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White paper does the detention math for shippers

2015-07-07 07:18:34| Trucking - Topix.net

Would the 11-hour driving limit for truckers make more sense to shippers and receivers if that time could be translated into value, into real-world miles, into dollars and cents? That's the approach taken in a recent white paper, " 660 Minutes: How Improving Driver Efficiency Increases Capacity ," from J.B. Hunt Transport Inc. The report takes a look at a driver's day under the hours of service rule, intended "to broaden understanding of these often misunderstood regulations." "In many ways, capacity shortage and driver inefficiency are a result of misinformation surrounding hours of service," it reads.

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Editor's Viewpoint - Diageo CFO to North America? Do the Math

2015-07-01 13:57:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Yesterday's appointment news from Diageo has echoes of a similar HR switch at SABMiller two years ago - a question of perceived suitability.

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Why agriculture should be incorporated into math, science & reading curriculum

2015-06-15 03:04:40| Beef

With todays strict standards imposed on teachers, there is less flexibility to incorporate agricultural field trips and lessons into the classroom. Todays blog explores how ranchers can get involved through their states Ag In The Classroom program to give teachers the tools they need to include agriculture in their curriculum for core subjects like math, science and reading. BEEF Daily read more

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When metals become insulators and back again, its math to the rescue

2015-04-24 17:27:57| Extremetech

A recent paper by Carnegie's Russell Hemley and Ivan Naumov provides a new mathematical foundation that successfully predicts not only when external forces drive metals to become insulators, but also the reverse transition -- to make insulators conduct like metals.

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