Posted on 01 February 2012. Tags: Anti-Heroes, Comics, Graphic Novels, Hulk, Marvel, Punisher, Watchmen, Wolverine
An antihero is a story’s protagonist who holds values and exhibits behaviors against that of the archetypal hero, who nevertheless elicits a significant amount of admiration and sympathy. In the wild and wonderful world of the comic books, called graphic novels by some, antiheroes are everywhere. With the recent explosion of comic book movies and their resulting popularity, even John Q Public has [...]
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Posted on 10 January 2012. Tags: boss, jobs, work, you're fired
No one ever likes to hear the words “You’re Fired!” the fact is however, is that it happens everywhere, all the time. Funny thing is, more often than not, its deserved. There are certain people that just refuse to conduct themselves in a manner expected by most any boss. Laziness, constant complaining, excuse making, job evasion, and, gossip mongering could all [...]
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Posted on 15 December 2010. Tags: Countries, Letters, Mail, Top Ten
The Holiday Season is often the one time of year people send cards or letters to loved ones and friends. Some countries however, handle just a little more mail than others. With Christmas around the corner and cards on there way to their many destinations the world over, RELATIVITY Online asked a simple question: Who [...]
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Posted on 15 November 2010. Tags: Brands, Coca Cola, Companies, IBM, Microsoft, Top Ten
There are a lot of companies out there worth a lot of money, but these produce the biggest, most valuable brands on the planet. Interbrand consulting uses a method of measuring the value of a company that takes into account both profitability, as well as the potential for growth. Ask yourself how many times a [...]
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Posted on 04 October 2010. Tags: 20th Century, Discoveries, internet, inventions, Radio, Top Ten, TV
There is no doubt about it, the 20th century is unparalleled by any that came before it in terms of its rate of technological advances and scientific discoveries – a rate that continues to speed through these early years of century 21 at an unprecedented pace. There were so many new developments and discoveries during [...]
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Posted on 07 August 2010. Tags: 9/11, Fear and Loathing, Gonzo, Hunter S Thompson, Journalism, Las Vegas, Pulitzer, Writer
Hunter S. Thompson, the infamous Pulitzer prize winning writer and American social icon impacted generations of readers with his humorous, caustic, revelatory and sometimes rabidly poetic work. The list below is an attempt to capture the man in all his audacious splendor. The fact the list of quotes compiled spans some 46 years is a [...]
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Posted on 14 July 2010. Tags: Eric Cartman, Matt Stone, Politicaly Incorrect, South Park, Top Ten, Trey Parker
On March 17th, 2010 South Park began its 14th season on American Television. The animated comedy series created, produced, and written by Matt Stone and Trey Parker has become a politically incorrect institution in America. For Stone and Parker, no celebrity, politician, religion, country or issue is above being lampooned and their fans love them [...]
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Posted on 29 June 2010. Tags: Concert Tours, Micheal Jackson, Music, Rolling Stones, Top Ten, U2
Music is truly a universal language and a gift to the world. For many of us, music is an escape – a great way to get away from the stresses and routines of daily life. Music also carries with it the capacity to transport us back in time, when hearing a song from our past, as [...]
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Posted on 22 June 2010. Tags: Animation, Budgets, DIsney, Films, Movies, Shrek, Top Ten
Big budget Hollywood block-blusters have long set records for their astronomical production costs, but we don’t often think of animated films as being expensive. With animation being re-born under the hand of entire films being computer generated however, budgets have gone up and up. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) established a then record [...]
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Posted on 12 June 2010. Tags: Athletes, Salaries, Sports, Top Ten
There was a time when playing professional sports meant adoration from fans and a very good living. Now star athletes are mega-star, multi-national conglomerates, making ten of millions of dollars a year. Much of this money goes beyond the athletes base salary and includes highly lucrative endorsements deals. By the end of their careers a quarter [...]
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