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An interesting look inside a young offenders institute in the UK. Warning: contains disorientated Mancs and Scousers locked up with Southern softies. :lol: Gripping stuff. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t74XQTEFMc]Her Majesty's Prison Aylesbury Episode 1 - YouTube[/ame]

15 February 2013 At least 250 people have been injured after a meteor shower over central Russia blew out windows, interior ministry sources say. Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of kilometres as they crashed into the Ural region. Chelyabinsk residents reported shaking ground and car alarms being set off. The traces from falling objects could be seen in Yekaterinburg, about 200km (125 miles) north of Chelyabinsk, a witness told the Reuters news agency. At least 100 people - many injured by broken glass from shockwaves caused by the shower - have been taken to hospital for treatment, medical officials in the city have said. 'Burning objec…

Michael Le Vell has acted in Coronation Street since 1983 Coronation Street's Michael Le Vell charged with child rape Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell has been charged with a string of sex offences, including raping a child. Police said the 48-year-old who plays Kevin Webster in the soap is also accused of indecently assaulting a child and sexual activity with a child. Mr Le Vell, whose real name is Michael Turner, is due before magistrates in Manchester on 27 February. In a statement released by the actor, he said he would fight the charges "vigorously". He faces a total of 19 charges relating to crimes allegedly committed between 2001 and 2010.…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvkkUDawOKc]US north-east battered by 'historic' snowstorm - YouTube[/ame] Snowstorm batters north-east US and Atlantic Canada Thick snow is blanketing the north-eastern US and eastern Canada as a major storm cuts power to thousands of homes and plays havoc with transport. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut and Maine are all on an emergency footing, with millions of residents being warned to stay indoors. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has temporarily banned all non-essential traffic on the state's roads. Meteorologists say the storm could be New England's worst for decades. Airlines cancelled more t…

Vote or the dog gets it: Monopoly maker sparks war of pieces Hasbro invites fans of its board game to say which of the metal tokens will make way for a ring, guitar, robot, helicopter or cat After chasing its equally small and similarly anachronistic adversaries around metropolises and in and out of jail for almost 80 years, one of Monopoly's famous metal pieces is facing the final roll of the dice. Hasbro, the manufacturer of the board-game paean to boom-and-bust capitalism, has announced that one of eight playing pieces – the Scottie dog, the racing car, the top hat, the iron, the thimble, the shoe, the battleship and the wheelbarrow – is to be cast out and repla…

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Awesome tv show, i LOVE Sheldon! :lol:

TV shows like Family Guy (especially that new series.. it was shit) etc have tried and failed to take the crown of the simpsons so we're talking about something great here. So this is the thread to discuss one of the finest tv shows this world has offered us. By this thread I don't mean you discuss why you think the Simpsons is crap now, or whether you like The Simpsons, this thread is to discuss either your favourite episodes, your favourite moments or your most favourite quote from the show OR what made it or makes it such a unique comedy in the first place! For the record my favourite episode is "Homer's Phobia" "He didn't give you gay did he?" Homer's stupi…

"Why don't you come over?", a campaign by gandul.info in response to the British one called "Don't come to England" Gândul launched the “Why don’t you come over?” campaign, offering reasons to travel to Romania, a response to British “Don’t come to UK” campaign, aimed at discouraging Romanian citizens who want to live and work in the UK. After the daily paper The Guardian invited its readers to come up with their own ideas for the British Government campaign, Gândul, in a partnership with GMP Advertising, addressed a challenge to their own readers: any idea, poster design or slogan can be uploaded on the newspaper’s Facebook page, through the “Come to Romania” …

Fix is in: European police have revealed widespread match fixing at the top level of football Match-fixing investigation finds 380 'fixed' games including Champions League match played in England Europol today launched the "biggest-ever investigation into suspected match-fixing in Europe" in which 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved. An unnamed Champions League fixture in England is one of 380 matches across the continent investigators believe was fixed by an Asia-based crime syndicate, along with World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and "several top football matches in European leagues". Rob …

Don't blame Beyonce for blowing the lights out at the Super Bowl. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that the halftime show was not the cause of the power outage that darkened the Superdome for half an hour during Sunday's broadcast. "There's no indication at all that this was caused by the halftime show. Absolutely not. I know that's been out there that this halftime show had something to do with it. That is not the case," Goodell said. Beyonce was the halftime performer at Sunday night's game and used plenty of power to light up the stage. Some had joked that her electrifying performance was to blame for the outage. But the halftime sho…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsoyPhFF8L8]Star Trek Into Darkness Super Bowl TV SPOT (2013) J.J. Abrams Movie - YouTube[/ame] 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Super Bowl trailer appears online - watch The teaser features an exchange between Chris Pine's Captain Kirk and Benedict Cumberbatch's baddie The Super Bowl trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness has popped up online - scroll down and click 'play' to watch it. The 30-second clip features an exchange between Chris Pine's Captain Kirk and the film's villain John Harrison, played by Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch. "I am better," Harrison tells Kirk, who then asks his rival: "At what?". Robinson replies "e…

King in the Car Park: DNA confirms bones are Richard III A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch's family. Lead archaeologist Richard Buckley, from the University of Leicester, told a press conference to applause: "Beyond reasonable doubt it's Richard." Richard, killed in battle in 1485, will be reinterred in Leicester Cathedral. Mr Buckley said the bones had been subjected to "rigorous academic study" and had been carbon dated to a period from 1455-1540. Dr Jo Appleby, an osteo-archaeol…

First aired in October 2010, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has become a cultural phenomenon, and one of the most successful children's television shows in recent history. Created by Lauren Faust, the wife of the legendary Craig McCracken, it is currently directed by Jason Thyssen, with a writing crew which includes Amy Keating Rogers, M. A. Larson, Meghan McCarthy and Cindy Morrow. Airing Saturday Mornings/Afternoons on cable channel The Hub, The highly anticipated third season of Friendship is Magic commenced on Saturday, November 10, 2012, with the highly praised opening serial, "The Crystal Empire". Next Episode: Keep Calm and Flutter On January 19, 2…

Probe after Dummy Taped to Baby's Face at British Hospital A criminal investigation is under way after a baby was found with a dummy, or pacifier, taped to his face while being treated in hospital, British police said Friday. The four-month-old boy, who had been born 11 weeks premature, had been taken to Stafford Hospital, in central England, with breathing problems, according to the Daily Mail newspaper. Staffordshire Police said its officers were at the "very early stages" of investigating a complaint about the treatment of a four-month-old boy earlier this month. The trust which runs the hospital, that is already at the center of an inquiry into serious fa…

Scores killed in nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil At least 180 people have died in a fire that swept through a nightclub in southern Brazil, police say. They say the fire began when a band on stage started a fireworks display at the Kiss nightclub in the city of Santa Maria, in Rio Grande do Sul state. Reports say there was only one exit and panic spread as people tried to get out. Many victims reportedly died from inhaling toxic fumes. The fire is now out and bodies are being removed from the scene. "Fire services are looking for other victims. We can't give an exact number of victims. People started panicking and ended up treading on each other,"…

Anybody out there watch Mr. D? It's a Canadian comedy show about a teacher who has really questionable methods. It's absolutely hilarious and - bonus - it's filmed in my town. It stars Gerry Dee and you can stream it on cbc.ca. :D Not sure if it's available in other countries though. As a teacher myself, I find it really frigging funny. :P

Any jack reacher fans here or of the jack reacher jeff Abbott books?

Just because he is AWESOME!:cool:

Sony fined £250,000 over poor PlayStation security Sony is fined £250,000 by the UK's data protection watchdog for failing to safeguard the personal details of millions of customers using its PlayStation Network. The technology giant's PlayStation gaming network came under attack in April 2011, when hackers overloaded its computer servers. During the attacks, hackers had access to a trove of personal information including names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth and account passwords. Customers’ payment card details were also at risk. "There’s no disguising that this is a business that should have known better. "It is a company that trades on its tech…

Crocodiles are farmed for their meat and their skin South African crocodiles 'in mass escape' during floods About 15,000 crocodiles have reportedly escaped from a farm in South Africa's far north amid heavy rains and flooding. The owner was forced to open the crocodile farm's gates on Sunday to prevent a storm surge, the local Beeld newspaper says. Many of the crocodiles have been recaptured, but more than half are still on the loose, it says. The floods have killed at least 10 people in Limpopo province. The crocodiles escaped from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm, a tourist site about 15km (nine miles) from the small town of Pontdrif, which borders Botswana. Z…

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uXDt1yAG9A]Instant Index Divers Save Dolphin; Orangutans Play With iPads - YouTube[/ame] An underwater camera has captured the moment a dolphin that became entangled in a fishing line was freed by a diver in Hawaii. Martina Wing, who filmed the footage, said that the dolphin seemed to "communicate" with the diver to ask for help. Speaking to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay and Louise Minchin from Hawaii, she described the experience as "mind-blowing". http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21176914

I just got an iPad mini. Was looking around for iPad mini cases and this one HAS to be the best one ever.

Harbaugh brothers take Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers to Super Bowl XLVII (AP) - This Super Bowl will be filled with firsts — and one significant last. The Harbaughs, San Francisco's Jim and Baltimore's John, will be the first pair of brothers to coach against each other in the NFL title game. Quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick of the 49ers and Joe Flacco of the Ravens each will be playing in his first Super Bowl — where success is the ultimate measure of elite QBs. It'll be Baltimore's first crack at a championship in a dozen years, San Francisco's first in 18. They are a combined 6-0 in Super Bowls (the 49ers own five of those victories), so one club w…

MANY HOSTAGES DEAD FOLLOWING ARMY OPERATION IN ALGERIA Link to BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21063370 An Algerian military operation is under way at a gas facility in eastern Algeria where hostages were being held, Algeria's state news agency reports. Four foreign hostages were freed but the operation resulted in a number of "victims", APS agency said. Algerian soldiers had been surrounding the facility near In Amenas that kidnappers occupied on Wednesday, after killing a Briton and an Algerian. Reports quoting militants said at least 34 hostages and 14 kidnappers died. Militants told Mauritania's ANI news agency that seven foreign hostage…