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Gory alternative versions of Warner Bros Cartoons

Hot Diggity Dog - Art by Noirnouar

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Top 10 Colorful Animals

Everyone loves butterflies, especially these pretty ones. But their beautiful colors actually serve as a warning to predators not to eat them because they’re poisonous.

9. Sailfish

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Top 10 Classic Movie Transformations

After a long journey over the rainbow, down the yellow-brick road, and through a poppy field, Dorothy and her friends deserve a little TLC.  Enter the Wash and Brush Up Co. in the heart of Emerald City.

Dorothy ditches the prairie-land braids and emerges with flowing curls while The Cowardly Lion embraces his feminine side bedecked with fresh ringlets and red bows.  The Scarecrow is stuffed to the seams, and The Tin Man is buffed and oiled.  Even Toto is looking refreshed.

That’s how they laugh the day away in the Merry Old Land of Oz

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Top 10 Menu Blunders

Many high-end restaurants will take a classic recipe and add their own subtle (but significantly delectable) twist to it, thus making it their own. That’s great! Ingenuity is one of the reasons you pay what you do for fine dining. That being said, is it necessary for a menu to point out that your Caesar salad would include Caesar dressing? As if you were expecting blue cheese.

9. Pouvez-Vous Lire Le Français?

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Top 10 Yankees Teams Without the Title

For the second time in their history the Yankees were swept in the World Series, this time by the Cincinnati Reds (other in 1963).  Their ascension to the division title was comfortable, with a 14

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Top 10 adopted cases for animals

1- Isabella, a golden retriever in Kansas who adopted 3 white Bengal tiger cubs and nursed them as her own. Zookeepers Tom and Allie Harvey brought the cubs home, and their dog Isabella stepped right up.

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Top 10: Addictive iPhone Club Games

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With so many genres and themes of iPhone games out on the market currently, which ones are the good ones? I too get frustrated when I find an app, and end up having to uninstall it within minutes because it just plain sucks! I decided to help you out by picking a theme; the theme being party-esque/night club/bar-type games (because, well, who doesn’t like a party?), and make a top 10 list of my favorite ones. So, let’s get the party started!

10. Claire’s Bar

This is a time management game similar to Diner Dash. I guess I’m just a sucker for these TM games because they’re so mindless, yet addictive. It’s also very similar to a game called BarStar (another game that has made this list) in that you are both running a bar. In Claire’s Bar, you may be asked to perform duties which include cleaning up vomit, handling a complaint, taking customer orders etc. As well, in both games (again, the other being BarStar), the drink process is timed. However, making the drinks is not complicated in this game as the ingredients you need to use are shown directly on the screen at the time of gameplay. What I didn’t particularly like about this game were the graphics; they’re very plain and are not exactly interesting to look at. However, despite the boring graphics, the gameplay was still super fun.

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Top 10: Things Barney Would Have Called His Truck if Ted hadn’t Been a Jerk and Given it Back

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Forced perspective is a technique often used in commercial photography, film making and other artistry. But what happens when this method to employ optical illusions is practiced by the common man or woman? Here are ten excellent examples of forced perspective photography, taken by tourists, beach visitors, bored teenagers and other vagabonds.

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Top 10 Game Shows

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10.  Wheel…of…FORTUNE!

The number ten spot goes to the game show known around the globe as Wheel of Fortune.  It is a game show that shows a phrase to the contestants, which they then have to guess the letters to until they can solve the puzzle.  It is hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White.

Best Moment?

The best moment of the series came in 2008, when Michelle Lowenstein was the first player to win the top prize of one million dollars.  All the requirements of winning the highest prize had to be matched in order to win the million.  This included winning the million dollar spot during the normal round of the game, spinning the bonus wheel and picking the correct envelope, and correctly solving the final puzzle.  She did all of these things.

And FAIL:

9.  Is That Your Final Answer?  Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?

Who Wants to be a Millionaire is a completely solid concept of a game show, and deserves a spot among the top ten greatest game shows.  Contestants would play a fast fingered question to try and earn a spot in the hot seat. This contestant would then try to answer trivia questions one at a time, until reaching the million dollar question. The show is famous for the tagline,

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Top 10 Format Wars

In the late 90s, a format war erupted between DVD and DIVX, two early pioneers in the digital home video market. DVD followed in the footsteps of VHS and Laserdisc as a dedicated home video format, albeit with superior picture and sound quality. DIVX, meanwhile, was a bit more complicated. The movies came on a disc that looked similar to a DVD, but they could only be played on a specialized DIVX machine. Customers could buy DIVX movies for $4, but the disc would only be playable for 48 hours. After that, they’d have to pay a small additional fee via a subscription service to watch it again, or an even bigger fee to access unlimited views.

Who Won?

It’ll come as no surprise to anyone with a Netflix account that things didn’t work out too well for the folks at DIVX. For starters, consumers never truly embraced the pay-for-play format that the company was trying to engineer. Videophiles shunned the idea of not being able to easily collect movies on DIVX, and the idea of a subscription-based video service rubbed most consumers the wrong way

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Top 10 Bizarre Plants

but most of the plants on this list you’ve probably never seen in real life.

Even though classifying something as bizarre is pretty relative and will differ from person to person, these plants are most definitely strange in more than just one way. If you’re looking to surprise your girlfriend, these are not the types of plants to put into a pot; save them for the mother-in-law. Below are 10 odd plants that will probably make you think twice.

10. Dionaea Muscipula

Better known as the Venus flytrap, the Dionaea muscipula is one of about 670 carnivorous plants that researchers have discovered.  The plant is able to attract insects and spiders, and once the bug is inside of the plant it will make contact with the tiny hairs inside, which then spark a reaction for the plant to close its lobes. If the prey does escape, the trap usually reopens in about 12 hours. If the bug is unable to get away, the further movement it makes in attempt to escape only forces the plant to tighten even more, which leads to digestion.

You’ve probably seen these plants in the stores or even at someone’s home, placing it low on the list despite its strange diet (and, let’s face it, a meat-eating plant is pretty bizarre). The stems often get no larger than 4 inches, and can be a bit smaller than 1 inch.  In the spring, the plant produces delicate white flowers, but only if it is healthy. As a result of wildfires, they are considered to be a vulnerable species, which means that they are highly likely to become endangered. While the plant has been transplanted to many locations, the only place where it grows natively is in North Carolina bogs. Despite what you may think, the Venus flytrap is not a tropical plant; in fact, it thrives in the winter.

9. Wolffia Angusta

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Top 10 NBA Careers Hurt by Injuries

situation.  Although he certainly has the talent to be a superstar in the NBA, his career has never quite reached its potential.  Perhaps the real question here is whether it is due to injuries, or something else.  At any rate, Baron’s scoring and clutch play has found an interesting niche on the highlight reel.

5.  Zydrunas Ilgauskas

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Top 10 Youtube Channels

special something’ is usually insanity, as you’ll see from the contents of the ten YouTube channels listed below. Each of these channels has millions of subscribers:

10. The Annoying Orange

The Annoying Orange is a channel that’s all about, well, an orange that’s annoying. It’s a very literal title. Every video features an orange with a person’s eyes and mouth awkwardly edited on. The orange interacts with other talking foodstuffs, but the only real point of the videos is for the orange to be as obnoxious as possible. Each video is pretty much the same: the orange encounters somebody or something and it then proceeds to irritate them. And, by extension, us.

Seriously, that’s the only joke; the orange is supposed to be annoying, and it is. 977, 807 people find that premise appealing for reasons we can’t quite grasp, and its popularity is made all the more baffling by the fact that it’s only taken six months for this channel to acquire that many followers. Will The Annoying Orange be able to maintain that incredible momentum? Probably not.

9. Kev Jumba

Kevin got started on YouTube earlier than most of the others on our list, which may explain why videos of him sitting in front of his camera for a few minutes and joking about standard subjects like racial stereotypes managed to accumulate hundreds of thousands of views. Options were limited back in the dark days of 2007; there just weren’t as many videos of kittens out there.

But hey, YouTube standards were different then, so we should cut the Kev Jumba channel some slack. After all, he’s since moved on to

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All-Time NBA Points Leaders

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1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 38,387 Points
Games: 1560, PPG: 24.6
Teams: Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers
Career: 1969 to 1989 (Championships: 6)
Rookie of the Year when he entered the league in 1969, Abdul-Jabbar would go on to win 6 NBA Championships.

2. Karl Malone - 36,928 Points
Games: 1476, PPG: 25.0
Teams: Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers
Career: 1985 to 2004 (Championships: 0)
Malone played in the NBA finals twice against the Chicago Bulls in 1997 and 1998.

3. Michael Jordan - 32,292 Points
Games: 1072, PPG: 30.1
Teams: Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
Career: 1984 to 2003 (Championships: 6)
Five times named the league's MVP, Jordan won 6 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls.

4. Wilt Chamberlain - 31,419 Points
Games: 1045, PPG: 30.1
Teams: Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Lakers
Career: 1959 to 1973 (Championships: 2)
Chamberlain holds many NBA records, including a 100 point four quarter game in 1962.

5. Shaquille O'Neal - 27,721 Points
Games: 1126, PPG: 24.6
Teams: Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers
Career: 1992 to Present (Championships: 4)
First overall draft pick and Rookie of the Year in 1993, Shaq was also the 2000 NBA MVP.

6. Moses Malone - 27,409 Points
Games: 1329, PPG: 20.6
Teams: Buffalo, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta, Milwaukee, San Antonio
Career: 1976 to 1995 (Championships: 1)
Malone holds the league record for most games without fouling out at 1212 games.

7. Elvin Hayes - 27,313 Points
Games: 1303, PPG: 21.0
Teams: San Diego/Houston Rockets, Baltimore/Washington Bullets, Houston Rockets
Career: 1968 to 1984 (Championships: 1)
An All Star in his first 12 seasons, Hayes missed only 9 games in his 16 year career.

8. Hakeem Olajuwon - 26,946 Points
Games: 1238, PPG: 21.8
Teams: Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors
Career: 1984 to 2002 (Championships: 2)
Olajuwon is the career leader for blocked shots and holds a number of other shot block records.

9. Oscar Robertson - 26,710 Points
Games: 1040, PPG: 25.7
Teams: Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks
Career: 1960 to 1974 (Championships: 1)
Robertson played 14 years in the NBA and co-captained the 1960 U.S. Olympic Team to gold.

10. Dominique Wilkins - 26,668 Points
Games: 1074, PPG: 24.8
Teams: Atlanta Hawks, L.A. Clippers, Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic
Career: 1982 to 1999 (Championships: 0)
Wilkins set a single game NBA record by hitting 23 free throws in a row.
 

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Great Male Rock Vocalists

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Freddie Mercury (1946 - 1991) - born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Freddie was the British vocalist of the band Queen. He had a tenor voice and a theatrical 4-octave vocal range. He was also very proficient at the piano and was a complex songwriter. Freddie joined Queen in April of 1970, which is also when he legally changed his name to Freddie Mercury. Two of many songs which showcase his talent are "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Somebody to Love". He died of complications due to HIV/AIDS in 1991.

Rob Halford - born as Robert John Arthur Halford in 1951. He is an English vocalist with a four-octave vocal range who is best known as the singer for the heavy metal group Judas Priest. Formed in 1973, Judas Priest released several albums. In 1992 Halford left the band, and was then a part of the band "Fight" in 1993, as well as collaborating on the "2wo" project. In 2000 he released an album with his band "Halford" and has had other projects over the years.

Bruce Dickinson - born as Paul Bruce Dickinson in 1958 in England, he is a singer with many other careers and hobbies, including pilot and novelist. He is most remembered for his involvement with the band Iron Maiden as their lead vocalist. He started out with three lesser known bands, "Speed", "Shots" and then "Samson", going then by the name Bruce Bruce, before being invited in 1981 to join Iron Maiden. Their debut release was "Run to the Hills". Iron Maiden then released 6 more albums before Dickinson quit the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career, during which he released six albums. In 1999, they reformed and released three more albums together. He was taught operatically to get a wide range of notes and loud screams with his voice. His nickname is "The Air Raid Siren".

Robert Plant - born in 1948 in England, and is a rock singer and songwriter with a blues influence. He is most noted for his time as lead vocalist for the band Led Zeppelin but has also had a lucrative solo career. In 1968 he met Jimmy Page and joined Led Zeppelin, which released its first album in 1969. After the breakup of Led Zeppelin in 1980 due to the death of drummer John Bonham, Plant started his solo career and has released 8 albums to date. The lyrics and vocals on the 1970 Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven" is one of his most significant contributions.

Chris Cornell - born Christopher John Boyle in Seattle, Washington in 1964. He is a rock singer, songwriter and musician who has enjoyed a very busy and lucrative career. From 1984 to 1997 he was with Soundgarden. From 1990 to 1992, he was with Temple of the Dog and from 2001 to 2007 he was with Audioslave. Cornell has released two solo albums as well, with his third scheduled for release in early 2009. He has also been a backing or contributing vocalist for bands such as "The Screaming Trees", "Alice in Chains" and "Alice Cooper". His talent really shines in the 1991 Soundgarden release "Rusty Cage" from the Badmotorfinger album.

Layne Staley (1967 - 2002) - born in Washington, U.S.A. as Layne Thomas Staley. He was the soulful singer of the band "Alice in Chains", and also appeared with the bands "Mad Season" in 1995 and "Class of '99" in 1997. Layne also gave guest vocals on other collaborations. In 1990 he joined the band Alice in Chains and they released their first album. The first album contains the song "Man in the Box" in which his vocals are quite distinctive and original. Layne Staley died of drug addiction on April 5, 2002.

Steven Tyler - born Stephen Victor Tallarico in 1948 in New York, Tyler is the lead singer of the band Aerosmith. He has a raw and sharp voice and can use a falsetto voice and also scats. He can also play many instruments and is a very energetic frontman. His father was a classical musician who also taught music. In the 1960s, Tyler was a member of a variety of bands but met Aerosmith band mates in 1969 and to date they have released 23 albums.

Eddie Vedder - born Edward Louis Severson III in the U.S.A. in 1964. With his baritone voice, Vedder is most notable for being the singer of the band Pearl Jam. In 1988 he joined the band "Bad Radio" but they never released a major label record. In 1990 he sent a demo tape for the "Temple of the Dog" project and sang vocals on that record. In 1991 Pearl Jam was formed and to date has released 14 albums. Vedder has also released one solo album.

Lenny Kravitz - born Leonard Albert Kravitz in 1964. He is an American singer and songwriter in the rock, funk, reggae and soul genres. By the age of 5 he knew he wanted to be a musician. For three years he sang classical for the California Boys Choir. He released his debut album in 1989 and has released 9 albums to date. At one time Kravitz received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row and has been nominated many times more. He has also collaborated with many other artists over the years.

Sebastian Bach - born Sebastian Philip Bierk in 1968 in the Bahamas, and raised in Ontario, Canada. In 1987 he was asked to sing for the Canadian metal band Skid Row and sang for them until 1996. Since then Bach has worked on other projects, and in the year 2000 he started performing in Broadway productions such as the role of Jesus in "Jesus Christ Superstar" for about a year and a half. Recently he has recorded backing vocals for the Guns 'n' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" and has made appearances on reality TV shows and also recently released a country single, "Battle with the Bottle".
 

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Great Classic Rock Bands

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The Beatles
Band Members: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
Widely regarded as the most popular band in rock music history, The Beatles earned universally consistent critical acclaim and commercial success, and have influenced entire generations of musicians with their innovative and imaginative musical styles.

Led Zeppelin
Band Members: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones
Technically considered a hard rock band, many Led Zeppelin songs bridge numerous genres ranging from blues to folk, rockabilly to jazz. The sum of all four members created such classics as "Stairway to Heaven", considered to be one of the best rock singles of all-time.

Rolling Stones
Band Members: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Ron Wood
Giants of the rock and roll scene for over forty years, it is amazing that even to this day the Rolling Stones still pack the house, as such was the case in Rio de Janeiro in 2006. The Stones have produced such classic albums as "Tattoo You" and "Some Girls".

Pink Floyd
Band Members: Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, David Gilmour
From the initial poetic and psychedelic lyrics spawned by Syd Barrett, to the philosophical conceptual albums that followed in the mid seventies, no-one can dispute the unique and incredible sound of Pink Floyd. "The Dark Side of the Moon" is their definitive album.

Eagles
Band Members: Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Felder, Randy Meisner
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, the Eagles have had huge success with albums such as "Hotel California" as well as greatest hits compilations. After a 'fourteen year vacation' that started in 1980, the band re-united to release the live "Hell Freezes Over".

AC/DC
Band Members: Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd
Australia's AC/DC is synonymous with rock 'n' roll, with various songs responsible for more than a few speakers blown from being cranked to the limit. Driven by the gutsy vocals of Brian Johnson, AC/DC would go on to survive the death of the irreplaceable Bon Scott.

U2
Band Members: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
Formed when the members were teenagers, Ireland's U2 has gone on to win close to two dozen Grammy's and sold hundreds of millions of records worldwide. Their music is powerful and political, and the group actively participates in humanitarian causes worldwide.

Fleetwood Mac
Band Members: Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, Christine McVie
Fleetwood Mac's forty years making music looks like a rollercoaster of commercial successes, constantly changing line-ups, and numerous bouts of excess. Regardless of the ride, none produced a more fluid sound than the emotional masterpiece that is the "Rumours" album.

The Who
Band Members: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenney Jones
Considered rock pioneers that have influenced countless bands after them, The Who have been around for over forty years. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, their artistic rock operas and power chord anthems were only upstaged by even better live performances.

Queen
Band Members: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon
Internationally popular for their music, as well as for their live performances, Queen is regularly cited as being a major influence by many of today's mainstream artists. Their most successful singles include "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "We Will Rock You - We Are The Champions".
 

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Greatest Guitarists of All Time

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Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. He became internationally famous in 1967 with the album 'Are You Experienced'. He was a very influential guitar player as well as a record producer who liked to experiment with different techniques that many musicians have tried to copy since. Accomplishing alot in a very short period of time, it has been said that he made music loud but also beautiful. However, he was also a heavy drinker, abused drugs, subsequently passing away of asphyxiation on September 18, 1970 at the young age of 28.

Jimmy Page was born in 1944 and started playing guitar when he was 14. Though taking a few lessons, for the most part he taught himself how to play. He started out as a session musician and then as a member of The Yardbirds in the late 1960s. He then started the band Led Zeppelin. Zeppelin's sound was due in large part to Jimmy's guitar playing, composing, producing and sound recording style. Jimmy's influence on other musicians is noted by many artists such as Johnny Ramone and Eddie Van Halen.

Stevie Ray Vaughan, born October 3, 1954, was an American blues guitarist who played on electric guitars. He never learned to read music, but instead played only by ear, by feel, and with alot of emotion. Stevie Ray started playing clubs when he was 13, and then later, in the 1980's, Vaughan and his band Double Trouble was discovered by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Later, SRV would struggle with alcohol and cocaine addiction, conquer his addictions, and then go on to work with numerous artists over his short career, which ended in a helicopter crash on August 27, 1990.

Eddie Van Halen was born on January 26, 1955. The band, Van Halen, was formed by Eddie and his brother Alex in 1972 and was signed in 1977 after Gene Simmons of Kiss fame caught one of their shows. Since the 70s, Van Halen has recorded and sold millions of albums. Eddie Van Halen himself is a distinctive guitar player whose famous performance in his solo on the song "Eruption" says it all.

Steve Vai was born on June 6, 1960. A passionate and very gifted guitar player, in 1974 he honed his guitar skills jamming with Joe Satriani. Vai then began his career with Frank Zappa in 1980, and then went on to a solo career, starting in 1984, and has since released thirteen albums to date. He has also played with the bands Whitesnake, Alcatraz and David Lee Roth.

Joe Satriani, born on July 15, 1956, was a guitar instructor and is widely respected as a guitar virtuoso. In 1988, Mick Jagger hired Satriani for Jagger's solo tour and he then played lead guitar for Deep Purple in 1994. Further, he has also played with numerous guitarists such as Kirk Hammett, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen, among others.

Jeff Beck was born on June 24, 1944. He is a widely acclaimed artist who pioneered many new techniques, adopting a number of guitar styles throughout his career such as jazz, metal and rock. He was a member of the band The Yardbirds in the 1960s, and then formed the Jeff Beck Group. Since then he has worked with many musicians and completed many projects encompassing a number of musical genres.

Tony Iommi, born on February 19, 1948, played his guitar left-handed due to an injury sustained in a work-related accident when he was 17. He is most famous for his career with Black Sabbath. Since his Black Sabbath days, he has recorded with others under the band name Heaven and Hell, and in 2000 and 2004 he released solo albums. Those who have started out playing heavy metal music today use many legendary styles invented by Iommi.

Slash, born on July 23, 1965 as Saul Hudson, was a member of the band Guns N' Roses. Though the entire band was followed by controversy, Slash's talent has always shown through. Slash then formed Slash's Snakepit in the 90's as a solo venture and then later joined the band Velvet Revolver with some of his former Guns N' Roses band mates as well as Stone Temple Pilots front man Scott Weiland. Slash is as much in demand as a session musician. He has recorded music with people such as Stevie Wonder, Sammy Hagar and Alice Cooper among many others.

Jason Becker, born July 22, 1969, is a classical metal guitarist and composer who is not as widely known due to his medical history. However, his talent cannot be denied, and he is famous for his shred style guitar playing ability. He composed "Cacophony" with Marty Friedman and was produced by Mike Varney. The album "Speed Metal Symphony" was released in 1987 and another album was released in 1988. He also worked on a solo career in 1988 and then joined David Lee Roth's band in 1990. Shortly thereafter Becker was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease. He is now unable to speak but his physical condition has been stable since 1997. Although he can no longer walk or play his beloved guitar, or even speak, he continues to compose with the aid of a computer.
 

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Best Female Singers of All Time

 

Maria Callas - Born December 2, 1923 in the U.S.A., Maria Callas was an opera singer. She was named "La Divina" due to her outstanding vocal talent and versatility. Ms. Callas received her musical education in Athens and trained as a dramatic soprano but could also sing in any vocal register. She made her professional debut in 1942, and returned to America in 1945 where she sang for the Metropolitan Opera and various productions in Venice and in Chicago in the 1950s. She passed away in 1977 at the age of 53.

Aretha Franklin - Born March 25, 1942 in the U.S.A., Aretha Franklin is a singer and songwriter. Ms. Franklin was a child prodigy with a gifted voice and could also play piano. She released her first gospel album at 14 years old. She has a powerful vocal range which she uses in her gospel, pop and R&B recordings. She has won an incredible 20 Grammy Awards since she began her career in 1960. She has been named "The Queen of Soul" with one of her more famous songs being "Respect".

Whitney Houston - born August 9, 1963 in the U.S.A., Whitney Houston has a soprano voice who records in the genres of gospel and R&B. She comes from a musical family with her mother, Cissy Houston, being a gospel singer who toured with Aretha Franklin as a backup singer. Whitney also has a cousin in the music business, Dionne Warwick. Houston is famous for her powerful voice with a range of five octaves. She released her debut album in the 80's which became the largest selling debut album by a female. In the 90's she became a movie star as well, but then dropped out of the spotlight. She is currently working on releasing an album this year.

Celine Dion - born on March 30, 1968 in Quebec, Canada, she started her career as a French teen singer. She is now considered a soprano pop rock singer. She released her first English album in 1990 and since has become one of the most successful singers of all-time; also performing to sold-out crowds for five years in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is known for her technically skilled and strong vocals in the rock, classical, gospel and R&B genres and is truly an icon.

Patsy Cline - born September 8, 1932 as Virginia Patterson Hensley, in Virginia, U.S.A., Ms. Cline was a country music singer with crossover into pop music. She is best known for her expressive singing style and rich tones in her voice, and she has been an inspiration to many vocalists. In her early 20's in 1955 she was signed to Four Star Records. She released several albums but passed away prematurely in a 1963 plane crash at the age of 30. Since her death, she has sold millions of albums and been given many awards posthumously.

Patti LaBelle - born as Patricia Louise Holte on May 24, 1944 in the U.S.A., Patti LaBelle is a passionate singer with a wide vocal range who is also capable of singing in high octaves. She has recorded as an R&B and soul singer. In 1961 she was part of a group named 'The Ordettes' when they were signed to Blue Note Records. The president of Blue Note Records renamed them 'Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles'. The name was shortened to 'LaBelle' in 1970. In 1977, Patti released her debut solo album and continues to release albums and make guest appearances at various functions and on t.v. shows.

Mariah Carey - born on March 27, 1970 in New York, U.S.A., Mariah Carey is a soprano singer in the pop genre with more recent releases having a hip hop tone. Her voice is known for it's range and power. She is able to cover all notes from alto range up to soprano and her most known ability is the whistle register. She made her first album in 1990 and went on to become one of the most successful singers in the U.S.A. throughout the 90's. She continues to release and sell albums to a new generation of fans.

Pat Benatar - born January 10, 1953 as Patricia Mae Andrzejewski in New York, U.S.A., she has a strong mezzo-soprano vocal range. Pat started singing in Grade 4 and later attended The Juliard School. She was part of the band 'Rising Star' in 1975, and as well as recording commercial jingles, she played a part in the rock musical "The Zephyr" in 1976. In 1978 her band was signed to Chrysalis Records. She won four consecutive Grammy Awards for "Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female" from 1980 through 1983, and nominations in following years as well. Benatar has seven platinum albums to her credit and is scheduled to release an acoustic album in the Fall of 2008.

Christina Aguilera - born December 18, 1980 in the U.S.A., Christina Aguilera has a soprano, four-octave vocal range. She sings in the pop and R&B genres with influences in jazz, soul and blues on her more recent releases. She began her career on the New Mickey Mouse Club and then released her first album at the age of 18 years old; showing great talent for such a young singer. Since that release she has sold more than 37 million albums. She is a singer, songwriter and a record producer.

Judy Garland - born June 19, 1922 as Frances Ethel Gumm in the U.S.A., she became an actor and singer in the contralto range. She started out in vaudeville with her two sisters and then acted in movies as a teenager, including the 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production "The Wizard of Oz" in which she sings her signature song "Over the Rainbow". Many movies and fifteen years later she made sold-out concert appearances, including Carnegie Hall and also appeared on television. Her two-record album "Judy at Carnegie Hall" won five Grammy Awards and continues to sell to this day. She died of an unintentional drug overdose in 1969 at the age of 47 years. She was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1997.
 

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Best Selling Albums Worldwide

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1. Thriller (1982)
Album Sales: 110 Million
Artist: Michael Jackson
Producer: Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones
'Thriller' is the highest selling album of all-time, with numerous songs on the album going to #1.

2. Back in Black (1980)
Album Sales: 49 Million
Artist: AC/DC
Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
With Brian Johnson taking over as the front man, this was the first AC/DC album after Bon Scott's death.

3. Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Album Sales: 43 Million
Artist: Pink Floyd
Producer: Pink Floyd
Though Syd Barrett was gone, this album stayed on Billboard for a record 14 consecutive years until 1988.

4. Bat out of Hell (1977)
Album Sales: 43 Million
Artist: Meat Loaf
Producer: Todd Rundgren
An appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' helped the album receive a huge following in the USA.

5. Their Greatest Hits 1971

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Top 10 Late Night Infomercials

), same black-and-white vignettes of consumers who are immensely-frustrated by mild inconveniences that are blown way out of proportion.

The irony is, these laughable infomercials are actually entertaining, and thus effective.  (It also helps that they are often aired late at night when the viewer’s TV options are severely limited.) The infomercial’s message festers within the most subconscious parts of the brain until it pops up (surprise!) right around the holidays or a relative’s birthday you forgot about until the last second.  The joke is on the consumer for having ever doubted the effectiveness of blunt repetition.

Here are ten of the best examples of such super duper products that we never thought we’d buy in a million years, but somehow we did anyway:

10. The Shake Weight

The commercials feature a rather sultry girl cradling the weight in a very compromising fashion while on her knees.  The suggestive imagery is too overt to be subliminal, which is why it makes a great gag gift in the tradition of anything from the

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Top 10 Moments of Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Who can forget the opening scene of Ocarina of Time, where Link’s new sidekick is introduced to the world? Navi, a small glowing fairy is instructed to aid the plucky adventurer, as he defeats the evil monsters that have entered the land. To this day, we all remember the adorable Navi whizzing through the town where Link resides, trying to find him to begin the quest (running into a fence in the process and shaking the cobwebs). She is remembered as being the one who would shout

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Top 10 Inventions of the 20th Century

both positively and the negatively. And so, without further ado and in no particular order, here are my nominees for the ten greatest inventions/discoveries of the twentieth century:

10. Nuclear Power

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Top 10 Zombie Parasites

Possibly the world’s weirdest insects, male strepsipterans are gnat-sized flying critters with huge eyes, fine senses and lifespans of only a few hours. They exist solely to find the female and mate, which can be quite tricky, because the female Strepsipteran is a limbless, eyeless, bag-like parasite living inside the body of another insect, such as a fly, bee or even a preying mantis, with only her head sticking out of the host’s body to breathe. To find herself a male, the parasite will release her mating pheromones on the wind and force her insect host to wait patiently in an obvious and convenient location, such as the tip of a long leaf or twig. Try to imagine having to stand around for hours while the face on your back flirts with strange, tiny men. Days later, she’ll upchuck a bunch of live larvae on the next flower you visit, the perfect place to infect even more insects.

9.  Fish Flukes

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Top 10 Treadmill Fails, Bails, and WTFs

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Top 10 Movie Characters Who Love Opera

had Alex committing suicide and framing Dan for the murder. Clearly she was taking inspiration from her favorite opera. That ending was filmed but didn’t test well with audiences. A new ending was shot where Dan gets to choke the life out of Alex before his wife Beth (Anne Archer) gets in her shot. The original ending was kept in the movie for Japanese audiences.

9. Ronny Cammareri (Nicholas Cage), Moonstruck

At the opening of the story, feisty and independent widow Loretta becomes engaged to momma’s boy Johnny Cammareri (Danny Aiello). Looking at the rest of her potentially uneventful and lonely life, Loretta has decided to

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Top Ten Famous Scenes (And the Movies They Were Inspired By)

their favorite movies or directors.  Whether it is a replicated character type, location, editing technique, or even entire scene, modern filmmakers keep the past alive with through mimicry and recreation.  Sometimes the influences are subtle.  Other times, they are more blatant.  Here are ten great examples of famous scenes inspired by earlier works.

10.  The Scene: Jack Nicholson chopping down the door in The Shining.

Everybody knows this scene: Jack Torrance and his family take care of an inn in the Rocky Mountains for several months.  Jack comes down with cabin fever and starts to be influenced by sinister forces in the inn.  At one point, he angrily takes an axe to a locked door separating him from his family.  One of the main reasons for its popularity was the infamous line,

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Famous and Funny Quotes

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Famous Movie Quotes:

1. "There's no place like home."
-- Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'

2. "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse."
-- Vito Corleone as played by Marlon Brando in the movie 'The Godfather'

3. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."
-- Rhett Butler as played by Clark Gable in the movie 'Gone With the Wind'

4. "Here's looking at you, kid."
-- Rick Blaine as played by Humphrey Bogart in the movie 'Casablanca'

5. "Go ahead, make my day."
-- Harry Callahan as played by Clint Eastwood in the movie 'Sudden Impact'

6. "May the Force be with you."
-- Han Solo as played by Harrison Ford in the movie 'Star Wars'

7. "I'll be back."
-- The Terminator as played by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie 'The Terminator'

8. "You talkin' to me?"
-- Travis Bickle as played by Robert De Niro in the movie 'Taxi Driver'

9. "Say hello to my little friend!"
-- Tony Montana as played by Al Pacino in the movie 'Scarface'

10. "What we do in life, echoes in eternity."
-- Maximus as played by Russell Crowe in the movie 'Gladiator'

Funny Famous Quotes:

"When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better."
--Mae West

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else."
-- Woody Allen

"I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out."
--Rodney Dangerfield

"I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house."
-- Zsa Zsa Gabor

"Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry."
-- Bill Cosby

"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
-- George Burns

"Behind every successful man is a surprised woman."
-- Maryon Pearson

"We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glow-worm."
-- Winston Churchill

"Women should be obscene and not heard."
-- Groucho Marx

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
-- Yogi Berra
 

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Top 10 Best Ecommerce WordPress Themes

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A huge percentage of bloggers are online not only to share their opinions, but to offer products and services as part of their businesses. Combining ecommerce features with your blog just makes sense; your readers are there to find out information specific to your industry in addition to shopping.

Here are my picks for the Top 10 Ecommerce WordPress Themes for online businesses:

1. eStore (Live Demo)

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Top 10 Dangerous Words and Phrases Women LOVE to Use

by Deborah Tannen are 2 of the books that have topped the bestseller lists in countries from all continents.

One of the most intriguing questions is

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Top 10 Lost Technologies

sound quality. Today there are only around 600 of the instruments left, and most are worth several hundred thousand dollars. In fact, the name Stradivari has become so synonymous with quality that it has come to serve as a descriptive term for anything considered to be the best in its field.

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Top 10 Games To Be Excited About For 2011

This game will be a masterpiece from the studio of George Lucas himself! Prepare for some real (space) action.

Star Wars: The Old Republic will not be your typical MMORPG. LucasArts promises some exciting developments, like different classes, storylines, and more.

9. Crysis 2

Release date: March 22, 2011

Publisher: Electronic Arts

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Top 10 Fastest Military Airplanes

Mach 2.34

If you’ve ever seen Top Gun, you’ve definitely seen the Tomcat, though probably one of an earlier series. The F-14D Tomcat, designed by Grumman, is definitely a one of a kind aircraft. Able to reach speeds at mach 2.34, the aircraft was made to be able to destroy enemy aircraft at night. While many planes are only cleared to fly in decent weather, the F-14D can fly and destroy in any type of conditions. Not only can it attack at night in not-so-great weather, the plane can also target not 1, not 2, but 6 targets at the same time. The Tomcat is also great for detecting hostile aircraft from 100 miles away. The plane took its maiden flight on November 23, 1987 from Grumman’s Calverton plant and the final prototype took flight on February 9, 1990.

The F-14D Tomcat stands as the final result of the F-14 series and was upgraded with new computer software that was far more reliable and advanced. However, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney deemed the airplanes uncompetitive enough to compete with today’s modern technology and cancelled production of the F-14 in 2008.

Flying, fighting or sitting?

The U.S. Navy retired use of the F-14D Tomcat on March 10, 2006. February 8, 2006 marked the last date that the aircraft would be used in an American combat mission which called for a bomb to be dropped in Iraq. About 712 of these planes were built, but most of them today are grounded. Tomcats still intact without much damage or mechanical issues are housed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. You will also find plenty of models at various air and space museums.

Others were destroyed so that Iran and other countries would not get access to the plane’s parts (there are reportedly 20 F-14s in Iran that are operational, 44 in total).

As of 2007, 23 of the 165 planes have been demolished by shredding. It costs about $900,000 to demolish each plane properly, which is about 42% of the cost of making an F-14D.

9. MiG-23 Flogger

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Top 10 Free Tools To Monitor Your Online Reputation

Monitor the external links to your blog, corporate website or personal web page through Yahoo’s Site Explorer. This free tool allows you to check who is linking back to your site. There is a very high probability that people who post negative comments, also provide a link to their source of disappointment.

9. Google SideWiki

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Top 10 Famous Nurses

Virginia Avenel Henderson graduated from the Army School of Nursing in 1921, during WWI. During this time she came up with a solid definition of her vocation, describing nursing as

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Top 10 Dangerous Doctors in Fiction

Dr. Derek Shepherd on Gray’s Anatomy, there are plenty of top-notch made-up medical professionals ready to take the best pretend care of their imaginary patients. But not every fictional doctor is a selfless super-healer. A lot of them are dangerously under qualified, psychotic, or just plain nasty. Here’s a list of the top ten worst fictional doctors:

10. Dr. Giggles (Dr. Giggles)

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Cartoon styled Pop Art by Todd Schorr

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War Toys Photography

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Goodnight Keith Moon

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Fastest 100 Metre Sprinters in History

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Sprinters - Men's 100 Metres (World Record: 9.58 by Usain Bolt at the '09 World Championships)

1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) - Fastest Time: 9.58 seconds
The 100m Olympic record (9.69) was set by Bolt at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.

2. Tyson Gay (United States) - Fastest Time: 9.69 seconds
During the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Gay also ran a wind-aided 9.68 (once the fastest 100 m under any condition).

3. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) - Fastest Time: 9.72 seconds
Asafa Powell ran his fastest time, once the world record, during heats at the 2007 IAAF Rieti Grand Prix.

4. Maurice Greene (United States) - Fastest Time: 9.79 seconds
By the widest margin since electronic timing, Greene ran this since passed world record time in 1999.

5. Donovan Bailey (Canada) - Fastest Time: 9.84 seconds
Bailey returned Canada to glory with his 9.84 record-breaking run at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

6. Bruny Surin (Canada) - Fastest Time: 9.84 seconds
Surin's second place finish of 9.84 at the 1999 World Championships was the fastest silver medal time ever.

7. Leroy Burrell (United States) - Fastest Time: 9.85 seconds
Burrell had twice set the world record in the 100 metres with a 9.90 in 1991 and a 9.85 in 1994.

8. Justin Gatlin (United States) - Fastest Time: 9.85 seconds
Gatlin's fastest time was set at the 2004 Olympics with a gold metal winning 9.85 second run.

9. Olusoji Fasuba (Nigeria) - Fastest Time: 9.85 seconds
Fasuba holds the African 100 metre sprinting mark with a 9.85 at the Doha Grand Prix in 2006.

10. Carl Lewis (United States) - Fastest Time: 9.86 seconds
Track and Field star Carl Lewis has won nine Olympic gold medals and eight World Championship gold medals.

Sprinters - Women's 100 Metres (World Record: 10.49 by Griffith-Joyner at the '88 Olympic Trials)

1. Florence Griffith-Joyner (United States) - Fastest Time: 10.49 seconds
The 100m Olympic record (10.62) was set by Flo Jo at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.

2. Carmelita Jeter (United States) - Fastest Time: 10.64 seconds
Jeter ran a 10.67 at the 2009 World Athletics Final and a 10.64 at the 2009 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.

3. Marion Jones (United States) - Fastest Time: 10.65 seconds
Jones won the 100 metre at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in South Africa with a time of 10.65.

4. Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica) - Fastest Time: 10.73 seconds
Fraser, along with her Jamaican teammates, dominated the women's 100m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

5. Christine Arron (France) - Fastest Time: 10.73 seconds
Arron placed third in the 100m and 200m sprints at the 2005 World Championships in Paris.

6. Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) - Fastest Time: 10.74 seconds
Ottey has won more World Championships medals (14) than any other female sprinter in history.

7. Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) - Fastest Time: 10.75 seconds
Stewart won the silver medal in the women's 100m at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 Worlds.

8. Evelyn Ashford (United States) - Fastest Time: 10.76 seconds
A U.S. Track Hall of Fame athlete, Ashford set a later broken Olympic record at the 1984 Olympics.

9. Irina Privalova (Russia) - Fastest Time: 10.77 seconds
Privalova is a World Champion in numerous indoor events, and holds the indoor records for the 50m and 60m sprints.

10. Ivet Lalova (Bulgaria) - Fastest Time: 10.77 seconds
Lalova's best 100 metre time was set in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 2004 when she ran a 10.77.
 

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All-Time NHL Points Leaders

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1. Wayne Gretzky - 2857 Points
Goals: 894, Assists: 1963, Games: 1487
Teams: Oilers, Kings, Blues, Rangers
Career: 1978 to 1999 (Stanley Cups: 4)
"The Great One" is arguably the best hockey player in the history of the game.

2. Mark Messier - 1887 Points
Goals: 694, Assists: 1193, Games: 1756
Teams: Oilers, Rangers, Canucks
Career: 1978 to 2004 (Stanley Cups: 6)
The "Moose" is considered by many to be one of the greatest leaders in professional sports.

3. Gordie Howe - 1850 Points
Goals: 801, Assists: 1049, Games: 1767
Teams: Wings, Whalers
Career: 1946 to 1971, 1973 to 1980, 1997 (Stanley Cups: 4)
"Mr. Hockey" dominated the National Hockey League over a span of five decades.

4. Ron Francis - 1798 Points
Goals: 549, Assists: 1249, Games: 1731
Teams: Whalers, Penguins, Hurricanes, Leafs
Career: 1981 to 2004 (Stanley Cups: 2)
Francis is a two-time Stanley Cup champion and three-time Lady Byng Trophy winner.

5. Marcel Dionne - 1771 Points
Goals: 731, Assists: 1040, Games: 1348
Teams: Wings, Kings, Rangers
Career: 1971 to 1989 (Stanley Cups: 0)
Dionne has the third highest all-time points-per-game ratio of 1.31 points per game.

6. Steve Yzerman - 1755 Points
Goals: 692, Assists: 1063, Games: 1731
Teams: Wings
Career: 1983 to 2006 (Stanley Cups: 3)
Yzerman was the longest serving captain for any single team in the history of the NHL.

7. Mario Lemieux - 1723 Points
Goals: 690, Assists: 1033, Games: 915
Teams: Penguins
Career: 1984 to 1994, 1995 to 1997, 2000 to 2006 (Stanley Cups: 2)
"Super Mario", despite injuries and illness, is one of the best hockey players to have ever played the game.

8. Joe Sakic - 1641 Points
Goals: 625, Assists: 1016, Games: 1378
Teams: Nordiques/Avalanche
Career: 1988 to 2009 (Stanley Cups: 2)
Sakic played his entire 20 year NHL career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise.

9. Jaromir Jagr - 1599 Points
Goals: 646, Assists: 953, Games: 1273
Teams: Penguins, Capitals, Rangers
Career: 1988 to present (Stanley Cups: 2)
Jagr is the current captain for the New York Rangers, and holds numerous NHL and team records.

10. Phil Esposito - 1590 Points
Goals: 717, Assists: 873, Games: 1282
Teams: Hawks, Bruins, Rangers
Career: 1963 to 1981 (Stanley Cups: 2)
Phil Esposito was the first NHL hockey player to reach 100 points in a single season.
 

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Most Career NHL Goalie Wins

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1. Martin Brodeur - 569 Wins
Games: 1015, GA: 2.21, SO: 102
Teams: Devils
Career: 1991 to Present (Stanley Cups: 3)
Brodeur has played his entire career with the Devils, helping them to the playoffs every year except one.

2. Patrick Roy - 551 Wins
Games: 1029, GA: 2.54, SO: 66
Teams: Canadiens, Avalanche
Career: 1984 to 2003 (Stanley Cups: 4)
Roy is the only player in NHL history to have won the Conn Smythe Trophy three times.

3. Ed Belfour - 484 Wins
Games: 963, GA: 2.50, SO: 76
Teams: Blackhawks, Sharks. Stars, Leafs, Panthers
Career: 1988 to 2007 (Stanley Cups: 1)
Belfour was not picked up in the draft, but would later sign as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks.

4. Curtis Joseph - 454 Wins
Games: 943, GA: 2.79, SO: 51
Teams: Blues, Oilers, Leafs, Wings, Coyotes, Flames, Leafs
Career: 1989 to Present (Stanley Cups: 0)
Cujo was also not picked in the draft, but would later sign as a free agent with the St. Louis Blues.

5. Terry Sawchuk - 447 Wins
Games: 971, GA: 2.51, SO: 103
Teams: Wings, Bruins, Wings, Leafs, Kings, Wings, Rangers
Career: 1949 to 1970 (Stanley Cups: 4)
Sawchuk is the current career regular season shutouts leader with 103.

6. Jacques Plante - 437 Wins
Games: 837, GA: 2.38, SO: 82
Teams: Canadiens, Rangers, Blues, Leafs, Bruins
Career: 1952 to 1973 (Stanley Cups: 6)
Plante was the first to use a face mask as a part of his every day goalie equipment.

7. Tony Esposito - 423 Wins
Games: 886, GA: 2.92, SO: 76
Teams: Canadiens, Blackhawks
Career: 1968 to 1984 (Stanley Cups: 1)
Esposito had his name engraved on the Cup for dressing as the backup for the Canadiens in the '69 finals.

8. Glenn Hall - 407 Wins
Games: 906, GA: 2.49, SO: 84
Teams: Wings, Blackhawks, Blues
Career: 1951 to 1971 (Stanley Cups: 1/2)
Hall, having dressed as a backup for Detroit in the '52 finals, got his name on the Stanley Cup before even playing in his first NHL game.

9. Grant Fuhr - 403 Wins
Games: 868, GA: 3.38, SO: 25
Teams: Oilers, Leafs, Sabres, Kings, Blues, Flames
Career: 1981 to 2000 (Stanley Cups: 5)
Fuhr picked up 14 assists during the '84 season, which is the most points by a goalie in a single NHL season.

10. Chris Osgood - 395 Wins
Games: 722, GA: 2.48, SO: 50
Teams: Wings, Islanders, Blues, Wings
Career: 1993 to Present (Stanley Cups: 3)
After back to back Stanley Cups in '97 and '98, it would be ten years before Osgood would win his third.
 

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Top Ten Things to do when You feel You are Caught in a Vicious, Inescapable Cycle

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Sometimes when we are in a situation and can see no way out, we panic. We beat back and forth in our minds, so busy bumping into trees that we cannot see the paths through and out of the forest.

1. Sit back, breath deeply, and try to still your mind.
Don’t be like a butterfly that breaks its wings frantically beating against a window so that when it does get free it can’t fly.

2. Visualize your situation as a magician’s “Chinese ring.”
It looks solid, but you know there is a “break” somewhere. Your strategy is to find it.

3. Put the situation on paper.
Diagram how each unit leads to another to another and back to the start – except that there does not SEEM to be a start or an end. Remember to include yourself as a unit if your behavior/attitude could lead to changes in the situation.

4. Consider each unit in turn.
Is it the weak link? What are the pros and cons of breaking out of your situation through THAT point? Write them down for EACH unit, even the ones you believe could not be your exit point.

5. Consider each unit as a separate entity.
How important is it? What are the consequences of changing it? What would it FEEL like to change it? (The feelings are important information.)

6. Discuss the possibilities.
Particularly whatever action seems most likely at this point, with someone you trust, preferably someone who is in a position to know about the ins and outs of your situation but does not have any vested interest.

7. Study the diagram and your notes, thoughts and feelings again, then put the problem aside for at least 24 hours. Leave it alone to simmer in your mind.

8. Often there will be an “aha!” at this point and the decision is made.
If not, decide, based on the foregoing, which unit is the weakest link, and what step will take you out of the situation most advantageously.

9. Take the step.

10. Feel the relief, and CELEBRATE!

Diana Gardner Robinson, PhD, has been coaching for more than twelve years and has built a reputation for integrity, insight and an intuitive grasp of client concerns. She specializes in coaching clients to transform their dreams into reality, sometimes aided by focusing on self-confidence, authenticity, balance, written and spoken communication, and/or creativity. Creativity and motivation were the topics of Diana’s dissertation when obtaining her doctorate in Social Psychology. She was recognized by the International Coach Federation as a Professional Certified Coach in 2005. She is qualified as a Confidence Coaching Graduate, a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach, and a Certified World Class Speaking Coach. Diana may be reached at Diana

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Top Ten Things to say Pleasantly when People attempt to Invade your Boundaries

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Many people have difficulty saying no, and boundary invaders take full advantage of this difficulty. If a request or a question makes you feel uncomfortable, it is probably an attempt to invade your boundaries, even if the other person is not fully aware that this is what s/he is doing. If a straight-out

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The Top 10 Ways To Create Context For Others

The more context you provide to another, the faster they will absorb new content. And, during periods of rapid change, additional context is needed to reassure, anchor and condition so that this change is embraced vs feared. This List could also be called “Top 10 Ways to Get People to Make Changes.”

1. Personalize your point.
Tell them why what you’re saying is important to

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Top Ten Joys of Everyday Annoyances

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For those who have annoyances, it is easy to become so blind to life’s blessings that we focus only on the annoying aspects of our lives. It’s not a bad idea, when life’s minor problems start to get us down, to look at the mirror image. How would this problem appear to someone who has no possibility of experiencing such an “annoyance?” In many cases, they would be overjoyed to have our “problems.”

1. Scrimping to pay the mortgage… to a homeless family.

2. The pains of growing old… to a woman who knows she will die before her children become teenagers.

3. Not having enough time to do everything… to the person who has just been laid off.

4. Being bored because there’s nothing to do… to the two-jobs-and-a-family single parent.

5. Dealing with family arguments about what to eat, or where to eat… to those who are starving.

6. Having to cope with difficult children… to childless would-be parents.

7. Driving a rusty old car… to the person who walks miles to get to work.

8. Having to walk to work… to a person who cannot walk.

9. Having no air-conditioning… to people with no electricity to turn the blades of a fan.

10. The irritation of family disagreements… to those who have no family.

Diana Gardner Robinson, PhD, has been coaching for more than twelve years and has built a reputation for integrity, insight and an intuitive grasp of client concerns. She specializes in coaching clients to transform their dreams into reality, sometimes aided by focusing on self-confidence, authenticity, balance, written and spoken communication, and/or creativity. Creativity and motivation were the topics of Diana’s dissertation when obtaining her doctorate in Social Psychology. She was recognized by the International Coach Federation as a Professional Certified Coach in 2005. She is qualified as a Confidence Coaching Graduate, a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach, and a Certified World Class Speaking Coach. Diana may be reached at Diana

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Top Ten Ways to Enhance your Creativity

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Creativity is generally regarded as desirable, and something to be enhanced. With this view in mind, below are some steps to help the development of creativity. However, although creativity is often thought of as relating to the creative and performing arts, remember that can take many forms. The criminal can turn creativity to illegal use as easily as the artist puts brush to canvas. Do not assume, therefore, that creativity is good in and of itself. Like most forms of power, it can be used for good or for harm.

1. Insist on giving yourself daydreaming time.
Schedule it if necessary. During that time allow no “should” or “musts” to intrude. Give your mind this time to float freely, untethered to tasks. Do not think of what you will be doing when this time is over. Allow yourself to gaze out of the window, stare at the clouds, daydream.

2. Be curious.
Ask why? How? How come? Don’t accept easy answers if they don’t make sense to you.

3. Ignore tradition.
Just because something has always been done that way, or used for that purpose, doesn’t mean things can’t change.

4. Play a game with yourself–or with others–in trying to find the most uses other than the obvious ones for every-day items like paperclips, bricks, anything that comes to mind.
Like most of these points, this will stretch and develop your creativity muscles.

5. Ask “What if?”
Pick one aspect of an ordinary situation and imagine what would change if that one aspect were different. Follow this through in all its implications.

6. Read science fiction.
Allow yourself to become immersed in the worlds it depicts. Contemplate impossible things and parallel universes. The Queen of Hearts advised Alice to believe one impossible thing every day before breakfast. It was good advice.

7. Accept your initial ideas without judgment.
Give them time to grow and develop before you test them. Butterflies that have just emerged from the chrysalis have wet, crumpled wings. Give them time to develop before you decide if they can fly. The reason brainstorming has become such a standby when group creativity is involved is that all criticism is put on hold during the initial idea-generating phase. Allow yourself the same freedom.

8. Take risks.
It’s okay to be wrong. By definition, to be creative you must consider new, and therefore untested, ideas. Einstein said that he could have ninety-nine ideas that were wrong before he got the one that was right.

9. Enjoy the PROCESS of creation.
Do not focus on the result. The secret and ecstasy of creating is being in the flow, of losing yourself in the process. If you constantly break the flow to check to how the final result will look to others, to ask yourself, “Will it sell?” “Will it win?” you will subvert the process and possibly damage your creation.

10. Go ahead and DO IT!
Don’t wait for the perfect moment, it won’t arrive. Painters paint, scrape the paint off and paint again. Writers write and delete. They don’t wait until they can do it perfectly before they start. You do not need twelve sharpened pencils and perfect silence before you put pen to paper. Remember that Shakespeare wrote in an age when the whole family sat at the same table and shared the same oil lamp. It is unlikely that he had a separate study or could wait until the family had gone to bed in order to write. You CAN follow your muse!

Diana Gardner Robinson, PhD, has been coaching for more than twelve years and has built a reputation for integrity, insight and an intuitive grasp of client concerns. She specializes in coaching clients to transform their dreams into reality, sometimes aided by focusing on self-confidence, authenticity, balance, written and spoken communication, and/or creativity. Creativity and motivation were the topics of Diana’s dissertation when obtaining her doctorate in Social Psychology. She was recognized by the International Coach Federation as a Professional Certified Coach in 2005. She is qualified as a Confidence Coaching Graduate, a Certified Guerrilla Marketing Coach, and a Certified World Class Speaking Coach. Diana may be reached at Diana

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Top 10: Hungover Owls

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The Owl may be nature’s wisest animal but being labeled as such, with every little creature of the animal kingdom looking to the tree lines for answers, is sometimes more than some can bare. Here are ten owls who seemingly have taken to the bottle in efforts to temper their all-knowing minds.

Just Five More Minutes…please!?

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Top 10: Scary Clowns of All Time

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Red nose, face painted white, a crazy colored Tuck and a twisted grimace. An unpredictable, asocial borderline individual who squirts water in your face and makes fun at the expense of others. Pop culture is full of clowns creating all kinds of anxiety among grown-ups as well as children.

When it’s said that as much as one in seven nurtures a phobia of clowns, here’s list of ten scary clowns. To end things off here’s words Johnny Depp himself used in an interview with The San Francisco Chronicle when explaining his own fear of clowns:

Something about the painted face, the fake smile, There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil.

Pennywise (It)

That Stephen is the king of horror has never been more obvious than after reading his 1986 novel “It”. When this masterpiece later went on the become a TV miniseries in 1990, director Tommy Lee Wallace casted british actor Tim Curry to play the child slaughtering clown Pennywise. An odd choice on paper perhaps, but Curry successfully managed to scar a whole generation of kids, including myself. Pennywise is definitely the world’s scariest clown.

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Top 10: Likely 2010 Emmy Award Winners in Comedy

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The 62nd Annual Emmy awards take place on August 29th, and with competition as fierce as ever for the coveted winner’s trophy; the likes of 30 Rock, Modern Family and Glee are expected to sweep the awards in the comedy categories this year.

There may be a few surprises in store, but don’t be alarmed to see the stars of the above mentioned walking away with their hands full on August 29th. Here is our break down of the anticipated winners in the comedy categories this year:

30 Rock – Comedy Series

30 Rock is expected to take this one, having won it for the last 3 years running. Despite lower viewer ratings this year, 30 Rock has picked up 22 nominations in total, so get your money on Tina Fey & Alec Baldwin getting their hands on the trophy again.

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Top 10: Deadliest Places to Swim

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Swimming is an excellent way to pass time on a hot summer’s day on vacation. But be careful where you decide to cool off. Here are the ten deadliest vacating spots where swimming is ill-advised, as listed by AOL Travel News.

1. Queensland, Australien

Louring in the waters outside Queensland, are a whole army of deadly aquatic animals. There you’ll find blue-ringed octopus, cone shells, box jellyfish, scorpion fish and the small but highly venomous irukandji jellyfish. Of all these unpleasant sea creatures the box jellyfish ranks as the dealiest, killing anywhere between 100 to 200 people every year. In the Box jellyfish family, the Chironex fleckeri, Carukia barnesi and Malo kingi are considered among the most venomous creates in the world. It can grow up to ten foot long and is the sole cause for many beaches’ closing every year.

Do not swim during jellyfish alert and make sure to always wear a full body swim suite especially made to protect against jellyfish stings (stinger-suite). Or, just don’t swim.

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