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My deepest sympathies to all those who lost love ones from this tragedy.
I congratulate the effort of those rescuers and divers doing their best.I understand that these animals weight as much as a rhinoceros. I would then expect all legs to be straight as in other large animals and not as pictured similar to crocodile legs.New Dinosaur name for TerraN, as opposed to tyrant king
What a Face! 'Hellboy' Dino Sported Head Crown, Teeny Eye Horns
About 70 million years ago, a bizarre-looking relative of Triceratops with a crownlike frill, tall nose horn and tiny eye horns tread over the ancient landscape of southeastern Alberta, a new study finds.
A man named Peter Hews discovered the unusual dinosaur's skull about 10 years ago, after he noticed some bones poking out of a cliff by the Oldman River in Alberta. Researchers excavated and studied the fossil, learning it belonged to an entirely new genus and species of that was closely related to.
Researchers dubbed the unusual horned beast Regaliceratops peterhewsi, from the Latin "regalis," meaning royal, in honor of the dinosaur's unique crowned frill, as well as after Canada's Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, the researchers said in the study. The Greek word "ceratops" means "horned face." []
But the dinosaur's nickname, "Hellboy," is far more popular, the researchers said.
Naming aside, the skull is the first evidence that horned dinosaurs lived in that particular geographic region of Alberta, said Caleb Brown, a paleobiologist at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
"However, it was not until the specimen was being slowly prepared from the rocks in the laboratory that the full anatomy was uncovered, and the bizarre suite of characters revealed," Brown . "Once it was prepared, it was obviously a new species, and an unexpected one at that. Many horned-dinosaur researchers who visited the museum did a double take when they first saw it in the laboratory."
The specimen is so unique, a person standing a football field away could easily tell that it's a new species, Brown joked. He pointed out the distinctive size and shape of its facial horns and the shieldlike frill on the back of its skull.
In fact, Regaliceratops peterhewsi is fairly similar to Triceratops, except that its nose is tall and the two horns over its eyes are "almost comically small," Brown said. But the frill on its head is by far the most impressive feature, he said. It looks like a halo of large, pentagonal plates, and one central spike, radiating outward.
"The combined result looks like a crown," Brown said.
The newfound dinosaur also has an intriguing combination of short and long horns. Researchers usually categorize horned dinosaurs into one of two groups: the Chasmosaurines, which have a small horn over the nose, large horns over the eyes and a long frill; and the Centrosaurines, animals with a large nose horn, small eye horns and a short frill.
This new species is a Chasmosaurine, but it has ornamentation more similar to Centrosaurines," Brown said in the statement. "It also comes from a time period following the extinction of the Centrosaurines."
R. peterhewsi is the first example of a horned dinosaur showing , meaning that these two groups developed similar features independently of each other.
The researchers plan to look for more R. peterhewsi fossils. In the meantime, they're making digital reconstructions of the skull, which is deformed after spending 70 million years in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
"This discovery also suggests that there are likely more horned dinosaurs out there that we just have not found yet, so we will also be looking for other new species," Brown said.
The finding was published online June 4 in the .
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Miragedriver
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That makes perfect sense! Just like the older T-Rex illustrations that showed the tail dragging on the ground. You would think that there would be better editing of scientific illustrations?
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But if the bones show crocodilian leg structures, then you got to go with the evidence. Wisdom from the Han Dynasty states, "seek truth from facts."
I don't think it can have crocodilian leg structures. I think this is the work of an ignorant artist. If I'm wrong this would justify opening the article about this beast with that aspect instead of the talk about the beautiful head. The article didn't even mention the front legs.
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Alberto Nisman's computer 'accessed more than 60 times after his death'
Mystery surrounding death of Argentine prosecutor deepens as judicial sources say his computer was accessed after his death and detectives accused of contaminating crime scene
A computer belonging to Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who was earlier this year, was accessed more than 60 times after his death.
Judicial sources told Argentine newspaper Clarin that at 8.07pm on Sunday January 18. The autopsy ruled that Nisman, 51, was dead by 3pm - shot in the head in the bathroom of his Buenos Aires apartment.
His accusations against Argentine president Cristina Kirchner four days before his death - that she had covered up Iranian responsability for the country's worst ever terrorist attack - made him a high-profile, controversial figure.
He was working extensively with security sources to investigate , and the day after his death had been due to present his findings in parliament.
His death has become a source of much fascination in the South American country. It was initially ruled as suicide, but now Nisman's family - and most of Argentina, including the president - believe that to be unlikely.
On Thursday Clarin provided a new twist, with the revelation about the computer.
The paper said that it was not yet known whether the "entries" into the computer - technicians refer to registers, or events - were made directly into the computer, or remotely. It was also unclear whether the computer was accessed via a USB stick, an external hard drive, or through a wifi network or telephone line.
Websites for newspapers Clarin and La Nacion were opened, and his Yahoo email inbox - although none of the emails were read.
A Google search was carried out for one word: "Psicodelia" - psychodelia. No one has yet been able to explain the significance of the word.
The revelations about the computer are the latest in a long line of strange twists.
On May 31 one of Argentina's most famous journalists, Jorge Lanata, broadcast Periodismo Para Todos footage from the crime scene. It appeared to show the from the gun, working without gloves, and contaminating the scene.
A book by Nisman’s cousin, Andrea Garfunkel, was published last week and launched fresh accusations that he was killed because of his investigation into the 1994 bombing. She noted the unused pajamas found near his bed, which she says suggests he investigators found him.
On March 5 his ex-wife, Sandra Arroyo Salgado, a judge, said his death was "". She has begun her own independent investigation into the events surrounding Nisman's death.
The official inquiry, lead by Viviana Fein, is expected to report back in around six weeks time.
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Mystery surrounding death of Argentine prosecutor deepens as judicial sources say his computer was accessed after his death and detectives accused of contaminating crime scene
A computer belonging to Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who was earlier this year, was accessed more than 60 times after his death.
Judicial sources told Argentine newspaper Clarin that at 8.07pm on Sunday January 18. The autopsy ruled that Nisman, 51, was dead by 3pm - shot in the head in the bathroom of his Buenos Aires apartment.
His accusations against Argentine president Cristina Kirchner four days before his death - that she had covered up Iranian responsability for the country's worst ever terrorist attack - made him a high-profile, controversial figure.
He was working extensively with security sources to investigate , and the day after his death had been due to present his findings in parliament.
His death has become a source of much fascination in the South American country. It was initially ruled as suicide, but now Nisman's family - and most of Argentina, including the president - believe that to be unlikely.
On Thursday Clarin provided a new twist, with the revelation about the computer.
The paper said that it was not yet known whether the "entries" into the computer - technicians refer to registers, or events - were made directly into the computer, or remotely. It was also unclear whether the computer was accessed via a USB stick, an external hard drive, or through a wifi network or telephone line.
Websites for newspapers Clarin and La Nacion were opened, and his Yahoo email inbox - although none of the emails were read.
A Google search was carried out for one word: "Psicodelia" - psychodelia. No one has yet been able to explain the significance of the word.
The revelations about the computer are the latest in a long line of strange twists.
On May 31 one of Argentina's most famous journalists, Jorge Lanata, broadcast Periodismo Para Todos footage from the crime scene. It appeared to show the from the gun, working without gloves, and contaminating the scene.
A book by Nisman’s cousin, Andrea Garfunkel, was published last week and launched fresh accusations that he was killed because of his investigation into the 1994 bombing. She noted the unused pajamas found near his bed, which she says suggests he investigators found him.
On March 5 his ex-wife, Sandra Arroyo Salgado, a judge, said his death was "". She has begun her own independent investigation into the events surrounding Nisman's death.
The official inquiry, lead by Viviana Fein, is expected to report back in around six weeks time.
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The Ministry of Defense of Argentina makes public the secret archives of Malvinas
(Defensa.com) From today, June 11, inventories of all existing documentation in the files of the Armed Forces on Malvinas Argentinas are publicly accessible. Defense Minister Agustin Rossi made the announcement this week during a ceremony led by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Day Reaffirming the sovereign rights over the Malvinas Islands.
The documents were declassified from the Presidential Decree 503/2015, which states that "since the current democratic and republican state corresponds relieve the secrecy and confidentiality of the information and documentation that may facilitate the full knowledge of the facts related to the war of South Atlantic ". With him obrante documentation related to conflict in the Archives of the Armed Forces and instructed the Ministry of Defense to the public consultation preparing to records of all such documents and declassified query mode, which is enabled on the platform
This site was created by the Ministry of Defense in 2013 to the discovery of documents in the last civic-military dictatorship on 31 October of that year in the basement of the building Condor. Then issued Resolution MD No. 445/2013, whereby a period of six months was granted to condition, inventory and documentation would relieve made available for public consultation. After the period, the website , which allows the consultation of such documents, and query terminals were set up at the National Library of Aeronautics was launched.
As recorded by this site, "then the work of surveying, identification and description of the case-documentary collections in the archives of the Armed Forces, new documents that allow deepening investigation of the facts related to the war that are working later were detected the date of completion of the final report prepared by the "DADES COMMISSION OF ANALYSIS STRATEGIC POLICY AND MILITARY CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC" (Rattenbach Report) ".
All users who consult this documentary heritage should complete the user registration and sign the express agreement of responsibility for the dissemination of information. The user assumes the responsibility for the processing of data; this means the commitment of the requested documentation will be used exclusively for cultural purposes without giving publicity to holders of sensitive data that will eventually have access; and in case you need do it, and if you do not get the authorization of the holder shall undertake to dissociate sensitive data on the identity of the person.
In this sense, to preserve this issue, restrictions on the dissemination of these documents and are contemplated making reprographics (copies) or the publication of these documents will not be permitted solely reprographic requirements to be allowed to court and government agencies (departments of state bodies directly, to the extent of compliance with their respective powers). Such requests must be made in writing and submitted to the Ministry of Defence or to the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces concerned. In the case of individuals, the photocopying of the document to the holder of the information contained in the document are permitted. The application must be carried out by the data subject, his heirs, or person authorized by the owner. Such requests may be made through the website archivosabiertos.com, which will be forwarded to the appropriate agency for further proceedings; and each institution to file or to the Ministry of Defense.
The documents will be available for inspection at each Force the respective archives. For more information, you can access the standardized description of each archival institution through the website archivosabiertos.com.
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(Defensa.com) From today, June 11, inventories of all existing documentation in the files of the Armed Forces on Malvinas Argentinas are publicly accessible. Defense Minister Agustin Rossi made the announcement this week during a ceremony led by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Day Reaffirming the sovereign rights over the Malvinas Islands.
The documents were declassified from the Presidential Decree 503/2015, which states that "since the current democratic and republican state corresponds relieve the secrecy and confidentiality of the information and documentation that may facilitate the full knowledge of the facts related to the war of South Atlantic ". With him obrante documentation related to conflict in the Archives of the Armed Forces and instructed the Ministry of Defense to the public consultation preparing to records of all such documents and declassified query mode, which is enabled on the platform
This site was created by the Ministry of Defense in 2013 to the discovery of documents in the last civic-military dictatorship on 31 October of that year in the basement of the building Condor. Then issued Resolution MD No. 445/2013, whereby a period of six months was granted to condition, inventory and documentation would relieve made available for public consultation. After the period, the website , which allows the consultation of such documents, and query terminals were set up at the National Library of Aeronautics was launched.
As recorded by this site, "then the work of surveying, identification and description of the case-documentary collections in the archives of the Armed Forces, new documents that allow deepening investigation of the facts related to the war that are working later were detected the date of completion of the final report prepared by the "DADES COMMISSION OF ANALYSIS STRATEGIC POLICY AND MILITARY CONFLICT IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC" (Rattenbach Report) ".
All users who consult this documentary heritage should complete the user registration and sign the express agreement of responsibility for the dissemination of information. The user assumes the responsibility for the processing of data; this means the commitment of the requested documentation will be used exclusively for cultural purposes without giving publicity to holders of sensitive data that will eventually have access; and in case you need do it, and if you do not get the authorization of the holder shall undertake to dissociate sensitive data on the identity of the person.
In this sense, to preserve this issue, restrictions on the dissemination of these documents and are contemplated making reprographics (copies) or the publication of these documents will not be permitted solely reprographic requirements to be allowed to court and government agencies (departments of state bodies directly, to the extent of compliance with their respective powers). Such requests must be made in writing and submitted to the Ministry of Defence or to the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces concerned. In the case of individuals, the photocopying of the document to the holder of the information contained in the document are permitted. The application must be carried out by the data subject, his heirs, or person authorized by the owner. Such requests may be made through the website archivosabiertos.com, which will be forwarded to the appropriate agency for further proceedings; and each institution to file or to the Ministry of Defense.
The documents will be available for inspection at each Force the respective archives. For more information, you can access the standardized description of each archival institution through the website archivosabiertos.com.
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