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Variability of Additive Manufacturing Processes Part 5
June 17, 2019 by Todd Grimm 3D Printing
This is a part of a series of articles: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four.
Tensile test coupon and check part construction for the six AM processes are described below. FDM The test used the Stratasys Fortus 900mc Aircraft Interiors Configuration with Certified ULTEM 9085™ material. Build parameters were set to the Aircraft Interiors Certification settings. Following the builds, supports were manually removed. Note that material property testing used three discrete batches of Certified ULTEM 9085 to include variances in materials in the overall variability analysis. This was a requirement of the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR), under which FDM was tested for the purpose of determining variation and providing a materials dataset. Also note that per NIAR testing standards, 24 tensile test coupons were constructed for XY and ZX orientations. MJF An HP 4200 printer, using the mechanical grade settings for build parameters, produced the test parts in HP's High Reusability PA 12 material (partially recycled). After removal from the machine, all test parts were media blasted to remove excess powder. Note that five coupons were excluded from the mechanical properties testing because of "jaw breaks" in the tensile testing machine. SLA All test parts were produced in a 3D Systems SLA 7000 using Somos Watershed XC material using the standard build style suggested by DSM (the material manufacturer). Following the builds, test parts were cleaned of excess resin and post-cured for 30 minutes. Note that the SLA 7000 is a legacy printer. However, it was selected for its ability to run Watershed XC, a widely used material. Additionally, the source of the parts confirmed that any differences between the SLA 7000 and the contemporary ProJet 7000 would have minor, if any, effect on the test results. Due to procedural errors, mechanical properties testing used 18 test coupons for the XY orientation and 21 for the ZX orientation rather than the 30 each prescribed in the test plan. However, upon review, the COV results were consistent across the tested coupons, thus making the procedural error negligible.
SLS The test used 3D Systems' Sinterstation 2500 Plus HS machine with EOS PA2201 material (partially recycled). The build parameters used were those for the 42-Watt setting. Test parts received a media blast, after the build, to remove excess powder. Note that three coupons were excluded from the mechanical properties testing because of "jaw breaks" in the tensile testing machine. Also note that the Sinterstation 2500 Plus HS is a legacy machine, but the source of the parts confirmed any difference from contemporary machines would have minor, if any, effect on the test results.
FFF Markforged's Onyx thermoplastic material was used for all test parts, which were constructed in a Markforged Mark X printer (which has since been rebranded as X7). The build parameters include a 100-micron slice and triangular infill with default settings. Following the builds, support structures were manually removed. Note that of the planned 30 test coupons for the vertical (ZX) orientation only fifteen were made. The vertical build orientation for a tall, thin part is unsupported, and after review of the fifteen samples, the production of the balance was cancelled. Also note that the check parts had significant warpage (curl) that prevented measurement. To resolve this, the check parts were heated to 100 °C and then fixtured to remove the warpage. Following this procedure, the flatness of the check parts was within 0.050 in. CLIP Carbon's M1 printer, with its RPU 70 material, was used to create the test parts. After building, all parts were cleaned in an agitated alcohol bath for three to five minutes and allowed to dry for one hour. The parts were then thermally post-cured for four hours at 120 °C. Note that due to the size of the build area, tensile coupons in the horizontal orientation (XY) and the check part were not compatible with the M1.
Test Methods: Mechanical Properties
Mechanical properties, including tensile strength, tensile modulus and elongation at break (EAB) were tested by a third-party laboratory according to ASTM D638 testing standards. The coupons (tensile bars) were ASTM D638 Type I with a thickness of 0.130 in. FDM testing was performed in an America Makes program and conducted by RP+M (Avon Lake, Ohio). The testing methodology and procedures followed the National Institute of Aviation Research's (NIAR) National Center for Advanced Materials and Process (NCAMP) procedures. All testing for the other AM processes was performed by Element Materials Technology (Duarte, Calif.). For each AM process (see Figure 16), 60 coupons were requested. Thirty of these were constructed in a horizontal orientation (flat), which is referred to as 'XY'. The balance was constructed in a vertical orientation (upright) and are labeled 'ZX'. To evaluate variation between machines, half (15) of the XY and ZX coupons were built on one machine, and the balance were built on a second machine. Each build contained five coupons, which yielded 12 builds across two machines. The layout for each build was one coupon in the center and one each in the four corners. This layout plan was designed to capture any variation within the AM machines' build areas.
Variability was evaluated through the coefficient of variation (COV). It is a measure of the relative variability that accommodates comparison when the mechanical properties of the AM materials vary significantly. The COV calculation (below) is the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean (average).
Test Methods: Dimensional Measurements
The dimensional inspection was performed with a Mitutoyo QV 606 CMM using a touch probe, which is calibrated annually, and a pre-programmed inspection routine. The inspection routine included 43 separate measurements on 19 features. For each AM process, six check parts were produced in six builds (Figure 17). The builds were split, three each, over two machines. In each build, the check part was located at the center of the build platform and oriented in the XY plane.
The intent of the study was to evaluate dimensional accuracy and precision across the extents of the processes' build areas. Therefore, testing used a check part measuring 9 in. x 9 in. (Figure 18). Due to the significantly smaller build area of the CLIP M1 machine, versus others in this study, this study design element prevented dimensional inspection for CLIP.
The check part has three categories of features' for inspection: large; small, positive; and small, negative. The large features, labeled A, B, C, and D in Figure 18, were measured in multiple locations along both the X and Y axes. Note that for features C and D, the dimensional analysis considers the wall thickness, not the overall size. Figures 19 and 20 show the location of each of these measurements.
The small features are mirrored along the centerline (X axis) of the check part, and they are reversed to have identical features that are both positive (cylindrical bosses and rectangular standoffs) and negative (holes, slots and cutouts). The small, positive features are located on the lower left of the check part. These are labeled in Figure 18 as E, F, G, H, I and J. To indicate the axes of measurement, each label has an 'x' or 'y' appended to the labels for rectangular features. The small, negative features are located on the upper left. These features use the same labeling convention as that for the positive features with the addition of a prime symbol ('). The locations of the measurements for small features are shown in Figures 21. Note that due to impediments to the CMM inspection routine, three measurements were omitted, H, G'x and G'y. Feature H, a cylindrical boss, was eliminated after discovery of a CMM programming error that caused the touch probe to contact feature F. Feature G' was too narrow for the CMM touch probe to enter.
This article was written by independent 3D printing consultant Todd Grimm, a long-standing industry expert. The research was however conducted for Stratasys.
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Michelle Centano of New York, New York is the Director of Immigration Outreach at the NYC Comptroller. She currently serves as President of the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women of New York, is the recording secretary of the New York City Managerial Employees Association and is on the executive board of the National Women's Political Caucus of New York. Centano is also a member of National Organization for Women and Governmental Affairs Professionals.
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I am not a big NBA fan, although I did attend Monday night's Oklahoma City Thunder playoff game, thanks to my 16-year-old son Keaton, who bought me a ticket.
I am becoming a big Kevin Durant fan.
It's hard to witness Durant's rare combination of extreme talent and uncommon humility and not be impressed. The latest example came Tuesday when a teary-eyed Durant won his first NBA Most Valuable Player Award and — in a speech for the sports ages — deflected the attention from himself.
If you haven't seen @KDTrey5 's MVP acceptance speech-that was stunning. His story. Humility. What a beautiful role model for my children.
Finally getting to watch video of @KDTrey5 speech at MVP ceremony today. Wow. This is the stuff of sports legend. Just amazing.
No way to be anything but encouraged once you listen to @KDTrey5 MVP speech! True class and sportsmanship. Need more athletes like KD!
@bobbyross How about a get religion breakdown on Kevin Durant's acceptance speech or at least the coverage of it.
First off, I'd like to thank God for changing my life. (He) let me realize really what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform in order for me to inspire people, and I realize that.
I'd just like to thank God again. You're the first and the last. Alpha and Omega. I thank you for saving my life.
God directed our paths to work together, and it's been everything and more.
Dad, it's been an up-and-down road for all of us, but you've always been there supporting from afar, texting me Bible verses every single day. Telling me you love me every single day. That builds me up, and I thank you so much.
So God made Durant's speech, but did God make the media reports on the speech? Not so much.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- In accepting his first MVP award, Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant made a point of sharing the honor with those who made it possible.
In a soul-baring speech that lasted more than 25 minutes, Durant fought back tears several times while thanking each of his teammates, the coaches, support staff and team executives, and finally his family. The emotional outpouring culminated with a tribute to his mother, Wanda Pratt, and the sacrifices she made, the inspiration she provided while raising Durant and his brother in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
"You made us believe," Durant said to Pratt, who was at the ceremony in Edmond, Oklahoma. "Kept us off the street. Put clothes on our backs, food on the table. When you didn't eat, you made sure we ate. You sacrificed for us. You're the real MVP."
How easy would it have been to slip "thanking God" right before "each of his teammates," etc.? I mean, it certainly would have improved the accuracy and completeness of the story, right?
No one grew more emotional than Durant himself, the man who once proclaimed he was tired of finishing second and finally broke through after three second-place finishes in MVP voting in the past four seasons.
But on the day reserved for Durant to finally embrace his individual achievements, he endeared himself even more to the masses by unexpectedly displaying more humility.
In a surprising but sensational 26-minute acceptance speech, Durant took time to thank those closest to him.
Those closest to him? The story mentions his family, his friends and his teammates.
On the front of the Sports section, The Oklahoman featured two more columns — one focused on Durant's humanity and the other on his love for his mother. Any mention of God in either of those columns? Uh-uh.
I know that my friend Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman's religion editor, is a big Thunder fan and watched the speech.
Listened to KD's remarks at the MVP event and shed a few tears. Very heartwarming speech.
Perhaps Carla called dibs on the faith angle and we can expect a follow-up? Or maybe there's a perfectly logical reason why the leading newspaper in a state that's supposedly at the heart of the Bible Belt can't bring itself to mention God's role in Durant's life? If so, I'd love to know it.
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Appalling Ranil crackdown on political dissent
It is no surprise that Wickremesinghe has cleverly warmed his way to the top slot through political maneuvering to live his dream.
Published: 07th November 2022 07:08 AM | Last Updated: 07th November 2022 07:08 AM | A+A A-
(Express illustrations | Soumyadip Sinha)
By Dilrukshi Handunnetti
The world watched as Sri Lanka's mass protests forced a powerful executive president out of office, effectively (albeit temporarily) ending a period of nepotistic power politics that offered no transparency or accountability to their own unsuspecting voters. That the populist Rajapaksas ruled at will, borrowing extensively and splurging on prestige projects is now an established fact.
What the protestors and non-protestors did not bargain for was the ascendancy of a crisis president in the unpopular form of Ranil Wickremesinghe, a seasoned politician whose strange mix of liberal politics and authoritarianism does not endear him to the electorate. It is no surprise that Wickremesinghe has cleverly warmed his way to the top slot through political maneuvering to live his dream. Some would have even chosen to ignore his lust for power for daring to accept the crown of thorns at such a decisive moment, and retain a bit of faith in his ability to drag the island out of the current economic morass.
The shift in power has brought in several changes to the island's political landscape. For a start, it has introduced a superficial sense of normalcy to the Indian Ocean island reeling under economic devastation, leaving Wickremesinghe to grapple with snowballing problems, both financial and political. The incumbency's attention remains largely focused on reaching a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by December and then debt restructuring with other creditors, specially with China, a Shylock among bilateral creditors.
For all his liberalism, Wickremesinghe rides several hobby horses that fail to reflect an open mind. He has chosen to ruthlessly crackdown on political dissenters and continues to drive fear and punishment without any qualms for daring to commit the crime of mounting an unprecedented political campaign to overthrow a regime. He knows that the simmering discontent can spill onto the streets once again, and there'd be no love lost between the island's angry youth and him.
He continues to go after them without mercy, dismissing condemnation by the international community for his failure to recognise people's constitutionally guaranteed right to protest. On the other hand, he has 'normalised' the political conditions to keep dissent under control and a backdrop for the disgraced Rajapaksa clan to make a political comeback. For him, normalcy is also the absence of dissent for which the long arm of law is used effectively.
Unfortunately for Sri Lanka, the island is now among the top 10 nations with the highest rate of inflation and high global food inflation. It is also known for its flagging human rights record with several thousands under detention and many without charges. As the cost of living skyrockets and the future turns bleak, many Sri Lankans are now leaving the shores. Some seek overseas employment while others risk rickety boat rides as economic refugees, reminiscent of the July 1983 exodus and thereafter. Waves of people fled the island due to ethnic persecution in that era while today, the reasons are economic.
Instead of channeling his energies towards preventing brain drain, attracting investments, restructuring debt and raising critical financial assistance to support the most vulnerable sections of society, Wickremesinghe is focused on controlling public anger from spilling onto the streets.
Wickremesinghe may have presented himself as a crisis president on a short-term assignment. But those familiar with his political cunning and the long history of political survival know that he is utilising the crisis to lay a firm political foundation for himself and his political party, the United National Party (UNP).
Instead of holding genuine discussions with the youth protestors to address their concerns, Wickremesinghe has chosen to punish the messengers for daring to challenge political authority. While the public remain desirous of action being taken against those responsible for this gross national failure and committing of economic crimes against the people, Wickremesinghe stays unflinching, not willing to crack the whip. The president who wants the rebellious youth to "confess their sins" and to be rehabilitated/mainstreamed, remains tight-lipped on framing charges against individuals and a government responsible for the domestic economic collapse.
Wickremesinghe is in a hurry to show normalcy to the world, and believes that outlawing protests and declaring high security zones to deny public access to strategic places could quell the simmering dissent and maintain peace. A man who consistently spoke of the need to engage the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to pursue a long-term political solution to the island's ethnic strife clearly does not have the same passion to engage with the protestors on taking action against those who robbed the collective future of an entire island. With the typical arrogance of a feudal ruler, he resorts to control and reins in social media with his hound dogs on the loose, chasing individuals even for their critical social media posts.
Sri Lanka, despite the steps taken to raise its head from the abyss, is far from resolving its debt crisis. What's worse, the island's leadership does not appear to appreciate that normalcy is also about enjoying personal freedoms and such conditions need to be created to convince the world that Sri Lanka is ready to evolve. Part of that evolution is also about our human rights credentials, not just a band-aid on the economy.
In his quest for consolidation of power, there are fundamentals President Wickremesinghe cannot miss out on. Not just the people of Sri Lanka but the world at large would like to see action being taken against the economic assassins of Sri Lanka, irrespective of their status. A couple of months ago, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Sri Lanka to resume participation in the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), a World Bank and United Nations partnership that supports international efforts to do effective money trails to end safe havens for corrupt funds—and even to make this a commitment when reaching an agreement with the IMF.
If sincere to the twin cause of economic recovery and ending grand corruption, Wickremesinghe should ensure people's right to peaceful protest, release those arbitrarily detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and resume participation in StAR and be bold enough to hold impartial investigations into allegations of serious human rights abuses and high-level corruption, for which the island continues to pay a huge price.
Dilrukshi Handunnetti
Executive Director of the Colombo-based Center for Investigative Reporting and a lawyer by training
(dilrukshi@cir.lk)
(dilrukshihandunnetti@gmail.com)
The world watched as Sri Lanka's mass protests forced a powerful executive president out of office, effectively (albeit temporarily) ending a period of nepotistic power politics that offered no transparency or accountability to their own unsuspecting voters. That the populist Rajapaksas ruled at will, borrowing extensively and splurging on prestige projects is now an established fact. What the protestors and non-protestors did not bargain for was the ascendancy of a crisis president in the unpopular form of Ranil Wickremesinghe, a seasoned politician whose strange mix of liberal politics and authoritarianism does not endear him to the electorate. It is no surprise that Wickremesinghe has cleverly warmed his way to the top slot through political maneuvering to live his dream. Some would have even chosen to ignore his lust for power for daring to accept the crown of thorns at such a decisive moment, and retain a bit of faith in his ability to drag the island out of the current economic morass. The shift in power has brought in several changes to the island's political landscape. For a start, it has introduced a superficial sense of normalcy to the Indian Ocean island reeling under economic devastation, leaving Wickremesinghe to grapple with snowballing problems, both financial and political. The incumbency's attention remains largely focused on reaching a staff level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by December and then debt restructuring with other creditors, specially with China, a Shylock among bilateral creditors. For all his liberalism, Wickremesinghe rides several hobby horses that fail to reflect an open mind. He has chosen to ruthlessly crackdown on political dissenters and continues to drive fear and punishment without any qualms for daring to commit the crime of mounting an unprecedented political campaign to overthrow a regime. He knows that the simmering discontent can spill onto the streets once again, and there'd be no love lost between the island's angry youth and him. He continues to go after them without mercy, dismissing condemnation by the international community for his failure to recognise people's constitutionally guaranteed right to protest. On the other hand, he has 'normalised' the political conditions to keep dissent under control and a backdrop for the disgraced Rajapaksa clan to make a political comeback. For him, normalcy is also the absence of dissent for which the long arm of law is used effectively. Unfortunately for Sri Lanka, the island is now among the top 10 nations with the highest rate of inflation and high global food inflation. It is also known for its flagging human rights record with several thousands under detention and many without charges. As the cost of living skyrockets and the future turns bleak, many Sri Lankans are now leaving the shores. Some seek overseas employment while others risk rickety boat rides as economic refugees, reminiscent of the July 1983 exodus and thereafter. Waves of people fled the island due to ethnic persecution in that era while today, the reasons are economic. Instead of channeling his energies towards preventing brain drain, attracting investments, restructuring debt and raising critical financial assistance to support the most vulnerable sections of society, Wickremesinghe is focused on controlling public anger from spilling onto the streets. Wickremesinghe may have presented himself as a crisis president on a short-term assignment. But those familiar with his political cunning and the long history of political survival know that he is utilising the crisis to lay a firm political foundation for himself and his political party, the United National Party (UNP). Instead of holding genuine discussions with the youth protestors to address their concerns, Wickremesinghe has chosen to punish the messengers for daring to challenge political authority. While the public remain desirous of action being taken against those responsible for this gross national failure and committing of economic crimes against the people, Wickremesinghe stays unflinching, not willing to crack the whip. The president who wants the rebellious youth to "confess their sins" and to be rehabilitated/mainstreamed, remains tight-lipped on framing charges against individuals and a government responsible for the domestic economic collapse. Wickremesinghe is in a hurry to show normalcy to the world, and believes that outlawing protests and declaring high security zones to deny public access to strategic places could quell the simmering dissent and maintain peace. A man who consistently spoke of the need to engage the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to pursue a long-term political solution to the island's ethnic strife clearly does not have the same passion to engage with the protestors on taking action against those who robbed the collective future of an entire island. With the typical arrogance of a feudal ruler, he resorts to control and reins in social media with his hound dogs on the loose, chasing individuals even for their critical social media posts. Sri Lanka, despite the steps taken to raise its head from the abyss, is far from resolving its debt crisis. What's worse, the island's leadership does not appear to appreciate that normalcy is also about enjoying personal freedoms and such conditions need to be created to convince the world that Sri Lanka is ready to evolve. Part of that evolution is also about our human rights credentials, not just a band-aid on the economy. In his quest for consolidation of power, there are fundamentals President Wickremesinghe cannot miss out on. Not just the people of Sri Lanka but the world at large would like to see action being taken against the economic assassins of Sri Lanka, irrespective of their status. A couple of months ago, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Sri Lanka to resume participation in the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), a World Bank and United Nations partnership that supports international efforts to do effective money trails to end safe havens for corrupt funds—and even to make this a commitment when reaching an agreement with the IMF. If sincere to the twin cause of economic recovery and ending grand corruption, Wickremesinghe should ensure people's right to peaceful protest, release those arbitrarily detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and resume participation in StAR and be bold enough to hold impartial investigations into allegations of serious human rights abuses and high-level corruption, for which the island continues to pay a huge price. Dilrukshi Handunnetti Executive Director of the Colombo-based Center for Investigative Reporting and a lawyer by training (dilrukshi@cir.lk) (dilrukshihandunnetti@gmail.com)
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12 Best Songs of the Week: Japanese Breakfast, CHVRCHES and Robert Smith, Wolf Alice, and More
Plus Teenage Sequence, Nation of Language, LUMP, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Emma Goad)
Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2021. We figured it would be a quiet week for new songs, with Monday being a holiday here in America, but we were wrong. Helping matters was that two of the best albums of the year thus far—Japanese Breakfast's Jubilee and Wolf Alice's Blue Weekend—were released today, giving us a multitude of songs to choose from. Add in a cool collaboration and an interesting debut single and you've got a fantastic Songs of the Week list. So good, that we're back in expanded Top 12 territory this week (as opposed to our usual Top 10, and we really don't know how some other sites narrow it down each week to a Top 5).
In the last week we posted interviews with serpentwithfeet, Wolf Alice, Sérgio Mendes, and Lord Huron.
In the last week we also reviewed a bunch of albums.
Don't forget that in April we announced our new print issue. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. It follows Protest Issues we also published in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016.
To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last week, we have picked the 12 best the last week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared in the last seven days. Check out the full list below.
1. Japanese Breakfast: "Posing For Cars"
Japanese Breakfast (aka Michelle Zauner) released a new album, Jubilee, today via Dead Oceans (stream it here). Now that it's out, we can include on this week's Songs of the Week one of our favorite songs from it, epic album closer "Possing For Cars." This is how every album should end, with a steady build to a cathartic conclusion. And when that guitar solo starts at around the 3:48 mark we challenge you not to get goosebumps. And then it just keeps going for almost another three minutes. Well played Zauner, well played.
Japanese Breakfast is on the cover of our latest print issue (buy a copy directly from us here to read the in-depth cover story). Also, on Wednesday we posted our rave review of the album (read that here).
When Jubilee was announced Zauner shared its first single, "Be Sweet" (which was #1 on our Songs of the Week), and would later go on to perform it on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Then she shared a self-directed video for the album's second single "Posing in Bondage," which was also #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Then she shared its third single, "Savage Good Boy," via a self-directed video in which she co-starred with actor Michael Imperioli of The Sopranos. "Savage Good Boy" was #2 on our Songs of the Week list.
In a previous press release, Zauner had this to say about her new album: "I've never wanted to rest on any laurels. I wanted to push it as far as it could go, inviting more people in and pushing myself as a composer, a producer, an arranger."
Zauner's most recent album, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, came out in July 2017 on Dead Oceans and was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2017.
In April Zauner also released her debut memoir, Crying In H Mart, on Knopf. The book debuted at #2 on The New York Times' Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers List. Crying in H Mart is partly about the death of Zauner's mother to cancer and how the two bonded over Korean food.
Read our 2017 interview with Japanese Breakfast on Soft Sounds From Another Planet.
2. CHVRCHES: "How Not to Drown" (Feat. Robert Smith)
On Tuesday, Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES announced a new album, Screen Violence, which is due out on August 27 via Glassnote. On Tuesday they also shared a new song from it, "How Not to Drown," which features Robert Smith of The Cure. The band later shared a striking video for the song that features both the band and Smith. The goth legend's vocals mix well with those of CHVRCHES' frontwoman Lauren Mayberry and the song features an instrumental outro reminiscent of The Cure's more atmospheric moments.
Check out the album's tracklist and cover art, as well as the band's upcoming tour dates, here.
Mayberry simply had this to say about the video in a press release: "We've been working with Scott on all the visual aspects of Screen Violence and this video is the second installment in a connected trilogy."
Screen Violence includes "He Said She Said," a new song CHVRCHES shared in April that was one of our Songs of the Week. Then they shared a video for the song that featured a metaphorical revolving door.
Screen Violence is the band's fourth album and the follow-up to 2018's Love Is Dead. Screen Violence was actually an early name for the band.
The album was recorded remotely during the pandemic, with Mayberry and Martin Doherty in Los Angeles and Iain Cook in Glasgow. The band self-produced the album.
"I think for me it was helpful to go into the process with the idea that I could write something escapist almost," Mayberry says of the album in a press release. "That felt freeing initially, to have concepts and stories to weave your own feelings and experiences through but in the end, all the lyrics were definitely still personal."
Doherty adds: "To me, the screen aspect was a bit more literal. When we were making the record, it was like half of our lives were lived through screens. What began as a concept was now a lifeline."
A press release also describes the album as such: "Narrating the theme of screen violence in three main forms—on screen, by screens and through screens—the album touches on feelings of loneliness, disillusionment, fear, heartbreak and regret."
CHVRCHES were on the cover of one of our print issues in 2015 and you can read the in-depth 8-page 5,600-word cover story feature on the band here. You can also read our bonus digital magazine Q&A with them here.
3. Wolf Alice: "How Can I Make It Ok?"
Britain's Wolf Alice released a new album, Blue Weekend, today via Dirty Hit/RCA (stream it here). On Thursday they shared one last pre-release single from the album, "How Can I Make It Ok?," via a Jordan Hemingway-directed video for it. We had some trouble deciding which Wolf Alice song to put on this week's list, as the whole album is amazing (it's currently the best reviewed album of the year, according to Metacritic, with a staggering 97/100 rating). We also seriously considered two album tracks: the expansive "Feeling Myself" and the punky "Play the Greatest Hits" (both are honorable mentions below). But "How Can I Make It Ok?" won out and we can see why they chose it as a single over the other two.
This week the band also announced some new U.S. tour dates (check those out here).
Plus, on Wednesday we posted our new interview with Wolf Alice (read that here) and yesterday we posted our rave 9/10 review of the album (read that here).
Wolf Alice previously shared a video for Blue Weekend's first single, "The Last Man on Earth." "The Last Man on Earth" was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Then they shared the album's second single, the bass-heavy "Smile," via a video for the song. "Smile" was #2 on our Songs of the Week list. Then they performed "Smile" on The Late Late Show with James Corden, where they were also interviewed. The album's third single was the dreamy and understated "No Hard Feelings," also shared via a video for the song (and also one of our Songs of the Week).
Blue Weekend is the band's third album and the follow-up to 2017's Visions of a Life, which won them the coveted Mercury Prize.
The band's full line-up is Ellie Rowsell (vocals, guitar), Joff Oddie (guitar, vocals), Theo Ellis (bass), and Joel Amey (drums, vocals). The band stayed in an Airbnb in Somerset, England and worked on some demos in a converted church. Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Björk, Brian Eno, Florence + The Machine) then produced the final album.
Visions of a Life was our Album of the Week, we gave it a rave 9/10 review, and it was also #5 on our Top 100 Albums of 2017 list.
Read our 2017 interview with Wolf Alice on Visions of a Life.
Wolf Alice released their debut album, My Love Is Cool, back in 2015. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2015 list and landed Rowsell on the cover of our Best of 2015 print issue, in a joint cover with Father John Misty.
Read our Best of 2015 article on Wolf Alice. Also read our earlier 2015 print article on Wolf Alice, as well as our 2015 Pleased to Meet You Spotlight article on Wolf Alice. And read our review of My Love Is Cool here.
4. Teenage Sequence: "All This Art"
This week, Teenage Sequence, aka London-born South Asian multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Dewan-Dean Soomary, shared a brand new single titled "All This Art." It seems to be his debut single as Teenage Sequence and is out now via independent queer/trans label Get Better Records.
A press release recommends Teenage Sequence for fans of LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, and The Juan Maclean and those references aren't far off the mark, except that over danceable beats Soomary has quite a lot to say about racism in the music industry, among other topics.
Soomary talks about the meaning of the song in a press release: "'All This Art' is as much about the systemic racism of the UK music industry as it is my own neurosis, as serious about these subjects as it (an attempt at being) humorous—in a sort of 'if you don't laugh, you'd stare blankly into the void wondering what's the point'-way. I never intended for the first Teenage Sequence single to be 6.23 seconds of the same beat (pop career suicide), but here we are!"
At 22 years old, Soomary was originally a member of the genre-defying left-headed punk band the King Blues. However, he decided that he wanted his own voice to be heard and split from the band—returning now with Teenage Sequence. His mission is to be inclusive to anyone and everyone and to make music that people want to dance to. His music combines the jump beats of pop tracks with the strong sounds of indie-disco and post-punk social commentary within the lyrics. "All This Art" has a sound that is both nostalgic and futuristic, giving it an edge and creating a solo name for Soomary in the music industry.
Teenage Sequence is set to release even more music in 2021. By Emma Goad
All This Art by Teenage Sequence
5. Nation of Language: "Across That Fine Line"
On Thursday, Brooklyn-based synth-pop trio Nation of Language announced a new album, A Way Forward, and shared its first single, "Across That Fine Line," via a lyric video for it. They also announced some tour dates. A Way Forward is due out November 5. Check out the album's tracklist and cover art, as well as the tour dates, here.
Nation of Language consists of Ian Devaney (vocals, guitar, and percussion), Aidan Noell (synth and vocals), and Michael Sue-Poi (bass). A Way Forward is the band's sophomore album and the follow-up to 2020's debut album, Introduction, Presence. That album came out in May 2020, as the pandemic was really taking off. "We've always been real believers in our live show as the best way to reach new people," Devaney says in a press release. "When it became clear there wouldn't be any touring, we were sure it was a death knell for the album." Instead, the album received much acclaim (including landing on our Top 100 Albums of the 2020 list).
In a press release, Devaney had this to say about the new single: "'Across That Fine Line' is a reflection on that moment when a non-romantic relationship flips into something different. When the air in the room suddenly feels like it changes in an undefinable way. It's a kind of celebration of that certain joyous panic, and the uncertainty that surfaces right after it. Sonically, it's meant to feel like running down a hill, just out of control. I had been listening to a lot of Thee Oh Sees at the time of writing it and admiring the way they supercharge Krautrock rhythms and imbue them with a kind of mania, which felt like an appropriate vibe to work with and make our own."
Abe Seiferth (who worked on Introduction, Presence) and Nick Milhiser of Holy Ghost! both produced A Way Forward.
Devaney describes the album's intent and sound in more detail: "A Way Forward is an exploration of the band's relationship to the music of the '70s, through the lenses of Krautrock and early electronic music. We aimed to more deeply trace the roots of our sound, hoping to learn something from the early influences of our early influences. Experimenting with how they might be reinterpreted in our modern context—looking further backward to find a way forward.
"We drew a lot from the steady locomotive rhythms of bands like Kraftwerk and Neu!, while also looking to less-propulsive electronic artists like Laurie Spiegel and Cluster. The goal was to have a record that felt like a journey, like being on a train that gets lost in a colorful fog, and then suddenly bursts through into different landscapes.
"Thematically, some of those landscapes are familiar in their melancholy, but we also wanted to introduce celebration and joy in a way that hadn't really been present in our previous album. Having these bursts of positivity felt like it gave the emotional low points more resonance, giving a stronger sense of emotional reality to the album overall."
6. LUMP: "Climb Every Wall"
LUMP (aka Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay) are releasing a new album, Animal, on July 30 via Partisan/Chrysalis. On Tuesday they shared the album's second single, "Climb Every Wall," via a playful video for it. Tamsin Topolski and Mora Laming shot and edited the video.
In a press release Marling explains the genesis of the song's lyrics: "I'd watched a film called The Perverts Guide to Ideology about how ideology is woven into Hollywood cinema, and there was a bit about how in Communist countries they cut out the song 'Climb Every Mountain' from the Sound of Music because it's too much of a personal, individualistic ideology, so that's where I got the title."
Lindsay adds about the music: "I spent hours trying to find a bassline that would work. It was a real headache. Then when I got it, I just loved it and I made my girlfriend come downstairs and dance in the room for about an hour."
Previously LUMP shared a video for the album's title track, "Animal." "Animal" was #1 on our Songs of the Week list.
Animal follows the band's self-titled debut album, LUMP, which came out in 2018 via Dead Oceans.
"LUMP is so the repository for so many things that I've had in my mind and just don't fit anywhere in that way," said Marling in a previous press release. "They don't have to totally make narrative sense, but weirdly they end up making narrative sense in some way."
Marling's last album, the acclaimed Song For Our Daughter, came out last year via Partisan/Chrysalis. Tunng also released a new album, DEAD CLUB, last year via Full Time Hobby. Marling was working on both Song For Our Daughter and the LUMP album at the same time.
"It became a very different thing about escaping a persona that has become a burden to me in some way. It was like putting on a superhero costume," she said, adding that sometimes it feels as if she might be "edging Laura Marling off a cliff as much as I can and putting LUMP in the center."
Animal was recorded at Lindsay's home studio in Margate, Kent. A big feature of the sessions was his Eventide H949 Harmonizer, which is the same pitch-shifter David Bowie used on Low. In order to make sure her lyrics were more spontaneous, Marling would show up at the studio without hearing Lindsay's music ahead of time.
"There's a little bit of a theme of hedonism on the album, of desires running wild," said Lindsay. "We created LUMP as a sort of persona and an idea and a creature. Through LUMP we find our inner animal, and through that animal we travel into a parallel universe."
Read our 2018 interview with LUMP.
Marling and Lindsay met when Marling supported Neil Young at a London show in June 2016 and they discovered that they were mutual fans of each other's work. The collaboration grew from there.
7. Darkside: "Lawmaker"
Darkside (the duo of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington) are releasing their second studio album, Spiral, on July 23 via Matador. This week they shared the album's third single, "Lawmaker."
"From the beginning, Darkside has been our jam band. Something we did on days off. When we reconvened, it was because we really couldn't wait to jam together again," says Jaar in a press release.
Harrington adds: "It felt like it was time again. We do things in this band that we would never do on our own. Darkside is the third being in the room that just kind of occurs when we make music together."
When the album was announced last December, the duo shared the album's first single, "Liberty Bell." Then they shared its second single, "The Limit," which was also one of our Songs of the Week.
Their debut album, Psychic, came out in 2013 via Other People.
8. Prince: "Born 2 Die"
A previously unreleased Prince album from 2010, Welcome 2 America, is set for release on July 30 via Legacy. On Thursday another song from it, "Born 2 Die," was shared. It's crazy he didn't think this was good enough to release in his own lifetime. I guess Prince just had impossibly high standards.
The song has a bit of a Curtis Mayfield vibe, which was purposeful on Prince's part. A press release goes into a bit more detail as to the track's genesis: "The song was recorded during a flurry of studio activity in the spring of 2010, when President Obama was just a year into his first term and Prince was reflecting deeply on the issues affecting the Black community and the role he hoped to play in the social justice movement. The slow-burning song was first recorded by Prince, the bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, and the drummer Chris Coleman, and then accentuated by the vocal harmonies of Shelby J., Liv Warfield, and Elisa Fiorillo, and topped off by a melody sung by Prince himself. He then tapped Morris Hayes to add final production to the track."
Hayes had this to add in the press release: "We got to 'Born 2 Die,' and Prince said, 'I'll tell you how that came about. He had been watching videos of his friend Dr. Cornel West on YouTube, and during one speech Dr. West said, 'I love my brother Prince, but he's no Curtis Mayfield.' So Prince said, 'Oh really? We will see.'"
Previously the album's title track was shared. "Welcome 2 America" was also one of our Songs of the Week.
A previous press release described Welcome 2 America as "a powerful creative statement that documents Prince's concerns, hopes, and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation, and a renewed fight for racial justice."
The deluxe version of Welcome 2 America will come with a full-length live concert video from one of Prince's string of 2011 shows at The Forum in Los Angeles during his "Welcome 2 America" tour.
Last year, the Prince Estate put out an expanded reissue of Prince's 1987 album Sign O' The Times. Prince passed away in 2016.
9. SPELLLING: "Turning Wheel"
SPELLLING (aka Chrystia Cabral) is releasing her third studio album, The Turning Wheel, on June 25 via Sacred Bones. On Wednesday she shared the album's almost title track, "Turning Wheel," via a self-directed video for it.
"'Turning Wheel' is a bittersweet anthem about the desire for the pure and simple moments in time to last forever," says Cabral in a press release. "I fantasize about a realm of peace, gentleness and ecstasy, like a pristine wilderness that evades the conditions, demands and decay of the human world and its pursuits. I'm the type of personality and artist that yearns for deep reclusion and repose, and oftentimes I struggle to make choices. I frequently feel immobilized by the structures and regiments of being a modern world citizen. I sing about these personal tensions through 'Turning Wheel' and also speak to the larger theme of the album: the cosmic wheel of life. The song, like the album as a whole, ponders: when does reality stop circling around itself? When, if ever, will we reach a divine, angelic state that transcends the turning wheel?"
Cabral previously shared the album's first track and lead single "Little Deer" (which was inspired by the Frida Kahlo painting Wounded Deer). "Little Dear" made it to #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Then she shared its second single, "Boys At School," which was also one of our Songs of the Week.
The Turning Wheel is described in a press release as revolving around "themes of human unity, the future, divine love, and the enigmatic ups and downs of being a part of this carnival called life." The album, orchestrated and self-produced by Cabral, features an ensemble of 31 collaborating musicians.
Cabral's most recent album, Mazy Fly, came out in 2019 on Sacred Bones.
Check out our My Favorite Album interview with Cabral.
10. Clinic: "Fine Dining"
On Wednesday, Liverpool post-punks Clinic shared a new song, "Fine Dining," via a video for the song. The band have also announced some new UK tour dates, which are their first dates in nine years (check them out here).
Clinic seem like a band well suited for the pandemic, only in that they have long worn hospital facemasks in their press photos and live performances. But it seems as though things have changed a bit over the course of COVID-19 and the quartet is now a duo, with Ade Blackburn and Jonathan Hartley listed as members in the press release, but no mention of Brian Campbell or Carl Turney. The lineup had remained the same since the band's 1997 formation, until now. And in the new press photo, only one member is wearing a facemask, with the other in a gasmask.
The single is out now via Domino. Emily Evans directed the "Fine Dining" video.
In a press release, Clinic collectively had this to say about the new song: "Fine Dining is a slice of dancefloor fun, combining the band's love of the exotic and having a good time."
Clinic's last album was 2019's Wheeltappers and Shunters, which was their first new album in seven years.
Read our 2019 interview with Clinic.
11. Jessie Ware: "Hot N Heavy"
Jessie Ware is releasing What's Your Pleasure? The Platinum Pleasure on June 11 via PMR/Friends Keep Secrets/Interscope. It's a deluxe edition of her acclaimed 2020-released album, What's Your Pleasure?, and features eight bonus tracks, including six new songs. Today she shared another of those bonus tracks, a dancefloor-ready anthem to desire, "Hot N Heavy."
Previously she shared another bonus track from the deluxe edition, "Please," which was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Then she shared a video for "Please."
What's Your Pleasure? was #5 on our Top 100 Albums of 2020 list. The deluxe edition includes eight extra tracks (including six new songs, the previously released "Overtime," and a remix of "Adore You"). It will be available on all formats, including double vinyl and double cassette.
Ware had this to say in a previous press release: "I had such an amazing response to the What's Your Pleasure? record that I didn't want the lights to go up and the party to be over just yet! 'Please' is full of optimism and ready to be played in a place where we can all be together and flirt, dance, touch, and kiss. A wonderful excuse not to stop the party from ending."
Pick up our current print issue (Issue 68) to read our exclusive interview with Jessie Ware on What's Your Pleasure?
What's Your Pleasure? was Ware's fourth album and the follow-up to 2017's Glasshouse. The album featured an array of collaborators, including Kindness, Danny Parker, Shungudzo Kuyimba, Clarence Coffee Jr., Benji B, Midland, Morgan Geist (Storm Queen), Matthew Tavares, Metronomy's Joseph Mount, and James Ford (who was the primary collaborator on the album). The album's "Remember Where You Are" was our #1 Song of the Week and also made it on former President Barack Obama's playlist of his favorite songs of 2020. In February she shared a video for the song that starred British actress Gemma Arterton and also performed the song on The Graham Norton Show.
Read our 2017 Self-Portrait interview with Jessie Ware.
Read our 2014 interview with Jessie Ware.
12. Matthew E. White: "Genuine Hesitation"
On Tuesday, Richmond, VA-based singer/songwriter/producer Matthew E. White announced his first new solo album in six years, K Bay, and shared its first single, "Genuine Hesitation," via a video for it. K Bay is due out September 10 via Domino. Shawn Brackbill directed the "Genuine Hesitation" video, which was shot on Super-8 and intercuts recording studio footage with ocean waves. Check out the album's tracklist and cover art here.
White self-produced K Bay, which was recorded at his Kensington Avenue home studio (and album namesake) K Bay, Richmond's Montrose Recording, and White's own Spacebomb Studio. The album features Spacebomb's house band (bassist Cameron Ralston, drummer Pinson Chanselle, and orchestral arranger Trey Pollard), along with multi-instrumentalist Alan Parker, keyboardists Devonne Harris and Daniel Clarke, and engineer/mixer Adrian Olsen.
"For me, one of the most exciting production techniques from this record was this idea where I'd record the song twice," explains White in a press release. "First, in a more traditional, band-in-the-room, work out the parts and sounds, nail it, kind of way. Secondly, I would distill the concept of the song one way or another into an instrumental composition. I had a much larger band (based off of Miles Davis' On the Corner bands) play this kind of new-music/improvisational piece at the same tempo as I had recorded the first, more 'normal' take. The goal was to be able to cut across between the two pieces, and/or layer them and have them fit together in wild ways. To a large degree it worked, which was pretty exciting for me. The intro to 'Genuine Hesitation' is an excerpt from the much longer improvisation based instrumental."
White's last solo album was 2015's Fresh Blood. But since then he's kept busy producing the likes of Natalie Prass and Bedouine and taking part in collaborative albums. In April, for example, he partnered with Lonnie Holley to release Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection via Spacebomb/Jagjaguwar. In 2017, White teamed up with British singer Flo Morrissey for Gentlewoman, Ruby Man, a collaborative album of covers that came out via Glassnote.
Read our 2015 interview with Matthew E. White.
Honorable Mentions:
These six songs almost made the Top 12.
Anika: "Change"
Japanese Breakfast: "Paprika"
The Mountain Goats: "Dark in Here"
quickly, quickly: "Everything Is Different (To Me)"
Wolf Alice: "Feeling Myself" and "Play the Greatest Hits"
Other notable new tracks in the last week include:
A Place to Bury Strangers: "I Might Have"
Gaspard Augé: "Vox"
Billie Eilish: "Lost Cause"
Frances Forever: "Paranoia Party"
Gnawing: "So Glad"
Nicolas Godin: "Another Side" (Feat. We Are KING)
Hiss Golden Messenger: "Glory Strums (Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner)"
Loraine James: "Running Like That" (Feat. Eden Samara)
King Princess: "House Burn Down"
King Woman: "Morning Star"
Dua Lipa: "Can They Hear Us"
Alexis Marshall: "Hounds In The Abyss"
Monograms: "For Safety"
PCM · Monograms - For Safety
Moor Mother: "Zami"
Martha Skye Murphy: "Found Out"
Porridge Radio: "Happy in a Crowd" (Love of Everything Cover)
Samia: "Show Up"
Social Haul: "This Is All I Need"
FatCat Records · Social Haul - This Is All I Need
Sonny and the Sunsets: "The Lonely Men"
They Might Be Giants: "I Broke My Own Rule"
Martina Topley-Bird: "Hunt" and "Rain"
Woods: "Waiting Around For A New Me"
(Special thanks to Emma Goad for helping out this week's list together.)


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SOCIETE GENERALE Selected works from the contempory art collection
Everybody who happens to visit the imposing building of Societe Generale in Paris, situated in the modern La Defance area, can't remain indifferent to the works of art inhabiting the whole space. Modern and provocative, they tickle the senses and inspire a more dynamic contemporary way of communication.
The collection was initiated in 1995. The original idea of using the newly bought works for decorating offices and conference halls soon developed further and after 2003 the amount of the collection allowed for the donation of works to museums in France and other countries. Today it includes over 170 works by authors from different countries and generations, who represent a variety of styles. Regardless of the deliberately eclectic character of the collection, with its growing we can identify three major genres: abstract painting, photography and sculpture. World known names like Pierre Alechinsky, Pierre Soulage, Antonie Tapies, Andy Warhol and Sol Lewitt appear alongside young talents from the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century.
The exhibition in Bulgaria has been organized in co-operation with Societe Generale Expressbank. The selection of works has been made by the expert team of Sofia City Art Gallery and includes 19 artists with 48 paintings, drawings and photographs. The concept is that we show the diversity of a corporate collection and the opportunities it gives for an international cultural exchange.
MARIO ZHEKOV Celebrating the 110th anniversary of his birth
The exhibition presents 74 canvases and drawings selected by the art critic Marin Dobrev, director of the Art Gallery of the town of Stara Zagora. The selected works belong to the Art Gallery of the town of Stara Zagora, the National Art Gallery, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of the town of Bourgas, the Art Gallery of the town of Sliven, the Art Gallery of the town of Kazanluk and private collections.
Mario Zhekov (Marin Todorov Zhekov) is one of the most prominent Bulgarian marine artists, fascinated with the delicate way the waves touch the shore, with the gentle flutter caused by the playful interaction between light and shade. His works are inspired by the desire for peace and harmony, a desire characteristic of the works of Bulgarian landscape artists working between the two world wars.
The artist was born on October 16, 1898 in the town of Stara Zagora. He studied, with interruptions, at the State Art Industrial School in Sofia and the Paris Painting School. The landscapes he painted following his trip to Istanbul in 1921 were the earliest convincing proof of his talent. They reveal a variety of painting techniques that is to become a characteristic feature of all his works. In the 1930's and the early 1940's Mario Zhekov reached the peak of his artistic maturity. This is when he travelled along the French coast, to the Bulgarian seaside towns of Balchik, Varna, Nesebur and Sozopol, as well as to the Aegean Sea coast and the city of Ohrid. The year of 1937, which he spent in the city of Dubrovnik, is a particularly productive one for the artist. The popularity of his landscapes among the Croatian public and the critical acclaim they brought him resulted in soloexhibitions in Prague, Budapest and Bucharest.
The social changes that took place after the Second World War resulted in the marginalization of landscape artists. Mario Zhekov earned his living designing brochures advertising Bulgarian seaside resorts. He died on August 3, 1955.
SHORTLIST 2008 Gaudenz B. Ruf Award
The Gaudenz B. Ruf Award was set up in 2007 by the former Swiss ambassador to Bulgaria who, during his stay from 1995 to 2000, became acquainted with the rich cultural life of the country and convinced of its artistic potential.
The Award is financed through a fund established in Switzerland. The aim of the Award is to promote and propagate artistic expression in Bulgaria in the field of visual arts and to focus in particular on the younger generation.
The Award is granted annually to a young and to an advanced artist, within the framework of a competition (www.ruf-award.org).
The first competition was announced in 2007 and the winners were Svetozara Alexandrova and Krassimir Terziev.
In 2008, the Gaudenz B. Ruf Award is attributed for the second time.
The members of the jury are: Kamen Balkanski, Sofia; Luchezar Boyadjiev, Sofia; Lucia Coray, Zurich; Elena Panayotova, Sofia; Hedwig Saxenhuber, Vienna; Gaudenz B. Ruf, Berne.
At their meeting in May, they selected, among the numerous applicants, the following 16 candidates to be included in the shortlist 2008:
Category Young Artists: Dimitar Genchev, Sofia; Stanimir Genov, Sofia; Ivaylo Hristov, Sofia; Nikola Mihov, Sofia; Bora Petkova, Sofia; Jelko Terziev, Sofia; Deyan Yanev, Sofia.
Category Advanced Artists: Mariela Gemisheva, Sofia; David Heywood, Plovdiv; Ivan Kostolov, Plovdiv; Natasha Kupova, Plovdiv; Ilian Lalev, Sofia; Todor Lambov, Sofia; Theodor Liho, Sofia; Adelina Popnedeleva, Sofia; Peter Tzanev, Sofia.
Their works are presented in a catalogue and in an exhibition SHORTLIST 2008 at the Sofia Art Gallery opening on 9 October.
Category Young Artists: Bora Petkova
Category Advanced Artists: Adelina Popnedeleva


All right, I'm a day late with the promo round-up. But I've been busy. After all, Assassin's Gambit came out last week!
So what's the first week been like?
Let me tell you. It has been amazing, and it has also been extremely stressful. The book seems to be somewhat polarizing. There have been a few reviewers who really didn't like it, and when one of those negative reviews came in right after release, I couldn't sleep that night. Woke up at 2:30am and never got back to bed. I know authors aren't supposed to read reviews, but most of us can't help ourselves.
Also, I am interviewed here at the Qwillery. You can enter to win a free copy of the book!
And I did a guest post at Dark Faerie Tales. It's a takeoff on Cinderella featuring the assassin Vitala. Dark Faerie Tales is also offering a free book. Just 6 hours left to enter!
Even more fun on a personal level has been seeing some of the reviewers pick up on the novel's themes. Some readers clearly "get" this novel; they understand it on a deep level, and that makes me happy because it means I've done my job.
As for sales, who knows? I can only track the Amazon sales ranking. It has been trending upward, and last night the book made it onto the top 100 list for fantasy romance! So I'm thrilled about that. I'm less stressed now that I know that there are a lot of readers who love it. Can't please everyone, right? I hope it continues to do well.
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Squeee on the top 100 list! Squeee on fab reviews. Shrugs on the negative ones. There will always be some. Congrats to you on your release week! Yay!


Shop in store or online between 22-24 March 2019 and Credit will be applied on 27 March 2019 and be valid until 17 April 2019.
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I think this can't be applied for gift card purchases but you should be able to use gift card. Just ring them up.
Oh bother. Just ordered over $100 worth of stuff last night.
Slightly off topic but if I want to spend $100+ on car care gear what would be good value for money?
I was thinking about buying a headunit two weeks ago but didn't do it. I noticed they'd marked it down from 160 to 120 a couple of days ago and was tempted. At "$100" - can't say no.
if I complete 2 transactions of over $100 each, does that meant I'll get 2x $20 credits?


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Belle, RRR, Morbius, and more new movies you can watch at home this weekend
Image: GKIDS
It's Friday, and you know what means. The weekend's around the corner, and we have a list filled with new movies available for you to watch at home, either for rental or on streaming services like Netflix.
This week, two of our best movies of the year so far make their VOD debut: Belle, the modern anime adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and the Indian historical action epic RRR. Also newly available digitally is the vampire Marvel movie Morbius, Paul Thomas Anderson's most recent movie, Licorice Pizza, and the "startling" Finnish horror movie Hatching (yes, for real this time, after a false alarm earlier this month).
On the streaming side of things, there's a new Chip 'n Dale movie on Disney Plus, a group of Netflix originals (including a new Jackass movie, kind of), a rom-com with Samara Weaving on Hulu, and much more.
Where to watch: Available to rent for $3.99 on Amazon, Google Play, Vudu; $4.99 on Apple
Mamoru Hosoda's sci-fi fantasy anime Belle follows the story of Suzu, a reserved high school student living in a rural village. Mourning the loss of her mother, Suzu finds solace and validation by escaping into the massive online world of "U," where her virtual alter-ego "Belle" is a globally recognized pop singer. After one of her concerts is interrupted by a mysterious figure known as the Dragon, Suzu sets out in search of them in hopes of better understanding the unspoken connection they share with one another.
From our review:
The kid-friendly moral of Beauty and the Beast (or at least the 1991 Disney version) is a simple one: "Don't judge a book by its cover." With the ambitious, decisively uncynical new anime movie Belle, writer-director Mamoru Hosoda adds to a long list of adaptations by updating the story for the internet age. Carefully fabricated online personas replace magical curses, and enchanted singing candlesticks transform into mewling AIs. But the director of Mirai and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time pushes the core message one step further by emphasizing how connection is a two-way street. It isn't enough to recognize someone else's true self without offering vulnerability in return. Produced by Hosoda's Studio Chizu, this lush, spectacularly animated vision argues for the life-changing bonds that can develop when people shed their digital defenses.
Where to watch: Available for stream on Netflix (Hindi dub) and ZEE5 (Original Telugu version, as well as dubs in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam)
Image: Variance Films
Baahubali director S.S. Rajamouli returns with RRR ("rise, roar, revolt"), an epic historical action drama following a fictionalized encounter between Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan) and Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.), two revolutionaries who join forces to fight for Indian independence and cast off the yoke of British imperialism.
RRR is available to stream on Netflix, though only in the Hindi dub. If you want to experience Rajamouli's latest epic with the original Telugu language audio track, or Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam dubs, you can stream the film on ZEE5.
RRR is a busy movie, full of kinetic camerawork, bustling crowd scenes, elaborate set design, expensive-looking CGI, and loud sound effects. Rajamouli is skilled at balancing the film's many elements, so "overstimulated" isn't quite the word for how walking out of RRR feels. It's more like the pleasant exhaustion after a good workout.
Where to watch: Available for digital purchase for $19.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Sony Pictures
Sony's latest Marvel movie is another anti-hero story, as Jared Leto plays the doctor-turned-vampire Michael Morbius. When he tests a cure for his rare blood disease on himself, he turns into the ungodly creation you see above.
One of the important lessons of Venom's success was that if unimaginative superhero franchise films must be churned out, they can still feel worthwhile if they're fueled by smart, funny performances. Audiences do turn out for characters they love, but they also show up for characters played by people, by actors who give them weird quirks and specific mannerisms. Morbius is what happens when there's a studio desire for another Venom, but without much thought as to how Venom connected with anyone. It's only there to plug into a burgeoning crossover franchise. (As a pair of nonsensical mid-credits scenes indicate.)
Where to watch: Available to rent for $4.99 on Amazon, Apple, Google Play; $6.99 on Vudu
Photo: Sundance Institute
A Finnish horror movie that doubles as a satire of online culture, Hatching follows Tinja, a 12-year-old girl who has been the subject of her parents' video blog for seemingly her entire life. When Tinja comes across a strange egg and brings it home, it quickly grows before … well, hatching into a creature nicknamed "Alli."
But Alli is a mesmerizing presence that gives the film a cultish shivery center. Bergholm tells Polygon that she literally Googled the world's best specialist in movie animatronics, then reached out to him about working on the film. That bold choice paid off: Her animatronics supervisor, Gustav Hoegen, came directly to this film from running practical creature-effects teams for Lucasfilm, on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Solo, The Last Jedi, Rogue One, and The Force Awakens. Her SFX makeup head, Conor O'Sullivan, comes with a similar pedigree, as half of the Oscar-nominated effects duo who gave Heath Ledger his grotesque leer as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Together, they and their teams make Alli hideously visceral, with the familiar weight and conviction of a practical effect instead of a CG effect. And Solalinna's performance with the puppet is convincing and distressing. Together, they carry the movie past its weaker points to a memorable ending.
Where to watch: Available to rent for $5.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Photo: MGM Studios
Paul Thomas Anderson returns with Licorice Pizza, a coming-of-age comedy-drama set in the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s. Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman star as Alana Kane and Gary Valentine, a photographer's assistant in her 20s and a high school sophomore aspiring to become an actor, who navigate the confusing highs and tumultuous lows of an unlikely romance.
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus
Image: Disney
The newest Disney live action/animation hybrid pays homage to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and is absolutely filled to the brim with references to other animated properties. The movie follows Chip and Dale's reunion after years of estrangement following the cancellation of their show as they band together to save an old friend from a dark fate.
But the movie actually lampshades that simplicity. Most of the plot just exists to get Chip and Dale to another fun place, introduce another surprising character, or make another clever joke about Hollywood. And that's all fine, really. The heartwarming end message about friendship is on par with other family movies, and also not so cloying that it overpowers the witty jokes.
Hold Your Fire
Where to watch: Available to rent for $5.99 on Amazon; $4.99 on Apple; $6.99 on Vudu
Image: IFC Films
Stefan Forbes' 2022 documentary Hold Your Fire recounts the story of the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. After four young African American men in Brooklyn steal guns to defend themselves during a standoff with police that results in the death of an officer, police psychologist Harvey Schlossberg is called in to do what was thought impossible — negotiate the release of 12 hostages and defuse the situation nonviolently. Featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with the survivors, Forbes' film offers a unique perspective of a landmark event in American policing.
Where to watch: Available to rent for $19.99 on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
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The latest Liam Neeson action movie sees him playing an assassin dealing with memory loss who refuses an assignment to kill a child. Instead, he finds himself having to kill those that hired him before they get to him first.
Neeson reads as if he's operating in the same mode of desperate competence he originally perfected in Taken. Yet in Memory, the thrill is gone — his intensity is no longer surprising, and as committed as Neeson is to remaining on screen and present for most of his character's stunts, his limitations appear more apparent than usual, given Campbell's clear shot blocking and the clean cuts that stitch the film's action scenes together so neatly. Arguably, the film suffers from these two men being too good at their jobs, so one's commitment overexposes the others' shortcomings.
Where to watch: Available to rent for $4.99 on Apple; $3.99 on Google Play and Vudu
Photo: RLJE Films
Riley Stearns (The Art of Self-Defense) wrote and directed this science fiction movie about Sarah (Karen Gillan), a woman who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, chooses to clone herself in order to spare her loved ones from the grief of losing her. When she makes an unexpected recovery, Sarah attempts and fails to decommission her clone. With no other option, Sarah is forced to fight her clone in a court-mandated duel to the death to decide which of them will be allowed to exist.
That premise is absurd on a thousand levels, but Stearns leans straight into the absurdity, particularly with that ad for the cloning service, which presents a deadpan scenario where a depressed man clones himself so he can commit suicide in peace without making any of his family members suffer. This kind of brutally caustic humor defines the film. Anyone who can't see themselves chuckling at least a little bit at the bleak prospect of a new clone calmly coming across his progenitor's corpse and taking his place would be advised to steer clear.
The Perfect Family
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
This Spanish family drama follows a clash of two very different families — one rich and uptight, one Very Much Not. When the son of the wealthy family brings home a girlfriend from the other, tensions mount.
A food-centric romance, Toscana follows a Danish chef who falls in love while visiting Tuscany to sell his dad's company.
A Perfect Pairing
Photo: Vince Valitutti/Netflix
The second travel-based romance from Netflix this week follows a wine company exec from LA who falls in love in Australia while working as a ranch hand.
Photo: Sean Cliver/Paramount Pictures
This is not exactly a new Jackass movie, but it kind of is! How's that, you ask? Well, this is simply a compilation of outtakes and another footage from the cutting room floor of Jackass Forever.
Where to watch: Available to stream on Hulu
Image: Bleecker Street Media
Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg star in the 2021 drama Sundown as Neil and Alice Bennett, the eldest siblings of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico — until an emergency back home calls on them to leave earlier. Feigning the loss of his passport to stay behind, Neil undergoes an emotional journey that forces him to confront hard truths about himself and those close to him in order to learn and grow.
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This rom-com follows a movie star (Samara Weaving) who is accidentally caught by the paparazzi with her married lover. When her PR team notices a valet (Eugenio Derbez) was also caught in the picture, they decide to pretend that was the real couple all along.
American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story
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The remarkable rags-to-riches story of Kurt Warner, a quarterback who was stocking shelves at a grocery store not long before becoming a Super Bowl MVP, comes to the screen with Zachary Levi in the lead role. It's directed by the Erwin brothers, who make faith-based films, so expect this movie to focus as much on Warner's Christianity as on the football.
The Found Footage Phenomenon
Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder
Image: Shudder
Shudder's new feature-length documentary focuses on the found footage subgenre of horror, including closer looks at iconic entries like The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, and Unfriended.
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The Treaty of Ancón ended Peru's involvement in the late 19th century War of the Pacific, fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru. Victorious, Chile gained substantial mineral-rich territories, leaving Bolivia without access to the sea and annexing the former Peruvian province of Tarapacá. The loss of the war remains an emotional issue for many Bolivians who attribute their country's problems to its landlocked condition. What novel technology was employed during the war?
The Beta Israel, or "House of Israel," are Jews of Ethiopian origin. Long isolated from mainstream Judaism, they practice a form of the religion based on Jewish Scriptures and certain apocryphal books. In 1975, the Israeli rabbinate legally recognized them as Jews, and during the Ethiopian civil war, about 10,000 were airlifted to Israel in an effort to save them from persecution. A second airlift of more than 14,000 occurred in 1991. What were these secret operations called?
Nanak was the founder of the Sikh religion and the first of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. According to tradition, he made four great journeys to all parts of India, Arabia, and Persia. Nanak proclaimed monotheism, the provisional nature of organized religion, and direct realization of God through religious exercises and meditation; he opposed idolatry, ritual, an organized priesthood, and the caste system. What did Nanak hope to accomplish by instituting "the common meal?"


Kristen Miller is not your average everyday local musician venturing out for a debut CD. Later That Day is unlike anything any New Hampshire musician has ever recorded. First, she's a cellist. Second, Miller does not sing.
While Miller's cello is certainly a focal point, it shares the stage. Her compositions are cerebral and spiritual. In truth, this is more of a duet than a solo album, though Miller wrote each piece. Her cohort Scott Kessel uses more percussive instruments (traditional or not) than I care to list. The duo create mesmerizing tribal music. I think of only two other artists (not from Africa or Middle East) that have attempted and succeeded in such an untraveled stylistic soundscape - Peter Gabriel- (score for "The Last Temptation of Christ") and Dead Can Dance.
Nickel Indian" opens the CD and really generates a dark mood: The multiple layers of cello playing are orchestral and hypnotic. "West Meets East is more tribal and somehow within the darkness of the bass and baritone sounds emits a hopeful strain.
The common perception that a cello is strictly a long-bowed bass instrument is ripped apart throughout this CD, whether it's the harmonious, yet distinctly disparate ranges of the opener or the low bow layered with a high finger-picked accompaniment of "Elegy For Five Lost Hours."
Miller is a master of her instrument, knows how to get what she wants from it, musically and emotionally. Feelings and moods easily come through her compositions. And I specify "compositions"; "tunes" would not do her (or them) justice.
The musical cohesion of Kessel and Miller is proven with "Cello Sticks," an improvised piece during recording the CD. Suffice to say, Kessel creates a wonderful melody on a cello by hitting its strings with sticks. Awesome.
I've heard a number of NH instrumental albums over the years, and only Randy Armstrong's Dinner on the Diner has such a lavish and worldly sound as Millers Later That Day.


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Last week Yvonne Post's lead goats, Wyeth and Rodin, visited the Scott Arboretum on a reconnaissance mission. As lead goats, Wyeth and Rodin (named for famous artists) are brought to trial new locations and vegetation to see if the entire herd would take to the site and eat the weeds found there.
Like many other institutions in the region, the Scott Arboretum is trialing the use of goats to remove invasive and stubborn weeds from the garden. Also called "nature's weed-eaters", goats are a sustainable, environment friendly way to treat weed infestations as opposed to chemical treatments.
Post's herd of six wethers, castrated male goats, have already begun removing Canada thistle, Cirsium canadense, at Bartram's Garden. The herd is also hoping to visit Longwood Gardens to help remove garlic mustard, Alliaria officinalis. Post has described how they delight at eating mile-a-minute vine, Polygonum perfoliatum, on her property. Here at the Scott Arboretum, we are working on removing English ivy, Hedera helix.
This trail evaluated whether the goats will eat the ivy blanketing the banks of the Crum Woods or whether they would graze on other plant material. We are happy to report that after settling into their new surroundings in the woods, Wyeth and Rodin blissfully chomped away on ivy and fallen leaves. The complete herd of Angora goats will return this January to begin foraging on the ivy in earnest.
Goats are more effective at weed removal than other grazers, such as sheep. Goats rip and pull the plants out by the roots when they forage, as compared to sheep who simply graze the tops of the plants, leaving the roots intact. Post recommends having the goats for three consecutive years to see true effect on a weed patch.
Goats prefer to feed on different plants at various times of year. As Post explains, "They get bored." As you can image with ability to eat such a variety of food, you would like to spice up your diet too. They enjoy the young shoots for Canada thistle in the spring, mile-a-minute vine in the summer, and fallen leaves and weedy grasses in the fall. For this reason, the herd will visit the Scott Arboretum in the winter feeding on the smorgasbord of ivy. This way the herd will not be distracted by more choice plants found during warm months and allowing them to focus on controlling our English ivy infestation.
of the goats. Thanks so much.
I love this and have heard a few places in my area (near Boston) that are trying this. It's so eco-friendly and the goats are damn cute!
Those of us on the Woods Crew at the Arboretum were talking the other day about the goats, and whether they were ever going to help us with the ivy. thank you for providing this wonderful update. I hope that , on one of their visits, we will be able to meet these lovely creatures.


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Q: Either an IE8 Selector or jQuery ButtonSet not consistently returning the proper result (Radio Buttons) In IE8, when running the code below, the alert that comes up makes no sense.  Sometimes it returns the first button, sometimes another.
I asked a similar question to this on SO. Perhaps these are the same issue.  It's not clear, so I decided to ask a second question.
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 But they both miss the mark by enough that I don't know what to do now.
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A: Because you bound the click event to the container, it's getting triggered twice because of your  label for your radio buttons. You can see this happening by replacing your function with this one:
$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#toolGroup").click(function (e) {
        alert(e.target);
    });
});

Try binding your click events to the inputs instead. When you click the label, it triggers the click event on the input. So something like this should get you what you want:
$(document).ready(function () {
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    $("#toolGroup input").click(function () {
        alert($('input:radio[name=marker]:checked').val());
    });
});

I tested it on IE8 and it worked for me binding to the inputs.
Edit: You can also substitute click() for change()

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