February 10, 2007

The Physics of LOST

Has the secret to LOST island been revealed in the subtext of the latest episode? It would seem so!

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President Bush Singing the Hits! This is so funny!

Here are some great videos of President Bush and other politicians singing. A hilarious cleverly dubbed/edited video of Bush singing Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bush singing Imagine and Walk on The Wildside Remix, Bush and Blair singing "Endless Love" together, Colin Powell singing YMCA in front of a live audience, and more....

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LOST - Extremely creepy reverse speech found in Brainwashing Video

Don't listen to thinks alone at night! This guy has reversed the Audio from the famous brainwashing scene in the recent Lost episode 7 - Not in Portland and found some ultra creepy audio. The key part of the text says "Only fools are enslaved by time and space" the link has the MP3 player. It's really creepy.

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Blogs: Bust or Boon? Calculating Blog ROI

How to know if a blog can really help the bottom line of a website.

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A Turncoat Narc Offers Tips On How To Move Your Weed

Barry Cooper. Top cop. Total prick. He claims more than 300 felony drug arrests during his eight years as an officer in Gladewater, Big Sandy and Odessa, and a former supervisor says he was damn good at his job, even if he doesn't agree with Cooper's latest get-rich idea.

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9 Resume Tips That Should Be Screechingly Obvious (But Apparently Aren’t)

"These are all basic rules, but they all seem to get broken constantly. All of these should be obvious to anyone who ’s conscious (maybe even the lightly sleeping), but they must not be. On to the rules!"

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Daily Show slams Bremer for $12 billion in lost cash

Jon Stewart takes aim at the Republicans and Democrats for inefficiencies, redundancy in the Federal government. Stewart saves his most stinging criticism for Paul Bremer who had responsibility for $12 billion in cash that can not be accounted for.

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Target Iran: US able to strike in the spring

"Planning is going on, in spite of public disavowals by [Defense Sec] Gates. Targets have been selected. For a bombing campaign against nuclear sites, it is quite advanced. The military assets to carry this out are being put in place." Well-placed intelligence analyst Vincent Cannistraro added: "We are planning for war. It is incredibly dangerous."

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Obama launches presidential bid

Democratic Senator Barack Obama has officially launched his presidential campaign with a speech in Illinois.

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New brain scan that can read your intentions -- Pre-cogs, anyone?

A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.

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Autism Cured in Mice

A form of Autism, called Rett syndrome, has been cured in mice using gene therapy.

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February 8, 2007

Performance OverClocker's System Building Guide

Quote: "OCZ has come out with what I consider one of the most innovative products to hit the market in a long time. The FlexXLC (Xtreme Liquid Convention) copper / aluminum heatsink has the "flex"ability to function as a passive air cooler or as a liquid cooled solution. The ability to watercool the memory right out of the box will allow you to..."

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OZZFEST 2007 TO HAVE FREE TICKETS

Amazing! Tickets to the 2007 summer tour will be absolutely free!

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25 Helpful Search Engines You're Not Using Yet

Online search is now a multi-billion dollar industry, with Google alone grossing over $3.5 billion in profits last year. But Google, Yahoo! et al only search a fraction of the web. Here are 25 search engines that can help you go much deeper.

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Global Child Porn Ring Busted - More Than 2,360 suspects!

Sick fcuks! Austrian authorities said Wednesday they have uncovered a major international child pornography ring involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, including hundreds in the US, who paid to view videos of young children being sexually abused. The children were under the age of 14 and screams could be heard!

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North Korean Regime Starts Colapsing - Mass Guard Defections Of N Koreans

North Koreans can't get food through their corrupt system. North Korean border guards have begun mass defections.

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Top 10 Reasons Why Proposals Fail

A great look at what every business should think of when writing proposals. This list will assure you more winning proposals and boost your sales.

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N.D. issues nation's first hemp permits

The farmers must get approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration, which treats hemp much the way it does marijuana and has not allowed commercial hemp production but has said it would consider applications to grow it.

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The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web 2.0: Top 25 Apps to Grow your Business

Great article on various web 2.0 resources that are useful to entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes.

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Radar image of corporate jets leaving the Superbowl

Check out this radar shot of corporate jets leaving Miami after the Superbowl -- a traffic jam of the rich and powerful.

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80,000 Sound and Video Recordings of Animals now Available to Public Online

Now anyone can explore the archive's holdings on his or her own. For the first time, more than 65,000 sound clips and some 18,000 video clips of birds and other animals are accessible for no charge.

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8 Web Design Tactics to Help You When You're Stuck

Web design can be incredibly frustrating. You'd think that with all the infinite possibilities of what-goes-where it'd be pretty easy to land a design that works, yet somehow we've all been there: stuck working on a design that refuses to look right. These 8 tactics are what I use to get out of that sticky spot.

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Podcast of the Orson Welles Broadcast that Terrified the Nation in 1938

Hear the original radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds that freaked out the country. Also get free audio book podcasts of the major works by HG Wells. Includes The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and others. Includes iTunes and rss feed versions.

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February 6, 2007

New Site Allows Essay Copying, Cheating, Note Sharing & Homework Bidding

School Shortcut lets students at whatever level browse and purchase coursework, submit their own to get purchase points, and even has an eBay-like "Homework Market". Will students even have to do any work in the future?

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New DVD Drive in Xbox360. Quiet BenQ VAD6038

GaryOPA mailed in to let us know Microsoft has finally started using the new BenQ VAD6038 drive for the Xmas'06 production run (MFR date November 06 and up) to replace the Toshiba-Samsung and Hitachi-LG drives Microsoft dropped.

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11 Most Important Philosophical Quotations.

A list of the 11 most important philosophical ideas ever posed, with explanation.

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HowTo: Free and Huge custom poster for your wall

Here, I want to quickly illustrate how to create, huge(up to 20 meters), awesome looking, rasterized wall posters using previously mentioned Rasterbator. It ’s free and easy to use piece of software and the whole procedure won’t take you more then 5-10 min(not incl. poster printing and putting it on your wall). Enjoy!

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Breaking! Wal-Mart First to Offer Digital Movies From All "Big Six" Studios

Scoring a major coup over Apple, Wal-Mart has become the first (and thus far, only) digital distributor to go into business with all six major studios: Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony, 20th Century Fox and Universal will all be selling digital movies at its online store.

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TiVo sees if you skip those ads

"Is TiVo, which revolutionized TV viewing with its digital video recording technology, now watching what people watch? And is it selling that sensitive info to advertisers and others?"

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5 Things You Need to Know About SLR Lenses

If you're wanting a new lens or two but aren't sure where to even begin looking, you're in luck! From the author of "10 Reasons to Buy a DSLR," (that's me) comes "5 Things You Need to Know About SLR Lenses." Get your read on.

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23 Signs That You're Becoming a Design Geek

The world of design can be a ruthless one; you get lured into developing anti-social habits like font-spotting and source-code peeping. Learn to spot the warning signs in time – you know you're becoming a design geek when...

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PCI-E x1 Graphics Performance Investigated

PCI-E x1 graphics performance is under the spotlight with Galaxy's GeForce 7300GT graphics card. We see if there is any difference between it and x16 slots. Is it AGP 4x vs. 8x marketing mumbo gumbo all over again?

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Steve Jobs on Music

An interesting column written by Steve Jobs to shout out his thoughts on music. Does he talk about DRM? Yes. "The rub comes from the music Apple sells on its online iTunes Store. Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music from others." Read the whole story it is interesting!

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Make any Application Fullscreen (Mac Only)

"Let's limit our attention to one application--any application--at any time" Because Mac's desktops can be very distracting, this application is a lifesaver for anyone who really needs to get work done with no distractions.

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Multi-Column Layouts Climb Out of the Box

“Holy Grail, ” “One True Layout,” “pain in the @$$”... Alan Pearce presents a cleaner approach to designing multi-column layouts.

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February 5, 2007

The two greatest game endings ever produced?

Seriously, who thought of these endings? Were they paid?

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Ultimate Console Database - Great Info on EVERY Console EVER Made!

Even stuff I had never heard of, like the Acetronic MPU!

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How to: Live on $12,000 a Year

Yes, you can. Yes, real people do. And no, their lives aren't necessarily miserable. Raj Dash gives 20 tips to live a more frugal and fulfilling lifestyle.

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How to: Live on $12,000 a Year

Yes, you can. Yes, real people do. And no, their lives aren't necessarily miserable. Raj Dash gives 20 tips to live a more frugal and fulfilling lifestyle.

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7 Deadly Mistakes That Will Kill Your Credit Score

Your credit score can get damaged pretty badly by things you do to improve it! As a long time credit counselor I have seen hundreds of people destroy their credit score while trying to fix it just because they didn't know the game. If your credit is important to you this is a Must Read.

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List of All Unsolved Problems

Want to take on an unsolved problem and become famous for solving it? Now's your chance.

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US Wants Huge DNA Database: "So Broad It's Scary"

The amendment permits DNA collecting from anyone under criminal arrest by federal authorities, and also from illegal immigrants detained by federal agents.

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Iran leader says his scientists have created a cure for AIDS

The Iranian government's boasts of "great achievements" included an announcement on Saturday that Iranian scientists have "introduced an AIDS cure", consisting of an all-herbal remedy. "The drug named 'IMOD' is completely effective and safe with no proven side effects," Iran's Minister of Health Kamran Bagheri Lankarani claimed during a ceremony.

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POLL: Only 13% Of Congressional Republicans Believe In Global Warming

National Journal has released a new “Congressional Insiders Poll,” which surveyed 113 members of Congress. Only 13 percent of congressional Republicans say they believe that human activity is causing global warming, compared to 94 percent of congressional Democrats.

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Turner, contractor to pay $2M in Boston bomb scare

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Turner Broadcasting System Inc. and Interference Inc. have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve any claims resulting from a Cartoon Network marketing campaign that caused a widespread bomb scare, the attorney general said Monday.

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Interactive Sky Map - 500 million space objects

The main purpose of WIKISKY is to consolidate astronomical, astrophysical and other information about different space objects and astrophysical facts. The system can display about 500 millions the space objects of the star sky.

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Interview with Hamad Darwish, the man behind Vista's Wallpapers

Hamad Darwish might not be a household name, but if you use Windows Vista, then his work is on your computer. In fact, it might be even on your desktop right now! Assuming IDC ’s predictions are accurate, then before the end of the year, up to 90 million people will have the chance to see Hamad’s work, and all he had to do was upload it to Flickr.

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Amazing Folding Couch! Unbelievable Video!

The sofa appears to be made out of hundreds of thin, flat chair-shaped silhouettes, joined together by some kind of membrane in an accordion that can collapse down into a dictionary-think chunk or be spread out for feet on end, as a divan, chair or sofa. (via BoingBoing)

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8 Reasons Why Idiot Masses Love Lists

We all know how much people in general love lists ... but have you ever thought why? Well now you don't have to, because I have, and I made a list about it.

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SecureIX Offers Anonymous BitTorrent Downloads

A company called SecureIX is offering a free VPN service which allows you to hide your IP address from peers in a BitTorrent swarm or P2P network. Not only that, the service also encrypts and tunnels your data, making it extremely difficult for your ISP to sniff or shape it.

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It's official: Apple and The Beatles kiss and make up

Apple Inc. and The Beatles ’ company Apple Corps Ltd. said Monday that they are pleased to announce the parties have entered into a new agreement concerning the use of the name “Apple.” and apple logos.

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2 Days After DiggTaggr's Public Alpha Release: New Features and a Redesign

The public Alpha of DiggTaggr (the 3rd party tool that displays links to relevant Digg stories) was launched on Friday. Two days later, many users' requests have been implemented! The interface was completely redesigned, now below the summary, instead of to the right (for smaller resolution). Also: Digg count and story summaries included!

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Digg the Bomb (LED Sign)

After the whole ATHF "Bomb Hoax in Boston" thing (Hilarious by the way), I couldn't resist making my own "sinister looking device" for Digg and maybe mail it over for the guys at diggnation to realize how REALLY bright this thing is. It's very simple to make your own. Paint, perfboard, LEDs, wire, hot glue, batteries, and their holder. See pics.

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Showdown: Mac Media Center Applications

The concept of Media Center applications has been around for ages on the Windows and Linux side. However, not many developers have created Media Center apps for the Mac. Here we take a look at the options for the Mac. iTheater, CenterStage, Front Row, and MediaCentral. Which one comes out on top?

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Mind Blowing Eyewitness Accounts From Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

Random fire tornadoes, walls melting in brilliant colors, people desperately drinking black rain drops, a boy who crawled home to his mother because the soles of his feet were the only part burnt, the rapid appearance of maggots in wounds – it sounds like some twisted acid trip; much more chaotic then it appears from a distance.

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CONCEPT: Digg Voting System for Radio and Popular Songs

Here's a thought: take the high paced social-centric approach of Digg, and combine it with the interactivity of requesting songs on the radio. What would you have? Digg for radio.

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The Only 10 Minimalistic Blogs Worth Checking Out

What happened to the good old days when content was king? These blogs don't need any loud graphics to keep your interest. Check them out!

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Vista Performance Shootout: Upgrade Vs. Clean Installation

Feature: Windows Vista uses an image-based approach to installation, so an upgrade should perform like a clean installation. We put that theory to the test.

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YouTube SuperVote: Super Bowl Commercials Done YouTube Style

Vote for your favorite videos in order, and the winner will be give the ad spot on YouTube on Tuesday.

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How to Protect CSS Mods for ANY WordPress Theme

Wordpress and theme upgrades generally mean one thing to designers & developers -- major adaptation headaches. Here is the simple way to futureproof your CSS mods and avoid those upgrade headaches forever.

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February 4, 2007

GoDaddy Superbowl Commericial - Extended Internet Edition!

Here is the extended version of the GoDaddy Superbowl Commercial, starring Kevin Rose, Alex Albrecht, and Cali Lewis. This is not yet posted on their website, but I was able to figure out the link. This is over 2 minutes long, so just go watch it!

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How much is inside Ramen noodles?

"Top Ramen is the king of noodles. With a reputation built on eight-for-a-dollar, ten-for-a-dollar, and even 12-for-a-dollar packaged soup, These affordable three-minute meals have supplied life-giving nutrients to innumerable college students. However, having graduated from the University and forged a respected status in my community..."

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Computer stupidities in over 50 categories

The following is a large collection of stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users.

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Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’

A PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. ... Rheva Bhalla of Stratfor, the US intelligence company, claimed on Friday that Hassanpour had been targeted by Mossad...

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WipBox - Sell things quickly and easily on eBay and Craigslist.

"WipBox enables sellers to create better, richer listings through deeper knowledge gathering and better preparation. Users can learn which categories and for how much they should list items based on each product's basic info. WipBox shows high, low and average prices for items as well as concentration of like items in categories on eBay."

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More Screwing College Bookstores - 5 Uncommon Ways To Save Big On Textbooks

"Most students know that the college bookstore is going to cost them. They also know the basics on where they can find textbooks at better prices: eBay, half.com, using textbook price comparison engines and the like. The following are some lesser known or not widely used ways that you can drastically cut the cost of your textbooks."

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The EFF has cracked the secret printer tracking dots/codes used by FBI/NSA

Almost all printers secretly print dots without your consent which are invisible to the naked eye and apparently Xerox (Docucolor series) and possibly others have included this technology which FBI is using to keep an eye even on groups such as Greenpeace and United for Peace and Justice.

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TSS- The last days

If you are a fan of Techtv's The Screensavers, then this is a must see. Kevin Rose borrowed our camera to use in a segment, he then came over and told us he had a special treat for us. He had filmed the show from a talent perspective.

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Banned Brady Bunch Episode Greg Brady Stoned During Show

Barry Williams aka "Greg Brady" was STONED during the filming of this scene of "Brady Bunch." Dont believe me? Watch the Video

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Daily Show Classic - Barak Obama keeps up with Stewart

Not many politicians are charismatic enough to keep up with Jon Stewart's wit. Barak does a great job.

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Colbert shames Cartoon Network for Boston ordeal

Stephen is very disappointed in Cartoon Network for their ill-conceived advertising campaign...

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Gorgeous VW Commercial for the Phaeton

Truly beautiful ad with incredible hand-shadow puppetry. Volkswagon has yet again created a masterpiece.

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Daily Show:Questions of Cheney's Lesbian Daughter & her baby "off-limits"?

Given Dick Cheney's cold response to Wolf Blitzer's question about Mary's baby and how it's in contrast to what conservative groups like Focus on the Family — who comprise the GOP's core political base — have to say about it, Jon Stewart wonders if it was a legitimate question or if Blitzer was indeed "out of line."

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Chris Sligh Has A Band

This guys audition on American Idol was great, in an attempt to find more clips of him, I came across this video of him with his band.

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EB Games Exposed!

Find out the gritty truth about EB from a former employee. Good read.

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The Moon Over 28 Days

The title says it all... a cool time lapse video of the moon over one lunar cycle.

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FREE Internet access at ANY Internet Cafe

A Tactical Toolkit to Liberate Pay-Per Use Wireless Networks!

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Top 50 Occupations For the Next 10 Years...

The Top 50 Occupations were selected in the following way: * A "Top 50 rating" was created by multiplying the Projected Need for Employees times the Median Hourly Wage. * Occupations whose Median Wage is less than $20/hr were eliminated. * Of the remaining occupations, only the top 50 were selected.

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