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Healthy Pets, Healthy People
Wildlife includes any undomesticated animal living in the wild, including
those hunted for food, sport, or profit. Many people enjoy watching wildlife, and studies have shown that positive encounters with wildlife can have profound, life-changing effects on people. If you and your pets spend time outdoors around wildlife, you need to be aware of the diseases that can spread from wildlife to you and your pets.
Because wild animals can carry diseases without appearing to be sick, it is important to enjoy wildlife from a distance. Close contact with wildlife or their urine or droppings can spread these diseases to people and pets.
To protect yourself and your family from getting sick:
Avoid hand-feeding wildlife.
Avoid playing or working in areas where there are wildlife droppings.
Leave orphaned animals alone. Often the parents are close by and will return for their young.
Always wash your hands and the hands of children with running water and soap after working or playing outside, especially in areas where wildlife have been spotted.
By following some simple health tips, you are less likely to get sick from wildlife in the United States.
The most common diseases associated with wildlife that can cause human illness are:
external iconpdf iconAeromoniasis (Aeromonas spp.)
Aeromonas is a type of bacteria that is commonly found in fresh and brackish water. This germ can cause disease in stressed fish and amphibians. Aeromonas spp. can cause discoloration of the limbs of amphibians and the fins of fish and can cause internal bleeding in these aquatic animals.
Though it very rarely happens, people can become infected when they handle infected fish or accidentally swallow contaminated food or water. If these germs are swallowed, Aeromonas infections can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Skin infections can happen if the bacteria get into open wounds or scrapes. More severe disease can happen in children or people with weakened immune systems.
Practicing healthy habits, including hand washing, will reduce the risk of Aeromonas infection.
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Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis spp.)
Anthrax is a naturally occurring disease of animals caused by a type of bacteria called Bacillus anthracis. People and animals can get anthrax when they accidentally breathe in or swallow spores in contaminated soil, food, or water. The greatest risk is from contact with bodily fluids of an animal that has anthrax or has recently died from anthrax. Anthrax can also get into open wounds. People who live in areas where anthrax has occurred should consider vaccinating their livestock against the disease.
Anthrax is a serious but rare disease in the United States. The symptoms of anthrax depend on the route of infection and can take anywhere from 1 day to more than 2 months to appear. All types of anthrax have the potential, if untreated, to spread throughout the body and cause severe illness and even death. To prevent anthrax, be aware of areas where anthrax is present and wear gloves when handling animal carcasses from those regions. Use care when processing bloated or swollen carcasses so that accumulated gasses blow away from you when the carcass is opened.
Baylisascaris procyonis (Raccoon roundworm spp.)
Baylisascaris infection is caused by roundworm eggs found in raccoon, bear, and skunk droppings. The disease is passed to people and animals if they accidentally ingest contaminated food or soil.
If a person or dog ingests the eggs, the worm larvae then hatch inside them and can migrate through the body. Human infections are rare but can be severe if the parasites invade the eye (ocular larva migrans), organs (visceral larva migrans), or brain (neural larva migrans).
Raccoon roundworm can be prevented by avoiding areas frequented by raccoons. If you need to clean raccoon droppings up, wear gloves and use caution so as not to kick up dust. Always wash your hands after working or playing in dirt.
Botulism (Clostridium botulinum spp.)
C. botulinum produces a toxin that causes botulism, a rare but serious condition in humans. Clostridium botulinum is a type of bacteria that can be found in the intestines of many marine and freshwater species of fish worldwide. Though rare, outbreaks of botulism can be associated with fish, including aquatic game, canned foods, and smoked fish. Affected fish show few signs of illness, though some fish may have pale gill colorings or abdominal swelling.
A person with botulism can develop double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, and paralysis, which can result in death. People are commonly exposed through the environment or contaminated food, such as smoked fish products. To protect yourself from botulism, avoid fishing in areas where there are dead fish or waterfowl and cook all fish thoroughly. Anyone who thinks they may have botulism should seek emergency medical care.
Brucellosis (Brucella spp.)
Brucellosis is a bacterial disease that affects the ability of animals to reproduce. The disease can be spread to humans through contact with the birthing tissues from infected animals or through drinking unpasteurized (raw) milk. Among wildlife; bison; elk; caribou; moose; feral pigs; and some marine mammals can be infected with Brucella. Infected animals may have decreased appetite, weight loss, behavioral changes, and lack of energy, but most animals infected with brucellosis show no signs of illness. Brucellosis affects the reproductive organs and can cause miscarriage in animals and occasionally people.
People who hunt or eat fresh game meat are at highest risk for contracting brucellosis. They may be exposed through skin wounds while dressing a carcass or by eating undercooked meat. People who are infected with brucellosis will usually become sick within 6-8 weeks of exposure. Sick people will have flu-like symptoms that last 2-4 weeks. Sometimes brucellosis can become a chronic illness that can be difficult to treat.
Prevent brucellosis by wearing gloves while handling fresh carcasses and thoroughly cooking any meat that will be eaten.
Cryptococcosis (Cryptococcus neoformans spp.)
Cryptococcosis is an infection that is caused by a fungus named Cryptococcus neoformans. This fungus can be found in soil and bird droppings, especially droppings from pigeons. When dried bird droppings are disturbed, dust containing the fungus can be released into the air and be inhaled by people, cats, and dogs.
Most people do not become sick with cryptococcosis, but people with weakened immune systems may be at risk. Signs of disease include headaches, fever, cough, shortness of breath, and night sweats.
Prevent cryptococcosis by avoiding enclosed areas where pigeons or other wild birds roost.
external iconpdf iconDermatophilosis (Lumpy wool, Strawberry footrot)
Dermatophilosis is a disease caused by a type of bacteria that can infect the skin and hair of both people and animals. The disease is spread from animals to people through touching an infected animal. Deer are the most common wildlife infected. Affected animals may have a "paintbrush" appearance of matted hair. The matted spots will often have scabs or crusts with pus. Other infected animals may show no symptoms at all.
This disease is most common among people who raise deer or who have contact with fawns. People who handle an infected animal may get pus-filled blisters on their hands and arms. These sores are usually not painful but can develop into shallow, red ulcers that scar.
Wear gloves and protective clothing when working with any animals, especially those with the classic "paintbrush" matted hair appearance, to reduce the risk of getting this disease.
Echinococcosis (Hydatid cyst disease spp.)
Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with tapeworm eggs or through contact with an infected animal. This parasite is a tapeworm that can form large fluid-filled cysts in the tissues of animals or people who accidentally eat the eggs. The adult tapeworm can be found in foxes, coyotes, cats, and other wild predators. Animals become infected by eating the tissue of an infected animal. Infected animals rarely show any signs of disease but can have a large number of adult tapeworms.
Although the Echinococcus parasite invades many different organs of the body, most people who are infected with the disease will not have any signs of illness for years. Symptoms start when the slow-growing cysts become large enough to press on the organs they have invaded. The tapeworms grow slowly in several different organs of the body but are most commonly found in the liver and lungs.
Prevent echinococcosis by avoiding stool of wild canids, thoroughly cooking game meat, and practicing healthy habits, including hand washing.
Edwardsiellosis (Edwardsiella tarda spp.)
Edwardsiella tarda is a type of bacteria associated with fresh and saltwater animals, such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. E. tarda is known to cause serious illness in fish. Affected fish may show abnormal swimming behavior, discoloration of the fins or skin, bulging or increased opacity of the eyes, and other complications.
People can become infected by accidentally swallowing contaminated water or through handling infected fish. Affected people commonly get nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea. People with weak immune systems may also be at risk for more serious disease.
Wash your hands before and after handling fish to reduce the risk of edwardsiellosis.
external iconErysipeloid (Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae spp.)
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a type of bacteria that causes erysipeloid, a skin condition that people can develop after contact with infected fish, poultry, or pork. Healthy fish often carry the bacteria on their scales with no signs of illness.
People, especially fish handlers, can become infected through open wounds on their hands. Affected people will usually develop a warm, raised, red, and intensely itchy area of skin at the site of the contaminated wound. If the infection spreads from the skin to deeper tissues, arthritis or more serious signs of illness (fever, weakness, muscle aches, headaches, etc.) may develop.
People who handle fish regularly should wear gloves and wash their hands often to reduce the risk of this disease.
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Giardiasis (Giardia spp.)
Giardia is a parasite that causes diarrheal illness in animals and people. Giardia is transmitted to animals and people through food or water contaminated with stool. Though different types of Giardia affect humans and animals, both the human and animal types are carried by wildlife, including beavers, muskrats, deer, coyotes, and rodents. Pets may become infected after drinking from puddles or ponds or swallowing infected stool from other animals. Affected animals may have diarrhea, greasy stools, and dehydration.
In people, the symptoms of giardiasis may include diarrhea; gas; greasy stools; abdominal pain; nausea; and vomiting. Symptoms can last 1–2 weeks.
To avoid Giardia infection, hikers and backpackers should always treat water before offering it to their pets or drinking it themselves. People should also wash their hands often and use caution when swimming or wading in potentially contaminated ponds or lakes to avoid swallowing the water.
Hantavirus is a virus that can cause severe respiratory disease. It is spread through accidentally breathing in virus particles in dust from dry rodent urine or through contact with rodents or their droppings or nests.
Early signs in people include fever, headache, muscle aches, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dizziness, and chills.
Follow CDC's cleaning guidelines for cleaning areas that may have a rodent infestation, and air out unused buildings before entering.
Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum)
Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease that is spread to people by breathing in dust from pigeon or bat droppings. Fungal spores are found in the environment, especially in areas with bird and bat droppings. Birds do not get sick from exposure to histoplasmosis.
Very few people become infected with histoplasmosis. People who do become sick tend to develop pneumonia-like symptoms (fever, chest pains, and a dry or nonproductive cough) within 1–3 weeks after exposure. Infants, older people, and those with weakened immune systems are more susceptible to the fungus and might develop more serious illness.
People with weak immune systems should avoid activities such as disturbing material where there are bird or bat droppings, cleaning chicken coops, exploring caves, and cleaning, remodeling, or tearing down old buildings.
Leptospirosis (Leptospira spp.)
Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease of humans and animals that is transmitted through contaminated water and urine or other body fluids from an infected animal. The Leptospira spp. bacteria can infect raccoons; skunks; squirrels; opossums; deer; rodents, and other wild animals without any signs of disease. Though it is difficult to detect early stages of leptospirosis in animals, the disease can lead to kidney and liver failure if left untreated.
People who become infected with leptospirosis might not have any symptoms of the disease. Others will have nonspecific flu-like symptoms (fever, headache, chills, vomiting, rash) within 2–7 days after exposure. These symptoms usually resolve without medical treatment but can reappear and lead to more severe disease (yellow skin and eyes, rash, kidney or liver failure, meningitis).
Some ways to prevent leptospirosis from wildlife are to avoid contact with environments potentially contaminated with animal urine and to avoid swallowing water from lakes, rivers, or swamps while swimming.
Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi)
Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals bitten by the Ixodes species of ticks. Rodents and other wildlife are reservoirs of the disease. Most infections occur from the nymphal-stage ticks, which are tiny and difficult to remove.
Infected people will typically have a red "bull's eye" rash (erythema migrans) at the site of the tick bite that appears about 7 days after being bitten. Flu-like symptoms quickly follow the rash. If not treated, this disease can spread to other parts of the body and cause symptoms such as arthritis and loss of facial muscle tone (Bell's palsy).
Lyme disease can be prevented by avoiding exposure to ticks, using a tick repellent, and by finding and removing ticks from your pets and your family as soon as possible after returning from a tick-infested area.
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) can be transmitted through the urine, droppings, saliva, or cage material of infected wild and domestic rodents, wild hogs, skunks, raccoons, and squirrels. Infected animals may appear normal or show more significant signs, including weight loss, hunched posture, and ultimately death.
Human infections with LCMV are rare. Symptoms are similar to those of the common flu (fever, stiff neck, loss of appetite, muscle aches, headache, nausea, and vomiting) and often occur 1–2 weeks after exposure.
Prevent LCMV infection by avoiding contact with wild rodents and their droppings.
external iconpdf iconMycobacteriosis (Mycobacterium marinum)
Mycobacterium marinum is a type of bacteria that causes disease in fish, reptiles, and amphibians. It is spread to people and animals through contaminated aquarium water. All fish are susceptible to mycobacterium, but fresh water species seem to be most affected. This disease is slow growing in fish. Affected fish may stop eating, lose their fins or scales, develop sores, or appear deformed.
Though infection in humans is rare, people can become sick with mycobacteriosis after coming into contact with contaminated water through minor cuts and skin abrasions. People with this disease, commonly known as "fish tank granulomas," develop warm raised, red areas of the skin. Skin lesions can leave long-lasting scars.
Reduce the risk for mycobacterium by washing your hands after handling reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
Plague (Yersinia pestis)
Plague is a rare bacterial disease that affects animals and humans and is spread by infected fleas. Rodents like mice, rats, prairie dogs, and squirrels can carry plague. Plague is found primarily in the western United States. People and animals can be infected when they are bitten by infected fleas or when they handle blood or tissues of infected animals. Wild and domestic carnivores (especially cats) can also become infected by eating infected rodents. Cats usually have fever, weight loss, and loss of energy with enlarged glands. Wild rodents may or may not have any signs of disease.
People most often become infected with plague through flea bites or from contact with body fluids of infected animals. Hunters may be at increased risk. Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague that affects people. Symptoms include a sudden onset of high fever, chills, headache, malaise, and swollen glands (lymph nodes). The other two forms of plague, septicemic and pneumonic, cause more severe disease.
Plague can be prevented by keeping fleas away from your pets and family and by wearing gloves while handling or skinning potentially infected animals.
Rabies, a fatal neurologic disease in animals and humans, is caused by a virus. The rabies virus can infect most mammals, including bats; bears; beavers; deer; wild canids such as fox and coyotes; and felids such as mountain lions and bobcats; raccoons; skunks; opossums; and other small mammals. Animals and people are most commonly infected through bites from rabid animals. Infected animals may have a variety of signs but most often have sudden behavioral changes and progressive paralysis. Rabies can be prevented in some animals by vaccination.
The first symptoms in humans can start days to months after exposure and include generalized weakness, fever, and headache. Within a few days symptoms will progress to confusion, anxiety, behavioral changes, and delirium.
If you have been bitten by a wild animal that wasn't acting normal, contact your health care provider right away for treatment. Once symptoms appear, it is almost always too late for treatment.
Rat-bite fever (Streptobacillus moniliformis)
Rat bite fever is a rare bacterial disease transmitted by bites or scratches from infected rodents. It can also be spread by exposure to contaminated water, food, or rodent urine. The disease is typically seen in rats. Infected rats can carry the infection but appear healthy. However, other animals infected with rat-bite fever may develop arthritis, skin infections, pneumonia, and swollen lymph nodes.
In people infected with rat-bite fever, signs range from flu-like symptoms and a rash to more severe infections of the joints, liver, heart, lungs, brain, and blood, if left untreated.
Prevent Rat bite fever from wild rodents by avoiding contact with wild rodents and their urine.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF, Rickettsia rickettsii)
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a bacterial disease transmitted to dogs and humans by ticks. Dogs show a variety of symptoms similar to those in humans, including fever, lameness, coughing, vomiting and diarrhea, and swelling of the face or extremities.
People who are infected with RMSF generally start getting sick 2–14 days after exposure. Symptoms may include fever, rash, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and muscle pain. RMSF can develop into a serious illness if not promptly treated.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever disease can be prevented by avoiding exposure to ticks, using a tick repellent, and by finding and removing ticks from your pets and your family as soon as possible after returning from a tick-infested area.
Salmonellosis (Salmonella spp.)
Salmonella spreads to people through contaminated food (eggs and meat) or contact with stool of certain animals, including wildlife. In the wild, people usually become sick with Salmonella through direct contact with an infected animal's stool or by accidentally drinking contaminated water. While it usually does not make the animals sick, Salmonella can cause serious illness when it is passed to people.
People exposed to Salmonella might have diarrhea, vomiting, fever, or abdominal cramps. Infants, elderly persons, and people with weakened immune systems are more likely than others to develop severe illness.
Prevent salmonellosis by avoiding stool of wild animals, thoroughly cooking game meat, and practicing healthy habits, including hand washing.
Trichinellosis or Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)
Trichinellosis is a parasitic disease caused by eating the raw or undercooked meat of animals infected with Trichinella. Trichinella infections are common in wild, meat-eating animals such as bears and cougars as well as some other meat and plant-eating animals like wild hogs. People usually become infected by consuming raw or undercooked meat that is infected, especially from bear and wild hogs. Most animals infected with Trichinella do not show any signs of illness.
People infected with Trichinella can have a variety of symptoms depending on the amount of parasite ingested and how strong their immune system is. The first symptoms of trichinellosis include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Infected people may then develop facial swelling and flu-like symptoms such as headache, fever, chills, and muscle pain. In very severe infections, people can lose control of their movements and have heart and breathing problems. Trichinella can cause death if severe infections are left untreated.
Prevent trichinellosis from wildlife by thoroughly cooking game meat.
Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is a group of bacteria that causes a disease called tuberculosis. Bison, buffalo, opossums, badgers, and deer can all become infected.
People can get tuberculosis if they ingest undercooked meat, accidentally inhale the bacteria, or are infected through skin cuts or scrapes. Depending on the route of infection, people may have sores; swollen lymph nodes; difficulty breathing; weight loss; night sweats; fever; or intestinal upset.
Avoid tuberculosis from wildlife by thoroughly cooking meat and by washing your hands after handling wildlife.
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Tularemia is a bacterial disease that can spread to people through bites from ticks or deer flies, handling or consuming infected animals, accidentally swallowing contaminated water, or inhaling contaminated dust. Though typically a wildlife disease, tularemia has been reported in all U.S. states except Hawaii. Affected animals may have sudden onset of fever, weakness, decreased appetite, and reduced mobility. Within a few hours or days, the animal can become stiff and die.
People exposed to tularemia can have a variety of symptoms ranging from fever, chills, headache, and muscle aches to skin ulcers; swollen and painful lymph nodes; inflamed eyes; sore throat; mouth sores and diarrhea. They may also develop pneumonia.
People exposed to an infected animal should be seen by their doctor immediately because treatment works best when started early.
You can reduce your risk of tularemia by handling dead animals with gloves, cooking game meat thoroughly, wearing insect repellent, and when possible, avoiding mowing over dead animals during outside work.
external iconpdf iconVesicular stomatitis
Vesicular stomatitis is a disease caused by a virus. Vesicular stomatitis is primarily a disease of livestock, but people and several species of wildlife can become infected. Infected animals may have fluid-filled blisters, called vesicles, around the mouth, on their feet, or under the belly.
It is very rare for people to get vesicular stomatitis. Infections can occur when people handle sick animals or contaminated tissues and blood from sick animals. Infected people may have a variety of symptoms ranging from no signs of illness to flu-like symptoms and blisters.
Reduce the risk for Vesicular stomatitis by washing your hands after handling affected wildlife.
Vibriosis (Vibrio spp.)
Vibrio are bacteria that are mostly found in saltwater and cause serious disease in marine fish. People usually get sick with vibriosis after eating raw or undercooked fish or shellfish or after swallowing contaminated water. Fish affected by Vibrio can have symptoms ranging from deep skin ulcers to more wide-spread signs of skin darkening, scale loss, swelling of the abdomen, and loss of appetite.
In people, Vibrio can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Some types of Vibrio can also cause skin infections from contact with contaminated water.
People can prevent vibriosis infections by eating cooked fish and shellfish and by avoiding exposure of open wounds or broken skin to warm salt or brackish water, and avoiding raw shellfish harvested from such waters.
West Nile Virus (WNV)
West Nile Virus is carried by birds and transmitted by mosquitoes. People, birds, and horses get WNV by being bitten by an infected mosquito. Most animals infected with WNV will show no signs of illness. Some birds will die of the disease.
Most people who become infected with WNV do not have any signs of illness; however, people who do become ill usually have flu-like symptoms. A small percentage of people with WNV infection develop a more serious neurologic illness, such as encephalitis or meningitis (inflammation of the brain and surrounding tissues).
Prevent West Nile Virus by using mosquito repellents, wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants, and limiting outdoor exposure from dusk to dawn. Using air conditioning, installing window and door screens, and reducing mosquito breeding sites, can further decrease the risk for WNV exposure.
Protect your home
Don't handle wildlife
Protect yourself from disease
Wildlife should always be enjoyed from a distance. If you are close enough that
the animal changes its behavior (for example, stops eating or runs away), you are too close! Wild animals can carry diseases but not appear to be sick at all, so staying away is the safest way to enjoy viewing wildlife. Follow these simple tips to help protect your family and pets from getting diseases from wildlife. Additional tips and information about outdoor safety and disease control can be found under "More Information."
Keep windows and doors closed or screened and cover any holes or openings to prevent bats, rodents, or other wild animals from entering your home, church, school, or other buildings.
Clean up trash around your home and keep your garbage cans closed. Garbage and trash can attract unwanted visits from wildlife.
Do not leave food (bait) outside to attract animals to your backyard. This brings the animals closer together and close to you, and this makes it easier for disease to spread.
Keep compost and wood piles at least 100 feet away from buildings to help reduce rodent infestations in the building.
Make sure pets do not have access to stagnant water sources (ponds, bird baths, etc.) that are also used by wildlife.
Find rodent- and bat-proofing information under the More Information tab.
Teach children to never handle unfamiliar animals, wild or domestic,
even if they appear friendly or harmless.
Do not touch or pick up dead animals with your bare hands. Consider calling animal control to remove any dead animals.
Never adopt wild animals or bring them into your home. Do not try to save or rescue wild animals. If you have already found an animal, refer to the National Wildlife Rehabilitator's Association's Help! I've found an animal pageexternal icon.
If an animal appears sick or hurt, call animal control to help. Do not touch young animals that appear to be abandoned. Often their parents are close by waiting for you to leave before they return to their young.
Protect wildlife in your national parks and local recreational areas by staying on trails and following visitor guidelines, including those for trash disposal.
Make washing your hands a routine practice before eating or drinking
and whenever you return from outside.
Take care of bites and scratches:
Wash wounds well with soap and running water.
Contact your health care provider right away.
If you seek medical attention, make sure to tell them if you have had exposure to wildlife.
Keep bugs away:
Use a mosquito and tick repellent when spending time outdoors.
Use a monthly flea and tick preventive on your pets.
Ask your veterinarian how to protect your pets from wildlife diseases such as rabies, leptospirosis, and giardia.
Call animal control right away if an animal, wild or domestic, is acting strangely or out of character.
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Rodent and bat control
CDC Rodents site
Keeping Bats Out Of Your House
Disease Vectors and Pests
CDC Healthy Housing Reference Manual; highly detailed
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Tick Tactics
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Camping Health and Safety Tips
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Africa Panel Wants Tax Transparency
The 2013 Africa Progress Report finds that, while natural resources may have fuelled a decade of rapid economic growth, most Africans have still not seen the benefits, and tax avoidance and evasion represent major challenges.
The report suggests that African Governments should invest their natural resource revenue in order to generate jobs and opportunities for millions in present and future generations, but "international tax avoidance and evasion, corruption and weak governance represent major challenges."
It therefore welcomes the commitment from the United Kingdom and other Governments to put tax and transparency at the heart of this year's G8 dialogue. It urges all Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries to recognize the cost of inaction in this vital area, pointing out that Africa loses twice as much in illicit financial outflows as it receives in international aid.
The 2013 report identifies an agenda for change, including the need for the international community to build on the United States Dodd-Frank Act and comparable European Union legislation for financial regulation "to develop a global standard for transparency and disclosure, develop a credible and effective multilateral response to tax evasion and avoidance, and tackle money laundering and anonymous shell companies."
"All countries must apply them to all extractive industry companies listed on their stock exchanges," Kofi Annan added. "The time is right to develop a global common standard for all countries. As major players in Africa's extractives sector, Australia, Canada and China should be the next countries to actively support this emerging global consensus."
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Ànimes germanes, en el seu títol original anglès Kindred Spirits, és una obra del pintor paisatgista Asher Brown Durand, de l'Escola del Riu Hudson. Asher B. Durand fou en principi un pintor de retrats, però amb el seu contacte amb Thomas Cole esdevingué un dotat pintor de paisatges.

Introducció
A aquest llenç, Asher B. Durand representa el pintor Thomas Cole, que havia mort l'onze de febrer de 1848, i el seu amic, el poeta William Cullen Bryant, a un indret de les Catskill Mountains. La mort de Thomas Cole va ésser considerada una calamitat per al món artístic estatunidenc, degut a la seva edat (47 anys) i al fet d'haver estat l'iniciador de l'Escola del Riu Hudson. L'amistat entre Cole i Bryant datava de poc després de l'arribada del primer l'any 1825 a Nova York. L'any 1829, Thomas Cole, Asher Brown Durand, i William Cullen Bryant esdevingueren socis de la National Academy of Design.

L'emotiva pregària en memòria de Thomas Cole, escrita i llegida per William Cullen Bryant davant la National Academy of Design, va elevar aquest pintor al status d'heroi nacional. Per aquest motiu, l'home de negocis i filantrop Jonathan Sturges (1802-1874) va encarregar a Asher B. Durand aquest llenç.

Anàlisi de l'obra
Oli sobre llenç; 117 x 92 cm.; 1849; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville (Arkansas)

Cole i Bryant están situats sobre un penyal, que els permet una vista del paisatge espectacular que s'estén davant i sota seu. La cascada inferior s'ha identificat com Fawn's Leap, que es troba al costat sud del congost de Kaaterskill Clove. En la distància es troben l'esmentat congost, i Les Cascades de Kaaterskill, que en realitat no es poden veure junts. El penyal, sobre el qual es troben el dos personatges, s'ha identificat com Church's Ledge. Tanmateix, aquesta pintura té el seu origen en una meticulosa observació de la Natura. L'elegant branca de l'arbre de la part superior, deriva d'un acurat esbós fet amb llapis al natural i, de fet, tota la composició és el resultat d'un viatge que Durand va emprendre, el setembre i l'octubre de 1848, a les Catskills en homenatge a Thomas Cole.

A l'escorça de l'arbre més proper a l'espectador, hi ha tallats els noms de Cole i Bryant, la qual cosa deixa clar que la Natura ja no estava totalment verge. De fet, el desenvolupament dels Estats Units va prendre la forma d'una confrontació entre l'Home i la Natura, i aquesta interacció -sovint una agressió conflictiva- esdevingué una de les majors preocupacions de la pintura paisatgística americana.

Referències

Bibliografia
 ALARCÓ, Paloma et al.; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Guia de la Colección; Edita Museo Thyssen Bornemisza-2012; ISBN 978-84-15113-26-3
 MINKS, Louise; The Hudson River School ; Knickerbocker Press; New York-1998; ISBN 1-57715-041-4
 WILTON, Andrew, BARRINGER, Tim; American Sublime, Landscape Painting in the U.S.; Princeton University Press; Princeton-2002; ISBN 0-691-09670-8

Quadres de l'Escola del Riu Hudson
Obres pictòriques de la dècada del 1840

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Q: third stable homotopy group of spheres via geometry? It is ''well-known'' that the third stable homotopy group of spheres is cyclic of order $24$. It is also ''well-known'' that the quaternionic Hopf map $\nu:S^7 \to S^4$, an $S^3$-bundle, suspends to a generator of $\pi_8 (S^5)=\pi_{3}^{st}$. It is even better known that the complex Hopf map $\eta:S^3 \to S^2$ suspends to a generator of $\pi_4 (S^3) = \pi_{1}^{st} = Z/2$. For this, there is a reasonably elementary argument, see e.g. Bredon, Topology and Geometry, page 465 f:

*

*By the long exact sequence, $\pi_3 (S^2)=Z$, generated by $\eta$.

*By Freudenthal, $\pi_3 (S^2) \to \pi_4 (S^3) = \pi_{1}^{st}$ is surjective.

*Because $Sq^2: H^2(CP^2;F_2) \to H^4(CP^2;F_2)$ is nonzero, the order of $\eta$ in $\pi_{1}^{st}$ is at least $2$ (the relation between these things is that $\eta$ is the attaching map for the $4$-cell of $CP^2$).

*By a direct construction, $2\eta$ is stably nullhomotopic. Essentially, $\eta g = r \eta$, where $r,g$ are the complex conjugations on $S^2=CP^1$ and $S^3 \subset C^2$. $g$ is homotopic to the identity, $\eta=r\eta$. The degree of $r$ is $-1$, so after suspension (but not before), composition with $r$ becomes taking the additive inverse. Therefore $\eta=-\eta$ in the stable stem.

My question is whether one can mimick substantial parts of this argument for $\nu$. Here is what I already know and what not:

*

*There is a short exact sequence $0 \to Z \to \pi_7 (S^4) \to \pi_6 (S^3) \to 0$ that can be split by the Hopf invariant. Thus $\nu$ generates a free summand.

*is the same argument as for $\eta$.

*using the Steenrod operations mod $2$ and mod $3$ on $HP^2$, I can see that the order of $\nu$ in $\pi_{3}^{st}$ is at least $6$.

*this is a complete mystery to me and certainly to others-:)). How can I bring $24$ in via geometry? How do I relate the quaternions and $24$? What one sees immediately is that one has to be careful when talking about conjugations in the quaternionic setting, in order to avoid proving the false result ''$2 \nu=0 \in \pi_{3}^{st}$''.

I know that this result goes back to Serre, but I cannot find a detailed computation in his papers and it seems that the calculation using the Postnikov-tower and the  Serre spectral sequence is a bit lengthy. There are three other approaches I know but they are much less elementary:
Adams spectral sequence, J-homomorphism (enough to show that the order of $\nu$ is $24$), framed bordism (supported by things like Rochlin's theorem and Hirzebruch's signature formula).
Any idea? P.S.: if there is a similar argument for the octonionic Hopf fibration $S^{15} \to S^8$ (the stable order is 240), that would be really great.

A: You said you don't want to talk about framed manifolds, but that's a good way of seeing the 24. $\nu$ is represented by $SU(2)$ in its invariant framing. Take a K3 surface. It's framed, and it has Euler characteristic 24. Take a vector field that has 24 isolated zeroes of index 1. If you cut out a little disk around each of these 24 zeroes, the boundary will be an $S^3 = SU(2)$ with its invariant framing. So the K3 surface minus these 24 little disks is a null-bordism of $24\nu$. Probably not suitable for your course, as you would have to explain framed bordism and K3 surfaces, but cute nonetheless I think. By the way, the analog for $\eta$ is the two-sphere (Euler characteristic 2).

A: This is really a comment try to make clear the point Tilman was trying to make
but it is too long.
A K3 surface has trivial canonical bundle (after all that and simple connectivity is the definition) and hence the bundle
of self dual two forms is trivial (since on a complex surface
we have $\Lambda^+= \Lambda^{2,0} \oplus R \omega$, $\omega$ being the Kahler form). In fact is follows from Yau's theorem that K3 surfaces admit hyperkahler metrics so there
is a metric where the Levi-Civita connection is trivial on $\Lambda^+$.
Two forms act on vector fields on a four-manifold via contraction then duality under this actions self-dual forms act like imaginary quaternions (so quaternions do figure in the story).  Thus taking a orthonormal basis of self-dual forms $\omega_1,\omega_2,\omega_3$ and your vector field $X$ you
get a framing (not stable) away from the zeros of $X$,
by looking at $(X,(\iota_X \omega_1)^*,(\iota_X \omega_2)^*,(\iota_X \omega_3)^*)$.
Then arrange that the vector field is pointing out around each little 3-sphere surrounding a zero
then you see that the induced framing of each little sphere is the Lie-group framing. If each zero of the vector field is a source then there are 24 zeroes (that is the Euler characteristic of a K3).
I believe this observation is due to Atiyah.

A: Not an answer, but a cute thing that might be relevant for your question:

Here's another nice way of seeing that $\eta$ is stably of order two.
We use the Thom-Pontryagin constuction to identify $\pi_3(S^2)$ with the cobordism group of framed 1-manifolds in $\mathbb R^3$ (the framing is on the 2-dimensional normal bundle).
The element $\eta$ corresponds to the unknot, with a framing that ``twists once''.
We consider the following two elements of $\pi_3(S^2)$
$$
S^3\hspace{.2cm}\xrightarrow{\cdot 2}\hspace{.2cm}S^3\hspace{.2cm}\xrightarrow{\eta}\hspace{.2cm}S^2
$$
and
$$
S^3\hspace{.2cm}\xrightarrow{\eta}\hspace{.2cm}S^2\hspace{.2cm}\xrightarrow{\cdot 2}\hspace{.2cm}S^2
$$
The first element corresponds to the disjoint union of two unknots, each one with a framing that "twists once". It is cobordant to the unknot with a framing that "twists twice", and represents the element $2\in \pi_3(S^2)\cong \mathbb Z$.
The second element represents the two-fold cabling of the unknot: this is the Hopf link.
Eah one of the two circles has a framing that "twists once", but they are also linked to each other. With an explicit cobordism, one can show that this framed link is framed-cobordant to the unknot with a framing that "twists 4 times". It therefore represents the element $4\in \pi_3(S^2)\cong \mathbb Z$.
Now, the stable homotopy groups of spheres form a ring in which the integer multiples of the unit are central (!). So, from the equation $2\circ \eta=\eta\circ 4$ we can deduce that $2\eta=0$ stably.

A: There is a "half-geometric" observation that since
$$
\pi_3^s\cong H_3(\tilde A_N),\ N\gg0
$$
where $\tilde A_N$ is the universal central extension of the $N$th alternating group, elements of $\pi_3^s$ might be described by certain 3-cycles (hopefully of geometric origin).
Seemingly this geometry is easier to discern after the embedding $\tilde A_N\hookrightarrow\mathrm{St}_N(\mathbb Z)$ into the Steinberg group of the integers.
(For a ring $R$, the group $\mathrm{St}_N(R)$ is the universal central extension of $\mathrm E_N(R)$ - the group which for most decent rings is the same as $\mathrm{SL}_N(R)$; one has $K_3(R)\cong H_3(\mathrm{St}(R))$ which in good cases stabilizes after some $\mathrm{St}_N(R)$.)
In "The generalized Grassmann invariant" (late 70ies) K. Igusa introduced technique of pictures to construct a homomorphism
$$
\chi:K_3(\mathbb Z[\pi])\to H_0(\pi;\mathbb F_2[\pi]);
$$
in his own words, "The definition of $\chi$ comes from very intuitive geometric considerations, but unfortunately the algebraic analogue is rather clumsy."
Anyway geometry is still there as this map is strongly related to pseudoisotopy of compact manifolds (with $\pi_1=\pi$ and $\pi_2=0$). The image of $\pi_3^s(B\pi_+)\to K_3(\mathbb Z[\pi])$ is in the kernel of $\chi$, and for trivial $\pi$ all this enabled him to detect an element of order 48 in $K_3(\mathbb Z)$; $\pi_3^s$ is a subgroup of index 2 there. His picture representing a generator of $K_3(\mathbb Z)$

has been haunting me for decades. It shows something like "$1/2$ of the generator of $\pi_3^s$ living outside $\tilde A_N\hookrightarrow\mathrm{St}_N(\mathbb Z)$" and there surely must be something simpler which represents the generator of $\pi_3^s$ inside $\tilde A_N$ itself. This should not be that difficult as $\tilde A_N$ comes equipped with a very explicit and nice embedding into $\mathrm{Spin}(N)$...

A: I am sorry to repeat a selfpromoting text I metioned  at some other place of MO, but my paper below is addressed precisley to the computation of $\pi(3)$ by geometry (immersion theory).
http://link.springer.com/journal/10958/113/6/page/1
The paper: A. Szűcs: Two theorems of Rokhlin. This gives the computation of π(3) by elementary tools.
But it uses the following non-trivial fact: The 3-dimensional spin cobordism group is trivial.
You can read a proof of this latter in the same issue in the paper by A. Stipsicz.
But a more simple proof for this is in:
Melvin, P.; Kazez, W. 3-dimensional bordism. Michigan Math. J. 36 (1989), no. 2, 251–260.

A: Expanding upon Andre Henriques's answer, $\pi_3^s(P^\infty) \cong {\mathbb Z}/8$. The homotopy group is isomorphic to the cobordism group of non-orientable surfaces in 3-space.  Boy's surface is a generator. See also  Tony Phillips's movie.
The Froisart-Morin eversion of a $2$-sphere can be capped off at either end to give an immersed $3$-sphere in $4$-space. It has one quadruple point, a closed curve of triple points, and its double point set is a non-orientable surface (connected sum of 3 projective planes. By combining results of Koschorke from about 1979-1982, one can see that the multiple point invariants (Kahn-Priddy maps) give that this sphere is a generator of the ${\mathbb Z}/(24)$. Also, Koschorke's figure-8 construction applied to Boy's surface coincides with a map on stable homotopy that maps the ${\mathbb Z}/(8)$ injectively to the ${\mathbb Z}/(24)$.
An alternate view of the generator of $\pi^s_2$ is to take an immersed generic projection of the standard (tropical) torus from $4$-space into $3$-space. I have played with this in mathematica, linear projections yield surfaces with 4 branch points, so the torus has to be perturbed in $4$-space before projecting. If you take a figure 8, multiply it by an interval, and then put a full twist in it, you get the mod-2 generator. The belt trick undoes two full-twists.

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Sweet Sixteen is a cultivar of domesticated apple.

Origin

The Sweet Sixteen apple was developed at the University of Minnesota in 1977.

Growing

Characteristics

The Sweet Sixteen is crisp and juicy, has an exotic yellow flesh, mixed with red. It is very sweet, with an unusual flavor  of sugar cane, or spicy cherry candy. The fruit can store for 5 to 8 weeks. The Sweet Sixteen is quite vigorous. The fruit may have premature drops. Sweet Sixteen usually ripens, mid- to late September.

The Sweet Sixteen is resistant to fire blight and scab. Sweet Sixteen has fragrant, and long-lasting white flowers

Fruit

The fruit is medium size, the apple red striped. Sweet Sixteen has medium storage.

Tolerance of cold climates

The Sweet Sixteen is one of the best apples to endure cold climates.

USDA Hardiness Zone

Sweet Sixteen has USDA Hardiness Zone of Zones 4 to 7, so can withstand cold winters.

General disease resistance

The Sweet Sixteen has good disease resistance.

Soil

The Sweet Sixteen thrives in sandy loam to clay loam soil.

Tolerances

Sweet Sixteen is moderately drought tolerant.

Light Range

Sweet Sixteen prefers full sun.

Preferred soil pH

Sweet Sixteen prefers a pH of 6.0—7.0.

Pollination

The Sweet Sixteen is not self-fertile, and may be pollinated by a variety of other apple cultivars.

Ripeness

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References

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looking for a feature that allows me to distribute web address to whom i deem appropriate, they click and get a listing of folders in that directory and can click on the file to open.
not sure of the technical names and dont want to write .htaccess for this as GODADDY requires.
they click and get a listing of folders in that directory and can click on the file to open.
This is actually the default behavior here at DreamHost for any directory that does not have an index.html (or .php etc) file. You do not have to do anything to make this happen, just upload your files to the relevant directory and start giving out the web address.
I am not sure if you require the directory to be password protected, but this too can be done via the admin panel.


Nowadays many people do business and hold meetings via video conference. And there are many web conferencing applications that can help you with this. Zoom is one of the best apps of this type and enables you to connect groups for interactive meetings via Internet. In this way, you can do business and have meeting with others despite of distance. And, you can save your budget on business travel and save your time as well.
It is really a great tool. And in addition to enabling you to make zoom call for video conference, Zoom also lets you record the video/audio calls as well as instant messages, and save them on Cloud or the local device like Android, iOS, PC and Mac. Below we will take Android as an example.
After you make sure all above are ready, you can follow below steps to record a Zoom call meeting.
Step 2: Tap the meeting screen and then the menu will pop up from the bottom. Select Participants.
Step 3: Click on Record button at the bottom of the Participants menu to start recording the meeting immediately.
Step 4: If you want to stop the recording, you can tap on the screen and press the Stop Recording button or end the meeting.
After you record a video conference, you can can log in to your Zoom account and view the recorded meetings in the "My Recording" page. If the meeting is under converting, you will see a "Process Recording…" message. Once the converting process is completed, you will be able to play, share, download or delete your cloud recording.
Actually Zoom offers two types of recording: local recording and cloud recording. If you choose Local recording, the recordings will be saved to your device; on the contrary, if you enable Cloud recordings, they will be saved to the Zoom Cloud where they can be viewed, shared, and downloaded. If you are not the Education or Business Plan user, you can use the local recording feature to record Zoom meetings on your Android phone.
The recorded Zoom call recording videos are of high quality, thus may take up a lot of space. So if you want to free up space on Android, you can transfer video from Android to PC with cFone Android Data Transfer.


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'I hope he learned something' - WI legend Roberts hopeful Joseph focused on self-development during County cricket spell
Legendary West Indies fast bowler, Andy Roberts, is hopeful developing young pacer Alzarri Joseph has learned a thing or two from his recent stint in English County Cricket.
The 24-year-old Joseph has spent a little over a month representing Worcestershire, where he made his debut following the West Indies home series against Sri Lanka. As per the arrangement, the player is now back in the Caribbean for the team's upcoming series against South Africa.
In his six matches there, Joseph did make some impression, claiming 15 wickets, the second most in the team and adding 148 runs, with a high score of 61. In addition, he claimed an innings best of 2 for 22 and match best of 4 for 106.
The English championships is typically lauded as a good place for young cricketers to develop, not only due to the difficult and different conditions, but also the volume of cricket played in a short period of time. During the West Indies spell as the top cricketing nation, several of the players took part in the competition.
"He spent some time in England which everyone feels like that is the bedrock for development because of the amount of cricket that you play, but gone are the days when you use to play seven days or sometimes, 12 to 14 days in a row, and if you can't develop from that system then you can't develop," Roberts, who represented Hampshire and Leicestershire, told the Antigua Observer.
"I am just hoping that he spent most of his time in the nets learning to hone his craft because there is no point to playing County cricket and you don't learn nothing from playing County cricket. For years I've been saying the same thing over and over like the record is stuck; personal development is the key to success."


It's horrifying enough to have this body lying somewhere in your house—but your guests will only scream louder as its eyes light up and it starts to rise from the dead!
Creating your own mysterious morgue or terrifying crime scene? No problem. This animatronic is equipped with 2 interchangeable sheets and 2 sets of feet: alien and human, both with coordinating toe tags attached. Watch in wonderment as he transforms from a bio-hazard alien corpse to a human corpse in seconds! Halloween just won't be complete until you have this screaming Toe Tagged Animatronic.
this is a great prop and it is probably the first changeable animatronic. unfortunately my cat pee'd on the alien sheet but the men was fine fortunately. he rises slower than when I got him due to getting the wire for the eyes caught under the base. it's cool that they used the head mold from the zombie clown and unreleased zombie pirate, and the chest mold from towering clown. overall, a great prop.
This is a really cool animated prop. Being that its interchangeable makes it even better. It's like having two props for the price of one. Set up is really easy and works great. I hope to use this for many Halloween's to come.
I bought this prop along with the alien chamber and they look fantastic together! This assembles fairly quickly. You have to play with it a little to get the fabric to drape just right to make it look like there's a body under it. I ended up pulling off some of the Velcro and re-positioning it (reattached with hot glue) to make it look better, some of their Velcro attachment points just didn't work. The motion sensor tends to get blocked by the fabric, but the sound sensor works well so it's not a problem. The alien sound is loud enough but not obnoxious. The light-up eyes are a great touch. It rises slowly, stays seated a moment and then lays back down. I've run it for hours and not had to re-position the fabric, it stays in place quite well (I've had it on a covered porch, it might not stay as well if used in windy conditions).
It comes with an optional set of zombie feet and a white sheet. There's a switch for changing the sound from alien to zombie noises.
Overall I love it, super cool and effective!
Amazing and worth the money!
In a haunted hospital or something like that.
I really like this animatronic. I like the noises it makes. I wish that the chest and legs would be made from thicker plastic and the velcro was glued on better.
Very cool! One of the better 2017 props!
He's really awesome! I love the fact that you can change it between and alien and a human. It's quality could definitely be better. it is honestly one of the lowest quality props I own, but I would still recommend it. He comes with a plain white sheet and human feet (For the human mode) and an orange sheet that reads "Biohazardous Material. Restricted Area" and bird like green feet (For the alien mode.) He he a switch on the module so you're able to change the setting from alien to human. I love the audio, the lights and ust the look overall. Awesome prop, but again: quality could improve.
When I first saw the sneak peek of him, I knew at some point in time I would get him. As soon as I saw when I got him for Christmas, I was very pleased! He works good, his sounds are very eerie and cool. He has a very vibrant design, his orange sheet really shines in the light and could easily catch someone's attention. I also really love that he can either be an Alien or Human, but I prefer him as an alien. I do think he could use some better quality. I have seen many broken before and his Velcro his very poorly glued on. He is a cool prop, but definitely on the more fragile side.
Recieved this as a b-day present. I liked this prop in the sneak peeks, but he began to grow on me even more when I saw him in stores. He is one of my favorite props I own. I love the interchangeable feature, He is really cool in the alien form, and really creepy in the human form. He is also on the more affordable side. My only issue is that the velcro was glued on poorly so it comes of easily if your not careful. But other than that, he is one of the best of 2017.
I've been waiting for him to arrive at my local store and he finally did. It's a cool prop but I'm disappointed. The Velcro came off of the leg pieces the first time I assembled him. The chest was also cracked. This was the only one the store had so I can't exchange him. Other than the quality issues it's win.
I like this piece but right from the box I had issues. No sound, the torso would not raise without help, the motor is overly loud and would not shut off once it activated, velcro on the leg pieces were unglued. Other velcro pieces that hold the sheet to the body are in odd places. The motion sensor did not work. Called Dr. Zombie, great people, yes real people that answer the phone, listen and remedy your problem. I received replacement parts fast. Second part inop too. Called again they shipped a full replacement just not in time for this years Halloween.
I waited several weeks for my local to store to get this prop after I saw it online. He is a great prop however he is poor quality. The velcro came off of the leg attachments and the foot the first time I put him together. The rib cage was also cracked in several places and the control box was reversed on the human and alien sounds. The store only had one and I wanted to keep him so I made the best of the issues. Overall I like the problem just wish I didn't have these issues.
I really liked the idea of this product and used it in a morgue room multiple times this year. I DO NOT like how the legs are designed. The legs are made of unstable material which do not support the weight of the feet. Multiple times the feet would fall over during the haunted houses and need to be fixed.
Looks real as long as it is under the sheet.
Prompt only. Animated part stopped working.
I have to use it as a prompt only because it was a very poor design and animated prompt. I have never been so disappointed in my life! Overly priced also.
This animated corpse was the poorest quality prompt I have ever purchased from you guys! I can only use this thing as a prompt and NOT an "animated" prompt like it was meant for! There is no OFF/ON button and the thing is falling apart about the second time I used it. The prompt looks fairly realistic besides the arms, the arms was made out of a roll of foam? REALLY? The arms looked like he had two rolls of paper towels under the sheets with no hands! I removed the foam arms and put my own arms from a skeleton I had so he looked more realistic under the sheet. Everything seems to look fine as long as the corpse is under the sheet, without the sheet it looks like a paper plate and two rolls of foam stuck together. The switch is already coming apart because this product is so very cheaply made. I wished to return him but being busy all the time I had forgotten about him and it was already too late for a return. So, I'm stuck with a expensive cheap pile of paper plates under a sheet prompt that I had to re-create the looks a little more and I can't use as a animated prompt because it's falling apart.


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Nannocharax est un genre de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Distichodontidae et de l'ordre des Characiformes.

Liste d'espèces
Selon :

 Nannocharax altus Pellegrin, 1930
 Nannocharax angolensis (Poll, 1967)
 Nannocharax ansorgii Boulenger, 1911
 Nannocharax brevis Boulenger, 1902
 Nannocharax dageti Jerep, Vari & Vreven, 2014
 Nannocharax elongatus Boulenger, 1900
 Nannocharax fasciatus Günther, 1867
 Nannocharax fasciolaris Nichols & Boulton, 1927
 Nannocharax gracilis Poll, 1939
 Nannocharax hastatus Jerep & Vari, 2014
 Nannocharax hollyi Fowler, 1936
 Nannocharax intermedius Boulenger, 1903
 Nannocharax latifasciatus Coenen & Teugels, 1989
 Nannocharax lineomaculatus Blache & Miton, 1960
 Nannocharax lineostriatus (Poll, 1967)
 Nannocharax luapulae Boulenger, 1915
 Nannocharax machadoi (Poll, 1967)
 Nannocharax macropterus Pellegrin, 1926
 Nannocharax maculicauda Vari & Géry, 1981
 Nannocharax micros Fowler, 1936
 Nannocharax minutus Worthington, 1933
 Nannocharax monardi (Pellegrin, 1936)
 Nannocharax multifasciatus Boulenger, 1923
 Nannocharax niloticus (Joannis, 1835)
 Nannocharax occidentalis Daget, 1959
 Nannocharax ocellicauda Boulenger, 1907
 Nannocharax ogoensis Pellegrin, 1911
 Nannocharax parvus Pellegrin, 1906
 Nannocharax procatopus Boulenger, 1920
 Nannocharax pteron Fowler, 1936
 Nannocharax reidi Vari & Ferraris, 2004
 Nannocharax rubensteini (Jerep & Vari, 2013)
 Nannocharax rubrolabiatus Van den Bergh, Teugels, Coenen & Ollevier, 1995
 Nannocharax schoutedeni Poll, 1939
 Nannocharax signifer Moritz, 2010
 Nannocharax taenia Boulenger, 1902
 Nannocharax uniocellatus (Pellegrin, 1926)
 Nannocharax usongo Dunz & Schliewen, 2009
 Nannocharax wittei (Poll, 1933)
 Nannocharax zebra Dunz & Schliewen, 2009

Notes et références

Références taxinomiques

Distichodontidae
Characiformes
Characiformes (nom scientifique)
Poisson d'aquarium


Construction firms may find themselves liable for employee accidents caused by working on wet and slippery floors, according to advice from a law firm in the wake of a court case.
The case, where a worker at a care home slipped on a pool of urine and then successfully sued her employer for the injuries caused, may also apply to other work environments where liquids may be spilt on floors according to law firm DWF, reports responsesource.com.
Such a ruling may have personal protection equipment implications as the right kind of footwear or protection against falls may prevent injuries from slippages.
The news comes at a time when the issue of health and safety, particularly in the construction industry, has had a raised profile due to an increased number of accidents and rising fatalities.
Last week Contract Journal reported that in the 2007-08 financial year to date, 28 construction deaths have already occurred, putting the industry at risk of exceeding last year's annual total of 77.


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Category Archives: Funny Business
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Multimillionaire Joe Biden Scolds Politicians for Getting Rich: 'You Shouldn't Make Money While You're in Office'
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President Joe Biden, also known as "the Big Guy" to his scandal-plagued son Hunter, stumbled his way through a Tuesday afternoon address to make the incredible claim he doesn't believe politicians should get rich in office. Watch:
The War in Ukraine is going to continue to take it toll on the world economy," Biden said. "It's going to take it his toll on energy, and it's going to take its toll relative to food."
"When I was running for office, you heard it a thousand times from me, that we're going build an economy me around you," he continued. "I'm so tired of trickle down economics. And I never found that that trickled down on top of my head very much."
"I was listed… I had the great pleasure of being listed as the poorest man in Congress for 36 years," he went on. "I still was making a hell a lot more money than anybody else because I was getting a senator's salary, no kidding."
"I didn't think you should make money while you're in office," he claimed.
"But anyway, the point of it is this," he added. "An awful lot of people are hurting. It makes a big difference. Makes a big difference. The cost of a dozen eggs cost of a gallon of gasoline. It matters. It matters."
"So I concluded when I ran this last time that we're going to build this economy from the bottom up in the middle out, because when that happens, everybody does well," he went on. "The wealthy do very well and the poor have a ladder up and the middle class has a little bit of breathing room."
Then Biden told one of those hard-to-believe anecdotes that he is so fond of telling when he rambles off-script.
"I grew up in a household where we lived in a split level, home, three bedrooms, four kids, mom, and dad, and grandpa would live with us," he said. "And I remember one night you could, you know, the walls were kind of thin here. My dad was restless next morning. When he went to work, I asked mom, what was the problem? She said, he just noticed his company just said, no more, not going to, not going to cover health insurance anymore. It matters. These things matter to people. They matter to ordinary people."
Beyond the Biden folktales, he is has gotten incredibly rich during his nearly 50 years on the public till. Forbes notes that "Joe Biden earned $17.3 million over the four years he was out of office, but his net worth is only an estimated $8 million."
"On the day America's first billionaire president took office, 'middle class' Joe Biden boarded the Amtrak out of Washington D.C.'s Union Station, bound for Delaware with the kind of modest fortune you might expect from someone who had spent his adult life as an elected official: $2.5 million, mostly composed of pensions and real estate," Forbes said. "But Biden was about to cash in. By the end of 2017, he and his wife Jill had earned $11.1 million. They raked in $4.6 million the next year, followed by $1 million in 2019 and $630,000 in 2020."
"The story of how Biden became a wealthy man in the wake of his vice presidency, leveraging his fame to sell books and deliver speeches, has been told many times," Forbes went on. "But a closer look at the math prompts a question that hasn't been asked: Why isn't Biden even richer? If someone starts with a $2.5 million net worth and earns $17.3 million while the markets are raging, you'd expect him to be worth more than $8 million. So what happened to Biden's money? Well, $7 million of it covered taxes, another $1.3 million went to charity, $180,000 paid for household staff and an estimated $80,000 went toward interest on mortgages. Take those items out, though, and you're still a few million above Biden's estimated net worth."
"There's a chance that Biden, who shares his fortune with his wife Jill, gave some to other family members," the report added. "Or perhaps he just spent it all. In order to be worth $8 million—as an analysis of Biden's financial disclosure reports, property records and career earnings suggest he is—the president would have had to blow an average of roughly some $2,000 per day over the four years he was out of office."
The White House did not respond to Forbes' multiple requests for comment about Joe Biden's money.
Town & Country has also reported on the real estate holdings of Joe Biden.
"Biden began buying homes—especially those that were outside his budget—in his twenties, taking out multiple mortgages and receiving loans against life insurance policies," Town & Country reported. "His net worth was often in the negatives—in 2007, he was ranked the least wealthy senator."
"Today, the 78-year-old president-elect is hardly middle class anymore," the report added. "According to a 2019 Forbes estimate, Biden and his wife Jill are worth $9 million, much of that accrued from speaking fees and book deals that came pouring in after his vice presidency. About $4 million of that worth is in his real estate. And while they are officially moving into America's grandest house today, the White House joins an already impressive group of stately digs owned by the President and First Lady."
Town & Country then listed impressive estates in Greenville, Delaware; Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; and McLean, Virginia.
The Daily Mail, one of the major publications that has analyzed Hunter Biden's laptop firsthand, has detailed how the former senator's and vice president's connections was leveraged to make his family a large fortune.
"Multiple associates of Joe Biden called him the 'big guy' in emails – the latest in a mountain of evidence that the president was involved in his son's business dealings," the Daily Mail noted.
But emails and documents on Hunter's laptop show Joe Biden:
Was referenced under the nickname 'big guy' as a potential 10% owner in Hunter's joint venture with Chinese oil giant CEFC, in an email by Hunter's partner in the deal
Met with Hunter's foreign business associates at a DC restaurant, despite initial White House denials
At his son's behest, met with an executive from the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian gas firm Burisma, where Hunter had a $1 million-per-year board seat
Met with Hunter and his Mexican billionaire business partners in the Vice President's official residence
Flew Hunter and his business partner – a top political donor – on Air Force 2 to Mexico for a business meeting with those same Mexican billionaires
Was issued keys for Hunter's proposed office to be shared with his Chinese business partners – though Hunter never picked the keys up according to the office manager
Met with Hunter's now-jailed business partner Devon Archer, who was then appointed a Burisma board member alongside Hunter the same month Joe visited Ukraine as VP, according to White House visitor logs
Shared a bank account with Hunter and paid each other's bills
Spoke with former FBI director Louis Freeh who at the time was plotting establishing a DC consultancy with Hunter and Joe catering to foreign criminals
Had Hunter's business partner file his taxes
Wrote a college recommendation letter for the son of Hunter's Chinese business partner, Jonathan Li
Joe Biden might claim that he doesn't believe that public officials should get rich "while in office," but the track record of "middle class Joe" shows that he has not only made millions in his five decades in office, but he has made an even bigger fortune for his family through institutionalized corruption.
OPINION: This article contains commentary which reflects the author's opinion.
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corruption, Funny Business, politics
Corrupt Andrew Cuomo Sues New York Ethics Committee to Stop Them From Seizing Over $5 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains
3 Apr 2022 Ryan DeLarme Leave a comment
100% Fed Up
Cuomo's Covid Era-Memoir Allegedly Used State Resources for Production and Promotion
New York's disgraced Former Governor filed a lawsuit Friday in order to stop the New York Ethics Committee from seizing over $5 million in profits from his Covid-Era memoir, which allegedly used state resources for its production and promotion. These ill gotten gains are only the latest in a line of scandals which the corrupt former governor has been caught up in.
From the Daily Mail:
In the lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Albany, Cuomo accused the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, JCOPE, of violating his constitutional rights and showing 'extraordinary bias against him.'
In December, JCOPE ordered Cuomo to turn over money from his book 'American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.'
Cuomo's camp decried the order and promised a legal fight.
Cuomo's memoir became the subject of an investigation from the New York attorney general's office and JCOPE last year over claims he'd used state resources to write it.
While the state of New York works to claim the $5 million manuscript of his memoir, Cuomo has sued them in what is sure to become a tooth and nail legal battle to preserve his ill gotten gains.
Cuomo's COVID-19 Memoir
On top of allegedly siphoning state money to fund a profitable vanity project, in the recent past he has also been accused of sexually harassing multiple women, and his COVID-19 policies led to the deaths of numerous elderly people in New York nursing homes.
Cuomo's corruption and penchant for lawsuits are shared by his brother, former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who is seeking $125 million from CNN as well.
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Funny Business, russia, Ukraine
Your Tax Dollars at Work: Ukrainian Officials Keep Getting Caught Fleeing Country with Suitcases Full of Cash and Euros
21 Mar 2022 Ryan DeLarme Leave a comment
March 21st, 202
The US Senate passed a bipartisan $1.5 trillion bill on March 10th that included $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Chuck Schumer touted the aid to Ukraine and pointed to it as a pressing reason for the Senate to quickly pass the massive $1.5 trillion spending bill. This was the same week that inflation hit 7.9% in the US — the highest inflation rate in 40 years.
So where is the money going? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?
Here's one answer.
The wife of former Ukrainian MP Ihor Kotvitskyi declared 28 million dollars and 1.3 million euros when entering Hungary. Kotvitskyi has faced allegations of corruption in the past. pic.twitter.com/K4Ry2qOyk6
— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) March 20, 2022
And she's not the only one.
Another Ukrainian diplomat tried to flee Ukraine with 68,000€, $140,000, 12kg gold, 13.8kg gold jewelry and a large number of cigarettes.
Ukraine authorities detained an Ukrainian diplomat at a checkpoint. He tried to take out of the country 140 thousand dollars,68 thousand euros,12 kilograms of gold bars and 13.8 kilograms of jewelry #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Russian #Russia #kyiv #Nato #usa #Russia pic.twitter.com/L5I7gQkSIF
— 🆈🅾🆂🅷🅸 (@YoshiYamamo_to) March 16, 2022
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Elections, Funny Business, Investigative Journalism
Speaker Robin Vos ADMITS Widespread Fraud Occurred In Wisconsin But Says Legislature Cannot Decertify [VIDEO]
Patty McMurray
On March 3, only two days after former WI Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and Thomas More Lawyer Erick Kaardal testified before the WI Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections, they appeared on a podcast with 100 Percent Fed Up's Patty McMurray and the Gateway Pundit's Jim Hoft where they discussed the findings of Justice Gableman's final report on potential voter fraud in the 2020 election.
The 100 Percent Fed Up – Gateway Pundit podcast with Justice Gableman and Erick Kaardal can be seen here:
Justice Gableman was hired by WI State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) to investigate the November 2020 election. Biden got nearly 21,000 more votes in Wisconsin, a state that Donald Trump won in 2016.
As part of his testimony, Special Counsel Michael Gableman dropped a bombshell when he explained how, in Chapter 1 of their report, the CTCL's (Center for Tech and Civic Life) "$8.8 million Zuckerberg planned grant" to Wisconsin's top five Democratic stronghold cities (Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay) used in the November 2020 election "facially violates the Wisconsin law prohibiting election bribery."
Special Counsel Michael Gableman says Facebook CEO's $8.8 million into Wisconsin's Democrat cities was election bribery in violation of the law pic.twitter.com/pDBzOpZulG
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) March 1, 2022
Thomas More Lawyer Erick Kaardal interviewed nursing home patients and members of their families who voted in the November 2020 election to show how the election was stolen in several ways in Wisconsin.
Here is a sampling of Mr. Kaardal's interviews:
Now, almost two weeks after Justice Gableman and Erick Kaardal testified in front of the WI Election Assembly, Republican (RINO) Speaker Robin Vos admits that widespread voter fraud took place in Wisconsin. Vos made the statement to the press after attending a closed-door meeting with a group of concerned WI residents advocating for decertification of the November election, including a GOP candidate for governor and State Rep. Timothy Ramthun (R) this afternoon.
Even though Justice Gableman explained during his testimony that the WI legislature HAS the power to decertify the November 2020 election, Speaker Vos claims the legislature does NOT have the power to take this action.
Following the meeting, RINO Robin Vos believes the fraud in Wisconsin was widespread but says the Legislature can't decertify
🤦♂ pic.twitter.com/6nhtqRDVWI
— George (@BehizyTweets) March 16, 2022
Phil Kline of Thomas More's Amistad Project interviewed Wisconsin clerk Linda Sinkula on September 27, 2021, where she describes learning from an election worker that Democrat operatives were registering voters in nursing homes, including those who don't normally vote. Under Wisconsin law, bipartisan teams of Special Voting Deputies are required to register and assist nursing home residents with absentee ballots.
This article originally appeared on 100% Fed Up
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CCP, corruption, Funny Business, Independent Media
Joe Crushes American Energy While Hunter Gets Rich From Chinese Fossil Fuels
KanekoaTheGreat
Joe Biden fights climate change in the United States, while his son's Chinese private equity fund holds investments in Chinese oil giant, Sinopec, which creates more CO2 emissions than all of Canada.
Hunter Biden has continued to profit from Chinese-government owned oil, gas, and coal companies through his 10% equity stake in Bohai Harvest RST, while his father, Joe Biden, has canceled the Keystone XL Pipeline, banned new drilling for oil and gas on federal lands, and declared war on Americans at the gas pump because of climate change.
Bohai Harvest RST, founded in 2013 and controlled by the Chinese-government owned Bank of China, invested $1 billion in 2015 in the Chinese-state owned China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group), the world's largest oil and gas conglomerate.
In 2020, one of Sinopec Group's subsidiaries, China Petroleum & Chemical, created more carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions than the entire nation of Canada, which itself produced the eleventh most CO2 emissions among all nations.
In other words, while Joe Biden shut down the Keystone Pipeline XL, which would've given the United States 830,000 barrels a day from Canada, his son continued to profit from his investment in the Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec Group, which creates more carbon dioxide emissions than the entire nation of Canada.
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Controversy, deep state, Funny Business, Independent Media
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden Firm Rosemont Seneca Invested in Firm Tied to Ukrainian Biolabs
10 Mar 2022 Ryan DeLarme
Joe Hoft
Hunter Biden's firm Rosemont Seneca provided capital for the firms behind the creation of Biolabs in Ukraine.
We heard on Tuesday from the US State Department that there were US Biolabs in Ukraine. Then on Wednesday the Biden regime backtracked and insisted there were no US-funded Biolabs in Ukraine.
Why the sudden confusing messaging from the Biden gang? Especially when there are documents that prove the US was funding several of the Biolabs they set up in Ukraine to study potentially dangerous pathogens.
It may be because Hunter Biden's firm Rosemont Seneca was funding the firms involved in the building of these labs in Ukraine and they felt this was not something they wanted the American people to know.
InfoWars put together an excellent article with connections between Hunter Biden and the firm Metabiota, which was involved in the creation of Biolabs in Ukraine.
The Gateway Pundit identified through the Wayback Machine that Rosemont Seneca provided capital (invested in) Metabiota as noted on the firm's website back in 2014.
It is listed as "Our Team's Investments" on the Rosemont Senaca webpage.
We also located a number of documents from the Wayback Machine (meaning they have been since deleted off the Internet) that show the Department of Defense investing in the creation of Biolabs in Ukraine with the help of firm Black & Veatch.
Here is a sample of one of the documents located. (We've located nearly a dozen of these documents.)
Metabiota publicized its relationship with Black & Veach in 2018:
Today, Metabiota, the pioneer in epidemic risk modeling, announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Black & Veatch (B&V) to support the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP) in Iraq under the Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (BTRIC). Metabiota has also partnered with B&V on DTRA's recently awarded Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (CTRIC) III with an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract ceiling of $970M.
The US State Department admitted to having Biolabs in Ukraine on Tuesday in front of the US Senate. Then yesterday the Biden White House claimed these Biolabs in Ukraine were not biological weapons labs.
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Funny Business, Notable Occurrence, politics
REVEALED: Matt Schlapp's CPAC Took Six-Figure 'Social Action' Donation from Soros-Linked 'Dark Money' Network
9 Mar 2022 Ryan DeLarme 1 Comment
Raheem J. Kassam
The American Conservative Union (ACU) – which hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) – took a six-figure donation from a leading left-wing fund for the purposes of "civil rights, social action, advocacy," according to the fund's financial records dated 2020, The National Pulse can exclusively reveal.
The New Venture Fund, whose mission statement revolves around "Race, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Commitment," issued a cash grant of $183,250 to the ACU, run by Matt and Mercedes Schlapp, in 2020. The fund is known for its work supporting anti-Trump, anti-conservative initiatives.
SCHLAPP'S CASH FROM THE LEFT.
The ACU refused to comment when approached by The National Pulse. The full 990 can be read here.
The New Venture Fund was started in 2006 and ungirds much of the political left's activities in America today. It's President, Lee Bodner, is a former managing director of Arabella Advisors, which even the Atlantic magazine described as a "Massive Progressive Dark-Money Group" which has targeted former President Donald Trump, his administration officials, as well as issuing over a billion dollars a year to left-wing groups and astro-turfed political operations. Bodner is also described as building "strategic partnerships with nonprofits, including the Clinton Foundation".
PROGRESSIVE DARK MONEY NETWORK
In 2019 the Capital Research Center revealed these left-wing funds are indeed all part of the same network "operating under the aegis of 'philanthropy.' Their work concluded: "…this network is housed in and staffed by a for-profit, privately held consultancy called Arabella Advisors, LLC.* Arabella manages four nonprofit entities—the New Venture Fund, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Windward Fund, and Hopewell Fund—each of which shares an address and interlocking officers with Arabella."
"Arabella's network often plays host to highly influential groups on the Left. For example, the Democracy Alliance, a network of donors co-founded by billionaire George Soros, has used the New Venture Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund to host at least eight projects that don't disclose their original funders"
– Hayden Ludwig, Capital Research Center
The news of Schlapp's Soros-linked cash comes as the eight-year-long ACU Chairman went to bat for transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. Thomas has dominated against biological female competitors, despite being born a man. Schlapp took to Twitter late Monday night to insist: "No matter what one thinks of Lia's ability to swim with women her story deserves our compassion. It will be interesting to hear Lia's pov in 30 years."
Schlapp was soon taken to task by conservative commentators such as Jenna Ellis, former attorney for President Trump as well as The Blaze's Allie Stuckey.
MATT SCHLAPP'S "IT'S MA'AM!" MOMENT.
The National Pulse can also reveal that in recent months, the American Conservative Union pulled from its website a letter sent to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) criticizing them for their pro-transgender sports position. The letter was originally widely circulated, but hurriedly pulled down a few months later. It is still available via the Wayback Machine, here.
The letter appears to have been pulled down at roughly the same time Schlapp promoted communications staff Regina Bratton, who called Joe Biden "our last hope" against Donald Trump, and insulted the former President's intelligence. Bratton has lauded political activists such as Alyssa Milano, the Lincoln Project, Liz Cheney, Meghan McCain, Mitt Romney, The Daily Show, Joy Reid, Amy Klobuchar, and others.
CPAC'S WEBSITE NOW HIDES THEIR NCAA LETTER.
Schlapp – a former White House Director for Political Affairs under President George W. Bush – has come under a mountain of criticism in recent years for turning the once-lauded CPAC into a playing field his political family and their finances. Multiple sources have revealed to The National Pulse they now believe the event to be a "pay for play" scenario, wherein the largest donors and sponsors receive stage-time over the conservative movement's best and brightest.
Schlapp himself seemed to confirm the matter in his tweets to Jenna Ellis on the matter of transgenderism. Instead of addressing the point, Schlapp callously fired back: "Jenna this is a false controversy. You are upset w @CPAC bc we didn't invite you to speak."
In the immediate aftermath of January 6th, Schlapp appeared on Fox News to state that veteran Ashli Babbitt – who he misidentified as a 16-year-old – "maybe deserved to be shot".
"I understand there's a 16-year-old young woman who was shot. Now maybe she was doing terrible things and deserved to be shot," Schlapp said. "We're the party that talks about law and order and respecting cops."
The ACU failed to respond to multiple comment requests from The National Pulse, dated Feb 23rd and March 8th.
CPACDark MoneyGeorge SorosMatt Schlapp
corruption, Funny Business, Independent Media
THE BIDENS' UKRAINIAN BLOOD MONEY – What the U.S. Government and Mainstream Media Hid from the Public
27 Feb 2022 Ryan DeLarme Leave a comment
Forensic Deep Dive into the Bidens' Ukrainian Blood Money. What the U.S. alphabet agencies and Mainstream Media hid from the public.
On June 28, 2018, the Southern District of New York Court (Case 16-CR-371) convicted three individuals for security fraud. Most noteworthy was Devon Archer, Hunter Biden's partner in Rosemont-Seneca-Bohai, LLC ("RSB"). The criminal investigation subpoenas obtained the banking and investment records of RSB documenting security fraud. The RSB financial records further revealed substantial payments from the private Ukrainian energy company known as Burisma Holdings Limited to Devon Archer and Hunter Biden.
Devon Archer and Hunter Biden were appointed to the Ukrainian Burisma board two months after the Coup d'état installed U.S. puppet Petro Poroshenko as Ukraine's President. Not a mere coincidence since Vice President Joe Biden was Obama's Ukraine point man. Neither Archer or Biden had expertise in oil and gas nor spoke the language. The RSB records revealed that each received $83,333.33 per month as director fees over two years.
Ukraine 2014 Coup d'état
After violent events associated with the Maidan revolution protests, Ukraine's parliament ousted President Viktor Yanukovich in February 2014 and replaced him with Petro Poroshenko. Disposed Yanukovich was an existential threat because his amicable relations with Russia impeded Ukraine from becoming a European member and NATO from expanding to Russia's border. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, the midwife of Maidan, threatened sanctions against Ukraine's government if President Viktor Yanukovych remained in office. (Over 100 people were killed in the protests.)
Assistant US Assistant Secretary of State for Victoria Nuland handing out cakes to Yanukovych protesters on the Independence Square in Kiev on December 10, 2013.
SDNY Instrument of the Deep State
The Southern District of New York Court ("SDNY") is the most influential and controversial federal court. The SDNY has a reputation for being an apparatus of the Deep State. Louis Freeh and James Comey, former FBI Directors, served in the SDNY cesspool. The SDNY recently launched a high-profile federal criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani, while he was serving as Trump's legal counsel. At the time, Giuliani was encouraging former Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden. This action by the SDNY was a classic Saul Alinsky's projection technique of false accusations.
Thanks to the criminal case, the public can now review (linked here) the bank and investment account statements (3/2014 – 5/2016) detailing the exorbitant extortion payments funding Archer's and Biden's lavish and decadent lifestyle. On the account statements lower left-hand corner, you will note that prosecuting attorneys labeled "FOIA Confidential Treatment Requested."
RSB was a corporate shell for laundering funds with significant criminal transactions not associated with Burisma director fees flowing through the accounts.
Hunter Biden, at a minimum, was knowledgeable of the criminal transactions and is an unindicted co-conspirator. The mainstream media knew of the cases but was reluctant to publish information on these cases.
The following are three notable criminal transactions flowing through RSB accounts.
1 Fraudulent Bond Issuances
Devin Archer and co-conspirators engaged in a scheme where the Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation, a Native American tribal entity, issued a series of bonds totaling $60 million for tribal economic development. The bonds lacked a secondary market, were illiquid and sold to Hughes Capital Management passive investors. Archer and Co-Conspirator John Galanis controlled Hughes Capital. A portion of the funds was used for personal expenses, cars, and jewelry.
When pension clients that were clients of RBC learned about the purchase of the Tribal Bonds in their accounts, they demanded the liquidation of the bonds. Because there was no secondary market, $15 million in misappropriated proceeds funds were recycled through the RSB account. RSB purchased the clients' bonds, creating an illusion of a liquid secondary market.
Page 53 – September 2014
Page 63 – October 2014
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2 IPO Stock Fraud
Code Rebel Corporation (Nasdaq symbol CDRB), a technology company, went public in May 2015. Burnham Securities, Inc. ("BSI") was the stock IPO underwriter. RSB deposited the stock certificate of 510,831 shares of the IPO (25.5% ownership), valued at $19.7 million, with Morgan Stanley.
Page 156 – June 2015
In October 2015, Devon Archer used RSB funds to loan the BSI working capital and had a contract to buy BSI's holding company parent resulting in control over the Code Rebel's stock market maker.
Page 190 – October 2015
By the end of 2015, Code Rebel reported a net income loss of $3.6 million, with the most significant expense component of $1.2 million for director fees. In May 2016, the company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Nasdaq delisted the company in June 2016 due to insolvency and fraudulent audited financial statements.
Jason Galanis, a co-defendant with Archer in both security scandals, is known as the "New Porn King" after he acquired the nation's largest payment processor for internet pornography.
3 Chinese Influence Peddling – Bohai Harvest
RSB invested in Bohai Harvest RST, a major Chinese state-owned venture capital, to buy or invest in a range of industries in China. The business relationship brought the Bidens' into the orbit of the Chinese government, seeking and gaining influence with the Obama-Biden Administration.
The investment fund is estimated to be over $1 billion in assets. Hunter reported owning 10% for a nominal capital investment of $420,000 and recently cashed out his interest for an undisclosed amount. Below is a wire for investing in Bohai Harvest for $484,920.
Page 92 – 12/09/2014
Ukrainian Blood Money
The Obama-Biden Administration helped create instability in Ukraine, leading to a Mafia-like climate where potential Russian aggression leads to Ukraine demanding protection. Protection money is easily extorted, benefiting Hunter Biden and indirectly Joe Biden.
The ultimate price paid for the Obama-Biden Administration's interference in destabilizing Ukraine politics is Russia responding using military force to annex Ukraine.
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Epstein/Maxwell, Funny Business, Notable Occurrence
Jeffrey Epstein's Close Friend and 'Pimp' Jean-Luc Brunel Found Dead in Apparent Prison 'Suicide' – He Allegedly Hung Himself, Prison Cameras Were Not Working at the Time
Jeffrey Epstein's close associate and French modeling agent, Jean-Luc Brunel, was found dead in prison today in an apparent suicide. What a strange coincidence?
According to a previous TGP report, Epstein once allegedly had three 12-year-old girls flown in from France and delivered to him as a birthday present, a former "sex slave" says in newly released court documents.
According to a former bookkeeper, several girls presented to Epstein worked for MC2, the modeling agency owned by Jean Luc Brunel, a longtime acquaintance and frequent guest of Epstein's. Brunel received $1 million from the billionaire around the time he started the agency.
Epstein's friend Jean-Luc Brunel had such a reputation of abusing models that 60 Minutes did a segment on him years ago.
The Daily Mail reported on Jean-Luc Brunel's death today.
Jeffrey Epstein's French modelling agent friend Jean-Luc Brunel, who allegedly procured more than a thousand women and girls for the pedophile financier to sleep with, died today in an alleged prison suicide.
It comes days after Prince Andrew agreed to settle Virginia Roberts's lawsuit accusing him of sex abuse after they met through Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Roberts accused Brunel, 74, of procuring more than a thousand women and girls for Epstein to sleep with and he was awaiting trial in France for raping minors.
His death in an alleged hanging will fuel conspiracy theories around the Epstein affair after he also died in prison while awaiting trial in what authorities say was a hanging.
However, video cameras were not running at the time he died in the cell he shared with another inmate.
Prosecutors in Paris confirmed Brunel was found hanging in his cell in La Santé, in the south of the capital city, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
'A night patrol found his lifeless body at about 1am,' said an investigating source. 'A judicial enquiry has been launched, and early evidence points to suicide.'
It was in December 2020 that Brunel was indicted after two days of interviews by an examining magistrate and specialist police from an anti-paedophilia unit.
He was arrested at the city's Charles de Gaulle airport on while trying to board a plane to Dakar, Senegal, telling detectives 'I'm going on holiday'.
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Elections, Funny Business, Quiet War
Lawsuit Claims Michigan Election Chief Illegally Accepted Zuckerberg Money to Swing 2020 Election
A lawsuit filed against Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson asserts she illegally accepted private money for the 2020 presidential election to swing the election for President Joe Biden.
The Chicago-based Thomas More Society filed the lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Claims, alleging Benson violated election law by spending private election funding on partisan purposes that denied Michigan voters' constitutional equal access voting rights.
The Center Square previously reported Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan contributed $400 million nationwide into the 2020 election through their Chicago-based nonprofit, the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL).
The 166-page filing claims that nearly half of CTCL's funds flowed to Democrat-dominated areas where Biden won. For example, the lawsuit says CTCL made 19 payments exceeding $100,000 all to jurisdictions that Biden carried in 2020.
The lawsuit cites an America Public Media report finding some cities spent little of the money on personal protective equipment (PPE).
The Michigan Legislature aimed to ban private funding of public elections via Senate Bill 303, which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed in 2021.
Thomas More Society Special Counsel Thor Hearne said that Benson spent CTCL money to boost Democrat-dominated areas in the 2020 election via increased mail-in voting and ballot harvesting.
"The Michigan Constitution guarantees every eligible citizen the right of equal protection when it comes to voting, and that means state officials may not put in place an election scheme that enhances the weight of votes cast by one class of voters or increases one favored class of voters' access to the ballot," Hearne said in a statement. "That's just what happened here. Analysis of data that the Center for Tech and Civic Life provided to the Internal Revenue Service and other public records demonstrates that this scheme was designed to favor urban areas in Michigan and to disadvantage Michigan voters in rural and suburban more politically conservative areas."
Hearne said the lawsuit aims to set the rules for future elections, not past elections.
"This case is not about relitigating the 2020 election," Hearne said. "It is about making sure that these unfair and illegal activities cannot happen in any future election in Michigan. As Michigan's chief election official, Secretary Benson is responsible for ensuring that every eligible Michigan voter has an equal right and opportunity to cast a ballot."
A CNN report says 11 Republican-led states have prohibited private money from funding public elections.
Thomas More Society attorneys are representing Wisconsin voters in a similar lawsuit.
"The only way Michigan residents can stop a high-tech billionaire from California from directing the conduct of Michigan's 2022 election is for the Michigan voters and citizens to prevail in this case against Secretary of State Benson," Thomas More Society President and Chief Counsel Tom Brejcha said in a statement.
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