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Guiding you to optimised fuel consumptionReducing fuel consumption is a must when it comes to a company's economy. But even more so when it comes to environmental issues. At Volvo we believe in the benefits of cleaner technology. It is a mission we take seriously. Just to give you one example: compared to a truck that performed a corresponding haulage assignment back in 1980, the fuel consumption, using diesel engines, has decreased by about 30%.
However, beside vehicle and engine design, fuel consumption for goods vehicle transport is dependent on a number of other factors such as load conditions, the driver, equipment and weather conditions.
The driver and the ownerAlthough air drag and rolling resistance as well as driveline specification will influence your fuel consumption, the load is still the one factor that creates the greatest difference per tonne-kilometre. For a transport company, route planning and load are the most significant factors for reducing fuel consumption. Specification and equipmentTrain weight and road conditions determine which model is the most suitable for a given business. Another factor is that more powerful engines and higher train weights result in higher fuel consumption. However, fuel consumption is lower with increased train weight when calculated per tonne-kilometre. Variations in equipment and design also have an effect on air resistance and, consequently, fuel consumption. By making the right choice from the start fuel consumption can be lowered by more than 10%.
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"I recently found you through my smartphone and I'm hooked. I find the program very interesting as I try to deepen my faith and knowledge of the Catholic Church. I have a lot of friends who converted to Protestant churches. I will continue to learn every day, and hopefully I can share what I've learned with them."
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I'm relatively new here, but have read alot of the posts about feeding preemies for help and advice.
Like Jazzle, I have a 32 week preemie who is now considered a 'term' baby. She's been home with me for three weeks now and is keeping her weight gain up just fine, so earlier this week we got the ok from our ped to switch over to exclusive BF and not have to record every ounce she takes by bottle.
The BF is not going well, to say the least. She fights me every step of the way, thrashing and flailing and screaming at me when I put her down to breast. Yesterday I was in tears and was lucky enough to get into see an LC who really really helped - Livy nursed well, got an ounce (weighed before and after) and just did really really well. The LC said she has all the right moves and knows what to do, but she just needs some time to get used to it. I came home encouraged, armed with the nipple shield they gave me to use, and for the first time, I REALLY thought we would be able to figure this out.
Today....it was back to the same old nightmare. I DID have one decent nursing with her this afternoon - I just held her to breast until she tired out from screaming and then got her to latch - she nursed for about 15 minutes at a so-so level while she was half asleep. But...she latched and nursed, so is that progress? I don't know. She didn't get much as I had to bottle her almost 2 oz afterwards.
The problem is that I just can't do this much longer - each failed attempt at nursing ends with both Livy and I in tears. Emotionally...I am just wiped out, but yet I keep trying because this is so important, and my husband and I always dreamed of having me BF our children. However, we all have our limits and I am very very close to throwing in the towel. I guess my point to this post (do I even have a point? Or is this just a rant? I"m sorry that I can no longer distinguish the two) is 1) how long should it reasonably take Livy to 'get' it with nursing and not pitch a damn fit every time she is put to breast and 2) how long has it taken other people to make the switch from bottle to breast with NICU babies? I have absolutely no idea what to think, what to expect, or what is even reasonable. We are just bumbling around in the dark and don't seem to be making any headway at all.
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The horror growsMarch 04,2013It is one of lifes mysteries: Individuals or groups that wish to be taken seriously insist that the Holocaust never happened, that it was in fact an invention of Jews seeking to advance their own selfish interests at the expense of others.
Serious historians dismiss such claims, yet Holocaust deniers they prefer to be called revisionists (a more respectable term in an academic context) see the allegations against Hitler and his henchman as a hoax. Given what that tells us about human nature, is it any wonder that conspiracy theorists inevitably surface after events such as 9/11 or the Branch Davidian siege of 1993?
Well, as bad as most of us believed the Holocaust was, it has now been learned that it was actually much worse. A new study, publicized last week, indicates that under Hitlers direction German authorities brutalized minorities the Jews were only the most numerous and prominent of them on a scale surpassing what was previously known.
The numbers are so much higher than what we originally thought, said Hartmut Berghoff, director of the German Historical Institute in Washington. We knew before how horrible life in the camps and ghettos was, but the numbers are unbelievable.
Berghoff was referring to data collected by researchers who have identified 42,500 Nazi ghettos and camps in Germany and in German-controlled areas from France to Russia. The persecution began after Hitler seized power in 1933 and lasted until Germany was defeated in 1945.
The figure is so staggering that even fellow Holocaust scholars had to make sure they had heard it correctly when the lead researchers previewed their findings at an academic forum in late January, The New York Times reported Saturday.
The documented camps, the report continued, included killing centers and thousands of labor camps where prisoners were forced to manufacture war supplies for the German military, prisoner-of-war camps, sites the Nazis arrogantly referred to as care centers (where pregnant women were forced to have abortions or their babies were killed after birth), and brothels, where women were forced to have sex with German troops.
In the publics mind, the most notorious concentration camps Auschwitz, for instance may usually represent Hitlers killing machine just as imprisonment of entire Jewish families in ghettos (such as Warsaw, where in 1943 there was a famous and bloody uprising) have drawn widespread attention. But, the new report argues, these more famous sites represent but a fraction of the entire Nazi program.
The maps the researchers have created to identify the camps and ghettos turn wide sections of wartime Europe into black clusters of death, torture and slavery centered in Germany and Poland, but reaching in all directions, the newspaper noted.
Geoffrey Megargee, the lead researcher on the project, said it changes how Holocaust scholars understand the way camps and ghettos evolved. The process began in 1933 as the government established about 110 camps to hold an estimated 10,000 political opponents and others, the researchers found.
As Germany began occupying its European neighbors, the use of camps and ghettos expanded to confine and sometimes kill not just Jews but also homosexuals, Gypsies, Poles, Russians and other ethnic groups. Researchers learned that these camps and ghettos varied in their mission, organization and size, depending on the Nazis needs.
It would be comforting to believe that Germanys defeat in World War II had taught the world a lesson, yet to this day there are examples of outrageous government-sponsored brutality around the world. The human race, sad to say, appears unable to learn from history.MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryA lot of serious long-term national issues simply werent addressed in the recent national election. Full StoryI have written on the anomaly of the separation of the private and public sectors in our society,... Full Story
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June 5, 2013 —
MILFORD, PA — Harmony Presents will host the band Gypsophilia at the Milford Theatre on Sunday, June 9 at 5 p.m. Halifax-based Gypsophilia is a group of seven young performers whose instrumental music straddles the jazz and indie-swing worlds. The band started as a Django Reinhardt tribute, but soon found itself mixing and composing gypsy jazz with klezmer, funk, classical music, swing and bebop while sweeping up international music awards and selling out shows all over the US and Canada.
Now, Harmony Presents, a local performing arts production team, showcases Gypsophilia in the historic Milford Theater at the conclusion of the Milford Music Festival. The theater has recently been restored and beautified by Jerry Beaver of the Black Bear Film Festival.
Tickets cost $17 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit www.silkmillharmony.com [1] or call 570/588-8077.


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First, a little geography. The oasis is about six miles (ten kilometers) away from the Euphrates River. At this point on, the more northwest one goes along the river the deeper it sinks into cliff sides, making side stops difficult. The whole western portion of Iraq is desert making any access to a rest area with water extremely valuable. Finally, the oasis is last oasis of any importance until well after the Syrian border.
All these factors lead locals to claim Abraham visited the Oasis during his divinely inspired mission to the Holy Land. Despite the fact neither the Bible or Qu'ran mention any stops, if the oasis in existence he would have most likely stopped there (map of possible journey route).
The oasis is located near Al Asad Airbase. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Australian soliders found the oasis full of Iraqi military trash. Locals were uninterested in visiting it or cleaning it up. In 2006 the United States Marine Corps ordered the oasis cleaned up. Today the oasis is guarded by the Iraqi Army. Americans or other foriegners must be guided by a chaplin when visiting the oasis (there are no athesits in foxholes and apparently no seperation of Church and State either).
The oasis is a calming place. One can close their eyes and think about Abraham and his family getting ready for the push into the desert.


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A Waikiki merchant who works across the street from where an elderly tour guide was struck and killed by a trolley Monday night said the crosswalk is too dark and needs another street light nearby.
Royal Hawaiian Avenue in Waikiki is crowded all the time, with trolleys, buses and cars driving by, lots of tourists on the sidewalks and a busy Duty Free store.
Thousands of people walk up and down the sidewalks and cross the street every day while dozens of buses and trolleys stop in the area every hour.
This is where KITV4 News found Dohyom Gi, who owns Royal Hawaiian Marketplace, a collection of 20 stores and restaurants across the street from where the fatal crash happened. He said he jumped in to help after 76-year-old Setsuko Furuya was struck by the Oli Oli trolley in the crosswalk about 7:30 p.m. Monday.
Gi said he and fellow bystanders pulled the woman from under the trolley and tried to save her by performing CPR, but it was too late.
"After two or three minutes, the ambulance came over here. And then she go down like this. So I'm very sorry about her. Everybody's sad," Gi said.
Flowers placed by loved ones mark the site where Furuya died. The crosswalk does not have a street light nearby.
"No more light over here. That's why bad luck time. Still now, it's very dark over here," Gi said.
Gi said he'd like street lights on both sides of the street or better warning for drivers about the crosswalk.
"I like a stop sign or the signal sign," he said.
He complained that many drivers ignore the speed limit on the street between stop lights on Kuhio and Kalakaua Avenues.
"Many people go very fast over here, not 25 speed limit. That's a very dangerous place here now," Gi said.
People who work in the area said the street gets even darker late at night, when the Duty Free store shuts off its lights around 11 p.m., making things even more dangerous in the overnight hours.
The family members of the crash victim are asking for the public's help in finding her car, which was parked somewhere between Waikiki and Downtown Honolulu. It is a 1999 gold-colored Honda Accord, with the license plate RBA 343.
Her family said there's a ProPark pass hanging from the rear view mirror which should have her name -- Setsuko Furuya -- on it.
If you locate the car, her family asks you to call the police at 911.


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There are two sides to the art world: the inside and the outside. On the inside — mainstream and traditional art — artists train in classrooms and hang their framed works in galleries and museums. Those on the outside, known as outsider artists, either can't get in or don't have any desire to.
"They're people who are producing compelling artwork perhaps for reasons other than academic artists do," explained Mark Chepp, former director of the Springfield Museum of Art. "They're not looking for that acknowledgement of the mainstream art world. They're using art as a way to better themselves, release some sort of energy, a psychological balm."
Chepp served as curator for a rare exhibition at Riffe Gallery that brings together work by 18 of Ohio's best outsider artists from the 20th century. The only other show of its kind was held in the same gallery in the 1980s, Chepp said.
"Working in that mainstream art world, what I found to be engaging and compelling a long time ago in this genre of art: The outsider art has an honesty about it," he said. "It can at times seem primitive or even childlike, but there was a power to it that tended to transcend the sort of false facade we see in mainstream art."
Along with renowned woodcarver Elijah Pierce, mixed-media expert Russell "Smoky" Brown, and painter and collage artist William Hawkins, here are a few of the great outsider artists from the exhibition that Ohioans should be proud to call their own.
· Ernest "Popeye" Reed created limestone sculptures — some of which look like ancient Egyptian artifacts — in Jackson County. "He got his materials from old building sites, and he would lug large blocks of limestone back to his home and make sculptures out of them," Chepp explained. "He was called Popeye because his forearms got so big in manipulating this heavy material that they bulged like Popeye the cartoon character's."
· Mary Borkowski, a Dayton quilter who died in 2008, became nationally known for a technique she called "thread painting," where she made drawings on cloth using different colors of thread. Her "Saving Susie's Life" depicts a scene at an animal clinic: a hunky, Ken-like veterinarian helping a happy canine in a dentist's chair.
· Ira Brukner, who currently lives in Yellow Springs, is an unusual example of a self-taught abstract artist. "He's an abstract expressionist almost in the way he moves paint around," Chepp said. "Motion," one of several Brukner paintings in the show, could almost be mistaken for a Kandinsky with its grouping of multicolored circles.
· The exhibition offers takes on the story of Adam and Eve by Levent Isik, who lives in Columbus and creates painted wooden relief sculptures, and Charles A. Owens, a now-deceased longtime Columbus resident whose large oil paintings depict historical and biblical events. "The subject matter among outsider artists tends to be repetitive in that a lot of artists hone in on the same subjects," Chepp explained. "Biblical subjects are a popular subject."


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As the popularity of Bitcoins has increased, government officials are concerned about criminal activity associated with the virtual currency. But a recent subpoena issued by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs to 19-year-old Bitcoin developer and MIT student Jeremy Rubin goes too far, and we're fighting back by moving to quash it.
Is a Wi-Fi signal the equivalent of an FM radio station, blasting classic rock ballads through your car speakers?
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- DescriptionTitle: Charmion; a tale, in two cantos.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all kwn languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Anymous; 1824. 47 p.; 8 . 11602.ff.20.(5.)
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"In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]."
~ Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about A.D. 1000; explaining the English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) wherein the religious idea is uppermost; but before long, human nature allowed itself some exceptional licence.


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By Liliana Castillo: CNJ staff writer
Local peanut and peanut product producers are safe from a nationwide peanut butter product recall.
Officials with Sunland Peanut Inc. and Leslie Candy Co. said their peanuts are grown locally, nowhere near the salmonella contamination identified by the Food and Drug Administration.
There have been 488 cases of salmonella in 43 states, according to the FDA. No cases have been identified in New Mexico.
Federal officials have linked the outbreak to King Nut brand peanut butter manufactured by Peanut Corp. of America in Blakely, Ga.
The business recalled peanut butter made on or after Aug. 8 and peanut paste made on or after Sept. 26.
The peanut butter and paste is also further distributed to manufacturers of some cookies, crackers, cereal, candy, ice cream and dog food.
Clovis' Leslie Candy Co. hasn't been affected by the recall, according to bookkeeper Brittany Adams. Leslie Candy Co. uses peanut products in some of their candy.
Adams said the company gets peanuts from Portales Select Peanut Co., a division of Hampton Farm, whose peanuts were not affected by the recall.
Sunland Peanut Inc. President Jimmie Shearer said the company's business hasn't been affected, but its customers have been calling.
"Everyone wants to know if our product is OK," he said. "And it is."
Shearer attributed the continued safe products to the company's strong preventative program.
"We're in great shape. We even use an independent third party, which tests every load of peanut butter that we produce for salmonella as well as other things," he said.
Shearer said the company is more worried about consumers assuming that all peanut butter is bad.
"We were getting a lot of new orders until a big article said to stop buying peanut butter," Shearer said.
Peanuts used for Sunland's products are grown mostly in Portales, Shearer said, away from any contaminated equipment or plants.


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Louisville tops in Vegas, but no strong NCAA favorite
Overall No. 1 Louisville is a slight betting favorite to win the NCAA tournament, but Las Vegas casinos think any one of several teams have a legitimate shot at winning college basketballs national championship.
Executive Director Jay Kornegay of the race and sports book at the Las Vegas Hotel & Casino had Louisville at 9-2 odds on Sunday night after the tournaments seedings were announced. Right behind the Cardinals were third overall No. 1 seed Indiana at 7-1 and three teams at 8-1 No. 2 seeds Duke and Miami, along with Florida, a No. 3 seed.
But good luck finding a consensus.
When people look at the odds, it reflects opinion and money and not necessarily in that order, Kornegay said.
Miami, for example, has been a big fan favorite after opening the season at 200-1 odds to win the national championship, Kornegay said.
Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports for MGM Resorts International, said Louisville would also be the top favorite at its 10 casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, but that opinions will vary widely among bookmakers.
I think there are a dozen or so teams that could legitimately end up in the championship game, Rood said. The first 16 teams that youre going to see on our list could be very different.
Indiana, whom Kornegay set as his casinos second-highest favorite, will open behind Duke, Kansas and Georgetown at MGM Resorts, Rood said.
Even though it is the top favorite, Louisvilles odds worsened from 3-1 after selections were announced and put them in the same region as Duke, No. 3 seed Michigan State, No. 4 seed Saint Louis and No. 12 seed Oregon.
In our opinion, as a No. 1 seed thats a pretty loaded bracket, Kornegay said.
Last year, eventual champions Kentucky were a clear favorite from the tournaments start.
Theres more parity, said gambling expert R.J. Bell of Pregame.com. Theres going to be that bundle at the top.
Bell said that despite an unfathomable number of bracket combinations, casinos know that a No. 4 seed or better has won the title in 24 straight years.
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Well our breastfeeding Journey story is so long so please bear with me as i try to shorten its. My Baby Boy is almost 6 months and almost 19 pounds a big boy we have been struggling with reflux since about 4 weeks.
Basically our issues started out straight away when my boy had a tongue tie but despite this i had been doing everything i could to feed him right but made the mistake of switching sides constantly my milk came in very fast and ALOT the midwife said i was producing enough for triplets, So we had the tongue tie divided at 4 weeks thinking this was the cause of all the fussy behaviour and excess wind but the Lactation consultant said actually it was Reflux and to see the GP. In the mean time i had really bad OALD and the pressure of my letdown actually hurt despite tongue tie my baby had a hell of a suck on him even though the latch was not right. So i read about OALD and block fed to help this and my boy (it seemed to help alot) unfortunately feeding still was hard and at 12 weeks found out at breastfeeding clinic the my boy was still tongue tied (it had re attached) so it was re divided and the LC told me to stop block feeding and offer both breasts which little man was happy to take, well we are still battling reflux but medications have not helped and all the health professionals said he is not a 'typical refluxer' because he has put on weight so well despite all the vomiting, but it occurred to me recenltly that i still leak and my let down is still a very immense pressure and a fast spray if little man comes off, but as he is now better at handling it i thought it had stopped being so fast and also my boobs are never engorged,but my little man has definitely become more and more sick after feeds since stopping block feeding and offering both sides, i'm so unsure anyone help???could i have a supply problem?? x


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When hospitals find themselves in the middle of a breach, they usually prioritize improving their security to prevent further security breach incidents.
In addition to defending themselves against data breaches, health systems also need to find the right balance to adequately protect their patients' privacy.
Since medical information is stored digitally, patients may not be fully aware how crucial it is to protect their data from being seen by unauthorized persons. Some privacy breaches may be avoidable, and learning from these mistakes is essential for health systems to maintain security of sensitive patient information. Here are three reasons why patient security may be lacking at health organizations.
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When health IT systems are built, ensuring patient privacy is usually not on the forefront of designers' and engineers' minds. These IT experts usually put system functions ahead of privacy, which could result in poor privacy protection down the road. Some developers may also leave out privacy features altogether, which could put patient information at risk for being compromised.
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In a recent report, psychiatric facilities in Texas suffered a string of data breaches, but the majority of them were caused by human error, The Republic reported.
Deborah Peel, the Austin founder of watchdog group Patient Privacy Rights, said repeated data breach incidents could lead patients to question whether their information is secure, which could cultivate distrust among patients. "Our patients deserve privacy and expect that their information is kept confidential," said Christine Mann, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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For GMCR, Fair Trade' means ensuring coffee growers are paid fairlyBy Bruce Edwards
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters buys Fair Trade-certified coffee from growers like this farmer in Popayan, Colombia.Green Mountain Coffee Roasters increased its support of coffee-growing communities around the world last year, making $10 million in grants and purchasing more Fair Trade coffee than the prior year.
The companys eighth annual sustainability report also detailed the companys environmental efforts at recycling and waste reduction. But the heart of the Waterbury companys social mission is to ensure that coffee growers receive a fair price for their product.
The name of the game with Fair Trade coffee, I think, is really about educating people about what Fair Trade coffee really means, said Michael Dupee, GMCRs vice president of corporate social responsibility.
Dupee said that to be Fair Trade-certified there has to be transparency throughout the supply chain to document how much money actually gets to the farmer.
Because GMCR sells specialty coffee, the coffee beans it buys are always over the basic price for coffee and often above the floor price set for Fair Trade-certified coffee, he said.
He said Fair Trade-certified coffee growers must also adhere to certain standards, including that the coffee cooperative is run democratically and is transparent in sharing information with its members. There are also environmental guidelines.
Although Fair Trade coffee costs more, Dupee said in consumer surveys it scores the highest over other coffee certifications.
Obviously we dont want to put ourselves at a competitive disadvantage, and we work at doing that with Fair Trade by raising awareness, Dupee said, and helping everybody understand what Fair Trade is all about, and then the product line supports itself.
Last year, the specialty coffee company purchased 50 million pounds of Fair Trade-certified coffees, 5 million more pounds than fiscal 2011.
In 2011, Fair Trade USA ranked GMCR the largest buyer of Fair Trade-certified coffee in the world for the second consecutive year.
During fiscal 2012, GMCR sold 186.6 million tons of coffee. Of that total, 32.8 million tons was Fair Trade-certified; 2.5 million tons, organic certified; and 11 million tons, Rainforest Alliance certified.
The company also made more than $10 million in grants to supply-chain communities. A portion of that money was earmarked for food security projects to help more than 20,000 coffee-farming families.
Essentially the dynamic is such, theyd grow the coffee, theyd harvest the coffee, sell the coffee, get their money, and then it would have to last a certain amount of time, Dupee said, and for a whole lot of people it didnt last and so they would end up either having to eat less, theyd eat more poorly or they would borrow against future earnings and create a cycle of credit and debt.
Dupee said the grant program hooks up coffee communities with nonprofit groups to address food security issues through crop diversification and food storage.
The companys sustainability goals also include energy efficiency, recycling and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills.
The fiscal 2012 report noted that the company more than tripled the amount of waste chaff, burlap, coffee, powder and tea that it composted. It also increased by 50 percent the recycling of corrugated boxes, boxboard, paper and plastics compared with the prior year.
On the consumer end, GMCR is working to reduce the amount of used single-portion packs that wind up in landfills.
The company has started a pilot program called Grounds to Grow On. The program allows office customers to collect used K-Cup portion packs and return them with the grounds composted and the packaging sent to a waste-to-energy facility.
Weve got some pilot programs going on there, Dupee said.
All the while were doing a fair amount of work in our research, in our (research and development), on new materials and new designs, Dupee said.
The companys new Vue brewer uses a different portion pack (from the Keurig) made from No. 5 plastic, which can be recycled in about half the communities in the U.S., Dupee said.
He said the largest environmental impact from the K-Cup portion packs is not its disposal in landfills but in the actual production of the material used in the single-serve cups.
Other highlights of the report:
The company maintained an employee retention rate of about 90 percent. GMCR has about 6,000 employees.
Sixty-five percent of full-time employees volunteered through a company-sponsored program called Café Time, which allows employees up to 52 paid hours a year to volunteer.
The report can be found at www.gmcr.com/sustainability.
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This album is masterpiece!!!
And btw, it proves again 'never trust the rating'!!!!
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Judas Priest made a school to all bands about how to make a concept album.
I like this double album, great sound, never get tired from listen to it.
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 29.01.2013 at 23:36
About as horribly bad as Turbo.
Musically it is crap as well as lyrically, but then again JP have been terrible lyricwise for quite a bit of time already. Just listen f.e. to Painkiller's lyrics, they are totally horrendous same for Ram It Down and so many more albums. but the music here is totally pathetic
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We've gotten through two nights now! Last night, going to sleep was tougher than the first night but after he had a snack, he laid down and crashed next to me. The middle of the nights were just fine, which was a pleasant surprise! This morning, he got pretty upset about it but just decided to get up and play instead. Two whole days! I think we did it! It feels weird. I'm happy and excited, but starting to mourn a little.
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Berlin to waive water hookup fees
BERLIN The Select Board is poised to put potential users of a proposed municipal water system on the clock.
In a move it hopes will prompt property owners in the Berlin Four Corners area to commit now to connecting to the water system once it is constructed, the board has agreed to waive any future hookup fees for those who sign and return soon-to-be-mailed legal agreements in the next six weeks.
The boards Memorial Day deadline is designed to create a sense of urgency among potential users of the water system by offering a window of opportunity for them to avoid having to pay for the privilege of hooking on to the system down the line.
Its a carrot that could go a long way toward quickly converting what for many have been informal expressions of interest in the municipal water system into the sort of binding agreements that the board wants in-hand before soliciting bids and authorizing construction of the $5.5 million infrastructure project.
Though copies of the proposed agreements arent yet ready for public review, barring some unanticipated delay, they are expected to be mailed out this week. Board members agreed last week they should be time-sensitive, because their offer to waive a yet-to-be-set connection fee shouldnt be open-ended.
Though the connection fee hasnt been formally established the number suggested to the board for its consideration is $1,500 per equivalent residential unit.
That could add up for high-users like the Comfort Inn and the Berlin Mall, which use many times the amount of water consumed by a typical single family home.
After months of outreach aimed at coaxing property owners to verbally commit to the project, board members agreed six weeks should be more than enough time to review, sign and return legal agreements committing to buy water from the town once the proposed system is built.
The town started actively recruiting potential water customers last October and has made slow, but steady progress toward cobbling together the critical mass of users needed to guarantee the affordable rates that were floated in the run-up to a 14-month-old special election.
At that mid-February special election voters narrowly approved a bond issue for a project that will be financed with favorable federal funding that was subsequently obtained from the U.S. Department of Agricultures Rural Development program.
The financing package includes a $1.5 million grant with the balance of the project being financed through a $4 million low-interest loan that will be repaid by ratepayers over 40 years.
In order to keep rates affordable the board needs up-front commitments from enough users to comfortably proceed with construction.
The magic number, based on latest calculations, is said to be the equivalent of roughly 350 single-family homes. That number that finally appeared to be within reach a month ago in an area that includes a mix of commercial and residential users, as well as a good bit of undeveloped land just off Exit 7 of Interstate 89.
Town officials have been tight-lipped about who has expressed interest in the water system and who hasnt, though as contracts are signed and returned in coming weeks that should become clear.
One of the challenges faced during the recruitment phase involved properties that have invested relatively recently in expensive upgrades to private water systems, another stumbling block involved high-volume users holding out for a more favorable rate.
The town has not proposed a two-tiered rate structure and done its best to persuade potential customers of the long-term advantages of hooking on to the municipal system.
That system contemplates the construction of a 400,000-gallon storage tank, a pumping station and, perhaps most importantly, five miles of distribution line for water from three wells town-owned wells that have already been drilled, tested and permitted on Scott Hill Road.
Once constructed, the proposed water system would instantly cure a chronic problem with salt contamination experienced by several private water supplies including the one that serves the town offices. Officials hope it also will serve as a catalyst for development in a strategically located section of town that is saddled with water quality issues.
Though the project is now running a couple of months behind schedule, officials havent publicly written off the potential for starting construction later this year. First they need agreements with customers and the proposed deadline should help determine in the next few weeks whether the pool of committed users is big enough to proceed.
Meanwhile, the board is facing a deadline of its own. The towns option to acquire the privately owned Berlin Water Co. is scheduled to expire in June, and while an extension is a possibility, getting the deal done is a priority.
The private system, which serves a section of the Barre-Montpelier Road corridor between Evergreen Drive and Highland Avenue, is considered key to the project. Notwithstanding its potential for future expansion in another commercial area of the community, the towns application for federal financing was predicated on taking over that system.
Town Administrator Jeff Schulz told board members last week that town representatives were actively working on the planned acquisition.
They fully understand the need to make this happen, he said.
With some important decisions looming for the board, Schulz said members likely will start seeing more of the towns consultant, Mark Youngstrom of Otter Creek Engineering. Youngstrom is currently working on the final design of the proposed water system and will be asked to meet at least monthly with the board over the next few months.
Youngstrom has been working primarily with the towns water supply committee, while meeting occasionally with the Select Board, during a process that started with a study back in 2007 and has progressed to the point where it will soon be time to decide whether to solicit bids. That decision will almost certainly be influenced by the response to the agreements that are scheduled to go out in the mail this week.
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I mean seriously what the **** was that.....this series gave me cancer...... share your opinions on this abomination below .
Umm.. I dont get it, is it supposed to be some sort of Anime series?
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Umm.. I dont get it, is it supposed to be some sort of Anime series?
Did you read the title? it should be obvious but yes it is an anime and it sucked.....i wanted feedback from others who have seen this if they agree or not
whats wrong with that ? i like how it end i even LOL in the last 4 episode
I had back on its original run.
Makoto is a cancer, but the girls even more as they bit the bait.
blame the *****(sekai) not makoto
I played the game of it. and also I read the manga. same as watching the 2 OVA and the series. Idk but I really got hooked on it for some reasons. -_-
and. uhmm... what a bummer. lol.
try to see cross days. (it's a game though.. but still, it's more WTF than school days. :p)
Didn't even finish more than the first ep, I knew its type with just that.
The type I don't call entertainment.
Let's forget that and start reading Noblesse instead, because that is some badass manhwa!
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Justice Dept. Makes Cheap Beer a Top Priority
At the time, the director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition, William J. Baer said this: "The FTC's decision to ask a court to block the merger is about lower prices for consumers. If the merger is allowed to proceed, consumers will pay millions of dollars more for their copy paper, envelopes, pens and file folders."
You can't make this stuff up; that is a quote taken directly from the FTC Web site . Sounds more like it came from a "Saturday Night Live" skit.
Big Brother is at it again, this time attempting to protect us from a beer monopoly, as the Justice Department filed an anti-trust lawsuit Thursday seeking to prevent Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) from acquiring the 50% of Grupo Modelo (OTC) , maker of Corona, that it does not already own.
Evidently, if allowed to proceed, Anheuser-Busch will corner the U.S. beer market, and charge whatever it wants to, which would be severely damaging to US consumers. After all, beer is one of the things, besides air, food and water needed to sustain life.
Said William J. Baer, head of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division: "This is the sort of product that matters to consumers. If you have a very slight price increase that happens because of this deal, it could mean that consumers will pay billions of dollars more."
In case you are wondering, that is indeed the same William J. Baer that saved us from paying through the nose for pencils by blocking the Office Depot and Staples merger back in 1997. Haven't they got better things to do with our money?
Our economy continues to struggle mightily, unemployment and underemployment are still at alarming levels, the national debt continues to explode, yet at least we'll still have cheap beer. Is that just a ploy to promote drinking in order to further dull our senses and take our attention off the real problems we face as a nation? Or, are they out of things to do at the Justice Department?
Again, this is another clear indicator of the lack of understanding about economics by many in Washington. Suppose the merger went through after all, and AB InBev increased beer prices 20%, not because of rising input prices, but rather because they think they can get away with it. Consumers still have choices in the beer market. They can still switch brands, give up drinking beer, or perhaps even make their own.


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I heard that I apperently snuck of the a party without my parents' knowing and when they found out they beat me up with a coathanger till I bled -_-
What kind of bullshit did you hear going on about you?
Honestly, Ive never heard of a rumor or anything about me.
That my wood is glorious, which was true.
Somehow a rumor got out that I was gay...now I know why it's so hard for me to get a girlfriend...-_-
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That my penis was 42 inches, I don't like it when people overreact, it's only 39 inches.
FUUUU i was about to say something similiar like that... >.>!
That I wrestled and killed a lion. Supprisingly enough, people believed it.
Rumor tht I got jumped and got ****ed up bleeding and bruised came next day rumor was still going on and u can clearly see I haven't been in any fight -_- question why was it still going on
i got accused of sleeping with this my friends girlfriends sister when it was actually her cousin
Probably the most common one was me being gay. Im not. But its kinda weird how these rumors start when have done nothing to promote them. Usually the people calling me gay (guys) were the ones I was getting more girls than..........Doesnt really make sense to me.
I heard that i was sleeping with one of my teachers in high school and that she might be pregnant with my child lol
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I heard that i was sleeping with one of my teachers in high school and that she might be pregnant with my child lol
Woah woah....
someone said that I'm a pedo
that i'm not american
That I f*** every guy I met -_-' Totally not true....
Off Topic: Woah Woah Woah they beat you with a coathanger?
Never heard any rumors about me. Is that a bad thing?
People were thinking that I'm extremely wealthy.
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That I f*** every guy I met -_-' Totally not true....
Off Topic: Woah Woah Woah they beat you with a coathanger?
Some pretty ****ed up rumor huh?
That I'm a drug dealer. Made me laugh.
Not really a rumor, but a running annoyance/gag. That I ****ed goats. No joke lol. I really can't stand animals for the most part, so makes it even weirder. Ah, 7 or 8th grade.
Reminds of that line in 10 things I hate about you though
....that i am a playboy. *thanks to somebody*
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What Mickey Hatcher Really Does – Part Four
Courtesy of Angels beat writer Matt Hurst of the Riverside Press-Enterprise:
Down they come, often in pairs, on their own time, to the hitting cage under the clubhouse. Hatcher will be there, trying to make it simple for them.
One emphasis for each. With the top of the order squared away, the most recent challenges have been Mike Napoli and Chone Figgins.
Napoli marked Hatcher's first "major mechanical intervention" three weeks ago, when the catcher's unorthodox swing plane became too unpredictable.
The result: Napoli has six home runs his past 18 games, as opposed to one his first 22, with 16 RBI the past 17 games, after getting none the previous 12.
Then there was Figgins, who struggled with a .133 average after coming off the DL. The way Figgins has raised his average 78 points, by hitting .565 (13 for 23) during a six-game hitting streak, may be the most pleasing of all.
But don't credit him for Figgins, Hatcher said. All he did was pair him with recent call-up Nathan Haynes, Figgins' best friend and the person Figgins worked with daily in the spring.
"He just noticed something in my approach," Figgins said. "It helps since we're similar hitters."
Hatcher also gets help from the likes of Guerrero, whose swing doesn't get tinkered with.
"He's a leader for us in the cage," Hatcher said. "You see him start out by taking the ball the other way. That really helps with all the Triple-A guys here. They come up and see Vlad do that and it sets the tone."
Hatcher calls it "the Angel way of hitting. It's all about centering the ball and not taking a bad swing."
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Great blog. At the beginning of the season Hatchers head was on the block. It's great to see the hitters respond to his teachings. Especially Napoli. When Napoli takes the ball to the opposite field, you know that's because of Mickey.
The mlb draft is today. Please keep us up to date on the selections. Keep up the good work.


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CHICAGO – Cubs starting pitcher Matt Garza is back in Chicago after his first rehab start and all indications point to a return that may be only a couple weeks away.
Garza (left lat strain) may only need two to three more rehab starts before he can be activated from the disabled list. Before Thursday's game against the Padres, Garza said felt good and was experiencing normal soreness after he threw 2 2/3 innings (42 pitches) Wednesday at Double-A Tennessee.
After getting a day off Wednesday, left fielder Alfonso Soriano is back in the lineup. Shortstop Starlin Castro is batting fifth for the second consecutive game, but manager Dale Sveum said that's only temporary. Sveum wanted to put Cody Ransom in the No. 2 spot since he's hitting .500 in his last five games.
Left-hander Travis Wood (2-1, 2.25 ERA) starts for the Cubs while lefty Eric Shults takes the mound for the Padres.
Padres lineup
1. Chris Denorfia, CF
2. Everth Cabrera, SS
3. Chase Headley, 3B
4. Carlos Quentin, LF
5. Jesus Guzman, 1B
6. Kyle Blanks, RF
7. Jedd Gyorko, 2B
8. Nick Hundley, C
9. Eric Stults, P
Cubs lineup
1. Dave Sappelt, CF
2. Cody Ransom, 3B
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Starlin Castro, SS
6. Welington Castillo, C
7. Scott Hairston, RF
8. Darwin Barney, 2B
9. Travis Wood, P
-- Meghan Montemurro


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Sky Rangers Park Flyer Radio Control Airplanes
Units: About 21,000
Distributor: Estes-Cox Corp., of Penrose, Colo.
Hazard: The airplanes are launched by hand and can explode near the consumer's head, posing a risk of temporary hearing loss and injuries to eyes, face and hands.
Incidents/Injuries: Estes-Cox has received 45 reports of airplanes exploding, including 22 reports of consumers experiencing temporary ear pain or hearing being affected; five reports of minor burns to hands, faces or eyes; two reports of chest impact from debris; two reports of eye injuries; and one report of a cut hand. One consumer sought medical attention for burning eyes.
Description: This recall involves Model 4116 Sky Rangers Park Flyer radio control airplanes, which come with a black battery charger. The airplanes have a wingspan of about 14 inches, a light blue, white and orange polystyrene foam fuselage, and a copper coil on the rudder. Airplanes with a warning sticker on the fuselage near the on/off switch are not included in the recall.
Sold at: Hobby stores and other retailers nationwide from September 2005 through December 2006 for between $20 and $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled airplanes immediately and contact Estes-Cox to verify that their plane is being recalled and for instructions on returning the airplane for a replacement product.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Estes-Cox at (800) 576-5811 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. MT Monday through Thursday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.estesrockets.com
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- It's time for mid-year financial check-up
- Analyze production records
• By updating financial and production records through the end of June, producers are able to analyze the financial performance of their business compared to previous years.
• The first place to start in the analysis is the creation of a balance sheet.
• A June 30 balance sheet provides a snapshot of the financial status of the business.
It's an excellent time of year for farmers to evaluate the financial status of their businesses.
By updating financial and production records through the end of June, producers are able to analyze the financial performance of their business compared to previous years. The first place to start in the analysis is the creation of a balance sheet.
A June 30 balance sheet provides a snapshot of the financial status of the business.
The first area to look at is accounts payable. Are there accounts payable for livestock and crop expenses, e.g. seed, fertilizer, herbicides, fuel, equipment repairs and feed? What are the reasons that the expenses have not been paid?
Are input costs higher than expected? Have input costs exceeded the line of credit? Is projected dairy, livestock and/or crop income lower than expected?
Lenders understand that input costs and commodity prices have become extremely volatile. Likewise, they do not like "surprises." If there are operating expenses (seed, fertilizer, fuel, feed etc.) which have not been paid, I would suggest that the producer request a loan from their lender to pay these expenses.
Crop input suppliers and feed companies are not lenders. Many of these suppliers charge interest rates of one and a half to two percent per month, which correlates to annual interest rates of 18-24 percent. Significant interest payments are saved with a bank loan which will have an annual interest rate of four and a half to seven percent.
The next step in analysis of the business is to look at the assets on the balance sheet. An analysis of intermediate and current assets on a balance sheet provides producers with a snapshot of the income producing assets of their businesses.
Has herd size increased or decreased? If herd size has decreased by more than 10 percent, why has this happened? What changes need to be made to prevent further declines in herd numbers?
What is the amount of cash in the farm checking account? What are the crop inventories, e.g. hay and grain that will be sold as cash crops. etc.?
What are forage inventories? What was the yield for first cutting hay crop since the first cutting provides approximately 50 percent of annual hay yield? If the first cutting crop was lower than normal and there is dry weather through July and August, will there be sufficient hay to cover annual forage needs for dairy and livestock producers?
If a dairyman or livestock producer expects that hay will need to be purchased, many times it is cheaper to purchase the hay before winter when prices are usually higher. How will the hay be paid for?
Crop prices have been extremely volatile in the past year; what is the plan for marketing the current year's crop?
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Union rep raises 'conflict' concerns; Foster care system at issue
Sandy Shaddock, the business representative of Teamsters Local 445, which represents some 600 Sullivan County employees, is raising concerns about Randall Parker, the commissioner of the Division of Health and Family Services (DFS) and possible conflict of interest because of changes he has made to foster care and child protective services in Sullivan County.
In an interview with The River Reporter on January 30, Shaddock said that in her capacity as a union representative she met with about 20 county employees involved in the foster care or child protective services, who lodged many complaints.
She said that contracts with 17 organizations that have provided foster care services at various facilities for the county in the past have not been renewed this year, and that about 11 children, who would have gone to some of these organizations, will instead be going to Berkshire Farms Center and Services for Youth facilities where Parker was previously employed.
When children get into trouble with the law, or if they are neglected, abused or maltreated, they may be sent by a judge to one of several facilities with varying degrees of strictness. In the past, a case worker would assign the child to the appropriate facility, and that decision would be approved by a DFS manager. Shaddock said that this has been changed, and now Parker must personally approve every assignment.
Additionally, she alleged, staff members from Berkshire Farms were allowed to review the cases they might wish to take, a practice that is reportedly not afforded other providers.
Shaddock said that in most cases the Berkshire Farms facilities where the children will be sent are farther away from the population centers in Sullivan County than the facilities that had previously been used. She said that this represents a hardship to caseworkers because they are responsible for transporting parents to supervised visitation and therapy sessions if the parents have no transportation, which is frequently the case; supervised visitation can be as little as three hours per week, or as many as 10 hours.
Further, because of staffing cuts that have taken place due to belt-tightening at the county, Shaddock said, "Caseworkers from foster care are on the road four to five days per week, which leaves very limited time for paperwork and case management." Caseloads for caseworkers are currently 15 to 18 cases.
The changes have also caused a situation in which a child is now in emergency placement, which is more expensive than regular placement, because Berkshire Farms is limited in the kinds of cases it accepts. The child has been accepted to a home, but the home could not follow through because its contract was not renewed.
Asked if she thought the changes Parker has instituted could result in savings for the county, Shaddock said that the prices for these services are set by the state, and the state requires that counties pay at least 100% of that price. For this and other reasons, she said she did not see how these changes could save the county any money.
She said the changes Parker instituted were not good for the children in the program, and not good for the employees.
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services is reportedly investigating this matter; the agency did not return calls seeking comment.
Parker did not respond to requests for comment.


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