#Conrad Hoskin

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More taxonomic vandalism - Conrad Hoskin

Oedura picta Hoskin 2019 is an illegally coined junior synonym of Oedura attenboroughi Wells and Wellington, 1985. Oedura elegans Hoskin 2019 is an illegally coined junior synonym of Oedura shireenhoserae Hoser, 2017. Learn more about Wolfgang Wuster and taxonomic vandalism at: http://www.smuggled.com/scientific-fraud-wolfgang-wuster.htm

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APRIL 4

It’s raining. I don’t feel very good this morning and I had strange dreams about being stranded on a desert island which left me feeling, I don’t know, just out of sorts today. And gassy.

Your Past is Showing (1957) - This movie is also known as The Naked Truth and stars Terry Thomas and Peter Sellers. I didn’t find it laugh out loud funny but it was cute and full of dark humor. 

The Fall (2006) - You’re going to hear this a lot in the coming days but WHY THE HELL DID I WAIT SO LONG TO WATCH THIS MOVIE?!? Beautiful and moving. Definitely will be watching this again.

The Secret Agent (1996) - Based on a story by Joseph Conrad and starring Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gérard Depardieu, Jim Broadbent, Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard and Robin Williams in an uncredited role. I was hoping for more political intrigue that never came and I found myself drifting a somewhat around the middle of the movie. It had a depressing and disappointing end.

Mr. Brooks (2007) - I’m not a huge Kevin Costner fan so I don’t know why I had this one but I’m glad I did. I found it to be a very good thriller - Costner was especially chilling.

Masterpiece Theatre: Dracula (2006) - I can’t remember if I watched this or not when it came out, which tells you just how memorable it is. I think Marc Warren was horribly miscast as Dracula but at the time that this was shot he was in practically everything it seems. Dan Stevens was young, beautiful and tortured but it was David Suchet that stole the show as Abraham Van Helsing; it’s such a shame that his part was so small.

Street Kings (2008) - Yes, I picked this movie up because it had Keanu Reeves and Chris Evans. I mean, seriously who could resist that? Then there’s Forest Whittaker and Hugh Laurie. The problem was that the critical reviews are terrible, which is why I was putting up watching this. DON’T TRUST CRITICS! This isn’t a great movie but it’s a solid action movie and I think the reason it didn’t resonate is because it’s very anti-cop. It’s filled with crooked cops committing crimes and covering up shit and even the supposedly good cops are assholes. Brutal, violent and bloody with a solid cast, direction and writing. (I think there’s a Speed reference in there too. Keanu pats a cop on the shoulder as he’s walking out of a room and says “Harry! I thought you were dead!” I was laughing so hard I had to rewind it just to make sure it wasn’t Jeff Daniels. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t.)

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We name the 26 Australian frogs at greatest risk of extinction by 2040 — and how to save them

We name the 26 Australian frogs at greatest risk of extinction by 2040 — and how to save them

Spotted tree frog. Michael Williams/Its A Wildlife Photography, Author provided Graeme Gillespie, The University of Melbourne; Conrad Hoskin, James Cook University; Hayley Geyle, Charles Darwin University; Jaana Dielenberg, Charles Darwin University; Nicola Mitchell, The University of Western Australia, and Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin UniversityAustralia is home to more than 240 frog…

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 4: Marvel and MCU Easter Eggs Guide

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This article contains The Falcon and the Winter Soldier spoilers for episode 4, and potentially future episodes and the wider MCU.

That sure was a grisly ending to an otherwise slow boil of an episode, wasn’t it? The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 4 is heavy on the philosophizing and mostly light on the action…until the end. And while there aren’t as many in-your-face Marvel Comics and MCU references as we’ve come to expect from these Disney+ shows, the events and the weighty dialogue are all steeped in Marvel history.

Here’s what we found…

The Whole World is Watching

The title of episode 4, “The Whole World Is Watching”, is a phrase thought to have originated at Civil Rights events in the 50s, but that came to prominence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention when anti-Vietnam War demonstrators were beaten and arrested by cops outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, a point in US history recently depicted in Aaron Sorkin’s Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. “The whole world is watching” has been publicly chanted by other groups of activists since. 

In the closing moments of this episode, we see John Walker savagely murder one of the Flag-Smasher activists while being filmed by a crowd of onlookers. The whole world has been watching the Flag-Smashers escalate their cause, and now the world is watching Walker go postal. 

John Walker

Walker finally takes the Super Soldier Serum, which he has been destined to do since he first arrived in the MCU. He got superhuman abilities from the Power Broker in the comics, too, but in a much more direct way than we witness in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. There, he was already augmented BEFORE becoming Captain America, as opposed to here where his insecurities help drive him to the formula.

Lemar (RIP) posits that the Super Soldier Serum just makes people “more of themselves” – sometimes you get Karli, sometimes you get Steve. This echoes comments made by its creator, Doctor Abraham Erskine, in Captain America: The First Avenger. “The serum amplifies everything that is inside,” he said. “Good becomes great. Bad becomes worse.”

Walker, while a decorated soldier, considers the time he spent serving his country to be morally murky at best. Despite Lemar’s warning in episode 2 that he can’t just punch his way out of situations now that he’s Captain America, Walker has proceeded to do just that, and in episode 4 we see that he and Karli are now on very similar – but opposing – paths. 

Walker also talks about his past in the military, referencing “the worst day of his life”. Lemar says a lot of lives were lost that day. Presumably, we’ll get to see some flashbacks of exactly what happened in the last two episodes of the series, and how those events led to the MCU’s version of John. All of this feels more nuanced than the version of John from the comics, who was literally known as the Super Patriot before becoming Captain America, and was an unquestioning lover of all things American.

It’s pretty awkward seeing Captain America brandishing a gun with his shield, and that’s a deliberate bit of dissonance the show is playing into. But there was a live action version of Captain America who DID wield a pistol, but it was instead of a shield. The 1944 Republic Pictures Captain America movie serial starred Dick Purcell as not Steve Rogers but district attorney Grant Gardner, who wore the famous costume but otherwise had very little in common with his comics namesake. We don’t necessarily recommend watching this, although it does feature some terrific fights and stuntwork for the era.

Walker smashing through a window when he’s in pursuit instead of taking the stairs is probably the most Steve Rogers thing he’s done yet, to be fair. 

Walker murdering a Flag-Smasher in public view is disturbing, but this is a subtle callback to a Captain America story from the 1980s. In Captain America #321, Steve Rogers had no choice but to kill an ULTIMATUM (the comics equivalent of the Flag-Smashers team) agent who was about to gun down a group of hostages. At the time, the official position in Marvel Comics was that Cap didn’t kill, and this high profile event weighed heavily on Steve’s conscience and brought him a ton of bad publicity. It’s a faint echo here with Walker, but an echo nonetheless.

We wrote about this moment and it significance in more detail here.

The final shot of John Walker standing in public with the bloodied Captain America shield is reminiscent of the iconic cover to Civil War #1, where Steve Rogers Cap is also holding a bloodied shield for metaphorical reasons.

The way Walker slays Nico is much like how Rogers defeated Iron Man during the climax of Captain America: Civil War. It’s more interesting due to the contrast of the events. Cap was trying to disable Iron Man in order to protect his best friend and sidekick. Cap 2.0 was slaughtering a man in the name of vengeance due to the death of his best friend and sidekick.

Bucky Barnes

We get to go back six years and see Bucky finish his HYDRA deprogramming journey in Wakanda. We had previously seen only a sliver of what happened between Bucky being put on ice at the end of Captain America: Civil War and his full reemergence during Avengers: Infinity War. Ayo recites his trigger words as that distinctive Winter Soldier score returns, and Bucky gets emotional when nothing happens. We’re not crying, you’re crying.

Bucky stays quiet about Isaiah Bradley when Zemo thinks he’s won the Cap argument. “But there never has been another Steve Rogers, has there?” That you know of, Helmut, no.

Sam Wilson

Despite Zemo’s eternal Machiavellian chuntering about Super Soldiers, Sam manages to give him pause when he warns about Zemo playing God, and makes an example of Bucky’s redemption. He also talks Karli around a little bit when he gets a moment alone with her. Seems like this Sam Wilson guy would make a pretty good Captain America, no?

Walker, Zemo and Karli have now all appealed to Sam’s beliefs and background to get him on side. Bucky remains the primary cheerleader of Sam stepping up to be his own man.

Zemo

Zemo compares the Avengers to Ultron and the Nazis. When Sam admonishes him for speaking that way about their friends, Bucky jumps in a little too quickly to clarify that Sam meant the Avengers and not the Nazis. Probably not the best time to unpack all the ways Bucky and Zemo are connected to the Nazis.

Our man in the fetching fur-collared coat also begins to chat about his childhood to Sam and Bucky in this episode, potentially opening the door for some flashbacks with his father, Heinrich Zemo – another man you wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of.

Zemo sings “Baa Baa Black Sheep” as he approaches the children playing outside in the most sinister way possible. Not Marvel-related trivia, but the nursery rhyme was the first of two songs to ever be digitally saved and played on a computer. 

Speaking of super old things, the other person to trick a child into betraying their family with a piece of Turkish Delight was the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe. In case anyone was wondering if Zemo was turning antihero or not.

Zemo squarely catching a thrown shield to the face is almost funny in its timing, but it’s also remarkable how something that basically happens once an issue in Captain America comics doesn’t seem to have happened all that often in live action.

Battlestar

We say goodbye to Lemar Hoskins aka “Battlestar” in episode 4 when Karli punches him into a stone pillar. Heroes and villains alike are regularly blasted into pillars in the MCU, but this episode acknowledges the realistic effects at long last.

Much like Walker, in the pages of Marvel Comics Lemar received superhuman abilities from the Power Broker, but sadly in the MCU he became the reason Walker snapped instead.

The Dora Milaje

Once again we have Florence Kasumba here as Ayo, and she’s joined by Nomble (Janeshia Adams-Ginyard) and Yama (Zola Williams). As far as we can tell, Nomble and Yama don’t have comics counterparts, but if anyone would like to correct us, just let us know!

A member of the Dora Milaje stamps on the edge of the shield and flips it up in a nice nod to Steve’s Winter Soldier elevator sign-off.

Miscellaneous Stuff

Nico, who admits with some embarrassment that he used to be a Captain America fan, ends up getting brutally killed by Captain America. A firmly ironic yikes. But he’s not the first Cap fan to die for some much-needed plot momentum in the MCU – Clark Gregg’s Cap enthusiast Agent Coulson also took one for the team in The Avengers.

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2020 Nova Scotia municipal election results roll in

With polls closing on Saturday evening for Nova Scotia's 2020 municipal election, votes are being counted and winners are being announced. CTV Atlantic will update this article as new results are announced.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Mayor

Chris Abbass

Cecil Clarke

Kevin MacEachern

Archie MacKinnon

Amanda McDougall (Elected)

John Strasser

For the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Amanda Mcdougall is the new mayor. Mcdougall won with a vote count of 24,319. Incumbent Cecil Clarke came in second with 20,789 votes. Mcdougall becomes the first female mayor of CBRM.

Councillors

District 1

Andrew Doyle

Danny Laffin

Gordon MacDonald (Elected)

Daniel Pero

Shara Vickers

District 2

Jim Dunphy

Earlene MacMullin (Elected)

District 3

Cyril MacDonald (Elected)

Esmond Marshall

Glen Murrant

John Whalley

District 4

Steve Gillespie (Elected)

Yianni Harbis

Donalda Johnson

District 5

Christina Joe

Nigel Kearns

Shawn Lesnick

Eldon MacDonald (Elected)

Scott MacQuarrie

District 6

Barbara Beaton

Keith MacDonald

Glenn Paruch (Elected)

Todd Riley

Joe Ward

District 7   

Ivan Doncaster

Kevin Hardy

Steve Parsons (Elected)

Adam Young

District 8

James Edwards (Elected)

Tracey Hilliard

Diane MacKinnon-Furlong

District 9

Steven James MacNeil

Clarence Routledge

Kenny Tracey (Elected)

District 10

Darren Bruckschwaiger (Elected)

Matthew Boyd

District 11

Dale Cadden

Jennifer Heffernan

Jeff McNeil

Johnny Miles

Arnie Nason

Chuck Ogley

Darren O'Quinn (Elected)

Laura Scheller Stanford

District 12

Trevor Allen

Gary Borden

Donald Campbell

Lorne Green (Elected)

Kim Sheppard

  Halifax Regional Municipality

Mayor

Mayor Mike Savage (Projected winner)

Max Taylor

Matt Whitman

Councillors

District 1 (Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley)

Cathy Deagle Gammon (Projected winner)

Stephen Kamperman

Steve Streatch

Arthur Wamback

District 2 (Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore)

David Boyd

David Hendsbee (Projected winner)

Nicole Johnson

Tim Milligan

District 3 (Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage)

Vishal Bhardwaj

Clinton Desveaux

Lloyd Jackson

Becky Kent (Projected winner)

George Mbamalu

District 4 (Cole Harbour - Westphal)

Ryan Burris

Marisa DeMarco

Kevin Foran

Darryl Johnson

Jerome Lagmay

Jamie MacNeil

Tania Meloni

Chris Mont

Trish Purdy (Projected winner)

Jessica Quillan

John Stewart

Caroline Williston

District 5 (Dartmouth Centre)

Sam Austin (Projected winner)

Mitch McIntyre

District 6 (Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East)

Douglas Day

Tony Mancini (Projected winner)

Ibrahim Manna

District 7 (Halifax South Downtown)

Richard Arundel-Evans

Waye Mason (Projected winner)

Jen Powley

Craig Roy

District 8 (Halifax Peninsula North)

Virginia Hinch

Dylan Kennedy

Lindell Smith (Projected winner)

District 9 (Halifax West Armdale)

Bill Carr

Shaun Clark

Shawn Cleary (Projected winner)

Stephen Foster

Gerry Lonergan

District 10 (Halifax - Bedford Basin West)

Andrew Curran

Mohammad Ehsan

Renee Field

Sherry Hassanali

Christopher Hurry

Debbie MacKinnon

Kathryn Morse (Projected winner)

Kyle Morton

District 11 (Spryfield - Sambro Loop - Prospect Road)

Stephen Chafe

Matthew Conrad

Bruce Cooke

Patty Cuttell (Leading as of 10:37 p.m.)

Bruce Holland

Kristen Hollery

Jim Hoskins

Ambroise Matwawana

Lisa Mullin

Hannah Munday

Dawn Edith Penney

Pete Rose

In district 11, the election is too close to call. According to Halifax's unnoffical results, as of Sunday morning, Patty Cuttell lead the race with 1,634 votes; however Bruce Holland trailed behind with 1,605 votes.

District 12 (Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park - Wedgewood)

John Bignell

Eric Jury

Iona Stoddard (Projected winner)

Richard Zurawski

District 13 (Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets)

Tom Arnold

Derek Bellemore

Tim Elms

Robert Holden

Nick Horne

Darrell Jessome

Pam Lovelace (Projected winner)

Iain Taylor

Harry Ward

District 14 (Middle/Upper Sackville - Beaver Bank - Lucasville)

Lisa Blackburn (Projected winner)

Greg Frampton

District 15 (Lower Sackville)

Mary Lou LeRoy

Anthony Mrkonjic

Jay Aaron Roy

Paul Russell (Projected winner)

David Schofield

District 16 (Bedford - Wentworth)

Tim Outhit (Acclaimed)

  Town of Amherst

Mayor

Ed Childs

David Kogon (elected)

Vaughn Martine

Councillors

George Baker (Elected)

Vince Byrne

Sheila Christie (Elected)

Hal Davidson (Elected)

Lisa Emery (Elected)

Paul "Skippy" Farrow

Dale Fawthrop (Elected)

Darrell Jones

Leon Landry (Elected)

Wayne "Butch" Mackenzie

Roy T. Pettigrew

Terry Rhindress

  Town of Yarmouth

Mayor

Charles Crosby

Gregory Doucette

Pamela Mood (Elected)

Angie Romard

Councillors

Don Berry

Steven Berry (Elected)

Byron Boudreau

Timothy Clayton

Wade Cleveland (Elected)

Gil Dares (Elected)

Brandan Gates

Heather Hatfield (Elected)

Clifford Hood

Mark Hubbard

Derek Lesser (Elected)

Daniel MacIsaac

Neil Mackenzie

Sean MacLellan

Jim MacLeod (Elected)

James Ogden

  Truro

Mayor

W.R. “Bill: Mills (Elected)

Terry Baillie

Councillors

Ward 1

Wayne Talbot (Elected)

Alison Graham-Fulmore (Elected)

Gregor Archibald

Cheryl Fritz

Ward 2

Jim Flemming (Elected)

Bill Thomas (Elected)

Terry Matheson

Jessica Frenette

Vince Roberts

Ward 3

Cathy Hinton (Elected)

Juliana Barnard (Elected)

Danny Joseph

District of Lunenburg

  Mayor

Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (Elected)

Caleb Wheeldon

Councillors

District 1

Leitha Haysom (Acclaimed)

District 2

Martin E. Bell (Elected)

Morgen Reinhardt

District 3

Lee E. Nauss

Wendy Oickle (Elected)

David Sutherland

District 4

Pam Hubley (Elected)

Bud Webster

District 5

Cathy Moore (Acclaimed)

District 6

Claudette Garland

Sandra Statton (Elected)

District 7

Wade S. Carver

Michelle Greek (Elected)

District 8

Kacy DeLong (Acclaimed)

District 9

Frank Fawson

Reid A. Whynot (Elected)

District 10

Josh Healey

Chasidy Veinott (Elected)

Ann Westhave

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Ailecek İzleyeceğiniz En İyi Yabancı Filmler

Anne mısırları patlat! Akşam ailecek film izleyeceğiz mis gibi keyif yapalım diyorsanız ailecek çoluk çocuk izleyeceğiniz izlerken sizi etkileyip duygudan duyguya sokacak bir kaç film önerisi ile karşınızdayım .Keyifli vakit geçirmek ailenizle ortak bir şeyler yapmak için bence en güzel etkinlik sonra oturup film hakkında konuşursunuz belki seri beklersiniz belkide alışkanlık haline gelir ve güzel yapımları sürekli olarak izleye bilirsiniz. Kaliteli bir zaman geçirmeniz dileğiyle

Kanca (Hook) 1991 Peter Pan filminin devamı olan ve usta yönetmen Steven Spielberg imzası taşıyan Kanca, zamansız yapımlardan biridir. Defalarca izlemenize rağmen sıkılmayacağınız film, yayınlandığı dönemin ötesinde bir yapımdır. Dustin Hoffman'ın tipsiz kanca karakterine bir hayli ruhunu katarak performans gösterdiği Peter Pan filminin kadrosunda kimler yok ki; Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow ve Bob Hoskins gibi birbirinden başarılı isimler boy gösteriyor.

Hababam Rock (School of Rock) 2003 Richard Linklater yönetmenliğindeki Hababam Rock, 30 yaşına gelmiş ama hala gitarist olma hayalleri kuran lisede sözleşmeli müzik öğretmenliği yapan Dewey Finn’in hikâyesini konu alıyor. Başrolünde Jack Black’in olduğu filmin oyuncu kadrosunda Joan Cusack, Mike White ve Sarah Silverman gibi isimler yer alıyor. Komedi türündeki film, Dewy ile 9 yaşındaki öğrencisinin müzik dolu hikâyesini anlatıyor.

Mucize (Wonder) 2017 Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson üçlüsünü bir araya getiren Mucize, R.J. Palacio'nun romanından Steve Conrad tarafından senaryolaştırılırken yönetmenliğini ise Stephen Chbosky üstlendi. Farklılıklara nasıl yaklaşmamız konusunda sosyal sorumluluk mesajları veren bir aile filmi olan Wonder, yaşıtı diğer çocuklardan farklı olan Auggie Pullman’ın sıradan bir çocuk olduğunu kanıtlamaya çalışmasını konu alır.

Şef (Chef) 2014 Yönetmenliğini, senaryosunu ve başrolünü Jon Favreau’nun üstlendiği bir yol filmi olan Şef (Chef), birçok ünlü oyuncuya rastlamak mümkün. Başta Scarlett Johansson olmak üzere Sofía Vergara, Robert Downey Jr., John Leguizamo, Dustin Hoffman ve Oliver Platt gibi yıldız isimler filmde yer alıyor. Çok şık bir restoranda baş aşçı olan Carl, yemeklerinin lezzetinin düşüşe geçmesiyle eleştirmenlerin hedefi haline gelir. Yeteneğine rağmen kariyerinde düşüşe geçtiğini hisseden Carl, oğlunu da yanına alarak her şeyi geride bırakır ve ikinci el bir yemek karavanıyla yollara düşer.

Her Çocuk Özeldir (Taare Zameen Par) 2007 Problemli bir çocuk ve onun hayatını değiştiren bir öğretmenin hikayesini anlatan filmin yönetmenliğini ve başrolünü Bollywood’un en önemli yıldızlarından Aamir Khan üstleniyor. Darsheel Safary, Tisca Chopra ve Vipin Sharma gibi isimlerin yer aldığı bu film Aamir Khan’ın aile dostu filmlerle dolu filmografisinde en çok bilinen yapımların başında gelir. Dersleri kötü olan, ailesi tarafından tembel bir çocuk olduğu düşünülen, okulda sık sık kavgaya karışan küçük Ishaan, ailesi tarafından yatılı okula gönderilir. Ishaan’ın çok mutsuz ve yalnız bir çocuk olduğunu fark eden resim öğretmeni Ram, saır ve özenle küçük çocuğa yardımcı olur.

Narnia Günlükleri: Aslan, Cadı ve Dolap (The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) 2006 C.S. Lewis'in fantastik kitap serisinin yayınlanan ilk kitabından filme uyarlanan Narnia Günlükleri: Aslan, Cadı ve Dolap, sizin ve ailenizin hayal dünyasının sınırlarını zorlayacak. Film, 2005 yılında "En iyi Makyaj" dalında Oscar Ödülü'nü kazandı. Andrew Adamson’ın yönetmenliğini üstlendiği serinin ilk filminde, 1940'lı yıllarda savaşta zarar görmesinler diye anneleri tarafından yaşlı profesörün taşradaki malikanesine gönderilen Pevensie Kardeşlerin, malikanedeki dolaptan paralel evren Narnia’ya geçmelerini ve orada başlarına gelenleri konu alır. Read the full article

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Fake Science, theft and taxonomic vandalism

The Wolfgang Wuster gang of thieves have been busy engaging in yet more fake science and stealing earlier works from scientists and then claiming it as their own. More taxonomic vandalism by the Wuster gang of thieves! Oedura nesos Oliver et al. 2020 is a junior synonym of Oedura bulliardi Hoser, 2017. Dear all, the weekly cut and paste of earlier works of other authors by the Wolfgang Wuster group has continued this week, for the fourth time in four weeks and again been published in an online "journal". Oedura nesos Oliver et al. 2020 is a junior synonym of Oeudua bulliardi Hoser, 2017. To justify their act in breach of and defiance of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and the ICZN itself, the authors wrote: "Following both Kaiser et al. (2013) and a position statement from the Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH 2016), we ignore nomenclatural acts authored by Raymond Hoser that have appeared post 2000." For those new to this list, Kaiser et al. (2013) as a cohort seek to ignore the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and run with an alternative code, dictated by a small and noisy cohort of people mainly within herpetology. The authors of this most recent paper have cut and pasted material from Hoser papers previously when renaming taxa in breach of the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The citations for the most recent relevant paper and the 2017 paper by Hoser (both available online as pdf) are as follows: Hoser, R. T. 2017. A further break-up of the Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray, 1842 sensu lato as currently recognized, from four to seven genera, with two new subgenera defined, description of fourteen new species, four new subspecies and formalising of one tribe and five subtribes. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 34:3-35 Full text available here: http://www.smuggled.com/issue-34-pages-3-35.pdf and: Oliver, P. M., Jolly, C. J., Skipworth, P. L., Tedeschi, L. G. and Gillespie, G. R. 2020 A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. Zootaxa (online): Zootaxa 4779 (3): 438-450. Learn more here: http://www.smuggled.com/scientific-fraud-wolfgang-wuster.htmandOedura elegans Hoskin, 2019 is in fact a coined junior synonym for Marlenegecko shireenhoserae Hoser, 2017.I have just had my attention drawn to another piece of cut and paste of an earlier work, again published in the online journal Zootaxa, which I have only been made aware of as of 20 May 2020.. Oedura elegans Hoskin, 2019 is in fact a coined junior synonym for Marlenegecko shireenhoserae Hoser, 2017. Conrad Hoskin justified his acting in breach of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and in contempt of the ICZN by writing: "Following both the recommendation of Kaiser et al. (2013) and the official position statement of the Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH 2016), I do not consider names appearing outside the peer-reviewed literature post 2000 as validly published." I note: 1/ Hoser (2017) was peer reviewed and 2/ The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature does not list peer review as a requirement for a name proposed to be available under the code. The relevant references are: Hoser, R. T. 2017. A further break-up of the Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray, 1842 sensu lato as currently recognized, from four to seven genera, with two new subgenera defined, description of fourteen new species, four new subspecies and formalising of one tribe and five subtribes. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 34:3-35. and Hoskin, C. 2019. Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis. Zootaxa (online) 4683 (3): 242-270. With a large number of undescribed reptiles still within Australia, may I say that it is somewhat disturbing that a small cohort of people are renaming things when unnamed taxa remain waiting to be named and in threat of extinction in the meantime. Learn more at  http://www.smuggled.com/scientific-fraud-wolfgang-wuster.htm

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Atlantis and El Dorado’s existence have been debated for centuries, but thanks to science, we’ve confirmed the discovery of 10 real life, unexplored, lost worlds!

#10 Movile Cave

In 1986, a cave was Discovered near Mangalia, Constanța County, Romania, just off the coast of the Black Sea. The oxygen levels are nearly negligent, but due to chemosynthesis, At least forty-eight species of wildlife has been stored away for possible millions of years. Many of these animals are unique to this specific cave. The cave is unsafe for humans and most animals. It is completely Void of light and contains toxic gasses that the specialized animals within the cave require to live. Less than 100 people have been allowed in the cave, and to get to the entrance you have to be Lowered 65ft into the ground through a narrow passage. Microbiologist, Rich Boden was one of the first to enter the cave and one of the few to see the lake below, “The pool of warm, sulphidic water stinks of rotting eggs or burnt rubber when you disturb it as hydrogen sulphide is given off.” The animals that live in Movile Cave are Generally born without eyes or skin pigment, due to the fact that they live in the darkness and don’t need sight or camouflage. As for humans, if you go in without a special mask it wouldn’t be long before the lack of oxygen and toxic gasses took their toll. It would Begin with labored breathing and a headache, followed by kidney damage…and the rest, well; no one has ever gotten that far.

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#9 Lake Vostok

Out of over 400 lakes in Antarctica only one can be the largest, and the title goes to Lake Vostok. The lake is at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia’s Vostok Station. It resides Far beneath the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is 11,000ft above sea level. This freshwater lake’s surface is about 13,000ft under the surface of the ice, meaning it would be less than 2000ft below sea level. The lake has Supposedly been untouched for at least 400,000 years, and it wasn’t until 2012 that scientists completed the longest ever ice core that reached 12,400ft and finally pierced through to the surface of the lake. However, as soon as this happened, Water from the lake gushed up the borehole used to extract the water, and mixed with Freon and kerosene that was used to keep the hole from freezing. In 2015, teams tried again and were successful in retrieving a pure sample. Still, Humans have only touched the surface of this lost world and it is believed that new, unseen creatures could dwell in Lake Vostok. The question is…will humans ever reach them?

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#8 Son Doong Cave

Son Doong Cave, or known in Vietnam as Hang Sơn Đoòng is a Solutional cave in Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park, Vietnam. Son Doong Cave is often called the largest cave in the world. It was discovered by a local man named Hồ Khanh in 1991. People from the area knew about the cave, but the steep descent at the entrance as well as the loud sound of the wind and water rushing through the cave, prevented locals from entering. Of course, everyone thought it was spooky! It wasn’t until 2009 that the cave was shared with the world when British Cave Research Association conducted a survey nearby. Unfortunately, their progress was stopped when they ran into a 200 ft calcite wall known as the Great Wall of Vietnam. In 2013, Some of the largest cave pearls known to man were discovered, some reaching the size of a baseball! Later on, in 2013, the first tourist group explored the cave. The tickets to join this exploration cost a whopping $3,000. Permits are required to access the cave and are given out on a limited basis. Only about 800 are available in 2017 and only through August. During the Fall and Winter months, the water levels are so high that the cave is inaccessible.

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#7 Sima Humboldt & Sima Martel

Cerro Sarisariñama is a Tepui or flattop mountain range in Jaua-Sarisariñama National Park. Located in Venezuela. The name of the mountain is derived from the tale of Ye’kuana Indians who live near the mountain. They tell a Tale about an evil spirit living in caves up in the mountain and devouring human flesh with a sound “Sari… sari…” (Some sort of windy sound effect?) On this mountain there are two mysterious sinkholes known as Sima Humboldt & Sima Martel. The larger of the two is Sima Humboldt is over 1000ft deep and over 1000ft wide. The bottom of each hole has its very own individual ecosystem. It was first descended in 1974 and as of today, is exclusive for scientific researchers.

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#6 Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

Challenger Deep is the Deepest known point in the Earth’s seabed hydrosphere, which reaches depths of over 35,000ft. It can be found off the coast of Guam. Due to its extreme depths, only Four attempts have ever been made to explore the trench. Although all descents reported the same depths, the maximum depth is still uncertain. The latest descent was taken by director James Cameron in 2012. He wished to explore the area for an extended period of time, but due to a malfunction with his sub he had to give up. A similar incident happened with Another explorer never reached the bottom of the trench. It seems the life here wants to be left alone. Although nothing particularly unique to the Challenger Deep has been discovered yet, it Remains a challenge to our technological and scientific capabilities.

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#5 East Scotia Ridge

Just what is so special about this Section of the Scotia Plate in the South Atlantic? Just off the coast of South America there is a tectonic plate where strange life exists at 8000ft below sea level. Studies show that due to the hydrothermal vents that run through the area, Temperatures can reach up to 700 degrees Fahrenheit. What’s odd is that not so far away is Antarctica, which is known for its frigid temperatures. In 2010, a new type of Yeti Crab, a mysteriously furry crustacean was discovered in this area. Along with the crab, an adorable “ghost-pale” octopus was recently found, as well as several unknown anemones and barnacles. The life down here is generally colorless due to the fact that The light cannot penetrate through to these depths. Cindy Van Dover, director of Duke University’s marine laboratory says, “It’s remarkable that we can be in the 21st century and Still not know fundamental things about what lives on our planet. This is really exciting because it keeps open the door for even more discovery down the road.” It’s truly amazing how there is still so much to be discovered.

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#4 Mount Roraima

If you’ve ever seen James Cameron’s record-breaking film Avatar, and were Mesmerized by the floating Hallelujah Mountains of Pandora, you are sure to feel just as amazed by Mount Roraima. Also known as Tepuy Roraima and Cerro Roraima, this peak is the Highest of the Pakaraima chain of tepui plateaus in South America. Its highest point reaches 9,219 ft. Natives of the Gran Sabana (a region in southeastern Venezuela) see Mount Roraima as the stump of a Mighty tree that once held all the fruits and tuberous vegetables in the world! Mount Roraima is said to have been knocked down by Makunaima, the trickster. The tree crashed to the ground, unleashing a tremendous flood that lead to life! The plateaus are So steep that even the most skilled rock climbers would struggle to reach the top. Today, tourists are allowed in the mountain via a route recently installed. But this will simply give you a taste of the full experience. The Most awe-striking feature of this mount is the vision at the top. Mount Roraima appears to be floating in the clouds in the most mystical way!

Related Topic!> Angel Falls, Venezuela – World’s Tallest Uninterrupted Falls..!

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#3 Melville Range

Cape Melville is a Headland on the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. This range is often called a lost world due to the exclusive creature that live there and have managed to survive for so long on their own. It is also Unique because of a special field on the range. Not a field of daisies but a field of granite boulders that has naturally prevented fires from affecting the area as well as allowing the area to retain moisture. Only a select few have stepped foot on the Melville range, the misty rain forest atop Cape Melville. The plants and animals found on Cape Melville are often Not only indigenous but endemic to the region. These include the Foxtail Palm, the Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko, the Cape Melville shade skink and the Blotched boulder-frog.

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#2 Palawan Highlands

Palawan is often Considered to be one of the most mysterious areas in the world! Palawan is a province of the Philippines that is known to hold many mysteries. In 2007, botanists journeyed to an isolated corner of the island of Palawan and made new endemic discoveries: Pink ferns, blue mushrooms and a carnivorous pitcher plant big enough to devour large rodents or small monkeys. Over the last few years, scientists have found out that flora and fauna once thought to be extinct actually had hidden away for countless years in the corners of Palawan. Purple crabs that look like they crawled out of a story book, Palawan bearded pigs who are scruffier than any human could be, and the Palawan water monitor, a Lizard which can reach up to seven feet long. The Palawan Highlands are just proof that after thousands of years of exploring, we really have just skimmed the surface of what our Earth holds.

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#1 Bosavi Crater

    Mount Bosavi is a mountain in Papua New Guinea. Formerly, the Bosavi crater was a volcano on the Great Papuan Plateau. But long ago, the volcano collapsed, leaving the Bosavi Crater, now a rainforest full of life in its place. You wouldn’t think such a creation would be home to any endemic species, but it Looks like this crater contains over 40 unique animals. It wasn’t until 2009 that researchers were able to reach the crater. Even then, it was necessary that indigenous groups of people who lived nearby guide the researchers on their journey. The natives stated that no one trekked that far, it was too inaccessible and far too dangerous. Due to weather conditions, Scientists would often be forced to camp in the crater for extended periods of time when the helicopter couldn’t gain entry into the crater. “You are hot, sweaty and stinking pretty much all the time,” said one camper, “It’s challenging, but we all realized we were so Lucky to be in a place before the impact of humans became obvious.”

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Republicans do not want the country to know what is in their health care bill.

This has become more evident each day, as the Senate plots out a secretive path toward Obamacare repeal — and top White House officials (including the president) consistently lie about what the House bill actually does.

There was even a brief moment Tuesday where Senate Republicans flirted with the idea of banning on-camera interviews in congressional hallways, a plan quickly reversed after outcry from the press.

“The extreme secrecy is a situation without precedent, at least in creating health care law” writes Julie Rovner, who has covered health care politics since 1986 and is arguably the dean of the DC health care press corps.

I don’t have quite as long of a tenure as Rovner, but I have been covering health care politics since Democrats began debating the Affordable Care Act in 2009. It’s become obvious to me, particularly this week, that Republicans plan to move more quickly and less deliberatively than Democrats did in drafting the Affordable Care Act. They intend to do this despite repeatedly and angrily criticizing the Affordable Care Act for being moved too quickly and with too little deliberation.

My biggest concern isn’t the hypocrisy; there is plenty of that in Washington. It’s that the process will lead to devastating results for millions of Americans who won’t know to speak up until the damage is done. So far, the few details that have leaked out paint a picture of a bill sure to cover millions fewer people and raise costs on those with preexisting conditions.

The plan is expected to be far-reaching, potentially bringing lifetime limits back to employer-sponsored coverage, which could mean a death sentence for some chronically ill patients who exhaust their insurance benefits.

Senate Republicans do not appear to be focused on carefully crafting policy that reflects a more conservative, free-market attempt at achieving President Donald Trump’s goals of covering every American at lower cost. They’re focused on passing something, by whatever means necessary. That may come back to haunt them electorally, but not after millions suffer the consequences.

Congress is hiding the health care bill

My professional life in 2009 and 2010 was an endless string of Affordable Care Act hearings aired on C-SPAN. I lived in New York at the time. It became a regular ritual to sit down in my cubicle, plug my headphones into my laptop, and listen to an entire day of Senate debate.

“There were hundreds of hearings and markups that lasted days — or in the case of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, months,” Rovner recalls in her piece.

Senators wanted to talk about the Affordable Care Act and why they believed they needed to pass it. They gave floor speech and after floor speech defending its provisions. Patients had months to lobby their legislators on particular issues that they thought were important. A few months ago I interviewed one woman, for example, who successfully lobbied former Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) to add a ban on lifetime limits in health insurance.

I remember Christmas Eve 2009 in particular, when I lived in New York and my roommate’s family came to visit for the holiday. They opened presents in our living room. I was holed up in my bedroom watching the Senate vote on the ACA, the culmination of a 25-day floor debate.

There isn’t much C-SPAN to watch these days because the Senate is running a remarkably closed process. There are no committee hearings. There are no floor speeches defending the policy provisions of the bill. Senate Majority Mitch McConnell instead has assembled an ad hoc working group to hash out the details of Obamacare repeal in private meetings.

The biggest priority seems to be just passing a bill, regardless of what the bill actually looks like. Tierney Sneed, a reporter for Talking Points Memo, recently asked Sen. Orrin Hatch, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, whether it was important to get the bill out a few days before the vote, so the public could review its provisions.

His response was telling. “Well, I think we’re not worried so much about that as we are getting it together so we can get a majority to vote for it,” he said.

The White House is lying about the health care bill

Vice President Mike Pence visited the Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday and delivered a speech to the agency’s employees.

“Now I know this room is filled with men and women who care deeply about bringing high-quality health care to every American,” Pence said. “Rest assured, Donald Trump wants the exact same thing.”

Trump is not acting that way, though. He held a Rose Garden ceremony last month to laud a bill that would cause 23 million Americans to lose coverage — a bill he praised as “incredibly well-crafted.”

This is now a consistent pattern from top Trump officials, who have decided that their strategy to hide the Republican health care plan will be to not tell the truth about what it actually does.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has appeared on national television and claimed that Americans will “absolutely not” lose Medicaid coverage under the House-passed bill. Two separate, independent analyses of the AHCA find this isn’t true. Millions of Medicaid enrollees would lose coverage under that bill.

Trump himself gave an interview to CBS in April where he said that people with preexisting conditions would be protected under the AHCA. They won’t be: At the time he gave that interview, the bill had been amended to allow states to opt out of the requirement to charge people with preexisting conditions the same prices as healthy enrollees, a move that will almost certainly price some patients out of coverage.

Trump said that deductibles will go down under the Republican plan. Nonpartisan analysis expects deductibles will go up.

The White House has decided to deal with an unpopular bill by refusing to acknowledge the parts of the bill that the public doesn’t like. When asked in interviews about the expected loss in coverage or cuts to Medicaid, administration officials simply act as if they don’t exist.

This will all catch up to them — after the damage is done

At some point, of course, this strategy will catch up with Republicans. Promises that “every American” will receive “high-quality health care” will ring false when millions lose their health insurance. Once a law passes, it’s awfully hard to hide the consequences.

Republicans might lose elections if they pass the American Health Care Act. But that will only happen after people suffer the consequences of a rushed bill considered quickly with little public debate.

These are people like 62-year-old Cliff Hoskins, a retired coal miner who lives in rural Kentucky. He used to be on Medicaid expansion — he described it as the best insurance he ever had — and now has coverage through the ACA marketplace.

His out-of-pocket premium would likely triple under key Republican health care provisions.

“It’s going to at least take half, if not all, of my Social Security,” Hoskins says. “If I had to pay the full amount, that would not be good. That would put you back in poverty.”

These are people like 6-year-old Timmy Morrison, who lives in a city halfway between Washington and Baltimore. He was born premature with a rare genetic condition and has racked up $3 million in medical bills during his short life. If the Senate follows the House’s path, it would pass a bill allowing companies to once again place lifetime limits on health benefits — which would mean Timmy could run out of care.

His parents don’t know what they would do if that happens. “We don’t really know what to do right now,” his mother, Michelle Morrison, told me in February. “Should we start pressuring his doctors to do a surgery now so he can get it in time? That doesn’t feel right. Insurance is supposed to cover things that you can’t anticipate — and for us, this is one of them.”

Voters can oust Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections if they don’t like the health care plan. But for people like Cliff and Timmy, the damage will already be done. The election is secondary to their ability to get health insurance coverage. This is the most damaging part of the lack of public discourse around the Republican repeal efforts: There are millions of real lives at stake that could be hurt. These people would suffer the consequences that will happen much faster and matter much more than any election.

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Taxonomic Vandalism and Fake Science - stealing work from others!

More taxonomic vandalism by the Wuster gang of thieves! Oedura nesos Paul Oliver et al. 2020 is a junior synonym of Oedura bulliardi Raymond Hoser, 2017. Dear all, the weekly cut and paste of earlier works of other authors by the Wolfgang Wuster group has continued this week, for the fourth time in four weeks and again been published in an online "journal". Oedura nesos Oliver et al. 2020 is a junior synonym of Oeudua bulliardi Hoser, 2017. To justify their act in breach of and defiance of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and the ICZN itself, the authors wrote: "Following both Kaiser et al. (2013) and a position statement from the Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH 2016), we ignore nomenclatural acts authored by Raymond Hoser that have appeared post 2000." For those new to this list, Kaiser et al. (2013) as a cohort seek to ignore the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and run with an alternative code, dictated by a small and noisy cohort of people mainly within herpetology. The authors of this most recent paper have cut and pasted material from Hoser papers previously when renaming taxa in breach of the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The citations for the most recent relevant paper and the 2017 paper by Hoser (both available online as pdf) are as follows: Hoser, R. T. 2017. A further break-up of the Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray, 1842 sensu lato as currently recognized, from four to seven genera, with two new subgenera defined, description of fourteen new species, four new subspecies and formalising of one tribe and five subtribes. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 34:3-35 Full text available here: http://www.smuggled.com/issue-34-pages-3-35.pdf and: Oliver, P. M., Jolly, C. J., Skipworth, P. L., Tedeschi, L. G. and Gillespie, G. R. 2020 A new velvet gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. Zootaxa (online): Zootaxa 4779 (3): 438-450. Learn more here: http://www.smuggled.com/scientific-fraud-wolfgang-wuster.htm

and

Oedura elegans Hoskin, 2019 is in fact a coined junior synonym for Marlenegecko shireenhoserae Hoser, 2017.

I have just had my attention drawn to another piece of cut and paste of an earlier work, again published in the online journal Zootaxa, which I have only been made aware of as of 20 May 2020.. Oedura elegans Conrad Hoskin, 2019 is in fact a coined junior synonym for Marlenegecko shireenhoserae Hoser, 2017. Conrad Hoskin justified his acting in breach of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and in contempt of the ICZN by writing: "Following both the recommendation of Hinrich Kaiser et al. (2013) and the official position statement of the Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH 2016), I do not consider names appearing outside the peer-reviewed literature post 2000 as validly published." I note: 1/ Hoser (2017) was peer reviewed and 2/ The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature does not list peer review as a requirement for a name proposed to be available under the code. The relevant references are: Hoser, R. T. 2017. A further break-up of the Australian gecko genus Oedura Gray, 1842 sensu lato as currently recognized, from four to seven genera, with two new subgenera defined, description of fourteen new species, four new subspecies and formalising of one tribe and five subtribes. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 34:3-35. and Hoskin, C. 2019. Description of three new velvet geckos (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from inland eastern Australia, and redescription of Oedura monilis De Vis. Zootaxa (online) 4683 (3): 242-270. With a large number of undescribed reptiles still within Australia, may I say that it is somewhat disturbing that a small cohort of people are renaming things when unnamed taxa remain waiting to be named and in threat of extinction in the meantime.

[wildernessphotos]

New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040

New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040

Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko Conrad Hoskin, Author provided

Hayley Geyle, Charles Darwin University and David Chapple, Monash University

Action came too late for the Christmas Island forest skink, despite early warnings of significant declines. It was lost from the wild before it was officially listed as “threatened”, and the few individuals brought into captivity died soon…