“I hate it,” said Lisa DeHoff, a cafe owner shopping in a Sam’s Club here.

“It spills everywhere,” said Amy Wise, a homemaker.

“It’s very hard for kids to pour,” said Lee Morris, who was shopping for her grandchildren.

Sam's Club is offering milk pouring lessons complete with free cookies, in an effort to help acclimate consumers to the milk jug of the future:“

Just tilt it slowly and pour slowly,” Ms. Tilton said to passing customers as she talked about the jugs’ environmental benefits and cost savings. Instead of picking up the jug, as most people tend to do, she kept it on a table and gently tipped it toward a cup.

Mike Compston, who owns a dairy in Yerington, Nev., described the pouring technique in a telephone interview as a “rock-and-pour instead of a lift-and-tip.”

Demonstrations are but one of several ways Sam’s Club is advocating the containers. Signs in the aisle laud their cost savings and “better fridge fit.”

Has anyone tried these new square jugs? Were you able to pour it? Or were you crying over... um, your inability not to spill milk?

Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth [NYT]
(Photo: David Maxwell/New York Times)

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The program shows suveillance video of recent crimes as well as video profiles of bank robbers and missing persons from the Philadelphia Police Department's "Most Wanted" list.

"This Comcast offering gives us a new and effective way to take advantage of technology to reach the public," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Jody Weis. "Police Blotter allows the public to study the surveillance photos and learn important details about the criminals and crimes. We believe the ability to pause and rewind for closer review could help viewers make important connections and associations they might otherwise miss."

Will a talking Jesus action figure sell? A Walmart employee speculates: "There are some missing and I don't think someone is going to steal them."

He's wearing a simple tunic with that Kenny Loggins haircut. Push the button on his back and he says this:

"I am Jesus. I am the son of God."

Jesus and his shelf mates, Mary, David, Noah, Samson, Esther and Moses, make up "Tales of Glory." They were introduced to secular commerce this fall. It's the first time the world's largest retailer has sold a full line of faith-based toys."

Part of the made-in-China line are Barbie-sized dolls that speak verses and tell their stories for $14.97. Smaller nonspeaking figures sell for $6.97.

Just push the button. David says he was chosen by God to become a great king and carries a slingshot as a convincer.

Mary looks out with tender eyes beneath a baby blue head scarf. She also says she was chosen by God.

Moses, with big, bushy beard, says he got a message from God at a burning bush.

On the box for Jesus, these words are printed: "God's Son" and "Fully Poseable."

Can't wait for Walmart to sell talking Jesus at a store near you? You can
already purchase Jesus and his merry bunch of holy folk on Target.com.

Jesus doll sanctifies shelves at Wal-Mart [DesMoines Register]