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A woman got married in 2015 and invited her former university friend to the wedding. The friend had become a FSB officer after graduation. He talked about his job and handed out business cards while drunk. She's been imprisoned for 20 months now, her husband is out on bail, both are looking at 20 years each for high treason.
A woman got married in 2015 and invited her former university friend to the wedding. The friend had become a FSB officer after graduation. He talked about his job and handed out business cards while drunk. She's been imprisoned for 20 months now, her husband is out on bail, both are looking at 20 years each for high treason.
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OU Professor says racial slur during class while making comparison to ‘OK, Boomer’
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – An OU journalism professor is in hot water for saying a racial slur during class on Tuesday. A student that was in the class tells News 4 it started as a discussi…
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LOL what a dumb boomernigger.
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'Reaper of death': Fearsome new dinosaur discovered in Alberta was evolutionary offshoot of T. Rex
'It would have been quite an imposing animal. It definitely would have caused some panic'
A fearsome lizard whose name means "reaper of death" is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. The dinosaur is shown in a handout illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of Calgary-Julius Csotonyi MANDATORY CREDITTHE CANADIAN PRESS
The Canadian Press
Lauren Krugel
February 10, 2020
3:10 PM EST
CALGARY — A fearsome lizard with a name meaning “reaper of death” is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
Tyrannosaurs were large meat-eating dinosaurs that walked on two legs and had short arms, two fingers and massive skulls with dagger-like teeth. Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous in this group.
Jared Voris was examining skull fragments stored in a drawer at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alta., as part of his masters thesis when he noticed features not seen in other tyrannosaur specimens. The most obvious were prominent vertical ridges along the upper jaw line.
“We’d find one feature, and then we’d find another, and then it would just kind of cascade into finally understanding that this was something completely different than what we’d seen before,” said Voris, who is now working on his PhD in paleontology at the University of Calgary.
Voris, 25, said “it’s definitely a weird feeling” to make a big discovery so early in his career.
He figures the beast could have been about eight metres long with an 80-centimetre skull.
“It would have been quite an imposing animal,” he said. “It definitely would have caused some panic.”
The new species is named Thanatotheristes degrootorum, which combines the Greek word for “reaper of death” with the name of a southern Alberta couple, the DeGroots, who happened upon the fossil fragments along the shore of the Bow River west of Medicine Hat, Alta., in 2010.
Darla Zelenitsky, who is Voris’s PhD thesis supervisor, said Thanatotheristes predates T. rex by about 12 million years and is the oldest known tyrannosaur discovered in Canada.
She said it offers clues about a poorly understood time period.
“We’re learning more about the ecosystem at this older period of time when dinosaurs roamed southern Alberta,” she said.
Only two other dinosaurs have been found in the same rock formation, and both were plant-eaters.
“This is the first apex predatory dinosaur species known from this formation,” said Zelenitsky.
“To me this is a big discovery and it’s even more exciting because it was made by one of my students.”
The new tyrannosaur is not believed to have been a direct ancestor of T. rex, but was its own evolutionary offshoot. It seems to have more in common with a type of tyrannosaur found in Alberta called Daspletosaurus.
Francois Therrien, a paleontologist at the Royal Tyrrell, said the general public can play a role in new discoveries, just like the DeGroots did.
“A lot of people go in areas that paleontologists would not think of going, either because we’re unaware that there’s exposures in that area or just because there’s bigger pockets of badlands that we tend to focus on,” he said.
Anyone who finds a fossil should leave it where it is, note its exact location and contact the museum, he said.
Therrien, who also worked with Voris, said the student’s discovery is significant.
“First, discovering a new species and, second, it is a tyrannosaur. I don’t think it gets any better than that.”
An article detailing Thanatotheristes degrootorum and written by Voris, Zelenitsky, Therrien and paleontologist Caleb Brown, was published Monday in the journal Cretaceous Research.
'It would have been quite an imposing animal. It definitely would have caused some panic'
A fearsome lizard whose name means "reaper of death" is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. The dinosaur is shown in a handout illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of Calgary-Julius Csotonyi MANDATORY CREDITTHE CANADIAN PRESS
The Canadian Press
Lauren Krugel
February 10, 2020
3:10 PM EST
CALGARY — A fearsome lizard with a name meaning “reaper of death” is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
Tyrannosaurs were large meat-eating dinosaurs that walked on two legs and had short arms, two fingers and massive skulls with dagger-like teeth. Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous in this group.
Jared Voris was examining skull fragments stored in a drawer at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alta., as part of his masters thesis when he noticed features not seen in other tyrannosaur specimens. The most obvious were prominent vertical ridges along the upper jaw line.
“We’d find one feature, and then we’d find another, and then it would just kind of cascade into finally understanding that this was something completely different than what we’d seen before,” said Voris, who is now working on his PhD in paleontology at the University of Calgary.
Voris, 25, said “it’s definitely a weird feeling” to make a big discovery so early in his career.
He figures the beast could have been about eight metres long with an 80-centimetre skull.
“It would have been quite an imposing animal,” he said. “It definitely would have caused some panic.”
The new species is named Thanatotheristes degrootorum, which combines the Greek word for “reaper of death” with the name of a southern Alberta couple, the DeGroots, who happened upon the fossil fragments along the shore of the Bow River west of Medicine Hat, Alta., in 2010.
Darla Zelenitsky, who is Voris’s PhD thesis supervisor, said Thanatotheristes predates T. rex by about 12 million years and is the oldest known tyrannosaur discovered in Canada.
She said it offers clues about a poorly understood time period.
“We’re learning more about the ecosystem at this older period of time when dinosaurs roamed southern Alberta,” she said.
Only two other dinosaurs have been found in the same rock formation, and both were plant-eaters.
“This is the first apex predatory dinosaur species known from this formation,” said Zelenitsky.
“To me this is a big discovery and it’s even more exciting because it was made by one of my students.”
The new tyrannosaur is not believed to have been a direct ancestor of T. rex, but was its own evolutionary offshoot. It seems to have more in common with a type of tyrannosaur found in Alberta called Daspletosaurus.
Francois Therrien, a paleontologist at the Royal Tyrrell, said the general public can play a role in new discoveries, just like the DeGroots did.
“A lot of people go in areas that paleontologists would not think of going, either because we’re unaware that there’s exposures in that area or just because there’s bigger pockets of badlands that we tend to focus on,” he said.
Anyone who finds a fossil should leave it where it is, note its exact location and contact the museum, he said.
Therrien, who also worked with Voris, said the student’s discovery is significant.
“First, discovering a new species and, second, it is a tyrannosaur. I don’t think it gets any better than that.”
An article detailing Thanatotheristes degrootorum and written by Voris, Zelenitsky, Therrien and paleontologist Caleb Brown, was published Monday in the journal Cretaceous Research.
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I always wonder how they prove it's a new species and not, say, an adolescent or something. I know I've heard of mistakes like that being made.'Reaper of death': Fearsome new dinosaur discovered in Alberta was evolutionary offshoot of T. Rex
'It would have been quite an imposing animal. It definitely would have caused some panic'
A fearsome lizard whose name means "reaper of death" is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. The dinosaur is shown in a handout illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-University of Calgary-Julius Csotonyi MANDATORY CREDITTHE CANADIAN PRESS
The Canadian Press
Lauren Krugel
February 10, 2020
3:10 PM EST
CALGARY — A fearsome lizard with a name meaning “reaper of death” is the first new tyrannosaur species to be identified in Canada in 50 years, say researchers with the University of Calgary and the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
Tyrannosaurs were large meat-eating dinosaurs that walked on two legs and had short arms, two fingers and massive skulls with dagger-like teeth. Tyrannosaurus rex is the most famous in this group.
Jared Voris was examining skull fragments stored in a drawer at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alta., as part of his masters thesis when he noticed features not seen in other tyrannosaur specimens. The most obvious were prominent vertical ridges along the upper jaw line.
“We’d find one feature, and then we’d find another, and then it would just kind of cascade into finally understanding that this was something completely different than what we’d seen before,” said Voris, who is now working on his PhD in paleontology at the University of Calgary.
Voris, 25, said “it’s definitely a weird feeling” to make a big discovery so early in his career.
He figures the beast could have been about eight metres long with an 80-centimetre skull.
“It would have been quite an imposing animal,” he said. “It definitely would have caused some panic.”
The new species is named Thanatotheristes degrootorum, which combines the Greek word for “reaper of death” with the name of a southern Alberta couple, the DeGroots, who happened upon the fossil fragments along the shore of the Bow River west of Medicine Hat, Alta., in 2010.
Darla Zelenitsky, who is Voris’s PhD thesis supervisor, said Thanatotheristes predates T. rex by about 12 million years and is the oldest known tyrannosaur discovered in Canada.
She said it offers clues about a poorly understood time period.
“We’re learning more about the ecosystem at this older period of time when dinosaurs roamed southern Alberta,” she said.
Only two other dinosaurs have been found in the same rock formation, and both were plant-eaters.
“This is the first apex predatory dinosaur species known from this formation,” said Zelenitsky.
“To me this is a big discovery and it’s even more exciting because it was made by one of my students.”
The new tyrannosaur is not believed to have been a direct ancestor of T. rex, but was its own evolutionary offshoot. It seems to have more in common with a type of tyrannosaur found in Alberta called Daspletosaurus.
Francois Therrien, a paleontologist at the Royal Tyrrell, said the general public can play a role in new discoveries, just like the DeGroots did.
“A lot of people go in areas that paleontologists would not think of going, either because we’re unaware that there’s exposures in that area or just because there’s bigger pockets of badlands that we tend to focus on,” he said.
Anyone who finds a fossil should leave it where it is, note its exact location and contact the museum, he said.
Therrien, who also worked with Voris, said the student’s discovery is significant.
“First, discovering a new species and, second, it is a tyrannosaur. I don’t think it gets any better than that.”
An article detailing Thanatotheristes degrootorum and written by Voris, Zelenitsky, Therrien and paleontologist Caleb Brown, was published Monday in the journal Cretaceous Research.
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Why not cut to the chase and just gather these people in one place and drop a rock on them...preferably from the moon, like Wu predicted?
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They don't. You can't really 100% conclusively prove these things. You can, however, gather a shitload of evidence that supports it. Sometimes they are wrong, it is always going to be imperfect, the important thing is that they correct their mistakes.
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The taxonomy is pissing me off. So there's one of these things and they're not just giving it a species but a whole new fucking genus as well, of which it is the only member? I call shenanigans.
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These Crocs Have a Very Original Recipe
KFC-themed clogs with a fried-chicken scent will soon be available.
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These Crocs Have a Very Original Recipe
KFC-themed clogs with a fried-chicken scent will soon be available
A pair of chicken-scented charms lends the $59.99 footwear its aromatic magic.
By Spencer Jakab
Feb. 12, 2020 2:23 pm ET
Harland Sanders, the curmudgeonly “colonel” who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken, admitted publicly that he was “not too proud” of having his name associated with some of his restaurants.
Some four decades after his death and more prominent than ever as a virtual pitchman, one wonders what he would think of the latest marketing brain wave: KFC-branded Crocs. The famously ugly shoes will carry the same design as the iconic red-striped chicken bucket and will be on sale for $59.99 this spring.
While that is a lot for plastic footwear with holes in it, these will be a feast for more than the eyes. The “classic clog” come with two removable chicken-scented charms which, depending on the wearer’s hygiene, may be an improvement to those standing nearby.
A little over a year ago, KFC launched an 11 Herbs and Spices Firelog that made homes smell like fried chicken. They sold out and are available again through Walmart. The ordering site warns birdbrained buyers “not to put face directly near the fire.”
If fans risked third-degree burns then KFC and Crocs just may be onto something with the bucket clogs. Of course for the same cash outlay fans can snag 36 pieces of the colonel’s famous recipe chicken and wear normal shoes.
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[insert racist joke about walking through Detroit with these]
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Russian ex-prison official jailed for extortion kills himself in court
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former top Russian prison official reportedly suffering from advanced cancer killed himself in court with a shot to the chest on Wednesday, shortly after getting a three-year sentence for extortion, Russian news agencies reported.
Viktor Sviridov, former head of the prison service’s transportation department, had been accused of extorting 10 million roubles ($160,000) from the service’s deputy head, Alexander Sapozhnikov, according to local media reports.
The case had drawn little media attention until Sviridov shot himself shortly after the verdict was handed down at Moscow’s Chertanovo District court on Wednesday afternoon.
Uliana Solopova, a spokeswoman for the Moscow City Court, confirmed the incident and said the court was trying to work out how Sviridov had managed to obtain a weapon. Russian courts generally have metal detectors and security guards at the entrance.
Alexander Kotelnitsky, a lawyer for Sviridov, told Russian news agencies that his client had been suffering from late-stage cancer.
Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Maria Vasilyeva; Editing by Kevin Liffey
Russian ex-prison official jailed for extortion kills himself in court
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former top Russian prison official reportedly suffering from advanced cancer killed himself in court with a shot to the chest on Wednesday, shortly after getting a three-year sentence for extortion, Russian news agencies reported.
Viktor Sviridov, former head of the prison service’s transportation department, had been accused of extorting 10 million roubles ($160,000) from the service’s deputy head, Alexander Sapozhnikov, according to local media reports.
The case had drawn little media attention until Sviridov shot himself shortly after the verdict was handed down at Moscow’s Chertanovo District court on Wednesday afternoon.
Uliana Solopova, a spokeswoman for the Moscow City Court, confirmed the incident and said the court was trying to work out how Sviridov had managed to obtain a weapon. Russian courts generally have metal detectors and security guards at the entrance.
Alexander Kotelnitsky, a lawyer for Sviridov, told Russian news agencies that his client had been suffering from late-stage cancer.
Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Maria Vasilyeva; Editing by Kevin Liffey
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As if fucking crocs and the people who wear them dont stink enough
These Crocs Have a Very Original Recipe
KFC-themed clogs with a fried-chicken scent will soon be available.---
These Crocs Have a Very Original Recipe
KFC-themed clogs with a fried-chicken scent will soon be available
A pair of chicken-scented charms lends the $59.99 footwear its aromatic magic.
By Spencer Jakab
Feb. 12, 2020 2:23 pm ET
Harland Sanders, the curmudgeonly “colonel” who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken, admitted publicly that he was “not too proud” of having his name associated with some of his restaurants.
Some four decades after his death and more prominent than ever as a virtual pitchman, one wonders what he would think of the latest marketing brain wave: KFC-branded Crocs. The famously ugly shoes will carry the same design as the iconic red-striped chicken bucket and will be on sale for $59.99 this spring.
While that is a lot for plastic footwear with holes in it, these will be a feast for more than the eyes. The “classic clog” come with two removable chicken-scented charms which, depending on the wearer’s hygiene, may be an improvement to those standing nearby.
A little over a year ago, KFC launched an 11 Herbs and Spices Firelog that made homes smell like fried chicken. They sold out and are available again through Walmart. The ordering site warns birdbrained buyers “not to put face directly near the fire.”
If fans risked third-degree burns then KFC and Crocs just may be onto something with the bucket clogs. Of course for the same cash outlay fans can snag 36 pieces of the colonel’s famous recipe chicken and wear normal shoes.
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How dare he!
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My mom asked for a divorce. My dad made his mother his pension beneficiary — then took his own life. Now my mom and grandma are feuding. Who’s right?
‘My grandmother and mother both have lawyers, and they both say that they are going to get this pension. It’s been dragging on for nearly two years.’
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Liberal professor claims 'Paw Patrol' is pushing pro-capitalism 'propaganda' to kids
Is your child's favorite show propaganda? Kings College professor Liam Kennedy says his two-year-old son isn't allowed to watch the popular show "Paw Patrol" because of what he sees as the show's underlying messages.
Liberal professor claims 'Paw Patrol' is pushing pro-capitalism 'prop…
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Liberal professor claims 'Paw Patrol' is pushing pro-capitalism 'propaganda' to kids
Is your child's favorite TV show propaganda? Kings College professor Liam Kennedy says his 2-year-old son isn't allowed to watch the popular show "Paw Patrol" because of what he sees as the show's harmful underlying messages.
Created in 2013, "Paw Patrol" is an animated series about a group of do-good dogs and a 10-year-old boy named Ryder who rescue various people in tricky situations. But when the Canadian educator watched hours of the show during research for the journal "Crime Media Culture," that's not all he saw.
Kennedy published a paper on the subject titled "'Whenever there's trouble. Just yelp for help': Crime, Conservation and Corporatization in Paw Patrol." In an interview with London Morning's Rebecca Zandbergen, Kennedy said the depiction of the state and local government officials like Mayor Humdinger and Mayor Goodway are "portrayed negatively."
"Mayor Humdinger is portrayed as unethical or corrupt. Mayor Goodway as hysterical, bumbling, incompetent," he noted.
In addition, Kennedy takes issue with the "Paw Patrol" organization as a "private corporation" acting as a stand-in for a government-funded police force.
"That's problematic in that the 'Paw Patrol' creators are sending this message that we can't depend on the state to provide these services," he told Zanbergen.
Kennedy also said he believed that Ryder should be in school and that -- as time goes on -- children who watch the show might be less likely to critique the capitalist system that "causes environmental harm in the first place and reproduces inequality."
He believes the show also ignores structural barriers in our society with an individualist message: "No job is too big; no pup is too small."
"Some people roll their eyes," he admitted. "I think it's a serious message but I also want to have fun in my job, so this was fun."
Fox Nation's "Moms" host Rachel Campos-Duffy told "Fox & Friends'" Ainsley Earhardt Thursday that she thinks "Paw Patrol's" "very American" message -- keeping the American dream alive -- was what was rubbing "Marxist, socialist," Kennedy the wrong way.
"So, in other words, we don't want to teach our kids that they can do things for themselves and that, you know, the American dream...is alive and that you can lift yourself out of poverty or help yourself," she said.
Campos-Duffy said the one thing Kennedy has right is that shows like "Paw Patrol" can be formative and the messages are absorbed by kids. But she thinks "Paw Patrol" is getting it right.
"I think these are really great messages," she said.
Created in 2013, "Paw Patrol" is an animated series about a group of do-good dogs and a 10-year-old boy named Ryder who rescue various people in tricky situations. But when the Canadian educator watched hours of the show during research for the journal "Crime Media Culture," that's not all he saw.
Kennedy published a paper on the subject titled "'Whenever there's trouble. Just yelp for help': Crime, Conservation and Corporatization in Paw Patrol." In an interview with London Morning's Rebecca Zandbergen, Kennedy said the depiction of the state and local government officials like Mayor Humdinger and Mayor Goodway are "portrayed negatively."
"Mayor Humdinger is portrayed as unethical or corrupt. Mayor Goodway as hysterical, bumbling, incompetent," he noted.
In addition, Kennedy takes issue with the "Paw Patrol" organization as a "private corporation" acting as a stand-in for a government-funded police force.
"That's problematic in that the 'Paw Patrol' creators are sending this message that we can't depend on the state to provide these services," he told Zanbergen.
Kennedy also said he believed that Ryder should be in school and that -- as time goes on -- children who watch the show might be less likely to critique the capitalist system that "causes environmental harm in the first place and reproduces inequality."
He believes the show also ignores structural barriers in our society with an individualist message: "No job is too big; no pup is too small."
"Some people roll their eyes," he admitted. "I think it's a serious message but I also want to have fun in my job, so this was fun."
Fox Nation's "Moms" host Rachel Campos-Duffy told "Fox & Friends'" Ainsley Earhardt Thursday that she thinks "Paw Patrol's" "very American" message -- keeping the American dream alive -- was what was rubbing "Marxist, socialist," Kennedy the wrong way.
"So, in other words, we don't want to teach our kids that they can do things for themselves and that, you know, the American dream...is alive and that you can lift yourself out of poverty or help yourself," she said.
Campos-Duffy said the one thing Kennedy has right is that shows like "Paw Patrol" can be formative and the messages are absorbed by kids. But she thinks "Paw Patrol" is getting it right.
"I think these are really great messages," she said.
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He committed fraud and under federal law, he couldn't change the beneficiary. It will probably be disregarded and the widow will get it in its entirety.
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Yeah I read the article but that was not the thing that I found funny about it. It was the hers/his split that made me notice it. Her belongings, his pension.
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Pete Buttigieg Remained Silent as His Police Chief Lied About South Bend Officers Imitating Klansmen
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