates have used HUD SHOP funds to help build 2,826 self-help houses. Thanks to a fiscal year 2011 SHOP grant - one of just four awarded nationwide - of $2,978,716 it won't be long before Community Frameworks is knocking on its 3,000th home. "Self-help housing is labor-intensive, but it is also the surest, swiftest and, probably, most rewarding way to homeownership," said HUD Northwest Regional Administrator Mary McBride. "Though a regional organization, Community Frameworks is a national leader in the self-help movement."
NSP-ECTACULAR! If dandelions are bad for lawns, foreclosed houses are just plain lousy for neighborhoods. Recognizing that, once under President Bush and twice under President Obama, Congress has provided HUD with a total of some $7 billion for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to help state, county and city governments buy, rehab and re-sell foreclosed or abandoned houses. So far, NSP I, II and III have treated nearly almost 33,000 properties, demolished 25,000 properties and provided homeownership assistance to more than 20,000 families. And, by the time the $7 billion is fully spent, NSP will have supported some 88,000 jobs, mostly in construction, the industry hardest hit among the many industries that have fallen on hard times during this Great Recession. Impressive, huh? So much so, in fact, that the President's Jobs Bill includes a Project Rebuild provision to build on NSP's successes, double the funding and allow communities to buy, rehab and re-sell foreclosed or abandoned residential, AND commercial properties. Good idea? Well, ask a real estate broker in Nampa, Idaho. He says NSP is "a government program that works." Read why online
BRIEF BRIEFS TOO Alaska Housing Finance awards total of $1.7 million to Fairbanks Neighborhood Housing Services and Alaska Community Development to provide HOME Opportunity Program assistance to "at least an additional 50 households" in Mat-Su and Kenai and to expand program to Southeast and Kodiak Island. . .Asia Pacific Cultural Center says KOMO-TV unveils plans to transform four vacant blocks in downtown Tacoma into 400,000 square foot, $118 million cultural center. . .Oregon Housing & Community Services invites applications for $4.7 million in Oregon tax credits and $1 million in other funds to "preserve 125 units of housing at risk of converting to market rate rents due to expiring federal rent contracts". . .Coeur d'Alene Press says Family Promise, a 17-church coalition formed to "help homeless families achieve independence," has reopened its doors for a third year. . . Volunteers of America in Spokane and Low Income Institute of Seattle among winners of Home Depot Foundation grants through its "Celebration of Service" initiative to honor U.S. military veterans". . . Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority's 12-unit Kake Elderly Apartment Building, reports KCAW-FM, wins $50,000 USDA Rural Development grant for new roof, windows, doors, smoke detectors and energy-efficient appliances. . .Idaho Association of REALTORS selects Sara Bullers of Canyonside Irwin REALTORS as 2011 REALTOR of the Year. . .During federal fiscal year 2011 that ended September 30th, FHA endorses 53,215 single-family mortgages in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon & Washington, fifth-highest total in FHA's 77 year history. . .Multnomah County Chair Cogen and Mayor Adams announce, reports Portland Business Journal, three new programs - a county-wide microloan program, a $450,000 small business development technical assistance program serving more than 150 business a year and a Neighborhood Prosperity Neighborhood initially targeted to 6 neighborhoods - to "help spark growth among small business and commercial centers, particularly in east Portland". . .Rural health care organizations based in Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Grants Pass, Forks and Newport are among 40 nationwide to win HHS grants to purchase equipment and install broadband and "to bring our health care system into the 21st century". . .City of Seattle allocates $10 million in New Market Tax Credits to redevelop historic INSCAPE building to "create affordable space for local artists" and $10 million in credits for new Bullitt Foundation building that will be the first in nation to meet "Living Building Challenge standards, the "world's most strenuous sustainable benchmarks". . .After removing more than 150 tons of asbestos-contaminated soil, EPA lists North Ridge Estates subdivision in Klamath Falls as Superfund site. . .Clackamas Community Land Trust names Steve McDowell, founder & president of Eire Building & Development, as executive director. . .Alaska Association of REALTORS names Jennifer Strong, owner of Strong Appraisals in Wasilla, as 2011 REALTOR of the Year. . .Thurston/Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium honors Representative Tina Orwall, Columbia Legal Services' Bruce Neas Rebuilding Together South Sound, YWCA Pierce County and Puyallup Tribal Housing Authority with 2011 Excellence in Affordable Housing Awards.
UNCOMMON SENSE Sometimes common sense may not make the best sense. Amid great controversy, a few years back Seattle's Downtown Emergency Center opened 1811 Eastlake, housing complex for chronically-homeless inebriates. Folks thought "we were opening a party house," DESC executive director Bill Hobson told The Post Intelligencer. But the idea was simple - it's safer and smarter to have inebriates drink inside an apartment than out on not-so-hospitable streets. Counter-intuitive as it seems, University of Washington researchers found DESC was onto something. Now, also amid controversy, RurALCAP has followed suit in Anchorage, opening Karluk House, a converted Red Roof Inn. Same house rules. But will it have the same results? See the full story online
GETTING TO YES Len Brannen of Shelter Resources Inc. isn't the kind of guy who takes "no" for an answer. Just ask Rick Crager, deputy director of Oregon Housing & Community Services. "I'm the one who told him "no" four times," Crager told The Daily Astorian, when Brannen sought OHCS' help in Gateway I, a senior housing complex in Astoria. He ultimately got the help, though, and Gateway I is up, running and fully-occupied. And now, next door, there's Gateway II, a four-story, 33-unit complex for seniors. The "no's" didn't come from Crager this time, but from Wall Street. When the economy went south in 2008, investors went cool on low income housing tax credits. Fortunately OHCS stepped in with an almost $1.6 million HUD Tax Credit Assistance Program allocation under the Recovery Act , closing the financing gap and allowing the project to go forward. Even before the ribbon was cut in October, Gateway II was also at full occupancy. "It's almost a Robin Hood kind of feeling," said Brannen. Read the full story online
BRIEF BRIEFS THREE Idaho Association of REALTORS moves to new offices at 10116 West Overland Road, Boise, 83709. . .With an estimated 3,000 veterans living in poverty in Snohomish County, Department of Human Resources invites request for proposals to develop .78 acre site in Lynnwood as housing for veterans. . .New Sustainable Village housing on University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, says News-Miner, to be designed by students in collaboration with Cold Climate Housing Research Center. . .Based on testing that found that "African-Americans and people with disabilities face frequent rental housing discrimination in Seattle," city's Office of Civil Rights files charges files charges against six property owners for alleged violations of fair housing laws. . .Housing Works, CASA of Oregon, USDA Rural Development and Oregon Housing & Community Services celebrates grand opening of Canyon East affordable multifamily housing in Madras. . .Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference, Association of Oregon Counties and Coquille, Nez Perce and Squaxin Island tribes win USDA Rural Development grants to help rural communities "take a more collaborative and regional approach toward jobs creation, business development and economic growth," says Secretary Vilsack. . .REACH CDC wins $290,000 NeighborWorks America grant for energy upgrade of The Wilshire in southeast Portland. . .Telling Coeur d'Alene Press "I'm just so thankful for all the volunteers," first-time homebuyer Kathy French moves into her new home, the 34th completed by Habitat for Humanity of Northern Idaho. . .Oregon Main Street Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Awards on Albany, Sandy, LaGrande, Molalla, Springfield, Corvallis, Astoria and Independence and names Steve Hutchison of the Corvallis Downtown Association as its volunteer of the year. . .With more than half its homes built before 1950 and before "energy efficient housing codes were implemented," reports Kitsap Sun, Mayor Patty Lent and RePower Bremerton announce plans to use U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings grant to "assess 1,000 hmes" for upgrades. . .With help; from Oregon Housing & Community Services, Farmworker Housing Development unveils plans for 40-unit expansion of Nuevo Amanecer complex in Woodburn. . ..U.S. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration awards almost $1.5 million grant - one of just four nationwide - to RurALCAP to support its HomeAgain homeless outreach efforts in Anchorage. . . Alaska Native Heritage Center, Native Village of White Mountain, Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Port Graham Village Council, Ketchikan Indian Corporation, Holy Cross Village, Northwest Intertribal Court System and Warm Springs Community Action Team win HHS Administration for Native Americans funds to further economic and social development strategies. . .Saying it "juxtaposes urbanity with wilderness,". Point Defiance Park in Tacoma selected by American Planning Association as one of America's ,Great Public Spaces.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT New England Journal of Medicinepublishes HUD study reporting that moving to low-poverty neighborhood cuts the risk for obesity and diabetes among low-income women. More online
FAC-TASTIC . Does weatherization work? "Sure does," RurALCAP might reply. It reports that before its weatherization crews went to work, the annual utility bill for a typical house in Noatak was $9,036. In Stebbins it was $9,096. Weatherization cut the bill 59 percent in Noatak to $4,593, 63 percent in Stebbins to $3,369. CO2 emissions also were cut - 37 percent in Noatak, 50 percent in Stebbins. Something to be said, we'd say, for weatherization.
HAT'S OFF! . . .To The Idaho Mountain Express in general and reporter Katherine Wutz in particular for a three-part series on "the past, present and future" of workforce housing in the Wood River Valley. You'll find them online and here and here
WORTH A READ What happens when you're of limited means and the neighborhood around you starts going upscale? Usually, you look for some place more affordable to live. Though the City of Portland is aggressively seeking to preserve its affordable housing stock in neighborhoods in and around downtown, the flood of chic stores, pricey restaurants and even pricier apartment buildings are forcing many who settled in the neighborhoods before "glitz-ification" to find a new place to call home. Like east Multnomah County. Human Solutions, a non-profit that owns 600 affordable apartments in eastern Multnomah, started preparing for the influx six years ago. And, in October, it celebrated the grand opening of a critical component of its strategy - Rockwood Center, a 23,000 square-foot building with a soup kitchen, Head Start classes, employment and social services programs and 47 affordable housing units for families. In developing the Center, Human Solutions looked "around the country" for a model, reports The Oregonian, but "didn't have much luck." So it had to come up with a home-grown, "cutting edge" solution. Read the full story online
QUOTE TO NOTE "An increase in poverty and rising rents produced a spike in homelessness among families in recent years. With the economy still weak and 14 million people out of work, the situation is bound to get worse. Without an intensive federal effort to finance housing programs, the burden will fall on states and cities that are already unable to handle growing social needs. The typical victim of chronic homelessness is a single man who suffers from a disabling condition like mental illness. Thanks to a sustained investment in specialized housing by the federal and state governments, this population has actually declined over the last four years. But the startling report to Congress issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development last June found that the number of homeless families that have turned to shelters jumped by 20 percent, to 567,334 in 2010 from 473,541 in 2007. Things would no doubt be considerably worse without the $1.5 billion homelessness prevention program that Congress passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. With that money, HUD helped to prevent more than a million people from becoming homeless. It provided them with short- and medium-term rental assistance, moving expenses and other services. It quickly re-housed those who landed in shelters. With most of that recovery money gone, it is important that Congress provide the $2.4 billion in homeless assistance funding that the administration has requested. Census data showing a big increase in the number of families living doubled up with friends and relatives suggests that another wave of homelessness may be in the offing. With these clear needs, Congress must preserve and strengthen the programs that are aimed at helping the vulnerable. It should also direct more money into a program that builds and renovates affordable housing, which is in increasingly short supply." - "Ever More Homeless Families," The editors of The New York Times, October 30, 2011
NOTES TO NOTE Credit Association of the Pacific Northwest sets November 9th deadline to submit letters of intent to apply for grants of up to $20,000 to provide financial education. . .Oregon Housing & Community Services sets November 15th deadline to submit pre-applications for $4.7 million in Housing Preservation Funds. . .Sustainable Building Industry Council sets November 15th deadline to submit entries in 2011 national Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards competition. . . Oregon Housing & Community Services sets November 17th deadline to apply for funding for Oregon Homeownership Centers. . .EPA sets November 29th deadline to apply for Brownfields Assessment Grants for "community-wide, site-specific, and coalition assessments of brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances.". . .Alaska Department of Commerce sets December 2nd deadline for incorporated cities or boroughs outside of Anchorage to apply for CDBG grants of up to $850,000. . .HUD sets December 6th deadline to apply for Tenant Network Resource grants. . .Housing Assistance Council sets December 12th as deadline to apply for Rural Senior Housing Funds to "support activities that will build, preserve or advocate" for housing for the elderly in rural areas. . ,USDA sets December 13th deadline to submit comments on proposed rules intended to "significantly increase access to USDA's utilities program and funding. . .Department of Energy sets December 14th deadline to apply for CONNECT grants to "support energy technology conferences, workshops, and other events". . . Housing Assistance Council sets December 15th to apply for new Rural Senior Housing Fund program. . .HUD sets January 4th, 2012 deadline to apply for 2012 Indian Community Development Block Grant funds. . .Corporation for National & Community Service sets December 21st to file letter of intent and January 18th, 2012 to app.ly for up to $50,000 in American Tribal Planning grants to build capacity to recruit and manage volunteers, completing community assessments and developing new systems in technology, performance management and training.
Annual conference of National Congress of American Indians, October 30th to November 4th, Portland.
HUD Seattle offers workshop on NAHASDA Essentials, November 1st to 3rd, Seattle.
Annual conference of Alaska Municipal League, November 7th to 11th, Fairbanks.
HUD Anchorage offers workshop on NAHASDA Essentials, November 8th to 10th, Anchorage.
Workshop on "Working In Indian Country: Building Successful Business Relationships with American Indian Tribes," November 8th and 9th, Pendleton.
Washington State Extension Services hosts The Benton-Franklin Financial Security Summit, November 9th, Kennewick.
Housing Assistance Council hosts workshop on USDA Section 502 Packaging Training for Nonprofit Developers, November 8th to 10th, Seattle.
Oregon Asset Building Conference, November 9th & 10th, Silverton.
Housing Assistance Council symposium on Housing Seniors in Rural America: Aging in Place in a Shifting Landscape, November 9th & 10th, Seattle.
Latino Community Fund Statewide Summit, November 11th & 12th, Edmonds.
HUD Northwest hosts free, Fair Housing Basics Webinar, November 17th.
National Association of REALTORS hosts "Bringing Workers Home: A Regional Forum on Workforce Housing," December 1st & 2nd, Portland.
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I have never played a warlock, but i can agree with you on one thing. Locks should not be able to name their minions. They are just as you put them, slaves to the lock. They shouldn't be given normal names, they arn't there to be your friends. I'm a hunter and we tame pets. They don't come with names, so we name them. We dont force them to do our will, we tame them and make them our companions. It's a different situation.
Though if I ever tame a beast that already has a name (i.e. Loque'nahak, or any rare spawn) I will keep that name. I wont take a powerful beast like loque'nahak and degrade him to walk around with the name fluffy (ironically loque just sits locked in my stable since neither of my specs are BM anymore).
I think hunter pets are nameable because a hunter and it's pet are companions and being able to name them emulates that sort of bond. A minion isn't there to be your friend.
TL;DR - I'm a Hunter who agrees minions shouldn't be renameable
I approve of above post. Honestly though, the relationship between a hunter to pet and warlock to minion are two completely scenarios. I play a hunter as a main, though I recently just started a lock. For a hunter, the term "pet" doesn't capture what the true relation is between hunter and beast. Companion, guardian (hell in my case partner in crime) better suits it I guess. The talent spirit bond also captures this quite nicely. A hunter tames a beast and then works to keep em happy. Once upon a time, pet would get pissed and would eventually leave your behind too if you didn't. By contrast, a lock minion doesn't need the upkeep because they are slaves, no real gain to keep em happy if you can just crack the whip. Also, it's hard enough seeing some of the hunter pets float around. Though some are creative, others I have to wonder what they were smoking and where to get me some of that ****. To be fair though, I have seen some minion's with odd names. Just got my VW other day, held my breath and out popped.....Hukjuk. Really?
Yeah I think wowwiki's hunter page sums it up quite nicely.
"It has been said by many, and throughout history, that hunters consider their weapons and pets to be their only true friends."
"All hunters create lifelong friendships with animal companions, who are also often their best and only friends"
I'm not saying i'm a hunter and we are better then locks they dont deserve to name their minions. I'm just saying it doesn't fit.


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Jazz's Orlando Summer League schedule set
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published: July 1, 2012 12:01PM
Updated: May 30, 2012 04:06PM
The Utah Jazz's team in the 2012 Orlando Pro Summer League will play five games, starting July 9 against Detroit.
The Jazz will also play Philadelphia (July 10), Orlando (July 11), Indiana (July 12) and Oklahoma City (July 13) during the week-long summer league at the Amway Center. Utah will not play Boston or Brooklyn, which are also sending teams to the summer league.
Due to space limitations, the Orlando Pro Summer League is not open to the public. It is open only to the media, team personnel and league officials.
The Jazz have not announced who will play on their summer league team, although Gordon Hayward and Derrick Favors won't participate. They are members of the USA Select Team, which will scrimmage the U.S. national team in Las Vegas in early July.
The Jazz's schedule for the Orlando Pro Summer League. All times Mountain:
Monday, July 9 vs. Detroit, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, July 10 vs. Philadelphia, 9 a.m.
Wednesday, July 11 vs. Orlando, 3 p.m.
Thursday, July 12 vs. Indiana, 1 p.m.
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Darksiders II is set to release on August 14th for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
First All-Gameplay Trailer for Darksiders II
ContentDeath is near. Just a little over two weeks until Darksiders II arrives and today we bring you brand new screenshots and a trailer showcasing the first all-gameplay footage from THQ's upcoming sequel. I won't waste time babbling on, just watch this video and bask in these screens. In less than three weeks, Death comes for us all.


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Jobs/economic growth vs. protecting species
How do we balance it? Unfortunately what is good for the economy: fossil fuel production, factories, farming, housing development. Is bad for our environment. More specifically it's bad for our fellow species survival.
So how do we strike a balance?
A current debate in the U.S.A is the Keystone pipeline that would transport heavy oil from the Canadian tar sands.
If one does not believe there should be any limitation on development of the earth than please explain ethically why humans may do with the earth whatever it chooses.
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Check out theguardian.com environment for the many articles about species being lost and value of biodiversity. Also you can familiarize yourself with importance of biodiversity by checking out what the UN says about biodiversity. National Geographic is another choice.
I would remind you that the majority of our wealth comes from biodiversity: medicines, foods, cosmetics, materials, pollination, air quality, water filtration.. the list can go on.
Not only do we have no right to drive species to extinction, we have economic incentives to keep the diversity on this planet.
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Common containers (such as kegs and punch bowls) are not permitted in residence halls or food service areas of residence halls.
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Drugs and Paraphernalia
• Approved Appliances (all items must be Underwriters Laboratories (UL) approved): clocks, televisions, musical appliances, electric razors, air purifiers, hair dryers, blenders, coffee makers, irons, hot air popcorn poppers, and fans.
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Residents should report inoperable equipment or equipment that has been tampered with immediately to a member of the hall staff. Strong disciplinary action, which may include termination of the Housing Agreement and/or suspension from teh University, will result for those residents responsible for starting a fire in/near any residential facility, tampering with fire alarm equipment (including smoke detectors), or refusing to vacate the facility in the event of an alarm activation.
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Flammable Materials Policy
Grills/Outdoor Grilling
Halogen Lamps
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Keys should be carried at all times and never be loaned or duplicated. Additional locks may not be installed, nor may residents tamper with an existing lock.
Residents are issued one room/apartment key for their residence. Where buildings are equipped with proximity access readers, residents will use their EmoryCard to gain access to the building. Residents in buildings without proximity access readers will be issued a building entrance key.
Lock Out Policy
Central Campus residents should first contact the hall staff available in their building. The RA On Call is available between 5:00pm – 8:00am and can be contacted on the On-Call phone. Assistance is also provided by the front desk in the central Housing Office (located in Alabama Hall) between 8:00am – 5:00pm on regular business days.
Eagle Row residents should first contact their chapter president. If the president is unavailable, the House Director On Call serves as a secondary resource.
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Service/assistance animals with completed university documentation are permitted in all residential facilities.
Posting Policy
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If you are outside, seek shelter immediately on the lowest floor of a sturdy nearby building. If you are outside with no shelter available, lie flat in a nearby ditch or depression and cover your head with you hands. Watch out for flying debris. Flying debris causes most fatalities and injuries associated with a tornado.
If you are in a vehicle, exit the vehicle and go to the lowest floor of a sturdy nearby building; vehicles offer little to no protection. If shelter is not available, lie flat in a nearby ditch or depression and cover your head with your hands.
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2. Search of residence hall rooms may be made by authorized University officials, including Residential Staff, in emergencies when life or property appear to be in danger or to investigate suspected violations of state or federal law or University policy where reasonable cause has been established.
3. Prohibited items found in residential facilities may be confiscated. Residents may receive confiscated items after checking out of the residential facility. Confiscated items deemed to be illegal shall be turned over to the Emory Police Department.
4. The Office of Residence Life and Housing has the right to levy and collect fines for unauthorized use or alterations of rooms, equipment, or buildings, for special cleaning necessitated by improper care or use of rooms, common areas/spaces, and equipment, and for noncompliance with registration or check-out procedures.
5. The Executive Director of Residence Life and Housing, or their designee, reserves the right to require single occupants living in double rooms to move together in order to open double rooms for others.
6. The University furnishes each student living in University housing with a bed, chest of drawers, a closet (or wardrobe), a desk, and a chair. Students may provide draperies or other decorations. The University does not provide linens or pillows. Custodial service is provided for residence hall areas other than students' rooms (and within apartments). Students are responsible for keeping their rooms orderly and sanitary and for cooperating in the upkeep of common areas. Residents living in apartment-style living are responsible for cleaning and maintaining sanitary conditions in their bathrooms and kitchen areas. The Office of Residence Life & Housing reserves the right to levy and collect fines for unsanitary conditions or severe neglect in the upkeep of a room; it also reserves the right to levy and collect group bills for common area damages.
7. The University reserves the right to disallow furniture and fixtures which residents add to the rooms if it is determined that those items present a health or safety hazard. All University and student property must remain within students' rooms/apartments and items found in common areas/hallways will be considered abandoned – thus, may be discarded.
8. The University does not provide facilities for students to store personal belongings. Students are encouraged to only bring to campus what they will need until there is an opportunity to return home. Though there may be some common area closets in some residential facilities, the University cannot take responsibility for personal items that are lost, stolen, or damaged.
9. On-campus housing for admitted students who are less than 18 years old is subject to the approval of both the Executive Director of Residence Life & Housing and the Director of Admission. The University is concerned about providing all students with a safe and secure residential environment and experience. The University's residential facilities, however, were not designed with students under the age of 18 in mind. The University will not provide custodial care for minors who reside in the University's residential facilities and does not have the resources to provide individual monitoring for these students. Students who are not 18 at the time of matriculation are expected to comply with all of the University's policies and procedures as they apply to the residential community and otherwise.
Residence Life Services and Amenities
Any questions regarding these services or amenities should be directed to the Residence Life staff or Community Office.
Air Conditioning
Cable Television
Computers/Computer Labs
Last Lecture Series
Laundry Services
Lost and Found
All undergraduate students are assigned mailboxes in the post office, located in the DUC. Whenever possible, packages should be sent directly to your assigned P.O. Box through United States Postal Service (USPS) and not to your residence hall. Shipping companies will deliver to the post office, when school is in session, and you will be notified by email that the package has been received. The University is not responsible for packages that are not claimed within three days of notification. Residents of Clairmont should contact the Clairmont Community Office for shipping instructions.
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Parting Shot: Kamaka Ukulele Factory
Tuesday, 11:50 AM
Kamaka Ukulele Factory, Downtown Honolulu
Photographer David Croxford
>> Rostico Fiesta carefully presses the newly applied lining to a Kamaka ukulele. The internal reinforcing is cut every 5mm and will be clipped to the body for an hour before it is strong enough to hold the ukulele's shape. After each instrument is ready, it will be inspected by one of the two sons of Samuel Kamaka – Samuel Jr. or Frederick.
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People mostly associate thia food to be spicy and most of the time it is especiall the thai red curry and green curries. And I love eating spicy food, Dr Oz says spicy food is very good for weight loss and I have to agree with that.
Today I am going to share a crock pot thai Peanut chicken, when I make this I usually make it spicy but you have the option of not doing so as well it still taste really good and is one of my favourite dishes.
Cooking Time: 6 hrs
Serving: 6 servings
Ingredient for Weight Watchers Crock Pot Recipes - Thai Peanut Chicken
Chicken: 1.5 Punds of chicken brest
Red Pepper: 1 Pepper Diced
Fat Reuced Chuncky Peanut Butter: 1/2 cup
Lime: 1 Cup
Chicken Broth: 1 cup
Less Sodium Soya Souce: 1/4 Cup
Cumin: 1/2 Tbs
Corriander: 1/2 Tbs
Bean Sprouts, cilantro and Chopped scallions to garnish
Instruction for Weight Watchers Crock Pot Recipes - Thai Peanut Chicken
1. Add red peppers, chicken and onions to the bottom of the crock pot.
2. Now take a small bowl and wisk the peanut butter, cummin, coriander, soy sauce, lime juice and chicken broth, and pour it over the chicken.
3. Now cook this in the slow cooker for 4-5 hrs until the chicken is well cooked so you can shred it with a fork. garnish with fresh lime, cilantro, scallions and bean sprouts and you can serve this dish with some rice.
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My Take
Tonight's episode of Raw seemed to drag on forever. Since the expansion to three hours, many people - myself included - have questioned whether it's too much. This is a case where it was. The England crowd was hot at the start of the show, but they died out for a good portion of the middle before coming back to life for Wade Barrett and the main event. There just wasn't enough strong material to carry a show like this. WWE crammed 10 matches onto the show, presumably to get everyone on the card and make the most of flying them all to England. On top of that, this episode basically rendered last week's Raw completely irrelevant, as the Survivor Series lineup was completely modified. There are more issues at hand than are appropriate for this forum, but there are some logistical challenges WWE simply needs to get a better handle on before the product will completely thrive again.
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When you're in love you are so happy, and when you make movies you are so happy, so these two happinesses are competing with each other. Both of these loves require time and commitment and money, so that's why for young filmmakers I say "don't fall in love."
I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.
Forward motion at all times while paying attention to what's right in front of you. It's probably happiness.
I have not spoken to anyone since Monday. The radio is playing 'Downtown' by Petula Clerk. I've been reading some Shaw — Man and Superman. I'm wearing jeans, my cable knit sweater and my Keds. I've made coffee and am waiting for it to cool. Let it be recorded that at this moment I am happy.
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
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It is easier to choose to think positively when we are aware of the differences between negative versus positive thoughts.
The effects of either type of thoughts are quite different.
We're just one step away from changing our thoughts and start feeling better.
As Louise Hay puts it in "You can heal your life", we are dealing with just a thought at a time, and "the point of power is always in the present moment", so you can always change that thought.
If we knew better about the long term effects of positive thinking, we would consciously choose to think positively over thinking negatively more often.
Some of the effects of positive thinking are:
In "You can heal your life" Louise Hay gives practical advice and affirmations on positive thinking to heal a number of diseases.
Think about how many times you were in a good mood and 'coincidences' started to happen, which brought you what you needed at that moment in life.
Also, when you are in a positive mood you are a joy to others, who may even feel enlightened by your presence.
Persistence in positive thinking is the key to achieve a lasting positive attitude. Difficulties will still come your way, but it is always easier to deal with any circumstances with a positive attitude.
You can develop positive thinking consistently, until you acquire it as a habit. There is no secret to creating positive habits: it is a matter of taking action towards what you want consistently and during a extended period of time.
Norman Vincent Peale explained how positive thinking can be built into a habit in his famous book "The power of positive thinking", which blends Christianity and positive thinking.
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After hurricane Sandy hit our area, Marshwood Middle School was left with no power. Instead of informing parents of the situation they kept quiet and started the school day like normal. I received a text from my child explaining the situation and that backup generators had failed and that the school was dark and cold. While trying to get a hold of the school ( which I couldn't because their phone lines were down as well) I found out more information from our local newspaper. I went to pick up my son and demanded to speak with the superintendent who just so happened to be on vacation. It was afternoon by the time the school finally called, from an outside line, and told of the power problem... Weeks later... a child at the school threatened lives of other students and again I found out from the local news before I was given any information from the school. Parents took to social networks seeking information about the safety of their children. Days later, finally, information from the school. The lack of communication is disgusting!!! The bullying is another issue... Superintendent Nash needs to get her school system back on track! Disappointed!!!
I'm new to this school (6th Grade) and I love it. Each community of kids are separated in to Marshwood colors, (Ex. 6th Purple, 6th White) Sure, maybe i'm separated from some of my friends, but they mix purple & white togeather in classes except for math and science. The dances are great, there's a DJ every time. At the end of the year, (around my or so) we even invite the 5th graders to the dance. Rock on MJHS!
I just enrolled into this school and I really like it here. The Teachers are wicked awsome! The Dances are sooo much Fun, you will never want to leave. The allied arts soo cool! I alaways can't wait for them everyday. Everyone are very nice. The sports coachs are awsome.
I am currently enrolled in Marshwood Junior high school in the 8th grade. I love it here. Each grade is split in half into two teams. This gives the teachers a chance to become closer to their students. We have assemblies where we have amazing guests, and wonderful motivational speakers. The pep rallies are also a blast! We have tug-o-wars and student teacher basketball games. The teachers treat the students equally, and I feel I learn a lot every day. The allied arts are great. We have art, guitar, home EC, gym, computer, Spanish, french, and more. Our sports teams do great and our girls B basketball team was undefeated, and the Boys A only lost a few games. The parent involvement is good too. We have student led conferences and meetings. The teachers give out their email for parents if they want it. It is really a great school.
Someone told me that Marshwood Jr High was the weakest link in the school district.I now understand why they said this. My children have been miserable at this school. Both are bored out of their minds,(they are as different academically as night and day). The verbal abuse they have had to put up with by some teachers is appalling, the lack of discipline in the classrooms has been disruptive. Our input or suggestions that we are told are wanted go ignored or we are told 'that is not true', so giving any input is a waste of time. I have been completely disappointed with this school.
We have been very disappointed with the lack of willingness within this school's administration to deal with students outside of the mainstream. The willingness and ability to comply with special needs of students is non-existent and there does not seem to be any interest in improving this situation. We believe that, for the most part, the teachers are quite capable. However, they are hamstrung by a lack of support from their Principal. If your child is already a straight A pupil who is extremely well organized, they may do well in this school. Otherwise, they will be lost. We are very active parents who have always volunteered in our childrens' schools. This school neither welcomes this nor knows what to do with it when it is offered. We are very disappointed.
I personally hate my school. This school. They seprate us into teams every year. They consit of 6-Marsh Hawks, Sparrows 7-Ospreys, merlins 8-Kestrels and Harriers Every year they get a new team with new people. Meaing we spend our entire year making frineds, only to lose them. There is hardly any contact between the teams. Also, the parent involvment is less than good. HTere is none, unless requested. Teachers are okay, they teach fairly well, but many favor their students, being unfair to others. As for the Principal...she is not helpful to my school. SHe makes it worse, thinking up outragous ideas, that never work. There is no support to the students, and after-school activites are only sports. Many extras or Allied Arts are useless to students. This is only my opion, but I know that many agree with me.
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what a gorgeous place!!!!
cali is definitely at the top of my list, and pasadena is beautiful! i'd love to head out that way.
chicago gets sooo cold, but i do love it there. and i know a lot of people out that way as well. that's a thinker!
lol which one?
ooo, do tell? i know people in seattle/tacoma area and they're always trying to make me move there.
Depends on your definition of perfection & what criteria you use to measure perfection. For example, how would you feel about a city in which no one speaks English? Does cost of living matter? Does the importance of religion (and if so, which one) matter? Do you care whether the city has an NBA, NFL, MLB team? What matters to you?
But then it would be like the Gobi desert - not much going on down there.
i like to hear other people's opinions and why they love a certain place, buuuut for meee:
must be predominantly english-speaking
cost of living doesn't matter
not religious so no bible belt for me
don't care about sports, although i do like sporty people lol
BURN! lolol
It is a gorgeous town... I grew up nearby in Mainz (2000+ years old), Wiesbaden and Frankfurt.
Heidelberg is very picturesque and they are also famous for an excellent university... but, if you want to do things... it's boring.
What I have heard is that Buenos Aires (Argentina) is probably one of the most exciting cities in the world.
The description I heard was from a NPR travel show... and it went like this:
Buenos Aires has the size of Los Angeles, the cultural offerings are equal to NYC, the nightlife is more and longer than NYC and the architecture is based on Paris. The lifestyle is based on enjoying your life and friends and not on just making a buck.
If I'd be able to speak Spanish... and had the contacts over there... that's a city I'd be interested to live in!
And before someone mentions it, even the lone Camel will get lucky before he does.
Looks hot and hard to me.
(the ground, that is)
It looks like the largest peak is one inch tall.
Perhaps, but look at that girth!
I was going to say that NYC is friendly... but the best I can come up with is that it's not unfriendly.
And as for clean... yeah. Especially the subways. Maybe the flooding cleaned it up a bit.
sounds about perfect!
ooo, i've never even considered canada, i may have to look into that. how is the llamaing/photographer/acting scene there?
It's covered by dung beetles, too.
That's like advertising with crabs, no one will bite.
... and when the fog cascades over the hills and up and above the Golden Gate, just Wow.
probably the most hilarious convo i've heard all day, ya'll are silly!!!
If you are going to suffer the cold in Canada, at least go with Montreal.
Toronto is a cold Omaha.
Wherever I am
well of course!!! lol
There's no reply to dung beetles.
You win this time, my nemesis!
Im a Maryland native. Its no colder here in toronto than it ever was in Baltimore, DC, NYC, et al
I havent been to montreal yet. I hear theyre not as friendly


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The second in line to the throne, William Arthur Philip Louis, born 21 June 1982, is the oldest son of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
The young prince made his first public appearance, aged nine, when he accompanied his parents on an official visit to Cardiff. He was educated at private preparatory schools, before going to Eton College, where he studied biology, geography and art history at A-level.
His mother, Princess Diana, was determined that both her sons should have as 'normal' a childhood as possible, and tried to give them a range of experiences - from rides on the big dippers at theme parks and trips to MacDonald's, to accompanying her on her official visits to AIDS wards and homeless shelters.
William's most memorable public appearance was at the funeral of his mother in September 1997, after she had died in a car crash in Paris. Along with his father, grandfather and younger brother, the 15-year-old prince walked behind the funeral cortege as it made its way through central London, enduring intense public scrutiny at a time of private grief.
William's gap year activities included a spell with the British Army in Belize, and ten weeks in Chile, where he taught children as part of a Raleigh International programme. He then went on to St Andrews University to study Art History, later changing his degree to Geography. He graduated with an upper second-class honours degree in 2005.
William graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy in 2006 and, as Lieutenant William Wales, entered the Blues and Royals as a troop commander in an armoured reconnaissance unit.
Although William wanted to see active service, government ministers advised that his personal security should be safeguarded. Instead, he went on to train in the Royal Navy and the RAF. William decided to extend his original three-year contract with the armed forces, and in January 2009 began training as a helicopter pilot with the RAF Search and Rescue Force. He graduated in September 2010 and started working as part of a four-man crew based at RAF Valley in Anglesey on the north west coast of Wales with the rank of Flight Lieutenant.
During his time at St Andrews, William met, and become involved with, a fellow student, Kate Middleton. Though they have endured one brief separation and avid media attention, the couple have been dating since 2003. In June 2008 Middleton attended William's investiture into the Order of the Garter with other members of the royal family. On 16 November 2010 Clarence House announced the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
On 29 April 2011, in front of a worldwide television audience of 2 billion, Prince William married his long-time girlfriend, Catherine (Kate) Middleton, in Westminster Abbey.
On the morning of the wedding, Buckingham Palace released a statement to say that The Queen had created her grandson, Prince William of Wales, Duke of Cambridge. The title also has lesser (or subsidiary) titles, in this case The Earl of Strathearn and The Baron Carrickfergus. The correct forms of address for William and Kate are now His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.
William undertook his first independent overseas tour in 2005, when he travelled to New Zealand to participate in World War II commemorations. He has been involved in charity work since an early age and is patron of a number of charities, including the homeless charity, Centrepoint, the Royal Marsden Hospital and Mountain Rescue England and Wales. He is also a patron of Tusk Trust, a wildlife conservation organisation based in Africa, and The Queen Elizabeth II Fields, an inititaive of the Fields Trust. A full list of Prince William's charities and patronages can be found here.
To further their charitable work, Prince William and Prince Harry created their own Foundation in 2009 which focuses on issues that they both care about. The Duchess of Cambridge also became a Patron in 2011.
The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry has three main aims: helping young people in society; raising awareness and support for servicemen and women; and developing sustainable models of living in the light of climate change and dwindling natural resources.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with Prince Harry, are Official Ambassadors for Team GB and Paralympics GB for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Tenant Surveys 127 the required information and may be busy with customers, so interviews should be done by appoint- ment. Tenant staff may also have to check company records to respond to some questions, thus some questions might go unanswered with only a single interview. Generally, tenants are contacted by mail or telephone to advise them about the survey and possibly schedule an appointment. Send- ing the questionnaire in advance gives the tenants a chance to assemble any information needed. The advantage of on-site surveys is that a deeper understanding of the issues is possible through in-person interviews. The major disadvantages are that scheduling all the required interviews is often difficult and on-site surveys are more costly to conduct. 7.2.4 Confidentiality As confidentiality is an issue for tenant surveys, it is recommended that they be conducted by respected third parties. Assurances should be given to the tenants that the information will be kept in strict confidence and provided to the airport operator in aggregate form only. 7.3 Sampling Methodology In the case of Internet or mail surveys, questionnaires or survey requests will generally be sent to all tenants at the airport. However, including all tenants could be costly, especially for on-site interviews at large airports. If only a sample of tenants is required, a stratified sample of tenants should be surveyed where the tenants are grouped by category--for example, concessions, air- lines, government and security agencies, individual aircraft owners, and other organizations. The sample size will depend on the purpose of the survey, the desired level of accuracy, and the num- ber of tenants in each category. For random sampling, required sample sizes to achieve an accuracy of better than �5 percent- age points for a categorical variable are given in Table 7-1 for a range of total numbers of tenants at the airport. As discussed in Section 3.4, the required sample sizes vary depending on the propor- tion of the population in the category of interest. This proportion will not be known at the time of planning the survey and must be estimated, at least approximately, based on past surveys, experi- ence of other airports, and/or knowledge of the airport. Required sample sizes are given for three values of this proportion: 0.5, 0.25 and 0.1.29 The largest samples are required when the proportion of the population in the category of interest is 0.5. Because most surveys ask multiple questions with various, unknown proportions in each category, the sample size corresponding to a propor- tion of 0.5 should be used unless the survey sponsor is primarily interested in questions where the Table 7-1. Sample sizes required for accuracy of better than 5 percentage points in a categorical variable. Total Number of Sample Size Required for Category Proportion: Tenants at Airport p = 0.5 p = 0.25 p = 0.1 30 28 27 25 50 44 43 37 75 63 60 49 100 80 74 58 200 132 118 82 400 196 168 103 Note: Assumes random sampling. 29For proportions (p) greater than 0.5, the required sample size is the same as for the proportion 1 � p. For example, for a proportion p = 0.75, the required sample size is the same as for p = 0.25.


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Good news! You can now pre-order Gum Takes Tooth 'Mirrors Fold' from our online store.
Get the limited edition splatter-coloured vinyl LP or digipack CD versions and you'll receive the MP3s immediately on the day of release (Monday 6th October).
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Thu 30th Oct @ Soy Festival, Nantes, France
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Wed 5th Nov @ Musiques Volantes Festival, Metz, France
Birmingham's snarling indie-punk trio Untitled Musical Project were briefly the toast of the music press and feverish blog posts upon the release of their self-titled mini-album in 2007. That's until they crashed and burned, with only a handful of recordings and a series of caustic, fearsome live shows to remember them by. With past enmities finally laid to rest (and despite an unfathomable lack of big money reformation offers), Untitled are back in action for two shows in November.
SAT 16TH NOV @ BUFFALO BAR, LONDON (Tickets)
SAT 23RD NOV @ THE SUNFLOWER LOUNGE, BIRMINGHAM (Tickets)
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Scanners are running a remix competition in conjunction with Earmilk and Wavo. The contest winners will be included in the remix compilation for 'Love Is Symmetry' which will also include remixes by current Dim Mak artists. For more information about the contest, the deadline, the judges, and the prize system, follow the link below. Do feel free to submit more than one remix and really show us what youre working with!
Love Is Symmetry is the third album from London quintet Scanners and their best yet, opening with the dark percussion of the title track, a song that lures you in with its whispered vocal before exploding wide open into a huge Vangelis- like chorus. Tracks such as Mexico and Charmed Life have an Arcade Fire quality, rising and falling with the energy of Sarah Daly's vocals and violin. This violin also adds richness to the epic State Of Wonder, a song about the river Lea that flows past their window in East London.
The Scanners trademark synth is also a strong presence on many of the tracks. On songs, like the impossibly named Today Is The Tomorrow That They Promised Yesterday and the squarely danceable Control, the synth takes the lead. The weird broken rhythm of When They Put Me Back Together They Forgot To Turn Me On, and the strangely joyful Cure-like My Streets Are Always In The Shade see them broaden their range, providing two album highlights.
Recorded and produced by the band, with mixes by Victor Van Vugt (PJ Harvey, Athlete), the sound is still Scanners. Yet they have moved on. Love Is Symmetry seems more urgent, the rhythms more complex, but still the love of strong melody is there on every track.
Scanners have released two albums via Dim Mak Records (Bloc Party, Atari Teenage Riot, Steve Aoki) and their songs have soundtracked many a dramatic twist on TV shows such as Shameless, Gossip Girl, Entourage and One Tree Hill. They have also shared stages with Laura Marling, Devo, Air, The Horrors, Asobi Seksu, Florence And The Machine and These New Puritans amongst many others.
The first single off the album- Control is out on the 3rd of June.
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The band will play an album launch show at Birthdays on the 12th of June.
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Comanechi's new album 'You Owe Me Nothing But Love' is released today hard pink vinyl LP and digipack CD, followed by a digital release three days later on St Valentine's. See details and ORDER HERE.
The band will be back for a UK tour in a couple of months, but in the meantime they're heading to Japan for a co-headline tour with Bo Ningen. Dates as follows:
Thursday, Feb 14th- Pangea, Osaka, Japan
Friday, Feb 15th- Metro, Kyoto, Japan
Saturday, Feb 16th- Apollo Theatre, Nagoya, Japan
Sunday, Feb 17th- Club Asia, Shibuya, Japan
Saturday, Feb 23rd- Force, Hamamatsu, Japan
Sunday, Feb 24th- Club Shaft, Sendai, Japan
Saturday, Apr 13th- Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
Sunday, Apr 14th- Nice'n'Sleazy, Glasgow (w/ Divorce)
NME - 8/10 "stark, violent, demented... a riff making force of nature - who said punk was dead?"
Loud & Quiet - 7/10 "as catchy as it is brutal - like a manic spurned lover who'll get snip happy if betrayed in the sack"
Joyzine - "One of the best bands around right now and this album is going to be one of the best records of 2013"
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