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IRISH EXAMINER | January 25th, 2017 Wacky &BITS
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Scottish Study Suggests Dogs Are ally being there daily for everyone to love sell a vintage car tray used at drive-in food A mechanical robotic arm
Partial To Reggae Music and fuss,” Claire Owens, who started the establishments. managed to circumvent a com-
campaign, said. “He had a gorgeous fluffy puter password system meant
A Scottish study looking at how music face and strutted around like he owned the He said his prolonged passion for ham- to deter “robots.”
affects dogs’ behavior suggests canines are place, oh and he loved the camera!” burger memorabilia stemmed from his
partial to reggae over classical music. belief that the burger represents the core of YouTube user Matt
Owens said that Brutus was diagnosed American culture. Unsworth shared video of the
Researchers from the Scottish SPCA and with Polycystic Kidney Disease in 2013 and robot, outfitted with a pair of
the University of Glasgow said they studied was put to sleep on January 16 after his Now that he has obtained the world googly eyes, as it used a stylus
the psychological and behavioral affects condition worsened. record for collecting burger merchandise pen to check an “I am not a
that different genres of music had on dogs Sperl hopes to construct a burger-shaped robot” Captcha security box.
at a shelter in Dumbarton. Regulars at the supermarket in the town museum to share his collection with the
of Stanley and many of Brutus’s more than world. The tounge-in-cheek video
Neil Evans, professor of integrative 12,000 Facebook followers were devastat- pokes fun at the language used
physiology at the University of Glasgow's ed. Frito-Lay Unveils Tostitos Bag That by the security verification sys-
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health Detects Alcohol, Orders Uber Rides tem intended to prevent spam
and Comparative Medicine, said the “We thought that a memorial to honor or computer automated extrac-
researchers played reggae, soft rock, pop, Brutus is only fitting, so that people can still Frito-Lay unveiled “Party Safe” Tostitos tion of data from websites.
Motown, and classical music for the dogs. say hello to him and have something to bag for the Super Bowl that detects
remember him by,” she said. “Many people whether its holder has been drinking and The robotic arm slides the
“Overall, the response to different gen- have expressed their wish for something to can even order an Uber. stylus up the computer mouse
res was mixed, highlighting the possibility be placed in Morrisons, so this is what we pad before just barely managing
that, like humans, our canine friends have are raising the money for, plus also for local The limited-edition “Party Safe” to click inside the on-screen
their own individual music preferences,” animal charities.” Tostitos bag, designed by Goodby check box which proceeded to
Evans said. “That being said, reggae music Silverstein & Partners, contains a sensor swirl into a green check mark.
and soft rock showed the highest positive The campaign saw a swell of support connected to a microcontroller that detects
changes in behavior.” from the beginning, collecting $1,255 in the trace amounts of alcohol on a person’s Proud of its success, the
first 24 hours. breath, turning the front of the bag red and robotic arm turns toward the
Evans offered a possible explanation for showing an image of a steering wheel and camera and drops the stylus as
why canines might prefer reggae and soft A spokesman for Morrisons told the the message, “Don’t Drink and Drive.” an animated pair of glasses fall
rock. Chester Chronicle he had been in contact upon its “eyes” alongside the
with Owens about helping to honor The bag also flashes an Uber code and phrase “Deal with it.” C
“There is some evidence from work in Brutus. contains technology that allows the holder
humans that suggests that the relaxing to tap their phone against it to order an A North Carolina man plead-
effects of music are related to aspects of “Brutus was much loved by our cus- Uber for $10 off during and after the Super ed guilty to walking away from
tempo or repeated motifs that can be pres- tomers and colleagues and he will be great- Bowl on February 5. a blackjack table, robbing a
ent in the music,” he said. “Possibly the ly missed,” he said. “We’ll be meeting with bank, and returning to the casi-
reggae and soft rock have that more overt- Claire to plan a permanent memorial at the “We’re proud to introduce to the world no to gamble his ill-gotten gains.
ly expressed.” store so everyone can remember him.” the first bag of chips that gets you home
safe,” Roger Baran, a Goodby Silverstein & Kerry Johnson, 52, told a
The SPCA said its shelters in Glasgow Florida Man Known As ‘Burger Partners creative director, told Adweek Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke
and Edinburgh currently have the ability to King’ Has World’s Largest Burger “For a football fan, there is a lot of emotion Bloom in court Wednesday that
pipe music directly into dogs’ kennels, and involved with a game. It’s easy to drink he was under the influence of
the rest of the charity’s facilities in Scotland Collection more than you planned. And a lot of times drugs when he left the Mardi
will now be similarly outfitted. A Florida “Burger King” has the world’s all you need to stop short of driving after Gras Casino in Nitro and robbed
largest collection of hamburger merchan- drinking is a friend who calls you off. On the City National Bank in
Beloved Supermarket Cat To Be dise totaling more than 3,000 items. Sunday of the big game, we want Tostitos Charleston on August 2.
Immortalized With Crowdfunded Harry “Hamburger Harry” Sperl holds to be that friend.”
the Guinness World Record for “Largest “I walked into the bank and I
Statue collection of hamburger related items” Frito-Lay said it is aiming to reduce the handed them a note. The bank
A group of people in a town in England with 3,724 items in his Daytona Beach number of impaired drivers on Super Bowl that I had banked with for 40
have launched a crowdfunding campaign home. Sunday, and even customers without the years. I handed them a note and
to honor a cat that once resided in a local “The Hamburger Harley is one of the limited-edition bags will be able to snag the was given the money and it was
supermarket. favorite items in my collection, because I Uber discount. less money than I had in my
The Just Giving campaign is seeking to can take it out and show it off,” Sperl said. account,” Johnson told the
raise about $6,000 to erect a statue honor- In addition to the burger shaped motor- “Our goal is to remove 25,000 cars from judge.
ing Brutus “The Morrisons Cat,” who died cycle his massive collection also contains a the roads that Sunday evening,” said
earlier in January. $3,500 cheeseburger water bed, happy Jennifer Saenz, Frito-Lay’s chief marketing The note claimed Johnson
“He delighted children and adults alike meal cheeseburger toys and burger officer. “Whether watching the big game at was armed with a gun and a
with his cheeky ‘cattitude,’ investigating posters. a friend’s house or at a local bar, a safe ride bomb. He left the bank with
shopping in people’s trolleys as they left the Sperl’s hamburger obsession began 26 home is just a few easy taps away. By sim- about $5,000, investigators said.
store, jumping into cars to investigate, years ago when he bought five fake ham- ply entering a participating Tostitos UPC
sneaking down the pet food aisle to see burgers for a photo he intended to use to code in the Uber app, fans nationwide can Johnson said “most of the
what kind of offers were on, and just gener- receive $10 off an Uber ride.” C day was a blur” and he didn’t
have clear memories of the inci-
dent, but he “knew it was me”
when he viewed security cam-
era footage from the bank.
Prosecutors said Johnson
returned to the casino, where he
lost about $500 of the stolen
money at the blackjack table.
He was arrested at his home,
where police found more of the
stolen cash.
Johnson pleaded guilty to
second-degree robbery as part
of a deal to have prosecutors
drop a felony robbery charge.
He faces 5-18 years in prison at
his March 2 sentencing. C
