Question: Food waste has been a chronic problem for restaurants and grocery stores -- with millions of tons lost along the way as crops are hauled hundreds of miles, stored for weeks in refrigerators and prepared on busy restaurant assembly lines. But the historically high price of products is making it an even bigger drag on the bottom line.

Restaurants, colleges, hospitals and other institutions are compensating for the rising costs of waste in novel ways. Some are tracking their trash with software systems, making food in smaller packages or trying to compost (......) and cut down on trash-hauling costs.

"We have all come to work with this big elephant in the middle of kitchen, and the elephant is this 'It's okay to waste' belief system," said Andrew Shackman, president of LeanPath, a company that helps restaurants cut back food waste.

The interest in cutting food waste "has just rocketed in the last six to nine months," he said.

Roughly 30 percent of food in the United States goes to waste, costing some $48 billion annually, according to a Stockholm International Water Institute study. A University of Arizona study estimated that 40 to 50 percent of food in the United States is wasted. Wholesale food costs have risen more than 8 percent this year, the biggest jump in decades, according to the National Restaurant Association.

Freshman students at Virginia Tech were surprised this year when the two of the campus' biggest dining halls to find there were no trays.

"You have to go back and get your dishware and your drink, but it's not that different," said Caitlin Mewborn, a freshman. "It's not a big trouble. You take less food, and you don't eat more than you should."

Getting rid of trays has cut food waste by 38 percent at the dining halls, said Denny Cochrane, manager of Virginia Tech's sustainability program. Before the program began, students often grabbed whatever looked good at the buffet , only to find at the table that their eyes were bigger than their stomachs, he said. 1. What is the big elephant in the middle of the kitchen?
2. Who said that?
3. What is his job?
4. What does that company do?
5. What was taken away from the dining halls and Virginia tech?
6. Why?
7. Was that an effective measure?
8. How much waste was cut by it?
9. Who said that?
10. What is his job?
11. How much food in the US is wasted?
12. Who says that?
13. What's another estimate?
14. By whom?
15. What is the cost of this by one estimate? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. It's okay to waste
2. Andrew Shackman
3. president of LeanPath
4. helps restaurants cut back food waste.
5. Trays
6. Cut food waste
7. Yes
8. 38 percent
9. Denny Cochrane
10. manager of Virginia Tech's sustainability program
11. Roughly 30 percent
12. a Stockholm International Water Institute study
13. 40 to 50 percent
14. University of Arizona
15. $48 billion annually

Question: Chapter I. Retirement From Leadership. (1874-1875)

" , , ; ."HERODOTUS iv. 150.

"I am too old, O king, and slow to stir; so bid thou one of the younger men here do these things."

A member of the great government of 1868, in a letter to one of his family, gave an account of the final meeting of the cabinet:

_Feb. 17, 1874._I doubthe sayswhether I ever passed a more eventful evening than yesterday. The whole cabinet was assembled. We resolved after full discussion of pros and cons, and some slight difference of opinion, to resign at once. After which came the startling announcement that Gladstone would no longer retain the leadership of the liberal party, nor resume it, unless the party had settled its differences. He will not expose himself to the insults and outrages of 1866-8, and he has a keen sense of the disloyalty of the party during the last three years. He will sit as a private member and occasionally speak for himself, but he will not attend the House regularly, nor assume any one of the functions of leader. He does this not from anger, but because he says that it is absolutely necessary to party action to learn that all the duties and responsibilities do not rest on the leaders, but that followers have their obligations too. As a consequence of this Cardwell retires to the House of Lords. He will not take the leadership, nor will he consent to serve under any one but Gladstone. He is too old, he says. Lowe protests against the anarchical experiment, and talks of Hartington as leader. As neither Lowe, nor Bright, nor Goschen, nor Forster is in a position to act as leader, it may come to this, so that the liberal front benches of the two Houses will be entirely remodelled.(309) 1. What were they a member of?
2. What did they write?
3. To whom?
4. What was it about?
5. What was it dated?
6. Was the entire cabinet gathered together?
7. What was the full discussion about?
8. Who would not be the head of the liberal party any longer?
9. How long had he had a sense of disloyality?
10. What did Lowe protest against?
11. Who do they talk about becoming the leader? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the great government of 1868
2. a letter
3. one of his family
4. an account of the final meeting of the cabinet
5. Feb. 17, 1874
6. yes
7. to resign
8. Gladstone
9. the last three years
10. the anarchical experiment
11. Hartington

Question: Los Angeles (CNN) -- A lawyer who filed a teen sex abuse lawsuit against "X-Men" director Bryan Singer said three more "Hollywood types" will be targeted in similar suits soon.

Michael Egan, who accuses Singer of sexually abusing him starting when he was 15, appeared with attorney Jeff Herman at a news conference in Beverly Hills on Thursday.

"I was a piece of meat," Egan, now 31, told reporters. "There was no relationship."

The civil suit filed in U.S. District Court in Hawaii on Wednesday alleged that Singer offered the aspiring teen actor a role in an "X-Men" film if he gave in to his sexual demands, while threatening to destroy his career if he didn't.

Singer's representative said the accusations were "completely without merit."

"We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit," Singer's representative said. "It is obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity at the time when Bryan' s new movie is about to open in a few weeks."

Singer is one of Hollywood's most successful directors and producers, having directed two installments of the "X-Men" film franchise and a Superman movie in the past 15 years. His next film, "X-Men: Days of Future Past," is set to hit theaters on May 23.

Fox, the studio distributing the X-Men movies, issued a statement about the accusations Thursday.

"These are serious allegations, and they will be resolved in the appropriate forum. This is a personal matter, which Bryan Singer and his representatives are addressing separately." 1. Who was accusing another of a crime?
2. Last name?
3. In what Court?
4. Of what State?
5. Who was being accused?
6. Name a movie he's associated with.
7. At what age was the accuser allegedly abused?
8. And how old now?
9. What did the accused rep say would be the outcome?
10. What other movies has he been involved with?
11. Did the Studio ever respond to this?
12. How many more would be accused?
13. Who was the alleged victim's legal rep?
14. Last name?
15. At what event did he speak on the matter?
16. What day was that?
17. Where? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Michael
2. Egan
3. U.S. District Court
4. Hawaii
5. Bryan
6. X-Men
7. 15
8. 31
9. will be vindicated
10. Superman
11. yes
12. three
13. Jeff
14. Herman
15. news conference
16. Thursday
17. Beverly Hills