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Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D.
The single-ingredients foods made by all the companies differ only modestly as a result of adding somewhat different amounts of water. However, Gerber and Heinz add substantial amounts of water and thickening agents (flours and chemically modified starches) to more than half of their twenty-five most popular fruits, mixed and creamed vegetables, desserts, and dinners for babies over six months (second- and third-stage foods). Not only are those products a monetary rip-off, they are also nutritionally inferior to similar products made without fillers. Gerber and Heinz' bananas with tapioca, for example, contain less than half of the levels of nutrients found in their plain first-stage bananas. Gerber and Heinz' regular dinners, which contain at least two types of refined flour as thickeners, provide less than 50% of the nutrient levels found in comparable dinners made by Growing Healthy, which are made from whole foods and contain no starchy fillers. Many fewer products made by Beech-Nut and Earth's Best contain starchy fillers.
Baby foods are very high priced compared to similar regular foods. Baby foods cost far more per ounce than conventional national brands or supermarket brands. For example, parents often pay more than double for baby food fruit juices and applesauce. Gerber Graduates diced fruits and vegetables are also more than twice the price of comparable products available in the canned goods aisle. For the majority of puréed baby foods, there are no comparable regular products. However, judging from the instances in which direct comparisons can be made, these baby foods are also priced far higher than they would be in a competitive industry.
Makers of baby food encourage a mystique about their products. They want parents to think that commercial baby foods have special properties that make them particularly appropriate, if not essential, for infants.
Advertising campaigns promote the myth that commercial products are especially good at meeting the nutritional and developmental needs of infants. Gerber's public relations and advertising machinery has cultivated an almost sacred image in people's minds of Gerber products. Those perceptions are clearly untrue. Parents, armed with a food processor, blender, or mashing fork, can easily prepare safe, nutritious, and economical food for their infants at home. Of course, many commercial products are nutritious and do fill a need when convenience is desired.
Prepare your own baby foods whenever possible. With a blender or food processor it is easy to make a purée of most foods. Soft foods, like bananas, can be mashed with a fork. All foods, with the exception of bananas, should be well cooked. Refrigerate any foods that are not used right away. You can make large batches of baby foods, freeze them in ice-cube trays or small containers, and thaw them as needed.
Parents may feel that there must be something especially good about baby foods that justifies high prices. There is nothing magical about baby foods. When you want convenience, prepared adult foods that are similar in consistency to baby foods are just as good, but cost much less. Regular fruit juices and unsweetened applesauce, for example, are less than half the price of baby food juices and applesauce.
The FDA should halt deceptive labeling, including the front-label use of the term "tapioca" instead of the more accurate "chemically modified food starch." It should stop Gerber from printing ingredient lists on first- and second-stage foods in small black lettering on a dark blue background.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture should require percentage labeling on meat- and poultry-containing baby foods and should educate low-income (and other) Americans about over-priced and low-quality baby foods.
Four million babies are born in the United States every year. By the time they reach twelve months of age, each of those infants has consumed, smeared around, or spit out an average of 600 jars of baby food. By contrast, the average baby born in western Europe will consume only about 240 jars of baby food, and in eastern European countries, like Poland, about 12 jars.
Baby food is a $1.25 billion a year industry in the United States. Just three companies--Gerber, Beech-Nut and Heinz--control over 95% of the market. Gerber, which jarred its first strained peas in 1928, is far and away the industry leader, with more than a 70% share of the market. Gerber makes 182 different food and juice items for babies and toddlers and sells over 1.2 billion units of baby food per year. Beech-Nut and Heinz trail far behind Gerber, with about 14% of the market each. Both companies make close to 120 different baby foods and sell over 230 million units of baby food annually.
Two companies born in the late eighties are trying to grab a share of the market from the big three. One of them, Earth's Best, markets 47 varieties of organic jarred baby food and juices. Earth's Best, which was founded in 1985, holds 2.5% of the market. The other newcomer is Growing Healthy. Founded in 1989, Growing Healthy is the first producer of frozen baby foods, which it claims are tastier and nutritionally superior to jarred foods. Growing Healthy is sold only in select cities and holds less than 1% of the market. However, in areas where it is available, the 33-item line accounts for up to 6.5% of baby food units sold.
Companies compete heavily for new parents' loyalty and business. Through brochures, direct mail, and ad campaigns, each tries to convince parents that its products are the best. Gerber recently launched a $30 million TV, print, and direct-mail campaign using the slogan "For learning to eat smart, right from the start." The ads assure parents that Gerber foods are "specially formulated to help your baby develop a variety of tastes for healthier foods" and that "The longer you can keep your baby on these smart [Gerber] foods now, the better her chances are for eating healthy--and being healthy--for a long time to come."
Heinz claims that its baby foods are "Everything you could want in a baby food!" and provide "Only the best ingredients for the best nutrition."
Beech-Nut's ads focus on how its foods differ from those of Gerber and Heinz: "Gerber and Heinz add sugar and chemically modified starch to some of their fruits. But at Beech-Nut, we add more fruit instead." Also, "Not adding refined sugar or chemically modified starch to fruits means more of the essential minerals, potassium and magnesium."
Growing Healthy's ads claim that its foods taste better and are more nutritious than jarred foods. They also play on parental guilt. One ad depicts a child with enormous eyes looking out from the page, with the caption reading "There'll never be a more important time to give me REAL nutrition. Yet you're gonna feed me JARRED vegetables that've had many of the nutrients processed out so they can sit on a shelf for three years? Does Grandma know about this?"
How well do the companies deliver on their promises to provide the most nutritious food made of the finest ingredients? It's hard to say from looking at the foods--almost all are puréed, strained, or blended so they look little like their whole components. And since the percentages of ingredients are not listed on the label, the ingredient statements are not always useful for making comparisons. For example, parents have no way of knowing how much chicken is in a chicken and noodles dinner, or what percentage of a mixed vegetables dish is actually vegetables. Nutrition labels provide useful information, but it often takes a nutrition degree and a calculator to compare two products. To help inform consumers, CSPI has investigated the nutritional quality and costs of commercially prepared baby food. The inquiry focused primarily on the fruits, vegetables, dinners, and juices sold for babies up to a year of age. Our findings reveal that not all baby foods are created equal.
First-stage foods comprise 19% of the total units of solid baby food sold. Gerber sells thirteen different first-stage foods. Several first-stage foods are among the most popular baby foods--five of Gerber's fifteen top-selling foods and Beech-Nut's seven best-selling foods. Gerber and Beech-Nut also sell single fruit juices under the first-stage label. All juices are fortified with vitamin C.
The ingredients of first-stage fruits and vegetables vary little from company to company. All are composed of a single fruit or vegetable, usually mixed with water, with or without the addition of vitamin C and citric acid. However, the amount of fruit or vegetable in a given amount of food varies moderately from brand to brand due to the addition of different amounts of water and perhaps the use of different varieties of ingredients.
The carbohydrate content of single fruit or vegetable products is a good indicator of the amount of fruit or vegetable that a product contains. Among the ten most popular first-stage foods, the brand with the highest carbohydrate content, and hence the most fruit or vegetable, contains 21% to 79% more carbohydrate per ounce than the brand with the least amount (Table 1). Growing Healthy products had, on average, the highest food content and Earth's Best the lowest. The three major companies fell in the middle, with Heinz the best of the three. (Comparing the solids contents of the various brands of first-stage foods yielded similar results.) It is worth noting that Growing Healthy's peaches and pears contain "natural fruit concentrate," in addition to plain fruit and water. The use of that concentrate is partly responsible for the higher carbohydrate and solids contents of Growing Healthy's peaches and pears compared to the plain, unconcentrated fruits of other brands.
Most second-stage foods are sold in 4- to 4.5-ounce jars and packages. Third-stage foods are sold in a 6-ounce size. The composition and nutritional value of most second- and third-stage cereal, dessert, fruit, and vegetable products of the same name are identical. Most second- and third-stage dinners of the same name are, for the most part, similar in ingredient and nutrient composition, by weight. The principle difference is that the third-stage dinners tend to have a coarser texture and may contain chunks of food.
Beech-Nut, Earth's Best, and Growing Healthy do not add sugar or starchy fillers to any single or mixed fruit or vegetable baby food. Gerber and Heinz also make a variety of plain second- and third-stage products, and those products have about the same nutritional value as other brands. However, Gerber and Heinz add sugars and/or starchy fillers to over half of their second- and third-stage fruits and several second-stage vegetables. Gerber adds sugar to 55% (12 of 22) and chemically modified tapioca starch to 50% (11 of 22) of its second- and third-stage fruits (products are labeled "with tapioca"). Heinz adds corn syrup or sugar to 57% (12 of 21) and chemically modified starch (corn and/or tapioca) to 48% (10/21) of its second- and third-stage fruits. Gerber and Heinz also add flour to mixed and creamed vegetables.
The addition of water, sugars, and starchy fillers greatly dilutes the nutrient content of the foods, compared with the first-stage version of the same brand, with comparable second- or third-stage products that do not contain added fillers, or with equivalent weights of fresh produce. The examples below illustrate the degree to which adulteration with water, starches, and sugars dilute the nutrient density of second-stage fruits and vegetables.
All varieties of fruit with tapioca contain water, fruit, chemically modified tapioca starch, and sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. Heinz' products also contain chemically-modified corn starch. Although these products are labeled "fruit with tapioca," the name of the fruit(s), such as "Bananas," is written in large letters, while "with tapioca" is written in smaller letters below. This labeling likely leads consumers to assume that the products are largely fruit, with all the nutritional benefits of full-fruit products. However, the fruit-with-tapioca products that we examined contain half or less as much fruit as the products made only from fruit and water. In other words, a 2.5-ounce jar of first-stage bananas or first-stage prunes actually contains more fruit than the 4-ounce jars of second-stage products that are adulterated with water and chemically modified starch.
Heinz' apricots with tapioca compare even less favorably with the fresh fruit than Gerber's. A 4-ounce serving contains only 78 mg of potassium (23% of the amount in fresh apricots) and 813 IU of vitamin A (28% of the amount in fresh apricots), suggesting that Heinz' product is less than 30% fruit by weight.
Those findings reveal that three of the most popular Gerber and two of the most popular Heinz fruits with tapioca contain half or less as much fruit as their plain products or less than half the nutrient levels that would be present in fresh fruit. Other fruit products made with tapioca are probably similarly diluted, though there is no undiluted product with which to make direct comparisons. In other words, the 4-ounce jars of fruit with tapioca often actually contain less fruit than the 2.5-ounce jars. Beech-Nut's reformulation experience strengthens this conclusion. In 1983, Beech-Nut stopped making fruit-with-tapioca products. To replace the starch and water with fruit, Beech-Nut had to increase the amount of bananas in the product from 20%-30% to 80%-600 of the product's weight. Since that time, Beech-Nut has run ads that point out the differences between the amount of fruit in its products and Gerber's fruits with tapioca.
"Mixed vegetables": Gerber and Heinz' "mixed vegetables" each contain three kinds of starch thickeners (wheat and oat flours, and potato solids or potato flour) and relatively little vegetable. The ingredients in Gerber's "mixed vegetables," in order by weight, are: water, carrots, wheat flour, oat flour, potato solids, tomato paste, and onion powder. Heinz' "mixed vegetables" contain water, carrots, squash, wheat flour, oat flour, tomato paste, potato flour, and onion powder. By contrast, Beech-Nut makes a mixed vegetable product that is not adulterated with starchy filler, however nutrition information was unavailable for comparison.
"Garden vegetables": Growing Healthy, Beech-Nut, Gerber, and Earth's Best's "garden vegetables" are composed solely of vegetables and water. Growing Healthy's garden vegetables contain, in order by weight, carrots, squash, water, corn, peas, tomato paste, onions, and onion powder. Beech-Nut's ingredient list reads: water, peas, green beans, carrots, and dehydrated potatoes. Gerber's ingredient list reads: peas, water, carrots and spinach. Earth's Best garden vegetables contain: water, carrots, potatoes, corn, and green beans.
Thus, the garden vegetable products provide about the same number of calories as the mixed vegetables, but one-and-one-half to three times the amount of thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin C. Gerber and Heinz' mixed vegetables are so diluted with water and starchy fillers that we can't help but wonder what purpose they serve other than to capture more shelf space in stores.
Gerber and Heinz adulterate four varieties of "creamed vegetables" (Gerber markets corn and spinach; Heinz markets corn, peas, and green beans) with fillers. Consider creamed corn, for example:
Creamed corn: Gerber's product is made with water, corn, nonfat dry milk, and rice flour. Heinz' contains water, corn, carrots, modified corn starch, sugar, and whole-milk solids. Growing Healthy's creamed corn contains only corn and water. Compared to Gerber and Heinz, Growing Healthy's creamed corn provides at least 73% more calories, 75% more riboflavin, two times as much niacin, three times as much thiamin, and significantly more protein per ounce.
Since 1994, Gerber has added modest amounts of sugar and or salt to some of its third-stage fruits and vegetables (and other products). Two third-stage vegetables--carrots and squash--now contain added sugar. It appears that the sugar does not replace any vegetable, but is added to it, thereby increasing calories without also increasing the nutrient content. Although the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that salt not be added to baby foods, six of Gerber's seven third-stage vegetables now contain small amounts of added salt. The sugar and salt may serve to mask off-flavors and/or enhance desired flavors in the heavily processed foods.
Baby food dinners are strained combination foods that typically contain meat, vegetables, and sometimes noodles or rice. Gerber markets ten different second-stage and eleven different third-stage dinners. Heinz sells eleven second- and eleven third-stage dinners. Beech-Nut sells ten second-stage and seven third-stage dinners. Growing Healthy sells five second-stage and three third-stage dinners (each of which comes in plain and chunky). Earth's Best sells eight second-stage dinners, five of which are vegetarian, and four third-stage dinners, one of which is vegetarian.
Growing Healthy does not add starchy thickeners, such as flour or modified starch, to any of its dinners. Gerber and Heinz, by contrast, add at least two types of flours to all their standard dinners--some meals contain 4 different flour fillers. (Both Gerber and Heinz recently began marketing a line of dinners without fillers. Those products are not directly comparable to other companies' products, but they are clearly more healthful than Gerber and Heinz' regular dinners.) While Beech-Nut does not add any starchy fillers to its second-stage dinners, it does add them to six of its seven third-stage dinners. Earth's Best adds whole grain flour to each of its dinners.
The use of starchy thickening agents can mask the addition of a good deal of water. As any cook knows, a little bit of flour or starch can thicken a lot of liquid. The presence in a baby food of one or more fillers, such as rice flour, wheat flour, or modified starch, is a good indicator that the food is a dilute and nutritionally inferior product. Consider, for example, chicken and noodles, the top-selling second-stage dinner. Gerber's chicken and noodles contains two types of flour, and Heinz' product contains three types of flour and chemically modified corn starch. The chicken and noodles products made by Growing Healthy and Beech-Nut, by contrast, are thickened with real food. Not surprisingly, Growing Healthy and Beech-Nut's dinners are more nutritious than either Gerber or Heinz' (Table 3). The Growing Healthy meal is especially high in nutrients. It provides 44% more calories and at least twice as much protein, vitamin A, and B-vitamins (thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin B-6) as Gerber and Heinz'. The differences are due both to Gerber and Heinz' use of water and fillers and to Growing Healthy's use of concentrated nutrient-rich broths. While the Beech-Nut product contains about the same amount of calories and protein as Gerber and Heinz' products, it provides at least 40% more potassium (data not shown) and six times more vitamin A, indicating the use of more food and no fillers. Earth's Best's dinner, which is a third-stage dinner, contains at least 50% more protein than the leading brands and twice as much vitamin A as either Gerber or Heinz' dinner.
We made similar calculations of nutrient levels in three other popular dinners: vegetables and chicken, vegetables and beef, and vegetables and turkey. The results of those calculations are presented in Table 4. On average, Gerber and Heinz' dinners provided less than half the nutrient content per serving as Growing Healthy's.
Beech-Nut and Earth's Best were not included in those calculations because complete nutrition information was not available for all four dinners. However, using the limited nutritional information available for Earth's Best dinners, we compared Earth's Best's chicken and noodles, vegetables and beef, and vegetables and turkey with Gerber, Heinz, and Growing Healthy's products (Earth's Best does not make a vegetables and chicken dinner). The results revealed that Earth's Best dinners provide, on average, 43% more protein, and more than two and one-half times the vitamin A as Gerber and Heinz' dinners. Compared to Growing Healthy's products, Earth's Best provided an average of 85% of the calories, 64% of the protein, and 1.8 times the vitamin A.
The three leading manufacturers make a wide variety of dessert products. Gerber makes nine different second-stage, and eight different third-stage desserts. Heinz offers a greater variety of second-stage desserts (13) than it does second-stage vegetables (8) or fruits (12); it also makes more third-stage desserts (5) than third-stage vegetables(4). Beech-Nut makes seventeen second-stage desserts and four third-stage desserts. Every dessert sold by Gerber, Heinz, and Beech-Nut contains added sugars, and Gerber and Heinz' desserts contain chemically-modified starch. According to a Gerber spokesperson, Gerber's desserts contain up to 11% sugar by weight. That means a 6-ounce dessert item may contain up to 18 grams, or four and a half teaspoons of sugar. Some might consider such products a child's first junk foods.
Sugar-added desserts dilute the nutrient density of babies' diets and serve no purpose in the diet of an infant. Plain fruit provides the sweetness children like, as well as higher levels of essential nutrients. By contrast, the fruit in baby food desserts is diluted out with water and starch. The added sugars provide calories, but no other nutrients. Consider the following products:
Gerber's peach cobbler provides only 44% of the vitamin A and 53% of the potassium that is present in Gerber's plain first-stage peaches.
Gerber's banana-apple dessert contains only 47% of the potassium and 26% of the dietary fiber that is present in Gerber's plain apple-banana product.
Gerber's third-stage fruit dessert has 64% of the potassium and 18% of the fiber that is present in Gerber's plain third-stage fruit salad.
Heinz' peach cobbler has only 14% as much vitamin A, 30% as much potassium, and 22% as much fiber as its plain first-stage peaches.
Beech-Nut's banana-yogurt dessert contains more calories than its plain bananas, but only half the potassium (according to label data).
Furthermore, children's dietary preferences and habits are shaped early in life. Gerber's current advertising states that "The first 24 months are the most important months in developing tastes for a variety of healthy foods." Consumption of sugary desserts early in infancy may encourage a life-long preference for highly sugared foods. The wide variety of desserts offered by the leading brands appears to be more a strategy to capture as much shelf space as possible than to provide babies with the most nutritious foods.
Gerber and Heinz' cereals with fruit all contain added sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. Heinz' mixed cereal with apples and bananas and Gerber's cereals (rice, oatmeal, and mixed cereal) with applesauce and bananas contain more added sugar by weight than banana. The addition of refined sugars to cereals is unnecessary. The fruits in these cereals should provide sufficient sweetness to make them pleasant to babies. Furthermore, the added sugars may encourage a preference for heavily sweetened foods.
Among the leading brands, Beech-Nut and Heinz are often priced a few cents less per jar than Gerber. However, the price of baby foods varies considerably more from store to store. Some stores appear to price baby foods (and other baby products) near their cost (or perhaps even below cost) to get parents into the store. In a sample of supermarkets and grocery stores in the Baltimore-Washington area, for example, 4-ounce jars of Gerber and Heinz baby foods ranged in price from $0.33 to $0.66 per jar. Most area suburban supermarkets, however, charged $0.45 to $0.50 for the 4-ounce second-stage foods, and 0.63 to $0.67 for 6-ounce third-stage foods.
Earth's Best suggested retail prices are $0.63 per 4-ounce jar, and $0.83 per 6-ounce jar. The suggested retail prices of Growing Healthy's products are $0.79 per 4-ounce package of fruit(s) or vegetable(s), $0.89 per 4-ounce second-stage dinner, and $1.19 per 6-ounce third-stage dinner. According to the company, actual in-store prices for 4-ounce fruits and vegetables range from $0.63 in Minneapolis to $0.89 in stores in Los Angeles.
While the price per pound of chemically modified tapioca starch is slightly more than that of bulk mashed bananas (tapioca starch: $0.60 to $0.80; bananas: $0.49 to $0.55 per pound), much less of the starch is needed to achieve a given consistency. Baby foods thickened with tapioca contain no more than 5% to 7% modified food starch by weight., Thus, the maximum amount of chemically modified starch required to thicken a 4-ounce jar of food would be 0.3 ounces, which would cost about 1 cent per jar. The sucrose added to sweeten the diluted fruit would cost less than 1/4 cent per jar. By contrast, to replace the water and starch in a 4-ounce jar of bananas with tapioca with bananas would require an additional two ounces of bananas, at a cost of 7 to 10 cents. Thus Gerber and Heinz probably save about 6 cents or more per 4-ounce jar of fruit-with-tapioca product by substituting starch, sugar, and water for fruit. Gerber's overall savings from replacing fruit with water and starch is staggering. With bananas-with-tapioca products alone, Gerber probably reaps at least $2.3 million in savings annually.
Beech-Nut, Growing Healthy, and Earth's Best do not dilute any fruit product with chemically modified starch or other fillers. Each makes plain bananas in 4-ounce and larger jars or packages. Beech-Nut's first- and third-stage bananas in 4- and 6-ounce jars are the lowest priced, and thus offer best value. Growing Healthy and Earth's Best also sell plain bananas, apricots, and prunes, which generally still offer more fruit per dollar than the fruits with tapioca made by Gerber and Heinz.
Earth's Best 4-ounce jars of baby food cost about 25% more than its competitors' products. Earth's Best's dinners provide more protein and vitamin A than the comparable products made by Gerber and Heinz. Earth's Best uses no modified starches and minimal amounts of other thickening agents. In addition, all of Earth's Best's foods are made with organically grown ingredients, which is a definite plus for the environment.
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Besides cost, texture is the only difference between applesauce for babies and adults. Applesauce for babies is slightly denser and more finely puréed, and thus has a smoother consistency. However, most babies like regular applesauce just as much. If a baby rejects the less expensive regular applesauce, a parent could then try a baby food applesauce.
At a Baltimore supermarket (Super Fresh), Mott's brand apple juice in 4 packs of 4.23-oz boxes cost $1.68 per quart, whereas Gerber juices in 4-ounce jars cost $3.56 per quart, or over twice as much.
At a major Washington, D.C., supermarket (Safeway), one-quart jars of the store brand juice cost $1.29 and Mott's brand apple juice cost $1.49. By contrast, Gerber's apple, pear, and other juices cost $2.29 per quart jar, or 78% more than Safeway's brand and 54% more than Mott's.
The cost of the added vitamin C does not account for or justify the difference in the price of baby and regular unfortified fruit juices. Companies pay less than cent per quart for enough vitamin C to ensure that each 4-ounce serving provides 100% of the DV. Furthermore, the added vitamin C is hardly essential to a child's diet, because juices should never comprise a substantial amount of a baby's calorie intake, and a child's other foods and vitamin drops should provide all the needed vitamin C. (In fact, babies should consume minimal amounts of, if any, fruit juice, because it replaces more nutritious milk or formula.)
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Furthermore, fresh fruits and vegetables are sometimes cheaper and certainly taste better and are more nutritious than processed products.
The labels on baby foods are generally subject to the same regulations as regular foods. However, unlike regular foods, it is impossible for the consumer to estimate amounts of important ingredients by the foods' appearance, because baby foods are strained, puréed, and blended foods and food combinations. Thus, consumers must thus rely on the name of the food to make their purchasing decisions. They may assume that the ingredients emphasized on the label, for example, vegetables and chicken, are present in larger amounts than they actually are. While labels list ingredients in order of predominance, they provide only a rough guide as to the actual amounts of the ingredients. Consumers are certainly not told that chemically modified starch, rice flour, wheat flour, and similar substances replace the valuable and characterizing ingredient(s).
In 1975, to facilitate informed choices, CSPI petitioned the FDA to require the disclosure of the percentage of all characterizing ingredients on the front labels of baby foods and to disclose the percentage of each ingredient on the ingredient label. In 1976, the FDA responded favorably to CSPI's petition and proposed to institute such requirements. The agency stated:
The Commissioner agrees that most labels currently used on infant and junior foods do not inform the consumer about the amount of characterizing ingredients(s). The Commissioner also agrees that the proportion of characterizing ingredient in infant and junior foods, i.e., those ingredients listed in the name of the food or otherwise featured on the label, may have a material bearing on price and consumer acceptance. . . . The Commissioner also agrees that there is a potential for deception because the ingredient(s) listed in the name of infant and junior foods may appear to be present in greater amounts than is actually the case.
In 1991, after two decades of inaction, the FDA withdrew that proposal as part of a larger effort to clear its dockets of proposed regulations that had never been finalized.
It is clear that parents still need help in choosing the most healthful foods for their babies. Disclosure of the characterizing ingredients(s) on the front of the label and percentage-ingredient labeling on the side or back of the label would give parents the tools. Thus, one product might indicate on the front label "85 percent bananas," while another might state "50 percent bananas." Some companies would probably say that such labeling would reveal trade secrets, but the fact is that the only secret today is from parents--competitors know roughly what each other makes. It is also possible that certain companies, such as Beech-Nut and Growing Healthy, would favor percentage labeling, because it would give them a competitive tool. In any case, percentage labeling would encourage companies to compete on the basis of quality.


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Road Rash 2002 Game
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Extract With Winrar.
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any changes is required
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Hi, It is prompting for password.....what do I enter...?ReplyDelete
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why doesn't work ??
fatal error
"could not find any CD-ROM drive"
any solution ? ;(
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I havent found any Roadrash.reg fileReplyDelete
Check Screen Shot..
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The game still does not work even after running the registry file.It says"please install the game first"
Please help me on this.
Thanks in advance.
Dear..Game Working Fine.Follow This Screen Shot.
Superb Job! Well Done!!ReplyDelete
can i use it in laptopsReplyDelete
too much pixels, i dunno if it's just my laptop causing this but nice job, good gameReplyDelete
game is great (h) x-> =p~ =))ReplyDelete
my laptop does not not support rar file
can some one tell me why thats not installing
Dear! Download Winrar And Install then you can open file..
i hav windows 8. does it work on Windows 8 ? (p)
I use win8 64-bit version and write error: Game isn't installed...why?ReplyDelete
Dear! Game Working Fine On 64 Bit..
Game Already Installed.
1.Run roadrash.reg
2.Then Run ROADRASH.exe Play And Enjoy...
Hello sir,
I am big fan of your site. :)
please I need your help.... :(
MY laptop specs are..
Windows 8 64bit
2gb ram
3rd gen i3 processor 2.40ghz
Intel HD 4000 graphics
When I double click on ROADRASH.exe I ge error - "The game is not install run the setup............" :'(
this is my favourite childhood game and I want to play it again.... I searched a lot for this game for about 5 days but still not found any working roadrash :(
Help me admin. please
1.Run roadrash.reg and press yes
2.Then Run ROADRASH.exe Play And Enjoy...
good gameReplyDelete
Thanks a lot man
works (h) :>)
does it wrk on win 7 64-bit???
Dear! Game Working Fine On 64 Bit..
Game Already Installed.
1.Run roadrash.reg
2.Then Run ROADRASH.exe Play And Enjoy...
well done (Y)
hw do i download? im unable to download
Download From This Link
See This Screen Shot!
i have win7 32bit... will it wrk?
graphics not clear during the race i am using windows 7 wat to do?ReplyDelete
Sir i extracted roadrash.rar format but i dint got setup file plz help this is my fav game reply fast plzReplyDelete
Game Already Installed.
1.Run 1st "roadrash.reg"
2.Then Run ROADRASH.exe
Play And Enjoy...
This is the best game everrrrr :,) nostalgic...,ReplyDelete
does it work in win8 64bit
it works in 64 bit windows 7ReplyDelete
People asking the same stupid questions over and over again. Admin I feel for you...ReplyDelete
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Download Method
it works in windows8
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Follow Downloading Method.
Thanks buddy!! It brought me back all those childhood gaming memories with cousins and friends... Thanks a ton!! Love you <3ReplyDelete
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how cau I download it??/???????
:) :)) Awesome.....ReplyDelete
admin there are no cutscenes in the game . is there anyway to get those movies after u finish a race ??ReplyDelete
Does it work for MaC Os?ReplyDelete
Dear sir
Please upload downhills
I'll thankful 2 u
Thanks a lot, after 13 years it gave me my golden memories backReplyDelete
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does this work on windows8 32-bitReplyDelete
I say to you that this game have very much downloading but Iove this game.
how much time it will take to installReplyDelete
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does it supports in windows 7 also?
please tell me how will download full game
does it work in WIN 7 and 8?ReplyDelete
how do i download the game on windows 8?ReplyDelete
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Does this work work on Mac OS?ReplyDelete
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great, works for me (windows 8.1 64bit). except for the videos.
But still awesome to play the game of my childhood
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Hi Admin, when I download I am getting .rar file, how to run this file in my PC.ReplyDelete
You can open file with winrar and extract
1.Run 1st "roadrash.reg"
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Click On Blue Download button for game download
there is no need of internet to run this game.
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The Realities of Rehosting – Four Customer Stories, by Mark Rakhmilevich, Product Mgmt, Strategy Director Product Development
By R A Sanyal on May 02, 2013
Mainframe customers have options. Not that mainframe vendors, like IBM, would tell them. In fact, IBM recently put together a presentation on "The Reality of Rehosting" and, as you can guess, they weren't enthusiastic about the notion of moving applications from the mainframe to open systems. On the other hand, some mainframe users who presented at a recent Oracle OpenWorld are way more enthusiastic about their options when leveraging Tuxedo to migrate applications off the mainframe. These are their stories on the "realities of rehosting."
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA)
BBVA, a global bank with 100,000 MIPS of IBM mainframe capacity deployed across Europe and the Americas has began rehosting their core banking transactions and other mainframe applications to Oracle Tuxedo and Oracle Database. With over 3000 MIPS already rehosted in 2012 and another 12,000 under way in 2013, the bank has crunched the numbers and estimated $1M/year savings for every 1000 MIPS of rehosted workloads. They rely on robust Tuxedo and Oracle Database foundation, coupled with Tuxedo Mainframe Adaptors for integration with IBM CICS and IMS, and GoldenGate for database synchronization, to run a hybrid core banking infrastructure with full security and global transaction coordination across rehosted transactions and those that are still on the mainframe.
Operating in many countries presents complex regulatory challenges for BBVA, including requirements for managing local customer data and transactions in-country. Using Tuxedo and Oracle Database, BBVA is able to deploy a small "bank-in-a-box" datacenter configuration in those countries that have this requirement. Speaking at Oracle Open World 2012 , Antonio Gelart, head of BBVA modernization program, stated that the bank's goal is zero MIPS – no mainframes – and with the success of early rehosting projects they can see a clear path towards this goal.
Mazda, long known as an innovator in automobile industry, is right sizing its IT infrastructure to meet the challenges of the current economic disruptions. Shedding the legacy mainframe environment, Mazda has chosen to migrate its cost accounting system off the mainframe to a Linux environment powered by Tuxedo and Tuxedo's Application Runtime (ART) for Batch.
Accomplishing this migration in about one year, Mazda has revamped some of its application programs in Java and successfully married the traditional mainframe batch framework provided by Tuxedo ART with Java programs. Describing this migration project at Oracle Open World 2012, Masuhiro Yoshioka, Mazda's IT infrastructure manager, said that they chose Oracle Tuxedo for its strong reliability and availability characteristics, which are critical for Mazda's cost accounting system that feeds into quarterly and annual financial reporting. In addition to significant cost savings expected from decommissioning one of the two mainframes, Mazda has seen significant performance improvements from parallelizing the overnight batch processing across a distributed batch farm supported by Tuxedo's distributed batch framework. Once acquired, the taste for rehosting stays strong. Mazda is now looking at rehosting an IBM IMS application from its last remaining mainframe to Tuxedo's Application Runtime for IMS.
Caja de Valores (CdV)
CdV, an IT arm of Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, began its mainframe modernization quest in 2001 with a 3-yr project to re-write about 4M lines of COBOL code to Java. Fast forward to 2007, and, in the words of Alejandro Wyss, the CdV CIO, no critical subsystem has been migrated, the budget for re-write was overrun by 3X, and re-write project has achieved less than 30% of the total scope, while COBOL code base grew to 6M LoC.
A new approach was required, one that moved the application functionality to more flexible open systems infrastructure in a short timeframe and with low risk. CdV determined that rehosting the applications to Oracle Tuxedo, where the application logic is preserved intact in COBOL and only technical APIs are adapted or emulated to run on a Linux or UNIX platform, was a more promising option. Starting with the Stock Trading application as a pilot, the entire migration was accomplished in 20 months. Deploying on Linux to achieve HW vendor independence, CdV was able to leverage Tuxedo's built-in clustering capabilities to move to an application grid enabling Active/Active fault-tolerant services infrastructure, while increasing throughput by 200% at a fraction of a mainframe cost. Leveraging Tuxedo's standards-based integration options, CdV is able to reduce overall risk and cut time to market for new capabilities by 30%.
A Top 5 Global Bank
It's difficult to imagine a more critical banking system than a SWIFT Financial Messaging application. Lifeblood of any major bank is its connectivity into the global financial fabric managed by SWIFT that interconnects over 8000 banks and many of their corporate customers. For a bank that's in the top 5 of SWIFT messaging volumes, an aging SWIFT Financial Messaging solution is a serious risk.
criteria for a mainframe replacement solution that could consolidate disparate SWIFT
messaging systems and perform at 10x current system's throughput, the Bank
embarked on a series of performance benchmarks.
The clear winner – a Tuxedo-based GT Exchange application from Sterci, a long term Tuxedo ISV that
specializes in SWIFT financial messaging market, deployed on Exalogic Elastic
Cloud System. In fact, once the Bank has seen its 4x throughput advantage over
IBM AIX/pSeries (2.58M complex SWIFT messages/hr on Exalogic compared to 620K
on IBM p750 servers), they've decided to deploy it across 2 countries and 4
datacenters using 8 quarter-rack Exalogic systems. While this is a mainframe application replacement
example rather than rehosting of an existing application, it underlines the
performance advantages that can be achieved through Tuxedo optimizations on
Migrating off expensive, inflexible mainframe systems to Tuxedo
These four customers are not
alone in migrating off expensive and inflexible mainframe systems to
Tuxedo-powered open systems infrastructure. They are just the more recent
examples of mainframe migrations leveraging Tuxedo that demonstrate significant
cost and risk reduction benefits, and highlight the gains in performance,
datacenter flexibility, and business agility customers can achieve using
Tuxedo-based migration approach. In
subsequent posts we'll highlight the technical details of these migrations, and
share best practices for migrating mainframe applications to Tuxedo.
More Information
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Recession Q&A: What It Could Mean to You
A recession in 2008 isn't official yet. But with unemployment rising and stocks falling — including a 4% drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average last week — many economists, including former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, say the U.S. is probably in a recession. What does that mean exactly? And what does it mean for investors? Here are answers to some key questions.
Q: What is a recession?
A: Business cycles are made up of periods of economic expansion and recessions, when the economy is contracting. The generally accepted arbiter of when U.S. recessions begin and end is the "business cycle dating committee" of the 87-year old National Bureau of Economic Research, a non-profit group based in Cambridge, Mass., that is made up of 600 academic economists. The NBER defines a recession as "a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months," and usually visible in measures such as gross domestic product, employment, incomes and industrial production. A popular rule of thumb says a recession is two consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP, although that doesn't fit some NBER-designated recessions.
Q: Are we in a recession or about to enter one?
A: We won't know for sure unless the NBER announces it, and that would likely be long after the fact. (It did not decide the last recession began in March of 2001 until November of that year.) So far, GDP has yet to shrink. But there are some things that are common to most recessions that are present now. Read the full Q&A. — Greg Ip


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Baja Style Fish TacosServes 6
- 1 pounds Tilapia, halibut or other firm white fish filets, cut into 1 inch strips
- 1 cup dark Mexican style Beer
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning mix
- ½ bunch cilantro
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon of lime zest
- 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
- Vegetable oil. For deep fat frying
- 12 corn tortillas, soft shell
- Garnishes:
- 3 cup cabbage, finely shredded
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 Onion, finely chopped
- ½ bunch cilantro, finely chopped
- Lime wedges
- Whisk together the flour, beer, and taco seasoning mix. Wash fish strips and pat dry with paper toweling. Whisk together sour cream, cilantro, lime juice and additional taco seasoning mix to taste. Prepare garnishes as you heat about 1/2" of oil in a cast iron skillet or heavy frying pan to 360F. Dip fish nuggets into batter and carefully place in hot oil with a fork. Turn once after about 1 minute and brown the other side for another minute until golden brown. Do the fish in batches, trying not to overcrowd them in the pan. Drain on paper toweling and keep warm in a 200F oven until ready to serve. Heat tortillas in foil in the oven or nuke them wrapped in a clean kitchen towel. For service, place about two strips in a corn tortilla, top with cabbage, tomatoes, a dollop of the lime cream sauce, chopped onions and cilantro serve with lime wedges.
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Phi Beta Lambda sells SC playing cards
The Sterling College chapter of Phi Beta Lambda has been hard at work to raise money for this year's national competition in Nashville, Tenn. To raise funds, they have created and designed a custom deck of playing cards that feature photos of former Sterling College presidents, athletic teams, academic departments, buildings and campus clubs.
"We came up with the idea after we saw other schools and groups selling personalized cards. We figured it would be a great way to sell to both alumni and current students, as well as sell to the faculty and staff," said sophomore Katrina Carman of Wellsville, Kan., who helped create and design the project.
The playing cards are sold at the Sterling College Bookstore for $9.25 plus tax. They are also available through the Bookstore's website, www.bkstr.com/Home/10001-273905-1?demoKey=d. Sales will continue for the rest of the semester.
PBL is the collegiate subdivision of Future Business Leaders of America, and Sterling College has been a member of this organization since 2011. Each year, PBL chapters meet at regional competitions to test their business knowledge. Sterling College had six students participate in regional testing last year, and all six qualified for the national competition. This year's regional competition will be Friday, Feb. 28, and Saturday, March 1.
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and so does my husband!!!
That couch is just your colour!! Did your Mom take you when she picked it out??
Looks very comfy, enjoy(Hubby too!) :)
Katie & Tucker a.k.a "Porkchop"
she looks comfy and cozy
Deborah & the NC gang
oh my sweet girl-you are just too beautiful for words-love the spots on your ears!
smoochies the scrunchy face
hubby with remote in hand and bulldog on lap. Life just doesn't get any bettert than that!
they look so happy together!
Cathy & Zimmer
cute and cuddly with her Daddy!!! :-)
Our sweet Archimedes "MEATY" Bones (or as we say...boneSHHH!) ---born 11/28/08---- our first bullllyyyy!!!
And SOPHIE Bubbles *Rapscallion* (LOL!) ---born 4/3/11----our second bulllllyyyy!!!!
Sophie's very first day home with us....awwww........May 2011.......tooo sweet for words!!!
A nap and bulldog snuggle on the sofa :)
Holiday greeting card.
Bulldogs changed our life!!!!!


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All data is provided for graphic representation only. The Capitol Region Council of Governments and the municipalities that contributed data expressly disclaims all warranties of any type, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, any warranty as to the accuracy of the data, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose.
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From local giving to star-studded events: Banner Health supports its communities
Passion, purpose and a promise to make a difference in people's lives serve as the basis of philanthropy at Banner Health.
The generosity of those who embrace a shared responsibility to give back has a continued and lasting impact on the many communities where we are located.
- Volunteers selflessly serve in our hospitals and care facilities.
- Employees generously contribute through internal charitable giving campaigns.
- Countless individuals, corporations and foundations invest their time, talent and treasure to advance clinical excellence.
The many ways in which people choose to support Banner Health is a testament to the fact that when the mission is meaningful and the intent is worthy, we can all help make a difference in people's lives through excellent patient care.
With an array of foundations supporting Banner Health hospitals and patient care programs across the seven western states, there is no shortage of giving options and opportunities for those seeking to give back and help foster healthier communities.
Through various fundraising events, capital campaigns, employee giving initiatives and other giving programs, foundations across the organization play a key role in extending the reach and results of patient care at Banner Health.
Fundraising Events
Black-tie galas, cocktail receptions and golf tournaments are just a few examples of fundraising events organized by Banner's foundations.
Phoenix-based Banner Health Foundation, which supports Banner Health facilities throughout Arizona, hosts the highly successful Stars of the Season soiree benefiting Cardon Children's Medical Center; Candlelight Capers, which supports academic medicine; and the ever-popular Banner Health Charity Pro-Am golf tournament benefiting Banner School-Based Health Centers and the Banner Children's Health Mobile.
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation, also located in Phoenix, is the philanthropic resource for Banner Alzheimer's Institute.
In the West Valley of metropolitan Phoenix, Sun Health Foundation is the core charitable giving partner for Banner Boswell Medical Center, Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center and Banner Sun Health Research Institute. The foundation proudly hosts the Healthy SUNsations Gala, an annual Holiday Boutique and Home Tour and a yearly golf tournament to help fund vital patient care, capital and research endeavors at Banner Health.
Beyond Arizona, foundations such as North Colorado Medical Center Foundation, McKee Foundation, The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation and several more organize special events like the NCMC Foundation Gala and the McKee Community Classic Bike Tour.
Capital Campaigns
Capital campaigns have had an invaluable impact on Banner's ability to enhance health care facilities, invest in the medical technology necessary to deliver the highest quality care, and expand patient care programs and support services that truly make a difference in the lives of patients.
The Through the Eyes of a Child Campaign, organized and executed by Banner Health Foundation in support of Cardon Children's Medical Center, was among the organization's first capital campaigns. The foundation concluded a successful $20 million Cancer Has Met Its Match Campaign in 2012, benefiting Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. A $22 million Hope Starts Here Campaign for the cancer center launched in 2014.
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation in 2011 launched the $40 million BAI Breakthrough Campaign to help fund groundbreaking research studies and renowned patient care programs that have made Banner Alzheimer's Institute an international resource in the arena of Alzheimer's Care, treatment and prevention research.
Through its partnership with Banner Health, Sun Health remains committed to providing charitable support and volunteer resouces for the Banner Sun Health Research Institute and the Banner Boswell and Banner Del E. Webb medical centers. Since the formation of the partnership in 2008, Sun Health has contibuted more than $52 million to health and human service programs for Banner Health and a variety of othe rcommunity agencies serving the Northwest Valley.
Employee Giving Campaigns
Along with enlisting the support of those outside the organization, Banner Health prides itself on creating a culture of philanthropy. The Better Together Employee Giving Campaign in Arizona, a collaboration between Banner Health Foundation, Casa Grande Community Hospital Foundation and Sun Health Foundation, and a similar giving campaign operated by North Colorado Medical Center Foundation, are engaging employees at all levels of the organization in making charitable contributions to advance Banner's nonprofit mission.
In 2013, Banner employees joined together to support the Support our Staff (SOS) fund to help those staff members who were impacted by the flooding in Colorado and Nebraska.


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Opening day always provides built-in excitement for those attending. April 10, 2014 became a standing room only event at Hadlock. Those occasional folks who just show up when a named player is in town, and the veteran regulars who are there every game were bumping elbows. Everyone was talking about the new players, the new coaches, sharing baseball antidotes from previous years, catching up with friends and speculating on the coming season. Negotiations and poaching were going on for the best seats. As always, there was at least one person caging for free souvenirs and autographs. The demand for constant food and insider information kept the support staff hopping.
And that was just in the press booth.
The April 10, 2014 opening day at home for the Sea Dogs was one to watch. Both the press corps and 6,022 fans braved a starting temperature of 47 degrees and winds of 20 miles an hour to watch the Sea Dogs defeat the Rock Cats. Keith Couch, Sea Dogs righty, held the Rock Cats to one run through six innings allowing five hits with five strikeouts.
Sea Dogs second baseman, Mookie Betts, showed his quick thinking and base running ability when he used a throwing error to turn a triple into a scoring play. Hitting a fly ball sharply to center field, Betts turned on the steam as he rounded second and headed for third. By taking advantage of Cats shortstop Aderling Mejia's throw wide of third, Betts was able to continue running and arrived safely at home.
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Frank Stalter addresses the real origins of flight (for us and UFOs)
Frank Stalter's blog, UFO Partisan, provides insightful UFO material.
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No, we thank you, Frank...
I was looking at Frank Stalter's blog where he talks about the cover-up of the Slapton Sands "Exercise Tiger" disaster on the Dorset coast a few weeks prior to D-Day.
He compares this cover-up to the supposed Roswell cover-up. Does he really think there is a comparison between the two? Slapton Sands was controlled by the US military, who could, and did, keep a tight clamp on the affair, at least up to D-Day. This was absolutely necessary for the purposes of the D-Day invasion and the duration of WW2.
Roswell was not under the control of the US military. For all they knew, several crashes occurred that day (or week or month) in different parts of the world and the US knew nothing, and could do nothing, about these. The ETs were in control, weren't they?
So where is the comparison between Slapton Sands and Roswell? And why even try to compare them?
By cda, at Thursday, January 13, 2011
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The trials and tribulations of Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne are never ending. Yesterday, this column reviewed 2008's "The Dark Knight," which is generally considered the best "Batman" film. It was followed by "The Dark Knight Rises," which came out in 2012.
As "The Dark Knight Rises" begins, Batman has been missing in action for about eight years. At the end of "The Dark Knight," he took the blame for crimes committed by Two-face. Despondent on these outcomes, Bruce Wayne (played by Christian Bale) has become a recluse, who has a beard and confines himself to the stately rooms of Wayne Manor. One evening, he meets Selina Kyle (played by Anne Hathaway), a cat burglar disguised as a maid, who steals his late mother's necklace. Bruce does research on Selina, who was paid to get Bruce's fingerprints. Soon, he learns that a powerful new enemy, Bane (played by Tom Hardy), is working in the sewers of Gotham City. Bruce feels he has to return to the bat suit.
Like the other movies in "The Dark Knight" trilogy, this movie is very ambitious, with complex storylines and multi-dimensional characters. Because of this, the story is more interesting than ones from most other superhero films.
Christian Bale is every bit as good here as he was in "The Dark Knight" and "Batman Begins." He knows how to command the quiet, brooding Wayne as well as the fierce, determined Batman. Anne Hathaway matches his abilities with her sultry Selina. Like Batman, she is a skilled fighter who wears a tight black suit. Tom Hardy makes a memorable villain. Like the Joker, Bane has a distinctive voice. His is a thick British accent. Unlike the Joker, he is much more physically strong than the title character. This adds suspense to the fight scenes. Another strong performance is by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays Blake, a young cop who becomes an ally of Batman.
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A Syndicated Column about Personal Choices & Ethical Dilemmas
Dear Olive:
I know it's unethical when someone cheats me when I've paid for something, but I don't get why they do it. I hired a house painter that guaranteed the work in writing. His references checked out. A month later, after I paid, the house started to peel. I called and told him he needed to fix things. He got nasty, said I was crazy and too demanding, that the heat was to blame, then hung up and refused my calls. I've reported him to the contractor's board and Better Business Bureau, but I can't afford a lawyer. What could I have done to avoid this? How does he live with himself?
Dear FT.,
I'm so sorry you're going through this. Unscrupulous behavior abounds and no one likes to get screwed. It can leave us feeling confused, stupid, and outraged: all unfair, undeserved, and uncomfortable feelings. Since this happens too often, it's important and worth examining, for it's the smaller, every-day problems that tend to mount up until they topple over, taking us with them.
The exchange of money tends to change things. When money enters the equation, people are often tempted to cross lines they might not otherwise because it means more dollars in their pocket than in someone else's. In our culture, money is one of the ultimate symbols of power.
Why do people act this way? How does this turkey live with himself? People who behave unethically use power irresponsibly, ignore their values, and avoid being accountable for their actions and the impact of those actions on others. They often rationalize bad behavior with a distorted belief and sense of entitlement that the rules are different for them; that what they're doing doesn't matter as long as they don't get caught or nobody knows. Sometimes, they use abuse, arrogance and rudeness to mask the fact that deep down inside they know they've crossed the line, but they're so out of control and filled with self-loathing that they're like a runaway train, unable to stop.
People who behave like this can sustain a business for a while, operating under the assumption it doesn't matter if customers are happy or respect their work because there'll be a new sucker tomorrow. In a large city, they'll get away with it to start, but eventually, things will catch up to them. Could you have done anything to avoid this? Often when we're driven to meet a timeline, we rush and ignore signs of possible trouble because we want to get the work done now. Or we pick the cheapest bid. In the future, remember references are always questionable. No one gives you references from someone not happy with their work. Just remember you have choices, and every choice comes with a price, in time, money, emotions. One inexpensive option you have is to take him to small claims court. That may allow you to recoup the money you'll need to fix the problem.
You're not responsible for his lack of values and ethics. In hindsight, you're only responsible for making a bad choice. While most folks who provide these kinds of services are honorable and well-intended, there are also, regrettably, many who take no personal pride in their work.
So professionals, listen up. If you provide services, put your honor where your checkbook is! Bad behavior will catch up with you, and you'll pay a much higher price than you think. People you treat badly won't forget. And they'll tell their friends who will tell their friends.
Finally, a word to consumers. Don't hire anyone who treats you disrespectfully or makes you feel uncomfortable. It just compounds the problem. Trust your instincts. No one's irreplaceable. There's always someone else. It just takes a little effort to find them. In the end, it comes down to respect and fairness. We work hard for our money. We deserve to have our patronage appreciated and valued. If it isn't, then change is in order.
As for feeling badly? That's a normal and healthy reaction. While your head knows you did all you could, there's still a wounding that takes place whenever we're unfairly taken advantage of or not respected. Be patient and good to yourself. Don't be victimized or embittered by what happened. Tomorrow you'll get new choices and what you've learned will help you make even better ones.
The Inner Bottom Line column now runs in first use on OregonLive.com/Living every Tuesday and appears in the weekend print edition of The Oregonian.
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A patient's records may be necessary to the patient in the future not only for medical care but also for employment, insurance, litigation, or other reasons. When a physician retires or dies, patients should be notified and urged to find a new physician and should be informed that upon authorization, records will be sent to the new physician. Records which may be of value to a patient and which are not forwarded to a new physician should be retained, either by the treating physician, another physician, or such other person lawfully permitted to act as a custodian of the records.
The patients of a physician who leaves a group practice should be notified that the physician is leaving the group. Patients of the physician should also be informed of the physician's new address and offered the opportunity to have their medical records forwarded to the departing physician at his or her new practice location. It is unethical to withhold such information upon request of a patient. If the responsibility for notifying patients falls to the departing physician rather than to the group, the group should not interfere with the discharge of these duties by withholding patient lists or other necessary information. (IV)


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Dear Raina;
My sister died unexpectedly and my boyfriend of six months has not been there for me. He has been very supportive on the phone, but has never volunteered to come over, and when I've asked him to, he says "he'll try". Well, it's been 3 days and he still hasn't come over. The night my sister died he was busy writing a letter to a friend of his, the next day he was taking his kids out to dinner to celebrate his eldest child's birthday, and when I spoke to him last night he couldn't come over because he had some friends over for an impromptu gathering at his house (to which I was not invited). All I want is for him to come over to hold me and let me rest my head on his shoulder. Is that too much to ask? I love him and really need his support right now, but am wondering if I should just break up with him if he can't even manage to be there for me when I really need him. (By the way, we live at opposite ends of Fort Collins.)
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Dear Did He Bail on Me?:
First of all, I am so sorry for your loss. Losing a loved one is difficult under any circumstances, but even more so when the loss is unexpected and the person you depend on the most bails on you. Of course, it is understandable that your boyfriend just can't find the time to drive the 15 minutes to your house – what a self-centered jerk! As difficult as it may be for you to understand right now, you have been given a gift. Many couples are not tested in such a way, but you now know that you cannot depend on this man to be there for you when you need him. Is this the type of person you want to spend the rest of your life with? It is true that some people have great difficulty dealing with tragic situations, and he may be one of them; but again, if he can't manage to get over himself, get his butt over to your house and figure out what he can do to help you through this, he is way more in love with himself than he is with you. Definitely not long-term relationship material.
You need to turn your back on this relationship and find the support and comfort you need in friends and family. If necessary, there are also support groups and therapy available. To find low-cost therapy options in Fort Collins and surrounding areas, you can contact the Larimer Center for Mental Health at http://www.larimercenter.org/ .
Please take care of yourself and don't let this extremely self-absorbed man drag you down any further.
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RALEIGH — Only 14 of the 100 North Carolina schools served by state dropout prevention grant recipients saw substantial improvement in dropout and graduation rates from 2006-07 to 2007-08. Those numbers suggest the grants made little impact, according to a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
"It's important to know whether these grants offer any benefits, since Gov. Beverly Perdue has set aside $6.7 million for more dropout prevention grants in her plan for the next state budget," said report author Terry Stoops, JLF Education Policy Analyst. "When schools and state agencies face cutbacks, there's no good reason to continue funding a program that doesn't show signs of success."
Stoops' latest report tackles the arguments from "politicians and advocates" who claim that dropout prevention grants have worked, he said. "Because of research limitations, there's no way these proponents can substantiate that claim," Stoops said. "They cannot establish a causal connection between the grant program and changes in the dropout rate. A number of grant recipient schools had lower dropout rates, but there is no evidence the grants themselves were the primary cause for the decline."
Preliminary results don't look particularly good for those claiming success for the dropout grant program, Stoops said. "Out of the 100 schools examined, 45 improved their dropout rates at a higher rate than their respective school districts," he said. "On the other hand, 55 schools failed to improve dropout rates relative to their districts."
"When you take a closer look, only 14 of the 45 schools with improved dropout rates also recorded higher graduation rates," Stoops added. "As a whole, the schools that received dropout prevention grant funds did not substantially raise graduation rates or lower dropout rates compared with district and state averages."
CJ: Unemployment shows problems with government solutionsRALEIGH — The latest increase in North Carolina's unemployment rate
should signal government leaders to stop pursuing policies that have no
chance of improving the economy. That's the assessment of a John Locke
Foundation analyst with a Ph.D. in economics. A new report from the
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CJ: Lawyers spent gas-tax funds on beer and candyRALEIGH — Washington lawyers assisting Attorney General Roy Cooper in
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CJ: Out-of-wedlock births an issue to be addressedCHARLOTTE — Preliminary numbers are in for the latest round of American
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Smoking ban faces steeper hill in SenateRALEIGH — The proposed ban on smoking in restaurants and other
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support of the powerful Democratic leader. "My take would be that, yes,
we would pass it," Marc Basnight, the Senate's president pro tem, said
yesterday. But the bill's fate is far from clear, because it faces new
opposition from the state's restaurant owners, who are angry over an
amendment to the bill that occurred in the N.C. House.
NC Senate could unveil budget proposal next weekRALEIGH — The Senate will pass a budget bill for state government by
next weekend, chamber leader Marc Basnight predicted Thursday, a plan
that he said ultimately would contain tobacco and alcohol tax increases
lower than Gov. Beverly Perdue sought. The spending proposal, portions
of which could be released as early as Monday, would be unveiled just
three weeks after Perdue announced her nearly $21 billion plan.
Monday, April 06, 2009 at 12:00 PM, NoonShaftesbury Society Luncheonwith our special guest Joseph ColettiBudget and Transparency
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"All we're doing is putting a Band-Aid on a gaping wound."— Rep. Jerry Dockham, R-Davidson, as quoted by the Associated Press, in voting against a proposed fix of the state's health insurance plan. The proposal was approved by the House Insurance Committee on a 9-7 vote and now goes to the House Appropriations Committee.
"There is absolutely no difference between what is happening here and what Hugo Chavez did."— Kevin Lowery, a spokesman for Alcoa, as quoted by the Charlotte Observer, comparing the state's request to assume control of hydroelectric projects on the Yadkin River to the seizure by socialist Venezuela of an Alcoa subsidiary in that country.
"If you really want to hit the peak season, we can close down (schools) for three weeks in October."— Rep. Phil Haire, D-Jackson, talking to the Asheville Citizen-Times about a state law, passed in 2004 at the urging of the tourism industry, that specifies dates that the school year must begin and end by. An attempt by eight western North Carolina school systems to start their school years earlier was rejected by a state House committee. Haire contends that the exemption was appropriate given the potential number of snow days the systems can experience. He also noted that the peak tourism season in the mountains is in October, not during the summer.
"I feel sorry for them but they brought a lot of this on themselves."— Sen. Tom Apodaca, R-Henderson, as quoted by the Asheville Citizen-Times, on a bill passed by the Senate that would require mo-ped and motorized scooter drivers drivers to have insurance and a license plate. The bill is aimed primarily at those convicted of driving while impaired who have lost their driver's licenses; a driver's license is not required in North Carolina to operate a mo-ped. Apodaca figures those who have lost their license won't be able to afford insurance and thus won't be able to operate a mo-ped.
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OK, So I was at the local fast food joint with the family.
As we were eating a LEO walked in and ordered some lunch. I began to wonder what if someone came into rob or shoot up the place.
And then there proceeded to be a gun fight between the BG and the LEO where they were both behind cover and shooting it out.
Not a BG that "shoots and runs" but, a BG that stays and fights.
In this scenario..."what if" I had an open/clear shot when the LEO obviously didn't have such a good position.
Should I take that shot or should I remain completely uninvolved because there is a LEO present?
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I read with interest the letters to the editor that ran in the Amarillo Globe-News (print edition) on Nov. 5 (Amarillo doctor must pay fine, take classes after shaking child, Oct. 31, amarillo.com).
I had been wondering when area citizens would take a stand for the good doctor. What a shame the medical profession would discipline a doctor for doing what any parent concerned with the protection of his young 6-year-old boy — playing in his own backyard — would do.
If it had been me, I'm sure I would have done much more, and probably be sitting in a jail cell, but the bottoms of four little juveniles would still be burning.
I wonder if their parents, if they have any, have done a single thing.
I believe, for common decency and the sake of their children, the parents should bring the children to the doctor and have them apologize. Then they should be charged with bullying and assault.
The medical profession, and the local city fathers, should exonerate the doctor and give him a commendation.
Everybody should read Proverbs 22:6: "Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not turn from it." Verse 15 of the same chapter: "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him."
May 500 more citizens write letters to the editor.
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