] SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Every year, U.S. managers spend
] hours writing up employee evaluations, and workers spend
] a similar amount of time hoping a raise or bonus will
] result -- or at least that they'll glean insights about
] how to do their job better.
]
] But much of that is wasted time, with evaluations
] yielding little benefit to many, according to a survey of
] employees released Monday by Watson Wyatt, the
] human-resources consulting firm.
]
] Only 30 percent of workers say their company's evaluation
] process helps them improve their performance, and less
] than 40 percent say the process provides clear goals or
] feedback, according to the survey of 1,190 workers from a
] variety of industries.

Employer evaluations offer little insight, workers say

] "The allegation that the kingdom is manipulating the
] price of oil for political purposes or to affect
] elections is erroneous and has no basis in fact," Saudi
] Foreign Policy Adviser Adel al-Jubeir said in a
] statement.

Yea right.

CNN.com - White House, Saudis: No election deal on oil - Apr 19, 2004

] Researchers developing new open-source software for
] Internet Protocol routers are hoping that they can do for
] routing what Linux did for operating systems.

Cool!

Researchers envision the Linux of routing - News - ZDNet

] While Timothy McVeigh was executed for his role in the
] bombing and Terry Nichols is in jail still facing murder
] charges in the attack, evidence introduced in their
] trials supports the Iraqi theory. An FBI report records a
] call a few hours after the bombing from Vincent
] Cannistraro, a retired CIA official who had once been
] chief of operations for the agency's counter-terrorism
] center. He told Kevin Foust, a FBI counter-terror
] investigator, that he'd been called by a top
] counter-terror adviser to the Saudi royal family.
]
] Foust reported that the Saudi told Cannistraro about
] "information that there was a 'squad' of people currently
] in the United States, very possibly Iraqis, who have been
] tasked with carrying out terrorist attacks against the
] United States. The Saudi claimed that he had seen a list
] of 'targets,' and that the first on the list was the
] federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."

Interesting information about the tie from Oklahoma City bombings,
Iraq and terrorists.

WorldNetDaily: Iraq: Lynchpin of terror war

] Victoria's Secret is dropping its nationally televised
] fashion show this year, at least partly because of
] criticism following Janet Jackson's breast-baring faux
] pas at the Super Bowl.

Terrible business decision.

Victoria's Secret to drop TV fashion show

] NEW YORK (AP) -- Given all the barely clad women that are
] booty-shaking, grinding and gyrating on BET during the
] day, it's hard to believe things could get any wilder
] after dark.
] While outright nudity is blurred out, the videos still
] contain enough sexual content to make R. Kelly blush.
] There's Ludacris' "Booty Poppin' " video, featuring
] close-ups of jiggling posteriors as women take it all off
] in a strip club. And in Nelly's "Tip Drill" video, women
] shake so wildly that bikini bottoms pop off, and a posse
] of leering men grab various body parts. Later, the women
] simulate sex acts with themselves.

I wish MTV played videos.

Really wild videos come out at night

] A syringe, a spoon and a plastic bag with white powder
] were discovered, Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman
] David Campbell said.
]
] The 49-year-old actor played Eldin, a housepainter with
] artistic vision, on the Candice Bergen series. He had
] recently finished work with John Travolta on the movie
] "Be Cool," the sequel to "Get Shorty."

'Murphy Brown' actor died of overdose

] Futurist Paul Saffo, a director at the Silicon Valley
] think tank Institute for the Future, said Apple's stock
] is "like Disney stock used to be": People buy it for
] sentimental reasons more than economic reasons. People
] tend to grow attached to their PowerBooks or iPods and
] end up wanting to own a piece of the company.

Apple Makes Noise (TechNews.com)

] Kevin Hipp of Nashville has a DVD player in his car and
] entertains his two kids with titles such as Teletubbies,
] The Wiggles and The Little Mermaid.
]
] While he said he doesn't care what people watch in
] private, Hipp wouldn't want his kids to look into a
] passing vehicle and see a movie such as Debbie Does
] Dallas.
]
] Tennessee would become the first state in the country
] to ban the viewing of obscene movies in cars if the
] House passes the bill, which was approved by the Senate last year.

'Drive-by porn' bill taken up by House in TN

] When BMW dealers start selling the new Mini convertible
] in Europe and the U.S. this summer, the cars will be
] delivered to customers with the top down and a seal that
] is broken when the roof is raised for the first time.
] Buyers will be asked to sign a mock contract committing
] them to keeping the roof down as long as they can -- to
] stay true to the Mini convertible's open-minded spirit.
] "It will spark contests to see how long owners can go
] before breaking the seal," says Jack Pitney,
] vice-president of Mini USA.

BMW's Mini Just Keeps Getting Mightier