When you go to the supermarket, do you find out the working conditions of your banana picker? Do people make sure the apple pickers have benefits?
Back in the 1960s consumer boycotts of grapes and lettuce helped better conditions for farmworkers in the US, so, yes, enlightened individuals do inquire about the working conditions of those who provide their goods.
Don't worry. You won't remember anything about the research papers you read or the reports of extreme weather across the globe. Now, just count backwards from 100.. that's it.. 99.. 98.. 97...
We begin with Chan, who alleges that Yelp extorted her by removing positive reviews from her Yelp page. Chan asserts that she was deprived of the benefit of the positive reviews Yelp users posted to Yelp’s website, and that, had she received the benefits of the positive reviews, they would have counteracted the negative reviews other users posted.
But Chan had no pre-existing right to have positive reviews appear on Yelp’s website. She alleges no contractual right pursuant to which Yelp must publish positive reviews,nor does any law require Yelp to publish them. By withholding the benefit of these positive reviews, Yelp is withholding a benefit that Yelp makes possible and maintains. It has no obligation to do so, however. Chan does not, and could not successfully, maintain that removal of positive user-generated reviews, by itself, violates anything other than Yelp’s own purported practice. “[W]hat [Yelp] may do in a certain event [Yelp] may threaten to do.” Rothman, 912 F.2d at 318.
So the conclusion apparently is that it's OK for Yelp to behave reprehensibly; that they are in fact violating their own purported method of publishing unbiased reviews in an unbiased manner; and that if you want to find trustworthy reviews you should look elsewhere.
In fact one of the comments makes the point that the 9th circuit did not say that it's legal for Yelp to manipulate reviews based on payment:
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This is some really poor legal reporting. You have to wonder if the author read the ruling. The court did not rule that "Yelp can manipulate ratings" nor did it rule "there's nothing illegal about that". In fact, the court went to the effort to make it explicitly clear that it was not saying that -- "We emphasize that we are not holding that no cause of action exists that would cover conduct such as that alleged, if adequately pled."
You have a point provided that mobile (cellular) high speed service has similar pricing and usage limits as broadband (cable) service. That is normally not the case however; cellular service is typically more expensive and capped at lower usage than cable.
Normally I'd think that setting a price on some good or service would factor in things like the cost of producing it, reasonable return to the provider, and liability in case things go wrong. But here we see that the price depends on how much the customer stands to gain from using the product. So it's a case of controlling the supply to raise the price. That is greed.
Spark Therapeutics chief executive Jeffrey Marrazzo has talked repeatedly about the challenge of setting a price for a treatment that is designed to be administered once but provide benefits over years or even a lifetime.
He has said he was considering several factors in weighing the price, including the value of a patient being able to work because of improved vision and a reduced need for caregiving.
Where do you live? In California noncompetes have been ruled illegal, and in most places a noncompete must be limited both geographically and in time (typically not more than one year).
The fourth "Obama lie" in that NY Times article, under the "First Year" subheading, was exactly that:
JUNE 11, 2009.“No matter how we reform health care, I intend to keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you'll be able to keep your doctor; if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan.” (Some people had to switch plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act)
So you're not surprised that the NY Times, " paragon of the corrupt media bias" omitted the very statement that it featured prominently and your "favorite four Obama lies" are ""If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. period."? Did you happen to visit the wrong website instead of the nytimes.com link I posted? Did you forget to post your three other favorite Obama lies?
It's so bad, in Canada a lot of prescriptions do not have the "PD" value on them (pupil distance - the distance between your pupils). This is because they want you to believe it takes a lot of specialty equipment to measure it, so you need your doctor or the optical store to measure it (and keep it secret from you).
Several years ago I got a pair of prescription eyeglasses from a Lenscrafters in New York City. I had to ask for a copy of my prescription and it did not have the PD on it. When I asked for the PD the person I was speaking with said that they don't normally provide it, looked around and said that "they" don't want it given out, and finally wrote it down for me on a scrap of paper when I said that I believed that I was entitled to it by law.
A month ago I got two pairs of prescription eyeglasses from a different Lenscrafters in NYC. Again I had to ask for the PD but this time I wasn't given a hard time, they simply wrote it down on the prescription paper. But there was a wrinkle this time also. The PD for distance is typically about 3mm larger than the PD for reading glasses. So I had to ask for the PD for each before I was given both.
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Hmm. When I run the app on my phone I get an error message: "Sorry, your phone is using IPv6 address. Currently not supported! Thank you!"
There is an Android version in the Google Play Store. I want a Linux version though.
My cargo pants cost between $7 and $18 a pair. These "util kilts" cost $300! And my cargo pants have more pockets.
Back in the 1960s consumer boycotts of grapes and lettuce helped better conditions for farmworkers in the US, so, yes, enlightened individuals do inquire about the working conditions of those who provide their goods.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delano_grape_strike
Don't worry. You won't remember anything about the research papers you read or the reports of extreme weather across the globe. Now, just count backwards from 100 .. that's it .. 99 .. 98 .. 97 ...
Going to the actual case, it looks like you are correct:
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2014/09/02/11-17676.pdf
So the conclusion apparently is that it's OK for Yelp to behave reprehensibly; that they are in fact violating their own purported method of publishing unbiased reviews in an unbiased manner; and that if you want to find trustworthy reviews you should look elsewhere.
In fact one of the comments makes the point that the 9th circuit did not say that it's legal for Yelp to manipulate reviews based on payment:
You have a point provided that mobile (cellular) high speed service has similar pricing and usage limits as broadband (cable) service. That is normally not the case however; cellular service is typically more expensive and capped at lower usage than cable.
So, OK, June 16 to November 16 is only 5 months.
But their release notes don't even mention the severity of the problem and the importance of installing the updated firmware!
Quoting from the Twitter policy - it applies only to "Elected world leaders". Not to monarchs or dictators who have been forcibly empowered?
All my users are above average.
And possibly repurposes your cellular and/or wifi network as a covert communications channel; but for whom?
Greed indeed.
Normally I'd think that setting a price on some good or service would factor in things like the cost of producing it, reasonable return to the provider, and liability in case things go wrong. But here we see that the price depends on how much the customer stands to gain from using the product. So it's a case of controlling the supply to raise the price. That is greed.
http://www.sciencealert.com/first-fda-gene-therapy-inherited-disease-childhood-blindness
Where do you live? In California noncompetes have been ruled illegal, and in most places a noncompete must be limited both geographically and in time (typically not more than one year).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-compete_clause
The Trumpeters have always been full of jokes. One needs a sense of humor in that environment.
Funny How Trump Was Cool With Ted Nugent Joking About Killing The President
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-ted-nugent-donald-trump_us_592f1ec9e4b09ec37c31577e
By 51 percent of the popular vote which translated to 61 percent of the electoral college vote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012
Or do you mean how was it possible that Donald Trump's birther campaign against Barak Obama fell on its face?
You ought to fix that for Ubuntu.com first; their nameservers don't seem to offer an IPv6 (AAAA) RR.
Obligatory :-) included at no extra charge.
127.0.0.1 www.ubuntu.com
The fourth "Obama lie" in that NY Times article, under the "First Year" subheading, was exactly that:
So you're not surprised that the NY Times, " paragon of the corrupt media bias" omitted the very statement that it featured prominently and your "favorite four Obama lies" are ""If you like your plan, you can keep your plan. period."? Did you happen to visit the wrong website instead of the nytimes.com link I posted? Did you forget to post your three other favorite Obama lies?
Please post your favorite four Obama lies. Thanks.
My ROKU remote app would disagree with you but it's too busy watching Netflix.
You missed this comparison of the lies of Trump and the lies of Obama :-)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/14/opinion/sunday/trump-lies-obama-who-is-worse.html
Several years ago I got a pair of prescription eyeglasses from a Lenscrafters in New York City. I had to ask for a copy of my prescription and it did not have the PD on it. When I asked for the PD the person I was speaking with said that they don't normally provide it, looked around and said that "they" don't want it given out, and finally wrote it down for me on a scrap of paper when I said that I believed that I was entitled to it by law.
A month ago I got two pairs of prescription eyeglasses from a different Lenscrafters in NYC. Again I had to ask for the PD but this time I wasn't given a hard time, they simply wrote it down on the prescription paper. But there was a wrinkle this time also. The PD for distance is typically about 3mm larger than the PD for reading glasses. So I had to ask for the PD for each before I was given both.
The esteemed Republicans just passed a 1.5 trillion dollar tax cut.
Who cares about 23 billion here or 17 billion there? You're talking about pennies.
He said his ACER laptops are still working but his advice is to buy ASUS.
Maybe he has a keyboard problem?