franck ribery claims he turned down real madrid five years ago because he was told he was as important to bayern munich as lionel messi was to barcelona . london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- karma caught up with former culture club singer boy george on friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort , a court spokeswoman said . george o'dowd , also known as boy george , arrives at snaresbrook crown court , in east london . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- `` gigantic , alien-looking buildings '' that bring to mind melted guitars , mushroom-like parasols and ufos . that 's how some of the world 's finest examples of `` blob buildings '' have been described , by the company that wants to celebrate them . building data company emporis of hamburg , germany , usually gives kudos to more traditional architectural triumphs , such as these new skyscrapers completed last year . full details of the sentence were n't immediately clear . a jury unanimously found the pop star and dj , whose real name is george o'dowd , guilty of the charge last month after a seven-day trial at snaresbrook crown court in northeast london . the jury determined o'dowd , 47 , had chained male escort audun carlsen to a wall at his apartment in london 's hip shoreditch neighborhood . carlsen had also said the singer beat him with a metal chain . watch as boy george arrives at court '' o'dowd , who maintained his innocence , came to court friday sporting a multicolored tattoo on his bald head , none of his trademark makeup , and a black winter coat . the star quit culture club in 1987 after a string of hits with the group , including `` karma chameleon , '' `` do you really want to hurt me ? '' and `` church of the poison mind . '' he has since become a dj and revived his singing career , releasing a single last year called `` yes we can , '' inspired by barack obama and featuring clips of the u.s. president-elect . o'dowd is no stranger to the law . in august 2006 , he spent five days cleaning the streets of manhattan as part of a community service sentence for falsely reporting a break-in at his new york city home . he has also publicly battled drug addiction . but this time `` we felt that it 's time to highlight this interesting and visually appealing topic , '' says sarah krenz , in the emporis public relations office . what makes a building a blob ? `` unconventional , right-angle-free geometric shapes , '' according to the report . it 's also known as `` liquid architecture . '' the french winger , 32 , has won four bundesliga titles as well as a champions league during his time with the german giants , but it could have all been different had a proposed move to the bernabeu in 2009 gone through . by . mark prigg . our brains start to slow down once we hit 24 , researchers have discovered . emporis cites the experience music project in seattle , locally known as `` the blob , '' as a prime example . they analysed thousands of played of the hugely popular starcraft 2 computer game , and saw a universal slowdown far earlier than they expected . they claim that as soon as players hit the ripe old age of 25 , they have already reached their peak in terms of cognitive motor performance . researchers analysed thousands of players of the popular starcraft game - and found they peaked at 24 . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . the game is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by blizzard entertainment , and is hugely popular , with players often meeting up to compete in vast weekend tournaments against each other . others include the golden terraces in warsaw , `` whose wavy roof , created from 4,700 separate glass elements , rests like a frozen liquid over the atrium of this multi-story shopping center . '' as well as standing out from other buildings in their vicinity , blob buildings often conjure imaginative responses from the public , not always complimentary . while the selfridges building , a shopping center in birmingham , england , is known as the beehive due to its honeycomb-like façade , the london city hall was once described as a `` glass testicle . '' real wanted ribery after he fell out with then-bayern head coach louis van gaal , though he says he was convinced to stay after being sold on his importance by the club 's elite . franck ribery was convinced to reject real madrid after being sold on his importance to bayern munich . he was told that he could be as vital to bayern as lionel messi is to barcelona . ribery fell out with then-head coach louis van gaal and says real were willing to pay for him . ' i had intensive talks with uli hoeness , who was still president back then , and chairman karl-heinz rummenigge , ' ribery told goal . this list anticipates the opening next year of another `` blob '' -- the exhibition building fondation louis vuitton pour la création in paris , designed by frank o. gehry . what do you think ? are blob buildings creative and inspiring or ugly and over the top ? comment below . ` they told me i should not go , how the club needed me , how i was as important for bayern as lionel messi was for barcelona . ` real tried , they wanted me . i do n't know what price bayern wanted them to pay . in the end i am happy how it ended . ' as well as enjoying the collective success with bayern , ribery also picked up uefa awards after his performances during the champions league-winning campaign in 2012/13 . the frenchman , who has retired from international football , was third behind cristiano ronaldo and messi in the 2013 ballon d'or awards . ribery celeberates with the champions league -lrb- left -rrb- and the bundesliga trophy -lrb- right -rrb- in the 2012/13 season . the frenchman came third behind cristiano ronaldo and messi in the 2013 fifa ballon d'or awards . the team from simon fraser university analysed the digital performance records of 3,305 starcraft 2 players , aged 16 to 44 . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . their performance records , which can be readily replayed , constitute big data because they represent thousands of hours worth of strategic real-time cognitive-based moves performed at varied skill levels . using complex statistical modeling , the researchers looked at how players responded to their opponents and more importantly , how long they took to react . ` after around 24 years of age , players show slowing in a measure of cognitive speed that is known to be important for performance , ' said joe thompson , a psychology doctoral student who led the study . researchers studied games players and found their cognitive abilities began to diminish as soon as they reached 24 . ` this cognitive performance decline is present even at higher levels of skill . ` however , they say there is a silver lining for older players . ` our research tells a new story about human development , ' says thompson . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . researchers say the performance records , which can be readily replayed , represent thousands of hours worth of strategic real-time cognitive-based moves performed at varied skill levels . ` older players , though slower , seem to compensate by employing simpler strategies and using the gameâ $ ™ s interface more efficiently than younger players , enabling them to retain their skill , despite cognitive motor-speed loss . ' for example , older players more readily use short cut and sophisticated command keys to compensate for declining speed in executing real time decisions . the findings , says thompson , suggest ` that our cognitive-motor capacities are not stable across our adulthood , but are constantly in flux , and that our day-to-day performance is a result of the constant interplay between change and adaptation . ' the research was published in the journal plos one .
`` blobitecture '' comprises buildings with few or no right angles and fluid , flowing forms . experience music project in seattle , locally known as `` the blob , '' is a prime example . blob building fondation louis vuitton pour la création , designed by frank o. gehry , to open in paris in 2014 .
franck ribery claims he turned down real madrid five years ago because he was told he was as important to bayern munich as lionel messi was to barcelona . london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- karma caught up with former culture club singer boy george on friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort , a court spokeswoman said . george o'dowd , also known as boy george , arrives at snaresbrook crown court , in east london . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- `` gigantic , alien-looking buildings '' that bring to mind melted guitars , mushroom-like parasols and ufos . that 's how some of the world 's finest examples of `` blob buildings '' have been described , by the company that wants to celebrate them . building data company emporis of hamburg , germany , usually gives kudos to more traditional architectural triumphs , such as these new skyscrapers completed last year . full details of the sentence were n't immediately clear . a jury unanimously found the pop star and dj , whose real name is george o'dowd , guilty of the charge last month after a seven-day trial at snaresbrook crown court in northeast london . the jury determined o'dowd , 47 , had chained male escort audun carlsen to a wall at his apartment in london 's hip shoreditch neighborhood . carlsen had also said the singer beat him with a metal chain . watch as boy george arrives at court the bernabeu in 2009 gone through . by . mark prigg . our brains start to slow down once we hit 24 , researchers have discovered . emporis cites the experience music project in seattle , locally known as `` the blob , '' as a prime example . they analysed thousands of played of the hugely popular starcraft 2 computer game , and saw a universal slowdown far earlier than they expected . they claim that as soon as players hit the ripe old age of 25 , they have already reached their peak in terms of cognitive motor performance . researchers analysed thousands of players of the popular starcraft game - and found they peaked at 24 . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . the game is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by blizzard entertainment , and is hugely popular , with players often meeting up to compete in vast weekend tournaments against each other . others include the golden terraces in warsaw , `` whose wavy roof , created from 4,700 separate glass elements , rests like a frozen liquid over the atrium of this multi-story shopping center . '' as well as standing out from other buildings in their vicinity , blob buildings often conjure imaginative responses from the public , not always complimentary . while the selfridges building , a shopping center in birmingham , england , is known as the beehive due to its honeycomb-like façade , the london city hall was once described as a `` glass testicle . '' real wanted ribery after he fell out with then-bayern head coach louis van gaal , though he says he was convinced to stay after being sold on his importance by the club 's elite . franck ribery was convinced to reject real madrid after being sold on his importance to bayern munich . he was told that he could be as vital to bayern as lionel messi is to barcelona . ribery fell out with then-head coach louis van gaal and says real were willing to pay for him . ' i had intensive talks with uli hoeness , who was still president back then , and chairman karl-heinz rummenigge , ' ribery told goal . this list anticipates the opening next year of another `` blob '' -- the exhibition building fondation louis vuitton pour la création in paris , designed by frank o. gehry . what do you think ? are blob buildings creative and inspiring or ugly and over the top ? comment below . ` they told me i should not go , how the club needed me , how i was as important for bayern as lionel messi was for barcelona . ` real tried , they wanted me . i do n't know what price bayern wanted them to pay . in the end i am happy how it ended . ' as well as enjoying the collective success with say there is a silver lining for older players . ` our research tells a new story about human development , ' says thompson . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . researchers say the performance records , which can be readily replayed , represent thousands of hours worth of strategic real-time cognitive-based moves performed at varied skill levels . ` older players , though slower , seem to compensate by employing simpler strategies and using the gameâ $ ™ s interface more efficiently than younger players , enabling them to retain their skill , despite cognitive motor-speed loss . ' for example , older players more readily use short cut and sophisticated command keys to compensate for declining speed in executing real time decisions . the findings , says thompson , suggest ` that our cognitive-motor capacities are not stable across our adulthood , but are constantly in flux , and that our day-to-day performance is a result of the constant interplay between change and adaptation . ' the research was published in the journal plos one .
franck ribery claims he turned down real madrid five years ago because he was told he was as important to bayern munich as lionel messi was to barcelona . london , england -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- karma caught up with former culture club singer boy george on friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort , a court spokeswoman said . george o'dowd , also known as boy george , arrives at snaresbrook crown court , in east london . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- `` gigantic , alien-looking buildings '' that bring to mind melted guitars , mushroom-like parasols and ufos . that 's how some of the world 's finest examples of `` blob buildings '' have been described the bernabeu in 2009 gone through . by . mark prigg . our brains start to slow down once we hit 24 , researchers have discovered . emporis cites the experience music project in seattle , locally known as `` the blob , '' as a prime example . they analysed thousands of played of the hugely popular starcraft 2 computer game , and saw a universal slowdown far earlier than they expected . they claim that as soon as players hit the ripe old age of 25 , they have already reached their peak in terms of cognitive motor performance . researchers analysed thousands of players of the popular starcraft game - and found they peaked at 24 . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . the game is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by blizzard entertainment , and is hugely popular , with players often meeting up to compete in vast weekend tournaments against each other . others include the golden terraces in warsaw , `` whose wavy roof , created from 4,700 separate glass elements , rests like a frozen liquid over the atrium of this multi-story shopping center . '' as well as standing out from other buildings in their vicinity , blob buildings often conjure imaginative responses from the public , not always complimentary . while the selfridges building , a shopping center in birmingham , england , is known as the beehive due to its honeycomb-like façade , the london city hall was once described as a `` glass testicle . '' real wanted ribery after he fell out with then-bayern head coach louis van gaal , though he says he was convinced to stay after being sold on his importance by the club 's elite . franck ribery was convinced to reject real madrid after being sold on his importance to bayern munich . he was told that he could be as vital to bayern as lionel messi is to barcelona . ribery fell out with then-head coach louis van gaal and says real were willing to pay for him . ' i had intensive talks with uli hoeness , who was still president back then , and chairman karl-heinz rummenigge , ' ribery told goal . this list anticipates the opening next year of another `` blob '' -- the exhibition building fondation louis vuitton pour la création in paris , designed by frank o. gehry . what do you think ? are blob buildings creative and inspiring or ugly and over the top ? comment below . ` they told me i should not go , how the club needed me , how i was as important for bayern as lionel messi was for barcelona . ` real tried , they wanted me . i do n't know what price bayern wanted them to pay . in the end i am happy how it ended . ' as well as enjoying the collective success with be readily replayed , constitute big data because they represent thousands of hours worth of strategic real-time cognitive-based moves performed at varied skill levels . using complex statistical modeling , the researchers looked at how players responded to their opponents and more importantly , how long they took to react . ` after around 24 years of age , players show slowing in a measure of cognitive speed that is known to be important for performance , ' said joe thompson , a psychology doctoral student who led the study . researchers studied games players and found their cognitive abilities began to diminish as soon as they reached 24 . ` this cognitive performance decline is present even at higher levels of skill . ` however , they say there is a silver lining for older players . ` our research tells a new story about human development , ' says thompson . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . researchers say the performance records , which can be readily replayed , represent thousands of hours worth of strategic real-time cognitive-based moves performed at varied skill levels . ` older players , though slower , seem to compensate by employing simpler strategies and using the gameâ $ ™ s interface more efficiently than younger players , enabling them to retain their skill , despite cognitive motor-speed loss . ' for example , older players more readily use short cut and sophisticated command keys to compensate for declining speed in executing real time decisions . the findings , says thompson , suggest ` that our cognitive-motor capacities are not stable across our adulthood , but are constantly in flux , and that our day-to-day performance is a result of the constant interplay between change and adaptation . ' the research was published in the journal plos one .
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the bernabeu in 2009 gone through . by . mark prigg . our brains start to slow down once we hit 24 , researchers have discovered . emporis cites the experience music project in seattle , locally known as `` the blob , '' as a prime example . they analysed thousands of played of the hugely popular starcraft 2 computer game , and saw a universal slowdown far earlier than they expected . they claim that as soon as players hit the ripe old age of 25 , they have already reached their peak in terms of cognitive motor performance . researchers analysed thousands of players of the popular starcraft game - and found they peaked at 24 . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . the game is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by blizzard entertainment , and is hugely popular , with players often meeting up to compete in vast weekend tournaments against each other . others include the golden terraces in warsaw , `` whose wavy roof , created from 4,700 separate glass elements , rests like a frozen liquid over the atrium of this multi-story shopping center . '' as well as standing out from other buildings in their vicinity , blob buildings often conjure imaginative responses from the public , not always complimentary . while the selfridges building , a shopping center in birmingham , england , is known as the beehive due to its honeycomb-like façade , the london city hall was once described as a `` glass testicle . '' real wanted ribery after he fell out with then-bayern head coach louis van gaal , though he says he was convinced to stay after being sold on his importance by the club 's elite . franck ribery was convinced to reject real madrid after being sold on his importance to bayern munich . he was told that he could be as vital to bayern as lionel messi is to barcelona . ribery fell out with then-head coach louis van gaal and says real were willing to pay for him . ' i had intensive talks with uli hoeness , who was still president back then , and chairman karl-heinz rummenigge , ' ribery told goal . this list anticipates the opening next year of another `` blob '' -- the exhibition building fondation louis vuitton pour la création in paris , designed by frank o. gehry . what do you think ? are blob buildings creative and inspiring or ugly and over the top ? comment below . ` they told me i should not go , how the club needed me , how i was as important for bayern as lionel messi was for barcelona . ` real tried , they wanted me . i do n't know what price bayern wanted them to pay . in the end i am happy how it ended . ' as well as enjoying the collective success with say there is a silver lining for older players . ` our research tells a new story about human development , ' says thompson . starcraft 2 is a ruthless competitive intergalactic computer war game that players often undertake to win serious money . researchers say the performance records , which can be readily replayed , represent thousands of hours worth of strategic real-time cognitive-based moves performed at varied skill levels . ` older players , though slower , seem to compensate by employing simpler strategies and using the gameâ $ ™ s interface more efficiently than younger players , enabling them to retain their skill , despite cognitive motor-speed loss . ' for example , older players more readily use short cut and sophisticated command keys to compensate for declining speed in executing real time decisions . the findings , says thompson , suggest ` that our cognitive-motor capacities are not stable across our adulthood , but are constantly in flux , and that our day-to-day performance is a result of the constant interplay between change and adaptation . ' the research was published in the journal plos one .
 The text discusses how researchers analyzed thousands of players' data from the popular computer game Starcraft II to understand cognitive motor performance. They found that players' skills peaked at around age 24 and declined afterwards. The study also explored how older players adapted their strategies to compensate for declining speed and accuracy.