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...wake up and smell the coffee at Starbucks. That's the lament of Howard Schultz, the founder and chairman of the ubiquitous java chain, in an internal memo that recently became external. In this wistful missive, Schultz fretted that, because coffee is delivered in flavor-locked packaging, the atmosphere had changed, the romance evaporated; the Starbucks "experience" of baristas grinding beans, pulling expresso shots and hand-crafting beverages had been automated away by machines that can knock out an expresso with the press of a button...
...love to wake up and smell the coffee, Howard, but I can't. Because 17 people are always in line in front of me, each ordering a grande two shots nonfat no whipped cream extra hot dolce cinnamon latte from the pike position, an egg florentine, a croissant, a Sheryl Crow CD and a half-pound of Guatemala Casi Cielo...
...This is your last chance...you take the blue paper, the story ends, you wake up in New Haven and believe whatever you want to believe,” a Morpheus-imitating student at the roast said. “You take the red paper—you stay in Cambridge and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes...
...editors of 02138, an independent Harvard alumni magazine where Bradley is a regular contributor, are trying to get in on Bradley’s fun and perhaps wake up their online readership in the process. Starting on Thursday, Shots in the Dark will be syndicated on 02138’s Web site as well...
...Pentagon has stepped up its mental-health efforts since 9/11 and the two wars the U.S. launched in its wake. There is better pre- and post-war screenings for troops, and mental-health professionals are available for counseling soldiers in the battle zones. But the APA report notes that there has been a 22% decline in the number of uniformed clinical psychologists in the military. Instead of a standard approach to help soldiers and their families, too often the Pentagon relies on a patchwork approach, where different units develop their own programs that vary widely in quality, the study said...