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Filed under: summer seasonal food | Tags: sangria, summer cottage
A summer cottage is an essential part of the Finnish mindscape: Finland was urbanized only quite recently, and most of us still feel that our roots are in the country. The Finnish dream contains a summer cottage: a simple dwelling in the woods, by a lake, faraway from the neighbours. On a summer cottage the Finn relaxes, wears some ugly clothing dating back 20 years, enjoys the cool waters of the lake and a hot sauna, rowing trips, inefficient fishing and a barbecue. In the previous days it was also common that the amenities at the summer cottage were quite basic: no running water, just a well, and no electricity even. At the summer cottage, the past is somehow close: old things crowd the cupboards and family secrets crowd the air.
I remember my childhood summers, long and hot, at our summer cottage. My parents, who were quite uncapable of relaxing even on a holiday, worked on their projects, my dad building something or other and my mom expanding her huge kitchen garden. I played on shores of the muddy lake and in the forests with my imaginary playmates, woodland fairies and mermaids, when I didn't have to help my mom weeding in the garden or picking berries from thorny bushes. My enthusiasm for gardening these days continues to surprise me when I remember how much I hated garden – work as a child!
Now it is the time all Finns who have the opportunity will escape cities to the country, for Midsummer's Eve – parties and magic! Happy Midsummer to you all!
Sangria may be the ultimate summertime drink. Thanks for the recipe to the playwright Pipsa Lonka!
4 cl gin
2 cl flagg punsch (swedish alcoholic drink)
1 tbsp sugar
2 bottles of light red wine
the juice of one orange
the juice of one lemon
1 l sprite etc. soda
1 dl beer
Plenty of ice cubes made of orange juice
One lemon, one orange and one lime sliced
Strawberries, watermelon, any fruit you have at hand.
First mix gin, punsch, sugar, red wine, lemon juice and orange juice. Let the taste develop for a few hours. Just before serving add the sprite, beer, ice cubes and the chopped fruit.
Filed under: autumn seasonal food, Baking, urban gardening | Tags: apple, calvados, marzipan, pie
I recently heard a quote from somebody (thanks, Tanja!) that in every project 1/4 of the money and energy invested in the project should be used to celebrate together. I think that is so true! In the Finnish culture celebration is easily undervalued: we don't even have a really good word for it. A celebration can be a party or a carnival, but it can also be any kind of a gathering or ritual that values the work done and the people involved. In a celebration we are together, equal and sharing a mutual satisfaction in our community and what was experienced. A celebration turns inward, toward the center, a party turns outward, showing off. Celebrations create social value and strenghten communities, and make people happy!
A harvest party is of course double important since it also the time to thank the abundance of the earth as well as for human people's efforts. Being an urban gardener it does sound a bit dodgy to say: thank you Mother Earth. Should I say thank you Sister City instead? But I guess whether rural or urban, it is the same life – force manifesting itself in the beautiful vegetables.
There was a harvest party at the urban garden of Vallila, with grammophone – music, a fleamarket and of course pumpkin soup. A drizzling autumn rain finished the party, but there was just enough time to greet everybody and share the last of the huge marrows and pumpkins. It is wonderful to start gardens on empty lots: the neighbours learn to know each other and a public space becomes meaningful, a hub of interaction between the people of the neighbourhood as well as place to grow local food in a city. Present at the party was also the Editor in Chief of the fanciest foodie magazine in Finland, Glorian ruoka ja viini, since she lives in the neighbourhood. Today, in the new issue of the magazine they nominate "urban gardening" as the Food Phenomenon of the Year, and my organisation and our projects are specially mentioned. I felt as if I'd been awarded an Oscar! Me, doing the Food Phenomenon of the year? Who would have thought? I was very happy that the culinary aspects of urban gardening are now formally recognised!
To honor that, an apple pie recipe:
Apple Pie with Calvados and Almond
3 dl whole wheat flour
125 g vegetable margarine
1tbsp oat milk
1 tbsp sugar
a pinch of salt
On top:
4 dl sliced apple
2 tbsp calvados
Top crust:
100 g marzipan
100 g vegetable margarine
1 tbsp muscovado sugar
1 dl wheat flour
Mix the ingredients for the crust quickly in a bowl. Set the crust in the fridge. Slice the apples, and grate the marzipan, and mix it with the other ingredients of the top crust. Cover a baking pan with a diameter of 24 cm with the rolled out crust, and place it in the freezer for 10 minutes. Then bake the crust in a 200°C oven for 10 minutes.
Sprinkle the crust with the apple slices, calvados and cinnamon. Crumble the top crust on top of that. Lower the temperature down to 175ºC and bake the pie in the oven 35 – 40 minutes.
Filed under: Baking | Tags: cob oven, sourdough, vegan pizza, walnut, zucchini
You know, how sometimes magic touches your life? When impossible things turn into reality, without much effort or try. This is what happened to me and a bunch of other people, when we started to build the cob oven Archie. There are hundreds and thousands of cob ovens in the world, but so far there was none in Finland. By coincidence, or fate, I met Katharina, who wanted to have some good bread, and after that, as they say, the rest is history.
A cob oven is a simple, traditional oven, made of mixed sand and clay. Everyone told us that it is impossible to build an oven like this, at the end of August, in Finland. "It won't dry, it's too late in the summer", "You won't get a permission", "there is no such clay for sale", but somehow, via open platforms, like the Public School Helsinki website, facebook and the generosity of Hub Helsinki, we found enthusiastic people, clay, space, cars, trailers, bricks and a place for our oven, in the area of construcion area of a new urban district. We scavenged the materials, build it, and named it Archie after the nice arch Daniel made. And the weather was perfect, and we, individual people, became the Tribe of Clay, the Tribe of Archie. Oh happiness, to build something together, to celebrate together, to share food and laughter.
Last weekend, we baked perhaps 70 pizzas at the Dodo urban harvest party and Katharina organized an art workshop with baking rieska, Finnish flat bread (check out her blog on food related art happenings in Helsinki!). The oven works like a dream, and somehow, after the magical building process a good flow continued in my life. All kinds of gifts were shovered on me, from jars of mint on my windowsill to phonecalls from just the right people, and even some much more substantial things… but isn't it strange, how sometimes it is so difficult to accept these gifts from the universe? You just don't believe you could be worth the abundance and good luck fate is throwing on your way, and so you just block the flow with your own unwillingness to accept and let go with it.
But anyhow, now in my life there is a lovely group of new friends and the most wonderful wood oven at just a 15 minute bikeride away! Urban gardens and an oven, what next? Be ware, Helsinki, we are going to change you for good!
Woodfired Cob Oven Pizza with Beetroot and Walnut Pesto
Start by building an oven… well, I'm kidding but it really isn't so difficult! Very good, detailed instructions can be found at the Clay Oven. And if you want to use the oven Archie in Helsinki, you can find more information on our blog Stadin uuni on how to make a reservation. We hope that the oven will birth a whole new culture of urban social baking events, so feel free to contact us!
My vegan pizza was made using a sourdough starter and some nice vegetables that were a product of urban farming. Here in Finland pizzas are always suffocated with cheese, but in Italy where they originate, there is a lot of delicious pizza baked without cheese.
Pizza – sourdough (makes 3 – 4 pizzas)
1/2 dl sourdough starter
2 dl lukewarm water
enough flour to make a porridge – like mix
Mix the ingredients in a bowl and cover with a cloth. Wait until the following day. The flour you are using should have at least 12% protein in it. I used extra fine wheat flour, but also other types of protein – rich wheat flours could be used.
The next day
5 – 6 dl flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp olive oil
Mix the flour, salt and olive oil into the dough, and knead it for a few minutes. Let the dough rise for an hour or two. If possible, at least once this time fold down the dough and let it rise again since that enhances the rising.
Tomato sauce
1 can of crushed tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp muscovado sugar
2 tsp salt
1 tsp olive oil
dried basil, thyme and oregano a tablespoon each
1 clove garlic
1 mild red chili bean
Mix the ingredients in small cooking pot, and let simmer on low heat at least 15 minutes.
Pizza Toppings:
Walnut pesto (50 g lightly toasted walnuts, 1 tbsp of olive oil and water each, salt to taste, all mixed with a hand held blender)
Thinly sliced eggplant (cut beforehand and salted in order to get rid of bitter liquid)
Thinly sliced beetroot
Thinly sliced red onion
Finely chopped red mild chilli bean
Olive oil
Fleur de Sel
For topping: fresh basil/ arugula
Fire your oven until very hot (300 ºC about), remove the coals to the sides to make room for your pizza. You can either use a lot of flour or baking parchment to be able to move the pizza from the pizza peel. Roll out the pizza dough, very thinly, and spread the tomato paste and other fillings on it. Insert the pizza in the oven, and bake for a few minutes until it looks done, and the edges are puffed. Decorate the pizza with fresh arugula or basil. Devour while still hot!
Filed under: Baking, Cakes | Tags: cake, marzipan, princess cake, strawberry
As a mature feminist I should probably think that princesses are a remnant of patriarchal society that should by now be thrown away with other rubbish. Well, in a way I do. But still, when there is an actual, real, royal – blooded, beautiful princess getting married in the neighbouring country, I must admit that something in me is evoked. We Finnish people are so sensible and not at all prone to unnecessary, costly silliness like a royal family, so I guess we can be a little bit delighted for what happens next door, in Sweden?
Recently, I have been very brave and done lots of things that have felt immensely difficult. So I decided to reward myself and bake a cake! And spend a couple of days only doing only silly things with my girlfriends. So we watched Princess Victoria's and Daniel's wedding and drank strawberry – sparkling wine, eating a cake that in Finland is called a princess cake. Partly because in honor of the actual princess and partly to remind myself of some princess – like virtues. A Real Princess, the mythical, archetypal creature of fairytales, is never angry, never mean to other people, and always in possession of her power and her beauty. And there is always the happy ever – after to her story. In real life, the princesses get eating disorders and have unfaithful boyfriends, and I guess the only true happy end awaiting us all is the peaceful grave. But still, there is always enough reason to spent a day dreaming princess dreams, with a piece of cake, and congratulate yourself for a work well done.
Vegan Princess Cake
A princess cake is usually a quite an ordinary sponge cake, filled with vanilla custard, raspberries and covered with a layer of green marzipan. Mine was a little different, because I used strawberries and pink marzipan for the ultimate princess – effect. The custard or pudding I made of oat milk and starch.
The Cake
4,5 dl all – purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
0,5 tsp baking soda
a good dash of vanilla
2 dl brown sugar
1 tbsp apple vinegar
0,5 dl canola oil
4 lingonberry cider
Mix first the dry ingredients and then add the vinegar, oil and the cider. Mix quickly with a spoon, until the batter is fairly even, and pour into a round cake tin, 24 cm in diameter. Bake in 175 °C 30 – 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Lingonberry cider gives the cake a lovely reddish hue, but you can as well use another kind of cider. Let the cake cool down before filling it. Meanwhile, make the custard:
The Custard
3,5 + 0,5 dl oat milk
a good dash of vanilla powder
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp potato starch
First, mix the vanilla powder and sugar with 3,5 dl of oat milk, and bring the it to the boil in a small cooking pot. Mix the potato starch with the remaining 0,5 dl oat milk, remove the pot from the heat and pour in the starch – liquid, carefully whisking. Then bring the oat milk to boil again, without mixing. Don't cook, but remove the pot from the heat right when you see the first bubble.
Filling and Decorating
2 dl whippable oat cream
150 g pink marzipan
1 dl oat milk for moistening
2 dl strawberries, mashed
Whip up the oat cream, and blend it together with the custard. Cut the cake into to halves, and moisten it with oat milk. Fill the cake with mashed strawberries and half of the custard, and finally cover the whole cake with a layer of remaining custard mixture. Roll the marzipan into a flat round layer, bigger than the cake, with a rolling pin. Using a sheet of baking parchment under the marzipan might help, as well as sprinkling the sheet with powdered sugar. Lift the marzipan – layer carefully on top of the cake, and cut off the extra at the "hem" of the cake. Decorate with real roses and sprinkled powdered sugar.
Filed under: Drinks, Guerilla Gardening, spring seasonal food | Tags: drink, rhubarb, spruce tip, sweet cicely
Guess what? I've been busy. That's why there has been no movements in this virtual space for a while. Spring is the time to start new gardens, and for a person or organization promoting urban food production and gardening it is crazy busy. But now there are several new guerilla gardens and many new urban gardeners in Helsinki, gardening in places you never thought a carrot could grow in. But that's not my doing, but an effort of many people.
And, there is a website on urban farming! Kaupunkiviljely.fi it is called. I've been one of the people making it. Unfortunately so far all the texts are in Finnish, but maybe later there will be something in English too. But there are many pictures of all our projects, gardening tips for urban spaces and a blog, which you should order if you are interested in urban gardening, in Finnish.
And me? I'm a wreck. Now, I've been cleaning my house for two days, and slept for fourteen hours, and finally I'm starting to come to my senses again. It's not easy to be making a movement, at least for me. Urban gardening is a lovely activism: there are no contradictions, no conficts, and even the authorities are mostly in fave of a group of people turning every unused plot into a garden. We are like pandas, cute and no threat to anybody. And a garden is easily removed when no longer liked. It is very rewarding to be part of a movement that is really for everyone: the grandmothers can join, as well as activists, and everyone will love you for what you do.
I've always been a girl for direct action: no demonstrations or signing petitions for me, but actual deeds that turn the world into a better place. But of course, there is not that much that you can do with a shovel when it is about turning a whole city into more garden – then the work is done by email, phone and facebook instead of a garden – hoe. And that is for a person like me very difficult, and takes up a lot of resources. And I do have to battle a lot of inner demons that tell me constantly that I have no right to do the things I'm doing, and especially not be successful with my actions. Previously, I was never aware of such monsters existing in my mind! So, power is a new trip for me, and not an easy one. I feel like a dentist: having to yield nasty tools in order to accomplish something for a greater purpose.
Burnout or not, who cares? Now I can have a peaceful moment, sit by the open window, smell woodsmoke and grass clippings, and hear the birds chirping in hedge. Besides, I dare say: Helsinki is changed city because of us, the Dodo Urban Farmers!
Rhubarb and Spruce Tip Drink
There will be some recipes at the kaupunkiviljely.fi – website, with the emphasis on seasonal food. This is the first, for spring or early summer. At least in Southern Finland the spruce tips are already past their prime, and have turned to actual needles, but this recipe could be made with rhubarb only as well. Sweet cicely or garden myrrh is an almost forgotten, but really nice, aniseed – tasting perennial herb that thrives in many gardens. I'm a bit embarrassed to post a recipe which is definetely no more seasonal, but I hope my readers will forgive! There is a good reason for it!
2 l spruce tips
2 l rhubarb stalks
some leaves of sweet cicely
0,5 kg sugar
25 g citric acid (works as preservative)
4 l water
Chop the rhubarb and rinse the spruce tips, and boil them with the water and the sweet cicely leaves for 2 – 3 minutes. Add the citric acid, and let the drink cool down overnight. Following day, add the sugar and citric acid, and bring to boil again. When the drink has cooled, you can pour it into bottles that should be kept refrigerated. The drink keeps two weeks.
Spruce tips should be harvested in Finland during May or early June, when they are still light green and tender. Never heard of spruce tips? They are the year – growths of spruce trees that appear in the spring. Later in the summer they turn into regular needles. Traditionally the spruce tips have thought to have medicinal properties, and used in cough – potions. Their taste is fresh and tangy, and in my opinion resembles somehow eucalyptus.
Filed under: Baking, Cakes | Tags: chocolate, green peas, pesto, sandwich cake, sea buckthorn, sun dried tomato
Even more than sunny spring days, I enjoy those overcast days with a slowly drizzling spring rain. Does it mean that I have a plants' soul?
The Finnish year – cycle is structured between the two inactive seasons: the winter and the summer. After the long, dark lull of the winter the spring is a rushed burst of energy: in just a few short weeks the nature is turned from bare potential to a full blooming fertile beauty. Each week you hear a new migrant bird, and the amount of light increases day by day, until the darkness is just a memory, easily forgotten. And then you reach summer, the lovely, lazy season of free time, when nothing much happens, and the greatest newsline is a trout – bitten toe.
For a delicate mind spring can be depressing too, since it sets you face to face with the inevitability of all life: whether you catch the big rolling wheel or not, life will go on, with or without you. Spring is usually rich with deadlines, whether at work or full moons for planting things or enjoying the newly reborn nature. The elder will bloom only a day (did you collect the flowers for a juice? ) and the sprouting wild vegetables will turn bitter in couple of weeks (did you make the pesto?). The spring rolls on, and meanwhile you might struggle with a pollen allergy, unfixed bike and the continuous daylight that doesn't let you sleep, and as the only thought have the idea of the summer holiday somewhere ahead, if you just manage a little bit longer.
Green Sandwich Cake
Springtime is also time of festivities of all sorts, and the Finnish traditional delicacy for a graduation party or other family festivity is a sandwich cake, which is a savoury cake made of a bread loaf (!). My friends insisted on having one at their house – warming party.
What happened was that on the Eve of First of May, which is a night of great many parties in Finland, I emptied my handbag on my doorstep at 3 am and figured that I'd left my keys inside. The cake was supposed to be ready the following day. I ended up spending the night elsewhere, and in the morning found a big kitchen full of jamming, singing and guitar – playing people. And even if the brunch was rather meagre, only one third of a shop bought pound cake, the music was such soul food that I just couldn't leave the soaring voices and harmonies of the morning of First of May. So in the end the sandwich cake was assembled of things that I found in my cupboard, in a haste. But everyone loved it.
a loaf of bread, and 5 dl oat milk.
Green Pea Paste – for Icing
250 frozen green peas
1 tl grated horse radish
1 dl canola oil
1,5 dl sunflower seeds
3 tbsp lime juice
salt to taste
I threw the peas quickly to boiling water, strained them and blended everything with a hand held blender.
Pesto Rosso – for Filling
2 dl sun dried tomatoes in oil + the oil
1/2 dl sunflower seeds
1 garlic clove
I blended everything to a paste with a blender.
Lemongrass Mayo Paste – for Filling
1/2 dl lemongrass mayo (Plamil)
1/2 dl vegetable margarine
1 apple
salt to taste
I blended everything to a paste.
For a sandwich cake you need a tin – baked loaf of bread, and it should not be fresh, but dried out a bit. Cut off all the crusts, and slice the bread diagonally into three layers. My loaf was too long to fit in my cake container, so a cut into half and made a square – shaped cake by putting the halves next to each other. Then I filled the cake, and moistened it using oat milk. I used about 5 dl of oat milk for moistening. It is good to start a day before, and let the cake stay in the fridge overnight. The following day put on the icing and the other decorations. My "icing" was a paste made of peas, and it turned out very well, sticky and not runny at all (must be the proteins in peas).
I decorated the cake with lime slices, very thin slices of radish, red peppercorns and pinches of black vegan caviar.
Sea – Buckthorn Chocolate Bites
This is another one of those let's just bake something with whatever ingredients there happen to be at hand – kind of thing. The sea – buckthorns grow quite close to where I'm living and were a result of urban foraging last autumn (me and my Australian guest, in almost total darkness). Sea – buckthorn is extremely rich in vitamin C, and a very challenging berry to pick because of the nasty thorns in the bushes. It is also very, very sauer, almost bitter in taste, and does need a bit of sugar to be truly delicious.
4,5 dl flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tl bourbon vanilla powder
1 dl cocoa powder
2 dl sugar
100 g dark chocolate, chopped
0,5 dl oil
4 dl oat milk
1 tl vinegar
Mix the dry ingredients and then add the oat milk, oil and vinegar. Pour the batter into a greased and floured oven pan, size 20 cm x 15 cm. Bake in 200 °C about 4o minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool, and decorate with
Sea Buckthorn Icing
2 dl powdered sugar
1 dl frozen, thawed sea – buckthorn berries
Grind the berries through a sieve, to get rid of the seeds, and then mix the remaining paste with powdered sugar. Sprinkle on top of the chocolate cake. I also used some silver cake pearls for a finishing touch.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: food art, food sculture, vegetables
Aren't vegetables just the most beautiful things? Did you ever think of using them as a medium for art?
Of course, it is a very thin line in between Art and something your mother would have scolded you for. We discoursed that thin line between playing with your food and artistic self – expression at the Public School Helsinki, at a food sculpture workshop. The Public School is an amazing skill sharing project that exists in several other cities too. Maybe you'd like to start one where you live?
I piled everything on the table, and we got at it, with our fingers, knives, zesters, cheese slicers and peelers, cutting, molding and slicing.
The sculptures were beautiful.
Finally, we chopped them up and made a big pot of curry, and ate it together. One of the sculptures we simply put in the oven whole, drizzled with some olive oil, salt and pepper. It became quite crispy and delicious.
It was so much fun… Soon, I'll organise another workshop, with more food and people!


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Albert Park and Lake
Albert Park Lake is a man made lake situated in Albert Park bordered by Albert Road, Queens Road, Fitzroy Street and Canterbury Road.
The park is roughly 2.25 square kilometres of parkland including Albert Park Lake with many different sporting facilities including parks, sporting grounds, sports facilities, golf course, walking track, race track (Grand Prix) and aquatic centre.
Being only 3km from Melbourne CBD, Albert Park is popular for a range of activities like dog walking, jogging, cycling, sailing and rowing. Numerous sporting events are held in the park along with festivals.
A wide variety of events are held at Albert Park throughout the year, with events ranging from fun runs, sporting tournaments, international and national levels of competition.
Albert Park is on Crown Land, managed by Parks Victoria.
-:- Barbecue and picnic facilities
-:- Boat hire
-:- Walk, cycle or jog around the track, past green lawns and playing fields.
-:- Sporting facilities include a golf driving range, gymnasium and Aquatic Centre.
Lake Activities
Rowing The rowing clubs at Albert Park Lake operate weekly races and annual regattas. The Albert Park South Melbourne Rowing Club operate from the Plant-Williamson Rowing Pavilion.
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
You can swim, dive or try out the indoor sports facilities and fitness gym at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre.
Aquatic Drive
The Point Restaurant and the lake front boardwalk are both accessible from Aquatic Drive. This picturesque part of the lake has great views over the sailing area and the St Kilda Road skyline.
The Point Restaurant
Albert Park Golf Course
Play a round of golf on the Albert Park 18 hole public Golf Course or try out the Golf Driving Range.
Albert Park Golf Course
Swan Picnic Area
The Swan picnic area is at the very northern end of the park offering a large area of trees providing a relaxing, shady location on a summers afternoon. Access is via Albert Road with the main parking area off Albert Road Drive.
-:- There are multiple car parks (car parks and kerbside)
-:- Parking fees apply to all parking spaces within Albert Park.
-:- Time restrictions requirements are shown on parking signs.
-:- Tickets must be displayed prominently.
❊ Notice ❊Venues and attractions have gone into lockdown as the state takes action to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19).
Check with the administration (contact information below) before making plans.
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❊ Address & Contact ❊
⊜ Lakeside Drive, Albert Park | Map
✆ Parks Victoria on 13 1963
❊ Web Links ❊
→ Albert Park and Lake
→ www.parkweb.vic.gov.au
→ www.wikipedia.org/Albert_Park_and_Lake
❊ Also See... ❊
→ Albert Park Golf Course
→ Albert Park Indoor Sports Centre
→ South Melbourne SC
→ The Point Restaurant
→ Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre | MSAC
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Trump Moots Prison Reform
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The multibillionaire Donald Trump has been accused of taking care of the rich. On Friday, he held a summit designed to assist those at the bottom of society.
Trump Moots Prison Reform
Yes, prisons are full of guilty men, and not a few guilty women, but what to do when they are released? In the US, the "solution" appears to be to give a man $50 and a bus ticket. Many are released on parole, of course; to see how badly that can work out in practice, the reader is referred to the classic 1978 film Straight Time. Forty years on, the situation is a lot worse, because now every job applicant must have a laser printed CV, and with few exceptions, any sort of criminal record is the kiss of death for gainful employment, certainly for those with a drug history or without some sort of trade qualification.
In the UK, Chris Grayling took a stab at tackling this problem when he was Justice Minister. Hopefully, Trump will have more success. One perhaps surprising attendee at the White House was Van Jones, who actually cried when Trump was elected, but in spite of being a Hillary Clinton supporter, Jones has a long track record of working for criminal justice reform. If he continues to work with Trump, the Democratic Party will have little chance of taking power again for a generation, and may not anyway when the shocking truth about Clinton's duplicity and her subversion of the top echelons of the Government become too obvious for even the true believers to ignore.
Not everyone at this meeting had something productive to say, in particular a black woman, or "woman of color" as she styled herself, who parroted the usual vacuous statistics about sexual assault. Every woman or almost every woman behind bars in the US (and probably the entire world) is there because she was raped or otherwise mistreated by a man or men in general. In other words, following the feminist narrative, women are never to be held accountable for their bad acts. That being said, female offenders can also face serious problems on their release, especially when they are no longer young and attractive.
Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been spearheading the campaign to reduce the prison population, to reform offenders before they end up doing a life sentence on the instalment plan, and improving their employment prospects. Sadly, the slightly euphoric air of this summit was poisoned by yet another mass shooting: ten dead and ten injured at a high school in Santa Fe. Obviously, crimes of that nature require a different approach, focusing on prevention, but Trump has been delivering on his promises so far, and if his team can reduce the prison population without a corresponding increase in the crime rate, things look good for him claiming a second term, and maybe his daughter Ivanka becoming the first woman President after that?


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MANILA, Philippines – The heart touchingly vivid, Broadway's KINKY BOOTS, winner of every major best musical award including Tony, Grammy, and London's Olivier is set to take the Philippines stage on June 30, 2017 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati.
In a real-life journey of serendipity, passion, and self-discovery, KINKY BOOTS guides you from the busy factory floor to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. It tells the story of Charlie Price who, despite struggling to live up to his father's expectations, reluctantly inherits the family business of Price & Son. With the shoe factory on the verge of bankruptcy, inspiration arrives in the spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. As they work together to turn things around, the unlikely pair will find that they have more things in common than they ever anticipated.
Headlining the KINKY BOOTS cast is critically acclaimed musical theatre performer and acoustic balladeer, Nyoy Volante (last seen on stage as Frankie Vallie in JERSEY BOYS). Volante reveals how enthused he is about playing the role of the drag queen Lola and the chemistry between Lola and Charlie, "I'm so happy about it. If only there was a need for me to do this every day, I would. Anything out of character, I love that."
Meanwhile, the handsome half-Filipino, New Zealand born performer Laurence Mossman (last seen playing multiple roles in FUN HOME) will be playing Charlie. As his first major role in musical theatre play, Mossman shares, "I'm not going to lie, I'm so excited. Because the music is so fantastic, every song is memorable and exciting – especially with the ensemble dance numbers. It's just one of those musicals that people will go to and feel good at the end. People will be really affected by the ups and downs of the story. There's a lot of emotional stuff going on and some really good messages."
Alongside Mossman and Volante is Yanah Laurel (last seen also on FUN HOME) who recently cut her hair short in preparation for the role of factory worker Lauren. Joining them also is former MISS SAIGON cast member Tricia Canilao as Nicola. Among the casts are Nel Gomez, Christine Flore, Sarah Facuri, Steven Cionde, Rhenwyn Gabalonzo, Ron Gohel, Jill Peña, Japs Treopaldo and Juancho Escoto. Featured as the "angels" for Lola are Ritz Beltan, Jorge Jahnke, Michael Jahnke, Jazztin Cacayan, Mark Pineda, and Gerhard Krysstopher.
KINKY BOOTS is based on the 2005 British film of the same name, which was in turn inspired by a 1999 episode of BBC2 documentary television series called Trouble at the Top. The legendary Harvey Fierstein wrote the book and worked together with one of the biggest popstar in the music scene: Cyndi Lauper to come up with an aesthetically masterful score of 16 original compositions.
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With an MA in Architectural Critical Theory from the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain, and a BA in Architecture and Urban Planning from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. Together with her extraordinaire repertoire of prestigious national and international awards, Rozana Montiel as a designer is held in high esteem and with this month's Clerkenwell Design Week steadily approaching the inspirational Architect discussed all things design and the artists that she too has drawn inspiration from.
Do you now see yourself as somewhat of a role model being a female Architectural Designer from Mexico?
RM: The professional gender bias in Mexico is an adverse reality, however, when women bring in a different outlook into their professional practice which, rather than focusing on gender divisions, produces a better understanding of men and women in society, their work receives attention and support. As an architect, you could say I do something which traditionally is considered to be very feminine, which is listen. I listen to space, to people, to chance and I care to understand what I hear. My work largely consist of finding ways in which design can speak for itself, in which public spaces make their voice heard. I think people are inspired and look up to that regardless of gender.
Which country (countries) do you feel have created some really ground breaking designs over the past 10 years?
RM: I think Mexico is a country that has seen many schools of groundbreaking design, from Pre-Hispanic cities, through Colonial Architecture, up to Contemporary days. The new generation of architects has become more concerned with local resources, vernacular design and processes of construction, as well as, with social issues.
When you finally decided and confirmed within yourself that you wanted to become an Architectural Designer who did you look to for inspiration and as your role models?
RM: I always look to the other arts for inspiration. In cinema, Jean-Luc Godard, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andréi Tarkovsky; in literature, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Georges Perec ; in the plastic arts, Agnes Martin, Arte Povera, Marcel Broodthaers, to mention some of them.
What are some of the expectations that you have for yourself as Architect and then as a Designer when working on new projects?
RM: I am concerned with the perceptual effect my architecture has on people. To me design is about placemaking, designing as a process not solely as a final product. I pay special attention to people and detail. In the past few years, I have mostly done projects related to urban public space, and would hope to be able to work more in urban mobility. However, I consider myself mostly a researcher and an artist at heart, and many of the projects I have sought out have an element of art design in them; I am always doing research in order to look closer into the art of architecture itself.
Talk us through your most recent works.
RM: As part of the urbanXchanger program, we conducted parallel on site research of the Miravalle neighborhood in Mexico City and the Hellersdorf sector in Berlin, in collaboration with the Berlin office SMAQ, Claudia Rodriguez and Daniel Jaramillo. This research and experimentation project, sponsored by the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft Society, invited various architectural offices from cities around the world to work together in an exchange of tactical and bottom up approaches for urban design focused on low-income communities. And we designed a rain-water collector for potable water using an underused existing dome, which is now under construction.
COMMON-UNITY was a public space rehabilitation project for the social housing unit of San Pablo Xalpa in Mexico City done in collaboration with Alin V. Wallach. The unit used to be divided in sectors by walls, fences and barriers built by its inhabitants over time, which did not allow the community to benefit from available public spaces. The goal was to transform a divided apartment unit into a neighborhood, by designing with the community and not just for the community. Through several workshops and on-site-actions, we learned of the owners' needs. Roofed modules were installed and equipped for different activities (blackboards, climbing walls, handrails and nets). The recovered public space became an extension of each apartment. The neighbors themselves requested 95% of the fences be removed.
THE EYES OF ARCHITECTURE is an upcoming book on the optical-haptical perception of space. The book seeks to complement architectural design through the perspective of akin disciplines by borrowing design tools that enlarge the vision of architecture. The book compiles three years of research.
Project: Common-Unity, public space rehabilitation,
Designer: Rozana Montiel | Estudio de ArquitecturaAssociatearchitect: Alin V. Wallach, 2015:
Photographer: Sandra Pereznieto.
Project: Sports Court,
Designer: Rozana Montiel | Estudio de ArquitecturaAssociatearchitect: Alin V. Wallach, 2015:
Photographer: Sandra Pereznieto.
Project: "El Saloncito" Library
Designer: Rozana Montiel | Estudio de ArquitecturaAssociatearchitect: Alin V. Wallach, 2015:
Photographer: Sandra Pereznieto.
Project: Highway Modules
Designer: TOA and Rozana Montiel, 2011:
Photographer: Ramiro Chaves.
Project: Void Temple
Designer: Dellekamp Arquitectos and Rozana Montiel, 2011
Photographer: Iwan Baan.
What was the first significant project you were commissioned to work on?
RM: Undoubtedly the Void Temple. It was a very sui generis intervention that for the first time involved all the themes that concern me as an architectural designer: public space, social fabric, resignification of simple materials, resignification of tradition. The project was part of a collaboration to adapt the Ruta del Peregrino in Jalisco. The macro project's goal was to create infrastructure and landmarks along the 117 km long route between Ameca and Talpa de Allende that takes place every year for the Virgen del Rosario. The Void Temple is one of the 8 landmarks built for the pilgrims done in collaboration with Dellekamp Arquitectos. The circle was used to represent the space as a temple or haven containing the macro-cosmos within the micro-cosmos. The white concrete wall, a 40 meter diameter circle, is a piece placed amidst pine woods that blends in with the particular topography of the site. On certain points it is suspended, on others, it is buried to respect horizontality. A narrow fissure frames the access and forces visitors to enter individually. As a temple, the white wall delimitates a space for contemplation: it contains the visitor intimately in his relationship to nature. It is a privileged place to understand the totality of the natural world on a human scale.
What is a trademark Montiel piece?
RM: ROOFTOP VERACRUZ, is a one such project. Commisioned by INFONAVIT, I and my studio rescued a disused basketball court in a suburban housing sprawl by way of a multipurpose structure which furbished the space for various recreational and community activities. Rather than merely placing a cover over the extant basketball area, we designed a portico-style roof, and we used the area between columns to insert capacities for multiuse rooms, library, bathrooms, outlooks, playground area, hammock and swings sections, adult fitness area, terraces, a forum, and picnic area. The newly built agora created an area of vegetation and shade which made the space habitable given the heat and temperatures reached in such coastal area. The kids were first in line to use it. It was understandable since it was the only public space area available in a complex projected for nearly 25,000 people. When we asked them what they liked about the place, their answer was: "Finally, we have a place where we like to be".
However, more than a project I would say my architectural design is, in general, concerned with public space, social fabric, compact multi-layered programs, resignification of simple materials, ludic and recreational spaces.
Are there any specific academic institutions that you feel are producing the next generation of exceptional Architectural Designers?
RM: I believe that more than institutions, it is outstanding generous people that teach other exceptional people. I, personally, am very grateful to my mentors such as Josep Quetglas, Guillem Catala, Pep Garcia Cors, Roger Paez.
When can we expect to see your next collaborative project?
RM: Walk the line, the collaborative project I will participate with in this year's Architecture Venice Biennale, is opening in a couple of weeks. The endeavour will have the added value of actually building a much-needed path for the community of Miravalle in Mexico City. This project—done in collaboration with Tatiana Bilbao, Derek Dellekamp and Alejandro Hernández—will report for the biennale the design process and building progress done in Miravalle, and will roughly cost the same as the actual exhibit at the Venetian Arsenal. The illuminated path, which will cross a violence-ridden park area, will assist in improving the neighborhood's connection, circulation and safety, and reactivate the public space at the community's disposal for recreation. We have already brought the community together through a series of actions like lime-tracing the path's trail or holding a line of lights along the path.


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What is Matcha Tea
A green tea is a product that comes from leaves of a short tree that are processed under minimal oxygen. The origin of green tea is China but has since spread to other countries especially of the Asian continent.
There are several varieties of green tea differentiated by the process of growing, the time of harvesting, production, and processing.
Matcha is a finely ground powder of which is a green tea product processed from specially grown sources.
Matcha Green Tea Powder
Below are matcha tea benefits and essentials you can expect from the product.
1. Preparation
The production of the Matcha is sourced from tea leaves that have been grown under a shade.
Its preparation starts earlier before the leaves are harvested. It might take up to 20 days to have the leaves protected from direct sunlight. This helps to produce amino acids having the leaves turn its color into dark green.
Therefore, its flavor is dominated by the amino acids.
After 20 days, the leaves are harvested and laid out to dry. Eventually, they will be stone-grounded to produce Matcha.
The highest grade of the powder will have a deeper flavor with a more intense sweetness.
2. Common in Japan
The Matcha is common in Japan and some other Asian countries, where it is consumed as tea or sometimes used as an ingredient in foods.
The Matcha is different from other green teas whereas in Japan, it is an essential product during celebrations of traditional Japanese tea ceremonies.
Today, tasty preparations like the matcha latte has increasingly become popular.
3. Finely powdered leaves
Matcha is actually a special kind of tea.
In comparison to other green teas whose components get infused into hot water where the leaves are discarded during processing, the green tea Matcha is different because you will actually be drinking the actual leaves that are finely powdered and prepared with added water, to make the tea.
4. Nutrient-rich
The product has been famous for having numerous nutritious and health benefits.
Compared to other green teas, the health benefits in Matcha is far match above in the provision of nutrients such as fiber, chlorophyll and antioxidants among other benefits.
5. Mood enhancer
The Matcha green tea is also a significant product to naturally enhance moods – one of the commonly sought for benefits of matcha green tea.
Therefore, Matcha benefits people who are under stress. As mentioned previously, the tea contains amino acid which is also responsible for relaxing the mind thereby enhancing the mood.
In the past, the elderly used to drink the Matcha so as to assist them in the meditation. When amino acids are combined with caffeine, it offers natural calmness and alertness.
6. Provides energy and weight loss
Some of the health benefits of drinking Matcha green tea includes the provision of energy and focus all day. This happens because organic Matcha green tea powder can actually help improve concentration.
Furthermore, the intake of Matcha also boasts benefits of losing weight naturally by increasing the person's metabolism.
7. Intense taste
The unique and intense taste of Matcha tea powder comprises a vegetal and astringent taste as a result of the chlorophyll and amino acids.
When the Matcha is prepared traditionally using Japanese style by whisking with water, it forms a full-blonde green tea, with an intense and taste similar to first tastes of dark chocolate or red wine.
The Matcha is sufficient to add taste to foods when used as an ingredient to enhance flavor and color.
8. Caffeine content
The special green tea matcha powder contains caffeine, and since it is made from whole leaves, the amount of caffeine is three times more than the normal green tea.
Also, compared to caffeine in other stimulants such as coffee, Matcha is better because of the special amino acid contents that help balance and promote a sense of calmness and alertness.
9. Great quality
Matcha green tea benefits may be really interesting but note that the quality of the Matcha may vary from product to product.
The best quality Matcha tea are more expensive. A high quality Matcha tea is usually fresh and pure which is more effective in its results upon use.
10. Commonly sweetened with sugar
Another unique thing about Matcha is the fact that the powders can be sweetened to make it more palatable.
The taste is actually described as spinach-like and very strong. The Matcha can be sweetened by adding sugar or milk and it can be consumed with cocoa.
Where To Buy Matcha Green Tea Powder
Now that we've found really good Matcha health benefits, you may now be excited to prepare a tea for yourself (or a matcha green tea latte probably?) but wondering 'where can I buy matcha green tea powder?', then you'll love this.
You can now easily find the best matcha green tea powder online here!
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5 Ways to Share Calendar on iPhone
To stay organized when work and lead a busy life, you will use the Calendar on iPhone to schedule everything. iPhone's calendar app has favorable functionality and usability. But do you know enough about this personal app? Do you know exactly how to share a calendar on iPhone or how to invite your family, friends and colleagues to your events? This article introduces five ways to tell you how to share calendar on iPhone.
Option 1: How to Share iCloud Calendar with Others on iPhone
Option 2: How to Share Public Calendar on iPhone
Option 3: How to Share an Event in Calendar on iPhone
Option 4: How to Share Calendar on iPhone via Family Sharing
Option 5: How to Share Calendar in iCloud
Option 1: How to Share iCloud Calendar with Others on iPhone
Apple's iCloud service has changed the way of sharing and restoration for iOS and Mac users. You can connect all your Apple inbuilt apps with iCloud services and use them in a unique way. So you can use iCloud service of your Apple device for organizing and scheduling events on Calendar and sharing them with your family and friends. Now, you can read the steps given below to know the ways to share your calendar using iCloud service.
- Step 1: Go to your iPhone and then open the Calendar app. You will find Calendars on the bottom of that tab, tap on it.
- Step 2: You will get an option of iCloud where you can tap on "i" to start sharing via iCloud.
- Step 3: A tab will open up Edit Calendar. You will find Add Person option under "Shared With". Now, select "Add Person…".
- Step 4: A page will open on the screen where you can easily add a person. Now, to add a person with whom you want to share your calendar, tap on "Add" presented on the top-right side of the page.
- Step 5: Once you have finished selecting all the persons, select "Done".
In this way, your calendar will be shared with all the person you have selected via iCloud. It is important to note that you can only add a person with an existing iCloud account to your shared list.
Option 2: How to Share Public Calendar on iPhone
Apple provides an option using which you can share your Calendar publicly using Apple's website. It only gives the public access to view your calendar. No one else can edit your shared Calendar. To share your Calendar publicly on Apple's website, follow these simple steps.
- Go to your Calendar app on your iPhone or iPad and then tap on "Calenders" which is located at the center bottom side of the Calendar home page.
- Navigate the calendar which you want to make public. Now, open it and then go to the iCloud section and tap on "i" there.
- Locate the "Public Calendar" and then toggle on it.
- Just below the Public Calendar, you will see an option of Share Link. Tap on the Share Link to make your calendar public.
By this means, you will allow all the Apple users to see your calendar. You can disable this setting by toggling off the Public Calendar to stop viewing your Calendar to the public.
Option 3: How to Share an Event in Calendar on iPhone
Calendar app on iPhone allows the user to create an event and share it with the invitee. You can easily create your personal event and then invite all the people in your contact list on your iPhone. Below you can find the ways to share an event in the Calendar.
- Go to your Calendar app on your iPhone.
- Now, create your personal event to which you want to invite people. You can also invite people to an existing event. This totally depends on your selection and choice.
- On the top right corner of the Event's page, you will see an option to edit the event. Tap on "Edit" and then "Invitees".
- Now, input the email addresses of all the guests whom you want to invite to the event.
- Once you are finished with adding the people, tap on "Done".
With this method, all the recipients will receive an invitation from your iCloud email address.
Option 4: How to Share Calendar on iPhone via Family Sharing
iPhone provides an option of Family Sharing which helps the user share files and media to family members using the iPhone. It is a very wonderful feature which is found on the iPhone. Family Sharing allows the user to share Calendar, iBook, iTunes and iCloud storage plan with family members, i.e. a group of people having a maximum of five members.
If you want to share your Calendar using Family Sharing on iPhone, please make sure you have already enabled and set up Family Sharing first. And then follow these steps given below.
- On your iPhone, open the Calendar app.
- You will see a "+" icon where you can add a new event which you want to share. You can also share an existing event.
- Now, on the center bottom of the page, tap on "Calendar". Now, you will see a calendar with the Family name. Tap on it as well.
- Input all the details like events name, event date, event type, etc., there and then tap on "OK" to save the details.
In this way, all your family members will receive an email about the invitation to the event.
Option 5: How to Share Calendar in iCloud
To start or accept a calendar sharing needs an iCloud account. You are not only able to share a calendar on iPhone, but also allowed to share a private calendar or a public one using Calendar on iCloud.com.
After you sign in the iCloud and get in the Calendar page, click the icon on the right of calendar name in the sidebar (which has been marked out on below picture). Then select "Private Calendar" or "Public Calendar" as you want. If you would like to share a private calendar, just check the "Private Calendar" and type the invitee's email address in the "Add Person" section. And then tap "OK".
As for sharing a public calendar, you can check the "Public Calendar". Then invite people to view the calendar, click Email Link, input email address in the "To" field and click "Send" button. After these operations done, the invitees will receive an invitation email including the calendar's URL. This has an advantage: it is not necessary for the invitee to be an iCloud user to accept the invitation and view the shared calendar.
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1. How to Set Default Calendar
iCloud syncs all the newly added events with your default calendar so you will be notified about them. You can use your iOS device or iCloud.com to set up the default calendar through following simple steps.
- Open the Settings app and then go to Calendar.
- Tap on Default Calendar. Then, select the Calendar which you want to set as the default one.
2. How to Recover Deleted Calendar on iPhone
It is very frustrating that data in calendar disappear from your iPhone accidentally. Don't worry. You can retrieve them with the data recovery software like Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery Free. Its usage is as below.
- Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the PC or Mac with a USB cable and choose the files related to calendar. Click "Next" to start scanning.
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Hi everyone, I have a really confusing problem. I have been doing stop motion for many years now, but only since last year have I tried to make it a profession, but one thing in stopping my work looking professional is the bad flickering in my films. I've tried everything. Im using a canon, so I decided to buy a high quality Nikon lens adapter, so I can mount the older style manual aperture lens. I then bought a older style manual Nikon lens, to override the the aperture, but I still have the exact same flickering! It really doesn't make sense and I have tried nearly everything.
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Hi Adam. I've had this problem too. One tip - Dragonframe have a checklist for the settings on your camera, and it's worth going through them each time you set up, especially if you use the camera for anything else. DF has a lock for a shot's settings.
Also, the exposure length seems important, as mentioned. I am trying to use 1/2 second exposures, if necessary adding a ND filter to adjust depth of field. Long exposures should smooth out any flicker from lights a bit. I'm saving up for one of the uninterruptible power supplies as well. Like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251817908415?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649... Note in the blurb about it that the output is described as fixed and unwavering. Cheaper types are just battery back-ups and don't have this facility.
The flicker was driving me crazy, until I realised that a small skylight, right at the far end of my workshop, was causing it! It was so dirty it hardly let in any light, but just enough to cause havoc!
YEA make a mark for yourself. stand in the same place on each shot.
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Also I remember that a few years ago when I was actually filming at my university, I never had the problem, but when I would go back home and do some shoots with the same set up and equiptment, the flicker would happen. My tutor could never work it out either. lol And sorry i didnt see your above comment, that;s a great idea, I will give the tests a try and hopefully i can see whats going on. Thanks dude!
Interesting discussion guys i'm having the same light flicker problem, i have the same set up as Adam minus the dedos.i'm going to try and get to the bottom of it.thanks Strider
hey Nick just want to know more about how you use a Double Conversion UPS ? What model do you use ? are they expensive? im having issues with flickering and want to eliminate everything.
i use a canon 7d, fotodiox pro lens adapter,dragonframe, 55mm manual Nikon macro lens, 1 fluroscent 105W 5500k,
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Just came across this. Several causes of flicker, need to work through them.
1. Camera. Some Canon DSLR models have some extra settings in the menus that you have to turn off. Just turning the dial on the top of the camera to M is not enough. Go right through all the menus looking for anything that tries to compensate or adjust. On my Canon 7d I found a couple I hadn't seen on my older 40d, and when I changed them it fixed the flicker I had when I first got it. It may not be the same on your camera, but try looking for these:
Press menu button. In the first menu on the left, with one dot, you get Quality/Size settings... go down to Peripheral Illumination Correct, set it to Disable. In the second menu, disable Auto Lighting Optimizer. I don't know which of these two made the difference, maybe both, but it worked for me. Also while you are there, make sure white Balance is not on Auto. Mine is set to colour temp, currently 3400k, to suit my lights. In the fourth menu, do enable exposure simulation, that is only for the live video assist and that lets DF adjust it to match closer to the actual exposure.
2. Lens and adapter. With an older manual Nikon lens with no electronics and no physical lever on the camera to open the lens between shots, the iris should stay put. A later lens made for digital cameras, and a Nikon-to-Canon adapter with electronic connections, can give you flicker. The simple adapters only cost around $12 on eBay, with shipping from China included. You want to have the lens stay stopped down so the viewfinder and live view are actually a bit dark, and you need to adjust the brightness of the live view in Dragonframe to compensate. That way the lens stays put, instead of opening up for a bright view as still cameras normally do, then stopping down when you press the shutter, but not always to the exact same position.
3. AC Power supply. The mains power can vary, and most lights will get brighter and dimmer when the voltage goes up and down. I found I had this problem in my studio, the power varies by a couple of volts as businesses in the neighbourhood turn equipment on and off. I fitted a Double Conversion UPS that smoothes out the power. (It converts 240v AC to DC, charges a battery, then converts back to 240 v (or 120v in the US) AC, a couple of volts less but is steady. Not a normal UPS, that kicks in if the power fails, they don't actually smooth the power.
I was able to test with a multimeter in shot, and with 2 cameras shooting single frame simultaneously. The meter, plugged into mains power, had the needle going up on the brighter frames, down on the darker ones. I could vary the power by turning my 1200 watt oven on and off, rather than wait for it to vary from other causes. It was the same with both cameras, which showed that when I thought my first camera had a fault, it was the mains power at my ABC studio, not the camera after all. When I plugged the lights into a borrowed double conversion UPS, but still metered the unfilted AC mains power, the needle still showed variation, but the lights remained steady. When I clipped the meter to the UPS it showed steady power.
Lights. Even with my power converter I've been getting flicker from one light, a halogen downlight with transformer I made into a movie light. It seems to be getting unsteady in its old age, it used to work but I've been using it for 12 years. It is the second one to go on me. But Dedo lights should not do that. I animated on a show using Dedo lights, plugged into Ballast units, and despite being in a curtained off corner of a factory in a run-down industrial area where I would expect the power to be pretty dirty, there was no flicker. I think the ballast units must be smoothing it. Not sure because Dedo lights are way out of my budget so I don't have any to test. You could test that by plugging the ballast into a dimmer switch - if you can dim the lights, then the ballast does not protect the light from voltage changes. If it stays the same, or stays steady until you turn the dimmer too low and then cuts out, then it does steady the power.
If you have a mix of lights, some may be steady and others may vary. Most fluorescent lights are not dimmable, so do not react to small changes in voltage.
Test by pointing lights into different areas so you can tell which light is which, and shooting a coupe of seconds at single frame. If all lights go bright and dark at the same time, it's AC power or camera. If it is only one particular light flickering, it is either that light, or varying power which doesn't affect the others because they are Fluorescents or protected by a ballast or otherwise undimmable.
Yes, they are expensive.
The supplier loaned me a plug-in one, 1500 VA, to test to make sure it would fix my problem. I think those cost around A$1500 (US $1100) in Australia. But I googled just now and found a 1000VA unit for $599 here. I'm not sure of the formula for calculating how many watts you can power from a given number of VA, but I think 1000 VA would be good for around 750 watts at 240v AC.
I had already had a circuit built in, with power points on the ceiling so I could plug in my overhead lights that were hanging on the lighting bars, so I went for one which is wired in and could connect to my circuit. That meant an additional cost for the electrician to install it of around $500, plus the $4500 it cost. A lot, but I was staring at my newly built studio being useless for stop motion without fixing the flicker.
I would go for the smaller plug-in one. 1500 VA would have been plenty with the smaller halogens I am mostly using now, and with fluorescents and LED lights you need even less power. 1000 VA might be all you need. You could add a second unit if you did need more. I wish I had got the smaller one and just run extension cords up to the ceiling, because the big one makes a buzzing sound that is annoying. The small one just had a soft fan noise like a computer.
You plug your double conversion UPS into the wall, turn it on and boot it up, and plug your lights into it. The output voltage drops by a couple of volts, which gives the unit room to adjust for the variations in power that comes from the mains power.
The link to one on ebay UK that Simon posted above looks very similar. I got mine 6 years ago. It is made by MGE Office Protection Systems, and is called a Pulsar MX 5000 RT. It looks like this:
I found mine by contacting Eaton Powerware in the US, who passed it on to their local Australian agent Natural Power Solutions, and they emailed me. I had previously checked with many electrical retailers including suppliers to electricians, and no-one had a clue what I was talking about.
thanks for the info Nick, i'll look into it, i'm not too sure but just seeing my options if i can't stop the flicker, bit pricey though but a cheaper one maybe an option down the track.Yours seems to have served you well, thanks again
Since your light is fluorescent it's vitally important to use a longer exposure time - fluorescent lights flicker really fast. You can see it if you wave your hand around fast under it - you can see multiple images of it.
That could be your problem right there.
honestly, if this is that important that you don't have flicker:
shoot on 2s
edit the final product
hhmmm didn't think about that, i'll look into it, thanks again
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Since your light is fluorescent it's vitally important to use a longer exposure time - fluorescent lights flicker really fast. You can see it if you wave your hand around fast under it - you can see multiple images of it.
That could be your problem right there.
Hey Guys,
Ofcourse it is best to illiminate any mayor flicker in the shooting. If you still end up with flicker anyhow, or you can't afford a UPS, I found this plug-in for after effects that does a really really good job at removing flicker and it's very easy to use.
It's called Flicker free (how original) but it does a great job at reducing different types of flicker.
Hope this is of help to anyone?


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