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Video: Seb Vettel and Mark Webber Don't Know Their Cars That Well
March 23, 2013 23:00 by Kirby Garlitos
Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber spend inordinate amounts of time in their respective Formula 1 RB9 racecars that it's hard to imagine them having trouble dressing up a bare model with all of its liveries.
But that's exactly the predicament the duo found themselves in after the team decided to challenge them to put all of the RB9's liveries in their proper places. To their credit, Vettel and Webber got a few of the liveries correct, but most of them ended up being either in the wrong place, the wrong direction, and in one case, the wrong order.
Maybe Red Bull technical director, Adrian Newey, was right in his assessment of the two upon seeing the mess Vettel and Webber did to the RB9's carbon monococque body. "Stick to your day jobs," Newey said.
We're not about to disagree with that.
Check out how Vettel and Webber did when tasked to dress up the RB9 with all of its sponsors' liveries. It'll make for a couple of good laughs that much we're certain of.
Video: Infiniti G37S vs. Gravity, Who Wins?
June 16, 2012 12:00 by Justin Cupler
We are always coming across crazy videos of races of car vs. other various non-automotive things, like horses, cheetahs, fighter jets, etc. This latest one was set up by Infiniti and Red Bull, and it pitted the Infiniti G37S against the most natural thing on Earth, gravity. How exactly do you measure gravity? Well, you toss a man out of a helicopter at 3,500 feet with a parachute strapped to his back, of course.
The above video starts off with professional F1 driver, Mark Webber, and professional skydiver, Jon DeVore, learning each other's trade – Jon behind the wheel of the Infiniti and Mark in a skydiving wind tunnel. After each one got a taste of how tough the other one's sport is – both actually fared pretty well in the other's sport – they decided a race was in order.
A helicopter lifted DeVore 3,500 feet in the air and he took a dive, as Webber raced around ICAR circuit and Mirabel airport. The race was amazingly close, considering the vast difference between the two modes of transportation, but from what we can tell, the Infiniti beat gravity by at least a few seconds. Of course, gravity had that pesky resistance created by the parachute holding it back. We are willing to bet that without that hunk of nylon slowing DeVore down, gravity would have won by a long shot. But, uh, yeah… That would be a tad bit dangerous.
Anywho, enjoy the above video. Our favorite part is watching each athlete try the other one's sport. It's simply amazing how these guys can just jump into something like that, having never done it before, and do well at it.
2012 Grand Prix of Monaco is in the books
May 29, 2012 11:00 by Justin Cupler
As always, the Grand Prix of Monaco provided a fairly spectacular showing, likely one of the few in this year's F1 series. As most would expect, Circuit de Monaco lap-time record holder and five-time winner, Michael Schumacher took the pole position, but officials forced him back five grid positions after he caused a collision during qualifying. With the technical nature of Monaco, that pole position is very important and Schumacher's penalty was an ominous sign that this would not be a good race, as he retired due to fuel issues 63 laps in.
Schumacher's penalty propelled Red Bull's Mark Webber into the pole position. Webber held onto that pole position, despite a lead change during a pit stop, and took home the checkered flag on a rain-coated Circuit de Monaco. As we said in our preview of the 2012 Grand Prix of Monaco, this race had some serious overall points influence, as the leaders were only separated by a few points each.
This victory for Webber places propels him up to a second place tie with Sebastian Vettel at 73 points and puts Fernando Alonso, who finished third, in the points lead at 76. An impressive run by Nico Rosberg placed him in second, just behind Webber, proving that his wide margin of victory in China was not just a one-time deal. This superb finish by Rosberg jumps him up two slots to fifth place overall.
From the looks of it, this season is shaping up to be a rather close points race with a few new faces near the top. Unfortunately, the leader board, for the most part, looks identical to the 2011 and 2010 seasons. The lack of parody in F1 has really been its Achilles heel in recent history. An overall points victory by Nico Rosberg would certainly be a push in the right direction for F1, so we'll keep a close eye on his performance.
Click past the jump to see the complete placement board for the 2012 Grand Prix of Monaco and the overall points standings.
Car Infographics: F1 Cars and Teams in 2012
May 22, 2012 20:00 by Alexander
We just love infographics because they are created to inform readers of different facts and figures on a particular topic. This infographic, however, takes that love to a whole new level by being the most complete and informative infographic we have ever seen. It breaks down the details of the 2012 F1 season, even going into the different cars and drivers.
Ever wonder what an F1 car consists of? Take a look at the very first section of this infographic. Want to know what kind of changes F1 drivers and teams had to prepare for in the 2012 season? This list goes into all of them, including the new nose height requirement of being 550mm above the base of the car to avoid a T-bone crash.
The rest of the infographic goes into the incredible precision driving on a Formula One cricuit, facts people may not know, details about the cars and drivers, and the entire race calendar, including preseason testing results at Jerez and Barcelona.
Check out the rest of the infographic to get more helpful information and remember to check back with us for the next installment in our Car Infographics series.
Red Bull previews the 2011 Melbourne Grand Prix
Last year, Red Bull Racing took it upon themselves to preview each and every race of the 2010 Formula One calendar and, as luck would have it, that strategy paid off when the team eventually won both the Driver's and Constructor's Championships.
Okay, the two things don't really have anything to do with each other, but for all we know, those guys are superstitious enough to not mess with a good thing.
So now that the 2011 F1 season is so close - it starts on Sunday March 27th -, the defending champs are at it again, releasing a preview video of the 2011 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne.
It must be noted that even though Red Bull romped to both championships last season, their fortunes at last year's race in Australia wasn't as, shall we say, 'champagne-soaked'. While reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel did secure a pole position last year, his race was ultimately cut short after 25 laps due to mechanical failures. As for hometown hero Mark Webber, he had a mediocre 9th place finish in front of his fellow Oz.
How will Vettel, Webber, and the entire F1 grid fare this year? It's anyone's guess, really, but with the introduction of the KERS system and the new rear wings that are supposed to provide more overtaking opportunities, we're willing to bet that the 2011 Formula One season will be as exciting and action-packed as any season we've seen in history.
Strap on your seatbelts, fellas! The 2011 Formula One season is just about here!
Video: Mark Webber gives the low-down on the KERS system
The 2011 Formula One season was supposed to kick off last week in Bahrain, but because of increasing political tensions in the region, the Bahrain Grand Prix was moved to a later schedule, which then bumped the opening race of the season to the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 27, 2011.
With the longer wait for the start of the season, Red Bull decided it was the best time to educate Formula One fans on some new technologies in place for the 2011 season, including the use of KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) and the ability to adjust the car's rear wing so as to reduce drag.
In this video, which serves as instructional more than anything else, Red Bull driver Mark Webber describes the benefits of using the KERS system within the race. Whether its an aggressive attempt at an overtake or a defensive tactic to keep a rival behind you, the KERS system provides an added boost of energy on the car's engine, which in turn could spell the difference between being ahead and trailing the competition. The boost can be used in small doses or all at the same time, either at the start of the race where track position is paramount or in the middle of a heated battle with a rival.
Check out the video for a simple yet fascinating lesson on how the KERS system works in the high-tech and fast-paced world of Formula One.
TopSpeed's Best of 2010: Crash of the Year
January 2, 2011 06:00 by Simona
We admit, that when talking about car crashes, we probably shouldn't have "best of" in the title, but some of the car crashes in 2010 have been unbelievable with the driver getting up and walking away as if they had finished the race instead of stopping short due to a rough and tumble escapade. Of course, some have also been devastating, with the driver not being as lucky.
This year was full of crashes. Toyota chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, was killed in a Nurburgring accident while driving a Lexus LF-A, Heikki Kovalainen crashed into a Audi R8 LMS at the Race of Champions, and Mark Webber had a pretty serious accident in Valencia. The list goes on and on, with a number of supercar crashes at the hands of amateurs out for a good time.
We just didn't feel right choosing the "best of" crash where somebody was seriously, or even fatally, hurt, so we opted to choose the crash based on the survival of the driver. This limits our choices a bit. In the end, what we were left with was the Mark Webber crash at Valencia (GP Europe 2010).
Going loop-de-loop in a race car going 186mph and casually discussing the accident just a few days later is good luck at its best. And that is why Mark Webber's brush with death was our pick for crash of the year.
Red Bull troops to Australia for the Australian Festival of Speed
December 14, 2010 08:00 by Kirby Garlitos
Keeping up to the immense momentum they gathered at the conclusion of the 2010 Formula One season where they won both the Driver's and Constructor's Championship, Red Bull Racing headed to Australia to attend the 2010 Australian Festival of Speed.
Showcasing the car that catapulted the team to the Mount Olympus of Formula One, the team treated those in attendance to an up close look at the workings of the team, as well as giving a show worthy of a championship racing team.
The event was attended by local hero Mark Webber – apparently, he's an icon in that part of the world – and up-and-coming racer Danny Ricciardo, both of whom joined the team to meet and greet with the Australian folks.
In this video, Red Bull gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the 2010 Australian Festival of Speed, complete with interviews featuring 2010 second runner-up Mark Webber, who took the time to reflect on the recently-concluded season and how far the team has come from being middle of the pack to being up on the suites.
Vettel Could Help Webber Win Title
November 11, 2010 08:30 by Bryan
We know that journalists should be objective, but we honestly would love to see Mark Webber take the title this year and it seems like he might get some help from his Red Bull teammate.
Sebastian Vettel has come out and said that he would help Webber if there was no way he could take the Formula One driver's championship himself. If Vettel were to win, all current championship leader Fernando Alonso would need to do is come fourth, but if Webber wins, Alonso needs second place.
"In my case, it is pretty straightforward - all I can do is optimize my result, ideally repeat the result we achieved today and then it depends where those two guys are," said Vettel to the BBC.
We've been talking about this subject for some time now, as to whether or not the Red Bulls should work together to help Webber take the title and it's been clear that this may just happen. That being said, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that if only one driver had a chance to win the title, team orders might be used.
"Of course if we find ourselves in a situation where, on the last lap, the team and one of our drivers can win the world championship, the drivers will do whatever's necessary to ensure as a team we achieve the best result," he said to the BBC.
Alonso has said that he is 100% confident, so we'll see during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Video: Mark Webber previews the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
November 4, 2010 03:00 by Kirby Garlitos
The penultimate race of the 2010 Formula One season is going to be this weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil. After that, the 2010 season concludes in Abu Dhabi the week after (November 12-14) at the Yas Marina racing circuit.
With both championships – Driver's and Constructor's – still to be decided, these last two races are shaping up to be one of the most hotly-anticipated races in recent Formula One history. Four drivers – Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel - and three teams – Red Bull, McLaren, and Ferrari – are all still in the fight for F1 supremacy, and the Brazilian GP and the Abu Dhabi GP will play hosts to a fittingly thrilling end to the 2010 F1 season.
That being said, Red Bull ace Mark Webber took to the team's ever-reliable racing simulator to give the Yas Marina circuit a proper shakedown before the final race of the season. Given the magnitude of that race – and Brazil, for that matter – all the contenders have to be at their absolute best if they have any plans of being proclaimed the 2010 Driver's champion. From the looks of things, the Red Bull driver – currently second to Alonso in the standings – looks ready to rumble in Abu Dhabi.
Berger: Webber was hunting down rivals
October 27, 2010 22:00 by Bryan
Gerhard Berger has just accused Mark Webber of attempting to take out his championship rivals at the Korean Grand Prix during his wreck in the early part of the race.
At the time, Webber was leading the championship by 14 points, but he managed to clip the curb and spin his car into the wall. That's not the end of the story, as his Red Bull skated back across the track, collecting Nico Rosberg's Mercedes.
Berger believes that Webber could have stomped on the brakes to avoid coming back across the track. A few laps earlier, Rosberg had passed Lewis Hamilton and had that not taken place, Webber would have hit the McLaren, a serious championship rival.
When asked if he thought the move was deliberate, Berger, who owned Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso, said yes, it was very deliberate.
"It's very obvious, you can see his wheels are not locked up. Perhaps he had a brake problem, but I don't think so," he said.
Red Bull team boss Horner responded: "As with every incident in Formula One, opinions will always be made without all the facts.
"Just to be absolutely clear - Mark's intention was not to take out another driver after his crash and it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise," he told the Telegraph.
Mark Webber has not commented on the story and we don't think he will, but this wouldn't have been the first time that a driver has attempted to take out a rival. Still, by the look of the accident, it didn't seem like he was going after any of his fellow drivers.
Video: Mark Webber introduces the Korean International Race Track
October 16, 2010 12:00 by Kirby Garlitos
With the 2010Formula One season down to the last three races, you can be sure that the championship contenders are gearing up for the fight of their lives to be crowned the 2010 Driver's Champion. The first of these three races will be held in Yeongam, South Korea for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix.
As has been the case for most of the year, Red Bull Racing has released a virtual drive-around of the newly built racetrack. This time around, season points leader Mark Webber provides the voice over as he describes the Yeongam race track straight for straight and turn for turn.
The race, which will cover 55 laps - each lap runs for 3.492 miles - and cover a total distance of 192.06 miles, is set for October 24 and is fixing to be a slobber-knocker among the championship contenders with five drivers still in contention heading to the last three races of the year.
This race in particular is expected to be riveting considering that the drivers will be going full throttle against each other on a track that nobody is fully familiar with yet. That factor alone should make the inaugural Korean Grand Prix one for the books.
Vettel wins in Spain
June 28, 2010 20:00 by Bryan
Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull are back on top of the world after qualifying on pole and winning the European Grand Prix. Things didn't go so well for his teammate though.
Vettel and Webber had been on pole for nearly every single race except for Canada, which Lewis Hamilton won last week.
Yet, the young German dominated the final qualifying session and then proceeded to dominate the quite dull race, winning for just the second time this season.
His teammate Mark Webber came in last after a horrific wreck saw his Red Bull take off into the air after colliding with the rear of a Lotus. On top of that, nine cars are under investigation because of speeding behind the safety car.
Lewis Hamilton finished second after a brilliant drive following a penalty for backing up the field. He was given a drive through but came out in the same spot he went in, second.
Jenson Button finished third after running in fourth behind Kamui Kobayashi nearly the entire race. The Japanese driver chose not to pit until the final few laps. After his stop, Kobayashi passed Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Buemi for seventh place.
Hit the jump for the rest of the story.
Ferrari boss furious after grand prix
When a team like Scuderia Ferrari is upset in Formula One, people are going to hear about it one way or another. Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo was furious at the new, slower teams in F1 after Fernando Alonso was held up during the Canadian Grand Prix.
Alonso was trying to pass Lewis Hamilton after the leading McLaren went into the pits after a bit of pressure from Alonso.
Yet, the Spaniard was slowed down by one of the slower teams on his in lap and he eventually came out of the pits behind Hamilton, who would later win the race.
Things kept getting worse for Alonso, who lost second to Jenson Button after he was slowed down by another slow newcomer.
The Italian boss was livid with the new boys after the race had finished, having seen his driver's chance at a win slip away with the help of the slower cars.
"Cars who perform at GP2-level should not be allowed to participate in F1 races because they are supposed to race on Sunday mornings," he told Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Our car's race pace was good enough for victory.
"Let's hope that, in the future, there won't be mistakes in pushing a button nor in lapping cars that put us at a disadvantage, because we've already gone though that."
Alonso has one win in his first season with Ferrari and is currently fourth in the points behind Mark Webber and the two McLaren drivers.
Red Bull retains Mark Webber for the 2011 F1 season
June 10, 2010 07:00 by Kirby Garlitos
Mark Webber's recent run of success hasn't gone unnoticed especially by the very team that he drives for. With the Aussie leading this year's F1 Drivers Championship standings, Red Bull Racing rewarded its 34-year old racing ace with a contract extension for the 2011 Formula One season.
Webber's extension, coupled with team-mate Sebastian Vettel's upstanding multi-year contract, means that Red Bull's driver line-up for 2011 has pretty much been set in stone already. The extension also appeases growing concerns on whether Red Bull was planning on retaining Webber for next year amidst speculation that former Formula One world champion and Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen would make his return to F1 with Red Bull.
We're really happy for Webber for having his recent performances be rewarded by Red Bull. Sure, they have the best car in the entire F1 grid, but somebody still has to drive the thing, right? And, as of now, Mark Webber's doing it over and above everyone else this year.
So congratulations, buddy, err, mate. You deserve it.
Press release after the jump.
Mark Webber previews Barcelona Grand Prix on Red Bull simulator
May 7, 2010 13:00 by Kirby Garlitos
Some of us are content with high-def video games, but for a team with an exponentially bigger budget like Red Bull, video games are about as high-tech as a wooden bicycle. No, these guys don't roll like that.
What they have are race simulators and pretty awesome ones at that. On the lead-up to the Barcelona Grand Prix, team driver Mark Webber got to sit behind one of the mock RB25 race simulators to try to get acclimated with the circuit before the race this Sunday. That's the kind of technology that's pretty prevalent in Formula One and that you won't be able to find in any other racing series in the world.
This is actually the second video brought to us by Red Bull. A little over a week ago we posted the video of Sebastien Vettel as he made his practice runs on the simulator.
As for the rest of us, being allowed to drive this simulator is completely out of the question so we'll have to settle for just watching the video.
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Ferry Riders Welcomed Back to The War Memorial Opera House: With Precautions
Bay Area ferry riders already adjusted to new hygiene and security protocols on their journey into The City, will no doubt welcome the same vigilant standards set by The San Francisco Opera.
The company's new season will be a transitional year, temporarily offering a reduction in the number of operas and performances to ensure a safe return to the stage. Rehearsals and performances for the three fall productions are scheduled in succession rather than overlapping as in a typical repertory season. This provision, along with other protocols, allows maximum flexibility as the Company and audiences navigate this early period of emergence from the pandemic shutdown. The summer of 2022 will bring the return of repertory presentations (multiple operas presented each week) and in 2022–23 the Company will celebrate its centennial with a full repertory season.
To ensure the health and safety of audiences, artists and employees, comprehensive front and back-of-house safety protocols—developed in partnership with a team of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) physicians led by epidemiologist Dr. George Rutherford—will be in place.
During the initial return to the Opera House, inclusive of all Tosca performances, San Francisco Opera has enacted the following policies which the Company will continue to monitor and evolve. For complete details and updates, visit sfopera.com/safetyfirst.
Upon entry, patrons will be required to show proof of full vaccination (defined as two weeks after final shot; paper or electronic/photo documentation).
All patrons will be required to wear a face mask while attending performances.
Safety protocols include enhanced cleaning practices and availability of hand sanitizer stations throughout the building. Ventilation systems in the War Memorial Opera House meet Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines. All front-of-house and backstage employees will follow rigorous safety protocols including a vaccination requirement.
The Box Office will seat one production at a time.
Tickets must be purchased in advance either by phone or online; at this time, tickets are not available for in-person purchase.
All ticket exchange fees are eliminated for the current season. Exchanges will be accepted up to two hours before the performance.
For a touchless experience, tickets will be delivered digitally (print-at-home and mobile). In lieu of printed program books, a digital program will be available.
The Opera is working with the War Memorial and Global Gourmet to offer concessions to patrons, including limited food and beverage service. Plans for pre-opera talks are being developed. More information will be available soon.
NEW SEATS, ACCESSIBLE SEATING AREAS AND IMPROVED SIGHTLINES
The completed final phase of the War Memorial Opera House seat replacement project, begun in 2013 with the Box and Balcony sections, will be unveiled when the house reopens. All seats within the Orchestra, Grand Tier and Dress Circle sections have been replaced, improving comfort and sightlines within the historic Beaux-Arts theater that serves as home to San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet. The completed project also includes new accessible seating areas, furthering the commitment of the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center and its two resident organizations to maximize accessibility for all patrons.
While preserving the historic integrity, beauty and acoustics of this cultural landmark, the new custom seats replace seats that were original to the 1932 building and introduce enhancements such as greater leg room and the latest in ergonomic support. For more information, visit sfopera.com/seatupgrade.
SIMULCAST AND LIVESTREAMS
On Friday, September 10, opera lovers, baseball fans and tens of thousands of Bay Area citizens will have the opportunity to celebrate Eun Sun Kim's arrival as music director together in Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. In partnership with the Giants, Live and In Concert: The Homecoming will be simulcast live from the Opera House to the ballpark's 71-foot high x 153-foot wide videoboard as the Company's 13th free Opera at the Ballpark. The Bay Area community is invited to experience this beginning to an exciting new chapter for opera in San Francisco while seated on the baseball field or in the stands at this beloved al fresco event. Registration will open later this summer. For more information, visit sfopera.com/ballpark.
Along with returning to the War Memorial stage, the Opera will share two of its fall productions from Eun Sun Kim's inaugural season beyond the walls of the Opera House. Offered for the first time in Company history, a livestream option for select performances will enable audiences to experience San Francisco Opera from anywhere in the world. Virtual tickets are available for $25 to livestream the following performances: Fidelio on October 14, 17 and 20; and Così fan tutte on November 21, 23 and 27. For more information, visit sfopera.com/online.
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Josh Inglis- Wiki, Age, Height, Girlfriend, Net Worth, Ethnicity, Career
Australian cricketer Joshua Patrick Inglis plays the game. Inglis was born in Leeds, England, and his family moved to Australia when he was 14 years old. In February 2022, he made his international cricket debut for Australia.
First and last name Joshua Patrick Inglis
Nickname Josh Inglis
Date of birth March 4, 1995
Josh Inglis age 27 years
Birthplace Leeds, United Kingdom
Female friend Megan Kincart
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Josh Inglis Biography
It is Joshua Patrick Inglis who goes by the nickname Josh Inglis. When Leeds, England, came into view, he opened his eyes. With a heritage of mixed ancestry, he is a British citizen. It was 1995 when he was born. Every year on March 4, Josh throws a party with his loved ones to commemorate his birthday.
Josh is a long-time international athlete who is originally from Yorkshire. As of now, he has not disclosed the names of his mother and father or the details of each person's history. When he was a young child, he and his parents moved to Perth.
Josh Inglis Height, Weight, Body Measurement
Josh Inglis is 80 kilograms (or 5 feet 10 inches) tall). We have included the most recent weight, although it may have changed. His eyes are black and he has brown hair.
Inglis made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI against the West Indies in December 2015 after making some standout club cricket appearances for Western Australia U17s, U19s and U23s.
He batted in the middle of the order in his first innings, scoring a whopping 44 runs. A year later, in 2016, Inglis made his List-A debut for the National Performance Squad against South Africa A.
His debut was forgettable as he was out after one point. When Pakistan visited Australia in 2017, Inglis also took the field for the CA XI against Pakistan.
He rose to fame in October 2020 by scoring his first-ever first-class 100-of-153 not-out against South Australia in the first round of the 2020-21 season in the Sheffield Shield.
Inglis also took part in the T20 Blast for Leicestershire in March 2021. He performed well in the competition. Inglis settled by scoring two hundred – 103 not out and 118 not out.
In terms of his stats from 2021, Jos Inglis has scored 2252 points with an average of 33.61 in 46 FC matches.
His List-A stats are very similar; he scored 1,672 runs from 68 T20 games at an average of 30.40, including two tons, and 711 runs in 23 games at an average of 32.31.
Jos Inglis received his first national call-up when he was named to the Australian team for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup after his strong performances in the T20 Blast and BBL.
In the sixth season of the Big Bash League, Mitch Marsh was originally replaced by the Wicket-Keeper batsman.
He has built up a reputation in the league and is now the team's first-choice wicket-keeper.
His best performance came during the 2020-21 season when he scored 405 runs at a remarkable 28.93 average and often gave his side strong starts.
Inglis played in 46 Big Bash games, scoring 968 runs, with a strike rate of 141.11, and his best score was 73.
Josh Inglis' net worth
Joshua Patrick Inglis got his estimated net worth of $5 million through his career as an athlete. often referred to as the Australian athlete. He is considered one of the greatest athletes in history. Being a successful Australian athlete is the main source of income for Joshua Patrick Inglis.
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Josh Inglis Girlfriend, Dating
Megan Kincart and Josh Inglis have been dating for a while and often share photos together on Instagram. Yet they are not married yet.
Josh was born and raised in Leeds, England, and when he was about 14 years old, his family moved to Australia.
His first-class century didn't come until October 2020, in the opening round of the Sheffield Shield (Australia's premier domestic first-class cricket competition) – a score of 153 runs against South Australia – despite having started playing for Western Australia in the domestic scene in the 2016-17 season.
For him, the year was something of a first-class cricket breakthrough. He finished the season with 585 runs, including his first three first-class hundreds.
This was followed by other BBL seasons in which he scored a minimum of 400 points (405 points in 14 innings in the 2019-20 season; 413 points in 16 innings in the 2020-21 season). But more than all those runs, what really won the national selectors was the flexibility he showed in hitting in different positions.
He was an unexpected addition to the Australian team for the 2021 ICC (International Cricket Council) World T20 in August 2021. He has never been called up to the senior national team before. However, Josh was unable to make it to the team's starting grid in any of the Australian tournament games; instead, veteran wicketkeeper Matthew Wade kept his position.
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Jack Hutton: January 1917, France
Jack is serving in France. He has seen the horrors of trench warfare and suffers through one of the coldest winters France had ever experienced. Despite this he maintains his laconic humour through these darkest of days.
Frank Hurley: 16 February 1918
Official photographer, Frank Hurley goes up in an aeroplane for the first time with pilot Ross Smith in the Middle East. They fly over the Judean Hills and then the Dead Sea. Hurley is 'enraptured' by the experience.
Wesley Choat: April 1919, Germany
Choat was taken prisoner during the battle of Bullecourt in France. After the war, Choat wrote up his account of being a prisoner of war in Germany and of his successful escape into Holland.
Ellis Silas: January 1915
Painter and illustrator Ellis Silas enlisted in October 1914 and was made a private in the 16th Battalion, C Company. His unit landed a Gallipoli on the evening of 25 April 1915 where he served at Pope's Hill, Quinn's Post and Bloody Angle until 28 May 1915 when he was evacuated to Egypt suffering from shell shock and fever.
On the troopship, Ceramic, January 1915 — Artist Ellis Silas is having trouble adapting to military life and the routines on board a transport.
On the troopship, Ceramic, January 1915, artist Ellis Silas is having trouble adapting to military life and the routines on board a transport.
Wesley Choat: La Belle France
Times in La Belle France.
Ellis Silas: on the way to Gallipoli
Ellis Silas, signaller in the 16th Battalion lands at Gallipoli. After a few days, he is one of the few signallers still alive.
Sister Anne Donell: 2 January 1918
Anne Donnell begins a new diary for 1918 whilst serving in a casualty clearing station at Ypres in Belgium. She is homesick and very fearful of the German bombing which is going on in the skies above the hospital.
Sister Anne Donell: 27 December 1915
Anne Donnell is a nursing sister with the 3rd Australian General Hospital. Starting at the field hospital in Lemnos on 12 October 1915, Anne later nursed in Egypt, England and France before being sent for convalescence in England after falling ill.
Sister Anne Donell - crossing the equator
Anne Donnell is finally heading home after three long years at war. As her ship crosses the equator, Anne recognises the Southern Cross in the skies and knows she is almost there.
Langford Colley-Priest: July 1916
Langford was a stretcher-bearer in the 8th Field Ambulance. In 1916 he served at Fromelles and on the Somme. He describes daily life in the trenches; receiving packages from home and watching aeroplanes battle in the skies.
Jim Marshall: 13 September 1916 (Part 1)
(Part 1) Seventeen year old Jim Marshall describes what it was like leaving his home town of Sydney to sail away to War.
Jim Marshall: 24 November 1916, London
Jim is on leave in London. He and his mates visit all the famous tourist sites and prove to be a bit of an attraction to the English ladies.
Langford Colley-Priest: November 1916
Stretcher-bearer in the trenches
Maurice Evans: November 1916
Maurice is serving with the 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance in the Middle East.
Louis Vasco: 25 June 1917, France
Sharing his love of France with his wife.
Bill Burrell: Thursday 20 September 1917
Bill Burrell is a stretcher-bearer with the 17th Battalion and he is at Ypres, struggling to survive the artillery barrage. His bravery on this day is rewarded with the Military Medal.
Louis Vasco: 20 June 1918, England
A study in blues.
Louis Vasco: 30 June 1918
Louis has been evacuated out of the trenches with a spinal injury and is in hospital in England. He writes one of his last letters home to his wife.
The Sydney and the Emden Battle: 9 November 1914
Franz Bordeaux, a German and Rupert Vowles, an Australian, each wrote an account of the Emden/Sydney battle in the Indian Ocean. Whilst neither man was an actual eye-witness to the battle.
Wesley Choat: April 1919, Letter to the Principal Librarian
Choat includes a letter with his submission to the Library.
Stories from the World War I collection
Our collection contains many stories – the personal accounts found in diaries, maps that document the progress of the war, newspapers and ephemera that reflect what was happening on the home front, life captured through the photographer's lens.
Our diary and letter collections offer a rich and personal insight into those who served in the Great War.
Voices from war, a remarkable collection of over 550 personal accounts that reveal the diversity of service and impact on individuals lives.
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Nebula Awards Showcase 2017
Author: Julie E. Czerneda
Publisher: Pyr, 2017
Series: Nebula Awards: Book 51
1. Nebula Award Stories 1965
2. Nebula Award Stories Two
3. Nebula Award Stories Three
4. Nebula Award Stories Four
5. Nebula Award Stories Five
6. Nebula Award Stories Six
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12. Nebula Winners Twelve
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17. Nebula Award Stories Seventeen
18. The Nebula Awards #18
20. Nebula Awards 20
34. Nebula Awards Showcase 2000
54. Nebula Awards Showcase 54
Book Type: Anthology
The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
This year's editor, selected by SFWA's anthology Committee (chaired by Mike Resnick), is Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer and editor Julie Czerneda. This year's Nebula Award winners are Naomi Novik, Nnedi Okorafor, Sarah Pinsker, and Alyssa Wong, with Fran Wilde winning the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book. Also included in this volume are works by N. K. Jemisin and Ann Leckie.
Introduction - essay by Julie E. Czerneda
About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - essay by uncredited
Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., Service to SFWA Award Recipient: Lawrence M. Schoen - essay by uncredited
About the Nebula Awards - essay by uncredited
2015 Nebula Awards Ballot - essay by uncredited
Madeleine - (2015) - short story by Amal El-Mohtar
Cat Pictures Please - (2015) - short story by Naomi Kritzer
Damage - (2015) - short story by David D. Levine
When Your Child Strays From God - (2015) - short story by Sam J. Miller
Today I Am Paul - (2015) - short story by Martin L. Shoemaker
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers - (2015) - short story by Alyssa Wong
About the Rhysling and Dwarf Stars Awards - essay by uncredited
Shutdown - (2014) - poem by Marge Simon
Abandoned Nursing Home - (2014) - poem by Greg Schwartz
Our Lady of the Open Road - (2015) - novelette by Sarah Pinsker
Binti - (2015) - novella by Nnedi Okorafor
Excerpt from Raising Caine - (2015) - short fiction by Charles E. Gannon
Excerpt from The Fifth Season - (2015) - short fiction by N. K. Jemisin
Excerpt from Ancillary Mercy - (2015) - short fiction by Ann Leckie
Excerpt from The Grace of Kings - (2015) - short fiction by Ken Liu
Excerpt from Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard - (2015) - short fiction by Lawrence M. Schoen
Excerpt from Uprooted - (2015) - short fiction by Naomi Novik
100 Reasons to Have Sex with an Alien - (2014) - poem by F. J. Bergmann
About the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation - essay by uncredited
A Remarkable Win - essay by Mark Askwith
About the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy - essay by uncredited
Excerpt from Updraft - (2015) - short fiction by Fran Wilde
About the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award - essay by uncredited
I Have Read Them All, Now - essay by Michelle West
About the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award - essay by uncredited
Damon Knight Grand Master: C. J. Cherryh - essay by Elizabeth R. Wollheim
Excerpt from Pride of Chanur - (1982) - short fiction by C. J. Cherryh
Excerpt from Foreigner - (1994) - short fiction by C. J. Cherryh
Past Nebula Award Winners - essay by uncredited


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A growing list: Trump associates ensnared in legal troubles
by: DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press
FILE – In this Nov. 8, 2019 file photo, former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives to testify at the trial of Roger Stone, at federal court in Washington. Bannon was arrested Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme "We Build The Wall." The charges were contained in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court. (AP Photo/Al Drago, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The arrest Thursday of President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon adds to a growing list of the president's associates ensnared in legal trouble.
Bannon pleaded not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, a key Trump initiative.
The "We Build The Wall" fundraiser was headed by men who pushed their close ties to Trump, giving their effort a legitimacy that helped them raise more than $25 million. But according to the criminal charges, much of the money was never used to finance a barrier on the border.
A look at other cases involving Trump associates:
Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2018 after pleading guilty to campaign finance charges and lying to Congress, among other crimes.
The campaign finance charges stemmed from his efforts to arrange payouts during the 2016 presidential race to keep porn actress Stormy Daniels and model Karen McDougal from making public claims of extramarital affairs with Trump. Trump has denied the affairs.
Cohen was serving his time at a federal prison camp in Otisville, New York, but was released in May to home confinementin his New York City apartment as authorities tried to slow the spread of the coronavirus in federal prisons. On July 9, he was ordered back to prison — a move that Cohen argued was retaliation for his plan to release a book critical of Trump before the November election.
U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein agreed. The judge said probation authorities indicated that Cohen was sent back to prison because he refused to sign a form banning him from publishing the book or communicating with the media or public. Cohen was released to home confinement again late last month.
Paul Manafort, who led Trump's 2016 presidential campaign for a few months, cut a deal with prosecutors in September 2018 and pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States and conspiracy to obstruct justice. That plea deal headed off a second trial on charges tied to Ukrainian political consulting work.
As part of the agreement, Manafort agreed to cooperate with former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. The special counsel's office accused him in December 2018 of violating the agreement by repeatedly lying to investigators.
Manafort was separately convicted in the summer of 2018 of eight felony counts related to millions of dollars he hid from the IRS in offshore accounts. None of those charges was related to Trump's campaign.
Trump has distanced himself from Manafort, but has said that a potential pardon for Manafort is "not off the table."
This week, the Republican-led Senate intelligence committee's fifth and final reporton the Russia probe noted Manafort's close, professional relationship with Konstantin Kilimnik, who was described by the committee as a Russian intelligence officer.
"Taken as a whole, Manafort's high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik, represented a grave counterintelligence threat," the report says.
RICK GATES
Rick Gates, Manafort's longtime business associate and a former Trump campaign adviser, pleaded guilty in February 2018 to federal conspiracy and false-statements charges. He too pledged to assist the Mueller investigation.
Gates later turned against Manafort, spending three days on the stand in his former colleague's trial in Virginia. He told jurors how he committed crimes alongside Manafort for years and admitted doctoring documents, falsifying information and creating fake loans to lower his former boss' tax bill. He also acknowledged stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars without Manafort's knowledge by filing fake expense reports.
He was ultimately sentenced to 45 days in jail to be served intermittently during three years of probation.
Roger Stone, a longtime ally and confidant of the president, was sentenced to 40 monthsin prison for lying to Congress, tampering with witnesses and obstructing the House's inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Four lawyers who prosecuted Stone quit the case in February after the Justice Department said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek.
Trump commuted Stone's sentence days before Stone was to report for detention.
Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn was the only White House official charged in the Russia investigation. He pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about having discussed sanctions during the presidential transition period with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States.
Those conversations prompted alarm within the FBI as it investigated whether Russia and the Trump campaign had worked together to sway the election.
Flynn was awaiting sentencing when the Justice Department announced in May that it was abandoning the case following an internal review. That review concluded that the FBI had insufficient basis to question Flynn about his conversations with the diplomat, which Attorney General William Barr says were appropriate given his position.
The Flynn case remains at the center of a long-running legal saga that has prompted a power struggle between the executive and judicial branches of government.
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS
George Papadopoulos, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign, was sentenced in September 2018 to 14 days in prison for lying to the FBI about his contacts with a mysterious professor in Europe who told him about dirt Russia had on Trump's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.
That disclosure to Papadopulous triggered the start of the FBI investigation in July 2016.
Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden's national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won't be the case for long.
While the nominees to head the State Department, the Pentagon, Homeland Security and the intelligence community are unlikely to be confirmed by the time Biden takes the oath of office at noon Wednesday, some could be in place within days.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies.
The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald Trump's restrictive policies and mass deportations. It provides one of the fastest pathways to citizenship for those living without legal status of any measure in recent years, but it fails to include the traditional trade-off of enhanced border security favored by many Republicans, putting passage in a narrowly divided Congress in doubt.
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December 6, 2011 at 4:59 pm	(Housing Occupations, Squatting) (#OccupyOurHomes, eviction, eviction resistance, Foreclosures, housing crisis, tenants rights)
By Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post
Bobby Hull is scheduled to be evicted from his Minneapolis house in February, but he won't leave without a fuss. He's invited 100 people from the local version of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Tuesday to protest his foreclosure.
Hull said he doesn't know if the attention will help him win back his home, which Bank of America sold at a sheriff's sale in August, but he considers the effort worthwhile no matter what.
"If I lose it, I lose it. But I might be able to open the door for somebody else," Hull told HuffPost. "It might inspire somebody else to stand up and say, 'Yeah, you're right, what the banks are doing is wrong.'"
That's the idea behind the action at Hull's house: to draw attention to an unending foreclosure crisis. The rally is one of several events scheduled across the country as the Occupy Wall Street movement, defined in part by its broad critique of economic inequality, focuses in on the narrower issue of housing. Events like the rally at Hull's house will occur in more than a dozen cities, according to organizers, who have received help from more traditional community organizing and labor groups.
The "Occupy Our Homes" protests come as banks face a reckoning for foreclosure malfeasance nationwide. A coalition of state law enforcement officials and the Obama administration have sought a settlement with the biggest lenders over rogue foreclosures and poor treatment of homeowners. But the talks, led by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, have dragged on for longer than a year, and several state attorneys general have defected because they say the $25 billion settlement Miller's seeking is too small and would let banks off the hook for too much bad business.


War Won't Solve A Thing Anymore! It Is Obselete
By Donald A. Collins | 11 January 2022
(Credit: Shutterstock.com)
As negotiations over Ukraine perch on the brink of collapse, we conclude a war is imminent.
The loss if that does occur to everyone will be considerable but not nuclear, we hope. No one will win, many would die.
Did we have to stop Hitler? Yes, and until the full implications of Hiroshima sunk in, the world armed to the point where nuke use means mutual planetary suicide.
History tells us how so many major wars began almost by inadvertence, including WWI and the Civil War just to name 2.
Now, to echo what Lincoln opined about that famous pre-nuke war at Gettysburg in 1863, we are engaged in a great civil war, this time testing whether our democracy can survive Trump's powerful evil internal attacks.
"This is a five alarm fire" – MI Sec of State Jocelyn Benson on state & local efforts to upend democracy.
If you read 1 article today, make it this: https://t.co/aMDplHoiR3
— Julie Cohen (@FilmmakerJulie) December 12, 2021
Now, to augment my main point, that human numbers are at an unsustainable level on our planet and climate change is well understood, if not adequately being addressed, the absurdity of not cooperating to survive becomes ever more evident.
Consider the word, acronym, which is 1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order. 2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: "A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.).
Like Don Quixote dueling with windmills as his faithful squire Sancho Panza tries to keep his noble but mad knight errant from harming himself or others.
You remember Cervantes famous novel! https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/donquixote/summary/
So as we are today, a small planet spinning its current species of humans (the late Richard Leakey and his parents helped us find evolutionary examples) who have propagated themselves into an increasingly ecological dead end, where nuclear war could erupt but hopefully won't!
You can read a list of 10 obvious reasons not to go to war here.
10 + 1 reasons to oppose war https://t.co/P7AJ2Enzt0 "Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." – Martin Luther King Jr. pic.twitter.com/IpU3hB0StT
— Peace & Justice Office MCC Canada (@MCCOttawa) November 8, 2017
But my 11th reason to avoid war is that war is obsolete. Sadly, that fact is still not well understood by power seeking oligarchs like Chi, Putin, Kim and, yes, that would like to be oligarch, Donald J. Trump.
Former US Navy officer, banker and venture capitalist, Donald A. Collins, a free lance writer living in Washington, DC, has spent over 50 years working for women's reproductive health as a board member and/or officer of numerous family planning organizations including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Guttmacher Institute, Family Health International and Ipas. Yale under graduate, NYU MBA. He is the author of "From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013", "Trump Becoming Macbeth: Will our democracy survive?", "We Humans Overwhelm Our Earth: 11 or 2 Billion by 2100?" and "What Can Be Done Now to Save Habitable Life on Planet Earth?: Leaders Commit to Reduce Human Population".
"What Can Be Done Now to Save Habitable Life on Planet Earth?": https://t.co/fHuh0CG6JD
"We Humans Overwhelm Our Earth: 11 or 2 Billion by 2100?": https://t.co/TA4j7cp1tE
"From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013": https://t.co/lkC2t3E1A9 pic.twitter.com/bQsL2mLBcO
— Church and State (@ChurchAndStateN) November 1, 2021
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This article was published as "U.S. Widens Wells Fargo Sales Probe to Wealth Management Unit — 2nd Update"
morningstar.com 8 hours ago
By Emily Glazer
A federal investigation into sales practices at Wells Fargo & Co. now includes the bank's wealth-management business, extending the probe beyond the firm's retail-banking unit where the problems originated, people familiar with the matter said. The Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are conducting the investigation into the wealth-management business, these people said. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation have been interviewing some wealth-management employees in the Phoenix area as recently as this week, some of these people said. Wells Fargo declined to comment. Officials at the Justice Department and SEC also declined to comment.
Several U.S. attorney's offices, as well as a bevy of federal and state regulators, have been investigating Wells Fargo since the fall of 2016 when the bank disclosed widespread sales-practices problems. Those included bank employees opening as many as 3.5 million accounts without customers' knowledge or authorization. Wells Fargo has said it is cooperating with the investigations.
Arizona was one epicenter of Wells Fargo's retail-banking sales practices problems. Some employees in that region created fake email addresses using customers' phone numbers to open banking accounts or opened two accounts for each customer, a practice known as a "double pack." Some top executives from that region have since been fired by the bank.
Prosecutors' and regulators' inquiries have largely centered on Wells Fargo's retail-banking business, one of the largest in the U.S. by deposits. Late last year, though, the Justice Department told the bank to conduct an independent investigation into its wealth-management business after it received reports of problems there from whistleblowers, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month.
The current investigation by the Justice Department and SEC is separate from the bank's own inquiry, one of the people familiar with the matter said. The bank now faces state and federal investigations into its practices in auto-lending, mortgages, wealth and investment management and foreign exchange.
The widening of the sales-practices investigation has occurred despite Wells Fargo's attempts to put the problems behind it by restructuring different businesses, firing some executives and refunding customers. Wells Fargo also has faced regulatory censure for failing to address risk-management issues within the bank that led to improper customer charges in its auto-lending and mortgage businesses.
In early February, the Federal Reserve sanctioned Wells Fargo for failing to put proper risk controls in place, barring the bank from growing past the $1.95 trillion in assets it had at the end of 2017. The Fed cited "widespread consumer abuses" in its unprecedented rebuke.
Earlier this month, Wells Fargo disclosed in a securities filing its independent review into the wealth-management business. At the time, the bank said it is assessing "whether there have been inappropriate referrals or recommendations, including with respect to rollovers for 401(k) plan participants, certain alternative investments, or referrals of brokerage customers to the company's investment and fiduciary services business."
The bank's filing also disclosed that it is reviewing fee calculations within certain fiduciary and custody accounts. The bank has found instances of incorrect fees applied to certain assets and accounts that resulted in overcharging customers, according to the filing.
Chief Executive Timothy Sloan said at that time in a release that the bank is "committed to a thorough review of many processes" and reiterated "when we discover a problem, we are moving to find the root cause and fix it."
Issues flagged to the Justice Department by bank employees involved, among other things, proprietary bank investment products, the people familiar with the matter said. These tend to bring in more fees for the bank because they don't involve third parties.
Other banks have previously run into problems related to proprietary products. In 2015, JPMorgan Chase & Co. paid a $307 million settlement to regulators, including the SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, over charges two of its units failed to disclose conflicts of interest to wealth-management customers related in part to such products.
Wells Fargo's wealth and investment management business includes advisory, brokerage and financial services under Wells Fargo Advisers. Customers in that business include around three million mass-affluent households, while its private bank has around 80,000 clients typically investing more than $2.5 million, according to the bank.
The bank has around 16,500 advisers, with the majority in its retail brokerage. Wells Fargo doesn't break out financial metrics for its brokerage division or the private bank, but the wealth and investment management unit brings in around 10% of overall bank profits, or $659 million in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Write to Emily Glazer at emily.glazer@wsj.com
Most notable are comments:Multiple U.S. Intelligence Agencies Now Confirm the Existence of Tape Recordings Implicating Officials within the DOJ and Dozens of Politicians Almost ten years ago, U.S. Intelligence Agencies started to notice sizable wire transfers out of Puerto Rico, other Caribbean Islands and throughout South America.
These wire transfers were being sent to known money laundering Banks in Switzerland and throughout the Caribbean. The funds would then make its way back to family members of DOJ employees, Congressmen and Senators to insure there would be no investigations or prosecutions of those involved.
The wire transfers totaled billions over this ten-year period. The bulk of the funds often ended up in the hands of bad actors, hostile to the United States. This activity was being tracked because it had National Security Implications. The genesis of the funds came from a coordinated criminal enterprise that started with the three Wall Street ratings firms, Moody's, Fitch and S&P Global. These firms would offer to sell fraudulent bond ratings to multiple Puerto Rican municipalities who would then raise billions in bond proceeds, skimming billions more to wire offshore. The largest period of activity for these events was between 2009 and 2015 but continues today. In an effort to stifle any investigations into this multi-billion-dollar enterprise Political Appointees and Politicians like Eric Holder, Robert Mueller, Chuck Schumer, Paul Ryan, Elizabeth Warren, Former Treasury Secretary Lew, Richard Blumenthal and Diane Feinstein went to great lengths to cover up this activity. In fact, in one discussion this reporter had with a frustrated DOJ employee, I was told that Chuck Schumer put in great effort to have Preet Bharara appointed in New York so he could better control who the DOJ invested and prosecuted. When over 15 complaints were filed with the DOJ from victims of this crime, Chuck Schumer employed Mr. Bharara's help to make sure no Wall Street Executives or Firms for that matter, were investigated or prosecuted, something he was also called on to do in the 2008 financial crisis.
Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal and Diane Feinstein were among the first Politicians who tried to monetize this opportunity for themselves by attempting to pass legislation that would prevent Bond Holders from suing the Wall Street Firms. They did this even though they were fully informed about the fraud taking place. The SEC also received multiple complaints about the nature of this on-going securities fraud. Initially it was brought to the attention of then SEC Commissioner, Mary Jo White who made sure the complaints went nowhere. Mary Jo then left the SEC to work for a Wall Street Law Firm that defends the very same Wall Street Firms. Her salary is now a multiple of what it was when she worked for the American people. It appears the corruption and malfeasance in Washington is completely out of control. I believe that there have been increasing leaks about this matter and other matters because the mostly honest rank in file of the DOJ and Intelligence Agencies are tired of being stifled by the corruptible Political Appointees within their organizations. There is much more to disclose on this story and I look forward to writing future articles that will continue to shine a light on this. Mr. Lawless has 25 years in in senior and executive banking experience and writes for a number of financial publications. Confirmation of Story Sources http://caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Personal-conflicts-obstruct-FBI-investigation-into-Puerto-Rico-fraud-29906.html This is a link to a story confirming two sources, my source and the editors. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ry8rwczcvkzv7qa/AABSoEKlEdUs5t_dti0L5nUNa?dl=0 This is a link to a drop box with critical documents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tysqoqf9B7I This is a link to a video recapping 60 minutes of FBI and SEC Testimony.
This is the structure of this Gov't supported criminal operation Politicians put compliant officials in the right positions AG Eric Holder FBI Dir Mueller Treasury Sec Lew NY AG Preet Bharara SEC Commissioners Others Mueller directs all cases to Bharara. Bharara makes sure the cases go nowhere. If a case slips by, say a complaint handled in the FBI Kansas office, Holder has one of his people in the AG make sure it is dead on arrival In 2006-2008 American's lost between 6-8 trillion dollars. This was made possible almost exclusively by the fraudulent credit ratings issued by Moody's Fitch and S&P. No one was every investigated or prosecuted. The recent 70 billion-dollar Puerto Rico bond default was so obviously criminal, people panicked. Citibank was among the first to actually sell these fraudulent bonds while Treasury Secretary Lew was in charge of Citibank. As Treasury Sec he at first tried to get Congress to do a 100% tax funded bailout. When that didn't work he put together legislation that revoked all the legal rights of the bond holders and prevented them from suing! There really is much more here. It will have to wait. The Ratings Agencies (Moodys, Fitch and S&P) Rating Agency issues Fraudulent Credit Ratings Gov't Agency, Private Company Issue Fraudulent Bonds Bond Issuers Skim Money Wire Funds Offshore Some of the money is wired back Gov't Officials, DOJ Personnel Company leadership, Politicians all get their cut There was however a problem that the participants didn't realize or thought they could control. Our Intelligence Agencies were tracking these sizable wire transfers. For over ten years the wires were being traced and phone conversations were being recorded. To launder such large sums of money most of the wires went to corrupt countries that were hostile to the United States, directly funding their anti-US or terrorist activities. In addition to the good news that the Intelligence Agencies have 10 plus years of evidence. The Board of Directors and Executives at the Rating Agencies are looking at likely life prison sentences for their roles. The Board of Directors were all sent Federal Express Packages of information telling them about all this. The Executives were all notified. No one at the Rating Agencies reported this to the DOJ or the SEC The Executives and Board Members lied to their shareholders and Analysts about the financial jeopardy their activities were putting the shareholders in. They funded operations against the United States. The Board Members and Executives are likely giving up their Gov't Contacts and Political relationships to just stay out of the papers. What will they do to stay out of jail? Interesting fact. The FBI Anti-Trust Division says there was no collusion between the Rating Agencies but the Agencies all gave the same fraudulent ratings at the same time?? There is so much more to tell…… I hope this has helped you.


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In a blow to hopes for peace talks, the Taliban's reclusive leader warned Friday that a bilateral security pact allowing thousands of U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond the end of this year will mean more fighting. Mullah Mohammad Omar called on the candidates not to sign the agreement.
"We believe the war in Afghanistan will come to an end when all foreign invaders pull out of Afghanistan and a holy Islamic and independent regime prevails here. Presence of limited number of troops under whatever title it may be will mean continuation of occupation and the war," he said in a message issued ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The message was translated into Dari, Arabic, English and Pashto.
Mullah Omar's comments come as international forces already have largely moved to the background and let Afghan forces take the lead in the fighting, making it harder for the Taliban to argue that they are waging war against a foreign occupying force. Deadly attacks targeting Afghan policemen, soldiers and civilians have increased.
The Taliban's one-eyed chief reiterated his support for assaults on government officials and troops who are cooperating with the U.S.-led coalition, but he called on followers to take measures to prevent civilian casualties and to be friendly toward ordinary people "to win their hearts and minds."
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Home Stories Personalities A Wake-Up Call to Humanity — Jean-Claude Biver
A Wake-Up Call to Humanity — Jean-Claude Biver
Industry titan, Jean-Claude Biver awarded the insignia of Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, a decoration presented by the French Ambassador to Switzerland Frédéric Journès during an official ceremony at the French Embassy in Bern. Bern, Switzerland, January 15, 2020 © Fred Merz | Lundi13
.By Wei Koh
A visionary leader, an innovative CEO, a marketing genius. Jean-Claude Biver has earned numerous accolades in his four decades in the Swiss watch industry. But far more important than that, throughout his career, Mr. Biver has shown that he is a leader who cares deeply about the people he's worked with, and about society and the environment. Perhaps now more than ever, we need to listen to him.A visionary leader, an innovative CEO, a marketing genius. Jean-Claude Biver has earned numerous accolades in his four decades in the Swiss watch industry. But far more important than that, throughout his career, Mr. Biver has shown that he is a leader who cares deeply about the people he's worked with, and about society and the environment. Perhaps now more than ever, we need to listen to him.
To me, the following conversation was something that was important to share with the entire watch community and beyond. When I first thought about it and when I saw the reprehensible way many human beings were acting up to, and during, the pandemic, Mr. Biver's words reminded me of the harsh indictment of humanity made by Agent Smith to Morpheus in The Matrix, "[Human beings are] not actually mammals.
"Every mammal instinctively establishes an equilibrium with the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease . . . You are a plague."
But at the same time, I knew that Mr. Biver was an eternal optimist. He believed in the same courage, hope and empathy that was exhibited around the world by the extraordinary actions of healthcare workers, doctors, first responders and even cleaners and grocery clerks. And so I understood that he was addressing the problem that we are collectively facing, because the first step to fixing a problem is recognizing that it exists.
Projected waste generation, by region (millions of tonnes/year) (Source: datatopics.worldbank.org)
And we have a big problem, or more specifically, three major problems. These are greed, waste and hate. It may seem ironic that a luxury watch magazine would want to discuss these issues. But I think that coming out of this pandemic, everyone will want to assess the person they want to be and the values they want to represent.
How do we fix these problems? Greed needs to be addressed at the sociological level by shifting the parameters for how we judge success away from overt and vulgar representations of materialism and back towards intelligence, scholarliness, kindness and ethics. Waste needs to be addressed by changing the way we consume. Buying less but better or in a more considered way.
Buying only what we need or investing in things that are perennial and will endure forever. I believe mechanical watchmaking falls into this category, but as an industry it needs to disconnect from an endless pursuit of creating "novelties," that comes from fashion. And hate? How do we address that? Well, that's the biggest issue of all and I suppose we still don't have the answer. Or perhaps Mr. Biver does.
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Mr. Biver, what is the biggest problem we face today?
The biggest issue we face in the third millennium is that it is still being led by "old people" from the 20th century. And these "people" were raised and taught one principle. That they must maximize profits at all costs. If they are in a publicly listed company and they do not maximize the profits, their shareholders who come together once a year during the AGM will say, "You, Mister CEO. You are not doing your job. You are not maximizing profits. And you should step down."
If you are in a privately-owned company or a family-owned company, the owners will ask you, "Mister CEO, why are you not earning us more money? You are not doing your job. Because you have not maximized our profits, we are not able to do the things we want this year. We cannot buy the things we want."
Even the CEO himself when he looks at the results of the year and he thinks to himself, "I could have earned more. I should have reduced fixed costs. I should have paid people less. I could have moved these jobs to a call center. Or I could have manufactured this or that in another country where labor is cheaper. Or I could have disposed of my waste in a cheaper way. I am a bad CEO. I am a bad leader because I am not maximizing profits."
So we have been taught and encouraged and rewarded to maximize profit at all costs. No matter what the effect on the human beings that work for us and no matter the effect on the environment around us. And what has been the result of that? Never has the world been richer. Never has more wealth been accumulated. Never have we had greater technological advancement. Never have we been more interconnected. And yet people are suffering in poverty. The planet is dying.
So I ask you: Have we been successful? When people are suffering and the planet is dying? The answer must be no. Whatever we have been doing has been wrong and so we must change.
2018 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index estimates, by region in millions as compiled by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Program (Source: hdr.undp.org/en/2018-MPI)
We have talked before about ethical capitalism that years ago was dismissed as idealistic and unrealistic but now seems more relevant than ever. Do you think this will gain momentum after the pandemic?
Yes, I do. Because of young people. Because of Generation Z. Ten years ago when someone came to a job interview, he would ask about the profitability of the company. He would ask about the expense account. Today when a young person goes to visit a company, he or she will ask them, "What are your ethics? What do you represent?" I know this because I have a son, Pierre, who is in his early 20s and this is very important to him. He discusses it with his friends. And so you see, the parameters of what defines success for a company or an individual are changing. Once Generation Z is in charge, it will change even more.
I think that the future of capitalism is one in which companies create profit as they must, but at the same time they are improving the lives of their workers, and they are improving the environment around them. At each company I worked at, I always wanted my employees to feel happy and to work with dignity. But this was also a selfish motivation because I knew that they would work harder and with greater motivation if they looked forward each day to going to work. Freud said that human beings need two things. They need love and they need work. But work in the definition of something noble, something that gives them value.
1.1 Key Take-aways: Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2019
Scandinavia, Northern Europe on Top – Least developed Africa behind:
The top 5 spots are occupied by Scandinavia: Sweden is leading the Sustainable Competitiveness Index – followed by the other 4 the Scandinavian nations.
The top 20 are dominated by Northern European countries, including the Baltic states
Of the top twenty nations only two are not European – New Zealand on 12, and Canada on 19.
Germany ranks 15, the UK 17, and the World's largest economy, the US, is ranked 34. The US ranks particularly low in resource efficiency, but also social capital – potentially undermining the global status of the US in the future
Of the large emerging economies (BRICs), China is ranked 37, Brazil 49, Russia 51, and India 130.
Some of the least developed nations have a considerable higher GSCI ranking than their GDP would suggest (e.g. Laos, Timor, Burma, Bhutan, Suriname…)
Asian nations (South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and China) lead the Intellectual Capital ranking. However, achieving sustained prosperity in these countries might be compromised by Natural Capital constraints and current high resource intensity/low resource efficiency
The Social Cohesion ranking is headed by Northern European (Scandinavian) countries, indicating that Social Cohesion is the result of economic growth combined with a country-wide social consensus
Extracted from The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index 2019 report published by eco-business.com
One of the things that we have seen during this pandemic is that the people we have dismissed as being inconsequential, like the person cleaning the streets or the person at the grocery shop and supermarket, are in fact the most consequential people in the world. And we must thank them and treat them with the respect and dignity that they deserve.
Because they are enabling our society to function. I think that as a business owner there is a benefit to this as well. Because I think the best businesses are run with less people but better motivated and better rewarded people. For me, I always follow the rule that two great people can do a better job than three or even four mediocre or unmotivated people. How do you motivate them? By giving them purpose and dignity. And rewarding them well.
I always told my people, never skimp on your flight or your hotel, because when you rest, I want you to rest well and to feel that I am looking after you. And when they wake, they will want to outperform anyone else because they know I care about them. I remember taking everyone in 1987 at Blancpain, I mean every single person, to Capri for a one-week holiday with me. It cost a fortune. When they asked me why I was doing this, I said, "Because if times are tough and we might have to work on a Sunday or during a holiday, you will do it because you know it is necessary. And you know I genuinely care for you and am not trying to take advantage of you."
Regarding the environment, of course, now every luxury business has a responsibility to be carbon neutral or even carbon positive if they can. In the end, luxury is about creating emotion and fulfilling dreams, but how can we as an industry do this if we are morally or ethically compromised?
During the pandemic we saw humanity become divided and an increase in polarization with many incidences of hate. How can the luxury industry combat hate?
Through the creation of beauty and through the creation of art that endures. The appreciation of watches, for example, transcends race, politics, religion and even language. My son works at Phillips and is a specialist in vintage watches and becoming a specialist in modern watches as well. One of the remarkable things is that watches with Arabian dials have become very sought after. But they are being purchased not only by people in the Middle East, but by people in Europe and in America and in Asia. Why? Because they are special and they are beautiful.
If you think about it, a mechanical watch is a miracle of engineering. In a tiny device that fits on your wrist with a movement that is driven by a spring and powering a tiny oscillator that is dividing time into fractions of the second at every moment, and yet its deviation per year might only be a few seconds. There is such great beauty in watchmaking and it reminds us of the beauty that human beings are capable of. When I go to a museum or even a church to see paintings by Rembrandt or Michelangelo or da Vinci, who do you see there? People who are only Dutch or only Italian? No, you see people from all around the world, from every race, every religion, speaking every language. And what are they doing? They are looking at the same painting, having the same reaction. Look at their faces and they are smiling because they are reminded of the beauty that human beings are capable of.
Supporting each other in this time of need has become our mission. As part of our $10 million pledge to COVID-19 relief, the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation donated funds and resources to support our long-standing global network of cancer institutions around the world. People with cancer are especially vulnerable at this time, and this donation will help fund necessary resources for hospital staff and their patients. In the U.S., this includes support for personal protective equipment, patient navigation programs, meals, childcare support, or laptops for tele-health at hospitals in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York City, Greensboro, NC and Washington, D.C.
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#LVMHJoinsForces x #LouisVuitton Sharing an initiative of support from @louisvuitton, with love: In order to provide protective gear to healthcare workers, Louis Vuitton has repurposed several of the Maison's ateliers across France to produce hundreds of thousands of non-surgical face masks. In partnership with the Mode Grande Ouest textile network, this initiative will donate the much-needed protective gear to frontline healthcare workers. Thank you to the hundreds of artisans who have volunteered to create these masks, as well as everyone doing their part to fight this global pandemic. #StayHomeStaySafe #LVMH
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Hand in Hand with Italy. We are now making sanitizers to donate to the Italian effort against COVID-19. Production of sanitizers began today, and will continue as long as it takes to keep people safe, in partnership with our trusted partner, ICR. We owe this feat to the unwavering spirit of our workers, and the workers of Italy, in whose courageous hands this fight is being fought. They are selflessly united behind our country's cause, so we have the best chance of overcoming the situation. We see and support you. Together, we will overcome. . . . #BvlgariSupportsYou #SafeHands #Bvlgari #iorestoacasa #fightcovid19 #lvmhjoinsforces
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By: W. Somerset Maugham
ISBN: 9780099289401 Publisher: Random House Year of publishing: 2000 Format: Paperback No of Pages: 192 Language: English
Considered by Graham Greene to be Maugham's best work, 'Don Fernando' is a paean to a golden age of enormous creative energy. It discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments...Read more
Considered by Graham Greene to be Maugham's best work, 'Don Fernando' is a paean to a golden age of enormous creative energy. It discusses the writings of St. Teresa and the paintings of El Greco, and comments with sagacity and wit on such illustrious figures as Cervantes, Velazquez and the creator of Don Juan. This vibrant assessment of a great people at their greatest hour is full of happy surprises, curious facts and stimulating opinions that reflect Maugham's lifelong enchantment with the landscape and people of Spain.
About the author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University.... Read more
William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, 'Liza of Lambeth,' published in 1897, won him over to literature. 'Of Human Bondage,' the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of 'The Moon and Sixpence' his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical 'The Summing Up' and 'A Writer's Notebook'. In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965
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1992 World Golf Rankings: No. 1, Top 50 at End of Year
Who was the No. 1 player in men's golf at the end of 1992? Which golfers finished the year ranked the highest in the Official World Golf Ranking? Below is the year-end list of 1992's top-ranked golfers.
Nick Faldo was ranked No. 1 at the end of the year, a year in which he won the 1992 British Open. He also won three other events on the European Tour: the Irish Open, Scandinavian Masters and European Open. Faldo also won two non-Tour events, the World Match Play Championship and the Johnnie Walker World Golf Championship.
Men's World Golf Rankings, End of 1992
These were the Top 50 golfers in the final Official World Golf Ranking of the calendar year 1992. For comparison's sake, the Top 10 golfers are listed with their average ranking points earned per tournament.
1. Nick Faldo, England, 23.54
2. Fred Couples, United States, 16.27
3. Ian Woosnam, Wales, 13.14
4. Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain, 12.87
5. Greg Norman, Australia, 12.63
6. Bernhard Langer, Germany, 12.44
7. John Cook, United States, 11.68
8. Nick Price, Zimbabwe, 11.51
9. Paul Azinger, United States, 10.83
10. Davis Love III, United States, 10.75
11. Tom Kite, United States
12. Mark O'Meara, United States
13. Seve Ballesteros, Spain
14. Raymond Floyd, United States
15. Jumbo Ozaki, Japan
16. Corey Pavin, United States
17. Bruce Lietzke, United States
18. Steve Elkington, Australia
19. Mark McNulty, Zimbabwe
20. Colin Montgomerie, Scotland
21. Payne Stewart, United States
22. Craig Parry, Australia
23. Rodger Davis, Australia
24. Ian Baker-Finch, Australia
25. Chip Beck, United States
26. David Frost, South Africa
27. Jeff Sluman, United States
28. Tony Johnstone, Zimbabwe
29. Sandy Lyle, Scotland
30. Tom Watson, United States
31. Lanny Wadkins, United States
32. Peter Senior, Australia
33. Brad Faxon, United States
34. Steve Pate, United States
35. Ronan Rafferty, Northern Ireland
36. Eduardo Romero, Argentina
37. Curtis Strange, United States
38. Vijay Singh, Fiji
39. Anders Forsbrand, Sweden
40. Ernie Els, South Africa
41. Gene Sauers, United States
42. Jim Gallagher Jr., United States
43. Dan Forsman, United States
44. Mark Brooks, United States
45. Jose Rivero, Spain
46. Duffy Waldorf, United States
47. Joe Ozaki, Japan
48. Mark Calcavecchia, United States
49. Hale Irwin, United States
50. John Huston, United States
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Odisha CM lauds Sudarsan Pattnaik
Bhubaneswar, June 30:
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday congratulated sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik for winning prizes at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting 2014 held in Atlantic City in the US.
"In the field of sand art, Sudarsan is a renowned name," the chief minister said in a statement here.
Sudrasan's award winning sand sculpture
"He has won many prizes internationally for his magical art and creativity. With this success, he has been able to get recognition for Odisha's art and culture throughout the world. I wish him good luck to achieve more success in future."
In a separate statement, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram said Sudarsan was the first Indian to win prizes at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting.
"It is with great joy and pride I extend my congratulations to him. We are proud of his achievement," he said.
Sudarsan Pattnaik
The 37-year-old Pattnaik, a native of the beach town of Puri, about 55 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, was the lone participant from India during the June 15-29 competition in Atlantic City which was attended by artists from several countries.
He won the People's Choice prize in the solo category for his sand sculpture "Save Tree, Save the Future".
He also won a medal and $4,400 in the doubles category for creating a sculpture of the Taj Mahal with an American artist.
Pattnaik is a recipient of the Padma Shri award and has participated in over 50 international sand sculpture championships and festivals.
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World Drug Report 2009 - Brazilian Government exposes the first flaw.
This is the first flaw that Brazilians discovered at the UNODC Drug Report 2009.
Bellow is the official note from the Government about it. It is published at UNODC Brazil website (in Portuguese) as a footnote of the news about the launch of the report (I did the translation).
I can't think this data was published this way unintended. Brazilian harm reduction implementation (including needle exchange programs) played a key role in the contention of the HIV infection among IDUs. Please help us spread this information and expose how careless this report is constructed.
UNODC and the National Program of STD and AIDS of the Ministry of Health clarifies
The World Report on Drugs officially launched today, 24/06, by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, has, among other data, information on the prevalence of HIV among injecting drug users. Brazil appears with a prevalence rate of HIV of 48% for this population. This information has as a reference the article published by the Reference Group of the United Nations on HIV and Injectable Drug Use in the scientific journal The Lancet in September 2008. However the percentage on the prevalence of HIV among IDUs cited in the article does not reflect the current situation of the country, because it is a outdated, as it refers to the situation of the epidemic in the early 90ths
The Ministry of Health works with the official notification of cases of AIDS and in the second
epidemiological bulletin, 2008, you can see a reduction of 72.6% of cases of AIDS among the population of injecting drug users in the period 1996 to 2006. The percentage of cases among the male population of IDUs in 1996 was 23.8% and fell to 8.9% in 2006, among women the percentage fell from 12.6% to 3.3%, respectively.
It is still important to clarify that there is an ongoing research of HIV prevalence among the
population of injecting drug users within the project implemented in partnership by National STD and AIDS and the UNODC, which will allow the collection of updated data.
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