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POPSTop 10: Things Only Men Can Do At a potential risk of losing all female appreciation, I think this one was too hilarious to pass...as usual, the best ones are saved for the last!
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POPSRingside pics of the Olympics Clipped as many as I could - they bring about the best expressions, the agony and the ecstasy that goes into competitive sport. Kudos to all who participated...the sportsmen & women are all winners in my eyes...
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POPSTimeline Index : People, Periods, Places and Events Ever become confused about just when some famous person, inventor, or philosopher actually lived.? Ever wondered just when a certain invention was invented? Have you ever needed to find certain dates for an exam, or just have a yearning to learn? Then you will probably have as much fun and satisfaction with this little gem. Cheers
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POPS"Techno-Doping" and the New Olympics The evolution of technological augmentation is progressing faster than natural human biology, and it's clear that it won't be long until these physical enhancements will completely out-class natural human sports capabilities. The growing likelihood that, within the next decade, the fastest humans alive will be "disabled" holds the potential for profound "future shock." As I wrote about last year (in "The Accidental Cyborg"), young athletes facing the choice between rehabilitation and amputation for leg injuries are starting to pick amputation, knowing that the prosthetics could be an improvement, not an impairment.
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POPSFemale Athletes Face Stereotypes OMG, why are women athletes presumed to be only lesbian? This really says something about our society, first of all the fact that homophobia is still alive and well and secondly that women have their place and it's not as an athlete, God forbid, that might be too "unfeminine". I played college basketball and it was purely for the love of the sport. My orientation had nothing to do with it.
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POPS"America's Manliest Cities" The Manly Methodology* -- The rankings were determined using 50 of the largest metropolitan areas as defined by the United States Census Bureau, which includes a central city and the surrounding county (or counties). Each metro area received a manliness rating between 0 and 100 based on how well it performed in each of the study's manly categories. Factors used to determine the manliest city rankings included the number of U.S.-made cars driven in the city, number of sports bars and BBQ restaurants, number of home improvement and hardware stores as well as manly salty snacks consumption. All data was adjusted by the current population of the cities to arrive at "per capita" figures, providing an accurate comparison between cities of varying sizes.