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Bonkers Institute: 1901 Bayer Heroin ad

Bonkers Institute: 1901 Bayer Heroin ad : YER Pharmaceutical Products � ~ � HEROIN - HYDROCHLORIDE is pre-eminently adapted for the manufacture of cough elixirs, cough balsams, cough drops, cough lozenges, and cough medicines of any kind. � Price in 1 oz. packages, $4.85 per ounce; less in larger quantities. � The efficient dose being very small, it is The Cheapest Specific for the R
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Defaunation in the Anthropocene

Defaunation in the Anthropocene Rodolfo Dirzo 1 , * ,  Hillary S. Young 2 ,  Mauro Galetti 3 ,  Gerardo Ceballos 4 ,  Nick J. B. Isaac 5 ,  Ben Collen 6 We live amid a global wave of anthropogenically driven biodiversity loss: species and population extirpations and, critically, declines in local species abundance. Particularly, human impacts on animal biodiversity are an under-recognized form of global environmental change. Among terrestrial vertebrates, 322 species have become extinct since 1500, and populations of the remaining species show 25% average decline in abundance. Invertebrate patterns are equally dire: 67% of monitored populations show 45% mean abundance decline. Such animal declines will cascade onto ecosystem functioning and human well-being. Much remains unknown about this “Anthropocene defaunation”; these knowledge gaps hinder our capacity to predict and limit defaunation impacts. Clearly, however, defaunation is both a pervasive component of the planet’s six
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Former Microsoft Employee Talks About Getting Fired - Business Insider

Former Microsoft Employee Talks About Getting Fired - Business Insider : In the 20-minute video, Jerry Berg (a.k.a. Barnacules) goes through what the process was like, what went down, and how he feels about it. Berg had been a Windows software developer for 15 years until the morning of July 17, when he was called in for a meeting. He had no idea what the meeting was about, and there were no warning signs; he hadn't received any negative feedback on his projects. He walked into the meeting to find 150 of his coworkers, all wondering why they were there. Upper management got up to talk, and according to Berg, they were even broken up about it. It was really just a shock for everyone. "It was Microsoft's best kept secret ever," Berg said. Management told the 150 employees that Microsoft was "going in a new direction" and that their roles were no longer necessary. The employees were immediately sent to HR to pick up their severance packages. "Som
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SpaceX scores an early win in its lawsuit against the US government - Quartz

SpaceX scores an early win in its lawsuit against the US government - Quartz : SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket and spacecraft company, has�scored a partial victory in its bid to get a slice of government contracting. Court filings show that a federal judge will review a�multi-billion-dollar contract�that was awarded without competition last year to the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin with�a monopoly over US national-security space launches. SpaceX had charged�the government with violating fair contracting procedures in a lawsuit. The ULA had asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit. The court denied that�motion (pdf), and�also ordered the US Air Force to enter formal mediation (pdf)�with the space start-up. However, it didn’t grant the full scope of SpaceX’s requested judgements, which included voiding the contract and forcing the Air Force to accept more competition. The court�asked the government to produce�a full record of the process that produc
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Aereo Reveals Subscriber Numbers | Re/code

Aereo Reveals Subscriber Numbers | Re/code : 7,596 subscribers, spread out among 10 cities, at the end of 2013, according to documents�the company has filed with the U.S. Copyright Office, as part of its bid to be classified as a cable company.
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(Fake) friends with (Real) benefits — i ❤ data — Medium

(Fake) friends with (Real) benefits — i ❤ data — Medium Buying your way to status on social networks has become standard practice. From Instagram likes to Twitter followers, there’s a growing number of services that promise to bump up your numbers. And they’re quite affordable! I’m not recommending anyone go out and buy followers. In fact, I can’t get over the feeling that it’s pretty sleazy. But I do believe that acquiring just the right amount, as much as I hate to write it, may have a positive long-term effect on acceleration of growth and visibility. If you made it this far down, and you’re not a bot, do me a favor — head on over to Twitter and follow me
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Sheryl Sandberg not sorry for Facebook mood manipulation study - The Washington Post

Sheryl Sandberg not sorry for Facebook mood manipulation study - The Washington Post : On Wednesday, Facebook’s second-in-command, Sheryl Sandberg, expressed regret over how the company communicated its�2012 mood manipulation study of 700,000 unwitting users, but she did not apologize for conducting the controversial experiment. It’s just what companies do, she said. “This was part of ongoing research companies do to test different products, and that was what it was; it was poorly communicated,” Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, told the Wall Street Journal while travelling in New Delhi. “And for that communication we apologize. We never meant to upset you.” Sandberg’s statement was the first public comment by a Facebook executive on the controversy since it erupted over the weekend, prompting anger from many Facebook users and criticism from some academics who said it was unethical to manipulate users’ emotions without informed consent.
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Lady Gaga's former assistant to reveal all in new book | Gigwise

Lady Gaga's former assistant to reveal all in new book | Gigwise : Jennifer O'Neil, the former personal assistant to Lady Gaga, has signed with Atria Books to write a tell-all book about her past with the singer.� Reported by Page Six and confirmed by a spokesperson for Atria Books, O'Neil worked for GaGa from 2009 until 2011 when she claimed to have been given bizarre demands from her Born This Way boss. Requests from GaGa included being asked to sleep in the same bed as her because GaGa didn't want to sleep alone and being asked to change the DVD in the middle of the night because GaGa didn't want to do it herself. O'Neil sued Lady Gaga for $393,000 in overtime back pay, plus damages. The case was settled out of court in October 2013 and terms of the settlement have not been disclosed. Speaking to the court, O'Neil said: “I had no privacy, no chance to talk to any family, no chance to talk to any friends, no chance to have sex if I wanted to have s
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Airbnb's New Vagina Is a Ripoff of Another Company's Logo

Airbnb's New Vagina Is a Ripoff of Another Company's Logo
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Is Airbnb's Rebranding Enough to Overshadow Its Legal Troubles?

Is Airbnb's Rebranding Enough to Overshadow Its Legal Troubles? : Last year, the New York state attorney general subpoenaed Airbnb's user data to look at who was breaking the housing law. Airbnb fought the subpoena, but the judge's decision in the case eventually favored the AG's ability to go after the data. The company agreed to provide anonymized user data this spring; the attorney general has a year to look over it and identify lawbreakers.
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Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article - WSJ

Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article - WSJ : Office workers are interrupted—or self-interrupt—roughly every three minutes, academic studies have found, with numerous distractions coming in both digital and human forms. Once thrown off track, it can take some 23 minutes for a worker to return to the original task, says Gloria Mark, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, who studies digital distraction
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Airbnb Founder on Vagina Logo: “Go Ahead, Laugh All You Want” | Re/code

Airbnb Founder on Vagina Logo: “Go Ahead, Laugh All You Want” | Re/code : “It’s just like: Go ahead, laugh all you want, guys,” he said. “We wouldn’t want to design a logo that caters to the lowest common denominator. This was a yearlong undertaking for dozens of people, it’s something meaningful, and no one pauses to really understand that.”
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THE VIZZIES All That’s New in Branded Video | June 2014

Welcome to the June edition of Visible Measures’ Vizzies, which recognizes and awards the hottest new videos of the month. THE VIZZIES All That’s New in Branded Video | June 2014 ! All campaigns and their associated brands in this report are compared across their True Reach®, an MRC-accredited metric that measures the number of times a video campaign is viewed across hundreds of the web’s most tra ffi cked sites. True Reach accounts for clips uploaded by the brands and their agencies, as well as clips driven directly by audiences. ! World Cup Kicks O ff and Drives Big Views in June ! As we saw in May, June's branded videos saw an increase in viewership and campaign releases thanks to the World Cup. Three of the top campaigns this month – Nike’s The Last Game , Beats by Dre’s Game Before the Game , and adidas’ House Match – followed the same trend we saw in April
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The J Babies: McDonalds’ Open Kitchen Tour PREVIEW!

The J Babies: McDonalds’ Open Kitchen Tour PREVIEW! : Detailed instructions on how to assemble the breakfast muffins. =) Haha, reminds me of an IPAD game I play… =P
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Outlaw Executive is photographed at the bus stop in Copacabana - Cleo Guimar�es: The Globe

Outlaw Executive is photographed at the bus stop in Copacabana - Cleo Guimar�es: The Globe   Accused of being one of the leaders of an international gang of scalpers foiled by the police, the English  Raymond Whelan  , former executive director of the Match, the Fifa connected company, may have fled by bus from Copacabana Palace.  The law student Leandro Pedrosa passed along Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana on the afternoon of Thursday and made ​​the picture of Raymond sitting at the bus stop next to his attorney, Fernando Fernandes. "It was about four in the afternoon and the lawyer gesturing a lot. Gringo paid attention to everything he said and they seemed to be awaiting the arrival of someone," says Leandro, passing bus there and could not see how two left there. Raymond was arrested on Monday but was released 12 hours later under a writ of habeas corpus.  According to the delegate Fabio Barucke, holder of the 18 Precinct (Flag Square) and is responsible for investig
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iPads and targeted marketing pushing Burberry profits up 12% | dotRising

Targeted marketing and in-store digital  initiatives  are being credited for driving  Burberry ’s sales up by 12% in the last quarter. Total revenue increased to £370m, with the fashion house attributing the climb to a strong consumer-demand for services such as taking orders on iPad and  collect-in-store  solutions. The opening of the brands digitally equipped flagship store in Shanghai is also credited for pushing the brands profits skyward. Christopher Bailey, chief creative and chief executive officer, commented:  “This first quarter performance reflects our focus on striving to give customers the best possible experience of the Burberry brand through ongoing investment in retail, digital and service, both on and offline.  “The 12 per cent increase in comparable sales demonstrates our teams’ success in unlocking the benefits of these investments, as we continue to concentrate on the things we can control in an uncertain external environment.”
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Apple Sold 2 Million Apple TVs Last Year in US, Trailing Behind Chromecast and Roku - Mac Rumors

Apple Sold 2 Million Apple TVs Last Year in US, Trailing Behind Chromecast and Roku - Mac Rumors : Both Google and Roku sold an estimated 3.8 million streaming media devices last year, with Apple selling just over 2 million Apple TVs. To date, Apple has sold over 20 million Apple TVs worldwide since launching the streaming device in 2007, while Roku has sold 8 million devices since its first media box in 2008.
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Take This Final Exam to See If You Are Ready to Launch Your Startup | Entrepreneur.com

Take This Final Exam to See If You Are Ready to Launch Your Startup | Entrepreneur.com : 6. True or false, you are confident the product or service is technically feasible.�If you are not sure if your concept will really work,�build a prototype or pilot your service and evaluate the results before you and others get too deeply involved.�Skip this step if your idea is a perpetual motion machine, anti-gravity belt, or free-energy gizmo and immediately go back to the drawing board for a new concept.
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The birth of the iPod | Macworld

The birth of the iPod | Macworld Today, Macworld published a  detailed look  at the October 23, 2001 launch of the original iPod.  It’s fascinating to watch the  launch video , especially juxtaposed with the launch  of the original iPhone in January 2007. Presenting in Apple’s limited-capacity Town Hall, rather than the larger expo venue at the Moscone Center, Steve seemed somewhat more subdued than usual. I don’t blame him: Apple was diving headfirst into a totally new consumer market, with angry pundits far from convinced that the purchasing public would be interested in investing $399 in an MP3 player. They were wrong. (Okay, it’s easy to report that now.) In 2001, the portable MP3 playing industry was dominated by cheaper, low-capacity units, like Diamond Multimedia’s  Rio 500 : The Rio 500 was a solid device. I snagged one with 64MB of onboard memory, at a list price of $269, and spent most of 2000 listening to The Eagles’  Greatest Hits 1971-1975 , since it would only reall
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Football: Neymar 'hunted' says Brazil coach

Football: Neymar 'hunted' says Brazil coach : "I have been saying for three matches that Neymar has been hunted, but all the other countries say it is not true and it is only their players that are hunted," said Scolari. The coach fumed that Silva had been booked for impeding a clearance from Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina without any injury when Zungia went unpunished. "There was not even a yellow card and Thiago got a yellow card for nothing," he said.
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