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[Krieger22]

http://www.reuters.c...532184120111125
I knew Breaking Dawn was bad, but I never thought it was bad enough to cause seizures

[Destiny]

There's a reason why it's called "Breaking", you know?

[Kichō]

Both of these have videos so check them out, espeically the last one.

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'Hamburglar' breaks into Mcdonalds

A man who broke into an empty McDonald’s during the night and cooked himself a meal has handed himself in, police have said.

Hungry suspect Whitley Allen Testow, 21, was caught red-handed on CCTV footage – which shows the US student climbing through the drive-through window, searching for ingredients and even helping himself to sauces.
According to the fast food restaurant in Iowa, McDonald's workers arrived at 4.20 am to find a window broken, and it appeared food had been cooked in the restaurant.

During the footage, he appears to take some burgers out of the freezer before putting them on the grill.

The student then proceeds to grab what could be ketchup and a drink before struggling to flee from the crime scene through the window.

Cedar Falls Police, who released the bizarre footage, said that the so-called ‘hamburglar’ surrendered this week after seeing a TV crime programme featuring him caught in the act.

Following last Sunday’s incident, Mr Testow was arrested on Tuesday and charged with one count each of third-degree burglary, fourth-degree criminal mischief and fifth-degree theft.

We can only wonder why he didn’t have time to fry the chips.

http://uk.news.yahoo...-to-police.html

And the one I giggled at;

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Nando's feature Colonel Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein in controversial advert

Nando's has released a controversial advert which shows deceased world dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Colonel Gaddafi joking about with each other.

The 45-second TV advert, called ‘Last dictator standing’, originates from Nando's in South Africa and opens with a Robert Mugabe lookalike wistfully picking up a Colonel Gaddafi place card from an empty dinner table. In a dream sequence he is then met by the deceased Libyan dictator who starts a waterfight with a golden AK-47.

Mugabe is then seen frolicking with Saddam Hussein, South African apartheid leader P W Botha and former Ugandan president Idi Amin before the dream sequence cuts out. Nando’s 6-pack meal is then advertised in its place.

"One of the biggest news stories of 2011 has been the downfall of dictators around the globe as ordinary people have taken back their power," Nando's South Africa said. "In true Nando’s style, this incredible movement towards democracy cannot escape without comment and the brand has set its sight on these and other dictators of the past in its latest campaign."

"The central idea of Nando’s festive season campaign revolves around one particular African dictator, let’s call him ‘Bob’, a dinner party he throws for some likeminded friends and his memory of the good times".

Nando's South Africa gave a tongue-in-cheek response to the expulsion of Julius Malema from the African National Congress, releasing an advert which stated "Juju, you've been served". The firm also responded to the South African Protection of the State Information Bill (referred to as the "secrecy bill") by releasing an advert with blacked out words- parodying censorship in the media.

A Nando's UK spokesman has confirmed that there are no plans to bring the advert over to Britain.

http://uk.news.yahoo...ial-advert.html click for pictures and video.

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Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News

Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources. The study, which controlled for demographic factors like education and partisanship, found that "people who watch Fox News are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government" and "6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government" compared to those who watch no news.

Overall, 53% of all respondents knew that Egyptians successfully overthrew Hosni Mubarak and 48% knew that Syrians have yet to overthrow their government.

http://www.huffingto..._n_1106305.html

[Destiny]

Why isn't Fox News down yet?

[Major Fuckup]

http://www.scienceda...11130095251.htm

Violent Video Games Alter Brain Function in Young Men

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Sustained changes in the region of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control were found in young adult men after one week of playing violent video games, according to study results presented by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

This is the first time the IU researchers, who have studied the effects of media violence for more than a decade, have conducted an experimental study that showed a direct relationship between playing violent video games over an extended period of time and a subsequent change in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control.

The controversy over whether or not violent video games are potentially harmful to players has been debated for many years, even making it as far as the Supreme Court in 2010. There has been little scientific evidence demonstrating that the games have a prolonged negative neurological effect.
"For the first time, we have found that a sample of randomly assigned young adults showed less activation in certain frontal brain regions following a week of playing violent video games at home," said Yang Wang, M.D., assistant research professor in the IU Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. "The affected brain regions are important for controlling emotion and aggressive behavior."
For the study, 28 healthy adult males, age 18 to 29, with low past exposure to violent video games were randomly assigned to two groups of 14. Members of the first group were instructed to play a shooting video game for 10 hours at home for one week and refrain from playing the following week. The second group did not play a video game at all during the two-week period.

Each of the 28 men underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) analysis at the beginning of the study, with follow-up exams at one and two weeks. During fMRI, the participants completed an emotional interference task, pressing buttons according to the color of visually presented words. Words indicating violent actions were interspersed among nonviolent action words. In addition, the participants completed a cognitive inhibition counting task.

The results showed that after one week of violent game play, the video game group members showed less activation in the left inferior frontal lobe during the emotional Stroop task and less activation in the anterior cingulate cortex during the counting Stroop task, compared to their baseline results and the results of the control group after one week. After the video game group refrained from game play for an additional week, the changes to the executive regions of the brain returned closer to the control group. Stroop task tests an individual's ability to control cognitive flexibility and attention.
"These findings indicate that violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning," Dr. Wang said. "These effects may translate into behavioral changes over longer periods of game play."
Dr. Wang said that another important point of the study was that the young men were supplied with laptop computers and played at home in their "natural environment." Some of the previous research was done with players participating in a lab setting.

Coauthors are Tom Hummer, Ph.D., IU assistant research professor of psychiatry; William Kronenberger, Ph.D., associate professor of clinical psychology in the IU Department of Psychiatry; Kristine Mosier, D.M.D., Ph.D., IU associate professor of radiology; and Vincent P. Mathews, M.D., IU professor of neuroradiology. Drs. Wang, Hummer and Mosier are members of the IU Center for Neuroimaging.
The research is supported by the Center for Successful Parenting.

Yeah i do read Science Daily!

Edited by Major Fuckup, 04 December 2011 - 04:39.

[Destiny]

I tl;dr, but I suppose it's a good thing right?

[Chyros]

It doesn't actually say in what way playing video games changes people, though. At most I can extract from it that supposedly you have less emotional inhibitions.Then again, it IS a psychological research, so it's all only pseudo-scientific.

[Krieger22]

Well you should see who's supporting the research.

[Major Fuckup]

http://news.ninemsn....oadside-beating

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Two Victoria Police officers have faced court after being caught on camera violently punching and kicking two men during a late-night roadside beating.
The video shot by the officers’ dashboard cam on May 2 this year shows former Senior Constable David Farrell, 42, repeatedly kicking one of the men on the ground before beating him about the head with a baton.
Meanwhile, Senior Constable Paul Bell, 41, can be seen in the background punching one of the men before assaulting the other while a third officer watches on.
Bell, who is now on leave, faced Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with intentionally causing injury and unlawful assault.
He pleaded guilty and was given a 12-month community-based order and 60 hours community service.
Farrell, who has since left Victoria Police, pleaded guilty last month and was ordered to do unpaid community work.
The court heard the officers had been provoked when David Bray and Ryan "Spud" Boyd did late-night burnouts outside the Mansfield police station.
Both men suffered cuts and bruising from the beating but neither went to hospital.
The court was told Farrell had experienced trauma on duty including being shot at.
A psychologist’s report said Bell, who had been stuck with a needle at work and had seen two boys killed when brick walls fell on them, was depressed and short-tempered around the time of the incident.
Outside court Bell’s defence lawyer Bernie Barmer said: “He’s relieved it’s over but it’s been a pretty heavy ordeal on him and his family.
“Obviously it impacts on them because he’s on leave. Of course he’s remorseful.”

Is it wrong of me to lol at those dumbassess getting their asses kicked? You deserved to geat a beating to the head with a baton if you think doing a burn out is a good idea in front of a cop shop.

[Destiny]

Excessive use of force, IMO. But eh, I'd (probably not) beat the crap out of people burning out in front my of precious workplaces

[Krieger22]

http://asia.gamespot...tml?tag=nl.e513
Dontcha' just love the marketing department?

[Libains]

Major Fuckup, on 15 December 2011 - 01:20, said:

http://news.ninemsn....oadside-beating

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Two Victoria Police officers have faced court after being caught on camera violently punching and kicking two men during a late-night roadside beating.
The video shot by the officers’ dashboard cam on May 2 this year shows former Senior Constable David Farrell, 42, repeatedly kicking one of the men on the ground before beating him about the head with a baton.
Meanwhile, Senior Constable Paul Bell, 41, can be seen in the background punching one of the men before assaulting the other while a third officer watches on.
Bell, who is now on leave, faced Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with intentionally causing injury and unlawful assault.
He pleaded guilty and was given a 12-month community-based order and 60 hours community service.
Farrell, who has since left Victoria Police, pleaded guilty last month and was ordered to do unpaid community work.
The court heard the officers had been provoked when David Bray and Ryan "Spud" Boyd did late-night burnouts outside the Mansfield police station.
Both men suffered cuts and bruising from the beating but neither went to hospital.
The court was told Farrell had experienced trauma on duty including being shot at.
A psychologist’s report said Bell, who had been stuck with a needle at work and had seen two boys killed when brick walls fell on them, was depressed and short-tempered around the time of the incident.
Outside court Bell’s defence lawyer Bernie Barmer said: “He’s relieved it’s over but it’s been a pretty heavy ordeal on him and his family.
“Obviously it impacts on them because he’s on leave. Of course he’s remorseful.”

Is it wrong of me to lol at those dumbassess getting their asses kicked? You deserved to geat a beating to the head with a baton if you think doing a burn out is a good idea in front of a cop shop.

I'd rather think that officers of the law ought to know better, even in Aus

Also, clever British drivers are clever... http://www.bbc.co.uk...sussex-16149373

[Destiny]

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Damn sheep. Awesome.

[Major Fuckup]

http://news.ninemsn....de-class.glance

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Hand grenade throwing is the one class you definitely do not want to fail at soldier school.

But ordered by an instructor to hurl one of the short-fused explosive devices over a small protective wall, this butter-fingered Chinese soldier stuffs it up.

And they say we should be afraid of the Chinese

[Destiny]

LOL, this is the second (?) time Chinese grenade fail has been reported When you think of it, these...recruits don't know how to take cover and have to be dragged by their instructors. Does this mean we FPS players are better at training when we get military'd?

[Krieger22]

http://blog.roadandt...-seat-of-power/

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This Japanese device under development places 360 sensors in the driver’s seat. The driver then sits down and the sensors create a “print” of her/his backside. This would be stored in the car’s computer and if anyone other than those “printed” to its memory tries to start the car, it won’t happen.

[Destiny]

Maybe Hollywood should start making butt-versions of that hand-in-concrete tile thingy.

[Major Fuckup]

http://www.gizmodo.c...above-canberra/

Remote controlled flying sharks!!!

[Destiny]

I think I understand why people paint sharktooth paintjobs on their fighters and helis now

[Major Fuckup]

Destiny, on 26 December 2011 - 12:19, said:

I think I understand why people paint sharktooth paintjobs on their fighters and helis now

[Chyros]

Ah yes, the flying shark. We've had them here in the Netherlands as well; we've had one flying through our building. Which is ideal for the shark because our building has no real floors so it can go through the whole building . There was also one in the Glass House during Serious Request here.

[Major Fuckup]

http://news.ninemsn....er-from-keepers

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A 5m-long crocodile called 'Elvis' has seized a lawnmower from staff at a wildlife park in Gosford and is now guarding its prize.
Animal handlers at the Australian Reptile Park, just north of Sydney, were mowing the lawn at 8am this morning when the monster crocodile charged at them, grabbing the mower's wheel with its jaws.
He then dragged the mower into the park's pool with the engine still running.
The park's marketing manager Libby Bain told ninemsn staff were "flat out" getting the park ready this morning and used two mowers rather than one.
"He's very used to one mower but we think the second one is what's triggered him," Bain said.
Elvis lost two teeth in the process, but Bain said the animal is otherwise uninjured.
A crowd has gathered at the park to watch two keepers, including park curator Tim Faulkner, attempt to retrieve the mower.
The men will distract the croc with food while another loops a rope around the mower to pull it out of the water.
"The staff are highly skilled, but when working with a wild animal there's always an element of danger," said Bain.

Dam zoo keepers on his lawn!

[Krieger22]

http://jalopnik.com/...s-of-r8-gt-sale

Enough said.

[Chyros]

Krieger22, on 07 January 2012 - 09:41, said:

http://jalopnik.com/...s-of-r8-gt-sale

Enough said.

LOOOOOL awesome billboard .