TOP 10s
TOP 10s
by: cyrus

According to the British music magazine Mojo and a panel of 20 songwriting legends, including Paul McCartney, Brian Wilson, Jerry Leiber and Hal David, these are the Top 10 Songs of All Time.

1. In My Life — The Beatles

2. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction — Rolling Stones

3. Over The Rainbow — Judy Garland

4. Here, There And Everywhere — The Beatles

5. Tracks of My Tears — The Miracles

6. The Times, They Are A-Changing — Bob Dylan

7. Strange Fruit — Billie Holliday

8. I Can’t Make You Love Me — Bonnie Raitt

9. People Get Ready — The Impressions

10. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ — The Righteous Brothers

by: cyrus
related tags: Film | Sci-Fi | Science Fiction | Fantasy | Movies | Sci Fi |

 According to Time-Blog.com, these are the Top 10 Science Fiction/Fantasy novels that really need to get made into movies.

1. Orson Scott Card, ENDER’S GAME.

2. Larry Niven, RINGWORLD.

3. Roger Zelazny, NINE PRINCES IN AMBER.

4. Joe Haldeman, THE FOREVER WAR.

5. Anne McAffrey, THE WHITE DRAGON.

6. Iain Banks, The Culture Novels.

7. Neal Stephenson, SNOW CRASH.

8. Bruce Sterling and William Gibson, THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE.

9. Fritz Leiber, The Fafhrd/Grey Mouser novels.

10. Miracleman.

by: cyrus
related tags: Books | Literature |

 According to Time Magazine, these are the The 10 Greatest Books of All Time

1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

2. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

3. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

4. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

6. Hamlet by William Shakespeare

7. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

8. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust

9. The Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov

10. Middlemarch by George Eliot

by: cyrus
related tags: Football | 2001 | NCAA | NFL |

According to TIME.com in 2001, this is the “official, indisputable, undeniable, NFL-draft-inspired list of Top 10 Football Factories, the colleges that have pumped the best current talent into the NFL”.

1. Ohio State

2. Florida State

3. Miami

4. Michigan

5. Florida

6. USC

7. Notre Dame

8. Penn State

9. Syracuse

10. Washington

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According to Time Magazine, these were the Top 10 Best Top 10 Lists of 2002.

1. Chicago Tribune: Top 10 Trent Lott Apologies. Pulling in at No. 3: “I don’t accept those policies of the past at all… I’m the son of a sharecropper myself”

2. Fineman P.R.: Top 10 P.R. Blunders. Martha Stewart’s mess got nosed out by Abercrombie & Fitch, for its marketing of thong underwear to preteen girls, which prompted boycotts by profamily groups

3. NASCAR: Top 10 Best Paint Schemes. Proof that even motorheads try to color-coordinate. Robby Gordon’s black-and-orange Chevy was praised for “ingenious use of his sponsor’s logo”

4. New York Times: Top 10 Movies. With no fewer than four lists, one each from four critics, 28 films can say they made the Top 10. Only quadruple winner: Talk to Her

5. Tatler: Britain’s 10 Most Eligible Bachelors. The London society magazine tapped Prince Harry. His older brother William didn’t make the list because he no longer lives in the city

6. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Top 10 Celebrity Excuses. “Crack is cheap. I make too much money to use crack.” Whitney Houston, on why crack is not among the drugs she has admitted using, snagged No. 3

7. Booklist: Top 10 Science Reference Sources. The compilers pleaded there were so many contenders they had to limit the list to the 500s of the Dewey decimal system

8. Investor’s Business Daily: Top 10 News Events of 2002. Corporate scandals, at a surprisingly low No. 7, were outranked by the D.C. snipers

9. Las Vegas Review-Journal: Top 10 Shows on the Strip. Gladys Knight, at the Flamingo, edged out Blue Man Group: Live at Luxor

10. AskMen.com Top 10 Ring Tones for Your Cellular Phone. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, at No. 10, won praise because, unlike many of the standard high-pitched cell tunes, it “won’t scare the bejeezus out of you when your phone rings”

by: cyrus
related tags: Health | Births | Sex | Pregnancy | Myths | Birth Control |

According to About.com’s Women’s Health,  these are the Top 10 Contraceptive Myths, regarding Birth Control and other age old myths.

1. I Won’t Get Pregnant Having Sex On My Period

2. Breastfeeding My Baby Protects Me From Pregnancy

3. He Always Pulls Out Before He Ejaculates, I Won’t Get Pregnant

4. I Use Vaginal Douches After Sex To Keep From Getting Pregnant

5. I Won’t Get Pregnant The First Time I Have Sex

6. I Won’t Get Pregnant or Get STDs, I’m On The Pill

7. I Had Unprotected Sex Only One Time

8. I’m Too Old To Get Pregnant

9. I Don’t Have Sex Often Enough To Use The Pill

10. I’ve Had Lots Of Female Problems, So I Don’t Think I Can Get Pregnant

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related tags: Government | Official Websites | Web |

According to Ed-U.com, these are America’s Most Wanted sites.

1. Internal Revenue Service - IRS.gov

2. FEDWorld.gov

3. Department of the Treasury - USTREAS.gov

4. United States Postal Service - USPS.gov

5. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA.gov

6. Department of Education - ED.gov

7. National Institutes of Health - NIH.gov

8. California - CA.gov

9. Texas - State.TX.US

10. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - NOAA.gov

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related tags: Fashion | Weight | Shopping | Style | Lifestyle | Money |

According to Ed-U.com,  these are the Top 10 Secrets for Building A Great Wardrobe.

1. Play up your strengths.

2. Base your wardrobe on one or two dark to mid-tone neutral colors (such as black, gray, chocolate or navy), then spice up your outfits with colorful incidental pieces.

3. Think quality over quantity.

4. Always consider your lifestyle — spend the most money on those things you will wear the most often.

5. Find a personal “look.”

6. Be aware of the latest trends, but don’t follow fads verbatim.

7. Organize your closet.

8. Take advantage of accessories.

9. When in doubt, keep it simple.

10. Scout the stores frequently.

by: cyrus
related tags: Education | Writers |

According to Ed-U.com, these are the Top 10 Essay Clichés.

According to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, a cliché is “a trite phrase or expression,” “a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation,” or “something that has become overly familiar or commonplace.” The last thing you want in your essay is any of the above. Clichés make your writing appear lazy, your ideas ordinary, and your experiences typical. Arm yourself with the list below and eradicate these and other clichés from your writing.

1. I always learn from my mistakes

2. I know my dreams will come true

3. I can make a difference

4. _________ is my passion

5. I no longer take my loved ones for granted

6. These lessons are useful both on and off the field (or other sporting arena)

7. I realized the value of hard work and perseverance

8. _________ was the greatest lesson of all

9. I know what it is to triumph over adversity

10. _________ opened my eyes to a whole new world

by: cyrus
related tags: Health | Births | Deaths | Europe | Life |

 

According to Ed-U.com, these are the Top 10 Countries by Lowest Birth Rates.

1.Latvia:
7.8 births/1,000 population

2.Bulgaria:
8.06 births/1,000 population

3.Estonia:
8.45 births/1,000 population

4.Russia:
9.02 births/1,000 population

5.Ukraine:
9.03 births/1,000 population

6.Czech Republic:
9.1 births/1,000 population

7.Italy:
9.13 births/1,000 population

8.Spain:
9.22 births/1,000 population

9.Hungary:
9.26 births/1,000 population

10.Belarus:
9.27 births/1,000 population

 

 

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