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POPSLanguage no barrier to counting It never occurred to me that if you didn't have a word for a number, you couldn't count. Sounds like English teachers trying to muscle in on the maths crowd. I thought we used words for numbers so we could tell someone how many there are when we run out of fingers. (and toes). Sometimes you can tell how many there are by the look on someone's face.
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POPS'Where Was God?' - Refugees Ask the family found a military convoy that helped get them to the convent, which has provided food and medicine to refugees. Thirty tons of supplies have poured into the convent from the Russian Orthodox Church alone. "We are working around the clock," Mother Nonna said. "We drowned in the flood of refugees." Recently washed children's clothing is strewn across the railings outside the convent, which functioned as a summer camp for the Communist youth group during the Soviet era and now includes a special rehabilitation center for children who survived the 2004 terrorist siege of a school in nearby Beslan. Dzara Kumeritova, an assistant at the convent, said that the refugees from South Ossetia all arrived terrified, most of the children too scared to eat for the first day or two. "Somebody slammed the door and the crowd shivered," she said. The article continues... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26206516/
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POPSDozer is a ball hound.........Literally. Dozer has been plying his entertaining trade for years. He'll snag the foul and wait patiently for his treat after he returns the ball to the concession stand. Last year, owner Rick Hutchison trained Dozer to stretch and place his front paws on the concession stand, and put the ball down on the counter. His payment often comes in the form of a piece of hot dog, a nacho chip, or even a portion of a hot dog bun. "He's very motivated by food," one fan pointed out at a recent game. This is something Dozer has done for three years at local Legion stadium while Hutchison's son, Ryan, better known as "Hutch" has played for the Gillette Roughriders. By now, he's developed a cheering section of his own. "Go get it Dozer," the small crowd outside the concession stand yells, almost in unison, as one foul ball sailed over the fence. He probably fetches an average of eight to 10 foul balls per game, manager Dallis Cowen estimates.
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POPSForklift Helps 700-lb Man Take Outing Once considered the world's fattest man when his weight hit over half a ton, more than two years of steady dieting had helped Uribe drop to about 700 pounds (310 kilograms) as of June — 550 pounds (250 kilograms) less than his former Guinness record weight of 1,235 pounds (560 kilograms). He did not say what his current weight is. While somewhat bothered by the summer heat, Uribe appeared to enjoy Sunday's outing. He is still unable to walk, and his last planned outing in March was aborted after the platform carrying his bed got stuck under an overpass.
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POPSBeijing Olympics: China's army of student fans drilled like soldiers Dressed identically and chanting the same upbeat slogans, they appear at every Olympic event to cheer on Chinese and foreign competitors alike. The chant, devised by the spiritual civilisation development office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the ministry of education and the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee (Bocog), was taught to the students in the past two months. Bocog also brought in cheerleaders from the New England Patriots American Football team, to teach US-style razzamatazz to the 600 volunteers who will cheerlead at beach volleyball and basketball events. Organised cheering is yet more evidence of Beijing's determination to micro-manage every aspect of the Olympics, although officials do not see it that way.
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POPSThousands rally to mark 'death' of Australian river The Murray River has suffered neglect at the hands of both major parties at both state and federal level. Too hard. Maybe it will rain. The river was destined to fail when they built a hydro electric scheme at the top of the river and diverted water into another river after ww2
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POPSMichael Phelps Is Off To A Roaring Start, Wins Gold, Sets World Record Phelps' victory in a world-record time of 4 minutes 3.84 seconds was thoroughly convincing -- and quite possibly utterly demoralizing to those audacious enough to think they can stop him. Second to Laszlo Cseh of Hungary after the first 50 meters and second to Lochte at the 150-meter mark, Phelps sliced through the water with unmatched power to take the lead halfway through the four-stroke race. Popping up from the water while the crowd roared and fans waved American flags, Phelps pointed the index fingers of each hand skyward, beads of water sliding off his back, and then pumped his left fist. His face was wet, possibly from water and possibly from a few stray tears. It was impossible to tell the difference. The roar intensified as he climbed out of the pool and crossed the deck, swirls of red, white and blue in the hands of fans from every nation and both Presidents Bush, current and former.
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POPSJohn Edwards Admits to Affair I doubt any of us are shocked by this. But this guy seems to be one of the bigger hypocrits out there. Not just the affair, but the hedge fund stuff, two Americas, etc..
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POPSThe cognitive neuroscience of magic Magic combines multiple principles of attention, awareness, trust and perception to both overtly and covertly misdirect the audience. Whether they are used for performance art or as a means to illicitly separate victims from their money and valuables, the accomplished performer uses robust and intuitive manipulative devices that are of great interest to neuroscientists pursuing the neural underpinnings of cognition, memory, sensation, social attachment, causal inference and awareness.
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