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1. Hot Topic
   Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) is an American chain store aimed at teenagers and young adults. It has over 690 chain stores across the United States and Puerto Rico, the majority of which are located in shopping malls. The first Hot Topic store was opened in 1988 by Orv Madden. The chain specializes in pop-culture-related fashion and merchandise, including clothing, books, comics, jewelry, CDs, records, posters and other paraphernalia. It caters to a number of youth-oriented "scenes," such as metal, punk, emo, goth, club, otaku and lounge, as well as a number of general and 1980s retro pop culture products including TNA Wrestling products. It has ... backed major concert festivals like Ozzfest and recently Sounds Of The Underground.
2. Hot Topic -- United States
   Envisioning Change -- "Melting Ice -- A Hot Topic" will launch at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, during United Nations World Environment Day on June 5, 2007, and remain on display through the end of August. The exhibit will travel to the BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium, in October 2007 and to Chicago in spring 2008.
3. Hot Coffee
   If you do not download the modification software the "Hot Coffee" scenes will not be playable. When playing an unmodified version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas there is absolutely no way to access these scenes.
4. Red Hot Chilli Peppers -- Album
   It was always going to be interesting to see where the Red Hot Chilli Peppers were going to go in the aftermath of such a critically acclaimed album as the 12 million-plus sales of "Californication". Masters of funk-metal they are, but for some, there's the danger that they would become over-dependant on such virtuoso. Should any such concern exist, it can be alleviated with "By The Way".
5. Bluetooth -- Bluetooth Sig
   The issue of interference from other Bluetooth devices and other devices that operate in the ISM band has been a very hot topic. There have been many studies done on this and white papers exist which outline some of the initial findings. A list of white papers on Bluetooth and the ISM band is available as well. The other specifications using the ISM band include IEEE 802.11b, HomeRF SWAP, and household microwave ovens. The bottom line is that there will be interference issues and the Bluetooth SIG knows this. There is currently a Working Group defining a new version of the radio specification which should address many of the interference issues.
6. Black Hole -- Material
   Material in the accretion disk slowly spirals inward as it loses energy due to friction - the huge gravitational tides near the black hole are excellent at ripping apart this material and heating it to high temperatures. The inner disks of supermassive black holes reach thousands of degrees Kelvin (similar to the temperatures at the surface of a hot star), while smaller black holes can heat their disks to millions of degrees, where they emit in the x-ray part of the spectrum.
7. Mathematical Induction
   Mathematical Induction is the "dominoes theory" of proof. It is often used when you want to prove something is true for every whole number, but don't have time to prove all the infinite cases one by one. It has two parts: line up the dominoes, and knock over the first one. Lining up the dominoes means you prove that if the statement is true for one number, it's true for the next number. Knocking over the first domino is just proving that it works for the first number (usually one.) Mathematicians call these the Induction Step and the Base Case.
8. Magnesium -- Magnesium Oil
   Essence of Life Magnesium Oil is derived from natural, condensed seawater and contains a multitude of healthful, dissolved minerals and trace elements. The “oil-like” (brine) feel is due to its viscosity and saturation of trace elements.
9. Oxycontin Abuse -- Prescriptions
   The Free Times points out that OxyContin abuse has for the most part taken hold in rural areas among working class people -- areas where prescription drug abuse has been a problem for years. According to the Free Times, "Also, demographic and economic conditions in Appalachia have contributed to an established, long-term problem with prescription drug abuse in the region. In general, the population is older, Fisher says, and many suffer from chronic illnesses and debilitating diseases born of years working in the mines, increasing both the number of addicts and the supply of such drugs."
10. Urban Sprawl -- Issues
    Urban sprawl is a hot topic. Although it has been studied since the 1950s, it has only recently sprung to the forefront of public attention. The December 2000 issue of Scientific American features a study of the problem. A recent poll found that Americans are more concerned about urban sprawl and traffic than crime, employment and education -- which is unlikely to come as a surprise to anyone who has ever been stuck in a sea of traffic on a six-lane freeway.

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