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Chronixx 'Dread and Terrible' Mission in Europe

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As Chronixx moves across Europe promoting his latest 'Dread and Terrible' project, he's literally taking fans unable to see him along the journey with him. Let's walk you through some path he's taken, come...   The fans witnesses "it's like the new father Bob in our generation Africa is waiting...."
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KingMuhammed Muctar Hydara Sheriff Jr. the brother bad mad ragge song me say chronixx u are the general its like u change the face of ragge music in 21century its like ya the new father Bob in our generation Africa is waiting for u especially the Gambia me can't wait to see you brother. Africa is the feature nuff respect to u chronixx a brother form another mother Allah bless u brother.......

Chronixx mission is self explanatory and becomes clearer with each passing day....
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Watch LargeUp TV latest Wepisode, filmed backstage at the Blue Note, musicians discuss how important learning from older musicians has been to them — Alexander recalls learning from Ranglin, just as Chronixx discusses being inspired by the musicians he shared the stage with." or "Sharing the stage with Don Carlos last night at the Kintal Reggae Festival Porto, Portugal." —
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Look into my eyes
Tell me what you see
Can you feel my pain
Am I your enemy

"Words Jamaica will never forget. Words of Rodney pryce!"

"Real power house! Kelissa's Music Bringing great vibes to the dread and terrible tour! And massive respect goes out to all the great lionesses who are waving the banner of Rasta roots and culture world wide! Jah9 sativa love!"

His fan base is increasing rapidly because people endorse the movement having a reason to follow this 21 year old Jamaican of good courage. "This is what they mean when they say revival! Has nothing to do with the artistes! The people are alive and ready for the next level. This is the que yesterday at La Cigale, Paris...waiting to experience the original roots!"

Chronixx says his work is spiritual, driven by the almighty and as he moves through Europe takes time to give thanks for his blessing while asking 'Jah' for strength to carry out his work which also involves lending support to other Jamaican artistes as he encourages, motivates and teach...
"It all started with a dream..then came the hard work and livication. Now here we are celebrating Jah great gift of life and music...and I am most grateful that the whole world can be a part of this celebration."

Chronixx n Zinc Fence live Lyon France

Chronixx is obviously desirable of bringing back the authenticity of his culture, the people, the vibe that is overshadowed by that of other nations, another people, another culture, and we love it caan dun, go deh Chronixx bless up yourself! #RideOn

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Did you know that our terrific Physical Education Teacher at the Elementary School was recently selected as NH Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year? Nice recognition from the NH Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance!

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Dehradun, Sep 15 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will visit Uttarakhand between September 19 and October 5, officials said on Friday.

Kovind’s visit has been tentatively fixed for September 23. Naidu will visit Uttarakhand on October 3.

Modi will undertake a one-day visit on October 5 to participate in a function at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Mussorie.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Uttarakhand on September 19.

Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has held a series of meetings with high-level officials ahead of the high-profile visits.

Shah will take stock of party affairs in the state after its landslide win in the March assembly elections and oversee coordination between the Uttarakhand BJP unit and the state government, a BJP leader told IANS.

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South Africa’s increased use of mobile phones, access to social media and Internet contribute to an increase in cyber crimes

Nearly a year ago, a specialist in software risk management and data storage, Marthinus Engelbrecht, warned that while statistics on violent crimes in South Africa hit the headlines every day because of their severity, cyber crimes were much more common and had a much bigger impact (The New Age, 14 September 2011). Crime analysts and commentators have regularly warned about the insidious nature of cyber crime, and, occasionally predicted an upswing in its occurrence. The build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, for example, provided a platform for estimates of scale, some of which appeared exaggerated. There are in fact no statistics to reflect what was eventually experienced. However, numerous factors indicate that the risk of South Africans falling victim to cyber crime has grown immensely.

There is general consensus that cyber crime is any crime that is committed by means of a computer device which is linked to other computers through the Internet. At the same time, there is much uncertainty about the full range of such crimes and how they affect our daily lives. In a typical cyber crime situation, the computer may be used either as an instrument by which to initiate the crime, or as the target of the crime, as stated by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Researchers’ Joey Jansen van Vuuren and Marthie Grobler, in a study done in 2009. The scope of activities which could fall within the definition of cyber crime is potentially quite broad, ranging from purely malicious or intimidatory invasions of privacy, to the theft and abuse of personal identity particulars and the fraudulent manipulation of electronic data to commit theft. At the level of state security, instances of data destruction through electronically transmitted malicious software have been reported. A common thread connecting these activities is the intrusive abuse of computers.

The primary source of risk is the increase in the number of people sharing information through Internet facilitated social networking and the phenomenal growth in the use of computer devices in the form of smart mobile phones. Since 2010, the number of users has grown, partly in direct proportion to the increase in the number of social websites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as the Blackberry messenger service, and partly as a result of greater access to smartphones. Figures released in February 2012 showed that global sales of mobile phones had escalated from 1 391 billion in 2010 to 1 546 billion by the end of 2011 (International Data Corporation, February 2012). By that stage there were 5.9 billion mobile phone service subscribers. South Africa, which boasts four mobile phone service providers, has around 42.3 million subscribers. Current figures show that at least 65 percent of South African households have access to a cellular telephone on contract, compared to only 20 percent access to a home-based landline. The highest concentration is in Gauteng, with 48 percent of adults having access. Other provinces fall within the range of 43 percent for the Western Cape, and the lowest penetration of 24 percent in the Eastern Cape, according to forensics expert, Craig du Plooy.

The nature of the information transmitted through smartphones appears to be entirely up to the user. There is a high probability that users are not aware of the potential criminal uses of some of the personal information transmitted. Contact addresses and status updates, if intercepted, can be as strategically important to a fraudster as information solicited by, and provided to websites of unverified integrity. Information-stealing malicious software (malware) has become quite common, but is not generally known to smart phone users.

Ironically, improvements in the speed of accessing the Internet have escalated the cyber crime risk. With the increase in broadband access, greater opportunities for cyber fraud arise. Faster access encourages more use of the Internet, but also increases the chances for data interception. The SEACOM cable operator has reportedly increased bandwidth internationally by 10 times since its trans-continental network came onto operation mid way through 2009.

Risk also arises from the use of unprotected computer devices. An unprotected computer which is connected to the Internet is a weak link that exposes the entire system to worm-borne attacks. Unprotected computers in the hands of users with inadequate or no training unwittingly raises the risk of cyber attacks on an unlimited range of other connected computers. It is a risk pertaining not just to smartphones, but also to computers donated to charities or to schools.

The use of data storage cards, such as credit and debit cards is being encouraged in many economies striving to move away from cash dominated transactions. It is perhaps most common in Africa’s tourist hubs. Over the years, cyber criminals have targeted data storage cards as media from which to ‘harvest’ financial account information. Card cloning is proving to be a resilient form of criminality in South Africa. The statistics on distribution are however scanty. Anecdotes from reported crimes do however show a strong representation of the hospitality sector, especially restaurants in the Western Cape, among the targeted establishments. Analyses by institutions such as the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) highlight the concentric structure of crime networks implicated in card cloning. On the fringes are relatively lowly paid casual workers, mostly serving as waiters or waitresses, recruited by knowledgeable runners who instruct them to collect data from credit and debit cards using portable scanners. The collected data is subsequently transferred to cloned cards for use in commercial transactions or for fund withdrawals. Data capture from compromised auto teller machines is not as common as that which is manually assisted, but it remains an area of exposure.

Knowledge is vital in pre-empting and minimising cyber crime. In 2010, the South African government declared cyber-security to be a national security priority. The declaration reinforced the official resolve underlying the three main applicable statutes, namely the Interception and Monitoring Prohibition Act (1992), the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (1998) and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (2002). The legislation is broad enough to penalise unlawful interception and monitoring of e-mail and text messages. While the law might be in place, the reality is that its effectiveness depends on its intended beneficiaries being aware of how to use it and when.

At this point, awareness of risks and how to mitigate them does not appear to be spreading as quickly as the escalation in the use of cyber-technology. It is largely confined to governments, and the senior levels of larger users of e-technology, such as the financial industry. In 2006 the African Information Security Association (AISA) was established to promote knowledge and create awareness about computer security and cyber crime. The United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) launched the African Centre for Cyber Law and Cybercrime Prevention (ACCP) in Kampala, Uganda in August 2010 in response to mobile phone banking. The ACCP set itself the ambitious task of monitoring cyberspace abuses and the incidence of cyber crime in Africa.

More information is required on forms and trends of cyber crime. This might stimulate an improvement in cyber-crime reports, which will enable better databases to be compiled. Enhanced databases can support more pro-active investigation, as well as the identification of crime networks. Given the rapid proliferation of smartphones, it is suggested that all users should be informed of the main risks and realities. Simultaneously, service providers should be required to appropriately secure all devices they distribute.

- Charles Goredema, Senior Research Fellow, Transnational Threats and International Crime Division, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Cape Town. This article first appeared in the ISS Today.

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The central vision of NIDO Europe is to bring Nigerians living in europe together and to identify those willing to offer their skills to assist Nigeria’s national development. Which will be needed in developmental projects.

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Sentra Lawsuit Says Xtronic CVTs Overheat by Design

Are the transmission cooling systems in Nissan’s Xtronic CVTs too small to handle the job? A recent lawsuit says so and thinks it’s time Nissan paid for their mistakes.

The lead plaintiff says a simple warning light quickly escalated into a fried, useless transmission.

The overheated CVT will send the Sentra into fail-safe mode which takes down the engine RPM to try to protect components from further damage, but drivers can expect vibrations, shaking and shuddering and then dealing with transmission failure.

The sudden fail-safe mode can leave drivers in a dangerous position and it’s something Nissan has known about for years.

The lawsuit covers all U.S. consumers who bought or leased a 2012-2017 Sentra with an Xtronic CVT.


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Timing Chain Settlement Provides Reimbursements to Owners in CA and WA

West-coast Nissan owners may soon be getting reimbursed for timing chain repairs thanks to a recent settlement.

Under the settlement, affected owners and lessees are entitled to partial reimbursement for money spent in connection with the diagnosis of, repair to, or replacement of the primary or secondary timing chain systems or components. Alternatively, those owners and lessees may receive a voucher to be used toward the purchase of a new Nissan vehicle. Reimbursement percentages are based on the mileage of the vehicle at the time of repair, and a vehicle with more than 120,000 miles at the time of repair is not entitled to reimbursement.

The settlement covers owners of the following in California or Washington State (sorry Oregon):

  • 2004-2008 Nissan Maxima
  • 2004-2009 Nissan Quest
  • 2004-2006 Nissan Altima (VQ35 engine)
  • 2005-2007 Nissan Pathfinder
  • 2005-2007 Nissan Xterra
  • 2005-2007 Nissan Frontier (VQ40 engine)

Oh, and in case you’re wondering why the offer stops at 120,000 miles, court documents reveal that’s the full life expectancy of vehicles, according to Nissan.

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On the morning of October 1, in a surprising move that we reported soon after it happened, Death Grips put up their newest album, No Love Deep Web, for streaming and free download. Why was that surprising? Well, they had signed a contract with Epic/Columbia to release two albums this year, and No Love Deep Web was supposed to be the second one.

Releasing it for free download didn’t seem like something your average big-name record label would approve. But Death Grips apparently wasn’t happy with the label’s decision to postpone release of the album until sometime in 2013, so they just self-released it anyway. At the time this happened, I wondered whether Death Grips really had given a big-time FUCK YOU to Epic, or instead had just launched a really clever marketing campaign that the label might have even known about and condoned.

Well, we got our answer to that question not long ago, because Death Grips posted on their Facebook page an image of a confidential e-mail dated October 1 from Epic’s chief in-house corporate counsel to the man who appears to be Death Grips’ manager, accusing the band of breaching their contract and demanding that the free download be stopped and that masters of No Love Deep Web be turned over to Epic immediately. To get a better look at the e-mail, click on the image above and you’ll see a bigger copy.

As we know, Epic’s demands weren’t met. So what are we to make of this? And where does this scuffle stand now? Continue reading »

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“Halloween” is a contraction (first used in the 16th century by the Scots) of “All Hallow’s Evening”. It’s the night before a Christian feast day (Nov 1) known as All Hallows or All Saints. How a Christian tradition got wrapped up in ghouls and goblins and spirits of the dead is a long story. But at least a big part of the story is that, like many Christian holidays, this one was intertwined with (and piggy-backed on) a far older pagan celebration known as Samhain (pronounced sah-win or sow-in).

“Samhain” comes from the Old Irish word for “summer’s end”, and in the medieval Gaelic calendar it marked the end of the harvest season and the coming of winter. According to The Font of All Human Knowledge, “In much of the Gaelic world, bonfires were lit and there were rituals involving them. Some of these rituals hint that they may once have involved human sacrifice.” It was “seen as a time when the ‘door’ to the Otherworld opened enough for the souls of the dead, and other beings such as fairies, to come into our world.”

There’s a metric fuckton of metal that would be appropriate to play in commemoration of Samhain tonight, but I thought I’d go with some quite diverse black metal that I heard for the first time over the last 24 hours. The bands are Satanic BloodSpraying (Bolivia), Vomitchapel (U.S.), and Profound Lore’s latest signing,  A.M.S.G. (Canada), and this post includes two EP reviews, so settle in.

I’ve not been able to find much information about this Bolivian band beyond the fact that Hells Headbangers released their debut album At the Mercy of Satan in July of this year. It’s an 8-song, 24-minute barrage of vicious, swarming riffs, relentless drumbeats, and vocal blood spray. The music is mangling but also imminently headbang-worthy. Continue reading »

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(We welcome guest writer Tyler Lowery back to NCS with the second of two reviews we’re publishing of the unexpectedly just-released second album by Rings of Saturn. You can find our other one here.)

 When I heard the intro of the new Rings of Saturn album, I had it set in my mind that this would mark their descent into a tired deathcore outing. The almost Whitechapel-esque guitar intro riff that led into the viciously fast riffing and quick-bursting blast beats for the first few moments left dread in my heart. I was expecting the worst to happen at the drop of the bass, leading into a meaningless and redundant breakdown. To my very pleasant surprise, this never occurred.

What did follow was a very well-organized trip through some of the most brutal and technical riffs this side of Obscura’s Omnivium. Rings of Saturn have completely refined and tightened their sound since their debut release in 2009. Focus has pushed all that pure aggression into tight boxes that, once released, wreak utter devastation. In doing this, guitarists Lucas Mann and Joel Omans have spent more time relating their mastery of their art in fine passaging and provocative soloing. The guitars are still top notch, though, and do not flinch for a second. The leads switch often between a very tech-heavy smear of notes and sharply rooted melodic tremolo picking to heavy churning and crushing riffs.

While this is a very fast, very technical album, there is still a good bit of space in between for well-placed and patient guitar work. I wouldn’t call the playing transcendent, but it is certainly very impressive. The first track, “Objective to Harvest”, has an almost spaced-out midsection. “Faces Imploding” breaks for a few phrases toward the end of the track with a Faceless-tinged clean passage that leads into one of the first prevalent breakdowns on the album, which thankfully doesn’t overstay its own welcome. And probably one of the tastiest excerpts is toward the end of the album on “Fruitless Existence”. The song closes with a very groove-oriented clean outro, almost waving goodbye to a passing battlefield. Continue reading »

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(Today we have not one, but two reviews of the new album by Rings of Saturn, and this one comes to you courtesy of TheMadIsraeli. Check out the second one here.)

Speaking of Br00tz rank, Rings of Saturn just got promoted to fucking grandmaster general McFuck you up prestige levels.  It’s shitty what happened with Dingir getting leaked, so I figured I’d do my part by showing my support for this album, because it’s fucking good. It’s rather odd, considering that I admittedly didn’t think the band’s first album was all that impressive.  Dingir, however, is a monster.  A tentacle raping brain scrambling “oh fuck I think I’ve been sonically anally probed” monster.

Technical deathcore, like deathcore generally, gets as much of a bad rap as anything -core, and usually for good reason.  It’s often just breakdowns with sweeping in between.  Much of it sounds boring as fuck-all to me (the style doesn’t really lend itself to dynamics very well), so it means something that I’m actually reviewing this.  The fact this album has legitimate riffs helps its case quite a bit.  The breakdowns and chugs are here, for sure, but that’s balanced by a plentiful amount of tech-riffing that hits the spot.

Some people might still find this album unsatisfying, because like most tech-deathcore, it isn’t dynamic — but this time that’s not a drawback.  There is a definite intensity going on here that is rather unmatched, except maybe by Infant Annihilator (sans ass-fucking in the woods). Continue reading »

Oct 312012

(Here’s BadWolf’s review of the new album by Sweden’s Witchcraft, which is an Exception to our Rule.)

When I started writing for this website in 2010, I really believed in the title of this website—No Clean Singing. Looking back at that year, the best work in metal sat squarely on the extreme side of the spectrum (with a few exceptions, of course). Two years later, I’m in awe of the deluge of great retrospective metal releases coming out of the woodwork—much of its from relatively major labels. Case in point: diehard retro-metal band Witchcraft just released their fourth album, Legend, through Nuclear Blast.

So I suppose this is what certain other blogs would call vest metal—in the pejorative. And while this certainly has been the year for retroactive throwback acts, Witchcraft are in no way part of the femme-doom wave of 2012. Nor are they some sort of cash grab band trying to ride the coattails of Ghost. On the contrary—Witchcraft as a band go back nearly a decade.

I got into Witchcraft in 2007, immediately after the release of their third album, The Alchemist, which was my gateway into Pentagram, St Vitus, and other such baroque doom. After five years of silence, I thought they’d broken up—in fairness, the band go through lineup changes like a machinegun spits bullets. The only really consistent member is vocalist Magnus Pelander, who had gone on to record a solo record. The solo debut is still cooking, but Legend comes out of the oven with a sharper production job backing Pelander’s still-incredible voice through nine excellent tracks. Continue reading »

Oct 312012

A review by: TheMadIsraeli

There is no other word.  I mean, I’ve tried to figure out other words to use concerning this album. It hasn’t gotten its proper due praise here at NCS since it came out.  “Cryptopsy’s best album since And Then You’ll Beg…” only begins to understate it.  For me, this might even be their best since fucking None So Vile.

I mean, I’m pretty sure we all thought this band was just done when The Unspoken King came out.  That album was made of so much shit and piss that it literally could’ve formed its own land mass from the concentration.  It might’ve even been a livable landmass of piss and shit, but still… when you listen to music, do you want piss and shit, or the sonic equivalent of thundering punishment from the metal gods that channels and focuses the most powerful and ferocious aspects of humanity? Phro might (with enthusiasm) beg for the former, but I’m pretty sure 99.99% of us want the latter.

Cryptopsy’s new self-titled is the first bout of new material since founding guitarist Jon Levasseur rejoined the band, and boy is this album a kick in the teeth, balls, solar plexus, whatever fucking else sounds brutal.

Every single moment of this album pretty much dictates that you listen to it with a permanently affixed Jens Kidman face as you butcher your entire city’s population.  You get back that alien, angular riffing that’s pure trademark Cryptopsy, combined with those interspersed moments of random lounge jazz and blast furnace melodeath.  Tempo changes abound, the slams are boulder-splitting, the technicality is fret-blazing, and the vocals of Matt McGachy this time are FUCKING DISGUSTING. Continue reading »

Oct 302012

Sweden’s Soilwork have been working with producer Jens Bogren on a new double-CD album, The Living Infinite, which will be released sometime next year by Nuclear Blast. Today, they announced the first North American tour in support of the album — and it’s a mammoth one. It will begin on March 12, 2013, in West Springfield, Virginia, and finish on May 7 in Worcester, Massachusetts.

I’m sure I’ll see this tour, especially because it’s coming to a relatively compact venue in Seattle, but also because I still have a warm spot in my heart for Soilwork despite a musical trajectory over time that’s been less than completely satisfactory, given my tastes. With a new double-CD worth of new music to promote, I suspect there won’t be much room for the really good, hard, older stuff, but we’ll see.

Also, Jeff Loomis is along for this ride, and I’d see this show even if he were the only name on the bill.

The line-up on the whole is curious — you certainly can’t accuse the organizers of lacking a taste for musical variety. In addition to Soilwork and Loomis, the tour will include Blackguard, The Browning, and Wretched. As for me, I’ve never been able to get into Blackguard, The Browning are a guilty pleasure, and Wretched — they kick ass. And what do you think? Continue reading »

Oct 302012

Here’s another daily round-up of tumultuous metal (and artwork) that caught my attention while I rooted around the interhole over the last 24 hours. In no particular order:

These Vancouver-based beasts have two releases on the near horizon. First, Dark Descent Records will be releasing a 7″ single named Antinumerology that includes two new Mitochondrion songs: “Insummation” and “137 (Antinumerology)”. The striking artwork has been created by Richard Friend (Loss, Father Befouled), and you can see it on the right (click the image to see a larger version). I haven’t found a release date yet, though it looks like sometime in 2013.

Second, Siege Engine Records will be releasing a double LP version of the band’s 2011 album, Parasignosis. The label is giving away a free test press copy of the LP, though you have to be on Facebook to enter the contest. To do that, “Like” the Siege Engine Records Facebook page and then click on the “Contest!” link toward the top of the page and enter the e-mail address associated with your Facebook account.

The artwork for the LP was created by Alexander L. Brown, and apparently will include a Parasignosis poster that looks stunning (not sure if this will be sold with the LP or separately). A detail from the poster is up above. A photo of the whole thing is just after the jump, and more detail shots can be seen here. This is really great work. Continue reading »

Oct 302012

Every day brings shitty news, both large and small. We usually don’t write about shitty news. We usually try to write about things that make the shit in life more tolerable. So I guess you could call this post a different kind of Exception to the Rule.

Who came up with the name of “Sandy” for this storm? Sandy is a freckle-faced girl with a beaming smile and sparkling eyes, wholesome and playful, the girl next door. If the hurricane naming gurus wanted an “S” name for this thing, they should have gone with something like Shedim.

Sandy made landfall at 8 pm, Eastern Time, last night, with hurricane-force winds extending up to 175 miles from the center of the storm and tropical-storm-force winds spreading out 485 miles from the center. At least 17 people have been killed so far and this morning more than 7 million people are without power in a multi-state region.

Businesses and schools are closed, roads are closed, subway and commuter trains have been shut down, more than 13,000 airline flights were canceled, even the Erie Canal was shut down. In Manhattan, waves topped the sea wall in the financial district, sending cars floating down streets and flooding the Ground Zero construction site. The Jersey Shore was devastated. A well-known replica of the H.M.S. Bounty was sunk off the North Carolina coast. And on and on and on.

The fuckin’ thing has even extended its reach into the Midwest. Chicago officials warned residents to stay away from the Lake Michigan shore as the city prepares for winds of up to 60 mph and waves exceeding 24 feet well into Wednesday. And though the storm has been downgraded from hurricane status to a tropical storm, it’s not finished wreaking havoc on the Northeastern US and Canada. Continue reading »

Oct 302012

(photo by Burton Rast)

Surly, don’t-fuck-with-me poses are a dime a dozen when a metal band holds still for a promo shoot. I’m pretty sure that in Drug Honkey’s case, this is no pose. And if you think these dudes look like badasses, their expressions are downright friendly compared to the music on their latest album, Ghost In the Fire.

This album is the fourth for them and the first for me, so I won’t be comparing it to their previous work. That would be pointless anyway, since diehard fans of the band have undoubtedly worn out their earholes with the music by now (Ghost was released in May) and have drawn their own comparisons. Instead, this very tardy review is for people like me in my pre-Ghost state — people who haven’t yet exposed themselves to what Drug Honkey do.

And what they do is manufacture atmosphere — blasted, burned, and black. They suck all the air out of the room and fill the void with a psychoactive fog that’s the stuff of nightmares.

They make the sound of a gutted city whose lifeless buildings are crumbling, imploding, and burning like giant waste bins beneath the bridges of catastrophe. It’s the noise of giant earth movers digging mass graves. It’s the soundtrack to the sun burning out and the planet freezing in utter darkness. It’s a recording of demons convulsed in the throes of insanity. Continue reading »


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I remember nearly falling out of my chair (or more accurately being thrown out of it) when I heard the title track to Bloodlust’s new album in early June. It was a virally infectious, bestially ferocious, volcanically hot blast of blackened thrash, with the kind of riffs that seemed written to become instant classics, and the kind of soloing that seemed capable of turning lead ingots into slag. “At the Devil’s Left Hand” was the name of that track, and of course the name of this new second album as well.

Well, now we have the chance to bring you another track from that album in advance of its release by Caverna Abismal on August 24, and this one is called “Freak of the Night“. I thought it would be a heavy lift for Bloodlust to top the title track, but I do believe they have.

This new song displays many of the same qualities as the blood-rushing “At the Devils’ Left Hand”, but if anything it’s an even more eye-popping showcase for the band’s wide-ranging abilities. On the one hand, the song is another furious, turbocharged gallop, capable of shooting high-voltage electricity directly into the listener’s brain stem and battering the head with hyperspeed drum and bass work, while getting your head (and your whole body) moving to the primal energies of glorious riffs and molten soloing — which again have the feel of classic metal.

But on the other hand, “Freak of the Night” includes other ingredients as well, amplifying the magnetic pull of this Australian band’s boisterous and blasphemous excoriations. At the outset of the song, Bloodlust combine tumbling drumwork, twisted arpeggios, and big grim chords to create a sense of looming horror (something they do again, using different techniques, later in the song). And in addition to the throat-ripping evil of the dominant snarls and shrieks, this song also includes craggy, gut-deep growls (no less evil, to be sure) — as well as a sinuous, seductive melody (involving very cool guitar-and-bass interplay), punchy start-stop rhythms, and even more eye-popping displays of technical prowess.

I forgot to mention one more thing that hasn’t changed in comparison to the title track: “Freak of the Night” is ridiculously catchy. You’ll see.

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February 23, 1953 on 12:27 pm | In Beryl, Bill Manvell, Early Childhood | Comments Off on Moving

More from my mom on our childhood years.We lived in the house at Spring Lake through the 2nd grade. But then, that summer, we suddenly left that house and stayed with my mom’s best friend, Ms. Jinx. We thought we were staying there for a couple of weeks while men worked on the house, but it turned out it was just a safe place for us while my mom found a job and an apartment in Fairfax. For the 3rd grade we went to Layton Hall in Fairfax, but then we moved to Arlington and I went to Page Elementary for the 4th through 6th grades.

We had fun doing the Lions Club “Clown Minstrel Shows” but I couldn’t take it any more. You all were 8, 7 and 4 and we moved in with Ms Jinx till I found a job (back at Baumbachs, and an apartment for us near Ms. Jinx). You and Linda went to the same school as the Tudors. I paid Ms. Jinx to keep Lori all day and you two after school, til I picked you up after work around 5:30.

My year lease was up, and Grandma Bobbie had bought a house in Vienna Woods. She said we could live in her basement with some construction of room dividers. I was working and dating Dad, so he partitioned the basement. We had a living room with a pull out couch I slept on, and one bedroom for you girls. There was a bathroom and a utility room. Had no stove, so used electric pots.

We stayed there til I married Dad and we moved to 15th St. in August 1962.

Taking Baby Home

February 22, 1953 on 10:18 am | In Beryl, Bill Manvell, Early Childhood, My Grandparents | Comments Off on Taking Baby Home

My mother wrote about where they lived after getting married and when I was born:

We rented a one bedroom apt. in Falls Church – didn’t have much money, so only had necessary furniture. Daddy’s parents were dead set against us wasting money on rent and insisted we buy land and build a house. Bought a lot in Spring Lake, Vienna, and attempted to personally build a house.

Meanwhile, they wanted us to live with them while building to save money. I insisted on our own bigger room and bath for privacy. We had to build the room off the kitchen but the bathroom never happened. It remained a closet.

I still worked in Arlington for “W. J. Baumbach Plumbers.” A plumber lived in Vienna and picked me up in his plumbing truck at 7:30 A.M. and Daddy picked me up around 5:00P.M.

All our friends had babies, so we wanted one, too. Pop Pop and Grandma Bobbie now lived in N. Arlington and my doctor was in D.C., so Vienna was WAY OUT IN THE BOONIES.

Grandma H. was next to impossible to live with. She wanted to take care of me and was my shadow. It was driving me nuts.

Grandma Bobbie wanted us to stay with them the last month (of my pregnancy) to be closer to D.C. We did, but they were drunk all the time and Grandma J came down for the big event. Every evening the three of them fought while drinking and overcooking supper. We stayed there a couple of weeks after you were born, them moved back with the Manvells to finish our house.

Finally had a roof, windows and doors and second hand appliances, so we moved in and for several years tried to finish the house (which we really never did before selling it as part of the divorce settlement). Daddy was always working – construction superintendent, drawing house plans, and his band. I insisted on being the stay-at-home Mom that I never had. Things were tough.

How My Parents Met

February 21, 1953 on 10:07 am | In Beryl, Bill Manvell, My Grandparents | Comments Off on How My Parents Met

My mother sent me an email with this story of meeting my father for the first time.

How I met your Daddy: When Pop Pop was stationed at the Navy annex in Arlington, we lived in South Arlington and I became friends with 2 sisters, Yvonne and Saphronia Sparks, that lived next door to us and went to W & L and the same Baptist church.

Grandma Bobbie sent me back to live with Grandma J. in Malden , Mass., as we three didn’t get along at all. I was all church and temperance involved and they were all for drinking and having fun. I was very friendly with my minister and wife in Revere, MA, and they had a daughter Gracia, (much older in a seminary studying to be a minister) that took me under their wings.

Gracia and her boyfriend, Bob (also in the seminary), arranged a blind date for me with a fellow student and friend. We double dated all year and we became engaged. I moved back to Virginia to graduate earlier – I was lacking 0ne credit to graduate, so went to summer school to graduate in February 1950 – so I could get married and become a minister’s wife.

Absence didn’t make the heart grow fonder. I went back to Mass. to marry him, but we broke up instead. Grandma J. could not afford to take care of me, and Pop Pop paid her and gave me four weeks to find a job so I could stay. I had a promised job with the phone company, but they couldn’t start me for another week past the four, so Grandma Bobbie came up and took me back to Virginia.

Picked up my friends I had made at the church when living there before in Arlington, even though we now lived in Alexandria. Yvonne and her husband, Chuck Goodson (Daddy’s drummer), took me to Hunters Lodge, a dance hall on Lee Hwy in Fairfax one Sat. night to introduce me to the “the band leader,” Billy Manvell, with the thought of arranging a blind date later. Wow, was I impressed –  “The band leader!”

Daddy proposed on our second date. I said, “No.”

We were both so unhappy living with parents that a couple of months later we were married, June 23, 1951.

My Name

February 20, 1953 on 10:00 am | In Beryl, Bill Manvell, Early Childhood, My Grandparents | Comments Off on My Name

I asked my mother how they chose my name and this is what she sent me:

Pop Pop was Capt. of a patrol craft ship (PCS) in Key West 1947. Even though he was an officer (Ensign), Grandma Bobbie and he hung out at the “Chief’s Club” on the Navy base. They were more fun.

One chief, Jack Cunningham, had a step daughter too, Lola, who was 18. He asked if he could introduce her to me, I was 16 and a junior in high school, and take her to the USO as she had no friends. Lola had a 3 year old brother, John, and a baby sister, Noreen Marie.

We liked the name Noreen and picked Carol out of the air because it sounded good. Noreen Carol Manvell. You were not named after her – we just liked the name.

My Birthday

February 19, 1953 on 12:00 pm | In Beryl, Bill Manvell, Early Childhood, Medical | Comments Off on My Birthday

Wednesday night my mother thought she might be going into labor. She waited a while but finally called the doctor and he told her to come on to the hospital.

My mother and father lived temporarily in Alexandria, a small town about 20 minutes from Washington, DC. The only hospital in the area was in DC, so my father carried a suitcase and helped my mother get into the car. He drove very fast and since it was very late at night, he ran the red lights (safely but with a sense of urgency) to get to Columbia Hospital for Women as fast as they could.

The doctor met them there and helped my mother get through several hours of labor. Then, just before dawn, I was born.

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Christmas Cheese and Wine Workshop

Christmas Cheese and Wine Workshop

Love Cheese? Love wine? Love Christmas? Why not come along to our festive cheese and wine matching evening and learn more about the best cheese and wine pairings to enjoy at home this Christmas. We will kick off with a glass of festive fizz and then we shall be exploring a range of delicious cheeses, incuding Cheeses made in Norfolk and matching them with some classic wines from around the world including some fine Sparkling Wines. We shall also talk about food and wine matching more generally, and you'll pick up some really good tips to take away and practice at home to impress your festive guests.

On the evening we will try six different cheese and wine combinations. The matchings will vary from one event to another and are continually reviewed depending upon cheese availability but each event will include a minimum of two local Norfolk Cheeses and at lease a couple selected from the delicious combinations below.

  • Chaource with Champagne
  • French Chevre (Goats cheese) with Loire Sauvignon Blanc
  • Farmhouse Cheshire with Chenin Blanc
  • Brie de Meaux with a Fine English Fizz
  • Roquefort with Sauternes
  • Pecorino from Tuscany with Sangiovese
  • Norfolk Binham Blue with an Italian Ripasso style red
  • Norfolk Dapple with Barrel Fermented Chardonnay
  • Smoked Norfolk Dapple with a South African red blend
  • Cropwell Bishop Silton with a Late Bottled Vintage Port

Perfect for foodies!

Professional ISO tasting glasses, all course materials including tasting sheets, table water, oat biscuits and water biscuits are provided.

This Christmas food and wine workshop makes a great gift and can be purchased as a Gift Voucher for just £37.50

All Cheese is supplied by Amaretto Delicatessan, 16 St Georges Street, Norwich. Just a minutes walk from our venue Cinema City.

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Fizz n Chips Friday; Champagne and Sparkling Wine with a Fish and Chip Supper

Fizz n Chips Friday; Champagne and Sparkling Wine with a Fish and Chip Supper

Join us to enjoy a decadent evening of fine Sparkling Wine and a Fish and Chip Supper specially prepared by the Chef at The Library Restaurant, Norwich.

At this tasting will explore the different styles of Sparkling Wine before we try one of the most spectacular food and wine matches, lightly fried food with Sparkling wine.

We will talk about where the first Sparkling Wine came from, including how it is made and learn all about the origins of the world's most famous Fizz, Champagne. Ever wondered how the bubbles get inside the bottle? Want to know what different terms like 'NV' on the bottle actually mean? During the evening we will taste a variety of styles of Sparkling wine from a selection including a Champagne, a delicious Cava, a light and lively Prosecco, a Champagne look-a-like and a fine English Fizz.

Then you will be served a full size portion of lightly fried Fish and Chips in a delicious tempura style batter (or a suitable alternative for those who don't eat fish). During the meal we will explain why Sparkling Wine with delicately deep-fried food is a classic food and wine pairing that is a match made in heaven! You will taste 6 fantastic fiizz's, including a fine Champagne and try 3 different Sparklers with your meal. You'lll then get to vote which wine you think works best.

Professional ISO tasting glasses, all tasting materials including tasting shetes and table water are provided as are all condiments for your meal.

This tasting makes a Great Gift and can be purchased as a Gift Voucher for just £35 here.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

anticipated weekend smells:

  • the return of the halloumi cheese grilling outside of formaggio kitchen
  • the inside of leavitt & peirce, a local cigar shop i know my dad will want to visit
  • the smell of snow, melting all at once, and for the last time this year


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© 2010 notworkrelated - David Rutter & Helen Roscoe. All rights reserved. notworkrelated takayama day 1

Japan – Takayama 26th October

We started early with a Japanese style breakfast provided by our Minshuku. It was much nicer than we were anticipating having been warned the night before. There was a traditional Hoba-miso from the area which is a miso sauce cooked on a leaf with a few shitake mushrooms and spring onions on it. You leave it to cook over a candle flame and then add it to the sticky rice, this was very pleasant. Accompanying was some cold grilled salmon, cooked squash, green tea and soup. Perhaps not your ideal breakfast start to the day but it was well worth trying and we left feeling pretty satisfied.

The temperature dropped significantly today and was somewhere around the 5 degrees mark, so with a brisk walk up to the famous morning markets we took in some of the local sights and stopped for a few photography opportunities of local trade. We were disappointed though as it all seems very contrived and set up for tourists. It is mostly Japanese tourists who come to the area along with lot’s of school trips. So off load the tour buses and suddenly the town becomes alive, but perhaps not in the way we had hoped. The word “Tacky-ama” comes to mind. It wasn’t all bad though as we did come across a nice cafe where we helped to translate some tour-guide info for a Japanese chap and then went on to Takayama Jinya.

This temple is beautifully restored and did hold our attention for an hour or so along with the school groups and fellow tourist makers. We managed to overlook this though and took in the historic details throughout. Following on from the temple we had the Takayama hilltops in our sights with a castle ruin at the top. It’s a good little hike up hill and along the way there are further shrines and monuments as well as an empty children’s playground which seemed to capture our photographic imaginations. From here we walked up to the top for a short look out across Takayama before heading back down towards the rooftops and a further path lined with temples. Takayama holds so much history that it’s difficult to forget where you are.

Back at our Minshuku we had a chance to relax and take a breather before heading out to meet Kim and Ivan. This time we chose a cosy little Japanese pub with one chef and many bar-top kitsch accessories such as a fridge that is also a TV, dvd player and playstation!! Along with this he provided us with books all about Japanese food, what he could do for us, explained that we would have to buy a beer whilst apologising all the while for his poor english!! The food was fantastic, fortunately we were able to share most of it as there was so much, Helen had the hoba-miso again this time though it was 4 times the size and had loads of mushrooms with it!! Dave had the local beef dish called Hida Beef which was very very good, melt in the mouth good. The chef gave the ladies a Kirin beer postcard and some goodbye bananas with “please come again” and “thank you” written on them. Priceless!

So with one more night left we prepared for the next step of our train journey to Kanazawa. We would meet Kim and Ivan for the same train the next morning at 11am. A good night was had by all.

(Leica M9, Summicron-M 50mm f2.0 & Olympus PEN, 17mm f2.8 & 100mm f2.8, processed in Lightroom 3)

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  1. Posted 11 Nov ’10 at 12:33 am | Permalink

    Hey Helen and David!

    I hope everything still fine for you! I just came back from Japan. I think I already miss it :(

    I really enjoyed my moment with you in Kanazawa. Your way of thinking and taking everyday without any stress, just trying to live good experiences, inspired me. And for sure, your pictures are amazing! Your talent give an another image of Japan and I think it is more important than any temple or shrine.

    Thanks for given me the chance to spend a rainy day with you. I will follow you during the next months, wherever we’ll go.

    See you again somewhere else..?

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Not Exactly a New Phenomenon…

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Though Junichi Tazawa might be the first consensus NPB first round draft pick-caliber player to jump directly to MLB, he’s not the first to have considered it. And even when he signs, he won’t be the first amateur out of Japan to sign with an MLB organization.

The guys listed below have all either negotiated or signed with MLB teams before playing pro ball in Japan. None of the players listed elicited the kind of reaction Tazawa got, but none of them pursued an MLB deal with the same level of fanfare that Tazawa has now.

Koji Uehara: came close to signing with the Angels out of college, but backed off because of language challenges and having to start in the minors. Went on to have immediate success in NPB, and subsequently make numerous requests to be posted. Finally coming to MLB this off-season.

Hayato Terahara: taken directly from Gary Garland’s excellent site:

Dodgers V.P. Tommy Lasorda personally tried to sign the 18 year old high school phenom with a 98mph fastball, Hayato Terehara, laying on the blather very thick as only Lasorda can. Terahara ultimately decided to remain in Japan and was drafted by the Daiei Hawks after a lottery drawing between the Hawks and three other Japanese teams.

I was in Japan when this happened and while it was reported in the media,  Terahara didn’t really seem interested in signing with the Dodgers. Terahara spent several ineffective years with the Hawks, then got traded to Yokohama where he immediately blossomed into a frontline pitcher.

GG Sato: signed with the Phillies after college and played a couple of years in their system. Drafted by Seibu afterward with a late round pick and eventually became a pretty good player. Kind of a late bloomer.

Kazuhito Tadano: went undrafted in NPB because of his appearance in an adult film while he was in college, but the Indians were willing to give him a contract. Tadano pitched briefly in the show but never really did well enough in AAA to get an extended shot in the majors. Nippon Ham drafted him with their first pick in 2007, and he’s back in Japan now.

Sho Nakata: drew interest from the Twins, and the Mariners reportedly had a $3M offer ready for him (can’t find the link now). Chose to enter into the NPB draft and was selected by Nippon Ham. Just wrapped up his first year with the Fighters’ farm team.

Robert Boothe: Grew up in Japan with an American father and Japanese mother. Boothe pitched in college but didn’t have must statistical success. Still, the five NPB teams that were said to be interested in drafting him backed off when he decided to sign with the Dodgers.

There’s a number of other lesser-known Japanese-born players playing affiliated ball in the US. has a pretty comprehensive list of guys that are currenlty on US minor league rosters, as well as some notable former players.

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Welcome to Northwestern Polytechnic University Housing page! You are about to begin one of the most exciting and challenging experiences of your lifetime. If you are an international student or just moved to the area, you will be in a new environment with new people, decisions, and responsibilities. University Housing can help you through this transition as well as better enable you to take full advantage of all the resources the University has to offer. You have a wonderful opportunity to learn more about yourself, others, and the community around you while living in an NPU home.

Our staff is ready to assist you in making your experience at NPU a rewarding one! Most importantly, we are dedicated to making your life easier by offering the absolute highest level of housing services.

Please note that housing availability is on a "first come, first serve" basis.

How do I apply for housing?

Apply through your student portal to guarantee your spot in the NPU housing community.

Contact Housing:

Tel: (510) 592-9688 ext 16

Fax: (510) 789-1234

Double room with one or more bathrooms

Fully Furnished

Study Areas

Laundry Room

Window Blinds

Reading Desks, Chairs

Dining Table, Chairs

Private Balcony or Yard

High-Speed Internet Connection

Full Kitchen with Stove, Refrigerator, Garbage Disposal, Dishwasher and Microwave

Within walking distance of housing and NPU campus

  • Food Supermarkets: Safeway, Lion Supermarket, 99 Ranch Market, and Marina Food
  • Pharmacies and Convenience Stores: Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy, 7-11, Circle K
  • Restaurants: KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Subway, Roundtable Pizza, Denny’s, Starbucks, and many others
  • Banks: Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Citibank, Cathay Bank, HBC
  • Department Stores: Walmart, Ross
  • Postal Services: U.S. Post Office, FedEx, UPS
  • Medical Services: Washington Clinic Medical Services
  • Public Tranportation: Buses ACT/SCVT, Trains; Altamont Communter Express, Bay Area Transit BART, Amtrak
  • Ride Share: Uber, Lyft, and local Taxis

and much more!

NPU Apartment Fee Information (effective 2015 Spring Semester)

$2,600 per trimester

Double unit

Full-Size Appliances

Wireless Internet

Washer & Dryer

Housing units are limited and available on a "first-come, first-serve", semester-by-semester basis. Late housing applicants will be placed on a waiting list.

NPU Housing will notify you by email, at the email address listed above, should NPU grant you university housing.

NPU shall not be responsible for any delays, failures in delivery, or consequences resulting from a delay or failure in delivery of email to the email address listed above.

In order to fully secure your housing space, you must pay both the security deposit ($500) and semester housing fee in full by the end of Week 13 of the current semester (please see the NPU Housing Calendar). For those that receive notification of a housing grant after the Week 13 deadline, the security deposit and semester rent are due immediately. NPU may offer the spot to another student on the waitlist if you fail to pay the amounts listed above by the appropriate deadline.

In the event you fail to pay or otherwise cancel after NPU grants you a housing space, but prior to the Housing Opening Date, NPU shall charge you a cancellation fee of $100. This cancellation fee is separate from any amounts that NPU does not refund to you in accordance with the housing fee refund schedule. You are strongly advised to only apply for housing if you plan to accept the housing space, if granted to you.

Eligible students may renew their NPU housing agreement and reside in university housing for up to a maximum of three total semesters of residency.

Important reminder: University Apartments have limited space and reservations are on a first-come first-served basis

Spring 2019 Deadlines

Housing Applications - October 15, 2018

Prepaid Rent & Deposit - December 17, 2018

Move in - January 3, 2019

Move out - April 23, 2019

Summer 2019 Deadlines

Housing Applications - February 11, 2019

Prepaid Rent & Deposit - April 15, 2019

Move in - May 1, 2019

Move out - August 23, 2019

Fall 2019 Deadlines

Housing Applications - June 17, 2019

Prepaid Rent & Deposit - August 15, 2019

Move in - August 26, 2019

Move out - December 20, 2019

To continue living in the University Apartments, you must apply and prepay the rent for a renewal of housing residency by the deadlines below

Spring 2019

Housing Renewal Application - March 1, 2019 by 11:00am

Summer 2019

Housing Renewal Application - June 24, 2019 by 11:00am

Fall 2019

Housing Renewal Application - October 11, 2019 by 11:00am

In accordance with its mission statement, the NPU housing department has established the following rules and regulations in order to make dormitory life pleasant and safe for all students. These regulations have been established not for the purpose of limiting the freedom of the resident students, but instead to secure the freedom of the residents. Students residing in University housing are required to sign a housing agreement, contract, and a room condition form at the beginning of each semester.

Printable Agreement of NPU Housing Rules, Regulations, and Policies to be signed by NPU student

Students fully understand and agree to observe and obey the following guidelines:

University Property

Students are responsible for keeping their rooms clean and neat in all areas; they are to avoid causing any damages to their rooms and furnishings. All students sharing a dormitory should share the responsibilities of the common areas. When a student is assigned to a dormitory, it is understood that the assignment carries with it an obligation to protect University property. A student who violates the dormitory rules stated below or who intentionally or carelessly destroys dormitory property will be fined $50 or higher depending on the damages caused or will receive a warning notice; the resident will be asked to move out from the dorm after receiving two warning notices from the housing department.

The NPU housing department will be checking the dorms weekly in order to maintain good services and good condition of the dormitory. The University has the authority to take necessary steps to protect residents and properties.

Specific dormitory regulations include:

a) No overnight guest is allowed in the dormitory. If a student would like to invite relatives or friends for overnight stay, he/she must submit a room reservation request for NPU Guesthouse to the housing staff. The housing staff will seek the room availability from the Guesthouse for the students’ relatives or friends.

b) School furniture may not be removed from the dormitory, or moved around in the dormitory, or to outside the dormitory. Students need to inform the NPU Housing Office and get approval in advance for moving personal furniture into the dormitory. Other students who do not reside in the assigned dormitory may not borrow furniture or leave any personal furniture. Working Desks should not be moved from the common area, it would result in a penalty of $100.

c) Additional beds are not allowed. Additional beds other than those provided by the University as normal furniture are not permitted in the dormitories. Students may not build loft-type beds or other structures.

d) Beds cannot be disassembled. Bed frames, box springs and mattresses, mattress covers, and head and footboards should not be removed.

e) Doors to rooms, bathrooms, and closets, and window screens should not be removed.

f) Only removable plastic adhesive should be used to attach decorations to the walls. Students should see the housing staff for details on the permissible items used for wall decoration and other adhesive materials. Use of nails or tapes is not allowed.

g) Students must not mark or mar walls, doors, or carpets. Decals or contact paper should not be attached to walls, doors, windows, ceilings, or room furnishings.

h) Students should not tamper with electrical fixtures and built-in furniture or utilities.

i) The Office of Operations may not install window air conditioners in student rooms without written permission. If permission is granted, a cost for installation is the student’s responsibility.

j) Students are not allowed access to rooftops for sunning or any other purposes.

k) Needed repairs should be reported to the NPU housing staff and should not be attempted by the students.

l) Students may not display neon lights, commercial signs, or generally offensive material from their dormitory room windows.

m) You MUST attend Housing orientation; otherwise you will lose the privilege of renewal for the following semester term. No excuse will be accepted for not showing up and you MUST inform us with acceptable reason in advance.

Residency in the Classic Dormitory

Students approved to move into the Classic dormitory may use the dormitory for a maximum one year, which will depend on the student resident’s performance. All residents have the responsibility to report and violation of rules, regulations, and policies to the NPU housing staff at once. There will be equal penalty for any resident knowing the truth or fact of violations but without reporting them to the housing department. Weekly onsite inspections are conducted by the NPU staff.

The NPU housing staff will assist these students to look for outside housing so that they can move out at the end of the term.

Intentional breaking of glass (bottles, windows, etc.) will result in a minimum penalty of a $150 fine or 15 hours of assigned community service. (The fine and the hours may be increased if the incident involves multiple bottles or windows being broken.)

Utility Fees

The residents in each dorm share the utility costs of the dorm. Each person pays $30 per month for a minimum charge of water, utility, sewage, garbage, and wireless bills. There will be more if utility fees exceed the minimum amount.

Installation for Personal Convenience

Installations and costs for personal convenience, such as telephone, cable TV and other electronic devices are the responsibility of the student who requests for these services and needs to get approval from all tenants and the housing department first.

Internet Networking Usage

The primary purpose of dormitory computer networking internet device is to support student academic activity or research and study on course subject related information and no guarantee on speed at usage of Internet Music, TV Program, Movie, Video Clip, Streaming, Instant Messenger, Online Chatting, Skype, Webcams or Gaming Platforms (X-Box, Playstation 2) etc.

Residents are not permitted to tamper dorm's networking equipment and device including firewall, router, wireless access point, and Hub, Ethernet cable. In addition, DSL account of dorm belongs to NPU and student is not allowed to make change/cancel on program/term/account information.

If residents prefer to install their own Internet connection, it must get approval from Housing Service. Violations of any of the above regulations, student has to be responsible for the consequence including but not limited to installation fee, remove and repair fee, service fee.

Excessive or improper use of bandwidth or internet networking software that causes a disruption, inhibits or interferes with other users is not permitted.

Rents are prepaid per semester and by a set deadline before each semester starts.

A deposit is prepaid per semester and by a set deadline before each semester starts. Students using the school housing units are required to pay a security deposit in the amount of $500 for staying in the Classic units.

Renewing Housing for the Classic Unit

Only qualified residents can renew housing for the NPU dormitory. Applying for renewal of housing residency for the next semester is in week 5 of the current semester. The student must submit the renewal housing application form for the new semester. The deadline to pay the renewal rent is by 11:00 am on Monday of week 6 of the current semester.

Withdraw and Refund

The security deposit is fully refundable for cancellations prior to the Housing Opening Date. If the student moves in to university housing, the security deposit is refundable, but may be subject to certain deductions as authorized by law (e.g., cleaning, repair of damages, restoration/replacement of furniture, furnishings, or other items).

Below is the housing fee refund schedule.

A. Cancellation at least 45 days prior to Housing Opening Date: The housing fee, less $150.

B. Cancellation between 15 and 45 days prior to the Housing Opening Date: The housing fee, less $900.

C. Cancellation 15 days or less prior to the Housing Opening Date: The housing fee, less $1400.

D. Cancellation on or after the Housing Opening Date: No refund.

Please note that there is a cancellation fee of $100 if you cancel after NPU grants you a housing space, but prior to the Housing Opening Date. This fee is separate from any housing fee amounts that NPU does not refund to you as described above.

Additionally, please note that if you fail to complete the course registration process by 5 P.M. on Saturday of the first week of the semester, housing, unless you are an international student on official semester break, you are not permitted to occupy a space in university. In such circumstance, you must vacate university housing immediately. NPU will not refund the housing fee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, NPU may at its discretion decide whether or not a student is permitted to reserve or occupy a space in university housing.

Moving Out

Students staying in the Classic Dormitory may use the dorm only for the first semester at NPU and must move out at the end of the semester. Only qualified residents can renew the NPU dormitory for a maximum one year residency.

Early moving out: There is no refundable rent and deposit if the student moves out earlier during the semester. The student may move out early. But he/she has to inform the housing staff 2 weeks in advance; however, the rent and the deposit will be collected by NPU. The dorm fee is for the entire semester; the student has the right to live in the dorm from the dorm opening day to the dorm closing day. NPU’s obligation is to assure the dorm space for students for the entire semester. Students who transfer to another school cannot get the rent and deposit back.

Cleanliness Requirement: Upon moving out of the dorm, the students must clean up the dorm and leave their rooms in a clean and orderly manner. The rooms must be inspected by the NPU housing staff and the checkout form must be completed before the student departs. All items belonging to the dormitory at the time of the student’s moving into the dorm must still be accountable and in their original shape other than for regular wear and tear. If the student fails to do so, a $25 fine or more will be charged depending on the condition. The University and NPU housing department reserve the right to keep the dorm premises/property safe, secure, and tidy.

Returning Keys: Students need to return the keys on the date that the housing officer informs the student to move out. Returning keys late will result in a $10/day fine to the student.

Cleaning fees: The residents of each dorm share the expenses of professional cleaning at the end of every month; the cleaning may also occur in the middle of the month and the costs are also shared by the residents.

Asked to Move Out

Student who breaks the rules, regulations, and policies will be asked to move out of the dorm and will not get any refund (including rent and deposit) from NPU.

Rights Held by the University

The University reserves the right:

a) Of entry by authorized personnel for inspection, repair, emergency, or for any other appropriate reasons, such as after receiving report of suspected violations of University conduct or regulations. No early notification is needed.

b) To levy and collect charges for damage to or unauthorized use of the dorm, or alterations to room or other items in the dorm.

c) To remove unauthorized or improperly used equipment.

d) To reassign, evict, or levy fines against students who violate the rules, regulations, and policies.

Fire Codes

Students are expected to observe the following fire code regulations. Violators of these regulations are subject to disciplinary action, payment of any damages, and a minimum fine of $200:

a) For the protection of residents, dormitories are equipped with smoke and fire detection and prevention devices. Tampering with the smoke detector and alarm system or with fire extinguishers is a violation of rules as well as a violation of the City fire code.

b) Hallways must be kept clear at all times. Furniture and personal belongings such as bicycles, trunks, boxes, and drying racks may not be placed in the hallways.

c) Ceiling hangings of any description are not permissible as they interfere with the proper function of the fire/smoke detection and prevention devices.

d) Fireworks and firecrackers are not permitted in or around the dormitories.

e) No lighting or heating device which produces an open flame is allowed in the dormitory. This includes candles and kerosene lamps. No hot plates, toaster ovens, or auxiliary heaters are to be used; hot irons and coffee pots should not be placed on the carpet or other flammable materials.

f) Cardboard boxes and boxes of like materials may not be stored in places in the dormitories where gas water heaters are present.

g) Bicycles are not allowed in dormitory common areas, halls, stairwells, or where they obstruct exits. They should be stored only in designated bike storage areas.

h) Personal refrigerators are not allowed to be installed in student rooms.

Students of the opposite sex are not assigned and may not arrange to live together in any dorm.

Common Areas

If all residents of a dormitory agree, a common area in the dorm may be made available for a twenty-four-hour use with the following stipulations: Should these stipulations not be followed, the twenty-four-hour access policy may be revoked and those who violate the policy may be subject to disciplinary action.

Common areas in the dormitories are provided to the residents as spaces in which they may congregate outside their personal rooms. They are places of gathering, used for dorm meetings, movie and television viewing, group studying, and as a place for relaxation. Residents must be respectful of the rights of other students who share these spaces, and must be mindful of the noise generated. Quiet hour policies apply at all times (9:00PM to 8:00AM).

Common spaces must NOT be used for organized or spontaneous social activity, which restricts any resident’s use of the common areas, or for an activity that results in the violation of University policies.

Access must be limited to residents and their guests; a resident must always accompany guests. No overnight guest is allowed in the dormitory. Please ask for assistance from the housing staff for reserving the Guest Rooms for your relatives or friends.

Quiet Hours

In order to secure the right of students to read and to study free from unreasonable noise and other distractions, the University has asked the students in each dorm to respect "quiet hours," which are designated evening hours during which the residents are expected to observe quiet behavior. Daily quiet hours are from 9:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. During Midterm Examination and Final Examination weeks, students will be requested to respect other students at all times.

No Pets

Students living in dormitories may not own pets, may not feed or keep pets in the dormitories, or keep pets anywhere on the domain. A minimum of $25 fine will be imposed for each violation of this policy.

No Smoking

Smoking is not allowed in the dormitories, premises and also within the property (including the garage or the front and back yard or deck/patio). If the housing staff members find any evidence such as cigarette butts within the dorm, premises, and property, the student will be asked to move out immediately and $100 penalty will be charged. In addition, there will be no refund of rent or security deposit for violating the housing rules, regulations, and policies.

No Alcohol Use

Alcoholic beverages are not allowed in dormitory. Opened containers of alcoholic beverages (including cups) are forbidden within the dorm, premises, and property. If the housing staff members find any alcoholic bottles, containers, or cans within the above areas, the student will be asked to move out immediately and a $100 penalty will be charged. In addition, there will be no refund of rents or security deposit for violating the housing rules, regulations, and policies.

No Parties

The Univeristy and housing department does not permit dormitory room parties. Once housing staff members receive the compliant from the neighbors or property manager, the student will be asked to move out immediately and a $100 penalty will be charged. In addition, there will be no refund of rent or security deposit for violating the housing rules, regulations, and policies.

No Sublease

The dorm spaces are allocated by NPU Housing Staff and NPU owns the ownership to all the dorm spaces. Students are not allowed to sublease the room to any other persons to get any profit. As long as the housing staff members discover the sublease is true and has been verified, the student’s space will be annulled and asked to move out immediately. The student who does the sublease will lose the rent and deposit; also, the student will pay a fine, 50% of the rent/semester, to NPU.

Roommates, the other students who live in the same dorm, also have the obligation to inform NPU housing staff about the sublease condition that happened. If roommates acquiesce this situation and do not inform the housing staff will be viewed as accomplices and will lose the deposit and need to pay $300 penalty to NPU.

Key Service

There is a $10 key service fee each time a student needs an assistance to open the door. Any lost key must be reported immediately so that the locks can be re-corded and residents of the unit can be issued a new key. The charge of re-cording locks (includes main entrance door and room door) and new key copies will depends on the actual receipt provided by locksmith after the work is done.

Personal Possessions

University insurance does not cover personal losses. Students should take precautions to protect personal belongings from theft, fire, water damage, or other loss. Students are encouraged to purchase their own rental insurance.

Semester Break Time

NPU reserves the right to make changes to dorm settings or reassign dorm spaces during the break time. (Break time: between two semesters, from dorm closing day to the next dorm opening day.)

Please go to the NPU housing website to check the Housing Calendar for break times and move-in and move-out dates.

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Please note: Because off-campus housing offers are by individuals and companies not affiliated with NPU, the University assumes no responsibility for housing arrangements made through these services. If you need assistance with off-campus housing, please discuss with an NPU housing officer for advice on how lease agreements and housing contracts work in the U.S.


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Re: The race for Europe
« on: February 11, 2018, 02:49:36 AM »
We get 6th and Allardyce gets a 12 month extension. Can't see any other scenario to be honest.

We are far too inconsistent and our confidence is still shot though. So we aren't getting sixth.

Even the mention of 6th is preposterous. Arsenal are 11 pts ahead and a much, much better team. I'd still back them to finish above us, if we were 11 pts ahead of them.
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