The only rabbit sources I have found are for show rabbits and seem to be fairly expensive. Where do you suggest we search for rabbits to start our food production (we'd like 3 does and 1 buck).
Well, you did not supply your location, so I am not sure where to suggest you start looking for commercial meat rabbits.
1. How fast do the kits grow - what is their weight at age 3 weeks, 8 weeks, 9 weeks, 10 weeks?
3. Do the does produce enough milk to feed all kits to weaning, or are there losses in the nestbox due to inadequate lactation?
That should start you off, at least.
If the answers are honest and favorable, then the rabbits will probably serve you well, despite being from a show herd.
As to cost, it is a rare breeder who tries to price-gouge. (I hope!) No one is getting rich raising rabbits. Feed costs are high, and rabbit breeders who pay show entry fees over and over for the purpose of ensuring their rabbits are of the highest quality are the very breeders from whom you'd like to get your animals.
If you truly wonder about the character of the breeder, then get a second opinion about rabbit prices in your (or his) area.
Otherwise, ask for a multi-animal discount of some sort, and then pay his price. In the long term I don't think you'll regret paying decent money to obtain a very good animal over shelling out a lincoln on a clueless meat mutt that can't raise a litter to save her soul.


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Rovinari este un oraș în județul Gorj, Oltenia, România, format din localitățile componente Rovinari (reședința) și Vârț.
Rovinari este un oraș minier, având ca baza economică exploatarea minieră de cărbune (de suprafață și subterană) și producerea energiei electrice în cadrul termocentralei orașului, una dintre primele din Europa ca mărime. Localitatea Rovinari a devenit oraș prin Decretul Prezidențial nr. 367/09.12.1981.

Așezare geografică
Orașul este situat la 25 Km SV de municipiul Târgu Jiu, fiind legat de acesta prin drumul național DN 66 (facand parte din drumul european E79) și calea ferată electrificată Târgu Jiu - Rovinari - Turceni - Filiași - Craiova.

Orașul este amplasat pe suprafata de 2632 Ha, într-o zonă depresionară a Jiului, învecinată la Est cu dealul Bran, la Vest cu dealurile Mageac și Lupului, la Nord cu depresiunea Târgu Jiu-Câmpu Mare, iar la Sud depresiunea se deschide către lunca Jiului.

Există posibilitatea valorificării poziției geografice, ca urmare a creșterii importanței drumului european E79, prin realizarea unei zone turistice de tranzit, punând în valoare zona colinară din jur, sau chiar prin utilizarea în acest scop a carierelor dezafectate.

Totodată, orașul Rovinari este situat de-a lungul căii ferate electrificate Filiași-Târgu-Jiu. Cele doua căi de comunicație, feroviară și rutieră, se desfășoară adiacent localității, dispuse împreună cu acestea pe malul drept al Jiului, în prezent regularizat și cu albia majoră îndiguită.

Orașul Rovinari ocupă un loc important în sistemul localităților urbane ale județului Gorj, alături de Țicleni, Târgu Cărbunești, Motru, Bumbești-Jiu, Novaci și Tismana. Dintre toate, orașul Rovinari se află la cea mai mică distanță de reședința de județ, fiind în zona de influență a acesteia.

Economie

Principala resursă minerală a orașului Rovinari este cărbunele inferior (lignit), folosit drept combustibil în centralele termoelectrice.

Regiunea Sud-Vest Oltenia cuprinde 3 zone defavorizate: Albeni, Schela și Rovinari, toate zonele fiind amplasate în județul Gorj. (vezi: Zone defavorizate )

Sub aspect economic, orașul Rovinari dispune de resurse în sectorul primar, prin rezervele de cărbune energetic, respectiv lignitul exploatat în cariere.

Participarea exploatării lignitului la dezvoltarea activității economice a tării se manifestă direct prin asigurarea unei surse principale de producere a energiei electrice și termice, element esențial pentru celelalte domenii ale economiei naționale.

Ponderea economică a orașului o constituie industria extractivă reprezentând circa ½ din producția totală pe județ.
Marii agenți economici ai orașului Rovinari sunt: S.C. COMPLEXUL ENERGETIC ROVINARI S.A., S.C. TERMOSERV S.A., S.N.L.O – E.M. ROSIA, S.C. TP SUT S.A., S.C. ENERGOCONSTRUCTIA S.A., S.C. ENERGOMONTAJ S.A., S.C. ENERGOREPARATII S.A., S.C. U.M.R. S.A., S.C. CAZARE – CANTINE S.A , S.C. MINPREST S.A.

Demografie

Conform recensământului efectuat în 2011, populația orașului Rovinari se ridică la  locuitori, în scădere față de recensământul anterior din 2002, când se înregistraseră  locuitori. Majoritatea locuitorilor sunt români (94,02%). Pentru 5,37% din populație, apartenența etnică nu este cunoscută.
Din punct de vedere confesional, majoritatea locuitorilor sunt ortodocși (91,8%). Pentru 5,42% din populație, nu este cunoscută apartenența confesională.

Politică și administrație
Orașul Rovinari este administrat de un primar și un consiliu local compus din 17 consilieri. Primarul, , de la , este în funcție din . Începând cu alegerile locale din 2020, consiliul local are următoarea componență pe partide politice:

Personalități
 Teodor D. Costescu (1864 - 1939), profesor, om politic, membru de onoare al Academiei Române.
 Constantin Iordăchescu (1893 - 1950), general român
 Gheorghe Tătărescu, om politic
 Mira, cântăreață română

Vezi și
 Biserica de lemn din Rovinari

Imagini

Note

Bibliografie suplimentară
 Rovinari, orașul muncii pentru lumină, Dorin Brozbă, 2011 - recenzie

Rovinari
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Letter | Published: 23 October 1986
Sequence, structure, receptor-binding domains and internal repeats of human apolipoprotein B-100
Chao-Yuh Yang1,
San-Hwan Chen1,
Sandra H. Gianturco1,
William A. Bradley1,
James T. Sparrow1,
Masako Tanimura2,
Wen-Hsiung Li2,
Doris A. Sparrow1,
Hans DeLoof3,
Maryvonne Rosseneu3,
Fu-Shin Lee1,
Zi-Wei Gu1,
Antonio M. Gotto Jr1 &
Lawrence Chan1
Naturevolume 323, pages738–742 (1986) | Download Citation
Apolipoprotein (apo) B-100, the major protein component in low density lipoprotein (LDL), is the ligand that binds to the LDL receptor1. It is important in the metabolism of LDL and elevated plasma levels of LDL-apo B are strongly associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease. Although apo B-100 is of great clinical and biological importance its primary structure has defied chemical elucidation, mainly because of its enormous size, insolubility, and tendency to aggregate2. Less than 5% of the apo B-100 sequence has been reported, despite the efforts of many laboratories over the past twenty years. Here we report the complete amino acid sequence of human apo B-100 as deducted by sequence analysis of complementary DNA clones; 2,366 of the 4,536 residues were also confirmed by direct sequencing of apo B-100 tryptic peptides. The distribution of trypsin-accessible and -inaccessible peptides of the protein on LDL is non-random and they can be grouped into 5 hypothetical domains. Of 20 potential N-glycosylation sites identified in the sequence, 13 were foundry direct peptide sequencing to be glycosylated, and 4 unglycosylated. Examination of the primary structure of apo B-100 reveals that it contains a large number of long (>70 residues) internal repeats and an even larger number of shorter ones, suggesting that the apo B-100 sequence was derived largely from internal duplications. Finally, using synthetic peptides of a specific region of apo B-100, we have identified a potential LDL receptor-binding domain (residues 3,345–3,381) which can bind to the LDL receptor and suppress 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase activities in cultured human fibroblasts.
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Home > News > Data & Research > Actuaries Grade Retirement Systems and Reform Proposals
Data & Research January 8, 2015
Actuaries Grade Retirement Systems and Reform Proposals
The American Academy of Actuaries evaluated how well public and private retirement systems—and proposals to reform them—meet the needs of participants, sponsors and other stakeholders.
The American Academy of Actuaries, assisting public policymakers by providing actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues, has released grades for major retirement systems and public policy proposals. The association evaluated how well public and private retirement systems–and proposals to reform them–meet the needs of participants, sponsors and other stakeholders. Of the five systems and proposals that were graded, the academy bestowed its highest marks on retirement legislation proposed last year by then-U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and a Canadian government pension system.
The grades are part of an Academyinitiative, Retirement for the AGES, which sets a basis for evaluating retirement systems and reform proposals using four principles: alignment, governance, efficiency and sustainability (AGES). These principles determined the grades for each of the five systems.
"The overall grades provide a general assessment of whether a system is well designed to achieve its retirement income purpose," says Donald Fuerst, a senior pension fellow at the American Academy of Actuaries. "This assessment is based on factors such as whether the system is sustainable, supports good governance and decision-making, and avoids imposing undue burdens on stakeholders."
The grades were calculated by the Forward Thinking Task Force of the Academy's Pension Practice Council:
USA Retirement Funds Act (S.1979, 113th Congress): A-
New Brunswick Shared Risk Model: A-
South Dakota Retirement System: B+
Current-system traditional defined benefit plan: C+
Current-system safe harbor defined contribution plan: C
A video highlighting the grades is available here. Assessments and analysis of the systems and proposals are available on the AGES website.
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package org.minnal.security.auth;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.pac4j.core.profile.UserProfile;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

/**
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public class SimpleAuthorizerTest {

	private SimpleAuthorizer authorizer;

	private RolePermissionMapper rolePermissionMapper;

	private UserRoleMapper userRoleMapper;

	private User user;

	@BeforeMethod
	public void setup() {
		userRoleMapper = mock(UserRoleMapper.class);
		when(userRoleMapper.getRoles(user)).thenReturn(Arrays.asList("role1", "role2"));
		rolePermissionMapper = mock(RolePermissionMapper.class);
		when(rolePermissionMapper.getPermissions("role1")).thenReturn(Arrays.asList("permission1", "permission2"));
		when(rolePermissionMapper.getPermissions("role2")).thenReturn(Arrays.asList("permission2"));
		authorizer = new SimpleAuthorizer(rolePermissionMapper, userRoleMapper);
		UserProfile profile = new UserProfile();
		profile.setId("name1");
		user = new User(profile);
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldAuthorizeIfAllPermissionsMatch() {
		assertTrue(authorizer.authorize(user, user.getPermissions()));
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldAuthorizeIfPermissionMatch() {
		user.setPermissions(Arrays.asList("permission1"));
		assertTrue(authorizer.authorize(user, "permission1"));
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldNotAuthorizeIfAllPermissionsDontMatch() {
		assertFalse(authorizer.authorize(user, Arrays.asList("permission1", "permission3")));
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldNotAuthorizeIfPermissionDontMatch() {
		assertFalse(authorizer.authorize(user, "permission3"));
	}

	@Test
	public void shouldGetRolesFromPropertiesIfNotPopulatedAlready() {
		user.setPermissions(Lists.newArrayList("permission3", "permission1"));
		authorizer.authorize(user, Lists.newArrayList("permission3"));
		verify(userRoleMapper).getRoles(user);
	}

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	public void shouldGetPermissionsFromPropertiesIfNotPopulatedAlready() {
		user.setRoles(Lists.newArrayList("role2"));
		authorizer.authorize(user, Lists.newArrayList("permission3"));
		verify(rolePermissionMapper).getPermissions("role2");
	}
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The Past — April 2, 2017
Can the Trump-Russia Scandal Really End in Treason Charges?
Charges of treason are often used incorrectly in today's political climate. Treason has a very specific definition in the U.S. Constitution.
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"Treason" is a charged word that's often used quite lightly in today's hyperpartisan political atmosphere. Revelations of contacts between officials in the Trump administration and various representatives of the Russian government are raising the specter of treason, certainly in the eyes of many Democrats. Of course, none of the Congressional and FBI investigations have concluded and we don't really know what happened, other than the reports by the intelligence agencies that Russians hacked the DNC and seemed to favor Trump in how they released information. But could anything that is being alleged actually be treason?
First of all, here's what the U.S. Code of Law defines as treason:
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
The U.S. Constitution itself spells it out similarly in Article 3, Section 3:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
As you can see, the big deal here is levying war against the United States and helping its enemies. Whatever anyone in Trump's camp could have potentially agreed on with the Russians is highly unlikely to be construed as waging war against the U.S. And as we are not fighting a war with Russia, it's hard to justify calling it an "enemy".
There are those who do consider the Russian cyberattacks related to the election an act of war. Russian military doctrine expert Alexander Velez-Green thinks the Russian leaders themselves are seeing things that way, taking advantage of the fact that U.S. policymakers are used to only viewing war as something "limited to the military arena". Thus the Russians are using non-military efforts (hacking) to "devastating effect".
What is their goal? According to Velez-Green, it would be "to cripple the United States, shatter NATO, and fill the void left by America's absence."
Interestingly, such Republican icons (and known warhawks) as Dick Cheney and John McCain have also publicly come out to say that the cyber attacks could be regarded acts of war.
The fact that there are serious implications to the defense of the U.S. in whatever happened was underscored by the recent resignation of President Trump's National Security Advisor retired General Michael Flynn. He was forced to give up his post after it was revealed he misled the Trump administration over contact with a Russian ambassador. Subsequently, Flynn's lawyer offered Flynn's testimony to Congress in exchange for immunity, which in turn caused many to wonder whether Flynn has something explosive to say.
Retired United States Army lieutenant general Michael T. Flynn introduces Republican Presidential nominee Donald J. Trump before he delivered a speech at The Union League of Philadelphia on September 7, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Still, we don't know if Flynn really has anything transformative to reveal to the investigators. The reality remains that since there is no war there can be no treason.
But some legal minds see another source of trouble.
The Harvard law professor John Shattuck argues that even if Trump and his team didn't knowingly coordinate the cyberattacks on the DNC with any party, their actions after the intelligence team's conclusions were made could rise to the level of treason. He says that denying the cyberattacks, which is something Trump continues to do, and working to hamper their investigations is like "giving aid and comfort to an enemy of the United States".
Another Harvard professor Lawrence Tribe also previously called into question Trump's statements during the campaign where he seemed to openly advocate for Russia to share Hillary Clinton's emails.
Who has been convicted of treason in U.S. history? There have been about 30 treason trials in U.S. since 1789. There were people like Mildred Gillars, an American broadcaster, and Robert Best, a journalist, who were convicted after working for the Nazis to push their propaganda during World War II. The last people to be tried and executed for treason were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were convicted of passing U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet Union in 1953.
One place where it's not so unusual to see charges of treason? Russia. It charged two intelligence officials and a cybersecurity expert with treason just recently, possibly in response to the U.S. hacking probe. According to the New York Times, the arrested might have been the ones who tipped the American intelligence off to the Russian interference in U.S. elections.
As the investigations into any possible links between the Trump team and the Russian government continue with much partisan rancor, while still remaining under Republican control, it's hard to imagine scenarios, no matter what happened, where "treason" would be a reasonable word to use. It's unlikely Democrats can convince enough average Americans that a war with Russia is really underway, while Trump's Republican base already largely ignores any claims of collusion as partisan distraction. If you're staunchly pro-Trump, you might want to consider that even such conservative media outlets as the National Revieware not dismissing all the Russia-related claims, agreeing that there are questions to be answered.
A sensible approach to this investigation needs to figure out a less-sensationalized and divisive underlying target than "treason". It is also time to update our legislation about what wars can be in the 21st century. We are not likely to see a full-fledged armed conflict between the U.S. and any of the nuclear powers. But an insidious war of misinformation can be just as destructive to our society.
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Disclaimer: As I have said in the past, I'm not a research blogger. I'm here to mix "data with soul" and give you useful info, but only in the context of my real, human experience. That is not to say that citation on my part and proper follow-up on your part are not important. Everything I wrote about in this blog was presented by Dr. Steven Sandberg Lewis, ND & Dr. Allison Siebecker, ND at the SIBO Symposium during January 2014 and you can pay to have access to those presentations through the National College of Natural Medicine's website.
Here we go again, another SIBO blog this week. We'll be chatting about herbal antibiotics and a few pieces of miscellaneous SIBO "stuff" that I thought should be shared. This topic is not getting old for me (and I hope not for you, either). The more I learn, the more I see how easily people, especially those of us dealing with autoimmune diseases, can find themselves in the grips of SIBO and how it can be missed by our doctors for years if a patient doesn't have the details to advocate for his or her self.
At the Symposium, Dr. Steven Sandberg-Lewis, ND gave the talk on herbal "antibiotics." These are herbs, extracts of herbs, or combinations of herbs that are powerful enough to slow the growth of or kill micororganisms. He started his talk by identifying the most commonly overgrown organisms in a SIBO infection, something I wanted to write about, because it is very useful if you prefer that your doctor treat SIBO with herbal antibiotics, since certain herbs are more effective against certain organisms than others.
There are some reasons you may want to choose herbal antibiotics. First, they are biodegradable and do not end up in our water supply, as regular antibiotics do. The possibility that bacteria will become resistant to them is much lower, since there are hundreds of compounds found in a single herb. They often have other effects, such as being anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and anti-viral. Extracts of herbs can also allow for significantly increased potency, which is usually not safe with regular antibiotics. A draw back to choosing this treatment path, is that while antibiotics can work within two weeks, the herbal course may take four to six weeks.
The first group of herbs Dr. Sandberg-Lewis spoke about are the Berberine herbs. They all have the plant alkaloid, Berberine in common, which is antibiotic, along with many other healing effects. Sandberg-Lewis focuses on using Goldenthread, Goldenseal, Huang Bo, Oregon Grape, and Barberry to treat his SIBO patients. Normally, he uses capsules containing two or three of these herbs, so that patients can take several at a time, since the dose may need to be as much as 5000 mg/day for a difficult overgrowth. Berberine is most effective against Hydrogen-Dominant SIBO or SIBO with diarrhea.
I found this interesting, since my experience using herbal antibiotics was with a treatment that used many of the above named Berberine herbs, along with several anti-parasitic herbs, but the recommended dose was not nearly high enough, which may be one reason the herbal course did not work for me. Another reason it did not work, was that I did not tolerate it well. We often have the mistaken idea that herbs will be more gentle for the body, but that is not necessarily the case. One possible reason for my intolerance . . . Berberine herbs can lower blood glucose levels. This is a potentially positive effect for a diabetic, but for me it was awful. Dr. Sandberg-Lewis noted that patients will start the herbal course and then complain about the effects of die-off, when in reality they are experiencing low blood sugar episodes. Now that I understand this, I am almost certain my intolerance to the herbal course had alot to do with low blood sugar. Berberine herbs can also have an effect on SSRI (anti-depressant) medications, so it could be important to keep that in mind if you are treating depression while dealing with SIBO.
The next herbal treatment Dr. Sandberg-Lewis spoke about was garlic or the more potent garlic extract, Allicin. Garlic is a high FODMAP, so some of you that know those with SIBO should be avoiding high FODMAP foods are probably wondering why it is used as an herbal antibiotic. The extract, Allicin, is fructan (the sugar named with the F in FODMAP) free, so not an issue for patients who need to use it. Garlic needs to be combined with the berberine herbs to treat Methane-Dominant SIBO or SIBO with constipation. Garlic is also anti-fungal, which can be useful for those who are prone to yeast overgrowth. One word of caution, is that Garlic can prolong bleeding time, so those on blood thinners should be aware of the interaction.
Finally, Dr. Sandberg-Lewis talked about his use of Neem and Oregano Oil in treating SIBO. He stated that he almost always uses Neem with the Berberine and/or Garlic, because he feels it enhances the potency of the other herbs. It is also highly anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, and can be anti-ulcer. He uses Oregano Oil less often, but does find it useful. His reason for using it less often is patient intolerance. This also confirms my experience using it to treat SIBO. Oregano Oil is very powerful and left me feeling quite rough.
Dr. Sandberg-Lewis also talked about natural factors that can help in the treatment of SIBO. He pointed out that any deficiencies in stomach acid, pancreatic enzymes, and bile should be addressed. Again, this confirms my experience, since identifying pancreatic enzyme deficiency and treating it, was a factor in helping me not only deal with SIBO, but other health concerns I had early in my Celiac diagnosis. Also, having intacted anatomy and motility of the GI system plays a role. The migrating motor complex must be working properly, the ileocecal valve must be working properly (this valve keeps the contents of the colon out of the small intestine), and the microvilli of the small intestine must be healthy. Since damage is to the microvilli in Celiacs, this may be one reason we are so susceptible to SIBO.
Dr. Sandberg-Lewis also touched on the idea that SIBO may be incurable in some cases. He found this with patients that have had continuous, long-term use of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs, like Nexium), because it disrupts stomach acid production so much. He found this with patients who had continuous use of opiate painkillers, because it disrupts migrating motor complex. He also noticed it with patients that had altered anatomy or motility (so surgeries that changed the GI tract or anything that changed GI movement).
Dr. Sandberg-Lewis and Dr. Siebecker also did a presentation where they spoke about key indicators that SIBO could be at play. I found this really interesting and recognized myself in the list. If you find yourself in one of these positions, it is worth asking your doctor to take a deeper look, for possible SIBO.
Okay, that's a long entry in the SIBO saga today, but I think all good information! I will be writing about Diet for SIBO and also other health issues that are connected with SIBO in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. Sooo much to cover!
You can find Part 4 of the SIBO series here.
Do you have any advice for GERD, the kind that feels like something is stuck in your esophagus? I am going on my 3rd day of only being able to drink water. Even broth will not go down, nothing. If I try it gets stuck immediately above the diaphragm and there is pressure and burning there. I have been drinking Gerolsteiner Mineral Water because the natural bubbling enables me to burp sometimes and that helps release the pressure. After 8 hours of sleep I feel good but I cannot take anything but water without activating the GERD.
I have bee diagnosed with SIBO and citrobacter (in lower intestine) and have been treating the SIBO 4 weeks with oregano oil. The consistency of my elimination is greatly improved and as of this morning still is. I was doing well eating meat and vegetables and bone broth, until I had a drink of alcohol, to celebrate(?), and since then I have been in this GERD state. I am wondering how long I can last on water only.
Hi . Can I take appel vinegar before eat because of my low acid . And I can take herb as well ?
I'm sorry, but since I am not a doctor or naturopath and don't know your history, I can't advise you specifically on either of these.
Thank you for your article. Its very interesting to me. I have celiac that wont heal on a gf diet. Went to a functional medicine nutritionist and have been diagnosed with sibo a few months ago. Ive been geeting visceral manipulation therapy every 6 weeks for mmc and keep my valve in check and also did the elemental diet. After elemental i felt great for a couple weeks then my sypmtoms started to creep back up so i started fc cidal dysbiocide and oregano i felt better for 3 weeks and the last week of them i started feeling bloated again. We just switched to allimed berberine and still fccidal. All along ive followed a lowfod maps and have also been taking ginger to stimulate mmc as well as hcl for stomach acid production. My enzyme levels of amalase and lipase are actually great levels without having to take enzymes. I tried bile and it aggrivated my right side where my gallbladder used to be BIG time so we did stop that. Im afraid to try it again. We are suspecting i may have small intestinal fungal overgrowth now with a little sibo…as it mimics the same symptoms. I did a candida spit test and it showed tenticals hanging down from my spit. I feel so frustrated bc as the days go on my bloat becomes more intense. I feel myself slipping back to how i felt before elemental. I know herbs take a long time but my question is…..are my bloat symptoms die off or my herbs not working? The fact that i was felling better and gradually getting more bloat seems like im not winning the fight here but i dont really know what die off is supposed to feel like? I follow lowfod maps but i do eat low fod map fruits..a few servings a day. If i could be dealing with fungal overgrowth as well as sibo woukd eating fruit be bad? I dont eat any honey sugar or any juice ..nothing else sweet. Just grapes oranges pineapple and strawberries.
Hi Holli! Very sorry to hear about your long journey w/ Celiac & SIBO. I wish I could give you more specific feedback, but I'm not a medical practitioner, so I can't tell you if your symptoms are die off or the herbs not working. It does sound like you are getting closer to figuring it out w/ all the steps you are taking though. Best of luck!
Thank you! From your celuac sibo journey how long did it take to heal your gut and what protocol of herbs did u use?
When you finally got rid of your sibo is that when your celiac healed as well?
Can you tell me more about the exact symptoms you experienced when you say the Oregano Oil left you feeling rough? Or specifically what it felt like to be intolerant to the herbal supplements?
Basically, it felt like getting sick. Very painful headache, achey, tired, upset stomach, etc. Some will say this is "die-off," but I don't think those uncomfortable symptoms should be allowed to continue unchecked for longer than 3 days. Hope that helps!
Thanks, Angie. Did you deal with any brain fog along with the other un-fun symptoms?
Do you do both Berberine & Allicin at the same time? Or do one and then the other?
Can you give any advice for someone who can't take the berberine herbs? They interact with my medication so I can't take them at high doses. Would anything else work?
I can't recommend herbs or medications, as I am not a medical doctor & don't know your case. I would look at Dr. Alison Siebecker's site for some guidance on other herbal SIBO treatment options.


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Q: Correlation statistics Naive Question:

In the attached snapshot, I am trying to figure out the correlation concept when applied to actual values and to calculation performed on those actual values and creating a new stream of data.
In the example,
Columns A,B,C,D,E have very different correlation but when I do a rolling sum on the same columns to get G,H,I,J,K the correlation is very much the same(negative or positive.
Are these to different types of correlation or am I missing out on something.
Thanks in advance!!

A: Yes, these are different correlations. It's similar to if you were to measure acceleration over time of 5 automobiles (your first piece of data) and correlate those accelerations. Each car accelerates at different rates over time leaving your correlation all over the place.
Your second set of data would be the velocity of each car at each point in time. Because each car is accelerating at a pretty constant rate (and doing so in two different directions from the starting point) you either get a big positive or  big negative correlation.
It's not necessary that you get that big positive or big negative correlation in the second set, but since your data in each list is consistently positive or negative and grows at a consistent rate, it correlates with either similar lists.

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Second Mississippi gubernatorial candidate says he won't be alone with a woman who isn't his wife
Updated: 6:16 AM CDT Jul 18, 2019
A second Republican candidate for Mississippi governor said he would not be alone with a woman who is not his wife in a professional or personal setting, after fellow candidate state Rep. Robert Foster's decision to deny a female reporter's request to accompany him on a campaign trip for the same reason.Bill Waller Jr., the former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, told Mississippi Today that he subscribes to what is known as the "Billy Graham rule," named after the prominent evangelist, in which a man avoids being alone with women other than his wife."I just think it's common sense. I just think in this day and time that appearances are important ... transparency's important. And I think that people need to have the comfort of what's going on in government between employees and people. And there's a lot of social issues out there about that," Waller told the news outlet on Monday.He said his goal "is to not make it an issue so that everyone's comfortable with the surroundings and we can go about our business."CNN has reached out to Waller's campaign.Waller told Mississippi Today that in his 22 years serving on the state Supreme Court, he never found himself alone with a female colleague."I tried to (always have someone else present)," he told Mississippi Today, adding that he would not, however, demand that the woman provide the other male colleague.Last week, Foster declined Mississippi Today's request to send a reporter on the trail with him for the day because the reporter was female unless she brought along a male colleague, saying he did so because he "just wanted to keep things professional."Waller's campaign told Mississippi Today last week it is their practice to have a campaign staffer with Waller when he is speaking with the media so the situation was a "non-issue." Waller told the news outlet Monday, that he would not have asked a woman to provide another person to be in the room for a meeting."In my situation I always made sure that I was in control of the situation — that's the way I do business," he said.The Mississippi Today reporter, Larrison Campbell, said the news outlet had asked to shadow each of the candidates in the race "in an attempt to better inform readers."Foster said on Twitter that his Christian faith and marriage were among the reasons to deny Campbell access and told CNN that he was worried that the situation may inadvertently create a false impression."I trust myself completely, but I don't trust the perception that the world puts on people when they see things and they don't ask the questions, they don't look to find out the truth," Foster said. "Perception is reality in this world, and I don't want to give anybody the opinion that I'm doing something that I should not be doing."In the same interview on CNN, Campbell called Foster's decision sexist."Why does it appear improper for a man to be with a woman? I mean, why wouldn't a gay affair be construed if he were with a man?" Campbell said. "Unless, at the end of the day, what you're saying here is a woman is a sexual object first and a reporter second."
A second Republican candidate for Mississippi governor said he would not be alone with a woman who is not his wife in a professional or personal setting, after fellow candidate state Rep. Robert Foster's decision to deny a female reporter's request to accompany him on a campaign trip for the same reason.
Bill Waller Jr., the former chief justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, told Mississippi Today that he subscribes to what is known as the "Billy Graham rule," named after the prominent evangelist, in which a man avoids being alone with women other than his wife.
"I just think it's common sense. I just think in this day and time that appearances are important ... transparency's important. And I think that people need to have the comfort of what's going on in government between employees and people. And there's a lot of social issues out there about that," Waller told the news outlet on Monday.
He said his goal "is to not make it an issue so that everyone's comfortable with the surroundings and we can go about our business."
CNN has reached out to Waller's campaign.
Waller told Mississippi Today that in his 22 years serving on the state Supreme Court, he never found himself alone with a female colleague.
"I tried to (always have someone else present)," he told Mississippi Today, adding that he would not, however, demand that the woman provide the other male colleague.
Last week, Foster declined Mississippi Today's request to send a reporter on the trail with him for the day because the reporter was female unless she brought along a male colleague, saying he did so because he "just wanted to keep things professional."
Waller's campaign told Mississippi Today last week it is their practice to have a campaign staffer with Waller when he is speaking with the media so the situation was a "non-issue." Waller told the news outlet Monday, that he would not have asked a woman to provide another person to be in the room for a meeting.
"In my situation I always made sure that I was in control of the situation — that's the way I do business," he said.
The Mississippi Today reporter, Larrison Campbell, said the news outlet had asked to shadow each of the candidates in the race "in an attempt to better inform readers."
Foster said on Twitter that his Christian faith and marriage were among the reasons to deny Campbell access and told CNN that he was worried that the situation may inadvertently create a false impression.
"I trust myself completely, but I don't trust the perception that the world puts on people when they see things and they don't ask the questions, they don't look to find out the truth," Foster said. "Perception is reality in this world, and I don't want to give anybody the opinion that I'm doing something that I should not be doing."
In the same interview on CNN, Campbell called Foster's decision sexist.
"Why does it appear improper for a man to be with a woman? I mean, why wouldn't a gay affair be construed if he were with a man?" Campbell said. "Unless, at the end of the day, what you're saying here is a woman is a sexual object first and a reporter second."


Laurence Olivier, hailed as one of the greatest classical stage actors of his time, died yesterday at his home near London. He was 82 years old.
Lord Olivier was a performer of astonishing virtuosity and daring. If that were not enough to fill a career, he was also a movie star of the first magnitude, a film director whose Shakespearean adaptations are unmatched on the screen, a stage director with a breadth of accomplishment in contemporary as well as classic plays and the founder and first artistic director of the National Theater of Britain.
Knighted in 1947, raised to life peerage in 1970, he was, in art as well as title, a princely lord of his profession. Although his achievements and influences were many and varied, he was primarily an actor, and in a six-decade career onstage and in films, his performances - as Henry V, Hamlet, Richard III, Oedipus, Othello, Archie Rice in ''The Entertainer,'' Heathcliff in ''Wuthering Heights'' and Maxim De Winter in ''Rebecca'' - won him artistic immortality.
He played kings, villains and, occasionally, clowns, the most challenging roles in the classical repertory, and also some of the most popular romantic figures. And in the last decade of his life, he had still another, profitable career as a character actor in Hollywood movies.
Lord Olivier, Sir John Gielgud and the late Sir Ralph Richardson were ranked as the three most eminent knights of the English theater. All were rivals, and Sir Ralph remained one of Lord Olivier's closest friends and a frequent adviser.
One could elevate Sir John for his poetic bearing and voice and Sir Ralph for his gift for eccentric characterizations, but neither they nor any of their contemporaries could match Lord Olivier in matters of boldness and bravery. Sir John admired the way Lord Olivier ''dashes with a part'' and ''wrings its neck.'' ''He doesn't act with the sort of caution and fear that some of the rest of us have,'' he said.
Throughout his career, Lord Olivier was known for his feats of physical as well as emotional courage. In his film ''Hamlet,'' he leaped from a 15-foot platform to catch the conscience of Claudius. In Strindberg's ''Dance of Death,'' he fell to the floor in a faint with such conviction that audiences thought he had a stroke onstage.
He was not often given to public introspection about the art of acting, but in his 1982 autobiography, ''Confessions of an Actor'' (Penguin; Simon & Schuster), he wrote that to be a successful actor one needed ''an equal trinity of contributing qualities: talent, luck and stamina.'' In conversation, he stressed that of the three, stamina, ''actual physical strength,'' was the most important of all. He could have added that it also took determination.
Though in hindsight, Lord Olivier was accepted as a natural actor, to a large extent he willed himself to his position of greatness. He learned how to use his voice and body in the interest of his art, perfecting accents, experimenting with makeup and challenging himself in his choice of roles.
But in films he came to be regarded as a quintessential romantic hero - his Heathcliff still makes hearts beat faster - even his looks were, to a certain extent, a tribute to the persuasiveness of his performance.
Onstage he could project supreme self-confidence, but in private he was tormented by doubt and guilt, both of which he traced back to his boyhood, which was the beginning of a life lived in the imagination.
For reasons that always remained unfathomable to his son, when Laurence was a young teen-ager his father decided that he would not, as he had thought, follow his elder brother, Richard, to India, but that he would stay in England and become an actor. Lord Olivier often told the story as if it were a divine intervention; but even at that early age he was already an actor.
Additional certification was given by his performance as Kate in ''The Taming of the Shrew,'' a school production later presented at Stratford-on-Avon. As one critic said, Kate was performed ''boldly and vigorously,'' ''with dark flashing eyes and a spiteful voice.'' Even at 14 and disguised as a woman, Olivier was marked by his boldness.
Criticizing his performing as ''overgesticulative,'' Miss Fogerty suggested that he had one physical weakness, and she pointed to a place under his brow and over his nose. Not only did that provoke the young man to lift his head and improve his bearing, but it also made him use false noses in performance.
The next year, he made his professional debut as a policeman in ''The Ghost Train'' at the Brighton Hippodrome, and in his first entrance he tripped over a door sill and sailed headlong across the stage into the footlights. As he recalled, he received the largest laugh in his career. As a young actor, he was known for his penchant for giggling onstage and for his ability to ''corpse'' other actors, to make them laugh in the middle of a performance.
In 1929, he made his film debut in ''Murder for Sale,'' and in 1933 he was dismissed as Greta Garbo's leading man in ''Queen Cristina'' and replaced by John Gilbert. He did not make another film until ''As You Like It'' in 1936.
In a month at the Old Vic, Olivier played Hamlet, Sir Toby Belch and Henry V, followed by Macbeth and Iago to Ralph Richardson's Othello.
After Olivier's divorce in 1940, he and Miss Leigh began a marriage that endured for 20 years despite conflicts and Miss Leigh's eventual mental illness.
Next came ''Pride and Prejudice'' with Greer Garson and ''That Hamilton Woman,'' his most memorable performance with Miss Leigh, as Lord Nelson opposite her Lady Hamilton.
In 1944, he returned to the Old Vic, as a co-director with Richardson and John Burrell. Among his first roles was Richard III, which he dated as the turning point in his career as an actor, the first time that his peers, the audience, the critics and the actor himself all admired him in a single role.
That turned out to be a banner season, with approval for Olivier in three areas - as an actor in ''Richard III,'' as the director, producer and star of the film ''Henry V'' and as the director of the London production of Thornton Wilder's ''Skin of Our Teeth'' (starring Miss Leigh).
He and Miss Leigh continued working together in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' and ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' and in Terence Rattigan's ''Sleeping Prince.'' In the movie version of the Rattigan play, ''The Prince and the Showgirl,'' directed by Olivier, Marilyn Monroe played Miss Leigh's role.
''The Entertainer'' also signified the end of his marriage with Miss Leigh and the beginning of his relationship with Joan Plowright, who was cast in a small role in the Osborne play and later became a major English actress.
His leadership at the Old Vic and his continuing role as an actor and manager in the classic British tradition made him a natural to be named the first artistic director of the National Theater. In his first season there in 1963, he directed Peter O'Toole as Hamlet (a failure) and played Astrov in a revival of his production of ''Uncle Vanya'' (a great success).
Beginning with ''Sleuth,'' he began expanding his movie career. Unable to return to the stage, he devoted himself to movies and television.
Among his later films are ''The 7 Percent Solution,'' ''Marathon Man,'' ''The Boys From Brazil,'' ''A Little Romance,'' ''Inchon'' (in which he played Gen. Douglas MacArthur), ''Clash of the Titans'' (in which he played Zeus) and, in 1985, ''Wild Geese II,'' his last major film role.
Few of those films advanced his career, but they won him new fans and gave him a steady income to support his family. In addition to a son, Tarquin, by his first marriage, he had three children with Miss Plowright: Richard, Tamsin and Julie-Kate, all of whom have careers in the theater.
After publishing his autobiography, in 1986 he wrote ''On Acting'' (Simon & Schuster), a book that described step by step how he created some of his finest roles.
After his 80th birthday, he said, ''I don't feel quite as old as I ought to.'' He attended a birthday celebration in the Olivier Theater at the National Theater. Although he never revoked his retirement from the stage, even in his 80's he was still eager to work in movies and in television films.
Every new prospect excited him. Olivier took it as an opportunity to experiment with a new accent, a new nose or a new approach. As he said, ''When anyone is frankly in the business of showing off - of self-presentation -with each appearance, you are bound to take a leap in the dark.'' Lord Olivier's historic career was filled with magnificent leaps.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Tarquin and Richard, and two daughters, Tamsin and Julie-Kate.


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Glasgow: Rick's Departure
As posted by Rick to the Irish Linux User's Group social mailing list. Note for Americans: as of the time of this incident, 1 (UK) £ = $1.90.
I got a close look at yet another effect of the Bush Junta's idiocy, this past few days over on that neighbouring island to your east.
My wife and I were visiting Glasgow for Interaction, the 63rd annual World Science Fiction Convention and 2005 Eurocon, and had an absolutely lovely time — as expected — right up to my ghastly realisation on Friday that my USA passport was suddenly missing.
I've been a frequent traveller for mumbledy-mumble decades since the age of 5, and have never lost a passport. I take the matter extremely seriously, expecially (but not solely) since stolen ones can be used to commit some rather horrific crimes. So, the very first thing I did was report the loss to the Strathclyde police, such that the passport would no longer be regarded as valid. For the same reason, I also attempted to telephone the closest USA consulate, in Edinburgh. Three times I called; three times I was dropped into voice-tree hell, and told "The operator is not available. Good bye."
As the US Department of State Web site for that consulate (misleadingly) claims (http://www.usembassy.org.uk/scotland/) that the Edinburgh consulate can handle passport matters, my wife and I took the train to that town. I marched across town to a photographer who can meet the Department of State's bizarre and exacting standards for passport photos, paid him ten quid for an instant set, marched back to rejoin my wife, and walked with her up to 3 Regent Terrace.
It was fortified like a bunker with concrete barriers closing off the (otherwise picturesque) street to vehicular traffic. Sufficient comment about Bush Junta policies, right there, I think.
We knocked on the door; Alan, a local employed at the consulate, answered, and said the consulate could not help us at all. We persisted, pointing out that the Web site claimed otherwise, that the office could not seem to bother answering its telephone, and that something needed to be done prior to our booked international travel home to near San Francisco, leaving 11:05 AM Monday from Glasgow International Airport. Alan left us for a moment, and checked with a consular official within. Time at this point was about 2 PM.
Soon, Alan beckoned us inside, had us run our bags through an X-ray machine, and then showed us to a waiting room fronting onto a bulletproof-glass wall separating us from the consular official, who in due course showed up there to talk with us. (I didn't catch her name, but she was a young Yank, possibly in her 30s, with not a lot of international experience.)
The official apologised for the telephone troubles, which she said had been reported locally to the telephone utility but not yet fixed. She provided paperwork forms for passport replacement, but disclosed that the new passport could be issued only by the offices in Belfast or London, which alone have the required machinery. I pointed out that she could issue a letter of transit, permitting me to get home. She said that consulates were no longer permitted to issue those, and that airlines would no longer permit anyone on a US-bound flight without a passport. (The latter was obviously disingenuous: It's very obvious that the airlines have implemented that requirement at USA insistence only, so attempting to pass the buck to them was somewhat dishonest.)
I pointed out that it was not possible to reach either the Belfast or London offices before their Friday closings. Passport service was not available on weekends, so the next opportunity would be Monday, 8:30 AM. And it would be wildly unlikely for me to complete that errand and then return to Glasgow in time for an 11:05 AM departure.
She said that I'd simply have to reschedule my flight. I pointed out that the booking was non-changeable, by its contract terms — but that airlines will generally waive that restriction if telephoned by a consular official and informed that the passenger needs to reschedule because of a passport replacement. She said she would immediately telephone the airlines and also e-mail the London embassy to tell them to expect my visit.
On Sunday, we telephoned British Airways to reschedule my flight, only to be told that they had _no_ record of any call from the consulate, and could help me only upon my paying an additional £900 or so for a new, one-way ticket: The consular official had evidently not bothered to call as promised. In some shock but no huge surprise, we declined the new-sale offer. Attempts to call Edinburgh again achieved no more success than before.
At 3 AM Monday morning, my wife and I rose and went to Glasgow International, so that I could get the very first flight (cost: £187) to Heathrow. I landed at 7:15, then ran for the Piccadilly Line Underground station, took that to Hyde Park Corner station (much unplanned delays), then ran for the embassy at Grosvenor Square, arriving around 8:45.
The London embassy was even more of a concrete-barracaded fortress than the Edinburgh one: They have a constant police patrol in addition to street closures, metal fencing, and the security checkpoint for visitors is out at the sidewalk, away from the building in a small trailer. After the security check, I walked in and faced a larger version of Edinburgh's bulletproof-glass waiting room. I presented my paperwork and photos, paid US $97 for the application fees, and stressed to the (British-national) clerk that I still needed to have a consular official telephone British Airways.
He asserted that the embassy could not perform that service, which I knew to be untrue. I persisted; he admitted that he spoke only for what the passport-replacement staff could do, and said he'd ring someone up from Consular Services to talk to me. They had no record of any e-mail from Edinburgh.
Around 9:30 AM, a young woman arrived to talk with me through a different bulletproof glass window, and I explained that the call would be vital to not only my travel but also my wife Deirdre's, as she was attempting to follow our original travel plans while I attempted to split mine off on a separate Passenger Number Record (PNR): If the matter were not handled correctly, Deirdre might find her connecting flight reservation cancelled because I (but not she) had failed to show up for the first leg.
The official was willing to call BA, and did so… only to be put into a voice waiting queue without any indication of projected wait time. Fully 40 minutes later — well past 10 AM — a British Airways reservations clerk finally came on. The official made the plea, which BA accepted, and passed the telephone over to me to arrange details.
BA were unwilling to change my routing, so I would have to return to Glasgow. Moreover, I would be unable to travel until the next 11:05 AM daily flight, Tuesday. However, BA waived all change fees, for which I was quite grateful. They were unable to reserve a seat for the second leg of my travel (Chicago to San Francisco) on American Airways, as it was booked full, but told me I could attempt a standby reservation upon arrival in Chicago, and meanwhile booked me on an available, similar flight four hours later.
The BA clerk admitted that she had inadvertantly deleted my wife's reservations information despite my plea that she carefully avoid doing that and please, please split the PNR. However, she claimed that she'd fixed this problem by the time our call was done at around 10:40. (This turned out to be incorrect: Deirdre found out in Chicago that they'd cancelled her reservation and claimed they couldn't fix their problem: She insisted, and they eventually did.)
I thanked the BA clerk and Consular Services official, walked up to Marble Arch, and hiked about 8km along Oxford Street, Holborn, Holborn Viaduct, etc. out to Liverpool Street Station, where I took the Stansted Express train to Stansted Airport, then took EasyJet (cost: £ 90) back to Glasgow International, took the bus back into town, helped Interaction pack out everything and then helped finish those troublesome supplies of Real Ale at the closing parties, then took the airport bus back at nearly midnight, slept (fitfully) on the chairs, and read Iain [M.] Banks novels and tourist brochures until 11:05. Chicago O'Hare airport lived up to my low expectations: Amercian Airlines could not fit me on any planes in the first few hours because they had oversold all their flights (as usual). At around 20:10 Tuesday, I was finally allowed to board the delayed 19:20 flight I was booked on, and (finally) fell asleep in my seat.
Some minutes later, the pilot announced that the plane seemed to have hydraulics problems, and that everyone would need to debark and march to the other end of O'Hare's domestic-flights terminal, to await a replacement plane. Half an hour later, the pilot announced that that plane had a suspicious smell of burnt electrical components in the back, and we'd have to wait some more. Another 30 minutes, and he said they'd given up on fixing that plane, and we'd have to walk to a third gate. An hour later, we were finally able to board. Further delays followed, and I reached San Francisco International around 1:30 AM Wednesday — having been up almost all of two days straight.
Despite all this brouhaha, we had on balance a wonderful time in Glasgow, and look forward to returning — perhaps for the 2006 Eastercon in April (the 57th British National Science Fiction Convention). ILUGgers might consider doing likewise, for a change of pace.
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26/11 Mumbai Attacks
26/11 – Attack Within An Attack
The Mumbai Attacks of 2008 was used as a cover to carry out a parallel operation in which ATS Chief Hemant Karkare was assassinated. Below is the investigation on this aspect from official documents.
The Mumbai Attacks of 2008 was used as a cover to carry out a parallel operation in which ATS Chief Hemant Karkare was assassinated.
Mr. Radhakant Yadav, a veteran leader of Bihar and a three-time member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly who had been keenly following the Mumbai terror attack case filed a Criminal Writ Petition in the Bombay High Court in July 2010 pointing out the serious shortcomings in the investigation and demanded the reinvestigation of the case by an independent agency. The important points in the petition are reproduced below verbatim. Also included are excerpts from the 1,588 page judgment, internal probe report and other official documents with comments from GreatGameIndia.
1 Prior Intelligence
2 Internal Probe Report
3 Two distinct Ops
3.1 RAW's Planted Mobile Phones
3.2 Calls from Handlers
3.3 Fluent in Marathi
3.4 Hostages
3.5 Trawler MV Kuber
3.6 DNA Test
4 Pradhan Committee Report
5 Assassination of Hemant Karkare
5.1 Threats to Karkare
5.2 Ambush
5.3 No Backup sent
5.4 Mobile phone of Hemant Karkare
6 The Foreign Hand
6.1 David Headley
6.2 Role of Google
6.3 The Curious Case of Anita Uddaiya
6.4 The Israeli Promise
7 Fallout
Prior Intelligence
At about this time, the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country's premier intelligence agency, received a very specific and definite information about the Lashkar-e-Toiba's (LeT's) plan to attack Mumbai. On 18 November, 2008 the US intelligence agency informed the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency, that a ship of the LeT, carrying some terrorists had set sail from Karachi to attack Mumbai. The US agency also provided the longitudes and latitudes of the ship, which were 30-34, placing the ship at about 20 to 30 nautical miles south of Karachi. RAW passed on this absolutely specific information to the IB which deals with internal security and asked it to take necessary action.
But, surprisingly, this highly sensitive and absolutely specific information was not passed on to the Mumbai Police, to whom it mattered most and did not ensure that the same was conveyed to the Western Naval Command, the armed wing of the Indian Navy and through whose jurisdiction the terrorist's ship was to pass and which had the capability to locate and destroy the ship in no time in high sea or capture the terrorists alive with all their arms, ammunition, explosives with assistance from Mumbai Police (pp. 186-191).
By allowing the LeT terrorist ship to reach Mumbai by withholding specific intelligence a parallel operation was synchronized under the cover of Mumbai attacks in which Hemant Karkare was assassinated, creating an impression that he was killed in the terrorist attack.
Internal Probe Report
In the internal probe into the alleged intelligence lapse in respect of Mumbai terror attack of 26/11, the IB was indicted not only for dereliction of duty but for willfully keeping the Mumbai Police and the Western Naval Command in dark about the LeT's impending terror attack though it had received definitive information about it well in advance, and also for not keeping the 35 mobile phones, the numbers of which had been supplied to it by the RAW, till the midnight of 26/11, ie, till Hemant Karkare was killed. The findings of this internal probe should have formed the basis of the investigation into the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case. But neither the investigation agency nor the prosecution even remotely referred to this report.
Two distinct Ops
The Mumbai terror attack of 26 November, 2008, had two distinct parts:
The attack on Taj, Oberoi, Trident, Leopold and Nariman House along the seashore.
Group of LeT terrorists who had landed at Badhwar Park and Cuffe Parade.
The attack at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Cama Hospital and Rangabhavan Lane in the heart of the city.
Separate group of terrorists who assassinated Hemant Karkare (pp. 186-233).
These two attacks were different is all respects. The two targets, the ATS Chief Hemant Karkare and the three buildings that were selected, are diagonally opposite in nature and texture. The former is definitely not in favor of either the underworld or the foreign intelligence agencies that want to penetrate into India using the cover of extremist militant organizations. The latter mentioned targets, Taj and Oberoi hosted 'distinguished guests' during the last week of November 2008. Most of them were Diamond Merchants and coordinators of intelligence in South Asia.
RAW's Planted Mobile Phones
The RAW furnished to the IB, numbers of 35 mobile phones which were planted on the LeT operatives through RAW's sources and requested to keep them under surveillance, as the terrorists were likely to make use of them. Later, it was found that the terrorists actually used three of these 35 mobiles.
The IB later admitted that it forgot to keep them under observation till Karkare was killed.
Calls from Handlers
The terrorists at Taj, Oberoi, Trident and Nariman House received as many as 284 calls from their handlers in Pakistan through VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) technology but not a single call was received by the two terrorists who were in the CST-Cama-Rangabhavan section (p. 196).
In the brush the two terrorists had with railway police at the CST, a mobile phone of one of the terrorists had made fallen down. It was revealed in the inquiry that the terrorists had made contacts through this mobile phone. One more mobile phone was later found at the CST. Both the mobiles were later traced to persons from Satara district of Maharashtra (pp. 194-195).
Fluent in Marathi
The terrorists at the Cama Hospital spoke fluent Marathi with the employees of the hospital. This fact was also verified by the Principal Secretary, Medical Education, Mr. Bhushan Gagrani, a senior IAS officer (pp. 196-198).
"It appears from the whole scheme that the destinations of each pair were fixed and they were to keep hostages at the places assigned to them" (p. 1528 of the judgment). The court appears to have come to the conclusion that the plan of the terrorists was to keep hostages at the places of their respective destinations. If that was the case, to whom the two alleged terrorists could have kept hostages at the CST? This indicates that the CST did not fit in the scheme of things and that the two alleged terrorists in that area were altogether different people. For more details on the confusion regarding the number of hostages and terrorists refer to our report What Really Happened At Nariman Chabad House.
Trawler MV Kuber
The trial judge had held that the prosecution was unable to prove that the Indian trawler MV Kuber, which was hijacked by terrorists on November 26, 2008, had not been tampered with before drawing a panchnama of it and bringing Kasab to Sassoon Dock to identify it. The court said this would also raise questions about the GPS and satellite phones recovered from Kuber. "They are linked to the main conspiracy (with handlers in Pakistan)."
Owner Hira Masani's brother Vinod Masani had told the Porbandar police that Kuber did not have a Global Positioning System (GPS). Masani told investigators that the GPS found on Kuber must have been left behind by the terrorists. However, according to the speed diesel distribution card permit, issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Fisheries in Porbandar, the trawler had a functional GPS. The permit was issued in the name of Kuber's owner, Hira Masani, Vinod's disabled brother.
Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice RV More observed that ordinarily in murder cases, the accused directs the police to the crime scene, but in this case Kuber was found by the Coast Guard six nautical miles from where it was abandoned by the terrorists and was brought to Sassoon Dock on November 27, 2008 night where Kasab was taken to identify it. The court said, "Here the case seems like the police went, found the boat based on clues and then came back and took the accused to the boat and asked him to show the body."
DNA Test
There has also been an attempt by the prosecution to connect these two accused with the real LeT terrorists by means of DNA test – tallying DNA of the accused with the DNA of sweat found on one of the jackets from the boat Kuber. In the later part of the judgment the court disbelieved the recovery of a dead body from the boat Kuber on the ground that the Police had an opportunity to enter the boat before the recovery panchnama was drawn. The relevant part of the judgment is as given below:
The prosecution has not excluded the possibility of anybody else visiting the boat or entering the boat before PW 42 (PSI Chandrakant Jadhav), along with Panch witness and accused no. 1 entered the said boat. As such the possibility of someone entering the boat cannot be ruled out and further possibility of preparing statement of the accused no. 1 in panchnama (Ext. 136) on the basis of what was seen on the boat cannot be ruled out. In the absence of such evidence, I find it highly risky to come to the conclusion that the statement under panchnama had led to the recovery of the dead body of deceased Amarchand Solanki (pp. 1225-1228 of the judgment).
If this is the view of the learned Judge in respect of the recovery of the dead body from boat Kuber, the same principle should apply to the recovery of all other articles from the same boat. As such, the possibility of the jackets having the sweat of the accused no. 1 and the deceased having been planted before the seizure panchnama was drawn cannot be ruled out and hence the DNA test report based on the sweat of the jackets so recovered cannot be accepted.
Pradhan Committee Report
A two-member Pradhan Committee was set up to brobe into the Mumbai terror attack of 26/11, especially into the role of the police and the intelligence agencies therein. Its report would have provided valuable clues and guidelines in the investigation of the case. Like the Control Room record, this report is also being sought to be hidden from the public and the Court, as it contains critical remarks on serious lapses on part of the IB and on the material contradictions between the Police story of the CST-Cama Hospital-Rangabhavan Lane part of the attack and the facts revealed in the wireless communication of the Control room.
Following a public outcry, the Government of Maharashtra agreed to table it on the floor of the state assembly, but in the end it tabled only an abridged version of the report and not the entire report. The reason given as usual was National Security. But this appears to be a lame excuse. This committee comprised of two highly experienced ex-bureaucrats. Mr. Pradhan was the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, the Secretary Home Affairs of the Government of India and Governor of a state, while Mr. V. Balkrishnan was in RAW, occupying a high position for a considerably long period of time. Who could be better qualified to know what is in the national interest and what is not?
Assassination of Hemant Karkare
Threats to Karkare
Sources who were close to Karkare have said there was indeed a threat perception at that time and the former ATS chief was disturbed over allegations against his family after the Malegaon probe was made public. Hemant Karkare had raised the wall around his house just a week before his death and also brought home a dog. The wall was raised around the garage-end of the house, as it faced the road outside. Hemant Karkare was shaken by L K Advani's allegations that the anti-terrorist squad, which he headed, had acted "in a politically motivated and unprofessional manner'' in the Malegaon blasts investigation.
To these allegations Karkare responded by saying, "We are not looking at seers or saints in relation to the Malegaon blasts. We are not looking at people from a particular community when we question them. We are just detaining people on the basis of evidence. There are a lot of people going around claiming to be saints."
26/11 Mumbai Attacks and the assassination of Hemant Karkare. Excerpts from the book India in Cognitive Dissonance
Later, an anonymous caller, who used a PCO to contact Pune police, threatened to blow up the residence of Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare "within a couple of days". The caller who spoke in Marathi on November 24 evening cut the line after giving the threat, Rajendra Sonavane, Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP), told reporters. The call was later traced to a Public booth in Sahkar Nagar area of the city. For more details refer to our report on Hemant Karkare Assassination Timeline.
Hemant Karkare was called at a pre-decided place near J. J. flyover, by the side of the CST; from there he was sent into a lane by the side of the Times of India building; as he and other officers were chalking out a strategy near the rear-gate of the Cama Hospital in the lane, they were enticed towards SB II office by opening fire there and as soon as they reached near SB II office in a Qualis vehicle, a message was managed to be flashed to this party that the terrorists had been sighted near Metro Cinema, a place close to SB II office. As Karkare and others headed for Metro Cinema by taking the shortest route which was only through Rangabhavan Lane, they were ambushed and killed at about 00:03 hrs (pp. 199-202).
No Backup sent
The control room had received messages that two terrorists had killed Police Inspector Bapurao Dhurgude at 11:45 pm in the Rangabhavan Lane, at the corner of St. Xavier's college, had injured Maruti Phad, the driver of Bhushan Gagrani, Principal Secretary, Medical Education, in the same lane and had been moving in the lane since 15 minutes before the major incident of ambushing and killing of Hemant Karkare and others. This information was received by the officer-in-charge of the main gate of the Cama Hospital through the Control Room but, surprisingly, no force was sent into the lane, even though 150-strong force was available at the front gate of the Cama Hospital which was only a few paces away from the Rangabhavan Lane (Point V on pp. 238-241).
Mobile phone of Hemant Karkare
The mobile phone/phones of Hemant Karkare was/were an extremely important piece of evidence, as going by the deposition of his wireless operator, Nitin Mathane, Karkare had received information about the attack and instructions to report to a particular place apparently on his mobile phone. Moreover, some of the photographs of Karkare in action near the CST and TV footage indicate that he had been continuously receiving information/instructions. Therefore, the call records of his mobile phone/phones could have provided valuable information to the investigators. But, no inquiry, whatsoever, has been made in respect of Karkare's mobile phones.
The Foreign Hand
David Headley
David Headley – the mastermind American DEA Agent of Mumbai Attacks
David Headley is known to be mastermind of Mumbai Attack, yet GoI pardoned him and is now in US, why? Headley was a US Drug Enforcement Agency agent working closely with FBI. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper found that since 2001 US had precise intelligence on Headley yet they did not act. Headley was involved not just in Mumbai Attack but Samjhauta Express blast as well. This information was provided by one of his ex-wives.
Shiv Sena parliamentarian Vivek Pandit has said on record that David Headley was involved in 1993 bomb blasts as well. According to Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai, Headley was involved in 2010 Pune blast at German bakery as well, dubbed the Karachi Project.
David Headley's Moroccan Wife
Headley's Canadian wife's petition for immigration to US described Headley's training with terrorists. He was also caught in Germany and other countries for drug smuggling for DEA. His Morrocan wife told FBI about his 3 visits to Islamabad embassy between Dec 2007 and April 2008. This makes it very clear that long before Mumbai Attacks, Headley was already working as DEA agent and his activities closely monitored by CIA/NSA.
Why Indian agencies never followed these leads? Why was Headley pardoned by the Indian government? Inspite of prior intelligence why DEA/NSA/CIA did not act?
Role of Google
Taiba Zarrar Shah LeT's Technology Chief
Another terrorist closely monitored by British GCHQ was technology chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba Zarrar Shah. Top Secret US NSA document on Mumbai Attacks show that Mr. Shah, the technology chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani terror group, and fellow conspirators used Google Earth to show militants the routes to their targets in the city. He set up an Internet phone system to disguise his location by routing his calls through New Jersey.
Top Secret US NSA Document on Mumbai Attacks
The result of this cross community effort confirmed that Zarrar Shah and his associate conducted reconnaissance and research using Google Earth and Wikimapia. Analysis of Zarrar Shah's viewing habits… yielded several locations in Mumbai well before the attacks occurred and showed operations planning for initial early points into the Taj Hotel. Other locations included the adjacent Gateway of India, other tourists sites of interest, dams, power plants, and possible locations for boat landings.
Behaviour analysis of viewing is a new capability… This new capability… yielded a complete operations plan for the attacks. Detailed analysis of Zarrar's complete viewing history has also led to other areas of interest that may be under threat of future attacks.
Both the Americans and the British were aware of many of his online activities, tracking his Internet searches and messages, according to former American and Indian officials and classified documents disclosed by Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor.
Google works for US Military
It is no secret that technology giants Google, Microsoft and the likes works for the US military. Under the provisions of the USA Patriot Act, 2001 and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 1978 the US Government and Intelligence Agencies can legally require a US based corporation to handover information that it either owns or has access to. And recently the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai personally assured the US President Donald Trump about "Google's commitment to the US military".
Excerpt from GreatGameIndia's exclusive book India in Cognitive Dissonance. Get your copy from here.
The Curious Case of Anita Uddaiya
One Anita Rajendra Uddaiya, a resident of Mahatma Phule Nagar, Badhwar Park, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, had clearly seen the terrorists who alighted from a rubberized dingy at Badhwar Park and later, she unequivocally identified their bodies in the hospital. But surprisingly, she has not been cited as a witness in the case. She, however, alleged that she was taken to the US for recording her statement. Though the Mumbai Police and the FBI denied her allegation, from the circumstances it appears that she was taken to the US to pressurize her to identify some 'terrorists' whom she had not seen but, apparently, she did not budge (pp. 207-213).
This case was probed by GreatGameIndia in one of our reports exploring the agreements signed between India and US that give the Federal Bureau of Investigation the authority to operate in India without the State Govt's permission. Below is an excerpt from the same.
In bizarre circumstances the only witness who saw the terrorists disembark from the rubber dinghy at Badhwar Park and actually spoke to them goes missing for four days without even the police knowing about it. "Uddaiya went to toilet from where she was whisked away by the investigators," said Madhusudhan Nair, president of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Nagar slum area where Uddaiya resides.
Police said they have launched a manhunt for the missing witness, who had been taken to the J J Hospital earlier to identify the bodies of the nine killed terrorists. The missing persons complaint was lodged by Uddaiya's daughter after she went missing from her house in the Cuffe Parade's Fisherman's Colony. The crime branch of the city police, which was the investigating agency in the November 26 terror attacks, had also launched a probe into the incident.
"We are also probing the disappearance of the lady since she is a witness in the case," joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria said. Even the Additional Commissioner of Police K. Venkatesam had no information about this disappearance.
According to Uddaiya there were four officers inside the posh vehicle that took her and one of them knew Hindi. It was later found that she had been 'whisked away' to the US for questioning by the US investigating agencies.
Now, she is a fisherwoman who couldn't speak English and didn't even had a passport. She was 'whisked away' to the US in doubtful circumstances and remained missing for four days and after she comes back her testimony was rejected on the grounds of her mental instability.
How did she reach US? Who took her there? Was it officially sanctioned? Who sanctioned it? If not why wasn't this aspect probed further? What happened to her in US? More importantly, were the Americans working to make sure that its hidden hand doesn't come to light?
The Israeli Promise
Following is an important transcript of meetings of Abhinav Bharat, contained in Vol. III B enclosed with the chargesheet of Malegoan (Maharashtra) blast case of 2008 (ie, ATS, Maharashtra, C. R. No. 18/2008).
I have contacted Israel. One of our captains has returned from Israel. Very positive response from their side. They have said, you show us something on the ground. We had given our proposal to them simply on paper. They said "wait and watch for six months". We had demanded four things:
Continuous and uninterrupted supply of equipment and training
Allow us to start our office with saffron flag in Tel Aviv
Political asylum
Support to our cause in the United Nations
They accepted two demands; and did not agree with the remaining two. They don't want to fly our saffron national flag in Tel Aviv. They say, their relations with India are improving; and they want that, they (relations) will be strained (if they fly a saffron flag in Tel Aviv). They further say that in this situation, they will not support us in the international forum for two years ie, so long as our movement does not gather momentum. Political asylum any time. Equipment and training once we show something on the ground. I am trying to achieve this (page 66).
Late Hemant Karkare, the then Chief of the Anti-Terrorist Squad, Maharashtra, had been investigating into the Malegaon blast case of 2008. He had arrested the main conspirators Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, Mahant Dayanand Pandey, Sadhvi Pragyasingh Thakur and others. From the narco-analysis test conducted on Lt. Col. Purohit and from the contents of the laptops recovered from him and Dayanand Pandey, it had transpired that a radical extremist organization Abhinav Bharat, had been conspiring to overthrow the elected Government and establish a separate constitution and separate flag seeking with the help of foreign powers like Nepal and Israel to achieve their objective (pp. 266-268).
In the thorough investigation of the Malegaon case by Hemant Karkare, the names of many prominent political and religious leaders conniving at the conspiracy and also the names of industrialists, builders, diamond merchants etc. who donated for this cause, had been revealed and Karkare was only inches away from arresting some of them (pp. 173-184).
One of the fallout of the Mumbai train blasts was, as pointed out by certain retired senior Mumbai Police and RAW officials, the penetration of foreign intelligence security apparatus to protect their support organizations. For many years, British and Israeli intelligence agencies have been trying to penetrate Indian establishments. This first hand intelligence is needed by them to make decisions on economic policies and gain benefits for their native corporations. India has also set up its massive counter intelligence wing to deal with such penetration. Of late it has become easier for Israeli and British intelligence to penetrate rightwing organizations and thus have access to other departments of the Indian government, aided by a shared ideology on Islamic terrorism.
The use of intelligence gathering agencies, security apparatus and the law and administration structures in India by political parties of the day for either spying on their political rivals or scuttling off shady cases is not new. However, this political infighting within the country has led to the real culprits getting scot free and in turn have had a very drastic affect on our national security.
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2 November 1943, completed.
31 Oct 1943, St John's Newfoundland, Canada.
21 Nov 1943, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
21 to 29 Dec 1943, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
3 to 6 Jan 1944, Bermuda.
8 Jan 1944, Bermuda.
16 to 21 Jan 1944, Horta, Azores.
27 and 28 Jan 1944, Falmouth.
29 Jan 1944, Portsmouth.
3 Aug 1944, Great Yarmouth.
15 20 Nov 1944, Portsmouth.
Sep 1944, Newhaven.
11 to 16 Dec 1944, Portsmouth.
9 Jan 1945, Portsmouth.
12 February 1948, returned to USA.
AWARDS FOR MINESWEEPING
DSC: Distinguished Service Cross. DSM: Distinguished Service Medal. MID: Mention in Dispatches.
Robert George THOMPSON, Robert George, LT/JX20232 LS, BYMS 2234. 16 Jan 45. MID awarded for gallantry and skill in minesweeping operations off the coast of France.
Tempy. Skipper Lieut., H. Spall (act) 3Nov 43 (In Command)
Tempy. Skipper A. M. Jappy, 3 Nov 43
Tempy. Lieut., H. J. McKemp, 18 Sept 44. R.N.Z.N.R. (In Command)
Tempy. Skipper, A. T. Varley. DSM. 21 Mar 45.
MINE SWEEPING FLOTILLA: 168th MSF: 2042, 2062, 2063, 2234 2253, 2254, 2279, 2280.
Based at: Portsmouth/ANCXF 1944. East Indies 1945. (ANCXF is the Allied Naval Commander Expeditionary Force, leading up to D-day and beyond.)
Built by: Frank L. Sample, Jr., Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA.
Laid down: 27 April 1943.
Launched: 4 September 1943.
Handed over to Royal Navy: 2 November 1943.
Returned to USA: 12 February 1948.
All YMS and BYMS were built to the same design, the only variation was in the number of exhaust stacks. Minesweepers 1 to 134 had two sacks, 135 to 480 had one stack, 466 to 479 had no stacks.


My main computer locked up while making a crash log last week. The blue screen error said "page fault in non-paged area." When I tried to reboot it, it wouldn't even POST. The disk would appear active for a second and then the computer would stop making any progress. The splash screen never came up.
I took it into a local computer shop so that they could fix it. Because of the holiday, they didn't get to it promptly. While I was waiting through Christmas, I decided that if it was broken, it's old enough that it wasn't worth fixing.
I started looking for a replacement computer to buy. I had an selection of parts on Newegg and called the computer shop to pick up the old machine. Much to my surprise, when I got it home, it booted up fine.
I thought that that was quite fortuitous that it worked. I saved about $900 + lots of work in buying a new computer or $125+ if they repaired it.
It isn't "fixed", but I'm hopeful that it won't crash that way again for a while. I need to use a memory testing tool since failing memory is a likely cause of the problem.
It is a massive tangle of cables in the back of the computer. I think I'm better at putting it together again if/when I need to open it up again.
We had a really beautiful day.
In the morning the trees were covered in a thick layer of snow and the sunlight lit them up.
It was cold, I'll admit, so I'm glad I didn't have to spend much time outside.
I'm looking forward to the holiday this week. I'll be able to be with my family and enjoy some pumpkin pie and maybe some date pudding.
Tomorrow I'm getting my tires worked on. I've managed to replace them one by one over the past year. Hopefully I'm done with that for a while.
It was challenging driving to Fort Wayne in the snow yesterday. I wasn't paying close enough attention and left an 3:15 to be at my destination at 4:00. I was amazed that I got there in time.
I went to a Thanksgiving group event last night. I got to see some people that I hadn't seen for a long time. It's nice that people come down to Fort Wayne to support the community.


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La tabatière anatomique définit en anatomie de surface une dépression triangulaire au niveau du poignet. Le nom provient du fait que l'on y déposait le tabac à priser. La tabatière anatomique est située à la racine du pouce au niveau du poignet juste en distalité de la styloïde radiale. Elle est mieux observable lorsque le pouce est en abduction. Elle est donc située sur la face latérale de la main (lorsque le bras se trouve dans la position anatomique de référence, soit en supination).

Repères anatomiques
La tabatière anatomique est délimitée en avant par les tendons du court extenseur du pouce et du long abducteur du pouce, et en arrière par le tendon du long extenseur du pouce, ces muscles faisant partie de la structure sus-citée. Elle est traversée par l'artère radiale.

Les os palpables sont le processus styloïde du radius, le scaphoïde et le trapèze. On y sent également battre l'artère radiale, une des deux artères de la main. Les tendons des muscles long extenseur radial du carpe (ou premier radial) et court extenseur radial du carpe (ou deuxième radial) y passent également.

Aspect clinique

Fracture du scaphoïde
La tabatière anatomique permet l'examen clinique de l'os scaphoïde, situé au fond de cette cupule. Une douleur provoquée par une légère pression peut permettre d'évoquer une fracture du scaphoïde.

Fistule de la tabatière anatomique
Parmi les différentes variétés de fistule artério-veineuses thérapeutiques utilisées pour l'hémodialyse chronique, on peut trouver des fistules radiocéphaliques de la tabatière anatomiques, anastomose entre l'artère radiale en arrière et la veine céphalique du pouce en avant, permettant d'alimenter la veine céphalique de l'avant bras comme la classique fistule de Brescia et Cimino (1). Cette fistule a été décrite pour la première fois en 1969, par une équipe lyonnaise (2).

Notes et références
  M. J. Brescia, J. E. Cimino, K. Appel et B. J. Hurwich, « », N. Engl. J. Med., , , , —1092 (PMID 5923023, DOI 10.1056/NEJM196611172752002)
 Rassat JP, Moskovtchenko JF, Perrin J, Traeger J, journal d'urologie et de néphrologie, vol 75, S12, p. 482, 1969

Liens externes

Anatomie du membre supérieur


Uber is finding itself in rough waters this week as they dish over a whopping amount due to a 2016 mishap. If you hadn't heard, Uber was accused of intentionally concealing a data breach back in 2016, and they are allegedly paying the consequences now.
Uber, the popular rideshare app, is forking over a massive $148 million two years after the breach was kept private. The total payment will be spread out equally among the 50 U.S states that were affected by the breach, making it the largest ever multi-state breach settlement to date, a feat we're sure Uber wasn't planning on achieving.
The investigation first started back in 2016 when the company was first accused of concealing the data breach. The breach violated state-level notification laws by intentionally withholding that hackers ultimately stole users personal information. Although that may sound like a common thing, with the Facebook hack affecting millions, the Uber breach set the company at a new low after having an estimated 57 million users personal information hacked and used.
Uber holds information from your credit card information, and home address, information that you definitely wouldn't want the wrong person to get a hold of. As if that wasn't bad enough, the breach itself was not disclosed until late 2017, over a year after the incident occurred. Yikes! Uber eventually revealed that it paid the hackers $100,000 to destroy any and all data they collected from the 57 million users.
In April, Uber settled a case with the Federal Trade Commission, who were the ones investigating Uber at the time. According to CNN, Uber has also agreed to develop and implement a new corporate integrity program for employees to report unethical behavior. In addition to the settlement, Uber agreed to adopt model data breach notification and data security practices to eliminate the event from happening again.
Uber is currently cleaning up its practices, and has hired a chief privacy officer, Ruby Zefo; to keep a close eye on all security practices involved the company. This wasn't a good look for Uber, but we're glad to see there taking proper measures to ensure this doesn't happen again!


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