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Below are the list of the world’s most expensive cities released by Mercer Human Resources Consulting and printed in CNN Money on June 22nd, 2005.

1. Tokyo, Japan
2. Osaka, Japan
3. London, United Kingdom
4. Moscow, Russia
5. Seoul, South Korea
6. Geneva, Switzerland
7. Zurich, Switzerland
8. Copenhagen, Denmark
9. Hong Kong, Hong Kong
10. Oslo, Norway
11. Milan, Italy
12. Paris, France
13. New York City, United States
14. Dublin, Ireland
15. St. Petersburg, Russia
16. Vienna, Austria
17. Rome, Italy
18. Stockholm, Sweden
19. Beijing, China
20. Sydney, Australia
21. Helsinki, Finland
22. Douala, Cameroon
23. Istanbul, Turkey
24. Amsterdam, Netherlands
25. Budapest, Hungary
26. Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
27. Warsaw, Poland
28. Prague, Czech Republic
29. Taipei, Taiwan
30. Shanghai, China
31. Bratislava, Slovak Republic
32. Düsseldorf, Germany
33. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
34. Singapore, Singapore
35. Frankfurt, Germany
36. Dakar, Senegal
37. Munich, Germany
38. Berlin, Germany
39. Tel Aviv, Israel
40. Glasgow, United Kingdom
41. Athens, Greece
42. Brussels, Belgium
43. Barcelona, Spain
44. Los Angeles, United States
45. White Plains, United States
46. Madrid, Spain
47. Birmingham, United Kingdom
48. Zagreb, Croatia
49. Hamburg, Germany
50. Hanoi, Vietnam
51. San Francisco, United States
52. Chicago, United States
53. Beirut, Lebanon
54. Riga, Latvia
55. Kiev, Ukraine
56. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
57. Miami, United States
58. Algiers, Algeria
59. Casablanca, Morocco
60. Tallin, Estonia
61. Lyon, France
62. Honolulu, United States
63. Shenzhen, China
64. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
65. Guangzhou, China
66. Lisbon, Portugal
67. Amman, Jordan
68. Melbourne, Australia
69. Auckland, New Zealand
70. Houston, United States
71. Jakarta, Indonesia
72. Kuwait City, Kuwait
73. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
74. San Juan, Puerto Rico
75. Almaty, Kazakhstan
76. Wellington, New Zealand
77. Ljubljana, Slovenia
78. Washington, D.C., United States
79. Boston, United States
80. Morristown, United States
81. Sofia, Bulgaria
82. Toronto, Canada
83. Atlanta, United States
84. Brisbane, Australia
85. Leipzig, Germany
86. Manama, Bahrain
87. Vancouver, Canada
88. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
89. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
90. Adelaide, Australia
91. Vilnius, Lithuania
92. Accra, Ghana
93. Perth, Australia
94. Denver, United States
95. Mexico City, Mexico
96. Lagos, Nigeria
97. Cairo, Egypt
98. Calgary, Canada
99. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
100. Limassol, Cyprus
101. Detroit, United States
102. St. Louis, United States
103. Seattle, United States
104. Bucharest, Romania
105. Kingston, Jamaica
106. Mumbai, India
107. Montreal, Canada
108. Guatemala City, Guatemala
109. Cleveland, United States
110. New Delhi, India
111. Pittsburgh, United States
112. Portland (Ore.), United States
113. Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
114. Panama City, Panama
115. Monterrey, Mexico
116. Johannesburg, South Africa
117. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
118. Lima, Peru
119. Nairobi, Kenya
120. Winston-Salem, United States
121. São Paulo, Brazil
122. Ottawa, Canada
123. Lusaka, Zambia
124. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
125. Bangkok, Thailand
126. Tunis, Tunisia
127. Dacca (Dhaka), Bangladesh
128. Santiago, Chile
129. Tehran, Iran
130. Blantyre, Malawi
131. Tianjin, China
132. Colombo, Sri Lanka
133. Bogotá, Colombia
134. Harare, Zimbabwe
135. San José, Costa Rica
136. Karachi, Pakistan
137. Quito, Ecuador
138. Chennai (Madras), India
139. Caracas, Venezuela
140. Montevideo, Uruguay
141. Bangalore, India
142. Buenos Aires, Argentina
143. Manila, Philippines
144. Asunción, Paraguay

23 guilty pleasures men will never cop to–but will always be slaves to
By: Mike Zimmerman
[Men’s Health]

1. Fantasizing about her friends, her cousin, her mom, and all of the other women whose hotness is multiplied exponentially by their unavailability.
2. Sitting in the boss’s chair when he’s gone.
3. Angry Phil Collins: “In the Air Tonight.” “I Don’t Care Anymore.” “Mama.” And when you’re alone, air drums.
4. Those cheerleading competitions on ESPN2. Go ahead and watch. They want you to. It’s . . . Oh! Kay!
5. Binoculars. Neighbors. You do the math.
6. Deep, emotional conversations with your closest buddy. The best part: Once you have one, neither of you will ever mention it again.
7. The “Confessions” page of Cosmopolitan magazine. Your girlfriend’s copy, of course.
8. Karaoke. You do it because it makes the girls giggle. But deep down, you know you’re better than Mick.
9. Every friggin’ word that comes out of Jessica Simpson’s pouty li’l mouth.
10. Cotton sheets with a thread count higher than Ted Williams’s career batting average. A little knowledge of fabric is nothing to be ashamed of at bedtime.
11. You probably call it something like “scuttlebutt” or “intel.” Why not call it what it is: gossip.
12. Warm Krispy Kremes. I mean, good God.
13. Pottery Barn. Restoration Hardware. Pier 1 Imports. You “tolerate” browsing there to mollify your lady–and to trade off a trip to the sports bar afterward–but for weeks you’ve been eyeing that Persian/Taiwanese rug and the monogrammed barbecue-utensil set. And wouldn’t that Amish-made bookcase just kill in your den?
14. Flexing your fingers on the steering wheel. Waiting. Revving. Then blowing the poor sap next to you off the line.
15. Slippers!
16. A cheeky chardonnay.
17. Picking scabs, popping zits, and giving that mosquito bite one good scratch before vowing never to touch it again.
18. Movies like Old School that make you think, If only . . .
19. Saturday-morning reruns. Saved by the Bell (TBS) leading into a couple of 90210s (FX) fills your Tiffani Thiessen quota and is good hangover therapy.
20. Even better hangover therapy: the Kevin Costner triptych of Waterworld, Wyatt Earp, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
21. Googling yourself.
22. Kelly Ripa. It ain’t her talk-show chops. Maybe it’s how she and Faith Ford smeared chocolate over each other. Maybe it’s her domineering hotness. But it’s definitely something.
23. Your filthiest, most psychotic erotic fantasy–the one that’s either too dark, too dirty, or too illegal to mention. Don’t worry. Every guy has one.

Introducing the latest programming language in town… ISO 18629.

ISO 18629 is different from other conventional languages because it incorporates artificial intelligence into its execution. Before the code is actually executed, the computer will first analyze and think through the series of instructions.

It is developed by the people at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in collaboration with colleagues in France, Japan, The UK and Germany.

According to the NIST, the language is meant for use in process planning, validation, production scheduling and control information for guiding manufacturing processes.