Issue 25 Vol18

22.04.16 | Vol. 18 | Issue 25

INSIDER STUDENT MAGAZINE

KYMENLAAKSON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

WHAT IS VAPPU IN THIS ISSUE #SHIP, Marja-Liisa Neuvonen-R., Apps for Summer, 30 Day Gym Challenge, 4 Course Meal, Deftones: Gore, Upcoming Music Albums Mystery/Fantasy Books Hardcore Henry

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As another academic year for Insider draws to a close, it is time to reflect on the past year and upcoming changes for the next. Our special profile this week looks at some of the questions that have been asked by those profiled in previous issues. Last week’s interview with our Rector also gave a lot of information about some changes happening in the university, and the new organisation next year. One thing he mentioned was about the tuition Hugh Clack fees for non-EU students coming in Editor in Chief the autumn 2017. Remember, this is only for new students starting from then, it will not affect current students. The actual fee itself has not yet been finally decided, but will probably be several thousand Euro per year.

As far as new students are concerned, last week FINNIPS entrance examinations for the English programmes were being held around the world. Colleagues were travelling to far off destinations such as Vietnam, Nepal, USA, etc. Personally, I was in London, where we had two days of exams but not so many applicants. However, it was interesting to see the interest in Finland. Something that was quite strange was the fact that the exams had been arranged at the Finnish Church in London. Listening to Finnish being spoken there and speaking Finnish to the employees felt quite surreal. It is quite a home away from home for Finns, and they have regular meetings. As there is also accommodation available, it would make a nice base for Finns visiting London.

This week in Finland, we also have the entrance examinations. By the time you are reading this, the exams will have been taken here in Kouvola for our International Business programme. Let’s hope that there were good candidates here also, and good luck to all those that join us at Kyamk next autumn.

Talking about next autumn, Insider will continue to bring you news and articles from this university and other related matters, and we also hope to make closer cooperation with Mikkeli and start bringing you similar content relating to studies and life there. From January 2017 Insider will of course represent the university as a whole (Xamk) no longer Kyamk.

For myself, I want to thank the editorial team for their continued efforts this past year, and for the excellent contributions by new members of the team. Insider has continued to develop especially with our online offerings and will continue to do so. Have a great summer and see you in the autumn.

FAVOURITE QUOTES “It isn’t pre-martial sex if you never get married.”

“It is my greatest wish to time travel to the future and watch historically inaccurate period dramas about the early 2000s.”

“If a mushroom gets mouldy in the fridge, is it cannibalism?”

“If your absence never affected them, your presence never mattered.”

“The conclusion of an essay is essentially a TL;DR”

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GUEST ARTICLE

#SHIP

The next big thing - #ship The Startup Festival Text by: Momal Mushtaq | Photos by: Patteri

We live in the days of increasing unemployment where the existence of entrepreneurship is somewhat a small patch of absolute greenness endlessly engulfed by barrenness. This may sound hopeless and may present a very gloomy picture but I say so to cite the significance of entrepreneurship in our schools today – an employment strategy that can lead to overall economic self-sufficiency. Entrepreneurship seeks to empower people, particularly youth, to create new job opportunities while following their passion. It prepares them to find and do the work they love; take risks yet be responsible, exercise leadership and gain invaluable interpersonal skills along the way.

The entrepreneurial movement is slowly gaining momentum with the growth of a supportive environment to flourish new businesses. Finland is no differ-

ent. One such initiative is #ship The Startup Festival, apparently the biggest of its kind in South East Finland. It is basically a twoday event which brings together mentors, investors and the next generation of entrepreneurs from Finland and beyond. #ship is organized annually by Patteri Entrepreneurship Society, the student-run organization of Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences (KyUAS). This year’s main sponsor is Google and event partners include Cursor Oy, Kouvola Innovation Oy, City of Kotka and KyUAS. #ship 2016 will be held on July 27 & 28th, during Finland’s biggest outdoor music festival called Kotka Maritime Festival (Kotkan Meripäivät in Finnish). With 21 teams in semifinals, #ship 2015 involved every summer program from Finnish entrepreneurship societies. This year, 40 teams are expected to compete for €5000

euros in the Pitch Captain -competition. The teams will be offered an opportunity to interact with global mentors through #ship’s Mentor Track -program and other entrepreneurial champions at the Networking Cruise and Evening Gala. But, that won’t be the end of road. Even after the event, participants will be offered support to drive ideas forward; and scale them to implementation. #ship 2016 is the next big thing with regards to developing a strong startup eco-system within Kymenlaakso region. It is about making things happen; reaching new horizons and turning your dreams into reality. If you want to experience something different and exciting this summer, #ship is the place to be at. For more information about the event, visit: www.shipfestival.org Subscribe to #ship’s newsletter at: http://eepurl.com/bPwn5L

PROFILE

MARJA-LIISA NEUVONEN-RAUHALA

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Kyamk Staff

By: Frank van de Voorde

Can you briefly introduce yourself?

Spring, summer and autumn weather are mostly nice, but cold, windy winter weather is terrible. During winter I wish I was a part of the Moomins family and I could just hibernate.

My name is Marja-Liisa Neuvonen-Rauhala and work as a director of education at the international business unit. I am a work-oriented person, interested in higher education and its research and development. Equality, freedom and sisterhood are important values to me, that’s why I am a Zontian. Reading and gardening are my hobbies.

Mi Nguyen: What are your future plans?

I have some dreams to be fulfilled. Next I will apply for a job of mine in Xamk.

Prakash Neaupane: What do you like and dislike about living and working in Kouvola and KyAMK? Kouvola is a nice size town to work and to network with everybody you need to. Kouvola centre is easy to move around by walking. Kouvola is robust and modern. When I first came to work in Kyamk I felt that I came home. I still enjoy working at the Kasarminmäki Campus, students and staff are great.

Nabin Ghimire: Who is your favourite staff member and why?

happy although my children are living far away, my daughter in Joensuu and my son in London. I wonder how mothers did without Skype earlier.

Julia Rässa: Why are you such a good painter?

Hanni Hätinen: What makes you happy in life?

Perhaps, because I have practiced it a lot. I have painted walls, window frames, tables, chairs etc.

Practice makes you a master, I think. It also helps, if you have an idea and take advice from more experienced painters. Painting requires also patience, and it makes it challenging. Many skills need hard training.

I am happy when the sun is shining, then everything is possible – also at work. My family makes me

Olli Simanainen: What do you like about the weather in Finland?

At the moment I am annoyed with timetables of trains. Early morning shifts are taken away. It makes it hard to be early in the mornings at the Kasarminmäki Campus.

Everybody is important and my favourite when doing her/his best for our mission.

Anastasija Jernova: Which country would you choose for work and for living in the future, and why?

Spain definitely, it is a diverse country, the weather is nice and it would be good for my husband.

Professionally I think that there are a lot of possibilities, though times are hard now.

Meri Ketonen: If you would have to learn one skill, what would it be?

Spanish language.

Is there anything you would like to add?

Cheerful May Day!

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APPS

MAPS, ARTS & GAMES By: Richard McGrath

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SKETCHBOOK - DRAW & PAINT

STAR WARS

The new TomTom GO Mobile app is a sleek combination of the latest TomTom car navigation technology and world-class traffic information. You will always choose the best route available based on accurate, real-time traffic information that gets you to your destination faster, every day.

Autodesk® SketchBook® is an intuitive painting and drawing application designed for people of all skill levels, who love to draw.

We reimagined the paint engine, so SketchBook delivers more fluid pencils and natural painting than ever before, all while keeping the interface clean and simple.

The Star Wars app is your official mobile connection to a galaxy far, far away. With a dynamic interface, the Star Wars app immerses you in breaking news, rich media, social updates, special events, and interactive features. (cardboard compatable)

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SYGIC GPS NAVIGATION

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR DRAW

SIMCITY BUILDIT

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps is the most advanced GPS navigation app for Android with 3D offline maps from TomTom, accurate door-to-door voice guided navigation and free map updates.

Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps offers high-end navigation experience with innovative features for your safety & comfort.

Create finished vector illustrations with easy and intuitive touch controls. Send your artwork as layered files to Adobe Illustrator CC or as flat images to Photoshop CC.

WELCOME MAYOR! Build your own beautiful, bustling city where your citizens will thrive. The larger and more intricate your city gets, the more needs your citizens have, and it’s up to you to keep them happy.

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CARDBOARD

THE SIMS

Record video selfie animations, change the way you look and send it to friends via your favorite messengers and social networks.

Cardboard puts virtual reality on your smartphone. The Cardboard app helps you launch your favorite VR experiences, discover new apps, and set up a viewer.

Escape to your romantic getaway in The Sims FreePlay.

Play the world’s most popular life simulation game!

FITNESS

30 DAY GYM CHALLENGE

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By: Sarah Rosenthal

Motivation is what gets you started.

Habit is what keeps you going.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Rest Day 08 09 10

Leg Extension 4 sets | 15 reps Leg Curls 4 sets | 15 reps Leg Press 6 sets | 20 reps Barbell Squat 6 sets | 20 reps Shoulder Press 4 sets | 15 reps Lvrg Chest Press 4 s| 15 r Incline Chest Press 6 s | 20 r Bench Press 6 sets | 20 reps Cardio Day 30min Running or 40min Cycling

Leg Extension 6 sets | 15 reps Machine Squat 6 sets | 15 reps Leg Curl 6 sets | 15 reps Barbell Dead Lift 6 sets | 15 reps Shoulder Press 4 sets | 20 reps Lvrg Chest Press 4 s | 20r Incline Chest Press 6 s | 25 r Bench Press 6 sets | 25 reps Cardio Day 45min on the Elliptical Trainer or 30min Rowing

Abductor 4 sets | 15 reps Adductor 4 sets | 15 reps Barbell Squat 6 sets | 25 reps Glute 4 sets | 15 reps Shoulder Press 4 sets | 25 reps Lvrg Chest Press 4s | 25r Incline Chest Press 6 s | 30 r Bench Press 6 sets | 30 reps Cardio Day 40min Running or 60min Cycling

11 12 13 14 Rest Day 15 16 17 18 19 20

Leg Curls 6 sets | 20 reps Adductor 4 sets | 20 reps Barbell Dead Lift 6 s | 20 r Leg Extension 6 sets | 20 reps Shoulder Press 4 sets | 30 reps Lvrg Chest Press 4s | 30r Incline Chest Press 6 s | 35 r Bench Press 6 sets | 35 reps Cardio Day 1h on the Elliptical Trainer or 45min Rowing

Glute 4 sets | 20 reps Abductor 4 sets | 15 reps Leg Press 6 sets | 20 reps Machine Squat 4 sets | 15 reps Shoulder Press 4 sets | 35 reps Lvrg Chest Press 4s | 35r Incline Chest Press 6 s | 40 r Bench Press 6 sets | 40 reps Cardio Day 50min Running or 1h10min Cycling

Leg Extension 6 sets | 20 reps Leg Curl 6 sets | 20 reps Barbell Dead Lift 6 s | 20 r Adductor 4 sets | 20 reps Shoulder Press 6 sets | 15 reps Lvrg Chest Press 6s | 15r Incline Chest Press 8 s | 20 r Bench Press 8 sets | 20 reps Cardio Day 1h15min on the Elliptical Trainer or 1h Rowing

21 Rest Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Rest Day 29 30

Leg Curls 6 sets | 20 reps Adductor 4 sets | 20 reps Barbell Squat 6 sets | 25 reps Glute 4 sets | 15 reps Shoulder Press 6 sets | 20 reps Lvrg Chest Press 6s | 20r Incline Chest Press 8 s | 25 r Bench Press 8 sets | 25 reps Cardio Day 1h Running or 1h20min Cycling

Abductor 4 sets | 15 reps Adductor 4 sets | 15 reps Leg Curl 6 sets | 15 reps Barbell Dead Lift 6 sets | 15 reps Shoulder Press 6 sets | 25 reps Lvrg Chest Press 6s | 25r Incline Chest Press 8 s | 30 r Bench Press 8 sets | 30 reps Cardio Day 1h30min on the Elliptical Trainer or 1h15min Rowing

Abductor 6 sets | 25 reps Adductor 6 sets | 25 reps Barbell Squat 6 sets | 35 reps Glute 6 sets | 25 reps Shoulder Press 6 sets | 30 reps Lvrg Chest Press 6s | 30r Incline Chest Press 8 s | 35 r Bench Press 8 sets | 35 reps

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FEATURE ARTICLE

VAPPU

What happens during 30.4-1.5 in Finland and why?

By: Karollina Niemi

What is this Finnish party all about?

For some Finns Vappu is the only time of the year when they’re able to speak Swedish. You can hear Finns saying stuff like “Klara Vappen, bara vatten” for some unknown reasons. Maybe it is because this is probably the only party in Finland, which is even remotely happy. You can’t probably be truly happy if you only speak depressing Finnish.

We don’t celebrate Vappu in Finland just to praise our Swedish-skills. It is actually a celebration of workers and students. The actual Vappu-day is on the 1st of May. However students also go out already on the 30th of April and make it a two-day-party.

What happens on the 30th of April?

The last day of April, the Vappu

Eve, is the day when the celebrations start. This is when the student union puts a graduation cap on a statue. This tradition started back in 1909 in Helsinki, where students put the gap on the statue without a permission. Nowadays it happens in every student city and it is kind of a “must see” event. Usually there also are some speeches and maybe even singing. Most of the traditions are somewhat confusing to explain to foreigners, but that has to be one of the weirdest.

masks, people love wearing their student overalls to celebrate student life.

What are the Vappu-essentials?

Like in any good party, food plays a big role also in Vappu. For some reason Finns tend to eat potato salad and frankfurters in every party, and Vappu is no different.

However there are some specific drinks are food and drinks that we only have during Vappu. We have an example of one of the Vappu treats here, Sima.

Forget sophisticated little black dresses because this party is a messy one. If you have graduated from Finnish high school, you are probably wearing your cap. If you don’t have that, there’s no need to be ashamed. Just hide your face with a mask or maybe wear a wig. Other than the cap or funny

If you wish to decorate your place to make it look like Vappu exploded there, head to your closest supermarket. Vappu is all about different colours, which is why you should get loads of balloons and paper streamer. Also, if you feel like you want to let your inner cheerleader out, it is not abnormal to buy colourful pompoms this time of the year.

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FEATURE ARTICLE

Sima Ingredients • • • • • •

5 l water 350 g sugar 350 g brown sugar 2 lemons Dab of yeast Few raisins

1. Wash the lemons and peel the yellow skin.

2. Peel the white part of the skin and dice the pulp.

3. Put the yellow skin, the pulp and the sugar into a bowl, a bucket or a barrel. Whatever tickles your fancy, really.

4. Boil half of the water and pour it into the bowl. Mix them up and let it sit still for a while.

5. Add the other half of the water into the bowl. Mix.

6. Wait until the mixture is about room-temperature and add the yeast.

7. Now it’s the best part: leave the mixture sit still for a day or two.

8. After a day or two, filter the mixture into bottles. Drop few raisins and about a teaspoon of sugar for each bottle.

9. When the drink is all bottled up, put the bottles into a fridge.

10. After a few days the raisins float on the surface. This is when the Sima is ready, congratulations!

Did you know that Finns are divided into the people who drink their sima with the raisins and the ones who think that they’re just disgusting?

That’s it?

I want to paint you a picture: It’s the first of May. You are now lying in the bed next to your dirty graduation gap, thinking “I’m so lucky that Vappu takes place only once a year.” You are probably still in your overalls asking yourself, why you didn’t take them off when you got home... And most importantly, is this even your home. No worries! Put that cap back on and head out to the traditional Vappu picnic.

In big student cities, students and graduates head out to enjoy the spring weather and have a picnic.

If you don’t want to stand out, you should pack some Vappu essentials with you: Sima, sugar-coated doughnuts, funnel cake, loads of other food and even if we, as a student magazine, can’t say this seriously bring a bottle of sparkling wine with you... or two.

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RECIPE

FOUR COURSE MEAL By: Khue Do

Hello everyone, this is the last issue in this studying year, how have you been doing lately with your body? I hope you are all physically healthy. In this last issue, we give you a full recipe before a partying night, fulfilling your stomach before drinking is never a bad idea right? Here we go, let’s start with preparing for an appetizer.

Appetizer: Easy Cauliflower Soup

Drink: Nutritious avocado smoothie

Here is what you will need: • 1 cup of chopped cauliflower • Chicken broth or stock • Milk & sour cream • Salt, Pepper, Dill

What to put into this smoothie: • Avocado of course, 2 avocado • Milk, or condensed milk if you like • Yogurt

And here is what you need to do: Stir cauliflower on the pot with a little bit of butter, and add salt in to it. After 2 minute with medium heat, put chicken broth in, keep stirring, put milk, sour cream, salt and pepper in. Wait until boils.

For the decoration, you put your soup onto a bowl, add a pinch of dill on top, enjoy while it is still hot.

If you are not happy with the soup, don’t worry because we still have other meal coming up within this issue.

Chop avocado into small pieces so that it can blend in easier, put all of the things into a mixer then start mixing. Make sure that the smoothie is smooth, it smells good, now if you want it to be condensed, you might consider putting a lot of yogurt into it. But in case you want it to be diluted, you can totally replace yogurt with milk. Enjoy your avocado smoothie, this nutritious drink gives you vitamin E, it will detox your skin which can makes you look younger.

RECIPE

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Main course: Grilled salmon with Dessert: Chocolate lava cake creamy mashed potatoes

The grease of salmon, the sweetness of honey and the freshness of vegetables are combined together to create a wonderful dinner for all of you. As always, I try to make the recipe as simple as possible so why don’t you read this recipe and treat yourself for being such a hardworking student!

Ingredients: • 150g salmon fillets • 100g potatoes • 50g zucchini • 50g carrots • 50g red onions • Dill, salt and pepper • Honey, Mayonnaise, Soy sauce, Olive oil • Melted butter Cut the zucchini, carrots and red onions. Add soy sauce and olive oil for seasoning and mix them well.

Season the salmon with dill, pepper and a pinch of salt. Put the salmon and the vegetables in the oven for 20 minutes under medium heat. The oil from salmon will be melted and mixed with the vegetables. Yum! Boil the potatoes in water for about 15 minutes.

Peel the cover and grind the potatoes until it becomes smooth. Add salt, pepper and melted butter then mix it. The mashed potatoes should be smooth and creamy.

For the sauce, I had honey, mayonnaise, olive oil and salt in a bowl and mix it.

Finally, get salmon out of the oven and present the dish with grilled vegetables, mashed potatoes and sauce. The yummy grilled salmon is ready to serve!

Ingredients: • 100g butter • 4 tablespoons original cocoa powder • 3 tablespoons flour • 2 eggs • 2 egg yolks • 100g chopped dark chocolates • 3 tablespoons sugar • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract • Sugar powder • Salt Step 1: Melt the chocolates and butter in the microwave. Let it cool down and then add the flour and sugar. Mix it well until it turns to a nice texture.

Step 2: Beat the eggs and egg yolks then add the vanilla extract.

Step 3: Gently mix the mixtures from step 1 and 2 until smooth.

Step 4: Preheat the oven to 225-Celsius degree.

Step 5: Pour the mixture in custard cups and put them in the oven for 15 minutes.

Ding! Get the cake out, place it on a dish and top with sugar powder. In order to add more flavors, we can serve lava cakes with mints and fresh sour fruits such as strawberries or kiwis.

Enjoy the extraordinary lava cakes and the Insider team hopes you will have a wonderful exam week and holidays ahead. See you all!

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MUSIC REVIEW

DEFTONES: GORE By: Roope Sorvo

Genre Alternative Metal Experimental Rock Producer Matt Hyde Deftones Released April 8, 2016 Rating

Originally associated with the alternative and nu metal movements of the turn of the millennium, Deftones quickly grew out of the box in which they were placed by the critics. While they have many aesthetic similarities with the genre, the band was and still is far more ambitious and inventive in their sound than any of their contemporaries ever dared to be. Well, excluding 2010’s Linkin Park, but how successful that ambition was in their case is still up to debate.

However, when compared against other Deftones discography, their eighth studio album Gore falls to the less imaginative and inventive side. This is a shame, since there is a lot of potential on the album.

Clearly frontman Chino Moreno’s recent work with his side project Crosses has rubbed off on the

record, as the album is much more electronic in nature than the previous Deftones records.

Many songs like “Hearts/Wires”, “Xenon” or the title track feature atmospheric keyboard interludes, which brings to mind the more experimental and dreamy sound of their 2006 album Saturday Night Wrist. Despite all of these theoretical changes in their sound Gore sounds like Deftones at their most by-the-book. There’s the heavier segment where Moreno screams his way through his lines on top of the more crunchier riffs; there’s the part where he steps into the fragile and vulnerable shoes while the band creates this ethereal, almost serene soundscape; there’s the oddball time signature; there’s the shoegaze-inspired wall of guitar with the chord buried somewhere under all the distortion. All of this have been experienced and heard before on previous Deftones records, and the coating of synthesizers does about as good work in disguising this as slapping Groucho glasses on the album cover.

For a brief moment at the beginning of “Pittura Infamante” the guitar work of Stephen Carpenter sounds suspiciously like Iron Maiden, which in the context of things sounds refreshing. When the most refreshing parts of your record is a possibly accidental, ten seconds long pastiche of a 40 year old band, you know you’ve got a problem.

Even with the added electronic elements Gore has a bit of an identity problem amongst the Deftones discography: it just doesn’t feel like it brings anything on the table that we haven’t already seen from the band. The addition of the synths feels largely superficial, and mixes things around roughly as much it would do if I decided to write this review using a different font. This makes Gore a competent, but incredibly standard Deftones album.

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MUSIC PREVIEW

MUSIC TO LOOK FORWARD TO OVER THE SUMMER By: Roope Sorvo

TEGAN AND SARA:

BAT FOR LASHES:

BIFFY CLYRO:

LOVE YOU TO DEATH

THE BRIDE

ELLIPSIS

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Alternative Rock Electronic Rock

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Electronic Pop

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Art Pop Baroque Pop

On their 2013 record Heartthrob the previous indie darlings Tegan and Sara shed their guitar-oriented folk sound in favour of a more modern, electronic approach.

While this made many older fans grab their torches and pitchforks, the change catapulted the duo into mainstream success. The album debuted at #3 on the Billboard charts and the lead single “Closer” was practically inescapable.

Bat For Lashes combines electronic music with traditional baroque elements, forming a dramatic, operatic experience. Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Natasha Khan walks in the footsteps of Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux and Tori Amos. Two of her earlier albums have been nominated for Mercury Prize, and her previous record The Haunted Man was in my opinion hands down the best album of 2012.

After three years of silence, apart from performing “Everything is Awesome!” for The Lego Movie, the duo announced the new album Love You To Death in November 2015. Right now you can listen to the two promotional singles: “U-Turn” continues largely on the same road as Heartthrob, while “Boyfriend” has a bit more eighties vibe in its synthpop.

In February, Khan revealed that The Bride, the follow-up for The Haunted Man, would be released in July. Two tracks are now available for listening: the harp-driven intro “I Do”, and the slow, unnerving “In God’s House”, with both promising The Bride to be Bat For Lashes as its best.

After the slightly overgrown and incoherent Opposites the band initially announced their seventh studio album in 2014. However, they decided to take a “year off” to avoid overstaying their welcome, eventually announcing the release date in March 2016. During this time the band streamlined their sound, citing surprising influences such as A$AP Rocky and John Waters. The lead single “Wolves of Winter”, while no means simplistic, gives a little taste of the slightly more electronic, straightforward approach to be expected from Ellipsis.

Release Date

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Greg Kurstin

June 3, 2016

July 1, 2016

Producer

Rich Costey Biffy Clyro For six albums the British group Biffy Clyro has produced catchy alternative rock that flirts with more ambitious progressive elements, similarly to Mew or Muse.

The outfit received a Mercury Prize for their fifth studio album Only Revolutions, launching the band into stardom in the UK.

July 8, 2016

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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

MYSTERY / DETECTIVE NOVELS & FANTASY BOOKS By: Mai Lan Le

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Author

Mark Hadon Published

2003

Fifteen-year-old Christopher can understand math. He can understand science. But he can’t understand other human beings. When he finds his neighbor’s dog lying dead on the lawn, he decides to track down the killer and write a murder mystery about it. But what other mysteries will he end up revealing?

The Consulting Detective Trilogy Author

Darlene A. Cypser Published

2008

If you are a fan of Mr. Holmes and you just can never have enough of his cases, this trilogy is the right thing to pick up. It follows 18 year old Sherlock Holmes to his decision to become a detective as well his early cases and training.

Malice Trilogy Author

World of Howl Collection Author

Chris Wooding

Diana Wynne Jones

Published

Published

This trilogy was made in the form of graphic novel, which was a pretty new form at the time it was released. It’s mostly a normal novel, but then it’ll suddenly split into 3 or 4 pages of graphic novel illustrations.

One of Diana Wynne Jones’ most memorable and irresistible characters is Howl, an bizzare and isolated wizard who whirled around the land of Ingary in a moving castle. And while Howl was not the main character of the “World of Howl” trilogy, he was the vital character that links the three books together -- “Howl’s Moving Castle,” “Castle in the Air” and “House of Many Ways.” In “Howl’s Moving Castle,” a misunderstanding resulted in the ordinary Sophie Hatter, an owner of a hat shop, being turned into an old lady by the wicked Witch of the Waste. Finding old age surprisingly liberating, she wandered away from her hat shop, and became the cleaning lady for Howl, who lived in the moving castle with his fire demon Calcifer. Calcifer made a deal with Sophie: if she could break the contract between him and Howl, he would restore her youth. The catch was, neither he nor Howl could tell her WHAT the contract was.

2009-???

Everyone’s heard the rumors. Call Tall Jake and if you say the right words and have the right stuff, he’ll take you to Malice, a world that exists inside a horrifying comic book. A place that you can only enter but can never escape.

Seth and Kady think it was all a silly myth. However, the story began when their friend, Luke, disappeared and everyone thought that he ran away from home. Only Seth knew Luke wasn’t running away but Tall Jake had taken him away. Seth and his friend, Kady, looked for clues and slowly they started to get more results, leading them into to more trouble than they could imagine.

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MOVIE REVIEW

HARDCORE HENRY By: Sarah Rosenthal era-work is carried out flawlessly.

But the script will offend even viewers with single-digit IQs. The film is as stupid, repetitive and mindless as... well, a bad video game. It is also grotesquely violent. The action is non-stop, but utterly suspenseless. Henry is virtually indestructible, so there is no sense of danger or physical impact to any of his adventures.

The climactic fight, where he single-handedly defeats dozens of superior robot-soldiers, hits a new low in stupidity, tastelessness, and simply not knowing when to quit.

Genre Action, Adventure, SciFi Director Ilya Naishuller Starring Sharlto Copley Rating A first-person action film from the eyes of Henry, who’s resurrected from death with no memory. He must discover his identity and save his wife from a warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers.

When Hardcore Henry was announced for a release I was overly excited to check it out. I am all for about pushing the boundaries of filmaking and finding new and original ways to tell a story, so of course this fit perfectly for me.

Whilst Hardcore Henry can certainly boast a remarkable technical achievement, it doesn’t end up being the quality film I wished for.

This movie is a numbing, unrelenting assault on the senses. It’s extremely well-directed though mind you. The concept of exclusively first-person POV cam-

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Studio 1 Risto Räppääjä ja Yöhaukka (S) | 10e | 1h12min Sat-Sun 15:45h Onnenokija (7) | 11e | 1h27min Fri-Mon, Wed-Thu 17:30h Hardcore (18) | 11e | 1h37min Fri-Mon, Wed-Thu 19:15h

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The one thing that saved this movie was the out-standing performance by Sharlto Copley. He switches from one character role to another. He plays the main POV characters assisstant throughout the movie and it notably the only actually intruiging part of the movie and curiously end up being quite touching towards the end of it all.

Järven Tarina (S) | 10e | 1h20min Sat-Sun 15:15h

There is no doubt that this movie will end up as a cult movie at some point and watching it in the furture I might end up liking it more than I do now. In any case if you are a fan of Quenting Tarantino and Jason Statham action/ shock value movies there is a possibility that you will find this one entertaining but certainly not for story telling reasons.

Kungfu Panda (2D, dub) (7) | 10e | 1h35min Sun-Tue 17:15h

Since this is the last movie review before the summer break, I’d like to mention all the movies I’m super psyched about coming up this summer:

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Captain America: Civil War Star Trek Beyond (!!!)

Star Wars: Rogue One Doctor Strange Swiss Army Man Alice: Through the Looking Glass Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Eddie The Eagle (7) | 11e | 1h46min Fri-Sat, Wed-Thur 17:00h Batman V Superman (12) | 12e | 2h33min Fri-Tue 19:00h

Viidakkokirja (2D) (12) | 11e | 1h46min Wed-Thu 19:00h

Studio 3 Mustang (12) | 11e | 1h37min Fri, Sat, Wed, Thur 18:10h Kreikkalainen naimakauppa 2 (7) | 11e | 1h34min Sat-Sun 15:15h Mon, Wed 19:30h Äkkilähtö (12) | 11e | 1h39min Fri-Sun 19:30h Tue, Thu 19:30h Suffragette (12) | 11e | 1h46min Every Evening 17:15h