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Saurornithoides Dinosaur of the Week

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Saurornithoides (pron.: /sɔːˌrɔrnɨˈθɔɪdiːz/ saw-ROR-ni-THOY-deez) is a genus of troodontid maniraptoran dinosaur, living during the Late Cretaceous period. These creatures were predators, which could run fast on their hind legs and had excellent sight and hearing. The name is derived from the Greek stems sauros (lizard), ornithos (bird) and oid (form), an appropriate name for a creature close to the ancestry of birds.

Saurornithoides, like others in its family, was probably predominantly carnivorous. Estimates of its length range from 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) and weight from 23 to 54 kilograms (51 to 120 lb). It had large eye sockets and stereoscopic vision, allowing for good depth perception. It probably had good vision in light and very good night vision. It had a long, low head, a depressed muzzle, sharp teeth and a relatively large brain. Swift and smart, like its North American cousin Troodon, Saurornithoides probably scoured the Gobi Desert, looking for small mammals or reptiles to eat. Scientists speculate that it used its long arms and grasping hands to seize live prey, which would have consisted of small animals. Like other troodontids, it had an especially large claw on the second toe of each foot.

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Some people are basically just dicks! Take Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries for instance. This collossal ass clown only wants his clothing worn by the “cool kids” and basically has a stated policy of “No Fat Chicks.” He hates “fat chicks” so much that he refuses to sell women’s xl sized clothing.

Someone asked Mike Jeffries, CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch, why his stores don’t sell plus-sizes for women when it does for men. His answer, in brief, was that fat chicks aren’t cool enough.

In an interview with Business Insider, Lewis suggested Jeffries “doesn’t want his core customers to see people who aren’t as hot as them wearing his clothing. People who wear his clothing should feel like they’re one of the ‘cool kids.’” The chain, which has more than 300 outlets in the US, sells men’s clothes in XL and XXL sizes, but these are designed solely to fit the muscle bulk of strapping sportsmen, says Lewis. “Abercrombie is only interested in people with washboard stomachs who look like they’re about to jump on a surfboard.”.

Fitch the Homeless – #FitchtheHomeless by UnitedYam

In response to Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries not wanting “not so cool” kids or women who wear size large to wear his company’s clothes, Greg Karber has come up with a funny and creative way to readjust the Abercrombie & Fitch brand.

He’s giving their clothes to the homeless.

After scouring his local thrift shop’s “douchebag section,” Karber heads to LA’s Skid Row to dole out the clothes among the homeless population. Watch the stunt and find out how you can be involved in one man’s troll-job on a company with some pretty unflattering business practices in the video above.

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Join the #FitchTheHomeless Brand Readjustment! Why should exclusionary designers market only to cool & popular kids, refusing to market to “not so cool kids?”

Donate your AF clothes to the homeless. Make AF the World’s Number One Brand of Homeless Apparel.

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Lunar Orbiter Views Crater Copernicus

Originally from 06 / 16 / 07
NASA, U.S. Geological Survey

Explanation: To prepare for the Apollo landings, five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft were launched during 1966 and 1967 to gather detailed images of our fair planet’s large, natural Dramatic views returned by the spacecraft cameras included this stark moonscape. The mosaic of 93 kilometer wide impact crater central peaks rising above the crater floor and rugged crater walls.

Pig’s Ear flower

The flower of a Pig’s Ear (Cotyledon orbiculata), a succulent plant belonging to the Crassulaceae family. The bell-shaped flowers are small, usually less than 3 cm (1.2 in) in length, and droop from the top of a 60 cm (24 in) tall stalk. They are usually orange-red in colour but yellow varieties also exist.
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Pig’s Ear flower
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Sauropelta Dinosaur of the Week

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Sauropelta (pron.: /ˌsɔrɵˈpɛltə/ SAWR-o-PEL-tə; meaning ‘lizard shield’) is a genus of nodosaurid dinosaur that existed in the Early Cretaceous Period of North America. One species (S. edwardsorum) has been named although others may have existed. Anatomically, Sauropelta is one of the most well-understood nodosaurids, with fossilized remains recovered in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Montana, and possibly Utah. It is also the earliest known genus of nodosaurid; most of its remains are found in the Cloverly Formation, which dates to about 115 to 110 Ma (million years ago).

It was a medium-sized nodosaurid, measuring about 5 meters (16.5 ft) long. Sauropelta had a distinctively long tail which made up about half of its body length. Although its body was smaller than a modern black rhinoceros, Sauropelta was about the same mass, weighing in at about 1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb). The extra weight was largely due to its extensive bony body armor, including the characteristically large spines projecting from its neck.

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