Dunkin' Donuts to begin using cage free eggs

Dunkin' Donuts says it will start using cage-free eggs in its breakfast sandwiches and eliminate "gestation crates" from its pork supply chain.

The Canton, Mass.-based company said Wednesday that it will transition 5 percent of its eggs to cage-free by the end of next year; it did not set a timeline for completing the switch.

To determine a timeline for eliminating gestation crates, or breeding cages for pigs, the company said it will start by requiring its U.S. pork suppliers to outline their plans to achieve that goal.

Josh Balk, director of corporate policy at the Humane Society of the United States, said that's the first step for most companies that want to stop the use of gestation crates.

"There's been a massive trend by the largest pork buyers to demand their suppliers eliminate gestation crates," he noted.

Other major fast-food chains that have committed to eliminating use of pig crates include McDonald's Corp., Burger King Worldwide Inc., Wendy's and Subway, as well as several supermarket chains such as Kroger Co. and Safeway Inc.

Gestation crates often confine mother pigs for their entire lives, or about four years, Balk said. The space is usually so small that pigs can barely move.

"For as long as students go to high school, these pigs can't even turn around," he said.

Several companies have also said they will start using cage-free eggs, although the commitment levels vary.

Egg and pork producers have argued that easing confinement standards for animals raises production costs, making their businesses less competitive.

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AP source: Talks resume between NFL and refs union

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Etiquette Tuesday: The Regulars - Johnna Knows Good Food

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The ?regulars? are the best in most businesses.? ?Regulars? are the folks that frequent an establishment on a steady, consistent basis.? They often are the reason some businesses stick around for many years.? The owners, managers and waitresses are familiar with them because they become as much a part of the restaurant as the people hired to work in the establishment.? This week?s etiquette tip talks to restaurant establishments about these regulars:? do not take them for granted.? If you have ever been a regular at a restaurant you have had the opportunity to observe how the staff reacts when someone new comes in for a drink/dinner service.? Do they still provide you with the same service? Do they shun you while there?s ?company? in the building??? These are legitimate questions to ask yourself if you?re evaluating whether you need to become a ?regular? at another spot.

This tip came to me because I have noticed there are times where I have ?regular? envy:? the service is so good for the people the staff seem to know (?regulars?) that I want to come here for that same treatment.? There are other times, however, I notice how the staff takes on the Stepford wives routine towards me while treating the regulars like they are 2nd class citizens.? Both instances are not acceptable:? good service should be across the board.? Simply because someone walks into your restaurant who is what society considers a ?VIP? should not deter your service to your regulars.? On the flip side, just because I do not visit your restaurant regularly does not mean my visits will not increase after a positive experience.

Moral of the story:? Treat all of your patrons good, some of those irregulars could become regulars but those regulars could also become irregulars.? Just a thought?

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Prescription drug abuse drops among U.S. young adults - WAFB 9 ...

MONDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Prescription drug abuse among young adults ages 18 to 25 in the United States fell 14 percent between 2010 and 2011, according to a federal report released Monday.

During that time, the number of young adults who reported using prescription drugs for non-medical purposes in the last month decreased from 2 million to 1.7 million. However, prescription drug abuse among children ages 12 to 17 and among adults 26 and older remained unchanged.

The 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health also found that rates of drinking, binge drinking and heavy drinking in the past month among underage people continued to decline from 2002, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said.

Among young people ages 12 to 20, past month alcohol use fell from nearly 29 percent in 2002 to about 25 percent in 2011. Binge drinking -- consuming five or more drinks on a single occasion on at least one day in the past month -- declined from more than 19 percent to about 16 percent, and heavy drinking decreased from about 6 percent to 4.4 percent.

The use of illicit drugs remained stable. Illicit drug use within the past month was reported by 8.7 percent of Americans aged 12 and older in 2010, compared to 8.9 percent last year, according to the report released during National Recovery Month.

Marijuana remained the most commonly used illegal drug. It was used by 7 percent of Americans in 2011, compared with nearly 6 percent in 2007. The rate of marijuana use among 12- to 17-year-olds was about the same in 2011 (7.9 percent) as in 2009 (7.4 percent).

Among the other findings:

- The number of people who reported heroin use in the past year rose from 373,000 in 2007 to 620,000 in 2011.

- Between 2006 and 2011, there were reductions in reported past month use of cocaine (44 percent) and of methamphetamine (40 percent). There was a 19 percent decrease in past-month use of hallucinogens between 2010 and 2011.

- Past month use of tobacco by 12- to 17-year-olds continued to decline from more than 15 percent in 2002, to 10.7 percent in 2010 and 10 percent in 2011.

"These findings show that national efforts to address the problem of prescription drug misuse may be beginning to bear fruit and we must continue to apply this pressure to drive down this and other forms of substance use," SAMHSA Administrator Pamela Hyde said in an agency news release.

"Behind each of these statistics are individuals, families and communities suffering from the consequences of abuse and addiction. We must continue to promote robust prevention, treatment and recovery programs throughout our country," she added.

Gil Kerlikowske, director of National Drug Control Policy, said in the news release: "Drug use in this country creates too many obstacles to opportunity -- especially for young people. The good news is that we are not powerless against this problem. By emphasizing prevention and treatment, as well as smart law enforcement efforts that break the cycle of drug use, crime and incarceration, we know we can reduce drug use and its consequences in America."

More information

The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse explains how to identify and prevent prescription drug abuse.

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When is the best time to set up a bank account for the kids ...

by Kimberly on September 24, 2012

Even my three year old asks to take money out of his piggy bank to buy ice cream while we are out, so this begs the question ? when IS the best time to set up a bank account for the kids? I feel like it?s never too early to teach your kids the importance of money ? earning, saving and spending. So I feel more inclined to let Luke buy something small while we?re out with his own money but my husband feels it?s more important to emphasize teaching him to save his money. He makes a good point?without saving your money there is no spending! Both are equally important lessons and with most things in life, balance is key!

I know a lot of people who set up bank accounts for the kids from birth, because they have family and friends who prefer to start sending money as gifts for their savings early on and others who wait until they are old enough to understand the value of money. Either way, it?s a great way to help with their savings and teach them the importance and value of money from an early age.

We?ve known relatives who have started special savings accounts which I love because they are education based and as the kids turn 18 they are able to use the money towards ANY educational classes, not just college classes. So if they decide to take cooking classes, art classes etc. they can still use the money that?s been saved for them!

What?s YOUR preference for when to open and bank account for the kids and how have you managed it? Do you have family and friends send money for a bank account to start the kids savings early or are you planning to wait until they get their first job as a teenager??

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Getting A More Svelte Salmon To Your Dinner Plate

An Atlantic salmon leaps while swimming inside a farm pen near Eastport, Maine. Studies show farm-raised fish, like people, benefit from exercise. Enlarge Robert F. Bukaty/AP

An Atlantic salmon leaps while swimming inside a farm pen near Eastport, Maine. Studies show farm-raised fish, like people, benefit from exercise.

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An Atlantic salmon leaps while swimming inside a farm pen near Eastport, Maine. Studies show farm-raised fish, like people, benefit from exercise.

When it comes to farm raised fish, it doesn't pay to let them be lazy. Fish like wild salmon, tuna and eel are built for the vigorous swimming required during migration.

These fish are "uniquely adapted to a physiology of high levels of exercise performance," says Tony Farrell, who studies fish physiology in the University of British Columbia Zoology department. "Therefore when we put them in constrained environments and remove predators, the consequences are they become a little more like couch potatoes."

When these fish are raised on farms in captivity, they are prone to a variety of health problems ? everything from heart disease to viral infections ? kind of like human couch potatoes. And, just like with humans, getting more active seems to make a big difference in their health.

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There's at least 50 years of research on the physiological benefits of exercise to fish, demonstrating that when fish are good swimmers, they have better cardiovascular fitness, a stronger immune system and are less prone to disease and physical deformities than their sedentary brethren. Yet very few fish farms use exercise as a way to improve the quantity and quality of their product. New research and a new book, Swimming Physiology of Fish: Towards Using Exercise to Farm a Fit Fish in Sustainable Aquaculture, are trying to persuade the commercial fish farmer to give it a try.

Harald Tackle, a senior research scientist at the Norwegian Institute of Food Research (NOFIMA) says fish farms often lose as much as twenty percent of their salmon when they are transferred from fresh-water holding tanks to ocean cages. Part of the reason, he thinks, is that they are simply out of shape. He has been conducting research on the ideal exercise regimen to equip young salmon (called smolts) with the stamina to withstand the rigors of the ocean environment.

In captivity, Takle says the smolts are kept in tanks that maintain a continuous flow of water designed to keep the tanks clean. The fish swim constantly against the artificial current, but little attention has been paid to optimizing the speed of the current to challenge the fish, and give them a good work out. "So the question was, 'What is the optimal speed they should be swimming at?'" says Takle.

In a study published last year, Takle and his colleagues reported that the optimal speed is 0.8 to 1.2 body lengths per second. Less than that, and the smolts are too sedentary, more than that, and they are over-stressed. The study was funded by The Research Council of Norway's HAVBRUK programme and the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund.

To test how this exercise routine improved overall fish health, the researchers exposed the fish to a common salmon virus and monitored their survival. The survival rates of the exercise-conditioned fish were 13 percent higher than the "couch potatoes" used as controls. What's more, the fish in the exercise group showed better growth, better swimming fitness, and genetic tests revealed the activation of genes known to be involved in the immune response and disease resistance.

Tackle estimates that in many cases, farmed fish are swimming at only half the pace they should be. Research in other labs has looked at the effects of exercise on aggression, different types of training routines, turbulence, diet and the use of robotic fish as swim "trainers."

Farmed fish currently make up nearly half of all fish consumed, and the industry is growing rapidly. While it produces a fairly cheap source of protein, disease, waste and a decreasing supply of traditional fish feed remain problems yet to be fully solved.

Increasing survival rates even just a few percent by exercising fish not only creates a healthier environment for them, but it may translate into billions of dollars for fish farms.

Fish exercise may aid the fish farming industry financially, Farrell says, but there's another lesson as well. "Exercise, in a world that is sedentary, is beneficial?even in fish."

So what does that mean to what you get on your dinner plate? Some experts suggest that bigger, stronger, and healthier fish may also produce changes in color, texture or overall appearance that make a more attractive meal to the consumer. But there's no evidence yet that the nutritional content is affected.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/09/24/161681318/getting-a-more-svelte-salmon-to-your-dinner-plate?ft=1&f=1007

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'End of Watch' claims No. 1 spot in close weekend

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)

This film image released by Relativity Media shows Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Max Theriot in a scene from "House at the End of the Street." (AP Photo/ Relativity Media)

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Clint Eastwood, left, and Justin Timberlake in a scene from "Trouble with the Curve." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Keith Bernstein)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The police story "End of Watch" has won a close race at the weekend box office.

The Los Angeles cop tale starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena debuted with $13.2 million to finish as the weekend's No. 1 movie, according to final studio figures reported Monday.

"End of Watch" had been in a photo finish for first-place with two other new movies, Jennifer Lawrence's horror tale "House at the End of the Street" and Clint Eastwood's baseball drama "Trouble with the Curve."

"House at the End of the Street" wound up at No. 2 with $12.3 million. "Trouble with the Curve" came in at No. 3 with $12.2 million.

Based on studio estimates Sunday, "End of Watch" and "House at the End of the Street" were tied for No. 1 with $13 million each. "Trouble with the Curve" had been right behind with $12.7 million.

But once the entire weekend's ticket sales were counted, "End of Watch" came in slightly ahead of Sunday's projections. "House at the End of the Street" and "Trouble with the Curve" wound up a bit behind Sunday's estimated revenues.

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Fish eaters run lower risk of heart attack, despite some mercury content, study suggests

ScienceDaily (Sep. 24, 2012) ? Eat fish, but avoid fish with the most pollutants. This is the conclusion drawn by a group of researchers at Ume? University in Sweden after having weighed the risks of mercury content against the advantages of healthful fatty acids.

The work was done as part of an international collaborative effort.

Fish is healthful food, and several studies have shown that people who eat fish have a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases than those who eat very little or no fish. At the same time, some fish contain environmental pollutants that can be hazardous to our health. One such pollutant that is suspected of increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease is methyl mercury, which is found in varying degree in different kinds of fish. If people eat fish with much pollutants, this would lead to increased risk of disease, but at the same time if people are overly cautious and eat too little fish, the risk of disease also increases.

In order to attain a better understanding of what the golden mean might be, researchers at Ume? University, in collaboration with researchers from Finland and elsewhere, examined how the risk of heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) is contingent on the amount of omega-3 fats and mercury from fish that people have in their body. The content was measured in blood and hair samples from people that had previously participated in health studies in northern Sweden and eastern Finland. The Swedish blood samples were from the Medical Biobank in Ume?. Those who experienced a heart attack after the health check-up were compared with those who did not.

The findings are now being published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN). It turned out that mercury was linked to increased risk, and omega-3 fatty acids to decreased risk, of having a heart attack. The increased risk from mercury was noticeable only at high levels of this environmental pollutant in the body and if the level of the protective omega-3 fatty acids was concomitantly low. In other words, what is important is the balance between healthful and hazardous substances in fish. The environmental pollutant in this study was mercury. For organic pollutants like PCB and dioxin, the problem complex is similar, but no study of this kind has yet been undertaken.

The conclusion is simple: Eat fish, but avoid fish with the most pollutants. The Swedish National Food Agency recommends that people should eat fish 2-3 times a week, but their intake of predatory fish (e.g. pike, perch, pike-perch), which contain a great deal of mercury, should be limited (see link below). This study supports that recommendation. According to a recent study from the National Food Agency, 7 of 10 Swedes eat too little fish.

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