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Most of us go through life not knowing who we are, or what we want to do, until at least a few decades in. Well go through many false starts, and travel through many dead-end paths, until we find the one that’s truly right for us. Many companies are the same way. Oftentimes, the most successful [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 4:30 am
Filed under Business · Tagged Adaptation, american express, companies, corporations, dupont, Fred Hunt, Hasbro, IBM, TopTenz, Wells Fargo, Western Union
It’s amazing the number of professional athletes, who are loved and adored by millions, that have been accused of committing the ultimate crime. Some have been guilty, some have not. All, unfortunately, are known more for actions that resulted in the loss of life, than for anything they ever did with a ball. 10. Mike [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 4:30 am
Filed under Crime · Tagged athletes, basketball, boxing, football, Fred Hunt, hockey, michael vick, murder, OJ simpson, ray carruth, Ray Lewis, Sports, TopTenz
Not all pirates are the romanticized high-seas pillagers of yesteryear. Nor are they sports teams from Pittsburgh or Tampa Bay. There are plenty of people on the outside of the system looking in, trying to circumvent the laws of the day, that you might not consider to be prates, but they very much are. 10. [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged bootlegging, carjacking, chinese manufacturing piracy, cigarette smuggling, counterfeit drugs, Fred Hunt, internet content thieves, movie piracy, music piracy, piracy, pirate radio, pirated software, pirates, plagiarism, somali pirates, TopTenz
Unbeknownst to most, it takes 3 years of qualifying to make the World Cup of soccer. 32 out of 209 nations that participate in the arduous journey make it to the month-long finals. The hard work is worth it though, as the champions are etched in stone and glorified across the ages. The teams at the [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 4:30 am
Filed under Sports · Tagged American Samoa, Andorra, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, caicos Islands, East Timor, Fred Hunt, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Montserrat, samoa, San Marino, soccer, TopTenz, Turkish Islands, world cup
When you think of maps, you don’t usually think of them as fluid objects. However, since the fall of the Berlin Wall, it seems all kinds of mergers and separations have been cluttering up atlases on a near-yearly basis. And that doesn’t include all of the wars and disputed territories. But this article is specific to [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Engineering · Tagged Abuja, Astana, cities of the past 50 years, Doha, Dubai, Fred Hunt, Incheon, Iqualuit, King Abdullah Economic City, Navi Mumbai, new cities, nunavut, Putrajaya, Sandouping, TopTenz
Gunplay* is familiar imagery in rock music. Sadly, it has also been the demise of many a great musician. Some of the songs on this list were mired in controversy when they were released, but are now radio staples. Sometimes, the only difference between graffiti and art is time. All of the songs listed below were #1 hits [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Music · Tagged Battle of New Orleans, Burden In My Hand, Cop Killer, Drop It Like It's Hot, Folsom Prison Blues, Fred Hunt, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I Shot the Sheriff, Pumped-Up Kicks, Rocky Raccoon, songs about guns, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, The Night Chicago Died, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, TopTenz, We Didn't Start The Fire
The progression of becoming a Saint is almost as long and complicated as filling out a tax form with multiple attachments. There is a process called canonization, in which the church (usually Catholic, but not always) considers the life and death, of a person who has given themselves up to God. Canonization usually takes decades, sometimes centuries, [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Religion · Tagged beheading, brazen bull, Burned at the stake, Crucifixion, Demonic Possession, famous martyrs, Fred Hunt, Impalement, James The Just, Joan of Arc, Mother Teresa, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Eustace, Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Saint Peter, Saint Thomas, Saint Timothy, sainthood, Stoning to death, TopTenz
Some athletes are blessed with amazing speed, some are blessed with amazing skills, and some are blessed with an amazing work ethic. This list, though, celebrates those athletes who excelled largely because they were BIGGER (and sometimes stronger) than the competition. 10. Danny Almonte In 2001, the Little League World Series was abuzz about a [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People, Sports · Tagged Akebono Taro, Almonte, American Suicide, Andre the Giant, Babe Ruth, biggest athletes, Cecil Fielder, Danny Almonte, Fred Hunt, Jim Brown, Lebron James, Sumo, Wilt Chamberlain, Zdeno Chara
Great bands break up all the time. In my younger days, I longed for all of the original members of a band to patch things up, play nice, and to tour. Now in my advanced age, I long for the days of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, where you remember the great music, but not the old [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Music · Tagged Aerosmith, American Suicide, anthrax, Blink-182, brian may, brian wilson, David Johansen, david lee roth, Dennis Wilson, Eddie Van Halen, Fred Hunt, Freddie Mercury, genesis, Jane's Addiction, Peter Gabriel, queen, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Scott Ian, Sex Pistols, Steven Tyler, The Beach Boys, Travis Barker, van halen, washed-up rock stars
Usually, when you hit your 80′s, you are looking to put your affairs in order and make peace with your God. You know, slip quietly into the dark, dark, night. These octogenarians, on the other hand, wanted to continue to…well, actively participate in the processes of “human reproduction.” 10. Tony Randall Randall was best known [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged Abraham, Alberta Martin, Alberta Stuart, Author Of American Suicide, Fred Hunt, George Burns, Howard Marshall II, Howard Marshall III, hugh hefner, King Abdullah, octogenarians, Pablo Picasso, Thomas Jefferson, Tony Randall, William Jasper Martin