[Latin Name] Amorphophallus konjac

[Plant Source] from China

[Specifications] Glucomannan85%-90%

[Appearance] White or cream-color powder

Plant Part Used:Root

[Particle size] 120 Mesh

[Loss on drying] ≤10.0%

[Heavy Metal] ≤10PPM

[Storage] Store in cool & dry area, keep away from the direct light and heat.

[Shelf life] 24 Months

[Package] Packed in paper-drums and two plastic-bags inside.

[Net weight] 25kgs/drum

[Introduction]

Konjac is a plant that is found in China, Japan and Indonesia. The plant is part of the genus Amorphophallus. Typically, it thrives in the warmer regions of Asia.

The extract of the Konjac root is referred to as Glucomannan. Glucomannan is a fiber-like substance traditionally used in food recipes, but now it is utilized as an alternative means of weight loss. Along with this benefit, konjac extract contains other benefits for the rest of the body as well.

The main material of the natural konjac gum is fresh konjac, which grow in virgin forest in Hubei area. We use advanced method to distill the KGM, aminophenol, Ca, Fe, Se which are good for health. Konjac is known as“ the seventh nutriment for human”.

Konjac Gum with its special water holiding capacity, stability, emulsibility, thickening property,suspension property and gel propery can especially adopted in food industry.

[Main Function]

1.It could reduce postprandial glycemia, blood cholesterol and blood pressure.

2.It could control appetite and reduce body weight.

3.It could increase insulin sensitivity.
4.It could control insulin resistant syndrome and diabetesII development.
5.It could reduce heart disease.

[Application]

1) Gelatinizer(jelly, pudding, Cheese, soft candy, jam );

2) Stabilizer(meat, beer);

3) Film Former(capsule, preservative)

4) Water-keeping agent( Baked Foodstuff );

5) Thickener (Konjac Noodles, Konjac Stick, Konjac Slice, Konjac Imitating Food stuff);

6) Adherence agent( Surimi );

7) Foam Stabilizer (ice cream, cream, beer)

For this project, I decided to compose music that seems to have no specific emotion amplification. Being that the score itself, is objective though the given visuals are specific. I chose a reference score that motivated me to keep clean of becoming subjective as I generally tend to become exaggerated with some of my works and interpretations. So, to avoid over dramatism, I chose to reference the opening title music from an American Hospital Drama series, called “Grey’s Anatomy”: Written By: Shonda Rhimes. My score shares some similarities in texture to the opening title music in Grey’s Anatomy, but differs in organizational technique and perspective.

You might think that some of the instrumentation is “off beat” or out of time, but please be aware that this was my purposeful intention to do this. After quantizing slightly, I amplified the “magnetic area” to produce a sticky, slightly off time effect. my motive for this is my perspective of the given photo essay, being that I find it was edited and created in such a quirky, warm hearted way, thus to emphasize this, I chose to go for that effect to amplify the quirky nature in which I perceived this photo essay.

The ostinato part- played by two separate pianos- was inspired by Alexandre Desplat’s tone, and mood in “The Kings Speech” by Tom Hooper, and “The Painted Veil”: John Curran. Thus, with all the above mentioned, my motive was to eventually have a quirky composition that required the instrumentation to “lean on each other” within a vaguely set tempo.

The Composition though stays in one place being that it does not modulate or have a definitive musical progression. The piece is composed in C major, utilising mostly Major 7th and perfect fourth and fifth intervals. To add dynamic, I varied the gain and velocity of each different part in turn, so we hear each little quirky idea whilst remaining on variations of the tonic. To add climatic dynamic to the score, I simply went up the C Major scale back down to tonic. This doesn’t really count as a progression, but more as passing notes towards the tonic an octave higher.

There is a slight touch of timpani underneath to give the score a rhythmic feel so as to help draw the composition away from overly romantic emotional ensemble music. Very lightly though so as to not detract from the score itself.

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INGREDIENTS:
(makes 2 pies)

Crust:
4 cups of Flour
½ cup Cane Sugar
4tbsp Flax Seed powder
2tsp Cinnamon
½ tsp Salt
1 cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
1 cup Melted Vegan Butter

Filling:
2 cans Canned Pumpkin
1 cup Cane Sugar
½ cup Unsweetened Almond Milk
2tbsp Melted Vegan Butter
½ cup Maple Syrup
4tsp Vanilla Extract
4tsp Cinnamon
1tsp Ginger Powder
1tsp Nutmeg
1 pinch Ground Cloves
6tbsp Arrowroot Powder

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Drink break and ending music by Phil’s very talented brother.
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“Discovery Hit”, “Motivator”, “Quirky Dog”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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