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About "white balance" tools
I will speak often here about chromaticity. Chromaticity is one aspect of the color of light, the aspect that "distinguishes red light from blue light" and that distinguishes "red light from pink light". It is the property of light that lay people think is meant by "color"; we of course recognize that color also includes the separate aspect of luminance.
We note that chromaticity is a subjective property, defined only in terms of human visual response. The chromaticity of an instance of light is not a simple physical property (as would be, for example, the frequency of an electrical sine wave).
But the chromaticity of an instance of light is determined, in a complicated way, by the spectrum of the light (the distribution of the power in the light with wavelength).
Reflected light
The spectrum of the light reflected by an object (and thus the chromaticity of that light) is directly determined by the spectrum of the illuminating light together with the "reflective spectrum" of the surface.
Can we then say that the chromatic of the reflected light is determined by the chromaticity of the illuminating light together with the "reflective chromaticity" of the surface? No, it doesn't work that way - at least not "exactly". But in many cases it works "sort of" that way, and we will here deal with that situation as if it were "exact".
Chromatic adaptation
In any case, we can readily see that the chromaticity of the light reflected from, for example, a sheet of "white" paper on our breakfast table illuminated by mid-day sun through the window will be different from the chromaticity of the light reflected from that same sheet of paper when it is, in the evening, illuminated by light from an overhead incandescent lamp.
Yet most likely in those two situations a human viewer will recognize the paper as "white". How is this possible?
The answer is in a wondrous property of human perception called chromatic adaptation. To greatly simplify a very complicated topic, the human visual system "deduces" the chromaticity of the illuminating light (by noting the chromaticity of the light reflected from familiar objects in the larger "scene") and then in effect concludes what the "reflective chromaticity" of the paper must be.
But in a photograph
Now suppose we take a photograph of the breakfast table, including the famous sheet of paper, under the overhead incandescent light, make a print, and send it to a friend.
The friend views it on her breakfast table, illuminated by the late morning sunlight coming in through the window. Her visual system cannot "deduce" the chromaticity of the light that illuminated the paper when the shot was taken by observing surrounding items - they are not included in the photo. Rather, her visual system deduces the chromaticity of the ambient light at her viewing location (where there are many objects within view).
The result is that the paper looks to the viewer reddish-yellowish, not "white". And in general, that is not what we want.
White balance color correction
Here is how we overcome that presumably-unwanted effect. When we are getting ready to take the shot, we measure the chromaticity of the illuminating light. We then (in the camera, or in post-processing software), in effect deduce the reflective color of each area in the photo (conceptually "backing out" from the recorded chromaticity of the reflected light the measured chromaticity of the illuminating light), and then modify the chromaticity recorded for that area (from the light captured by the camera) to be that which would seem to the viewer to indicate the real reflective color of that area, when the "print" is viewed under some assumed ambient chromaticity.
Ah, but there's the rub. What do we assume about that chromaticity? We do not know if our viewer will view the print in an area generally illuminated by late morning sunlight (as we assumed earlier) or at the breakfast table late in the evening, under the overhead incandescent light.
So, under the valuable rubric of "better the devil we know than the devil we don't", we do this based on the assumption that the image will be viewed in a context where the ambient illumination has the chromaticity of the white point of the color space in which the image is delivered.
So, how can we measure the chromaticity of the illuminating light on the scene being photographed? Well, there are several possible ways.
A colorimeter
We can use a colorimeter, whose receptor we expose to the light incident on the scene. It reports, in a certain scheme of notation, the chromaticity of that light.
Before we go on, let us note this important consideration. If in fact the light incident on the scene comes from different sources (from different directions), with different chromaticities, we want our (single) measurement to represent the joint impact, chromaticity-wise, of those multiple sources on the chromaticity of the light reflected from the various objects. If those objects have the classical diffuse reflecting property, then the impact of the various sources is proportional not only to their "potency" but also to their angle of incidence onto the surface.
Our colorimeter can take all that into account if the response of its receptor varies with the angle of arrival of multiple light components according to the cosine of their angles of arrival. So colorimeters are made to do that. Hold that thought.
In any case, there are at least two practical problems with this approach:
Colorimeters are rather expensive.
It is in general not easy to take a chromaticity determination made by a colorimeter and explain it to our camera, or our post-processing software
But we can solve both of those problems by using the next method.
The camera as colorimeter
But we can turn our camera into a colorimeter. Suppose we put in front of the camera lens an optical unit arranged to collect the light that falls upon it, "weighting" each ingredient proportional to the cosine of the angle from which it arrives, mix all the collected light together, and present it to the lens as a uniformly-illuminated disk. (It will be out-of-focus, but that doesn't matter. It will still "fill the frame" with its chromaticity.)
This optical accessory is often called a "white balance diffuser".
We then place the camera, with the white balance diffuser in place, at the subject location in the scene, with the diffuser oriented to receive the illuminating light much as the pertinent parts of the subject will. (Most often, an appropriate orientation is to have the diffuser facing the spot where the camera will be for the actual shot.)
Modern cameras are arranged to take their observation of the chromaticity they observe in that situation (perhaps by way of a frame captured in that situation) and (in one of several ways) introduce it into the in-camera white balance color correction process.
Or, we can take the frame that captures that chromaticity and use it in our post-processing software to guide it in performing the white-balance color correction process.
White balance diffusers are available from various manufacturers. One unit that has a long reputation of careful manufacturer and good performance is the ExpoDisk diffuser, made by Expoimaging.
A more indirect approach
Another approach is to include in either the actual scene to be shot or (more commonly) in a preliminary shot an object that is "spectrally neutral". That is, its reflectance is the same for each wavelength over the visual wavelength range.
The consequence is that the chromaticity of the light reflected from it is the same as the chromaticity of the light that illuminates it.
For various reasons (which are beyond the scope of this note - some are folkloric), it is the custom to use for this purpose an object that not only is spectrally neutral but which also has an overall reflectance substantially less than 1.00 (100%). Accordingly, we see such a "target" as being "gray", and these are therefore commonly called "gray cards".
There are at least two ways to utilize a neutral target for determination of the chromaticity of the illumination on the scene being/to be shot.
We can have the target illuminated by the illuminating light and then take a shot of it with our camera, having it fill at least the part of the frame the camera will use from a "white balance test shot" to determine the chromaticity of interest. It is not necessary (nor actually even desirable) for the target to be in focus when we do this. The image we capture can be used to guide the camera in doing the white balance color correction, or can be made available to our postprocessing software to the same end.
We can place the target in the actual scene, with the illumination in place, and then take a shot. We can then remove it and take the real shot. The, during post-processing, we will load the preliminary shot and use the "eyedropper" tool to note the recorded chromatic of the neutral target, using that to guide the application of white balance color correction to the actual shot.
Neutral targets ("gray cards") are available from various manufacturers. One series with a long history of careful manufacture and good performance is the WhiBal test target series, made by Michael Tapes Design (yes, our colleague Michael Tapes).
Measurement from the camera position with a diffuser
From time to time, various manufacturers have presented camera attachments (in the general vein of a white balance diffuser) which purportedly will allow us to, with our camera, located where it will be for the actual shot, determine the chromaticity of the illuminating light onto the scene. How convenient.
But in fact, this in general cannot work. Much of the light captured by the device and presented to the lens is light reflected from the scene, and of course its various components will have chromaticities resulting both from the chromaticity of the illuminating light and the spectral reflectance (we might imprecisely say "reflective chromaticity") of the various objects in the scene. Thus the chromaticity of the light gathered by the device cannot tell us what we need to know: the chromaticity of the light illuminating the scene.
Yet, in many cases, such an approach turns out to give a chromaticity determination that is "not bad". How can this be?
Well, in many cases (typically in outdoor photography), the light incident on the camera position will be very much like the light incident on the subjects (whose chromatically we want to determine).
And, although the manufacturers of these devices often emphasize their "concentration" on the "light from the subjects", they in fact often have very broad acceptance angles.
Thus, a measurement from the camera position with such a device on the camera may mostly capture the illuminating light incident on the camera location. And if that light has the same chromaticity as the light illuminating the subjects, we get a quite usable result.
But that good result is contingent on circumstances that cannot be depended on over a range of photographic tasks. And thus the notion of a camera accessory that will reliably allow the chromaticity of the light illuminating the subjects do be determined from the camera position is, overall, just wishful thinking.
Best regards,
Hi, Jérôme,
It may be that the viewing environment is not "candle-lit", just the illumination of the print. It is after all the viewer's assessment of the ambient chromaticity in the "viewing room" that is at work here.
But a very interesting question.
Best regards,
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2. Provide opportunities for participants to embrace diverse values and learn from them
3. Accomplish realistic goals and bring about change in society
The past few decades have brought on life-changing, rapid evolutions in technology, from everyday life to space discovery. One after the other, generations of new technology have penetrated each and every aspect of people's lives across the globe, drastically changing the environment surrounding us one day to another. Some would argue that this makes predicting future trends more difficult now than ever before: forecasts that were once possible are becoming more difficult, such as the surge of positive growth in remote and traditionally destitute regions of the world, or the rapid downfall or entire disappearance of some of the world's oldest professions. Furthermore, such radical alterations to society pose a pressing need for us to entirely reconsidering our way of life. Such things considered, each and every one of us on this planet is are urged to face and answer this challenge, which isn't just limited to financial and political elites. On the contrary, the new, relevant debates about technology offer the opportunity to reach all layers of society, both within sovereign countries and between nations and citizens around the world.
Of course, we are not merely passively subject to technological changes taking place around us: each and every one of us can actively bring about significant changes in the way technologies impact us. These changes considerably vary in terms of both their scale and nature. Some are minor and others are massive. Likewise, some are just positive, some are purely negative and still others are seemingly favourable at first but turn out to be the opposite later on. If we are not careful, we can cause a series of environmental problems such as climate change, several nuclear power plant disasters including the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and its consequences, to cite a few.
On the bright side, however, technology can have stunning positive impacts on the society, which I reckon outweigh the negative ones if and when we put our utmost passion, knowledge, experience, and energy into conscious and sustainable technology-development. Bearing this in mind, under the banner of "Design Our Future," IDYF brings together youth from all over the world, for a week-long conference on the international development. It is an opportunity for them to dive into a pool of diverse values and norms, which broadens their knowledge and serves as the basis to build strong, long-lasting networks. If anything, we believe that IDYF brings together and serves as a formative experience for future global leaders who will contribute to the realization of a fairer, more sustainable future.
In order to realise such aforementioned ambitions for our 6th conference to be held in March 2018, we are dedicated to work towards two main goals. They are:
We also focus on the viability and feasibility of our proposed subjects enables participants to think of realistic solution-making through debate, bearing mind the interaction among various stakeholders, environmental consequences, societal constraints etc. The strong network, partnership and mutual trust we wish to build among participants is, I believe, most conducive to putting the conference-designed solutions into practice, making IDYF a sustainable initiative that reaches beyond Tokyo, and on the long term.
The IDYF philosophy "Design Our Future" is a point of convergence where both of our goals aforementioned come together. In this sense, we conceive it as essential for the Committee members to fully understand and bear this philosophy in mind when they work. The IDYF2018 Committee prides itself in choosing participants who truly wish to build a better future, especially through team effort, and starting with local initiatives. We look forward to receiving applications from all those who want to be leaders of their own fate and their own communities.
IDYF2018 Representative
Rise Nomura
(Our new adviser will be inaugurated for the next forum, IDYF2019. Please wait for the new adviser's message for a while. Below is the previous adviser's message.)
Today, roughly 1.3 billion people on the earth, out of the total of 7 billion, live on the daily budget of below one dollar a day (that is, nearly one out of five live below the poverty line). As the 2015 deadline set for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, the scorecard on the MDG achievements is quite mixed among target categories and among geographical locations within the developing world. It is a duty for those of us who are fortunate enough to have access to education and other means to contribute to the collective effort to build a better world for all, either at the local, national or global level.
IDYF is still in its 6th year since it was established, but human network among its participants and alumni has been accumulating rapidly. Every year, IDYF sets a common theme for discussion, and a group of youth coming from all over the world debate relevant issues from all angles. For those participants from outside Japan, in particular, what they see, discuss and learn through their interactions with Japanese participants and the Japanese society is likely to leave a profound impact for the rest of their lives, no matter what kind of career paths they happen to choose in the future.
Among others, a career in international development is an exciting and rewarding one. As you become a professional in the area of international development, you naturally interact with people with many different backgrounds, such as policy makers of all levels (local, national and international), academics, farmers, workers and laborers, and children. As exciting as those interactions are, they tend to be somewhat constrained by social contexts and social positions where we and they are in. As an academic specializing in development economics, for example, I interact with them as a policy advisor, an academic colleague, an interviewer during field research in an attempt to collect data to be analyzed and to be published in policy reports or academic journals, etc. In fact, it is not easy to interact with all those people free of such social contexts and truly on an equal footing.
Those friends who you initially met as a child or as a college classmate, prior to becoming a professional, are an exception, however. With those friends, you can interact as if you were still college classmates, largely free of social and professional contexts.
Academic knowledge, in any discipline, expands at an enormous speed. In the field of development economics, for example, there have been remarkable advances in theories and empirical evidence accumulated in the past decade. This means that the cutting-edge academic knowledge you learn at college may well become obsolete just 10 years after you graduate. On the other hand, the value of your personal networks and friends that you make at college will never depreciate for many years to come.
After some 30 years spent in the international development field since graduating from a university, I cannot overemphasize how important such friends are. As students, we used to debate about social problems and about how to tackle such challenges, often in idealistic (and, one might say, rather immature) terms. Those young days shared with my friends, however, installed in me an attitude towards life of not giving up the ideals and dreams in the face of harsh realities. To the extent that I have been able to persevere in my professional life, I owe it to those my friends at youth. Today, those friends are journalists, public servants, private businessmen, politicians, academics, housewives, and many more. When we meet, however, we still interact, debate and kid each other as if we were school classmates. Such interactions give not only fun time to refresh myself but also some new and fresh viewpoints and a moment to reconsider some of the views taken for granted within the narrow circle of professionals, enriching my professional life.
How exciting it would be to have such friends scattered all over the world for the rest of your life! Had IDYF existed 30 years ago when I was a college student, I would no doubt have joined the forum without hesitation.
Nobuhiko Fuwa
Professor (Development Economics),
Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo


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"Music was my first passion. It gave me a vehicle for expressing deep feelings, and it taught me the necessity of bringing discipline and clarity of vision to my work. Sculptural coiling allows me to create a kind of visual metaphor for the music of my life."
"Sweet grass is also known as holy grass, vanilla grass, or Seneca grass. It is hand gathered by Native Americans in various parts of the United States, as well as in Canada. The grass is combed, sorted and dried in small bundles. This grass has been used in traditional Native American basketry as well as for ceremonial purposes where the grass is bundled with sage leaves and cedar leaves. It is then and then smoldered in "smudging ceremonies" for the cleansing of the spirit. The grass releases a natural oil as it dries that gives off a sweet vanilla-tobacco like fragrance that will remain indefinitely in each sculptural basket.
I made my first basket over 20 years ago and realized my passion for building vessels. I journeyed through many different materials and techniques for several years, but found a huge challenge in the creation of coiled baskets. Once I mastered the traditional technique with pine needles and raffia, I was convinced that this was my niche. I began to search for a unique material and had the ambition to create a unique style. Circumstances fell in my favor, I secured a source for sweet grass and then began breaking all of the traditional rules that I had practiced. The result has been sculptural forms that continue to surprise and fascinate me."
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submission price: $9.00
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We are seeking original Russian pop music for a direct synch placement with a major network show.
We will consider other genres but primarily Pop, Contemporary Dance and Hip Hop. Must be 100% sample free original songs with Instrumental versions available. Only top quality productions and songs will be considered. Songs chosen will be considered for exclusive publishing deal with prominent Music Licensing company. We have strong relationships and placements in Sons Of Anarchy, Justified, Homeland, Sex and The City, Dexter, Marvel Agents Of SHIELD, Madam Secretary, Deadpool and other Major Motion Pictures.
- Tony Shimkin / Noble Music
Deal Type: Synch Placement
Decision Maker: Selected tracks will be pitched for final decision
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Compensation: $1,500 - $2,000
Song Quality: Broadcast ready
submission price: $8.00
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I want radio friendly songs for pitches to top country male artists. Nothing too traditional. Edgy arrangements with meaningful lyrics preferred. No trucks, bon fires out in the field, or beer please .... we've had our fill for the rest of the decade!
submission price: $0.00
Empire State Mix Tape Series is looking for up to 10 Music Xray artists to contribute to the multi genre'd #ESMVOL7, dropping December 2018.
ESM is also hosting a "Top 20 Live" concert series in NYC allowing selected ESMVOL7 artists the chance to perform. The Opportunity
The Historic Empire State Mix tape series has teamed up with Hot 97 & VH1 Love and Hip Hop New York 's DJ Drewski to host the Historic Empire State Mix Tape - Vol 7. Featuring the worlds hottest indie and major stars handpicked by the ESM A&R team. #ESMVOL7 is expected to reach #1 on the charts, just like previous volumes.
Submit your best tracks for A&R review
Watch DJ Drewski discuss this Live from Hot 97 Here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY5dXSbvZqo
- Kelly Reid - A&R Coordinator - Empire State Mixtapes
Deal Type: Exposure Opportunity
Decision Maker: I'm the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Exclusive
Compensation: Negotiable
Song Quality: Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
Similar Sounding Artists: Drake, Chance the Rapper, Mac Miller, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Wiz Khalifa
submission price: $5.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
Pravda Music is currently looking to license INDIE/ALTERNATIVE ROCK for television projects. They're looking for bands in the vein of: Beach House, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Death Cab For Cutie, The XX, Muse etc. Some of their ongoing projects include MTV/VH1 programs, CW programs, network, and cable programs, as well as major and independent films, film trailers, and advertisements.
submission price: $5.00
TubeTunes is a record label and distribution solution for music creators, partnered exclusively with the world's most popular video content creators. We place music in trending videos featured on YouTube and other social media platforms, collectively generating many millions of views. This is a win-win deal for video content creators seeking access to the freshest independent music and artists seeking a unique opportunity for global exposure.
How does it work?
Artists submit music to the TubeTunes library, which is made available for each partnered video content creator to preview. Content creators have access to exclusively licensed material, which means that there are no copyright issues after uploading their videos. Video content creators agree to include in-video captions of the featured artists' names and track titles, and / or download and streaming links to the tracks in the description of each video.
What's the deal?
TubeTunes supplies material to partnered video content creators for free, on the basis that they agree to promote featured artists and tracks. Music creators who wish to submit material to TubeTunes for consideration pay a small review fee per track. If approved, artists agree to license selected tracks to the TubeTunes library. Revenue earned from placed tracks is split between TubeTunes, music creators and video creators.
- Michael - Director - TubeTunes
Deal Type: Catalog Inclusion
Decision Maker: I'm the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Exclusive
Compensation: Negotiable
Song Quality: Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
submission price: $7.00
POP/ROCK/FOLK/PIANO/CINEMATIC instrumentals for sync placements. All tracks should be broadcast ready. Exclusive publishing opportunity so instrumentals cannot be in non-exclusive agreements or with music libraries.
Check out links to get an idea of what we are looking for, they do have lyrics in links but we are seeking instrumentals in that type:
- Break Some Bones
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I have great contacts with a media company that license music to various entities including but not limited to Fox Sports, FSN, FS1, FS2, Big-10 Network, NFL Network, NFL Films, CSN, G4, NASCAR Productions, ESPN, NBC Sports, ABC Sports, CBS Sports, National Geographic, MTV, TV Land, Comedy Central, Spike TV, Tres, EPIX, AT&T Sports Networks, Root Sports, TBS, TNT, PAC-12, their affiliates, and all North American (U.S. and Canada) sports venues (stadiums, arenas, racetracks, etc).
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Deal Type: Catalog Inclusion
Decision Maker: I'm the final decision maker
Deal Structure: Exclusive
Compensation: Up Front sync fees & Backend Royalties
Song Quality: Fully mastered, Broadcast ready
submission price: $5.00
Payout: $501 - $1,000
Los Angeles based music licensing company Atrium Music, which helps artists move audiences through their music placed on TV, Films & Commercials, is accepting submissions for inspirational, positive music. We are seeking composers to write or who have written happy, uplifting music in similar fashion to Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Cut Copy, Phoenix, and Arcade Fire. In order to submit music, please follow the guidelines laid out here:
- Please make sure all tracks/files are labeled correctly.
- All vocal tracks must have instrumental track submitted as well.
- NO demos/samples/rough mixes etc., all submissions must be 100% licensable and be final mastered products. NO samples in songs.
- Include legal name, contact info, and name of PRO (Performing Rights Organization, if any).
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Leon was born and raised in Miami from Cuban descent. His interest in culinary arts sparked while working in Cuban bakeries during his adolescence. In his early twenties, Leon work under renowned Miami, French Chef, Pascal Oudim, where he gained a foundation that helped him expand his creativity and build new expertise in the culinary arts.
Leon was part of the opening team with Michelle Bernstein for Azul Restaurant at the Miami Mandarin Oriental Hotel. In 2009, he lead the opening of Sugarcane Restaurant in Miami, as Chef De Cuisine with Chef Timon.
His experience created the perfect foundation to join the team at Seaspice. His ability to modernize classic dishes with new gastronomic techniques has surpassed expectations through their taste, presentation, and variety.
Goldman, never had childhood aspirations to become a chef. In fact, similar to most chefs his memories extend back to his mother as the most influential person in his cooking career. Goldman professes a love for his mother's famous braised brisket with sweet prunes and potatoes. Goldman has always had a fond appreciation for food and attributes his travels as inspirational and life changing experiences pursuing cooking as a career.
Goldman began his studies at University of Central Florida studying molecular and micro-biology. Little did he know his studies would come full circle when he joined the Clio/Uni team as an apprentice, where the basis of the food created would thrive off manipulation of ingredients using scientific transformations. He graduated from Johnson and Whales University (2010) in Miami and began his career under the direction of Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo at her long-standing Talula restaurant. However, the Florida native was intrigued by the seasonality of the northeast and when his request to stage at Clio under the tutelage of Chef and Restaurateur Kenneth Oringer was accepted, off he went. Oringer owned five of the city's most acclaimed restaurants and took a swift liking to Goldman, and within days he was offered a job at the brands sister concept, Uni.
He quickly found himself consumed by the kitchen, as an apprentice at Uni under Chef Chris Gould. He recounts the obvious, that he worked hard, but was most appreciative of the experience to hone in on proper techniques and the combination of flavors.
Inspired to branch out and a true Floridian at heart, Goldman returned to Florida in 2012 to work at a small fine dining concept called The Hunter's Grill. Starting as a Sous Chef and later promoted to Executive Chef for the brand, he most enjoyed creating the restaurants' seasonal menus. Goldman found a fondness in the freedom of expression the daily special gave him – the dish a paradigm for his surroundings and state-of-mind.
In 2013, when a position at the soon-to-be-open Shikany restaurant presented itself, Goldman jumped at the opportunity. Goldman has been with the Seaspice team since November of 2014. He brings his global influence and knowledge of food to all of his dishes.
Montinola attests that cooking is in her blood; through the use of three distinct senses – taste, sight and smell – she produces desserts that are as delicious as they are soulful. Her cross-continent experience affords her a greater understanding of the fusion of cultures and cuisines.
Montinola's sweet imagination started with a first lesson in the kitchen of her childhood home where she was the "official taste-tester" of her mother's prized desserts. Having grown up in the Philippines, she recounts the kitchen being a place of family togetherness.
Montinola started her culinary career at New York Restaurant, Sushisamba, in 2003 followed by a relocation to Las Vegas (2005) to learn from 20-year Alain Ducasse-veteran, Pastry Chef Frédéric Robert, at Okada and Wing Lei Restaurants at the Wynn Resorts. In 2008, it was with excitement that she returned home to SUSHISAMBA to open their Las Vegas location in The Shoppes of The Palazzo as head pastry chef. Continued growth with the brand brought her to Miami (2011), where she became the Regional Pastry Chef for Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill and Sushisamba.
In November 2015, Montinola started working as the Executive Pastry Chef at Seaspice. She has stood out with her exquisite desserts, one of her most popular desserts is the Ganaja Chocolate Cremoso. This dessert was inspired by childhood nostalgia, an epitome of a delicious and creative combination of sweet, salty, creamy, and crunchy textures. The Guanaja Chocolate Cremoso has dark chocolate cremeux , cocoa mib crumble, seaweed snow, and toasted rice mousse.


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Caitlan Coleman, an American citizen, who was abducted in 2012 together with her husband Joshua Boyle, a Canadian citizen, have been released.
Coleman had been forced to give birth to the couple's three children while in captivity. They were held hostage by the Haqqani network, a terrorist organizations with ties to the Taliban.
President Donald Trump made the announcement of their release himself in a statement released by the White House.
"Today they are free," said Trump.
"The Pakistani government's cooperation is a sign that it is honoring America's wishes for it to do more to provide security in the region," he said.
The couple was kidnapped in 2012 while traveling in northern Afghanistan. Their trip was part of a journey that took them to Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan.
In a video released in 2016 Boyle and Coleman begged for their governments to intervene on their behalf.
"It is an indescribable emotional sense one has watching a grandson making faces at the camera, while hearing our son's leg chains clanging up and down on the floor as he tries to settle his son," the parents of Boyle said in a statement in response to the video at the time.
"It is unbelievable that they have had to shield their sons from their horrible reality for four years," they said.
The parents of Coleman said at the time they had received a letter from their son saying that they pretended for their children that the captivity was part of a game that was being played with the guards.
The parents of Coleman expressed their hope that then-president elect Trump would be able to secure their release.
The Haqqani network was started by a former anti-Soviet commander in Afghanistan in 1995. The group has pledged allegiance to the Taliban and has been behind some of the most deadly violence in Afghanistan in recent years, including attacks on embassies, local residents, and U.S. military bases.
Since coming to office in January, Trump has implemented a policy of "principled realism" to guide foreign policy.
"For the diverse nations of the world, this is our hope. We want harmony and friendship, not conflict and strife. We are guided by outcomes, not ideology," Trump said in describing his approach to foreign policy at the U.N. General Assembly in September.
Trump has been fiercely critical of Pakistan for harboring terrorists organizations.
"Today, 20 U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations are active in Afghanistan and Pakistan," Trump said in a speech in August.
"For its part, Pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror," he said.


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This is another slide deck from an MIT 6.S198 lecture, this time about EdTech in general, and more specifically about the many research influences that App Inventor and other similar systems share.
If you want to know more about the class, feel free to browse (and use, reuse, redistribute, improve, and so forth!) the materials linked from the class' calendar.


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Special housing needs call for special measures
Published October 1, 1994 | October 1994 issue
Booming housing markets don't necessarily address special housing needs faced by many Ninth District cities: housing for the working poor, transitional housing for the homeless, specially designed housing for the elderly, mentally disabled and physically challenged, and safe housing for battered women and children. Ninth District communities are addressing these issues in some creative ways.
Fargo, North Dakota
The Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency, in conjunction with the Southeastern Human Services Center, the city of Fargo and the local housing authority, is rehabilitating a downtown Fargo commercial building for 23 units of SRO (single-room occupancy) housing for mentally disabled people.
Built in 1913, it structure is considered to be of historic value, and the Community Action Agency worked with the state's Historical Society to preserve its special architectural features.
While there was some initial opposition to the project, the benefits of upgrading a large downtown building and providing housing for people who may otherwise live in the streets turned opinion around, says Jim Kappel, executive director of Community Action. "The initial comment is always 'not in my neighborhood.'"
But agency staff held one-on-one talks with employees of nearby businesses to reassure them that the facility would be staffed around the clock.
The project may also become an economic development tool. Kappel says a first-floor kitchen is planned in which meals would be prepared for and by residents as a way of providing some job trainingand may eventually turn into a restaurant open to the public.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
The State Bank of La Crosse formed a community development corporation (CDC) through its bank holding company to create opportunities for low- to moderate-income housing in La Crosse. Its first project is unique in the community.
In a partnership with Western Wisconsin Technical College, the bank will build a single-family home using students from the school's wood technics program. "This is better than building a wall in the classroom," says Alan Wehrenberg, CDC president and the bank's senior vice president, "much more gratifying to the students." The students will contribute all the carpentry work, while electrical and plumbing will be contracted.
Wehrenberg says the final house will be sold as a moderately priced home. "I'm convinced there's a need in La Crosse. As a banker I know they're not building [homes] for less than $100,000." Because he had trouble finding a blueprint for a moderately priced house, Wehrenberg modified a more elaborate plan to fit the project budget.
The profits from the sale of the house will be split: one-half to the CDC and the other to the college's foundation to be used toward a scholarship for a low-income student. Future plans for the CDC include rehabilitating some older core homes. "You can end up with houses that won't cost $80,000 or $100,000," Wehrenberg says, even with considerable remodeling costs.
Duluth, Minnesota
The University of Minnesota-Duluth is building student apartments on campus, but the university-owned apartments will see greater use. In the summer many retired Duluthians who winter in warmer climates, return for summers in the city. These "sunbirds" flock to idle university housing each summer, keeping the apartments occupied year round.
Billings, Montana
First Bank Billings and Montana People's Action have joined forces to move houses slated for demolition to sites in a low-income census tract in Billings. The houses are rehabilitated and, through state and federal financing assistance packages, sold for between $50,000 and $55,000 to buyers at no more than 60 percent of median income.
First Bank also supports the project through workshops that help potential home buyers become credit-ready and establish a one-on-one relationship with a lender. "We have a larger pool [of potential home buyers] than we now know," says Peggy Cabe, community lending manager for FBS Mortgage. "They just don't know how to get started."


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God Bless
Leanne xxoo
Have a wonderful wonderful time.. make happy memories, and yes many more wonderful holidays as a family to come too...
Praying, praying, praying! Have a WONDERFUL vacation! Looking forward to hearing about it and seeing pictures.
This is certainly something that will bring memories and smiles for alooooong time. xxx
Have a wonderful vacation... praying for Emma!
Looks beautiful and so very deserved . Thinking of you and Emma and sending healing thoughts and prayers for you all .
Dawn x
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Dawn xxx
Yes Dawn it did, thank you so very much xxxxxxxx
yay !! have a wonderful wonderful holiday :) sending love and prayers your way xx
Hi Leanne
Have sent you an email to your hotmail address I wonder if you could have a look to see you have got it and i can talk to you through that as had a little idea for Emma. Best wishes Dawn x
Hope you have an amazing time with your family Leanne xxx
Hey Leanne,
Hope you guys had a wonderful, memory-filled time during your Sydney holiday.
Still holding you all in my prayers.
It was an honour to have you all visit us at Taronga Zoo last month and I hope it was a fun day out for Emma. Prayers for you all. Susan
Thank you Susan, I will be posting about our zoo visit once I sort through ALL my photos LOL
We all had a fantastic time at the Zoo and the best part was getting to feed the Giraffes. We loved loved watching the chimps, especially one very cheeky one that was annoying the ducks. Thank you so very much for making us feel special and for helping Emma to cross off another item on her bucket list xxx


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I have often aid if I were a Congressman I would do this type of thing
Congressman Henry Cuellar's office announced on Wednesday that he will host Sutherland Springs hero Stephen Willeford at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on January 30.
"I speak on behalf of the entire Sutherland Springs community when I say that we are grateful to have such an incredible citizen visit," Congressman Cuellar said in a statement. "It is amazing that this man, who almost became a victim himself, managed to face the assailant and ultimately prevented further tragedy from unfolding."
Willeford is credited with fatally wounding Sutherland Springs gunman Devin Kelly after Kelly killed 26 people at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. Willeford reportedly grabbed a gun and ran across the street to the church, where he saw Kelly and opened fire. After Kelly got into a vehicle and started driving away, Willeford flagged down a nearby vehicle and continued the pursuit until Kelly lost control of his vehicle and officials arrived on scene.
Perhaps the most intriguing thing here? Cuellar is a Democrat


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We are the sledge grits band
In today's overly crowded music climate, it's rare when an act immediately grabs your attention—and holds it. The Sledge Grits Band is that welcome rarity.
Edgy yet infectious pop-rock paired with insightful, positive lyrics is the calling card of this unique sister act. Siblings Keiko (guitarist/songwriter, 20), Ella (bassist, 18), Mimi (lead vocals, 15) and bo-Pah (drummer, 13) comprise the Los Angeles-based group, whose colorful moniker combines the family's last name—Sledge—with the acronym for "Girls Raised in the Sun."
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Have you ever seen the show "Pushing Daisies?" The main guy's job is a pie maker and after watching about six episodes it was safe to say we all had pretty bad pie cravings. I decided on apple pie and followed the recipe from "The Hummingbird Bakery" cookbook which I received from Christmas. I did cheat a little however, it was my first time with pastry dough and I was terrified of mucking it up, so I went and bought the base of the pie. My logic was that if I completely messed up the top then I would have some sort of open apple pie.
The first order of business was the dough, the book told me to bang it all in my handy mixer. Except at this point at time I didn't have one. So it was good old elbow grease. The recipe said no more than 2 tablespoons of water but I had to whack in 5 to get anything dough like. I squidged it all into a ball, wrapped it in clingfilm and let it rest an hour. Onto the apples, I used granny smiths. No apple corer handy I had to try and dissect it by hand which was interesting. After peeling and slicing many apples, I melted butter along with sugar and cinnamon and boiled the apples for a couple of minutes. It smelled pretty dang good! I spooned them out onto a tray to cool.
I floured a surface and rolled out my dough. It rolled out pretty smooth and I was very pleased. I cut it to size and then filled my pre-bought base with the cooled apples, before pressing down the top. My flatmate then made some leaves to place on top of the pie and I then washed over the whole thing with milk and egg.
After going into the oven for an hour it came out like this:
I served it with vanilla ice cream and we settled down to watch Avatar. It was pretty dang good if I say so myself. I think I'll try making it again, entirely from scratch.


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Thought I'd share, hope you don't mind.
A few more below the fold.
Thought I'd share, hope you don't mind.
A few more below the fold.
I've been in the field a few times in the last several weeks. Though my classwork has me about buried, I really enjoy these little stress relievers where I can just enjoy the surroundings and take a few pictures. It started around Labor Day weekend, when I spent several nights sitting a nest of Loggerhead Sea Turtles down on North Topsail Beach. The turtles were due to hatch about any day, so I was very excited. Alas, they never did hatch out while I was there, but it was a relaxing time for the most part anyway.
In fact the Sea Turtle Hospital has no record of a hatch to date (nest 55). There are several possible reasons for that. They may have hatched during a storm while no one was looking, with the storm erasing every trace of their leaving the nest. That happens sometimes. The turtles could have been drowned by a storm as they were hatching, too. Also, while the possibility exists that this was a false nest, the Sea Turtle Hospital folks were pretty sure this was a real nest.
So it was a bit frustrating, sad, and disappointing, but I got some photos of other things that I thought I'd share here anyway. They are below the fold.
My good friend and Zoology classmate Bianca (pictued above – forget it, she's married) noted to me at school that Crowded Head has been very ranty of late. While it's true that this is my own special place for venting, I'd rather not allow that to become the general tone here, either.
With that in mind, I've been looking for something to write that doesn't involve a great deal of venom and spittle. I've not really been inspired to write much lately though, what with school sucking up all my creative energy like a sponge on a bar.
It occurs to me that I haven't posted any of my recent photos here, however, so I'm going to share some of my favorites that I've taken lately.
I've shot a handful of friends from school, and I have an idea about doing a specific collection (I'll write about it when it's done). Meanwhile, these have begun to grow into a bit of a personal yearbook.
More photos of my friends and schoolmates lie below the fold.
This is my second reading and response for Paul Verlaine (read the first here). The poem I chose to read and respond to was "Wooden Horses" (1874), wherein Verlaine takes aim at using a carousel as symbolic for life. While this could have been his best of the lot, the didacticism of his Victorian mores is as sophomorically simplistic as it is blatant. "Wooden Horses" has all the subtlety of a sixteen-pound sledgehammer wielded by a bridge troll.
He uses gross stereotyping to create a strawman version of hedonistic pleasure, with as much negative imagery as humanly possible. I was particularly annoyed by "… the fattest maid / riding your backs as if in their chamber", roughly translated into modern English as "the big fat ho / fucking the wooden carousel horse like nobody's business". Could he be anymore derisive or crass? I found it offensive in the extreme, what with my modern feminist sensibilities and all. That kind of crap is uncalled for in any time period, though it's pervasive in the writings of fuckaphobes throughout history.
Fuck you in your dead ass, Paul.
I cannot stress enough how much I disliked reading Verlaine. Trite and unimaginative, puritanical and offensive. These are not the traits I look for in a decent writer, much less a poet. Fortunately, we have moved on through Mallarmé and now we're on to Chekhov, writers with a bit of sense and perspective.
The poem by Verlaine (again translated by C. F. MacIntyre) and my response in rhyming couplets lies below the fold.
Paul Verlaine was a French poet whose 19th century work sort of straddled the Romantic and Symbolist movements. Critics seem to love the guy, but I found his stuff rather uninspiring. While the case has been forwarded that Verlaine only sounds trite and prosaic now because it's old and been done over and over since then, I would argue that it had all been done before by better poets (The Bard of Avon comes to mind).
Our assignment for World Lit was to read two of the five offered (translated by C. F. MacIntyre) selections and write a paragraph in response to each. As I was bored to tears with him and his shallow fling, I went a bit creative with my responses. About the only thing I found interesting about Verlaine was the progression of his style over time.
For my first response, I actually read and addressed two related poems, "Moonlight" (1869) and "The White Moonglow" (originally untitled from 1870). Those poems and my Sonnet in response lie below the fold. (Read the second reading and response here in another post.)
I'm going to get back to the Blogging My Biology Class series, finish out 111, do up 112, and tack on my Zoology class as well. It's going to be a bit jumpy, though, but on the main series page they'll all wind up in order by date of the class, rather than date of posting.
For now, my classmate Kristy needs notes from a particular day, so that's up first.
We started out with a few announcements, a reminder that anyone wanting to do 20 hours of service learning would receive 4 points on their final grade, but that forms were due in to the Student Services office by Friday, 11 September. It's more than half a letter grade in our 7 point grading system, so it's worth the price of admission.
Next up was Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nest Sitting down on Topsail Island. There are several nests ready to hatch out any day, and anyone wanting to see this was welcome to head down and hang out. I wound up sitting at a nest on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, several hours each night, but no turtles thus far. I may or may not be able to make it tonight. It's pouring down the rain, I've developed a head cold, and I have an 8 AM English class tomorrow. Of course, if I don't make it, they'll hatch tonight just to spite me. Little bastards.
I took a bunch of pictures of other stuff while waiting, and I'll be posting them here on the blog for your viewing pleasure.
With that, we got back to where we had left off on Wednesday, with the Tissue Level of Organization.
Back in the days of yore when I went to high school, there were two kinds of Literature classes: British and American. With few exceptions, our reading selections were confined to the standard pantheon of a select few dead white guys from England or the United States. Both classes were as predictable as the sunrise; Brit Lit started with Beowulf, then Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, then one of Shakespeare's plays, and probably finished with Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. Variety was defined by whether the class read Hamlet or Macbeth. Poetry hit the five or ten standards like an old country church. Not comparing thee to a summer's day would have been like not singing "Amazing Grace". American Lit did the same thing for literature on this side of the pond, with Poe standing in for the Bard ("The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Raven" were the old standards).
To round out my English requirements, lo these many eons hence, I took English 262 this semester. World Lit II looked like it would give me something new and fresh, and it's already doing just that. Among our first selections was "A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public", the 1729 political satire by Jonathan Swift. Of course, in my mind to this point, Swift = Gulliver's Travels. No matter how hard pressed I might have been, that would have been his only work I could have named, his being Irish and all. I'd read it on my own time as a kid. We've since moved a bit further from jolly old England and are now reading pieces by Russians and Germans and (gasp!) some of them are even women not named Dickinson or Bronte.
Our first written assignment of the class was to write a response to A Modest Proposal, organically incorporating the answers to five of the six following questions in the response.
What is "the reading" about? Give the simple and most obvious answer. (Substitute title for "reading").
Is there an experience of your own of which "the reading" has reminded you? Describe it.
What is the most important "word" in the "reading"? Look it up in the dictionary and define it. Explain your choice.
What is the most important statement or line in the "reading"? Directly quote the line if it is short, and paraphrase if the quote is long. Use an in-text citation that lists the page number (or line number). Explain your choice.
What word, not in the "reading," would you say best explains the "reading"? Define the word and explain your choice.
Pretend that the "reading" is not about the subject you mentioned in #1. Pretend that there is something else, less obvious, that the "reading" is about. What is this "something else"? Define the word and explain your choice.
My response, for which I received a grade of "check +" (oh how I loathe this system already!), lies below the fold. I suggest you read "A Modest Proposal" first, if you're not familiar with it, to really understand what's going on.


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What a pretty pot! Your family is to be commended with their present giving skills. I was lucky enough to find a pyrex coffee carafe at an estate sale this past weekend. It is the kind that is warmed by a candle at the bottom, and it was in it's original box. Not as pretty as yours, but I was glad I found it. Oh, and Happy Birthday!
What a great birthday gift!! (Happy Birthday!)


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Josie Long: interview
Queen of whimsy, Josie Long, is crossing the floor to political comedy. Time Out finds out what inspired her new show
Danielle Goldstein, Time Out: Thu Oct 6 2011Even if you don't know Josie Long's stand-up you're likely to have seen her on TV. She's the fresh-faced, smiley one, usually in T-shirts and hoodies joking about fancy dress and stealing pens. So, it takes us aback somewhat when she greets us in Camden in a dress, ready to talk politics. 'I write about what I care about,' she explains, bringing up her new show, 'The Future is Another Place', which received an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination last August. 'When I think about my other shows - the first one I did was about DIY culture, the second was about not being ashamed of your eccentricities and the third was about life-long learning - to me they are quite political, with a small P. So, it sort of made sense to start talking about this stuff.'
The 'stuff' she's referring to is her desire to change the way we live and her involvement with anti-cuts activism, especially the group UK Uncut. 'I want to be writing about really light hearted, silly things,' she admits, 'but I genuinely feel so passionate about these things. I've got this chance to talk people into trying to counteract the way the government portrays things and I want to do it. I feel compelled to really mouth off, basically.'
Starting out in comedy as a teenager (she won the BBC New Comedy Award in 1999 when she was just 17) Long has progressed from running her own comedy clubs while at Oxford University to playing festivals in Edinburgh, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere as well as hosting 'Robin and Josie's Utter Shambles'; a regular podcast with erudite comedian Robin Ince. That's not to mention the mountain she has just come back from climbing in Kenya in order to do a charity comedy show.
She no longer uses drawings and props to enhance her jokes, but that's not to say they've turned into a big old lecture.
'Firstly, I am a wanker to try and give advice. I can't give advice,' she deadpans. 'I wouldn't be a politician for all the money in the world because people hate you. What I've learnt through TV shows is the response you get. Before, some people hated me as a comedian for existing. They were like, "I hate her face. I hate her!" and that was hard. But with politics, people are even worse. They're like, "this person should be killed!"
'I tried really hard when I was writing this show to temper it. A lot of it is my personal experiences of protesting and showing that I'm a hypocrite and a failure a lot of the time. But I do really care about it. And people I really admire, like Mark Thomas and Billy Bragg, are very calm and warm as performers and that's what I want to do. When I was younger it was so easy to be exuberant and happy and relaxed because I felt that all was right with the world. Now, I feel that actually I'm not happy with the way the world is. But I have to try my hardest not to bash people over the head with it.'
Long's passion for politics first reared its head while she was studying for her English degree. But it was a combination of the coalition coming to power and a serious car accident that kicked off her activism. 'I got really upset and was very suspicious of everyone,' she says about the election. 'I realised that I actually had to start living these things I believe in. So that's what got me into volunteering and stuff - the Tory Government.
Since they got in I have to fight a bunch of pricks 24 hours a day.
Also, I talk about this in the show, but last November I was in a car crash that was quite serious and it was a miracle that nobody was injured. We had a big collision. It was like a shit "Final Destination", where they run out of all the good ideas and just heap lots of crap on. There were about ten different events in the car crash - we even crashed through a greenhouse - it was well intense. After that I got really impatient and thought: I don't want to faff about, I want change now!'
So if you too feel like making a change, you can join Long on a demo, where 'unexpected shit always happens, even if that unexpected shit is being roughed up by the police'. Not that she's ever had a run-in with the law. 'I'm very good at avoiding trouble. Almost supernaturally good at avoiding it. I'm a swot and a coward.' If you don't fancy that, you can catch one of her shows which, she assures us, promises to be 'an impassioned show about silliness and socialism.'


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I need to give credit to my fabulous DT friend Heidi who came up with this fun sketch for the Friday Sketcher blog. Iam sure she can inspire you for this week as well - check it out we have a fabulous prize for this week up for grasp.
Some of you have probably have heard that Helene from Alota has picked a few new stampers to be in the Design Team with Susan, Biggan and myself. One of the new girls is Frances - I was not surprised that Helene picked Frances - i know her from SCS. Her creations do always stand out and invite to look at them. Her nickname on SCS is Stamping Owl. She does make really cute cards and she likes the cute style too. Iam thrilled to be with her in the Team! There will be also a few more new DT Members ... but i can not say more at this time :-)
Oh, my goodness and before i forgorget an other day to tell you about it... have you checked out Ila's blog candy? she is giving some stamps from the very new High Hopes release away.


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Flickr, and implementing __resolveSubmitted by bwy on Sun, 02.11.2008 - 22:23
It's quite unusual to find any use of __resolve in real Flash movies. That's why it hasn't been supported in Gnash up to now. But after investigating why Gnash didn't play the Flickr widget, it turned out the widget relies on __resolve to implement certain functions of the Flickr API.