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If there is something that can help you get the right look, it has to be accessories – ties, bow ties, scarves, pocket squares, cufflinks, tie pins or flower pins. Accessories can help to get a business look or a more creative look, depending on if it's for example a solid color tie or a pattern bow tie, you'll get two completely different looks.
Some people can be scared of a tie or a bow tie, because they don't know how to tie a tie or a bow tie. We have a guide on how to tie a half-windsor knot or a Windsor knot, and how to tie a bow tie if it's a self-tie bow tie. So there is no excuse in not getting new accessories.
You don't have to wear a tie or a bow tie to get the look you want. It can easily be done with a scarf or a pocket square that will give your outfit more color or gives it a more formal look.
It is almost safe to say that accessories are the most important thing in your outfit, because it can help you get a desired look. With one suit it is possible to get a different look by adding different accessories, depending on the look you want. Colorful and patterned accessories give an outgoing and artsy look, where a solid color accessory fits well to the office or occasions that doesn't require fun and flash.


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Condre Technology has announced the upcoming release of its RoboDisc CD/DVD media creation system. RoboDisc is a network-attached CD-R and DVD-R media burn and print appliance designed to function in an office or production environment in the same manner as a typical network printer. RoboDisc allows users to distribute a variety of data types to customers, clients, office associates, and vendors, and facilitates internal use such as data backup.
The RoboDisc system consists of hardware and software components. The hardware component is a network-attached automated robotic media pick and place system with an embedded 2.8 GHz processor, 128 MB of RAM, 100 Base T Ethernet connection, and a 4800 dpi ink jet media printer. The capacity of the robotic system is 120 discs. The system has a desktop footprint that allows it to be integrated in a front office environment or a back room production facility, according to Condre. The software component is a Java desktop application with a GUI interface. The software supports the creation of CDs and DVDs and supports data, music, and ISO formats.
RoboDisc is scheduled for release on or about September 1, 2005.

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"Food for seniors" project found out what seniors want to eat
01.09.2008 New study of how gut microbes affect on progression of type 1 diabetes
01.10.2007 New technology: Fractionation technology developed by VTT increases diverse uses
02.06.2009 New findings on the anticancer effects of flavonoids
05.06.2008 Doctoral dissertation: Metabolic engineering and metabolite profiling of strawberry
05.12.2008 Doctoral dissertation: The role of water in matrices stabilizing health promoting oils
08.10.2007 Doctoral thesis: The importance of oxygen availability in industrially important plant-ba
09.02.2006 EU researchers developed natural concepts with enzymes to improve food quality
09.04.2009 Doctoral dissertation: Association of tenomodulin gene with obesity and inflammation
10.06.2009 Kaisa Poutanen nominated as Academy Professor
10.10.2008 Doctoral dissertation: Tyrosinase- and laccase-enzymes suitable for modifying food
10.12.2010 Thesis: Intensified maltose and maltotriose uptake accelerates HG-fermentations
10.5.2010 Thesis: Turning biological data into useful knowledge to investigate early disease process
10th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium was held in Rio de Janeiro
11.03.2009 ETHERPATHS: Computer models for predicting dietary effects on health
11.12.2009 Dissertation: DNA-based detection and characterisation of beer-spoilage bacteria
11th International Congress on Food and Engineering
12.1.2010 VTT has drawn up a roadmap for food and nutrition solutions
14.12.2011 Biochemical signature predicts progression to Alzheimer´s disease
14th ESN-industry network meeting in Stavanger, Norway
15.03.2006 The bacteria Pectinatus haikarae has been named after Docent Auli Haikara
15.3.2010 Lactic bacteria fermentation for reducing the need for additives
15th Nordic Workshop in Sensory Science was held in Helsinki
16.12.2008 Metabolic disturbances indicate progress of the disease even years in advance
17.11.2009 Together, VTT and Hosokawa-Alpine AG create more economic fractionation of cereals
17.11.2009 VTT's new method extracts more fibre from oat grains
18.01.2008 Doctoral dissertation: Equipment hygiene and risk assessment measures as tools
18.1.2013 VTT's film surface modification technology goes global in the printed intelligence sector
1st Congress on Food Structure Design: Innovation in food structure properties-relationships
1st ICC India Grains Conference
21.12.2006 Muscle sensitive biomarkers can be used to reveal statin-induced muscle injury
22.01.2009 Nutritech Seminar
22.03.2006 Innovative technology for the production of new pharmaceuticals forms the basis
22.2.2013 ADCELLPACK project advances the use of cellulose-based materials in food packaging
24.3.2010 VTT has developed a fully recyclable coating for food & pharmaceuticals
25.04.2007 VTT developed a software tool for integrating and analysing complex medical data
26.11.2010: Thesis: Effects of oxygen on baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
27.06.2011 VTT examined the first bottle of beer from Åland shipwreck
27.08.2007 Doctoral dissertation: Microbes in the tailoring of barley malt properties
28.10.2011 VTT identified specific bacteria which precede autoimmune diabetes
30.05.2008 Doctoral dissertation: The role of ghrelin in obesity and insulin resistance
31.05.2007 Doctoral dissertation: Organic acids increase microbiological safety
33rd European Brewery Convention Congress
3rd International Conference on Food Digestion: impressions from the event and new presentation
4.6.2010 Thesis: Bioinformatics approaches for the analysis of lipidomics data
5.5.2010 Cooperation shows potential of bioprocessing for improving exploitabiliy of wheat bran
5.5.2010 The European HEALTHGRAIN consortium developed a definition for whole grain
5.5.2010 The HEALTHGRAIN Forum will work for cereal foods and health
7th Protein Summit will be held 18 & 19 September 2014
7th World Congress on Polyphenols Applications: New presentation
8.10.2010 Thesis: Printable conducting polymers make electronics bend
8.11.2011 Ecological light scattering film for brand protection, packages and consumer products
8.2.2011 VTT to study one of world's oldest beers
8.6.2011 Finnish twin study yields new information on how fat cells cope with obesity
A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life
A healthy Nordic diet reduces the risk of coronary heart disease
A new project and seminar on nanoemulsions and encapsulation
AACC annual meeting was held in Albuquerque
Academy Professor Kaisa Poutanen was conferred Honorary Doctor at University of Helsinki
Academy Professor Kaisa Poutanen was conferred Honorary Doctor in Food Sciences at University of Helsinki
Additional value for packages with Hybrid Media
Attempt to reduce health risks and financial losses - New technologies for rapid analysis of mycotoxins to detect contaminated food batches
Authorized list of food enzymes will be set up in EU
Bakery Products Science and Technology book – new edition
Bio-based Packaging: a Green Food Saver
Biochemical signature predicts progression to Alzheimer´s disease
Cereal Fermentation for Future Foods 2012 – Register now!
CHEMBIO FINLAND: New presentations on dietary fibre
Conference on Capabilities of Vegetable Proteins – new presentations
COST meeting on adipose tissue and metabolic syndrome
DIMASAFETY PROJECT: Brand promotion and safety with direct marking
Direct printing of packages demonstrated
DISSERTATION: Association of the tenomodulin gene with obesity- and inflammation-related phenotypes
Dissertation: Composition and structure of barley grain in relation to end uses
DISSERTATION: DNA-based detection and characterisation of strictly anaerobic beer-spoilage bacteria
Dissertation: Sugars, ethanol and tannin from spruce bark and recovered fibre
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: Metabolic engineering and metabolite profiling of strawberry
Doctoral dissertation: Microbes in the tailoring of barley malt properties
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: The role of ghrelin in obesity and insulin resistance
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: The role of water in matrices stabilizing health promoting oils
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION: Tyrosinase- and laccase-enzymes suitable for modifying food structures
DOCTORAL THESIS: Bioprocessing to improve oat bread quality
DOCTORAL THESIS: Detection and characterisation of Fusarium hydrophobins inducing gushing in beer
DOCTORAL THESIS: Discovery of oxidative enzymes for food engineering
DOCTORAL THESIS: Nordic superfood may help prevent cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes
Dolor 1
Dolor 3
'Easy to read' and 'Easy to open' tests were developed to enhance the usability of packages
EATSIGNALS - more realistic picture of consumer experiences using psycho-physiological measurements
EFFoST annual meeting 2012: A Lunch Box for Tomorrow
EFFoST meeting: Process-Structure-Functions Relationships
Elevated plasma fibrinogen can be reduced by replacing fat with canola-type rapeseed oil
ELLU PROJECT: Food structure modification without E-coded hydrocolloids by fermentation
ELVIRA research programme is ending
EU BARLEYboost – Increased utilisation and consumption of barley for better health
EU PROJECT DREAM: annual meeting
European Food, Technology and Nutrition (EFTN) Declaration Meeting
EuroSense 2014 conference: New presentation and posters
Fi Bakery Innovation Conference
FINISHED PROJECT: KEVYTTUOTE - Structure engineering concepts for light products
FINNISH SEMINAR: Berries and Health - New products and markets from research
FINNISH-NORWEGIAN MINI-SEMINAR: Food uses of barley
Food Consumers in St Petersburg – from "Social and Adventurous" to "Traditionalists
Food quality information interests senior consumers
Food solutions news test
ForestTech renewed
FORESTTECH: Your channel to packaging and paper value chains
Functional skin care formulations, food supplements and other added value products from high protein and high oil containing co-streams have been developed in APROPOS project
FUTUPACK NEWS: Messenger Package, Future Food Package and Hybrid Media for Packages
FUTUPACK-CON PROJECT produced information about future food packages
Gluten-free faba bean for bread and pasta
GRAINITY: Workshop in Vilnius
Health benefits of foods - From Emerging Science to Innovative Products
Health effect news test
Health effect news testt
Healthy fractions of oats efficiently recovered – Development of new food applications going on at VTT
How modern is your beer?
INAUGURATION: New team leader in consumer research team at VTT
INAUGURATION: New team leader in Measurements of Human Health team at VTT
Innovating with oats seminar: New presentation
International Conference on Food Oral Processing (FOP): New presentation
International Conference: From Model Foods to Food Models
INTERPACK 2011: VTT presented biobased and intelligent packages
Ipsum 1
Ipsum 2
Jenni Lappi got the young investigator award of EASD
Kaisa Poutanen nominated as Academy Professor
LATEST EVENT: The Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) congress
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Main actors attacking ever increasing problem: mycotoxins in food chain
Metabomeeting 2011 gathered metabolomics experts to Helsinki
NEW ARTICLE about effects of bran bioprocessing on phenolic acids absorption
New article about wheat and rye bread structure, mastication process and bolus properties
NEW ARTICLE AND NEW BOOK CHAPTER: Flavor in processing new oat foods
NEW ARTICLE: "Viking diet" - Health-promoting Nordic diet reduces inflammatory gene activity in adipose tissue
NEW ARTICLE: Active assistance technology aids in self-management of type 2 diabetes
NEW ARTICLE: Analysis of beers from an 1840s' shipwreck
NEW ARTICLE: Bioprocessing releases nutritionally interesting compounds from recalcitrant rye bran structure
NEW ARTICLE: Biscuits with enhanced nutritional qualities were developed
New article: Cell wall disintegration by pectinolytic enzymes facilitated protein release from rapeseed press cake
NEW ARTICLE: Decreasing Moisture Sensitivity of Biobased Food Packaging Materials
NEW ARTICLE: Differences in weekly weight rhythms reflect long term weight changes
NEW ARTICLE: Eating a balanced school lunch is associated to overall healthy eating in children
NEW ARTICLE: Effects of wheat sourdough process on the quality of mixed oat-wheat bread
NEW ARTICLE: Efficient enzyme-aided solubilisation of bran arabinoxylan at low water content
NEW ARTICLE: Efficient enzyme-aided solubilisation of wheat bran arabinoxylan at low water content
NEW ARTICLE: Enrichment of biscuits and juice with oat β-glucan enhances postprandial satiety
NEW ARTICLE: Enzymatic modification and particle size reduction of wheat bran improve properties of bran-enriched expanded extrudates
New article: European consumers' perceptions of time-temperature indicators in food packaging
NEW ARTICLE: Fermentation of vegetables with exopolysaccharide-producing lactic acid bacteria can be used to replace hydroc
NEW ARTICLE: Fermented Wheat Bran as a Functional Ingredient in Baking
NEW ARTICLE: Flavour and stability deviates in different rye fractions
NEW ARTICLE: Gluten network in bread and zein in corn extrudates were imaged using quantum dots
NEW ARTICLE: Habitual dietary intake is associated with stool microbiota composition in monozygotic twins
NEW ARTICLE: High β-glucan and protein fractions from oats using VTT's technology
New article: Human gut microbiota: does diet matter?
New article: Impact of Wheat Aleurone Structure on Metabolic Disorders in Mice
NEW ARTICLE: Improvement of brewery fermentation speed by adaptive evolution of yeast
NEW ARTICLE: In vitro gut fermentation pattern of outer layers of rye, oat and wheat grains
NEW ARTICLE: Influence of particle size reduction on structural and mechanical properties of extruded rye bran
NEW ARTICLE: Interfacial cross-linking of β-casein changes the structure of the adsorbed layer
NEW ARTICLE: Oat β-glucan in beverage applications
NEW ARTICLE: Optical and Raman microscopic techniques give consistent and complementary information on the cereal grain structure
NEW ARTICLE: Perceived flavour and chemical composition of lingonberries can be modified with bioprocessing
New article: Phenolic compounds in wholegrain rye and its fractions
NEW ARTICLE: Pre-hydrolysis with carbohydrases facilitates the release of protein from brewer's spent grain
NEW ARTICLE: Rye bran as fermentation matrix boosts in situ dextran production by Weissella confusa compared to wheat bran
NEW ARTICLE: The combination of air classification and fermentation increases the protein digestibility of faba bean matrices
NEW ARTICLE: The impacts of wheat bran treatment with xylanase at high and low water content
NEW ARTICLE: Use of an extruder for pre-mixing enhances xylanase action on wheat bran at low water content
NEW ARTICLE: Use of enzymes to elucidate the factors contributing to bitterness in rye flavour
NEW ARTICLE: Very low energy diet impacts on the fecal microbiota of obese individuals
NEW ARTICLES about improving stability of bifidobacteria in fruit juice
NEW BACHELOR'S THESIS: Modifying wheat bran for food applications
New bench-scale high consistency bioreactor in biomass refining
NEW BOOK CHAPTER: Addressing the Health Beneficial Aspects of Nutrition
NEW BOOK: "Rye and Health" summarizes the scientific evidence of the health effects of rye
NEW BOOK: Chemistry and Biology of Ellagitannins
NEW BOOK: Fibre-rich and wholegrain foods
New brewing yeast comes in from the cold – industrial potential of the newly discovered yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus is assessed at VTT
NEW CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE resolving connections between immune system and inflammatory diseases
NEW CHAPTER IN A BOOK: Enzymes in meat processing
NEW CHAPTER IN A BOOK: Nanotechnologies in Food Packaging
NEW CHAPTER IN A BOOK: Oat lipids, enzymes and quality
NEW CONSUMER RESEARCH ARTICLES about health-related claims and wholegrain products
NEW COST-ACTION: Food-structure-property for Health, Wellness and Pleasure FA1001
NEW DISSERTATION: Appeal of well-being applications often short-lived
NEW DISSERTATION: Impact of water content on enzymatic modification of wheat bran
NEW DOCTORAL THESIS: Characterization of the human predominant fecal microbiota - With special focus on the Clostridial clusters IV and XIVa
NEW DOCTORAL THESIS: Cross-linking enzymes for designing food properties
NEW DOCTORAL THESIS: Flavonoids in the development of new anti-cancer drugs
NEW DOCTORAL THESIS: Structure modification of milk protein gels by enzymatic cross-linking
NEW DOCTORAL THESIS: Web-based co-design - Social media tools to enhance user-centred design and innovation processes
NEW FINAL REPORT: Hyperfit
New flavours for lager beer – successful generation of hybrid yeasts
New food biotechnology related project starts up at VTT
NEW MASTER'S THESIS about extrusion of rye bran
New Nordic Food conference and Oat Days
NEW POSTER: Application of fluorochromes for assessment of cell viability and damage
NEW POSTER: Crosslinking of beta-casein with T. reesei tyrosinase and S. mobaraense transglutaminase
NEW POSTER: Production of healthy barley ingredients is affected by grain structure and composition
NEW POSTER: Rye fibre in directly expanded cellular solid food foams
NEW POSTER: Sodium caseinates with an altered isoelectric point as emulsifiers in oil/water systems
NEW POSTER: Tyrosinase creates altered gel particles upon acidification of raw milk
NEW POSTER: Tyrosinase-induced crosslinking of milk proteins
NEW PRESENTATION about food structure characterization
NEW PRESENTATION about whole grain products, fish and bilberries in diabetes prevention
NEW PRESENTATION: Intelligent time-temperature indicator (TTI) and consumer
NEW PRESENTATION: International Symposium on Bioactive Compounds in Cereal Grains and Foods
NEW PRESENTATION: Phenolic nutritional phytochemicals as biomarkers of plant food intake?
NEW PRESENTATION: Systems biology in food and nutrition research
NEW PRESENTATION: Why and how should we feed our gut microbiota?
New presentations from the seminar 'Whole Grains for Health'
NEW PRESENTATIONS in Cereals&Europe Conference
NEW PROGRAMMES STARTING AT VTT: Bioeconomy, Health & Wellbeing and Sensing Solutions
New project about the utilization of food industry co-streams: CYCLE
NEW PROJECT to create business based on faba bean processing
NEW PROJECT: A new COST Action is just starting
NEW PROJECT: Appreciate school food
NEW PROJECT: Bioactive compounds from blackcurrant processing waste for brain health
NEW PROJECT: BIOBRAN - Commercialization of superior bran ingredient for nutritional enhancement of foods
NEW PROJECT: Enriched Convenience Seafood Products
NEW PROJECT: EnRichMar - Convenience Food Enriched with Marine based Raw Materials
NEW PROJECT: Innovative and eco-sustainable processing and packaging for safe and high quality organic berry products
NEW PROJECT: IQ-Freshlabel
NEW PROJECT: OatPro-Engineering of oat proteins: Consumer driven sustainable food development process
NEW PROJECT: Research on Nutrition Diagnostics starts
NEW PROJECT: Seaweed Bioactive Ingredients
NEW PROJECT: SENIORI-SAPUSKA (Foods for Seniors)
NEW PROJECT: SusFoFlex - Flexible printed intelligence and materials technologies in food packaging
NEW PROJECT: Zero-waste agri-food biorefinery solutions for well-being
NEW PUBLICATION: Doctoral thesis: The importance of oxygen availability in industrially important
NEW PUBLICATION: Perception of health claims among Nordic consumers
NEW PUBLICATIONS: Colon plays a distinctive role in metabolism of food components
NEW PUBLICATIONS: Maintaing probiotic bacteria viable in food and beverage solutions
NEW REPORT: Acrylamide in potatoes, cereals and coffee
NEW REPORT: Utilisation of co-streams in the Norwegian food processing industry – A multiple case study
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Biobased nanocomposite coating for food packaging materials
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Consumer attitudes towards flavonoids in fruit
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Consumer perceptions of healthy cereal products and production methods
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Distribution of rye phenolics in milling fractions in relation to flavour
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Food sources and intake of polyphenols in Finland
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Food sources and intake of polyphenols in Finland-(2)
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Health claims have an influence on consumer perceptions
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Localization of alkylresorcinols in wheat, rye and barley kernels
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Metabolism of berry anthocyanins to phenolic acids in humans
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Novel polyesterase to hydrolyse cutin and suberin
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Proanthocyanidins in Finnish foods
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: Surface treatment for food packaging materials
NEW RESEARCH RESULTS: The gut microbiota modulates host energy and lipid metabolism
NEW RESULTS: Black currant and bilberry flavonols in enzyme-aided processing
NEW RESULTS: Digestibility and allergenicity assessment of enzymatically cross linked β-casein
NEW RESULTS: Effect of pectinolytic juice production on bilberry and black currant anthocyanins
NEW RESULTS: Elevated mucosal lipids characterize irritable bowel syndrome
NEW RESULTS: Enzyme-assisted processing increases antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of bilberry
NEW RESULTS: Healthier wholemeal wheat bread by sourdough fermentation
NEW RESULTS: Neisseria meningitidis pili binds to berry polyphenolic fractions
NEW RESULTS: Plasma metabolites may mediate effects of rye bread on satiety and weight maintenance
NEW RESULTS: Probiotics modulate the Bifidobacterium microbiota of elderly nursing home residents
NEW REVIEW ARTICLE: Crosslinking Food Proteins for Improved Functionality
NEW REVIEW ARTICLE: Lipidomics in nutrition and food research
NEW REVIEW BOOK: Developments in advanced biocomposites
New review paper: How does wheat grain, bran and aleurone structure impact their nutritional and technological properties?
NEW REVIEW: Effect of high-pressure processing on fruit- and vegetable-based food products
NEW REVIEW: Enzymatic and physical modification of milk fat
NEW SENIOR SCIENTIST in Nutrition and Consumer Behaviour team
New study about bread structure, oral processing and digestibility was presented in Food Structure and Functionality Symposium
NEW TEAM: Nanobiomaterials spiced with biomaterial science
NEW TECHNOLOGY: Fractionation of oats
New ultra-fine milling equipment at VTT's pilot-facility
NEW WEBSITE: Oats and Health
NEW WEBSITE: Rye and Health
NEWS FROM COST 928: Control and exploitation of enzymes for added-value products
News test food solutions ssuoni
Nordic Life Cycle Association Symposium: Global Sustainability Challenges – two presentations
NuGOweek 2012 -symposium in Helsinki with Sysdiet- and EtherPaths project specials
NuGOweek is approaching – act fast!
NUTRITECH SEMINAR on nutrition and health claims
Nutritech seminar: "What is natural food?"
Nutritech-seminar: Future food factory – New technologies for manufacturing processes and food products
Open position at the University of Helsinki: Professor of food processing technology
OWELA connects consumers with companies in innovation
PATHWAY-27 project aims to better understand the impact of bioactive-enriched foods on health
PATHWAY-27 project aims to better understand the impact of bioactive-enriched foods on health-(2)
PCR-DHPLC - a new automated tool for microbial community analysis
PhD work: Engineering of colloidal plant protein particles by enzymatic modification
PhD work: Process-induced structural features of solid cereal foams
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PRESS RELEASE: Metabolic disturbances indicate progress of the disease even years in advance
PRESS RELEASE: New study of how gut microbes affect on progression of type 1 diabetes
Press Releases
Print and eat
Processing of wheat aleurone increases its fermentability and phenolic acid conversion in colon
PROJECT ENDED: BERRYFERMENTATION – New berry products and berry ingredients by microbial fermentations
PUBLIC LECTURE: Brain and Nutrition
Recent events in the field of sensory science
RESEARCH PROJECT: New product safety and communication solutions for food packages
Review: Yeast Flocculation and Sedimentation in Brewing
Roadmap for improving protein self-sufficiency of Finland
SAFEFOOD – VTT is seeking industrial partners for a food safety project
Sensobus visited Finland
Special issue of Food Microbiology - Cereal Fermentation for Future Foods has been published
Success at the 9th European Workshop on Food Engineering and Technology
Success in 8th European Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists Workshop
Success in the 31st Nordic Cereal Congress
Symposium of Enzymes in Grain Processing
Symposium on Delivery of Functionality in Complex Food Systems
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Tervetuloa proteiiniseminaariin VTT:lle 9.9.2013 / Welcome to protein seminar at VTT on 9th September 2013
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The 15th International Celiac Disease Symposium
The 1st EPNOE Junior Scientists Meeting 2015 – new presentation on potential of birch pulp xylan as dietary fibre ingredient and hydrocolloid for dairy application
The 26th IAPRI Symposium on Packaging – last chance to register!
The 3rd FOODSEG Symposium was held in Novi Sad
The 5th International Dietary Fibre Conference in Rome: Several presentations and posters from VTT
The 7th Finnish Gut day
The Academy of Finland announces almost one million euros in funding for VTT projects
The Cereals & Europe Spring meeting
The European Commission approved a list of health claims
The V International Symposium on Sourdough: New presentations and posters
Thesis: Bioinformatics approaches for the analysis of lipidomics data
THESIS: Bioinformatics approaches for the analysis of lipidomics data-(2)
THESIS: Effects of oxygen on baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
THESIS: Enzymatic cross-linking of beta-casein and its impact on digestibility and allergenicity
THESIS: Intensified maltose and maltotriose uptake accelerates high-gravity wort fermentations
THESIS: Printable conducting polymers make electronics bend
THESIS: Turning biological data into useful knowledge to investigate early disease process
Tools for consumers news test
Total Food 2014 conference: Sustainable exploitation of agri-food co-products
Transparent plastic-like film from birch fibril pulp
Two articles published about in vitro digestion models by COST-InfoGest partners
Two international seminars on Food Safety will be organised in Finland in August 2013
TWO NEW ARTICLES dealing with cereal processing in extrusion and lipid stability, data produced in Tekes funded Hybridi-project, were published
TWO NEW ARTICLES reveal previously unknown facts about gastrointestinal fermentation of lignin
TWO NEW ARTICLES: Polyphenol-rich diet – compliance biomarkers and health benefits
Two new papers on wheat bran bioprocessing
Two new review articles on cereal processing have been published
UKU poster successful at NuGOweek 2008
UNESCO Chair World Food Systems award for VTT scientist
UPCOMING EVENT: 5th World Congress on Prevention of Diabetes and its complications
UPCOMING EVENT: Genomes to Systems Conference
UPCOMING EVENT: Metabomeeting 2011
UPCOMING EVENT: Nutrigenomics seminar
UPCOMING EVENT: Seminar on Dietary Fibres in Food
VTT Culture Collection (VTTCC) offers deposit of microorganisms for patent purposes
VTT examined beer from Åland shipwreck: Four bacterial species found alive in antique beer
VTT Forest Sector's Science Evening: from Forest to Food
VTT gave presentations on Lipidomics and Food Processing Technologies in Food-omics conference
VTT goes for sustainable design of protein-rich foods
VTT has developed a fully recyclable coating for food & pharmaceuticals
VTT has drawn up a roadmap for food and nutrition solutions
VTT identified specific bacteria which precede autoimmune diabetes
VTT poster successful at Nordic Rheology Conference
VTT represented at IFT13 Annual Meeting and Expo
VTT revises its strategy for Ambient Assisted Living theme
VTT searches for novel biomarkers and targets for preventing or treating type 2 diabetes
VTT STRENGTHENS COMPETENCE IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: New team has started
VTT technology lends product packaging a voice
VTT's bio-based pouch for nuts won the New Tree competition award
VTT'S HEALTH TECHNOLOGY SPEARHEADS OF 2010: Prevention and treatment of illnesses
VTT'S NEW TEAM IN KUOPIO: Measurement of Human Health
VTT's research was in key role in reproducing 170 year old beer
VTT's vision of life in the era of a bioeconomy in Finland in 2044
VTT'S NEW BROCHURES ON VIEW AT FiE 2009: Next generation food solutions
WATCH VTT WEBINAR: Microbes - The New Designers of Food Structure and Taste
Welcome to visit VTT stand in Fi Europe
Wellness Diary and Care4Me project: Good experiences with health monitoring via mobile phone
WINNER POSTER in esEGP5: Enzymatic flavour design of rye
News - Food Solutions
Grind, fractionate and brew at VTT - pilot infrastructure and expertise to assist your company in R&D
7th International Symposium on Food Rheology and Structure – NEW PRESENTATION
Gluten-free faba bean pasta shows comparable textural and nutritional characteristics to semolina pasta
NEW ARTICLE characterizes and modifies the dispersion properties of turnip rapeseed protein concentrate
NEW ARTICLES on wheat bran protein bioavailability
NEW MASTER'S THESIS studies the effects of bioprocessing on nutritional and textural value of faba bean flour
New presentation about oats products and consumption in the Nordic Countries
New presentation on using more from grains for development of healthy snacks of high eating quality
NEW REVIEW ARTICLE: factors behind the flavour profile of wholegrain cereals and tools to improve it
NEW SENIOR SCIENTIST in Food Solutions team
Nutritech seminar - new ingredients
PATHWAY-27 project in midterm: bioactive-enriched foods developed to prevent metabolic syndrome
Sahti – an old, home-brewed Finnish beer characterized for the first time
Scientists developed protein and skin care products from fish filleting and rapeseed oil pressing residues
The 32nd Nordic Cereal Congress - NEW PRESENTATIONS
The 6th Dietary Fibre conference: NEW POSTER AND PRESENTATIONS
Why do humans respond differently to plant food bioactive compounds?
News - Future Food Factory
Towards Circular Bio-economy: NoRest conference in Copenhagen 25th-26th October
2nd Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Fruit and Vegetable Processing was held in Avignon
Mika Sipponen has joined the Food solutions team
NEW ARTICLE on biopolymer film preparation using potato peeling costreams as raw materials
NEW ARTICLE on factors affecting protein recovery from rapeseed press cake
NEW BLOG POST: Bio-packaging of food – How does it contribute to saving the world?
NEW PROJECT for Fusarium toxin control in the cereal production chain
NEW PROJECT: MOBILE FLIP for mobile processes for the treatment of underexploited biomass
NEW PROJECT: Protein Mining of Cereal side-streams Exploring Novel Technological Concepts
The first truly hand-held device for grain protein measurement
VTT is developing customised snacks through 3D food printing
VTT sensor detects spoilage of food
VTT webinar on May 27th: Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) – a big hype or on the edge of a breakthrough?
WELCOME to submit abstracts to BIOPROT project symposium held on April 2016
News - Health and Wellbeing
Food structure and mastication in spotlight – implications to satiety and digestibility
Scientists and industry representatives gathered to discuss topical issues in cereal science - download presentations
11th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium in Gothenburg – NEW POSTERS
NEW ARTICLE: Bilberries possess potential to increase and versify dietary fibre intake
New dissertation about impact of lignin on microbial metabolism in colon
NEW PROJECT: Mass catering choice environment to support wellbeing
NEW REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS on whole grain intake and type 2 diabetes
Vital Selfie project aims to enhance consumers' feeling of vitality via eating and food solutions
VTT test can smell ketosis
WEBINAR 26 October: Towards a vitality index? Predicting healthiness in food design
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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi today successfully tested a new system to provide emergency notifications to personnel who are involved in managing institutional reaction and response in crisis situations. Over 100 individuals throughout the UH system received test phone calls and email messages automatically sent to their contact information.
The test was conducted using the NTI Connect-ED system, which was chosen by the university through a competitive solicitation late last year. Several private schools in Honolulu also use the same product.
The April 30 test involved only emergency coordinators and administrators identified by the UH system or campuses as part of the institutional crisis response teams. UH has long had a sophisticated email distribution capability for all its students and faculty. Connect-ED adds automated distribution of notices by phone and multiple email address capability.
"No single approach can address all kinds of emergencies, so we need to incorporate a variety of strategies and technologies," said David Lassner, UH Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer.
UH officials began considering alternative notification systems after a number of recent events highlighted the need for improvements in emergency communications. Last October's earthquake resulted in major power outages impacting many Hawaiʻi providers of email and mobile phone service, as well as the ability of many people to make calls with their fixed line phones.
While the current agreement for use of NTI Connect-ED focuses on communication among crisis management teams, UH also plans to adopt one of the many approaches to providing text messages directly to any of the 60,000 students, faculty and staff who can accept emergency notices on their mobile phones. In addition, UH is looking into less high-tech notification systems such as warning sirens and PA systems.


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By Ben Kaplan, National Post
PenTales began as a series of 20 stories written in 20 notebooks in Brooklyn, New York, that later travelled – one writer at a time – all over the world. "What interested us was that it wasn't just a text message or an email, but it was a physical object that had value in itself," says Saskia Miller, the 28-year-old writer and organizer who co-created the idea. "We were looking for a way to connect people and also encourage writers and artist to make an actual physical connection with one another – especially now, considering how we've all come to rely so much on technology."
The first stories were written last September and they've spread, with each writer adding another two pages to the previous story, from locations in Brooklyn to contributors in Israel, Berlin, London, South Africa, Canada and Spain. (After each writer, illustrator or painter is done, it's up to them where the notebook goes next). Writers thus far have included reporters at both
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Next month, Canada also becomes part of the PenTales global community.
On April 20th at the Free Times Café in Toronto, storytellers of all age and discipline will have a chance to come together to not only share their work, but to engage in storytelling games. (Which is actually cooler than it sounds and involves a roomful of people trading stories, spontaneous artwork and whatever else inspires them at the time). Built around a particular theme – and next month's theme is Crime & Punishment – the evenings are based upon the idea that everyone is a participant, and that nothing anyone makes can be wrong.
"It's not just a reading or performance, it's an interactive community event," Miller says. "It's really an opportunity to bring creative people together in a fun way and also to keep actual face-to-face storytelling alive."
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The National Post is behind PenTales Toronto and hopes to inspire you to get involved. Send 100 words about Crime & Punishment to firstname.lastname@example.com, and see your story published both at pentales.com and right here on the Afterword.
Photo: PenTales organizers Saskia Miller and Stephanie Ursula Hodges at the group's Love and Heartbreak event in New York. (Pentales)


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ELLICOTT CITY, MD -- A Planet Fitness franchisee has filed a lawsuit against Planet Fitness, Dover, NH, and Brick Bodies, Cockeysville, MD, for violations of the Maryland Franchise Registration and Disclosure Law and the Maryland Antitrust Act. Other alleged violations in the 12-count complaint include fraud and civil conspiracy.
The suit was filed March 16 in the Circuit Court for Howard County, MD, by Diana Dutt and her husband, Hans Dutt. The Dutts are seeking at least $10 million in damages.
John Craig, Planet Fitness brand development director, and Josh Gerber, Brick Bodies marketing director, both say that the case has no merit and that they are confident the courts will side with their respective companies. Neither company provided any further comment on the lawsuit.
Planet Fitness filed a motion and a petition on April 13 in United States District Court in Boston to compel arbitration of the claims against it in the March 16 suit, in accordance with the terms in its franchise agreements with the Dutts, who had originally filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association on Oct. 31, 2008.
In 2006, Diana Dutt—Diana Hamilton at the time—became the first woman to open a Planet Fitness franchise and the first Planet Fitness franchisee in the state of Maryland. She currently operates two Planet Fitness clubs, one in Lutherville, MD, and one in Ellicott City, MD. The Lutherville club was converted from a Quest Fitness club that Dutt purchased in 2001.
Victor and Lynne Brick, owners of Brick Bodies, purchased a Planet Fitness development deal in late 2007 for $850,000, the largest Planet Fitness rights deal at the time. The agreement required the Bricks to open 34 Planet Fitness clubs in the span of 10 years.
The complaint claims that Planet Fitness did not disclose to Dutt in its uniform franchise offering circular (UFOC) that Planet Fitness had area development agreements (ADAs) in exclusive territories with franchisees in other states and could enter into ADAs in Maryland. An ADA with another franchisee in Maryland would block Dutt's ability to open new clubs or move her existing clubs because of the franchise agreement's non-compete clause, according to the complaint. Also, when Dutt opened her second franchise in Ellicott City, the franchise agreement violated Maryland Franchise Law by not including a passage stating that Dutt has the right to sue Planet Fitness, according to the complaint.
"The Maryland Franchise Law was created to protect franchisees like my clients from the type of behavior that we contend Planet Fitness engaged in," says David Ross, attorney for the Dutts. "Planet Fitness, who agreed to do business [in Maryland] in conformity with the Maryland Franchise Law is now trying to worm away from that obligation."
Prior to the Bricks' agreement with Planet Fitness, the Dutts pursued opening two more clubs, one in Reisterstown, MD, and one in White Marsh, MD. According to the complaint, Diana Dutt sought out Victor Brick, a competitor since she opened Quest Fitness, and asked Brick to become a minority partner. Because they were competitors, the Dutts and the Bricks entered into a confidentiality agreement that prohibited the use of trade secrets gained through their meetings, according to the complaint.
The Dutts and the Bricks traveled to Dover, NH, and met with Planet Fitness executives, including CEO Mike Grondahl, in September 2007 to discuss the Bricks' involvement in future Planet Fitness clubs. The ADA that was produced from the meeting called for the Dutts and the Bricks to open 27 clubs over a 10-year period in most of Maryland and part of Delaware, according to the complaint. Planet Fitness, a low-priced club model, agreed that Brick Bodies, a mid-priced model, would be permitted to retain its brand.
However, two months later, Planet Fitness announced its ADA deal with the Bricks that excluded the Dutts. The ADA with the Bricks included the 10 most populous counties in Maryland, including the counties that the Dutts helped to select, price and negotiate in September 2007, according to the complaint. The Dutts claim this ADA would never have come to fruition without their assistance.
As a result, according to the complaint, the Dutts are precluded from opening additional Planet Fitness clubs while the Bricks not only can keep their original chain of seven competing Brick Bodies clubs, but they can also expand without limitation and own up to 34 Planet Fitness clubs."Brick Bodies has an interest in keeping low-priced competitors away from Brick Bodies," Ross says. "What we're claiming is that Mr. Brick's goal wasn't necessarily to change the Planet Fitness model. We believe his interest in Planet Fitness was really as a means to an end to keep competitors like Diana Dutt away from his Brick Bodies and Lynne Brick gyms. That way, he can continue charging what he was charging and not have a low-priced competitor right next door. There are laws prohibiting the type of conduct that we contend they engaged in."


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MANHATTAN, Kan. - Brock Jensen backed into the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown with 28 seconds left, and North Dakota State upset defending Big 12 champion Kansas State 24-21 Friday night.
The senior quarterback led the Bison on an 18-play, 80-yard march that ate up 8� minutes, helping them convert four third downs along the way, and left the Wildcats with virtually no time left to set up a tying field-goal try.
Jensen threw for 165 yards and two touchdowns for Bison, the two-time defending FCS national champions who have beaten Colorado State, Minnesota and Kansas in the last three years.
Jake Waters threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats, who built a 21-7 lead by the third quarter before everything fell apart. Waters was picked off twice, including a desperation heave after the Bison had taken the lead to wrap up the biggest win in North Dakota State history.
When the final gun sounded, the Bison raced to midfield to celebrate, and then headed to the corner of the end zone that was painted yellow by their fans - a strong contingent in the crowd of 53,351, the second-largest ever to see a game at Kansas State.
Sam Ojuri had 10 carries for 127 yards, and John Crockett also ran for 50 yards for the Bison. Ryan Smith caught eight passes for 72 yards and a touchdown.
It was a glum way for the Wildcats to wrap up a festive day on campus.
The school dedicated a $90 million renovation to the west side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium in a ceremony attended by Gov. Sam Brownback and Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran. Along with a ribbon-cutting, the school also unveiled an 8-foot bronze statue of its beloved coach.
Snyder even made the rare decision to leave his team on game day for a few hours to attend the ceremony, but joked that if the Wildcats stumbled "it's all going to be on my shoulders."
Then again, perhaps the 73-year-old Snyder wasn't joking at all.
Kansas State struggled early on with Waters under center, punting on its first two possessions and then failing to pick up a first down on fourth-and-3 from the North Dakota State 26. The offense simply couldn't find a rhythm the way it seemed to under Heisman Trophy finalist Collin Klein.
The Bison took advantage of the lull - and a 49-yard punt return by Christian Dudzik - to take a 7-0 lead on Jensen's 5-yard pass to Smith late in the first quarter.
The Wildcats finally got on the board when Waters completed four straight passes, capped by a 45-yard touchdown toss to Thompson early in the second quarter. But both teams squandered chances to seize a halftime lead - Waters was picked off deep in his own territory, only for the Kevin Vaadeland to drop a TD catch and Adam Keller to clang a field-goal attempt off the left upright.
Kansas State threatened to break the game open in the third quarter.
Waters followed a couple short completions with a 56-yard touchdown pass to Lockett, who had run right past Williams to get open. On the ensuing series, backup QB Daniel Sams made his season debut on third-and-3 at the Bison 17 and ran almost untouched for a touchdown that made it 21-7.
North Dakota State was on the ropes when Jensen engineered a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that he capped with a 9-yard pass to Vaadeland. The Bison twice converted short third downs.
Keller atoned for his miss by hitting from 41 yards to make it 21-17 after three quarters.
The Wildcats were still clinging to that lead when North Dakota State got the ball back in the fourth quarter. Jensen methodically led the Bison downfield, picking up a first down at every key juncture, and then used his legs to carry them into the end zone for the go-ahead score.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck learned some tough lessons as an NFL rookie.
Now he's using that knowledge to his advantage.
Rather than spend the offseason finishing classes, Luck broke down last season's tapes and figured out what to improve. The Colts' franchise quarterback used those hours of study to become more efficient on the field and develop a more seasoned perspective about playoff football.
"Having that experience is always helpful," Luck said when asked what's different between this week's postseason preparation and last year's. "I feel more comfortable this year as a football player in this league because of that experience."
There's no doubt the 24-year-old wonder kid has grown up in two NFL seasons.
After hearing many experts tab him as the most polished college quarterback since Peyton Manning and the best Stanford prospect since John Elway, he stepped into the most challenging circumstance imaginable — replacing Manning.
Luck has made it look easy.
Even with the constant comparisons to Manning, Luck managed to break NFL rookie records for yards passing (4,374), attempts (627), 300-yard games (six) and tied the league's single-season mark with seven game-deciding drives in the fourth quarter or overtime. He engineered a nine-win improvement, from 2-14 to 11-5, tied for the third-greatest turnaround in league history.
Most importantly, he took the Colts to the playoffs — something even Manning didn't do until his second season in Indy.
This year, with a new but familiar offensive coordinator in Pep Hamilton, Luck improved.
Despite throwing almost 60 fewer passes (570), Luck still had 3,822 yards and matched last season's TD total (23). He completed 60.2 percent of his throws, compared with 54.1 percent in 2012, cut the interceptions in half (nine) and increased his quarterback rating from 76.5 to 87.0. He matched Indy's 11-win total against a tougher schedule and won his first division title, setting up Saturday's playoff game against Kansas City (11-5).
A lot has changed in a year.
Indy (11-5) has emphasized the rushing attack and shorter passes more this season than last. Teammates believe Luck has changed, too.
"I think he is just getting even more comfortable with his role. The thing that is fun is he doesn't make those 'rookie' or first or second-year mistakes," said kicker Adam Vinatieri, who has played with Drew Bledsoe, Tom Brady and Manning. "He knows if it's not there, throw it away and let's do this. I guess what I'm saying is he manages the game very well and gives us an opportunity to win."
The Chiefs found out just how good Luck has become in Week 16.
In that game, Luck was 26 of 37 for 241 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions while directing an attack that kept the Chiefs' offense on the sideline for nearly 39 minutes.
"He's got that unique combination of size and speed and athletic ability," Kansas City coach Andy Reid said when asked if the Chiefs have to pressure Luck in a different way than other quarterbacks. "He can throw the football on top of that. You've got to handle that a certain way."
Luck has been making opponents pay for those mistakes at a historic pace.
Since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, Russell Wilson is the only quarterback to win more games (24) in his first two NFL seasons than Luck or Ben Roethlisberger (22). Luck is poised to become the 10th player since 1950 to start a playoff game in each of his first two NFL seasons. The list includes Otto Graham, Dan Marino, Roethlisberger and Joe Flacco. Seattle's Wilson will become No. 11 next weekend.
If Luck beats the Chiefs for the second time in three weeks, he will celebrate his first playoff victory four seasons before Manning accomplished the feat. And playoff win No. 1 for Luck would come after the Colts lost two starting running backs, a starting tight end, a starting offensive lineman and Pro Bowl receiver Reggie Wayne to season-ending injuries.
Inside team headquarters, it's no surprise. During the offseason, Hamilton and quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen broke down every snap Luck took as a rookie, looking at the good, the bad and the ugly.
All that offseason work has helped Luck evolve on the field.
"I think he's gotten to the point to where he better understands and he can trust that his check-down is going to be at a certain spot or after two hitches it's time to pull the ball down and try and run and get what you can and get down and or get out of bounds," said Hamilton, who coached Luck at Stanford before joining Indy.
Teammates are impressed with what they've seen, too.
"He knows how to approach the game and how to manage the game and how to win games. He's the guy, his shoulders have definitely gotten a lot more broader and being able to support the team," Pro Bowl linebacker Robert Mathis said. "He's been very clutch for us this year."
The Colts are going to need more of the same from Luck to advance in the postseason. At least this time he has a much better idea of how to handle all the things that come with playoff football.
"The sort of 'one-and-done, win-or-go-home,' I think that's special," Luck said. "It's what makes the NFL playoffs, any playoffs, awesome."
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Unemployment stays below 5 percent in Iowa
A new unemployment report for December shows unemployment in Iowa was unchanged from the month before.
The rate stayed at 4.9 percent, Iowa Workforce Development reported. The national unemployment rate was 7.8 percent.
"The modest pace of job growth in 2012 managed to drop the state's unemployment rate below 5.0 percent in the final months of the year," said Teresa Wahlert, director of Iowa Workforce Development. "The December data also reflected a stronger hiring pattern in construction, which was reflected in both monthly and annual job gains."
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Total nonfarm employment added a slight 300 jobs in December, bringing the total to 1,494,200. The monthly gain in the goods-producing industries was fueled by hiring in the construction sector, while losses in retail trade hampered private service growth this month.
Construction added 1,400 jobs in December, the most of any sector. The increase was partially due to growth in specialty trade contractors. Additionally, this sector added jobs in three of the last four months, and is now up 4,400 jobs since September.
Both professional and business services and leisure and hospitality added 800 jobs this month. Education and health services advanced by 500 jobs with most of the gain centered in educational services.
On the other hand, trade and transportation declined by 1,400 jobs this month. Within this super sector, retail and wholesale trade posted losses of 1,700 and 900, respectively; while transportation grew by 1,200. Government decreased by 900 jobs, and manufacturing lost 600 jobs following two months of larger-than-expected gains.
The December nonfarm employment total was 14,400 higher than one year ago. Despite the monthly loss, manufacturing was up 7,100 jobs over the year, surpassing all other sectors in annual growth. Durable goods factories added 4,600 jobs, while nondurable goods plants contributed 2,500 jobs.
Construction grew by 3,400 jobs, and financial activities was up 2,300. Job losses were confined to three sectors: retail trade (-3,100), transportation and warehousing (-1,500), and state government (-1,200).


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2004 News Releases > April 2004 > Betty Donaldson named new VP
Betty Donaldson named new VP
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University named alum Betty Donaldson as the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement for the Wayland system. Donaldson will begin her duties April 15 on the Plainview campus.
A 1969 WBU graduate and a native of Wellington, Donaldson played for the Flying Queens on an athletic scholarship. She also earned a master's degree in education administration from Wayland in 1989.
Donaldson comes to the Wayland position from a role as vice president of Learning Bridges Educational Company, based in Arizona. She has many years of experience in public education, having served also as associate superintendent for administrative services in the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Unified School District and in the Allen (Texas) Independent School District and as assistant superintendent for administrative services for the Frenship (Texas) Independent School District.
Donaldson began her career in education as an assistant basketball coach and physical education teacher at Frenship High School, eventually serving as assistant high school principal and principal at Frenship Intermediate School before moving into district administration.
While in administration at Frenship, Donaldson led an effort to gain a grant from the Texas Education Agency that resulted in more than $1 million for the district, used exclusively to serve at-risk students in the district.
During her tenure in various school districts, Donaldson's schools earned Exemplary and Mentor School designations and she earned Mentor Principal and Educator of the Year honors as well. She received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Wayland at homecoming in 2003.
In her role as VP for advancement at Wayland, Donaldson will oversee the development/fundraising of the university as well as the alumni services and communications/public relations offices.
"We are thrilled to have Betty Donaldson as the newest member of our President's Cabinet," said WBU President Dr. Paul Armes. "Her experience in public school administration, her knowledge of philanthropic dynamics and her history as an alumnus and a member of the Flying Queens basketball team will serve her well in her new responsibilities. We believe she will do an excellent job as Vice President of Institutional Advancement."
Donaldson and her husband Larry, also a 1969 Wayland graduate, have two sons and daughters-in-law - Joe and Kristi Donaldson and Jay and Whitney Donaldson - and two grandchildren, Jolie and Larry Joe Donaldson.


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Helping neighbors pump out a 'sickening stew'
The surge of Long Island Sound water caused by a high tide and the muscular winds of Hurricane Sandy poured into low-lying areas all along coastal Connecticut, flooding the South End of Bridgeport and places like Seaside Village, a cluster of red brick houses.
On South End streets, water was deep enough to lift cars and float them into new locations before the water receded.
In the churn of the storm, all that salt water --mixed with backed-up sewage and anything else it could pick up -- created a noxious, sickening stew.
"I know from working in construction that people can get sick from that stuff," said Eugene Williams, 45, of Bridgeport, when interviewed during the storm.
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Media mogul Silvio Berlusconi on Sunday promised Italians that if they vote him back into office, he will abolish an unpopular tax on primary residences and refund property taxes Premier Mario Monti's government made them pay in 2012 as a key austerity measure to rescue the country from the eurozone debt crisis.
Berlusconi abolished the tax in 2008, when he was elected for a third term as premier, to fulfill a campaign promise. But the tax was immediately revived when Monti, an economist and former European Union commissioner, replaced him in 2011 as Italy sunk deeper into the debt crisis.
Berlusconi is a 76-year-old populist trying for a political comeback despite a recent criminal conviction for tax fraud and other judicial woes, including a trial in which he is charged with paying for sex with an underage teenage girl. He claims he is the innocent victim of prosecutors he contends sympathize with the left.
He told a gathering of applauding supporters in Milan that the property tax so spooked Italians that they cut back on buying consumer goods, and quit investing, aggravating the economic crisis in recession-mired Italy.
"This tax caused Italian families worry, anxiety, fear of the future," Berlusconi said, contending that tax so depressed the real estate market that 360,000 people become unemployed, including bricklayers, artisans, locksmiths and electricians.
He insisted the revenue lost by reimbursing homeowners the (EURO)4 billion ($5.4 billion) they paid in property taxes could be compensated by eliminating state financing for political parties, raising taxes on non-essential goods like cigarettes and lottery tickets, and taxing Italians' financial instruments' income in Switzerland.
Cost-cutting measures to compensate the lost revenue would also include halving the number of legislators, a proposed reform that has gone nowhere including during Berlusconi's tenure in the premier's office.
The populist's center-right forces trail a center-left coalition in opinion polls before Feb. 24-25 elections. Monti, heading a centrist ticket, trails even farther back, but his forces could prove to hold the key to forming a coalition since no one ticket is expected to get enough seats in Parliament to govern alone.
Berlusconi didn't mention that his Freedom People legislators in Parliament approved nearly all of Monti's austerity measures, including the same property tax he is now vowing to eliminate at his first Cabinet meeting should he be victorious at the ballot box.
With the economy stagnant, unemployment rising and Italians growing weary of sacrifices imposed by the government, Berlusconi withdrew his party's support for Monti late last year, forcing elections to be called about two months ahead of time.
Monti sarcastically commented on Berlusconi's promise to reimburse property owners for the tax paid last year. "He's magnificent," Monti told reporters. "Berlusconi governed for so many years and maintained none, any of his promises," including one to reduce income taxes.
"What's more, he created many problems, so much so that he had to leave" office, Monti added. While Berlusconi is trying to be elected premier for the fourth time, "Italians have good memories, I believe," Monti said.
Berlusconi has been coy on whether he would be premier again should his forces should win the election. On Sunday, he added a new twist, saying he would be economy minister, joking that he would hold that post if his top aide "would let him."
Front-runner Pier Luigi Bersani has seen a slight drop in support in the polls for his center-left campaign coalition, possibly because of fallout from a widening scandal involving an Italian bank whose board included some backers from his Democratic Left Party. Running third in some polls and ahead of Monti is a comic and political agitator, Beppe Grillo.
The same polls have found that roughly a third of eligible voters saying they are either undecided or won't vote.


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Finally, summer is here. With the sun less of a stranger and the temperature rising (Sacramento is predicted to hit 100 this weekend!), it's high time to think about keeping those indoor temperatures well below the outside scorch. And we all want to do so as efficiently as possible. Even those living in the more temperate microclimates around the Bay Area will want to think about how to efficiently regulate temperatures as we enter the summer season. So we contacted Lacey Lutes, an efficiency expert with the City of Palo Alto Utilities, to ask for tips on how to keep those Eichlers cool with the least amount of energy outlay.
Cover those gigantic windows: The glass-paned walls of many Eichlers mean the sun has ample opportunity to heat the air inside the house all day. A good window covering, such as those outlined in our previous article on the topic, can go a long way toward fighting that. "Drapes are the easiest thing, the most non-invasive, that anybody could do in their house," Lutes says. "During the summer you have the curtains closed ruing the day and then open at night with the windows open."
Beyond window coverings, a few strategically placed trees, especially on the south side of the property, can provide enough shade to make a dramatic difference in temperature.
Make your windows more efficient: The windows themselves can help repel the sun's heat and retain the home's coolness. Double-paned windows give the glass itself a higher insulation level, while window UV-repelling window films can help reflect much of the sun's energy. "Some window films can reduce the amount of heat coming through the glass by 50 to 70 percent, affecting the need for HVAC," our own Tajna Kern wrote in her previous coverage of the topic.
Install as much insulation as you can: Many people reroof their homes at this time of year, and Lutes says that's the time to invest in as much insulation as can fit. "At that time, installing the maximum possible foam board insulation is the best thing you can ever do," she says. You want an insulation level of R19, which will help maximize the temperature-regulating properties of those flat, attic-free roofs.
"A lot of roofing companies will try and upsell the insulation and the resident will be like, oh, you're just trying to upsell me, I don't need that. But in fact you do get a huge bang for your buck to add as much as can possibly fit."
Get green with your air conditioning. "Any time they're doing any boiler or HVAC upgrades, always make sure the energy efficiency percentage is as high as possible," Lutes says. For air conditioners, this means a Consortium of Energy Efficiency rating of tier II or higher, which is the equivalent of an SEER rating of 15 or higher. All of these are basically comparable to the Energy Star rating, just specific to HVAC.
But we all know shopping for air conditioners in an Eichler rarely means going to the store and buying one. Because of the large windows and unique construction, window units aren't ideal, and whole-house cooling systems are the way to go. Check out our rundown on Eichler-friendly HVAC systems, and contact an expert such as Downing Heating and Air Conditioning or Los Gatos Aire for more information.
Don't let your swimming pool drain you dry: It's pool season, and that pump may be costing you a lot of electricity, especially if it's older. So you want to get a variable speed pump with a timer. "Old school pool pumps run and pump the water 24 hours a day 7 days a week," Lutes says. "When you put in a variable speed, it means it's going to be pumping more slowly and be more efficient. I've seen literally a 75 percent difference in electric bill when people switch out their pumps."


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DES MOINES - Gov. Terry Branstad is helping out some Iowa students whose White House tour was canceled due to automatic budget cuts.
Branstad on Thursday announced students from St. Paul's Lutheran School in Waverly will visit the State Capitol and the governor's mansion, Terrace Hill. Branstad will give them the tours of the mansion and his offices Thursday.
The sixth-graders' White House visit was canceled when tours were suspended under across-the-board government spending cuts in a partisan budget battle.
The students posted a video on Facebook asking for the tour to be reinstated. But they could not go on a tour when they were in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.


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Teachers union reverses stance on tying learning gains to evaluations
Tennessee's largest teachers union has turned against the policy of including student learning gains in the evaluation of teachers, a flip that shows its growing discomfort with a major Race to the Top reform.
When Tennessee applied for $501 million in federal Race to the Top funds in 2010, a critical part in landing the coveted grant was that competing stakeholders reach accord on major education policy overhauls. That especially meant the Tennessee Education Association, which agreed to sign on to a new teacher evaluation system that based 35 percent of scores on academic growth of students.
Now, TEA leaders have publicly denounced that system's reliance on what is known as the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, which uses a complex formula to track student gains and dips against predicted performance. Tennessee had collected value-added data for years, but its First to the Top law finally tied the numbers to policies.
"We do not contend students' results are inappropriate for use in an evaluation," TEA President Gera Summerford said. "Our position is that value-added results are too volatile and too imprecise for such important decisions."
Her remarks came before the Tennessee Board of Education last week as the board moved away from a policy that would let value-added data alone be the driver in teacher licensure to one still based on annual evaluations.
At that meeting, Tennessee Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman, a proponent of the state's 3-year-old evaluation system, appeared frustrated on hearing the new position. He pointed to a "national conversation" over unions backtracking on Race to the Top pledges made when federal dollars were on the table.
"Now that we're in the implementation stage — an implementation stage that by the way has seen Tennessee get the largest gains in student achievement in the country — it's really disappointing to now say that what we said then we shouldn't have done," he said.Teacher evaluations give every teacher in Tennessee a 1-5 score. Half is based on in-class observations, the other half on quantitative metrics.
Summerford applauded annual teacher evaluations as a positive that grew from Race to the Top. But she said TEA then didn't have the research on value-added and personal stories of its impact on teachers. TEA officials showed the state board the value-added scores of a well-regarded teacher in West Tennessee that fluctuated from exceptional to poor from one year to the next.
TEA has charged that agreements during Gov. Phil Bredesen's tenure were not honored in Gov. Bill Haslam's administration. Instead, the teachers union has habitually clashed with Haslam as his administration won pushes to end the union's collective bargaining ability, overhaul tenure policies and allow districts to grant bonuses on learning gains.
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It took the magic of the "Harry Potter" films to transform Emma Watson from a schoolgirl into an actress ready for the next big challenge.
The Room of Requirement provides this preamble: there are some soft SPOILERS AHEAD, so unless you have a Time Turner handy, you might want to come back after you've seen "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" for Watson's exit interview as she moves on from Hogwarts.
"In a way this one was incredibly challenging for me," says Watson of her final turn as the well-studied witch Hermione Granger, a role she's filled since she was nine years old. "It really pushed me as an actress, but at the same time I was able to use a lot of my own genuine emotion that I felt about loss and all of it coming to an end. I was able to bring how I was feeling to the role."
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Watson's emotions came to a specific head during a climactic scene she shared with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, she says. "The scene where we stand on the bridge off to battle and before we flash forward, I remember just really feeling exactly how I guess Hermione would be feeling – just sort of like, 'Wow. It's all coming to an end. Look at all we've achieved,'" she reveals. "The set was actually built looking out over Leavesden Studios, which is where I grew up, essentially – I spent the last 12 years there. So yeah, not much acting required, really! It was all just sort of right all there for me."
The 21-year-old actress says the final two adaptations of J.K. Rowling's spellbinding saga were the films that solidified her intent to remain an actress, even as she pursues a degree studying at Brown and Oxford. "The last two really stand apart from all the rest," says Watson. "The quality is amazing, and the role and the depth – I guess how much darker they get really gave me a chance to stretch myself as an actress and really feel like I was an actress and like I was acting. The first however-many years, I didn't actually feel as though I was doing much acting at all. So, yeah, it's nice – I feel like I can say that I'm an actress and really believe in that."
"I went from being a nine-year-old school girl to a girl having a job, and I've learned how to be an actress and how films are made," she says. "I've always had a strong sense of who I am, I guess, but it's nice coming through this feeling like I still managed to maintain my own sense of identity away from something that potentially could've been overwhelming. So I guess that I'm glad that I have that. I was quite a stubborn young girl, I guess."
Though she emerged from the experience with a strong sense of self, Watson says she shares several traits in common with Hermione, including "an earnestness, an eagerness to please and do the right thing – I'm terrified of ever getting into trouble. I'm very heady in the same way that she is, kind of constantly thinking three or four moves ahead. I try and intellectualize a lot, which she does as well, obviously. She's very determined. I am as well. I like to think that I'm a bit of a feminist in the same way as she is, and I will speak my mind in the same way that she does. It's hard to say, really – I feel so much of me went into her and so much of her went into me that I can't really differentiate too much anymore."
Now she starts at the threshold of a career beyond the phenomenal franchise, Watson finds herself uniquely energized. "Change is always scary, but I feel like I'm entering a new chapter and getting a fresh start," she says. "There's something really exciting about that."
And she found a harmonious parallel between entering her post-Potter phase and the final scene she shot as Hermione. "The last shot we did was kind of a strange moment where we dive into the fireplace in the Ministry of Magic – It's actually in part one, not part two," she reveals. "And so Dan, Rupert and I sort of one-by-one jumped onto these blue safety mats, basically. That was the shot, that was it, and it seemed kind of like a strange one to go out on, but actually [dirtector] David Yates made the point that we were leaping into the unknown. It was kind of a perfect metaphor for what we were all about to go into."


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One of the more annoying things about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger -- as a political leader (not as a husband) -- was his sometimes magical thinking when it came to dealmaking. On more than one occasion, he claimed to have special powers to reach into the minds of Democrats and Republicans and get them to bridge ideological differences and make compromise.
Those days were supposed to be over, once we elected a wise, old, self-described realist in Jerry Brown. But it appears not. At a press conference this week, Brown indulged in some Schwarzeneggerian magical thinking, declaring that -- in absence of all available evidence -- he can reach a deal with Republicans who oppose his tax extensions because "I read their feelings."
The comment put one in mind not just of Schwarzenegger but of the Star Trek character, Deanna Troi, a half-human, half-Betazoid commander who was the USS Enterprise's empath/counselor, with an ability to read the emotions of others. This is not the Star Trek character you want to associate with. In several episodes, aliens seized control of her mind and spoke to the rest of the crew through her.
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Steve Jobs - A life in pictures Extraordinary photos of Apple founder Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs - his extraordinary life captured in some very cool photos.
Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and former CEO, has died at the age of 56
Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011) founded Apple Computer in 1976, and the world of technology was changed forever.
Jobs founded Apple Computer with fellow gadget nut Steve Wozniak (together above and below), the technical brains behind Apple. They became known as The Two Steves, but it was Jobs who was to become Steve, while his pal was just Woz.
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Apple started with the homebrew Apple I but changed the computer industry with the hugely popular and ground-breaking Apple II, the first mass-produced computer in a user-friendly plastic case with built-in keyboard.
Steve got Intel millionaire Mark Markkula to invest in the fledling Apple.
It was easy to tell the fledgling marketing visionary from the technical boffin.
"In the future computers will be this size." Visonary Steve knew he had to tame that hair if he was to get Apple into big business. The bow tie look didn't last for long, though.
The original laptop. Steve Jobs achieved legendary computer status with the launch of the Macintosh computer in 1984.
Steve's bow tie was swapped for a smart straight tie for his appearance on the front cover of the premier issue of Macworld magazine.
But at home the Zen student didn't go for suits or bow ties, or even much furniture as he lived the minimalist dream that would become the Apple way.
Although in later life they counted each other as great friends, Steve Jobs and Microsoft founder Bill Gates were bitter enemies in business.
Steve was Apple and Apple was Steve. Here he is smart again for a rather obviously posed publicity shot.
And here's Steve looking every inch the causal millionaire at work.
Steve was popular with his close team workers but ultimately proved unpopular with the Apple board of directors and was forced out of the company in 1985.
The world of computers and the mainstream business media were in shock. Apple Computer without Steve Jobs? Unthinkable.
But Steve didn't hang around - after all he was just 30 years old. He wasn't a hanging around type of guy. He founded NeXT Computer, which he eventually sold back to Apple for the basis of its Mac OS X operating system.
This time he got investment money for NeXT from Ross Perot.
He also purchased the computer wing of George Lucas' Star Wars Electrical Light & Magic company, turning it into Pixar, which would revolutionise animated movies.
Steve returned to Apple in 1997, and briefly experimented with the big beard again - looking like a French rugby player. A millionaire tech visonary French rugby player in a turtleneck.
He didn't hang about back at Apple either, launching the (yes) revolutionary all-in-one iMac computer in 1998.
And other slimline products that cost a lot but were very, very cool.
His Apple keynote events were the most popular ticket in the technology calendar. He nearly always had a surprise up his sleeve, although one time it was Safari for Windows. Come on, Steve - you can do better than that!
Sadly Steve fell ill with pancreatic cancer and liver complaints, and the strain on his body began to show.
Steve might have been seriously ill but he continued to work at Apple, missing just a few months here and there for vital treatment.
Steve Jobs, legendary tech visionary, you will be missed. Rest in peace.
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Comcast and Time Warner Cable were planning to spend $132,000 to sponsor a dinner honoring FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn but are now redirecting the donations after accusations that the companies are trying to curry favor with Clyburn during the FCC's review of Comcast's proposed $45.2 billion acquisition of TWC.
Comcast was going to be a "presenting sponsor" with a $110,000 donation for next month's annual dinner of the Walter Kaitz Foundation, which seeks to "advance the contributions of women and multi-ethnic professionals in cable." TWC paid $22,000 for the event.
The dinner's previous honorees include Comcast itself, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, and Roberts' father, Comcast founder Ralph Roberts. Time Warner Cable and three of its employees have also been honored at previous fêtes. The annual dinners have raised $35 million, including $1.75 million last year. Kaitz uses that money to make grants to other organizations that promote diversity.
Earlier this week, Comcast said it was "insulting" to suggest that the donation was motivated by anything other than altruism, telling Politico, "We have supported the organization year in and year out regardless of who the dinner honorees have been."
But the company informed the Kaitz Foundation yesterday that it is withdrawing its contribution to the dinner and is instead making an "unrestricted contribution" of $110,000 to the foundation. "We have great respect and admiration for FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and for the Kaitz Foundation and its work," Comcast VP of Community Investment Charisse Lillie wrote. "We do not want either the Commissioner or Kaitz to fall under a shadow as a result of our support for diversity in the cable industry, which is why we are withdrawing our support for the dinner."
TWC has also redirected its donation to the foundation's other programs, Politico reported.
A group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington had criticized the donations, saying that "using honorary contributions to lawmakers and regulators' favored charities to curry favor is one of the more under the radar moves in Comcast's merger playbook—a playbook that also emphasizes lobbying, campaign contributions, and winning support from third-party groups, especially those representing minorities."
Comcast's Political Action Committee has also given prolifically to members of Congress, including those scrutinizing the merger with TWC.
Comcast VP of Government Communications Sena Fitzmaurice told Ars today that the Kaitz Foundation, founded in 1981, is "the cable industry umbrella diversity organization" and that Comcast has supported it for decades.
"We've given at the highest level for several years," Fitzmaurice wrote in an e-mail. "We are the industry leader—in our size and in our commitment to diversity—and it is important that we reflect that in our financial support of the Kaitz Foundation. As the industry has consolidated over time, especially after we became the largest operator in 2003, and then again with acquiring NBCUniversal in 2011, we've taken a larger role in giving to Kaitz."
This year's contribution of $110,000 was to be split between Comcast itself and its subsidiary, NBCUniversal, according to Fitzmaurice. Last year, Comcast gave a total of $140,000 to the dinner, including $50,000 from Comcast itself and $90,000 from NBCUniversal.
Comcast provided this chart of its previous donations:
NBC ended up paying more than its parent company in previous years to purchase extra tables to accommodate its employees, Fitzmaurice said.


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Can't get enough of clichés, psychobabble and bad grammar? You'll find them all on the shortlist for the second annual Delete Key Awards, which recognize authors who aren't using their delete keys enough. The ten finalists for the 2008 prizes will be announced in separate posts starting at 10 a.m. Eastern Time that will include samples of their bad writing. The full shortlist will appear by the end of the workday.
After that, you'll have two weeks to comment on the finalists. The winners will be announced on March 15 because Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March and the honored books include writing that assassinates the English language. The Delete Key Awards do not recognize the "worst books" but the worst writing in books (typically, individual lines or paragraphs). The prizes honor the books published in the U.S. in hardcover or paperback in the preceding year, and some titles may be grandfathered in if they appeared too late in 2006 to gain traction until 2007.
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