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In Avid Technology, Inc. v. Harmonic Inc., C. A. No. 11-1040-GMS (D. Del. Dec. 17, 2014), Judge Gregory M. Sleet denied plainitff's renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, for a new trial, following the jury's verdict of noninfringement and no invalidity in this case. The Court first rejected plaintiff's argument that the jury had been "misinformed about the proper definition of 'independent storage units,'" noting that post-trial briefing was not an "apropriate context for [plaintiff] to reiterate its dissatisfaction with the court's rulings" on what information about the construction was ultimately provided to the jury. Id. at 4-5. The Court similarly rejected plaintiff's arguments that the verdict of noninfringement was not supported by substantial evidence. See id. at 5-8. Finally, the Court denied the alternative request for a new trial as plaintiff made no other arguments in support of this request. Id. at 8.
Judge Andrews Finds Online Learning Patent Claims Ineligible Subject Matter under Section 101
At the summary judgment stage of an ongoing patent infringement action, Judge Richard G. Andrews has found a patent related to "a computer-aided learning system" invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for claiming ineligible subject matter. The patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 6,688,888, as described in its abstract and quoted by Judge Andrews, covered:
A computer-aided learning method and apparatus based on a super-recommendation generator, which is configured to assess a user's or a student's understanding in a subject, reward the user who has reached one or more milestones in the subject, further the user's understanding in the subject through relationship learning, reinforce the user's understanding in the subject through reviews, and restrict the user from enjoying entertainment materials under certain condition, with the entertainment materials requiring a device to fulfill its entertainment purpose. The generator does not have to be configured to perform all of the above functions.
IpLearn, LLC v. K12 Inc., C.A. No. 11-1026-RGA, Memo. Op. at 3 (D. Del. Dec. 17, 2014).
Judge Andrews explained that the novelty of the invention at issue was the use of computers. Examining the patent specification, His Honor observed: "Three things are noteworthy about this passage. First, the educational practices were described as being 'decades' old. Second, the educational testing practices that the inventors considered to be desirable were all well-known, as evidenced by the inventors' description of the undesirable practices as being 'typical' and 'usual.' Implicit in the inventors' recitation is that the better practices were known, but rarely used. Third, the solution is described as '[add] computers.'" Id. at 9.
Judge Andrews first found that the patent claims were directed to the abstract idea of "instruction, evaluation, and review." Id. at 9-12. The asserted claims, he observed, "follow several steps directed at the abstract idea of instruction, evaluation, and review. More specifically, the steps are an abstraction, addressed to fundamental human behavior related to instruction, which is apparent when the steps are summarized without their generic references to computers and networks: 1) accessing a learner's test results, 2) analyzing those test results, 3) providing guidance on weaknesses, 4) generating a report on two or more subjects to be shared with others, 5) considering the learner's preferences, 6) allowing access to areas of a subject on the Internet, 7) providing an identifier for a learner, 8) storing the learner's materials, and 9) allowing a search of those materials. None of these steps taken individually, or taken collectively, is sufficiently concrete. As a whole, they represent an abstract idea of conventional everyday teaching that happens in schools across the country. While there are limitations, they do not save the claims from being directed at an abstract idea." Id. at 11. Judge Andrews continued: "the '888 patent's Background section begins, '[t]he present invention relates generally to learning and more particularly to using a computer to enhance learning.' Such subject matter seems precisely the building blocks of ingenuity the Supreme Court in Alice Corp. was so concerned about inhibiting. Instructing students, evaluating those students, and providing methods to review their progress are concepts that have probably existed as long as there has been formal education." Id. at 11 (internal citations omitted).
Judge Andrews then turned to whether the "method outlined in the patent is sufficiently transformative of the abstract idea to make it patent eligible." Id. at 11-14. Although the asserted claims did contain limitations, Judge Andrews found that "none are sufficient to ensure that the claims amount to 'significantly more' than patenting the abstract idea of instruction, evaluation, and review. Nor do they possess inventive concepts to transform the abstract idea." For example, "[g]enerating learning materials, allowing diagnostic testing, and allowing a learner to search an area for material on the learner's weaknesses are not meaningful limitations." Id. at 12.
Judge Andrews used the following hypothetical to illustrate his point:
An elementary student is taught multiplication tables. She takes a test, and her results are graded (or "accessed") by her teacher. The teacher analyzes the student's test results against a grading rubric to determine the student's weaknesses. The teacher provides guidance to the student about her weaknesses. The teacher puts together a progress report on the student's multiplication tables, highlighting the student's most recent test, perhaps identifying weaknesses with multiples of 6 and 11. This progress report is shared with others, perhaps in a parent-teacher conference. The teacher takes into consideration the student's preference for math games over timed pop quizzes. The student is allowed to access flash cards ("materials") on her weak multiples, which are kept in a file cabinet in her classroom. Using the student's first and last name as an identifier, the teacher stores the student's materials in a file. Her parents can also request to see her file by telling the teacher her name. This is the kind of hypothetical that could happen every day in elementary schools in this country. Allowing the claims at issue would simply inhibit fundamental educational instruction and the building blocks of human ingenuity. The fact that computers, networks, the Internet, computer readable medium, or computer program code figure into [the] claims . . . and the dependent claims, does not save them. . . . As a thought experiment, if these generic terms are excised, the claims preempt the most fundamental aspects of educational instruction with teachers and testing.
Id. at 13.
Judge Andrews also provided a few interesting indications of what information he found useful to his section 101 analysis, noting that it "is clear that a number of district courts are grappling with section 101 issues after Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014). With the exception of Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC, 2014 WL 5904902 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 14, 2014), however, the Court found most of this additional authority [from district courts and the Federal Circuit] not entirely relevant or on-point." Id. at 2 n.1.
Judge Andrews also noted: "In a recent concurrence [in Ultramercial], Judge Mayer wrote that section 101 eligibility is a 'threshold question,' 'the primal inquiry, one that must be addressed at the outset of litigation,' explaining that the determination 'bears some of the hallmarks of a jurisdictional inquiry.' The Court is not certain whether Judge Mayer's opinion is a correct statement of the law for all cases but believes it is instructive in this case. IpLearn has asserted that K12 must provide evidence to support the contention that the claims at issue are abstract ideas. Because section 101 determinations are questions of law, and a threshold inquiry, and because every judge and lawyer has firsthand experience with instructional methods, this Court does not believe it necessary that K12 proffer evidence that the type of instruction and testing outlined in the claims is time-honored." Id. at 8 n.6 (citations omitted).
Judge Robinson grants summary judgment of invalidity under § 101.
Judge Sue L. Robinson recently granted a defendant's motion for summary judgment that a patented financial transaction security apparatus was invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Joao Bock Transaction Sys., LLC v. Jack Henry & Assocs., Inc., Civ. No. 12-1138-SLR (D. Del. Dec. 15, 2014). The Court described the invention as adding "transaction security by allowing interaction between the central processing computer and a communication device to enable the point-of-sale terminal operator of the card holder to allow or deny a transaction using the communication device over a communications network." Id. at 2-3. The Court agreed with the defendant's argument that the claims at issue were directed to the abstract idea of, essentially, enabling a bank customer to give a stop payment instruction to a bank on a given check presented for payment, and having the bank honor that instruction by locating the check at issue and not paying it. See id. at 12-14.
The Court then considered whether the claimed abstract idea was limited by an inventive concept such that "the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the [ineligible concept] itself." Id. at 14 (quoting Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014)). The Court rejected the plaintiff's argument that "the claims use 'specific computers' with bank processing software, making them 'special purpose computers[,]'" and found, based on the specification, that "[t]he computer components are being employed for basic functions, including storage, transmitting and receiving information . . . ." Id. at 14-15. The Court added that "[w]hile the computer components do allow the abstract idea to be performed more quickly, this does not impose a meaningful limit on the scope of the claim." Id. at 15.
Judge Robinson denies motion to vacate, modify, or correct arbitration award relating to patent licensing agreement
In Tessera, Inc. v. Amkor Technology, Inc., C.A. No. 12-852-SLR (D. Del. Dec. 10, 2014), Judge Sue L. Robinson recently denied plaintiff's motion to vacate, modify, or correct an arbitration award connected with the parties' ongoing patent infringement dispute. The parties had previously entered into an agreement that licensed plaintiff's technology and patents to defendant, and disputes would be settled by arbitration. Id. at 1-2. The parties had adjudicated a number of disputes in arbitration relating to royalty payments, in which plaintiff was awarded damages that also included damages based on conduct following the termination of the license agreement. Defendant unsuccessfully attempted to appeal this award in California state court. Its motion before this Court to vacate, modify, or correct the arbitration award claimed that the parties had agreed to arbitrate license royalties, but not "patent infringement after the termination of their license"; as a result, the arbitration award's inclusion of damages based on post-termination conduct was improper, and this Court, not the California state courts, had jurisdiction to review the arbitrator's award of post-termination damages. Id. at 5.
The Court disagreed, noting that the agreement's arbitration clause was broad enough to cover post-termination damages. Id. at 5. In addition, the Court chose to abstain from hearing the matter, citing the fact that the license agreement was governed by California law, that the California state courts were already involved in the matter, and that the merits of defendant's arguments had already been rejected by the California courts. Id. at 6-7. Further, defendant had "invoked the jurisdiction of the California courts until it was handed an adverse decision." Id. at 7.
Judge Andrews affirms original construction of claim term on remand from Federal Circuit
Following remand from the Federal Circuit, Judge Richard G. Andrews affirmed the District Court's original construction of the term "electrode," finding it is a "microelectrode having a width of 15 [microns] up to approximately 100 [microns]." Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. v. Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc., C.A. No. 07-753-RGA (D. Del. Dec. 5, 2014). Following the Court's claim construction opinion in the prior district court proceeding, plaintiff moved for reconsideration, advancing a different claim construction theory for the term "electrode" than it had initially advanced. Id. at 1. At the pretrial hearing, Judge Andrews tentatively denied plaintiff's motion for reconsideration, but nevertheless invited plaintiff to file a brief in opposition to that tentative denial. Id. at 4. Because the opposition brief cited authority and made arguments not previously set forth in any of plaintiff's other briefing, Judge Andrews found that this was essentially "a second motion for reconsideration." Id. at 4-5. Judge Andrews denied the motion for reconsideration and entered summary judgment of non-infringement based on the electrode construction. Id. at 5. Plaintiff appealed the summary judgment order based in part on the allegedly erroneous construction of "electrode." Id. at 1. The Federal Circuit vacated the judgment of non-infringement and remanded to the District Court to "consider the parties' arguments that pertain to the scope of the term 'electrode.'"
First, on remand, Judge Andrews requested that the parties address "( 1) whether [plaintiff's] motion for reconsideration was procedurally appropriate, and (2) if so, whether Defendants waived any procedural objections to [plaintiff's] new claim construction argument by not addressing them on appeal to the Federal Circuit." Id. at 6. Considering these issues, Judge Andrews found that the motion for reconsideration "was properly denied on procedural grounds," especially given that plaintiff raised not only an "argument it did not make, but an argument that is contrary to the argument it did make." Id. at 8. Accordingly, "on that basis alone," Judge Andrews adopted the District Court's original construction of the term "electrode." Id. at 8.
Nevertheless, consistent with the Federal Circuit's decision, Judge Andrews addressed the merits of plaintiff's argument with respect to the construction of the term "electrode." Id. at 8-15. Judge Andrews considered the concept of "non-planar diffusion," whether certain examples constituted unclaimed embodiments, whether a particular claim was enabled, and new extrinsic evidence presented by plaintiff. Id. at 10-15. Considering all these points, Judge Andrews affirmed the District Court's original construction of the term "electrode." Id. at 15.
The District of Delaware and Delaware Chapter of FBA annouce 2015 Federal Trial Practice Seminar
Today, the District of Delaware and Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association announced a call for applications for the 2015 Federal Trial Practice Seminar. As a 2013 graduate of the program, I highly recommend submitting an application. Participation is open to members and non-members of the FBA. See the below message from the FBA and attached flyer for more information.
Dear FBA Members,
The United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association ("FBA") are pleased to announce the 2015 Federal Trial Practice Seminar.
The Seminar is an instructional trial practice program designed for lawyers who have less than 10 years of experience as a practicing attorney, but who have an interest in regularly litigating in the District Court. Applicants who are admitted to the Seminar will participate in instructional sessions on topics including Opening Statements, Closing Statements, Direct Examination, Cross Examination, Motions In Limine and Courtroom Presentation and Demeanor.
The Seminar sessions, to be held in April, May and June 2015, will involve both: (1) instruction from nationally-recognized speakers who have frequently litigated in the District Court and (2) hands-on training sessions, including a mock-trial-style format, in which the participants will apply what they have learned from the speakers. These weekly sessions will also be attended by Judges of the District Court and a group of program mentors, all of whom have extensive trial practice experience in the District Court. Seminar participants will also obtain Continuing Legal Education credit (including Ethics-related credit) and will have additional opportunities to interact with the District Court judges, the speakers and the program mentors outside of these sessions. There is no cost to participate in the Seminar, which is open to both members and non-members of the FBA. A complete Seminar description is attached to this e-mail. Additional information about the seminar can be found on the District Court's website , including a video which describes the program and the experience of the participants. The video can also be viewed at the following link.
Those interested in applying for the Seminar should submit a resume and a letter of interest by January 9, 2015 to The Honorable Christopher J. Burke. Applications should be sent by e-mail at: firstname.lastname@example.com. Any questions can be directed to the Seminar co-coordinators, Kelly Farnan (email@example.com) or Susan Coletti (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Judge Sleet Grants Motion to Stay Pending CMB Review by the PTO
This week, Judge Sleet issued an order granting a motion for stay pending resolution of a covered business method patent review instituted by the defendants, Bloomberg and Charles Schwab. Quest Licensing Corp. v. Bloomberg L.P., et al., C.A. No. 14-561-GMS, Order at 1-3 (D. Del. Dec. 3, 2014). Judge Sleet applied the statutory test for a stay pending CBM review set out in Section 18 of the America Invents Act, which provides for four factors to be considered. Id. at 2 n.2.
Judge Sleet first found that a stay was likely to simplify the issues and streamline the trial. Despite the different claim construction standards applicable in the District Court and the PTAB, Judge Sleet found that the Court could still consider the PTAB's determination and the intrinsic evidence relevant to that determination. Judge Sleet also found that simplification of issues generally was likely given the defendants' argument that the PTAB would not only engage in claim construction but could also potentially cancel or amend claims or "affect the substantive meaning of the claims by prosecution history or otherwise." Id.
"The second factor, which has the court consider how far the litigation has progressed, likewise favor[ed] a stay" because no discovery had yet occurred, particularly given that the Court had stayed discovery pending the resolution of the motion to stay. Id. Judge Sleet also found that "the conflicting evidence of attempts by the parties to start discovery prior to the court's Rule 26(f) conference does not constitute dilatory tactics" designed to delay discovery. Id.
Turning to the third factor, potential prejudice from a stay or lack therefore, Judge Sleet found the factor neutral in the stay analysis: "Should the defendants eventually be found to have infringed, Quest can be adequately compensated by money damages for any harm suffered during the PTO proceedings. Further, the CBM review process initiated by Congress is required by law to conclude one year after initiation and only extendable by six months with a showing of good cause. The court recognizes that Quest has an interest in the timely enforcement of its patent rights. Nonetheless, the court also recognizes the reduced time-frame allotted by Congress for CBM review completion. Moreover, Bloomberg and Schwab's filing of the motion to stay approximately six months after the filing of the first complaint is not considered by the court to be intentionally delayed or dilatory. Since the parties and the court will have a definitive answer from the PTO whether it will grant CBM review five months prior to the scheduled Markman hearing, the court finds this factor neutral. While a delay in proceeding with its case may be somewhat prejudicial to Quest, it is not unduly prejudicial." Id. at 2-3 n.2.
Finally, Judge Sleet considered whether a stay would reduce the burden of the litigation on the parties and the Court. Actions against several defendants had previously been consolidated into one civil action, yet only two of five total defendants had joined the CBM petition in the PTO. Under these circumstances, the plaintiff argued that the remaining three defendants "will be in a position to trigger separate CBM challenges at any time during the pendency of this litigation or to re-litigate the claims determined by the PTO as a result of the CBM petition." Id. at 3 n.2. Nevertheless, "the court [found] credible the nonmoving defendants' assertions that they were uninformed of the Petition prior to the eve of filing by Schwab and Bloomberg and in no way were attempting to 'game' the system. Additionally, the defendants note, and the court agrees, that this is an unlikely proposition. Further, § 18(b) does not require the court impose estoppel effect on the nonmoving defendants or consider the lack of stipulated estoppel effect in assessing the four factors. Rather, the court is asked to balance the factors with a 'thumb on the scale in favor of a stay being granted.'" Id.
Accordingly, Judge Sleet found that the "balance of the four statutory factors weighs in favor of granting a stay pending resolution of the CBM review proceedings." Id.
Judge Robinson grants motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of design claims.
Judge Sue L. Robinson recently granted a defendant's motion for summary judgment of non-infringement of design patent claims. Poly-America, L.P. v. API Indus., Inc., Civ. No. 13-693-SLR (D. Del. Nov. 25, 2014). The decision hinged on the "normal use" of the products at issue – cardboard boxes with perforated openings through which plastic garbage bags can be removed. As Judge Robinson noted, the Federal Circuit has defined "normal use" as the "period in the articles life, beginning after completion of manufacture or assembly and ending with the ultimate destruction, loss, or disappearance of the article." Id. at 4 (quoting In re Webb, 916 F.2d 1553, 1557-58 (Fed. Cir. 1990)). Because the defendant introduced unrebutted evidence that the "normal use" of its product would include "flattening the box for recycling," at which time its product's distinct top flaps, tabs, and slots would be viewed by an ordinary observer, the Court found that summary judgment of non-infringement was required. Id. at 15 ("Although Poly questioned the frequency with which an ordinary observer would view these features, it was unable to point to any evidence that would contradict API's contention that the flaps, tabs and slots are visible at the point of disassembly, or that recycling was part of a box's 'normal use.'") (emphasis in original).
Chief Judge Stark grants leave to amend with inequitable conduct defense
In Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc. v. Google, Inc., C.A. No. 12-1394-LPS; v. Lenovo Holdings Company, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 12-1397-LPS (D. Del. Nov. 20, 2014), Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark granted the defendants' motion for leave to amend their answer to add an inequitable conduct defense, finding that the proposed amendment was not futile. Id. at 2.
Defendants alleged that plaintiff withheld a Federal Circuit order during prosecution, which affirmed a construction of a term of a patent to which the patent-in-suit was a continuation. Id. at 2-3. Defendants further alleged that, had the PTO been aware of this order, it would not have permitted issuance of the patent-in-suit due to lack of written description or because this patent could not claim priority to the previously issued patent. Id. at 3. The Court concluded that the amendment was not futile. While plaintiff had disclosed the District Court's order regarding this term, and "[w]hile Plaintiff contends this alleged non-disclosure is not material, as the Federal Circuit Order is merely cumulative of the District Court Order, Defendants have articulated a plausible theory to the contrary. The Amended Answer alleges that the Federal Circuit Order is material because it contained adverse statements not contained in the District Court Order" regarding what the patent's specification did not cover. Id. at 4.
Although the Court granted defendants' motion, it declined to apply a recent decision on which defendants had relied. Defendants argued that the Court's recent decision in Masimo Corp. v. Philips Electronic North America Corp. stood for the proposition that an intentional failure to disclose a claim construction ruling inconsistent with the applicant's position was indicative of inequitable conduct. The Court declined to extend the holding of this case beyond the "particular circumstances" present there, but also found it "unnecessary to resolve the parties' dispute as to just how much Masimo helps Defendants here." Id. at 5.
Judge Sleet grants motion to dismiss declaratory judgment action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
In a recent Order, Judge Gregory M. Sleet granted defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1). Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Ltd. v. Omthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., C.A. No. 14-791-GMS (D. Del. Nov. 14, 2014). Plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment that defendants' Epanova™ product infringes U.S. Patent No. 8,663,663 (the "'663 patent"), but Judge Sleet concluded the declaratory judgment action was not ripe for judicial review.
Judge Sleet first explained that while "FDA approval of Epanova™ does provide some amount of support" for plaintiff's position on the existence of a justiciable controversy, "it is not dispositive." Id. at 2 n.1. Judge Sleet also found that "defendants' advanced marketing of the accused product is insufficient to meet [plaintiff's] burden in this specific instance." Id. The claims of the '663 patent at issue were only method claims. Id. Judge Sleet agreed with defendants' argument that the "method claims 'turn on physiological responses that have not occurred, in patients that do not yet exist, operating under the care of unidentified doctors, who have not yet prescribed a drug that is not yet on the market' and cannot, therefore, provide the requisite immediacy" to support the exercise of declaratory judgment jurisdiction. Id. at 2-3 n.1. Judge Sleet additionally noted that "[w]hile it is possible that Epanova™ could enter the market within the 'timeframe of this lawsuit' the court does not find that assertion sufficient to prove launch of the product is imminent." Id. at 3 n.1.


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Comorbidity between substance use disorders and psychiatric conditions
Version of Record online: 8 AUG 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01592.x
Special Issue: Diagnostic Issues in Substance Use Disorders: Refining the Research Agenda
Volume 101, Issue Supplement s1, pages 76–88, September 2006
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Connect Clips to the Main Storyline in Final Cut Pro X
Connecting clips to the primary storyline
As we're aware by now, Final Cut Pro X is built upon the principle of building sequences on storylines rather than tracks. Now, so far we have only been working in the Primary Storyline, where we build the foundation of the program. Now we can add some supplementary material to that foundation. So in this movie we're going to explore the first type of supplementary material that we can work with called Connected Clips. So I am going to go into the 5.1 project, and I am back into the Farm to Table project, and we have got our basic foundation of our into laid down.
But let's continue to lay down our B-roll. We have got a few opening shots of the close-up of our fruit and then out to the orchards. So let's continue with visuals of harvesting and the farmer's market and so on over these interview clips. In most other track-based editing applications, you have several methods in which you can lay down B-roll. One way is to overwrite the B-roll on the existing video tracks. So if I go into Farm to Table, and I want to go into the On the Farm keyword collection, let's say that I want to bring this bringing the boxes in from the orchard shot down here as BD begins talking.
So let's talk about what would happen if we did overwrite this. So I am just going to mark an in and an out in the Timeline where I want this to occur. And let's mark this shot here. We want Video Only, so we want to make sure that we're only bringing video down and keeping the audio. But look what happens, if I press D to overwrite, and I play through this section, that's not what we want at all.
So, as you can see, overwriting doesn't work in Final Cut Pro X. It literally overwrites the entire section of the Primary Storyline even if you are bringing down a Video Only edit. So let me undo this, and I am going to move myself back to video and audio, because that's not what we do. Now the other way that you can add B-roll in other track-based editing applications, and the way that you need to do in Final Cut Pro X is to actually add the B-roll physically above the existing footage. So in other applications you just add it to a higher existing video track, but in Final Cut Pro X there are no tracks, so instead you add it in the form of something called a Connected Clip.
So how you do this? You just place the Playhead at the location where you want the connected clip to be added in, we have got our shot marked, and instead of using any of the editing methods that we know so far, we're going to use a different method called a connect to storyline edit. This corresponds to this on-screen key right here, or the Q key on the keyboard. So I am just going to press Q. We can see that the clip is physically above my interview, and when I play it we see the shot but still hear BD.
(BD Dautch: There is definitely a movement happening. It's not just here, it's worldwide.) So we have got our B-roll, and if I zoom in here, Command+Plus, you can see that this shot is literally anchored to the shot below it right here. If I move the clip on the Primary Storyline, then the connected clip literally moves with it. If I should delete this clip on my Primary Storyline--I'll press Delete on the keyboard-- the connected clip goes away. Let me undo, then I am going to zoom out just a little bit.
Now notice that I can remove my connected clip and the connection point moves with it, if I wanted to, I could attach it to another clip on the Primary Storyline, and now this where it's anchored. So that connection point is an important element. I am going to move it back to BD. This is certainly a new way of working if you're coming from another application, so it might take a little getting used to. In the meantime, let's go ahead and edit another connected clip to fill out our B-roll. So after the shot of the boxes coming out from the orchard, let's go to a shot of boxes coming off the truck.
So I am just going to market, and I could position my Playhead and press Q again, but I also want to show you that you can click and drag, and you can see that connection point is right here above BD. I want to make sure that it snaps right next to the pervious clip, like so. And I am going just going to zoom out just a little bit here. And now we have got two shots of B-roll and they're both connected to this shot on the Primary Storyline, they are literally anchored there.
If I play this and decide that this clip is too long, I can shorten it with a ripple edit. Now there are some limitations about what we can do here on the connected clips, and we're going to explore that in our next movie. But in general, ripple edits are okay. If I ripple from this side, notice that it behaves a little bit differently but I can make it work. So let's go ahead and play over this and see how we like it. (BD Dautch: There is definitely a movement happening. It's not just here, it's worldwide, and in a way, like I said, it's a renaissance. So many people now--) All right, so I am going to continue adding B-roll on down the line until all of my talking heads are covered with interesting visuals. Now I can also do this with audio.
I know that I want music to go under this video, and so I am just going to park at the very beginning of the sequence and press Shift+Z to fit everything in our timeline. And my music that I want to use is this one right here, the Silent Charm. Now I want to get the right length, so I am going to go to the very end here, and I have got 38 seconds from this sequence, so I'm just going to click on this one, and as you drag here you can see how long this is. So I'm going to get roughly 39 seconds here.
So I have got enough music to cover this entire sequence now. So I'm going to park and again just press Q. And now I have got my music coming underneath all of my video. If I zoom in here, Command+Plus, notice that the audio, too, has a connection point. So if I move this around it's going to be connected, if I delete my orange shot, the audio is likewise deleted, so let me undo that. So again just be aware when you are working with clips on the Primary Storyline what's going to happen to the associated connected clips.
Shift+C, so I'll just continue in this manner, laying in my connected clips, adding them as supplementary footage to the Primary Storyline. For now just be aware of how the connection points come into play with the clips in the Primary Storyline, and we'll explore this dynamic in more details as we continue through the course.
Connecting clips to the primary storyline provides you with in-depth training on Video. Taught by Ashley Kennedy as part of the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.9 Essential Training
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Florida, Universal Studios, A Review...............
This is being updated whilst I am here, so may not be complete when you read. For instance, we have not yet done Universal Islands of Adventure, which includes the Harry Potter *thing*, so to be updated as I go.
It's split into 2 parks, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. We only did the former today and will go back for the other one on another day.
It had been recommended that we read the Fodor book before we went, and already it has proved invaluable.
The big tip here was to turn right when you go into the park, as everyone is attracted to the rides and sounds and music to the left. What a tip that was, the picture shows our path on entry bang on 9am! We walked straight onto the Simpsons ride and a few others that were on our list.
We came back on our last day, after the morning at Islands of Adventure, specifically to try the new Ride, Despicable Me 2 and the Rockit Roller Coaster! The former is another simulator ride which was a lot of fun, the latter a HUGE straight up and over type coaster. I was going to chicken out but had one of those just do it moments, and I did. Not my favourite but I did it YES!
Our only bad choice for the day was the Barney theatre, I'd forgotten how much I hated the big purple dinosaur. It really is for the younger ones, as you can see from the pic of Jasper and Scarlett looking slightly mortified. However, like any other bad parent I did insist on getting a pic of Scarlett with said purple thing!
There are plenty of eateries inside and along City Walk which is outside of Universal, though we brought a packed lunch and my family are happy with that.
The car park is $15 but it's all very well laid out and easy to navigate around.
Annie x
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By Brandon BieltzJuly 7, 2011
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. - The sounds of fists striking against padding and of backs slamming onto floor mats ricocheted off the walls in Gaffney Fitness Center's combative room as six modern-day gladiators prepared their minds and bodies to fight in the confines of a steel cage.
Team Warfighter, a mixed martial arts team formed by service members based at Fort Meade, trains twice a day, five days a week with David Perez at the helm.
Mixed martial arts combines many different fighting styles and disciplines into one full-contact combative sport. Fighters compete in a steel cage with the goal of victory by submission or knockout.
"It's probably the most difficult sport out there," Perez said.
All members of Team Warfighter compete in amateur fights throughout the area. Perez, however, is a professional competitor sponsored by the Air Force. Saturday night, he will compete in the Sun City Battle in El Paso, Texas.
To prepare for their MMA competitions, the fighters train hard during the days prior to a match.
"We're here as soon as the gym opens up at five in the morning and we don't go home until six or seven at night," said Perez, a technical sergeant at Cyber Command.
Every training session takes between 90 minutes and two hours, and consists of cardio and technique training. Each day the group works on different combative fighting disciplines such as boxing, wrestling, Jui-Jitsu, kick boxing and Muoy Thai.
"It's a complete, total body workout," he said. "We go from stand-up fighting all the way to on-the-ground fighting."
Perez, a veteran of boxing, kick boxing, wrestling and Brazilian Jui-Jitsu, said knowledge in all of the different combat disciplines is crucial to a fighter's success in the ring.
"You have to incorporate all the different disciplines," he said. "When you go into a fight, you don't know whether or not this guy is straight boxing, straight kick boxing or if he's on the ground. You have to be so well-rounded in all the different aspects of all the different disciplines."
Team members call the training sessions "intense." Kenny Wilson, a former specialist in the Maryland National Guard, said training with Perez has increased his cardio and toughness.
Like many of the others on the team, Wilson began fighting in another combat discipline before moving to MMA. He started training in Jui-Jitsu to stay in shape but quickly began MMA fighting.
"I just got hungrier and hungrier and, finally, I started fighting," he said.
Michael Travis, an Air Force staff sergeant with the 707th Communications Squadron, started his combative career in 2004 as a boxer. Since joining Team Warfighter three months ago, Travis has already racked up two amateur wins with victories by submission.
The sport of MMA is not for everyone, Perez said. While training and technique help prepare a competitor, the fighter's passion is important to withstand the receiving end of the combative sport.
"Not everybody fights, not everybody likes to fight." he said. "It's something you have to have a passion for. We really can't teach that."
Despite the intense training, team members said entering the cage for a fight is still nerve-racking. Once the cage door closes, the lengthy hype and match preparation feels like it was only two seconds, Wilson said.
"As soon as the cage door shuts, it's kind of like, 'Oh man. What am I doing?' That's what you think," he said.
When the door closes, the first thing that goes through Travis' mind is fear -- a common feeling for many of the fighters.
"We're always scared going into the ring," Travis said. "Anybody who tells you otherwise is lying."
Perez doesn't want the fighters to be comfortable taking hits during a match; he does teach them how to deal with a hit and not be stunned. It's not until Wilson takes the first hit that he realizes he's in a fight. He said getting hit hurts, but the pain lets him know that he's not knocked out.
In addition to the physical aspect of the fights, competitors must also build a mental toughness.
"It takes a lot from you -- not just physically but mentally as well -- to focus and be disciplined enough to adapt to your opponent," Perez said.
Fighters train in their free time, but the physical and mental strength they gain through MMA helps them in the military, Perez said.
"It helps us specifically with the discipline aspect, the whole mentality -- the warrior ethos mentality," he said. "I think it's a wonderful thing for all of us to accept and embrace the fact that all of us need to be ready -- not just mentally but physically -- all the time and go in there. Regardless of how hard it's going to be, how tough the situation is, we're going to always persevere."


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The St. Viator Lions made the trek to LaGrange Park on Saturday hoping to quash Nazareth's bid for an East Suburban Catholic Conference championship.
But the Road Runners were true to their nickname, drubbing the Lions 51-14 to earn a share of the ESCC crown with Marist -- the first title in Nazareth school history.
"We just couldn't keep up with their speed," said Lions coach Chris Kirkpatrick. "They just wore us down towards the end. The character and the hard work was here today and all season."
Nazareth (8-1, 7-1) jumped out to a 21-0 lead before the Lions (2-7, 1-7) knew what hit them.
Joshua Moore caught a 17-yard pass from quarterback Sam Poulos with 8:02 left in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead on Nazareth's first posession.
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Kalium Ewing picked off a pass by the Lions' Mickey Macius (11-for-31, 114 yards, 4 interceptions) at the Road Runners' 35 and returned the ball 65 yards for a 21-0 lead.
"We really played well the first six or so minutes," said Nazareth coach Tim Racki. "I thought it might be easy, but to St.Viator's credit they didn't quit and made a nice comeback."
On their next possession, the Lions marched 74 yards to score on A. J. Wergzyn's 3-yard run to cut the lead to 21-7 with six seconds left in the quarter.
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Moore broke the Lions' back by breaking loose for a 52-yard TD run with 6:25 left in the third quarter and a 35-14 lead.
"Our line executed well on that run," said Moore, who rushed for 132 yards in 13 attempts. "There was the seam and I found it and went to the promised land. We didn't set a goal for the conference championship, but we knew if we worked hard it could happen."
"It was a big one," said Racki about Moore's run. "Sometimes he takeas a little time to get going, but the offensive line took it personally that they did not block well in the second half. This was a great win for the school and community."
Ewing returned his second interception for a 28-yard TD and a 42-14 lead.
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Australasian Section Newsletter
December 2012
As the festive season draws near the local committee has been working hard to progress the planning of the 2013 AAOCS Section Meeting. Next year's meeting will be a fantastic one and will be held from the 6-8 November at Noah's on the beach, Newcastle. We are excited to host a joint day with the Omega-3 Centre with the latest research presented on omega-3 and our short course for this meeting will be on 'Frying'. Please keep these dates free as we hope you can join us and keep your eye on newsletters from both AOCS and the section.
On behalf of the AAOCS Committee we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you in 2013.
Karen Murphy
President, Australasian Section
Australasian Section (AAOCS) Biennial Meeting and Workshops
The committee is pleased to announce that we are looking to hold our next meeting in early November 2013 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. The title of the event is"Fats & Oils – the Food vs Fuel dilemma?" and will attract industry and scientific leaders to discuss the issues surrounding this key aspect of current Oil R&D. Further we are aiming to work closely with the Omega 3 Centre to have a day focused on omega 3 oils. Finally we are also in the process of putting together a frying oils workshop. Please keep your eyes peeled on your inbox for more information on this meeting over the next 10 months. More information (.pdf)
2013 AAOCS Award for Scientific Excellence in Lipid Research
The AAOCS is offering a new award for excellence in lipid science/research at the upcoming meeting in 2013. The award will recognize a scientist from within the Australasian region that has made a significant research contribution toward fats and oils research, either cumulative or one major advancement. For more details please contact email@example.com.
Nomination Deadline: 17th May 2013
New land plant seed oils with fish oil-like levels of DHA
Pioneering metabolic engineering research at CSIRO may reduce the pressure on our marine resources. In a recent paper published in PLOS ONE, the CSIRO Food Futures Flagship Omega-3 project team led by Drs Surinder Singh and James Petrie has shown that the important long-chain omega 3 - DHA - can be produced by land plants. The amount of DHA achieved in this study (15%) for the first time exceeds the 12% level at which DHA is generally found in bulk fish oil. This is a breakthrough in the development of sustainable alternative sources of DHA as this technology should be applicable in oilseed crops. In addition, the authors reported a high omega-3/omega-6 ratio (>10), similar to what occurs in many marine oils. One hectare of a Canola/ Rapeseed (Brassica napus) crop containing 12% DHA in seed oil would produce as much DHA as approximately 10,000 fish. Therefore this technology has the potential to replace wild harvest derived fish oil used in aquaculture feeds and possibly eventually in other applications including nutraceuticals. This is very timely as Peru has very recently slashed the catch limit from the world's largest fish oil fisheries. More...
When fish oils ain't what they say - Quality Analysis of Commercial Fish Oil Preparations
Recent information published has shown that many leading fish oil and cod liver oil in the market do not meet what they claim on the label, in terms of amount of omega 3 and quality. Jenna Sullivan Ritter presented this work at the resent International symposium of nutraceuticals and functional foods in Hawaii in early December. Fish oil supplements have grown in popularity in recent years due to their many health benefits. This has led to an increase in the number of products available for purchase by the general public, making it difficult for consumers to determine which products are of the best quality. Fish oil supplements in North America come in two main forms, fish oil which contains anchovy, sardine and mackerel, and cod liver oil. Because many consumers are taking fish oil for specific health conditions, it is important that label claims for eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are met. Jenna's work looked at eight of the best-selling fish oil and eight of the best-selling cod liver oil products, in the North America, which were analyzed to determine the amounts of EPA and DHA and compared to their label claims. Peroxide value, a measure of oxidation, was also determined, along with lipid class to determine if products were triacylglycerides (TG) or ethyl esters (EE). Jenna's study found that four fish oil and five cod liver oil supplements did not meet their label claims for EPA and DHA. When peroxide values were measured, it was found that three fish oil and two cod liver oil products exceeded the maximum PV of 5 meq/kg recommended by the Global Organization for EPA and DHA (GOED) and the European Pharmacoepia. Additionally, two of the fish oil products contained part or whole ethyl esters rather than triacylglycerides.
These results suggest more stringent regulation are required for fish oil products. Presently there is no way for the consumer to test if their oils are what they say on the labels unless they are willing to have them analyzed. Furthermore, consumers need to be reminded to take care of their oil and they should be kept in the fridge or a cool place out of the light. Presently it is generally unclear as to what is the state of Australian and New Zealand oils. A report in Consumer in 2007 of NZ fish oils showed a disappointingly similar trend, although a more recent internal (unpublished) report by CSIRO has shown that all 14 products surveyed did meet their EPA+DHA specs.
More info : Sullivan Ritter JC, Budge SM, Jovica F. Quality analysis of commercial fish oil preparations. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5994
Concerns over Anchovy and Menhaden stocks leads to cuts in fish quota and increases in price of fish oil and fishmeal.
On the 30th of October 2012 the Peruvian government's marine institute, IMARPE, reported that the nation's anchovy population, in the nutrient-rich Humboldt Current off the Peruvian coast, had shrunk by 41 percent since last summer. This fishery is the major provider of the fish meal and fish oil industries. This is expected to lead to increases in price for the fish oil and fish meal. Further there has also been some similar concerns about the stock levels of Menhaden fish.
EPA and DHA response for thrombosis is dependent on gender
Thrombosis is a critical event that accounts for considerable morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Platelet activation and aggregation is considered to be central to thrombus production thus anti-thrombotic treatments to inhibit platelet activity have been a major drug target to retard the thrombotic and atherosclerotic processes. While a wealth of evidence supports that fish oil provides preventative or ameliorative effects against thrombotic disease, the mechanisms responsible for this association are not understood and are further complicated by contrasting reports. Fish oils are a rich source of long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids including eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), however it is not clear whether the anti-thrombotic effects are due to EPA or DHA or whether both are equally effective. In the available literature relating fish oil and platelet aggregation, wide variability in terms of dosage, concentration ratios, study design, subject characteristics and gender inequality are apparent, hence there is discrepancy regarding the effect of fish oils on platelet activity.
Melinda Phang at the University of Newcastle has recently demonstrated the existence of gender-specific platelet responses with fish oil supplementation in double-blinded placebo controlled trial of 96 healthy men and women. Significant gender x treatment interactions were observed following 4 weeks supplementation of EPA versus DHA-rich oil supplementation. In males, only EPA effectively reduced platelet aggregation by -18.4% compared to placebo (P=0.005) and the female group (P=0.011). In contrast, in females only DHA reduced platelet aggregation (-18.9%) compared to the placebo (P=0.001) and the males (P=0.017). Accordingly, plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels (fibrinolytic marker) coagulation factor II and V activity were reduced in the males following EPA-rich oil supplementation only while without effects in the female cohort. Interestingly, in females, the retention of DHA levels in plasma following DHA supplementation were over 2 fold greater than that of the males receiving the same DHA supplement. Our findings suggest that significant interactions between gender with EPA and DHA supplementation exist to influence fatty acid uptake and reduce platelet function differentially in males compared to females. With respect to thrombotic disease risk, men are likely to benefit more from supplementation with EPA while women are more responsive to DHA.
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Krill oil plant explosion and fire.
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. regrets to report that in the afternoon of November 8, 2012, an explosion and fire destroyed its production plant located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Three employees were fatally injured. Eighteen other people were transported to the hospital, four of whom were severely injured. More...
PhotoNZ is seeking partners.
Talks are underway involving potential partners of Photonz Corporation as the company is finalizing its process for manufacturing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) by fermentation of micro-algae. More ...
More consolidation in Omega 3
Further consolidation in by corporations of omega 3 companies. On the back of the last newsletter, where we reported that BASF has bought Equateq (UK) and DSM was buying Ocean Nutrition Canada, BASF is now looking at buying Scandinavian fish oils company Pronova BioPharma. More...
BASF is investing in the ex- Equateq plant in the extreme North of Scotland to make products for the now 1.5Bn global market for nutraceutical omega-3. This makes for an interesting competitive battle between DSM and BASF. DSM has just completed its acquisition of Ocean Nutrition and has just announced it has bought Fortitech for $634 M. The purchase of Fortitech, which supplies ingredients for infant nutrition as well as dietary supplements, follows about 1.8 billion Euros in takeovers by DSM to expand in nutrition, including the purchase of baby-food ingredient maker Martek Biosciences. Chief Executive Officer Feike Sijbesma is steering the company away from lower-margin, commodity-based businesses. "The acquisition of Fortitech is the ninth acquisition in the Nutrition cluster since we announced our corporate strategy DSM in motion," Sijbesma said in the statement.
Australia's largest agricultural company has rejects a takeover offer from the US company ADM (Archer Daniels Midland). This is a perfect tie in with the next AAOCS meeting in Newcastle on Fuel v Food. More...
Industry Events
- 104th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, April 28-May 1, 2013 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
- AAOCS "Fats & Oils – the Food vs Fuel dilemma?" Meeting, Nov 6-8, 2013, NOAH'S On the Beach Newcastle.
- International Marine Biotechnology Conference (IMBC), Brisbane, November 11-15, 2013
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RGGI Auction Price Falls, Again
RGGI has announced the results (PDF) of the second quarterly auction of carbon dioxide allowances in 2010. The auction, held Wednesday, June 9th, yielded $80,465,566.78.
40,685,585 CO2 allowances for the first three-year control period (2009-2011) offered in Wednesday's auction sold at a price of $1.88. That's down 9% from the March 10 auction which saw current control period allowances sold at $2.07.
In the June 2009 auction, the average price was $3.23 per allowance.
The recession and the accompanying drop in power demand, has fueled the decline in prices. In addition, the Wall Street Journal reports that the low price of natural gas is affecting auction prices and a lack of support from "federal proposals for a national cap on CO2 emissions, since it likely won't provide a premium for regional allowances that eventually would be folded into a national program."
According to a study released by Environment Northeast, RGGI states stand to lose nearly $3 billion in revenue if the Senate climate bill sponsored by John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman, which would eliminate regional or state cap-and-trade programs in favor of a national program, becomes law.
A total of 2,137,993 CO2 allowances for the second control period (2012-2014) sold at a price of $1.86, the same price as in March.
The next RGGI auction is scheduled for September 8, 2010.
Proceeds from all the RGGI auctions now total more than $662.8 million. Overall, according to a RGGI statement, states are investing roughly 60 percent of the proceeds from RGGI CO2 allowance auctions in energy efficiency.
Across the region, RGGI says funds are also being used to install solar, wind and geothermal energy generation systems in commercial and industrial facilities and to deploy solar energy and hot water systems on homes and businesses.
Still, news came out yesterday that the New Hampshire Legislature took $3.1 million in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative funds to help balance the state budget.
You can learn more about how each state is investing RGGI auction proceeds here.
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America's second largest city began with 11 Spanish families comprising 44 settlers along the banks of the Los Angeles River in 1781. The regular flooding caused the homesteaders' pueblo to be moved to higher ground nearby but the settlement was little more than a ranch until Spanish Colonial rule ended in 1820. As part of a newly independent Mexico the pace of building of streets and adobe shelters picked up but even after a generation of American immigration beginning in 1848 Los Angeles remained a sleepy agricultural town with dirt streets and a population less than 10,000.
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"It's made an impact on me," Craig said. "My theory was, we know people here, and you know what you're doing is going to good use. You're not giving it to some organization and hoping something good happens. I encouraged my sons to get their Eagle Scout projects done early because it gets harder and harder as they get older. If they did it, we'd make it a special experience."
Craig and Melissa hoped to teach their children some important lessons about gratitude and humility along the way.
"There's a two-fold message," Craig explained. "At 13, it's all about them: 'When do I get this or that?' Then they come out here and they realize, 'You know, I'm incredibly blessed.' They also learn to appreciate the value of hard work and see the fruits of their labor. When they see the joy in the kids' eyes, they get to see the service rendered and the value that it adds. At least you hope they get it. That's the theory."
Years after his Eagle project, Truman received a full-time mission call to Ghana, and he will finish up his service soon. "He was bouncing off the walls when he got his call," Craig said.
As with most Eagle projects, there was plenty of planning, hard work and long hours. These four projects began with three suitcases of school supplies that Truman gathered and delivered in 2007.
"We did it with Truman, and it was such a positive experience. Then Bowen wanted to do it," Craig said. "With Stanford, I told him we could go to Peru or other places. He said, 'No, I want to go to Ghana.' Brigham, like his brothers, got all teary-eyed when he said goodbye to the Ghanaian children upon delivering his project. None of my boys wanted to leave. They wanted to stay for another week. It's a unique experience. They see that these Ghanaian children have hardly anything yet they have smiles on their faces. That Xbox game suddenly doesn't mean very much when you see how grateful these children are for books."
Bowen took his turn in 2009, and he took 300 pounds of school supplies in suitcases that included books, posters, and classroom sets of math and reading supplies that were mostly donated by businesses.
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"We got smarter the more we did it," Craig said. "We started low-key with our first son. After that, we had the organizations, like the Forever Young Foundation, and they established needs at the different schools. People are generous. We got bins and bins of school supplies. All donations."
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Taking a different approach, oil chemists at P&G Food Ingredients converted the company's Olean, a zero-calorie liquid oil, into a drop-in zero-trans, low-saturate, low-calorie replacement for full-fat, trans-free and partially hydrogenated vegetable shortenings.
With two-thirds of Americans now considered overweight or obese, consumers are bombarded by messages about the dangers of obesity and the role food plays in this health problem. "While there is growing interest in pursuing healthier lifestyles, it's often difficult to sacrifice the pleasure of baked foods," said Peter Y.T. Lin, PhD, principal scientist, P&G Food Ingredients, Cincinnati, OH. The new shortening creates foods that maintain the taste of their full-fat counterparts with a much lower fat content and calorie count.
The new shortening takes advantage of two breakthroughs in oil chemistry. First, Olean is a proprietary form of olestra, a liquid oil with a fat molecule too large to be digested. Second, Olean shortening uses as its hard fat Trancendim, an oil structuring agent developed by Caravan Ingredients, Lenexa, KS. The shortening contains no trans fats and far fewer saturated fats than other zero-trans bakery shortenings.
"Our bakery customers do not have to make significant recipe changes, saving development time and labor," explained Donald Appleby, marketing manager, P&G Food Ingredients. One such customer, Busken Bakery in Cincinnati, OH, developed its Skinny Cookie with Olean shortening. Launched two years ago, the low-calorie cookie fueled a 36% surge in the bakery's cookie business.
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