Online Dating-Profile Picture Myths | blog.okcupid.com

In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong.

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The State of the Internet | Fast Company

For example, there are about 740 million Internet users in Asia alone; Facebook serves 6 million page views per minute, requiring 30,000 servers; and there are 148,000 new zombie computers created each day by hackers using botnets:

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Vodkas That Are Weirdly Awesome|Asylum.com

What if we told you that a group of savvy vodka-preneurs were concocting vodkas that used ingredients like bacon, hot dogs and scorpions?

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Should You Stop the Pop? | DivineCaroline

As a lifelong knuckle cracker, I’ve heard the spiel dozens of times—you know, keep popping and…

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Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation for Green Tech Manufacturing Equipment Sales Tax Exemption to Create Jobs

For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Contact: Aaron McLear/Kira Heinrichs
916-445-4571

Building on his commitment to clean technology growth in California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed SB 71 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) to create a sales tax exemption for the purchase of green tech manufacturing equipment in California. This tax exemption is a part of the Governor’s California Jobs Initiative, a legislative package that will create or retain at least 100,000 jobs.

California Recovery Task Force Launches Interactive Web Portal

Press Release

For Immediate Release:  03/23/2010

Contact: Aaron McLear/Eric Alborg
916-445-5880

California Recovery Task Force Launches Interactive Web Portal

In an effort to provide unprecedented transparency of stimulus spending in California, the California Recovery Task Force has launched an interactive Web Portal (www.recovery.ca.gov) that tracks the more than $85 billion in cash and tax benefits expected overall for Californians.

“Tracking stimulus money has further underscored the need to break through the silos of government at the federal, state and local levels,” said Senior Advisor to the Governor and California Recovery Task Force Director Herb K. Schultz.  “Our Web Portal will continue to evolve in order to provide the most transparent picture of government spending in U.S. history.”

BBC News – The top 100 sites on the internet

Explore this interactive graphic to find out which are the biggest sites on the internet, as measured by the Nielsen company. This feature is part of SuperPower, a season of programmes exploring the power of the internet.

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87 Fantastic Free Finds – From Vacation Marketing to Free Green Taxis (CLUSTER)

These fantastic free finds are the coolest way to spend nothing. Who wouldn’t want to get free Botox or TV channels? If you are on a budget, I highly recommend you spend some time here. It’s free.

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37Signals’ 13 Simple Rules for Success in Business | Slideshows

37 Signals are the creators of BaseCamp.

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The 10 Most Addictive Sounds in the World | Fast Company

You’re probably among the millions who have experienced it: driving in a car, listening to the radio, and suddenly this song comes on. It is not just any song–this was your favorite song when you were a teenager. As the first few notes strike up, you’re transported back in time. Everything is so vivid, and your mind wanders to parties, first kisses and sweaty palms. It’s as if time stands still and you suddenly realize that for the entire duration of the song, you haven’t seen a single thing on the road.

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Op-Ed Contributor – P.S.A. prostate screening is inaccurate and a waste of money. – NYTimes.com

I never dreamed that my discovery four decades ago would lead to such a profit-driven public health disaster.

This piece alone is enough take medicine out of the for-profit arena.

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Citigroup Decline|usfst.com

Where did it all go wrong for Citigroup? When it was formed by the merger of Citibank and Traveler’s Group in 1998, it was envisaged as the epitome of the modern financial services firm.

Fast forward to 2009. At the end of January, CEO Vikram Pandit announced losses of $18.7 billion for the previous year and that Citi would ‘realign’ itself into two separate sections, Citicorp and Citi Holdings.

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BBC News – US lifts lid on top secret plan for internet security

“We must continue to seek out innovative new partnerships – not only within government, but also among industry, government and the American public,” he told delegates at the event, hosted by the security company RSA in San Francisco.

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FDIC moves toward new market | GDS Publishing

In an attempt to rid itself of assets from failed banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) is looking to tap into the securitization market with three new guaranteed deals totaling $4 billion

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SBA Recovery Act Funding Extended

Extension of SBA Recovery Lending Programs Will Support $1.8 Billion in Small Business Lending

Agency plans to restart Recovery loan approvals on March 10

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed legislation Tuesday extending until March 28 the U.S. Small Business Administration’s ability to provide small business loans that are enhanced with special provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including a higher guarantee of SBA-backed loans and a waiver of loan fees normally paid by borrowers.

SBA estimates the additional funding will support about $1.8 billion in small business lending.