http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/28/tech/main3977071.shtml
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/356785_sbuxtip28.html
From the page: “San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett, in her ruling last week, said there was “uncontroverted testimony that Starbucks continues to utilize the distribution of tips from the tip pool to compensate shift supervisors as well as baristas.” Cowett ordered Starbucks to pay thousands of California baristas $86.7 million plus interest for breaking the law.”
but…
“Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz, in a voice-mail message to employees Wednesday night, called last week’s ruling by a California judge “extremely unfair and beyond reason” and said he wanted employees to know the truth.”
and won’t pay back the money.
http://www.theirc.org/special-report/congo-forgotten-crisis.html
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/adwords-new-feature-adsense-for-domains-opt-out/6614/
Should you opt for the new AdSense for Domains opt out feature, quietly launched with the Google AdWords upgraded Site Exclusion tool?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNLQU08Ptk
“does this video evoke anything for you? do you laugh, wince or feel anything the characters might feel?”
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/manifesto_to_avoid_a_google_monoculture.php
From the page: “For many decades we had a PC monoculture controlled by Microsoft and, to a lesser degree, by Intel. Today, in the world of online media, that same thing looks like it could happen. But it doesn’t have to be that way. This 4-point manifesto lays out how to avoid a Google media monoculture.”
From the page: “Just a few puffs on a rolled-up cigarette containing “skunk” – a strong form of cannabis – was all it took to strip Nicky Taylor of all her capabilities and to induce a terrifying combination of paranoia, fear and anxiety.
As the drug took effect, she was rendered incapable of doing anything save look anxiously around her and try to calm her trembling hands.
But Nicky is not just another of the millions of Britons who smoke cannabis regularly. She chose to experiment with the drug as part of a BBC documentary in which she investigated just how damaging smoking different forms of the drug can be – with herself as a guinea pig.”
