The Sydney Harbour Bridge an iconic landmark in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales.
1. Vienna, Austria
2. Zurich, Switzerland
3. Geneva, Switzerland
4. Auckland, New Zealand
4. Vancouver, B.C.
6. Dusseldorf, Germany
7. Munich, Germany
7. Frankfurt, Germany
9. Bern, Switzerland
10. Sydney, Australia
1. Next year marks the 125th anniversary of the 1885 Northwest Resistance.
2. The poet laureate of Edmonton is a hip-hop artist named Roland Pemberton, a.k.a. Cadence Weapon.
3. Shelburne, Nova Scotia is said to have been the fourth-largest town in North America at one point and has the third-largest natural harbour on the continent.
4. Thunder Bay is developing its waterfront much like Toronto.
5. Despite worries about Olympic crowds, the folks in Whistler say up to 95 per cent of ski runs at Whistler-Blackcomb will be open to the public for January, February and March.
6. They say there’s a guy in his 70s named Stevie who wanders from bar to bar on George St. in St. John’s most nights and delivers dance performances.
7. Up in Ottawa, the tourism folks are making farmers cool by putting out “trading cards” with their names and information to highlight local producers. Cool.
8. Moncton has free wireless all over downtown and even on city buses, which encourages folks to take public transit.
9. Calgary is finding its urban groove.
10. Northwest Territories communications coordinator Julie Warnock says the NWT is home to what she calls mercenaries, missionaries and misfits.
According to theStar.
1. Ischemic heart disease - 7.208M deaths - 12.6%
2. Stroke - 5.509M - 9.7%
3. Respiratory infections - 3.884M - 6.8%
4. HIV-AIDS - 2.777M - 4.9%
5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 2.748M - 4.8%
6. Diarrhea - 1.798M - 3.2%
7. Tuberculosis - 1.566M - 2.7%
8. Malaria - 1.272M - 2.2%
9. Lung cancer - 1.243M - 2.2%
10. Motor vehicle crashes - 1.192M - 2.1%
According to The World Health Organization
10. Netherlands
9. Switzerland
8. United States
7. Japan
6. Canada
5. Sweden
4. Ireland
3. Australia
2. Iceland
1. Norway
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10. Startting a war with another country for concocted reasons, which do not hold up under scrutiny.
9. Retention of incompetent policymakers.
8. The “no date certain” for withdrawal of the U.S. forces.
7. “Iraqization” of the war parallels the unsuccessful “Vietnamization.”
6. Failed “search and destroy” tactics belatedly gave way to the “inkblot” approach of clearing and holding ground.
5. The initial excessive force in counterinsurgency warfare instead of a plan to win hearts and minds.
4. Artificial government statistics cannot be used to measure progress in a counterinsurgency war.
3. The Bush administration, like the Johnson and Nixon administrations, blames the media’s negative coverage for plunging popular support of the war.
2. Deceiving the American public about how badly the war is going.
1. Underestimating the enemy.
According to Independant.org
1. The Great White at West Warwick, Rhode Island in 2003. Pyrotechnic problem ignited the insulated walls on fire.
Dead: 100
Injured: 180
2. Rock concert at Minsk, Belarus in 1999. Hailstorm caused fans to run for cover at a nearby subway station, which resulted in a stampede.
Dead: 52
Injured: 150
3. The Who at Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1979. A crowd of fans were so eager to get inside through the one door that kept being opened and closed (for security purposes), that those in front were crushed to death while others in the crowd fell to the ground.
Dead: 11
Injured: at least 25
4. The Rolling Stones at the Altamont Speedway in Northern California in 1969. Members of the Hell’s Angels acted as security and stabbed a concertgoer to death because he had a gun. Two fans were also run over and one drowned in a ditch.
Dead: 4
Injured: unknown
5. Pearl Jam at the Roskilde Annual Rock Festival near Copenhagenm, Denmark in 2000. Together, fans became a stampede as they rushed towards the stage when the band appeared.
Dead: 9I
Injured: over 50
6. Woodstock in Rome, New York in 1999. Over 200 000 attendees got fed up of poor hygienic conditions and expensive food stands at the three-day event. They began fires, lootings and there have been at least 4 reported acts of rape.
Dead: unknown
Injured: at least 6
7. Axl Rose of Guns n’ Roses at the Riverport Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Missouri in 1991. Rose physically fought with a fan in the audience who had a camera. He and the band then proceeded to walk off-stage, which caused a riot to begin and spread throughout the venue.
Dead: none
Injured: at least 25
8. James Hetfield of Metallica at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada. Hetfield got caught in the middle of a pyrotechnic placement and suffered from some burns.
Dead: none
Injured: 1
9. Limp Bizkit at The Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia in 2001.The audience were putting force onto those in front of them, hence causing some fans to be crushed.
Dead: 1, due to a heart attack
Injured: at least 36
10. Korn at Hi-Fi Buys Ampitheater in Georgia, Atlanta in 2006. A man was attacked by two other men when he asked them to be careful around his pregnant girlfriend and a mentally-challenged child who was accompanying them.
Dead: 1
Injured: none
According to Purna Bhattacharya, TenMojo.com
In terms of the number of citizens being affected:
1. Chernobyl, Ukraine.
5.5 million – nuclear meltdown over 2 decades ago
2. Ranipet, India.
3.5 million – leather tanning wastes
3. Dzerzinsk, Russia.
300, 000 – main chemical weapons manufacturing grounds until 1960
4. Kabwe, Zambia.
250, 000 – children are permitted 5 – 10x of the acceptable maximum of EPA
5. Linfen, China.
200, 000 – residents choke on coal dust
6. Norilsk, Russia.
134, 000 – largest heavy metals refining area
7. Rudnaya Pristan, Russia.
90, 000 – children’s blood contaminated with lead, levels reveal 8 – 20x maximum of the acceptable levels presented by the U.S.
8. Haina, Dominican Republic.
85,000 – lead contamination due to lead battery recycling
9. La Oroya, Peru.
35,000 – toxic lead emissions due to a metal processing ground
10. Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan.
23, 000 – radioactive mining waste and great seismic occurrences
According to Purna Bhattacharya, TenMojo.com
1 - Sweetwater, Florida (74.9%)
2 - Fountainbleau, Florida (73.0%)
3 - Hialeah, Florida (72.1%)
4 - Hialeah Gardens, Florida (69.9%)
5 - Westchester, Florida (69.0%)
6 - West Miami, Florida (68.9%)
7 - University Park, Florida (66.5%)
8 - Chamblee, Georgia (66.1%)
9 - Coral Terrace, Florida (66.1%)
10 -Tamiami, Florida (65.4%)
According to City-Data.com
1 - Storrs, Connecticut (81.9%)
2 - Kingston, Rhode Island (77.5%)
3 - Isla Vista, California (76.6%)
4 - Durham, New Hampshire (75.0%)
5 - Stanford, California (73.6%)
6 - Amherst Center, Massachusetts (71.3%)
7 - Athens, Ohio (71.1%)
8 - State College, Pennsylvania (71.1%)
9 - Alfred, New York (68.8%)
10 - South Hill, New York (68.2%)
According to City-Data.com
1 - Union Beach, New Jersey ($59,946, 8.5%)
2 - Pedley, California ($60,567, 9.7%)
3 - South Haven, Indiana ($52,583, 6.6%)
4 - Norco, California ($62,652, 11.9%)
5 - Alum Rock, California ($54,567, 7.9%)
6 - Oakley, California ($65,589, 13.7%)
7 - Oak Grove, Minnesota ($70,169, 16.3%)
8 - Brentwood, New York ($59,208, 11.2%)
9 - North Bay Shore, New York ($55,779, 9.5%)
10 - Islip Terrace, New York ($66,644, 15.0%)
According to City-Data.com
