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Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2) #4
Posted: Oct 2014
Staff: Cody Wilson (E-Mail)
Title: Spider-Man 2099 (Vol. 2)
Last issue, Miguel O'Hara went with his grandfather and Alchemax boss, Tiberius Stone, to Trans-Sabal, a country in the Middle East. Stone planned on selling Spider-Slayers to the country's government to end an insurgency, but the dealing was disrupted by a group of the rebels. They kidnapped Stone and planned on forcing him to end the Spider-Slayer deal. Miguel, as Spider-Man 2099, was about to retrieve his boss when the Scorpion, who was hired by Alchemax, arrived on the scene. When Spidey and the villain began to battle, Stone was knocked out. As a cliffhanger, it was revealed that the Scorpion entered the fight with back-up--that is, tons of Spider-Slayers!
Also, Spider-Man (under the control of Doctor Octopus) broke Mac Gargan's jaw in ASM #700. The Scorpion, like any good ignorant villain, believes Spider-Man 2099 is the regular Spider-Man and plans on getting revenge!
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Summary: Spider-Man 2099 Stars, Spider-Man Reference
Editor: Ellie Pyle
Writer: Peter David
Artist: Will Sliney
Cover Art: Francesco Mattina
Colorist: Antonio Fabela
The story opens up with Spider-Man 2099 battling the Scorpion inside the rebel base of Trans-Sabal. Miguel attempts to convince the villain that they're on the same side: they both want to save Tiberius Stone, after all. "I don't even care if you're right! As long as I get to take you apart, I don't care whose side you're on!" The villain yells. Gargan explains that Alchemax hired him to accompany the Spider-Slayers shipment because he knows enough about spiders and robots. They busted him out of jail, rebuild him, and made him strong enough to kill Spider-Man! Miguel decides that it's useless to explain that villain is attempting to kill the wrong Spidey.
After being hit through a window by Scorpion's tail, Spider-Man 2099 lands on the ground outside, surrounded by Spider-Slayers. But Gargan, smashing through the base's side, orders the slayers to only contain Spidey; he plans on killing him, having "earned" it. Spider-Man attempts to fly away, but he's caught by a Spider Slayer's wire and is slammed into the ground. The fight between Gargan and Miguel resumes, and he thinks, "History always depicted the Scorpion as a minor annoyance for Spider-Man at best. My guess is that no historians ever found themselves in pitched battle with him."
Meanwhile, inside the rebel base, Tiberius Stone awakes from unconsciousness on the floor. Mussaret, the rebel leader, is telling Stone to get out of the building when the ceiling begins to cave in. She throws herself onto Stone to prevent his injury. The other rebels decide to leave Stone and Mussaret on their own and race out of the building. Stone claws his way out of the debris and discovers Mussaret was impaled in the head by a nail in the ceiling. After a moment of silence, he walks out of the building.
Outside, Spider-Man punches Scorpion, then the roles reverse and Scorpion punches him. "[Your] new costume isn't doing you much good," Gargan belittles. "My new costume, on the other hand… It's pretty impressive." His new tail has a laser on it and he fires it at the hero. Miguel decides it's time to leave and the Spider-Slayers begin firing lasers at him too. Deciding his costume cannot "handle straight-on blasts," our hero figures he must disguise himself in ordinary clothes and leave. He orders Lyla to create a hologram of a regular outfit and he slips behind a building.
Although Miguel's plan to get away succeeds, Scorpion decides to reward his "coward" behavior by threatening civilians. He orders the Spider-Slayers to target innocents and gives Spider-Man thirty seconds to reveal himself. Gargan reasons that he can slay people without guilt, but Miguel must save him because he's the hero. He has doubts of this, though, because the Spider-Man he knows has been acting oddly lately (Superior Spider-Man).
After considering his options, Miguel comes up with a solution and explains it to Lyla. Scorpion is about to end his countdown when our hero webs a device containing Lyla's hologram to his back. Gargan's tail is prepared to kill a civilian, but he halts when the Spider-Slayers set their aims on him. He is confused why, but little does he know Lyla dressed him as Spider-Man! As the villain fights the robots, Spider-Man 2099 rescues the civilians. When he looks at his hand, Scorpion discovers he looks like Spider-Man. He orders the Spider-Slayers to halt fire, but they ignore him.
Elsewhere, Spider-Man sets a kid he rescued on the floor and orders him to "move it" when he hugs him. He is about to enter the building to save Stone when he spots him walking on the street. Miguel decides to vanish before his boss learns his identity. When he sees the Spider-Slayers attacking Scorpion, Tiberius states the deactivation phrase: "He was born with laughter on his lips and a sense that the world was mad!" Under a ton of robot shells, Stone finds the villain barely conscious. Quickly, Spider-Man 2099 grabs his hologram device from Gargan's body. He tells Lyla to call Jalfaha Dahn, the Trans-Sabal dictator, and give him Stone's coordinates so he can send a pickup crew. Miguel thinks, "Now let's see if we can work some magic with Tiberius."
Later in Jalfaha Dahn's mansion, the dictator offers Stone and Miguel an apology for the situation. He offers Stone food, but he says, "I'm not terribly hungry." Dahn explains that the rebels who kidnapped him will be brought to justice, but Stone tells him, "That won't be necessary. They have already been dealt with." The dictator gets down to business: because Gargan destroyed many of the slayers, he doesn't plan on paying for them and expects replacements. He intently waits for Stone's rely, but the Alchemax supervisor reveals that he's changed his mind and won't resupply the robots. Dahn is appalled, and the Stone explains his money will be returned and their business is done.
"Do you think you can just up and leave?" the dictator angrily asks. Stone believes he can, and he has an army of Spider-Slayers outside to protect him. He tells Dahn to leave the area in an hour or the slayers will hunt him down. "Have a nice day," the Alchemax official ends the conversation. Miguel and Stone enter a limousine and a beat-up Gargan waits inside for him. Gargan is convinced he's met Miguel before, but our hero rejects the notion. Miguel is about to congratulate Stone for having a heart, but he snaps, "If the next words out of your mouth are that you're proud of me, you're fired." Mac Gargan is still convinced he knows Miguel as the limousine drives away.
After spending the entire last issue building up to this one, I must say I was totally disappointed by Spider-Man 2099 #4. The largest problem with this issue is the fact that Peter David fails to make it interesting. Following the last issue, every reader could have guessed that Spider-Man would defeat Scorpion and Stone would end the deal with the Trans-Sabal government. And that's exactly what David writes. There are no exciting twists. The reader never gets involved in the plot because they already know what will happen next.
Even more upsetting is the fact that David fails to develop the Stone/O'Hara relationship he brilliantly worked on last issue. Stone's decision to not resupply Dahn with Spider-Slayers is obvious before it even happens. The largest problem with it, though, is that Stone's decision fails to add to the dynamic between him and O'Hara. The characters don't have a great interaction following the plot point; they just get in a limo and drive away. It's extremely disappointing.
All in all, the battle between Spider-Man 2099, Scorpion, and the Spider-Slayers was the most solid aspect of the story. Peter David is still good at writing action, as the conflict flows smoothly. David implements Miguel's advantage of coming from the future well; our hero uses his futuristic technology to turn the slayers against Gargan. It was also funny how Miguel reflects on how the historians of 2099 depicted Scorpion as a D-list villain.
Of course, Scorpion's involvement in this story carries many major plot holes. I figured, when Gargan appeared at the end of last issue, David would explain everything here. Sadly, we only get an insufficient sentence-long clarification from the villain. The reader are left wondering questions such as: "How did Alchemax fix Garan's broken jaw?" "How did they get him out of jail?" "Why would an already shady corporation hire an even shadier villain as an employee? Aren't they aware of their PR? Couldn't a regular joe have performed Gargan's job just as well?"
Will Sliney's artwork, luckily, remains very consistent. Scorpion's new suit is pretty cool and his battle with Spider-Man 2099 is depicted well. Sliney really tries to capture the emotions of the scene where Stone finds Mussaret is dead, despite the weak script. My only complaint with Sliney's work is that some of the lines he draws are too thin. For example, on page four, the Spider-Slayers lack solid lines and look weak. (I find that this happens often with artists who use digital enhancement.)
Weak, predictable script. Peter David can do better!
Issue: #3
Review: #4


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It's championship decider week and Hughes has mixed feelings about this weekend at Pembrey circuit. Hughes is leading the championship sat 41 points ahead of Damien Harrington with 3 races to go.
Speaking about luck, Alice didn't have the best of luck at the last round of the Mighty Mini Championship which took place at Cadwell Park. In race 1, the radiator cap came off – drenching her front passenger side tyre in boiling water. This resulted in Hughes losing traction heading into the infamous Hall Bends. To top it off, she then went on to sprain her ankle, stepping off the fence when looking over it to see if there was any damage.
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Wim Kok presenteert belangrijk rapport over stagnatie economische doelstellingen EU (en)
Met dank overgenomen van EUobserver (EUOBSERVER), gepubliceerd op woensdag 3 november 2004, 14:36.
Auteur: | By Richard Carter
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Governments should be "named and shamed" if they slow progress towards making the EU the "most competitive economy in the World by 2010".
That is the recommendation of a long-awaited report on how to invigorate the EU's economic goals - the so-called Lisbon process.
The report - drawn up by former Dutch prime minister Wim Kok - was presented on Wednesday (3 November) to Commission President Romano Prodi and will be handed to EU leaders later this week during a meeting in Brussels.
Under Mr Kok's proposals, league tables would be drawn up, ranking each EU state according to its progress made in economic reform, in a bid to "name and shame" sluggish countries.
"The European Commission should present to the Heads of State and Government and the wider public annual updates on _ 14 key Lisbon indicators in the format of league tables with ranking (1-25), praising good performance and castigating bad performance - naming, shaming and faming", says the conclusions of the 54 page report.
Mr Kok calls on governments to draw up two-year "action plans" to flesh out how they intend to hit their economic targets.
He also proposes national "Lisbon ministers" - a "designated member of each government could be charged with carrying the day to day implementation of Lisbon forward".
Laying the blame
And the report stresses how important progress is on the Lisbon strategy, warning, "nothing less than the prosperity of the European model is at stake" and "at risk _ is the sustainability of the society Europe has built".
The slow progress towards meeting the targets is blamed on the political inertia of EU governments.
The "disappointing delivery" from member states "is due to an overloaded agenda, poor co-ordination and conflicting priorities _ a key issue has been the lack of determined political action", says the report.
"Halfway to 2010, the overall picture is very mixed and much needs to be done to prevent Lisbon from becoming a synonym for missed objectives and failed promises", cautions Mr Kok.
Other key recommendations in the report include: establishing a committee in the European Parliament to monitor progress on the Lisbon strategy, reshaping the EU budget to reflect its economic goals and improving communication about the Lisbon strategy to citizens.
Mr Kok also recommends cutting red tape for business, having patents in English to avoid language disputes holding up progress on the EU patent and speeding up the time it takes member states to enact EU law in their own legislation.
And he emphasised that the target of 2010 needs to be kept.
Credibility test
Speaking to journalists, Mr Kok laid down a challenge to member states to deliver on their promises of economic reform.
"The days and week before the Spring Council are a kind of credibility test. We have to see if we really mean what we say and whether we want to deliver what we promise", said Mr Kok.
Commission President Romano Prodi welcomed the report, which he called an "excellent contribution" to the Mid-Term Review of the Lisbon Strategy, which will be conducted under Luxembourg's EU Presidency beginning in January 2005.
Recently, however, Mr Prodi described the EU's progress on the Lisbon Process as a "big failure".
Concentrate on jobs
Business leaders urged EU leaders to focus on jobs and growth.
In an open letter, the President of UNICE - the employers' federation - Jurgen Strube said, "If we do not succeed in refocusing all our policies on more growth and jobs and therefore on more competitiveness, Europe will not be able to sustain its social and environmental ambitions".
But European trades unions complained that the report focussed too much on growth and jobs.
Secretary-General of the European Trades Union Confederation, John Monks said, "the strategy should give equal weight to social cohesion and sustainable development: these four elements have to work together to guarantee success".
However, not all groups welcomed the report. The Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank, blasted the document as a "lost opportunity". The President of the body, Paul Hofheinz said that the report, "with its weak conclusions and clear bias towards well-organised special interests, is a vivid example of why we never get anywhere".
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John Wood Group to pay $177 million to settle bribery charges inherited through its merger
John Wood Group bribery probe trace back to its merger with Amec Foster Wheeler Plc.
John Wood Group Plc has agreed to pay $177 million to settle the UK led bribery and corruption probe into a British engineering firm it acquired in 2017. The settlement is part of a so-called deferred prosecution agreement with the Serious Fraud Office and the US Department of Justice concerning Amec Foster Wheeler Plc.
The UK agreement is still subject to court approval. As part of the deal, the company can avoid prosecution for three years if it cooperates in the continuing bribery probe. Wood Group's payment is one of the largest ever obtained in the UK led bribery and corruption case. The biggest was a $1.2 billion settlement with Airbus SE that also involved the US and French authorities.
In 2017, the SFO opened an investigation into Amec's use of third parties to gain contracts, just weeks after Shareholders approved wood Group's proposed acquisition. The DOJ said the probe concerned a scheme to pay bribes to officials in Brazil for a $190 million contract to design a gas-to-chemicals complex.
As part of the deal announced, at least $10.1 million will settle charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The DOJ said it would get about $18.4 million to resolve its criminal charges in the Brazil bribery probe. Amounts to be paid to the UK and Brazil are yet to be made public.
Wood Group announced that it was close to a settlement. It originally said it expected a deal for $186 million, with about $60 million paid in the first half of 2021 and the rest over three years. The company also agreed to pay $10 million to Scottish authorities earlier this year to settle the case.
"The investigations brought to light unacceptable, albeit historical, behaviour that I condemn in the strongest terms," Wood Group Chief Executive Officer Robin Watson said in a statement. "Although we inherited these issues through acquisition, we took full responsibility in addressing them, as any responsible business would."
The company has "cooperated fully with the authorities" and "taken steps to improve further our ethics and compliance program from an already strong foundation," Watson said. "I'm pleased that, subject to final court approval in the UK, we have been able to resolve these issues and can now look to the future."
The agreement comes amid criticism of the SFO and its inability to prosecute individuals after securing settlements with companies. Earlier this year, the SFO dropped its probe into former Airbus directors and was dealt a humiliating setback after its trial against two former Serco Group Plc directors fell apart because it failed to disclose evidence.
In May 2021, the SFO opened one of its biggest investigations into suspected fraud and money laundering concerning GFG Alliance and its financing agreements with Greensill Capital. It was after months of intense pressure from lawmakers to investigate Sanjeev Gupta's empire.
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Olivia, are you okay? Olivia, do you remember where you were going? Olivia, can you wake up?
The signs were there for months--unusual incidents of blank stares, disorientation and morning exhaustion. Later, we learned that the children at school were familiar with Olivia's facial drooping and excessive drooling. Olivia dismissively reported seizures that had occurred daily, but at the time she didn't have a name for them and they disappeared quickly. So that morning, when Olivia slumped on the reading rug and began twitching head to toe while drooling, no one seemed afraid. Her friend simply called out, "Olivia is doing that thing again, but this time she is not getting up."
Maybe that's why our eight-year-old Olivia so casually described her symptoms in the emergency room that Tuesday in April, to the caring and calm Dr. Rina Goldberg–who then proceeded to explain Benign Rolandic Epilepsy and EEG's, and why an MRI was needed to rule out other possibilities. Within hours, Olivia was hooked up and showing centrotemporal spikes that looked like crayons gone wild. In the blink of an eye, we leapt into the whole new world of epilepsy, Olivia handling everything in stride with her usual charm and joy. Since this diagnosis is commonly outgrown and easily controlled with medication, Olivia would surely return to school in a few days and this would be behind us.
Unfortunately, as the months passed, our second-grade shock grew into third-grade frustration, while we watched our vivacious Olivia fade behind a fog of blank stares. She also experienced distorted facial appearances, learning struggles, difficulty controlling hunger and emotional meltdowns. With the help of our doctors--and iterations of medications--as well as websites and strong school support, we desperately tried to pull our Olivia back to us. Failing the fourth grade was not an option. Medications were working to calm many of Olivia's more aggressive seizures, but they carried unacceptable side effects. After much research, we found compelling information on dietary regimens that could be helpful to the brain. We looked at the Perfect Health Diet, the Paleo Diet and the Atkins Diet. Under the cautious guidance of Dr. Orrin Devinsky, we chose a therapeutic diet--the ketogenic diet-- specific to childhood epilepsy, but not typically used for Olivia's type of diagnosis.
At NYU, we started the diet, and we experienced not just one, but all of the possible difficulties of ketosis. We knew the struggles ahead, but we were determined for this to work. Olivia wanted to feel better and was on board!
After the hospital stay, we entered the detailed phase of weighing and measuring, and living a grain-and sugar-free lifestyle, which required a great deal of daily planning and preparation. We used the Charlie Foundation guide, the Keto Cookbook and customized recipes recommended by Dr. Devinsky's dietician, Courtney Glick. To manage Olivia's fat and protein ratios, we filled containers with 150-calorie snacks and 500-calorie meals. We tested her blood glucose and ketones morning and afternoon--relying on a magic combination of fats from MCT oil and organic heavy cream. For more palatable menu choices, we removed the fat from the recipes and found it easier to have Olivia swig the MCT oil and heavy cream like a dose of medicine. As a family, we now avoid foods that contain chemicals, natural flavorings, citric acid and spices that have dextrose. Over time, when you make up your mind to do anything, you find the necessary patience and resources. We all feel better and we have learned to love new foods like lettuce wraps, olives, almond butter and coconut flour.
Nothing has been easy, but all of it has been worth the results. Olivia is back! Miraculously, in addition to feeling emotionally stable, she has seen her stamina and desired weight return, and she has regained her math and reading skills. If you didn't know Olivia's history, you would never suspect a problem.
We owe a debt of gratitude to our amazing Olivia, who is an incredibly spirited young girl. Without her courage and commitment, success would never have been a reality. Our wonderful family and friends have supported and encouraged our efforts; and through this all, we found our way because of the determination of our doctors, nurses and many dedicated Deerfield Elementary School teachers and administrators. Epilepsy may not be gone, but we are back on track in finding a more manageable way to live seizure-free.
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European Central Bank Preview: Forecast from 14 major banks
NEWS | Oct 29 2020, 08:10 GMT | By FXStreet Team
The European Central Bank (ECB) is set to announce its Interest and Deposit Rate Decision at 12:45 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts by the economists and researchers of 14 major banks, regarding the upcoming ECB meeting.
Economists expect the central bank to leave its policy unchanged, but some suspect that the Frankfurt-based institution will respond with new measures, implementing an economic hit and act by enlarging its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP). The ECB could also opt for a hint of action in December when staff release new forecasts. Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, will meet the press and will also be asked about the bank's strategic review and the option of cutting rates.
Ahead of the meeting, the EUR/USD pair is nearing October monthly low at 1.1688 after ranging for the fourth consecutive week, with the top of such a range set at 1.1880.
"We think the ECB will hold off from a new stimulus this week but we expect the Governing Council to signal strongly that it is very likely that stimulus will be announced in December. We think that asset purchases under the PEPP will still very much be the central plank of the package. The ECB could decide on further measures to support banks. The TLTRO conditions could be further eased, while the TLTRO rate could be cut further. In addition, the ECB may well decide to increase the multiplier for the calculation of the allowance of excess reserves that banks can hold free of charge. An increase in the tiering system ratio could modestly reduce the burden of direct costs to banks from negative interest rates. With excess liquidity surging and interbank rates having fallen sharply, the case for this move is strong. Finally, we do not expect a reduction in the deposit rate. Although the ECB has kept the option of a cut in the deposit rate open, the Governing Council has refrained from using it. It seems that a deposit rate cut would only be considered seriously as an option in the case of an ongoing sharp appreciation of the euro. However, the euro's upward trend has fizzled out over recent weeks."
"We do not expect a policy change at that meeting, though the ECB will likely offer a more cautious economic assessment. The chance of further easing may be rising; however, it is not yet our base case. If the Eurozone recovery fails to gain sustainable traction, the central bank may feel compelled to ease further during the first half of 2021."
"We expect interest rates on hold for the foreseeable future. Risk of a cut remains, and it would be effective in weakening the currency. However, we think EUR/USD would need to be closer to 1.20 before the ECB sees it as restrictively strong. We still foresee a higher tiering multiplier, but we expect the ECB to wait until more of the PEPP has been implemented (or a rate cut does materialise). A rate cut may also require a tweak in the TLTRO modalities to limit the potential downside. We expect no changes to the APP or PEPP just yet. We still call for an extension of PEPP to end-2021 in December, paired with a EUR ~250 B increase in the envelope."
"We don't expect the ECB to show its cards. The controversies within the Governing Council on what to do next are still quite strong. However, recent economic developments have clearly strengthened the case for the doves. We anticipate an increase in the PSPP envelope in December, rather than an increase in the PEPP. Christine Lagarde could definitely present some hints. Even if some might argue that recent months have shown that the real communication action is no longer taking place at the press conference but in the blog entry the day after."
"The pressure on the ECB to ease further has increased, but we still do not expect another easing package until the December meeting. There is no immediate rush to do more, with plenty of capacity left in the tools already unveiled, while the December staff forecasts will provide valuable information in helping to calibrate new easing. A dovish message should still be expected next week. If the ECB unveils a surprise easing package already at the October meeting, bonds would rally, spreads narrow and the EUR/USD fall."
"We do not expect any new measures to be announced. However, with the COVID-19 spreading increasing, we expect the ECB to send its usual dovish signals, which could raise further market expectations for a December decision to increase/extend PEPP due to its open interpretation of the language. Our baseline is for the ECB to signal a readiness to act subject to incoming data in the coming six weeks and not a pre-commitment to expand already next week. ECB may show its commitment through a PEPP extending beyond June 2021. We do not expect markets to react strongly to the press conference. We expect European fixed income will continue to trade in its tight range (Bunds range between -65bp and -40bp), while ECB is not a game-changer for the EUR/USD."
"We expect the ECB to leave the policy stance unchanged at the next Governing Council meeting on 29 October. With a second wave of COVID-19 infections rising, we expect the ECB to warn of growing downside risks amid an already weak outlook for inflation. This will open the door to an easing of policy in December. Currently, we expect a composite easing strategy by the ECB in December: more PEPP, in one form or another, to address the pandemic risk and more APP to address the persistent low inflation problem. This approach would soften the PEPP 'cliff' in mid-2021 and add a stimulus 'ramp' as insurance during a long-lasting and vulnerable post-pandemic recovery. Pushing back the cliff without building the ramp would only partly resolve the inflation problem."
"We don't look for any new policy announcements at the October meeting. We do, however, expect the ECB to acknowledge the growing risks to the growth and inflation outlook on the back of rising Covid cases and regional lockdown measures. We look for Lagarde to leave the door wide open to augmenting the PEPP in December, which most analysts are now expecting. With the US election coming hot on the heels of the October ECB meeting, we do not expect to see a significant directional move in EUR/USD. We expect spot to remain anchored within familiar ranges through Nov 3 but for EUR/USD to resume its grind higher after amid broader USD weakness if our base case is confirmed."
"Preparing for a policy expansion. Stalling growth momentum and the all-time low core inflation put pressure on the ECB to expand its policy further. We see PEPP expansion and a new series of TLTROs with even more attractive terms as very likely. Our main scenario is that the ECB will wait until December to get the new staff projections and more clarity on Brexit before introducing new measures. However, the September projections seem already now too optimistic and the ECB could act already on 29 October by introducing more attractive TLTRO terms. President Lagarde failing (again) to indicate further policy expansion next week is likely to result in an adverse market reaction."
"With COVID-19 infections rising sharply, the ECB meeting has become much more interesting. This is not because much is expected in terms of actual decisions. In fact, we still think that there is only a chance of some changes to TLTRO-III modalities and tiering multiples. Instead, the meeting will give the ECB an opportunity to take stock of the recent data and COVID-19 news, and possibly offer some guidance about the December meeting when new staff forecasts will be available. We continue to think that the ECB will in December announce an expansion of PEPP by another €500 B and that it will have to follow this up in mid-2021 with another increase of €250 B. The ECB will obviously sound much more concerned about the economy, but there is still a huge amount of uncertainty about the near-term outlook and therefore the ECB may also play for time. The ECB may refrain from sending a very clear signal about December, even if it does suggest that some further support will come. In this context, the meeting will offer ECB policymakers a chance to discuss the fundamental policy strategy, given that there still seems to be a lot of disagreement about Philip Lane's two-step approach to inflation."
"We are expecting a €300 B expansion in PEPP capacity to be announced at the 10 December meeting, highlighting the steady tone of market-based inflation expectations, tight levels of European peripheral spreads, proximity to US elections and lack of broad market stress as reasons for the ECB to hold off on any new policy announcements at this week's meeting. The recent successful raising of funds under the SURE program, and the prospect of imminent disbursement to states facing renewed Covid stress also adds to the reasons for expecting no further accommodation from the ECB this week. The one area where markets might see potential for new announcements is on the TLTRO front, where a cut in the rate at which banks can borrow long-term (currently at -1.00%, below the depo rate at -0.50%) is a possibility, in the light of the reduced demand for credit that emerged from the Q3 ECB Bank Lending Survey. The FX implications of such move are however likely limited, in absence of an actual cut in the depo rate – a fairly remote possibility at this moment. Similarly, validation of the market's expectations of increased asset purchases later this year is unlikely to result in increased EUR directional bias. In absence of changes on the TLTRO front, and with no forecast revisions planned for this week's meeting, market focus will remain firmly on President Lagarde's language, which is expected to remain dovish. This time President Lagarde may point to the stronger tone of Asian currencies as a new factor relieving upside pressure on EUR on a trade-weighted basis."
"Citi analysts expect no decision of substance taken (though expect Council to hint at the likelihood of policy easing in December by increasing the overall residual envelope of PEPP (by a minimum of €500 B) & its timeline (by another 6M)."
"We expect the ECB to leave its monetary policy unchanged. We maintain our view that the next policy move will be in March 2021, when we think the ECB will increase its PEPP envelope by an additional €400 Before that we expect the ECB to step up its weekly PEPP purchases into the winter as the euro area economic recovery falters as a result of more restrictive lockdown measures. Over the past two months, ECB communications have generally been, in our view, less dovish at the margin, and we expect this to be the case at next week's press conference."
"The ECB should express its concerns in this week's meeting. The COVID-19 situation is fragile, and the cold weather season has barely begun. It is unclear if recent restrictions are enough. Eurozone core inflation is likely to weaken further from already historic lows. Brexit remains unresolved and the recovery fund could be questioned and delayed. We could do with certainty that more ECB support is coming in December. Committees being tasked would be a very clear signal, but maybe that is expecting too much this week. In this context, we do not expect much from the ECB this week. A signal for PEPP expansion in December should already be mostly priced in, with risks for disappointment. Any indication for open-ended and inflation linked-PEPP would be a market surprise but, again, the communication for such a move would be important to determine the EUR impact. In any case, we believe that in the short-term the EUR depends more on global-COVID-and US-elections-factors, than the ECB. The EUR is not currently overvalued in our view-our EURUSD equilibrium estimate is 1.23-but the recent collapse in Eurozone inflation would justify a weaker EUR."
Gold prices are attempting to recover as te DXY stalls in its bullish correction. The dollar could still be a catalyst for a deeper positioning squeeze in the yellow metal. The US dollar strengthened for a third consecutive day on Monday.


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Q: What kind of script do I have to add so that the boxes align themselves automatically?

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I've been learning HTML and CSS at school but I'm still very insecure with javascript and jQuery and what I want to do, but don't know which code to use is basically just an automatic rearrangement of the boxes.
What I want is that no matter how many tags I add to the first box, the fifth box rearranges itself underneath the first box with a top-margin of 10px.
Thanks guys!

A: You are asking for javascript, so I will present one (of several) ways this could be done in javascript.
As was mentioned in comments, this is also possible with straight css, using FlexBox.  Check it out, but also be aware of browser compatibility.
With javascript (jQuery), you would want to look at the size of all the boxes, find the "max size" (the tallest one), and then set all of them to be the same height as the tallest one.
Also, since you are a student, I will offer some advice / coaching on a few things in your markup:
First, an id should be unique to the entire page.  In your code, you have many elements with the id of box:
 - these should likely be changed to have a class - even box:
.
Now to the javascript:
// This is a shorthand for "document ready", and ensures you can use the `$` within the code contained inside the document ready
jQuery(function($) {
    // Set up our max height variable
    var maxHeight = 0;
    // Iterate over each box.  NOTE this assumes you've changed to class="box"
    $('.box').each(function() {
        // Use a small formula to determine if this element's height is larger, and if so, store that value in the variable
        maxHeight = Math.max($(this).height(), maxHeight);
    });
    // Now, assign that height to ALL of the boxes.
    $('.box').css('height', maxHeight);
});

Now, if you wanted to take this to the next level, you'd make this a function, and you'd call that function any time the page was resized just to be sure that they all stay the same height:
jQuery(function($) {
    function setHeights() {
        // Set up our max height variable
        var maxHeight = 0;
        // Iterate over each box.  NOTE this assumes you've changed to class="box"
        $('.box').each(function() {
            // Use a small formula to determine if this element's height is larger, and if so, store that value in the variable
            maxHeight = Math.max($(this).height(), maxHeight);
        });
        // Now, assign that height to ALL of the boxes.
        $('.box').css('height', maxHeight);
    }

    // watch the resize event, and call the setHeights function
    $(window).on('resize', function() {
        setHeights();
    });

    // Cause the heights to be adjusted on initial load
    setHeights();
});

Once you've got your head wrapped around THAT code, then you can check out even smoother / fancier ways to get the max height, such as this method: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6061029/870729

A: If all you want to do is align them then you don't need any scripting. Using flex boxes(https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Flexible_boxes), the float property or the position:relative property-value pair along with the top, right, bottom and left properties(if you need help with these properties or others, use this: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference) does the job

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Property developer Riverlee has received development approval for its $450 million redevelopment of the Northbank Goods Shed and surrounding land, that is set to revitalise the disused industrial waterfront site with a 5-star luxury hotel and mixed-use precinct.
Set to be called Seafarers Place, Riverlee's vision includes an extensive revitalisation of the public space. The development plans are set to deliver a 3,500sqm public park and significant work on the historic wharf and heritage-listed crane. These pivotal works include integral structural reinforcement and cosmetic renovations, restoring these iconic heritage elements to their former glory.
Remaining sympathetic to the Shed's industrial past, Seafarers Place comprises a 5-star hotel with 280 rooms, 150 luxurious residences and a 1000-seat function centre, along with a host of retail amenity transforming the site into an urban retreat.
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Designed by an award-winning team, with architecture by Fender Katsalidis and landscape design by OCULUS, the Northbank Goods Shed transformation will signify the last opportunity to live along the waterfront in Melbourne's CBD, with the project heralding the delivery of the "missing link" between the CBD, Docklands and the Yarra Promenade.
Riverlee's Development Director David Lee said Riverlee is committed to unlocking the potential of what is a currently underutilised precinct to contribute significantly to Melbourne's expanding urban composition.
"At Riverlee, we pride ourselves on urban renewal. We are committed to rebuilding connections between people and places by delivering a masterplanned precinct that is rich in history, adding to Melbourne's vibrant culture," said Lee.
"This regeneration project is significant in many ways and has been collaboratively designed with all of our partners and important government stakeholders, including the City of Melbourne, Department of Planning, Department of Treasury and Finance, Heritage Victoria, and many others."
"We are excited to deliver the revitalisation of this historic wharf precinct. With never-to-be-built-out views of the Yarra River and Docklands Park, this underutilised site will transform into a world-class waterfront precinct bridging Melbourne CBD and Docklands."
"The open spaces and public park are designed to give the waterfront back to the community and celebrate the unique character and history of the site. The overall design is bold and striking - the result of what has been a truly collaborative process. This project will be a new iconic waterfront destination for Melburnians and visitors to enjoy."
The site's historic Goods Shed known as 'Shed 5' will be restored and repurposed into a premium waterfront event space, designed to celebrate and highlight its grand original roof trusses. Riverlee will also retain and restore the site's iconic, heritage-listed crane to its former glory.
Wharf restoration works began in February and are expected to be completed in the coming months. Crane restoration works have commenced with construction slated for mid-2019.
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History of Freemasonry
Organised Freemasonry as it is recognised today, began on the 24th of June 1717 when four London Lodges came together at the Goose and Gridiron Ale House in St Paul's churchyard and formed what they called The Grand Lodge of England.
Freemasons' Hall - the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England is located in Great Queen Street, close to London's historic Covent Garden.
It is open to visitors and contains an excellent library and museum displaying items associated with Masonic heritage covering a period of 300 years.
Freemasons' Hall is often used as a 'location' for television and big screen movies. The television series 'Spooks' used the building as the set for the headquarters of MI5. The building is also home to London's Fashion Week and other events.
The Grand Organ located in the main Temple is considered to one of the finest instruments in the country and can be heard 'in concert' - dates of recitals can be found on the UGLE website.
Freemasonry has a long and distinguished history much longer than its traceable 300 year history. While some of its origins are lost in the past there are a number of theories of how it began. These theories when brought together could well be the basis for an esoteric discussion. However there are certainly strong arguments to suggest an historical link to the mediaeval stone masons guilds.
Throughout the world there are many independent Grand Lodges which all Freemasons acknowledge. But the one which governs Freemasonry in England and Wales, and was the first United Grand Lodge, is the United Grand Lodge in Great Queen Street, London.
There are also pseudo Grand Lodges in other countries, some of which English Freemasonry does not recognise, as they do not act to the expected high standards.
While there are many theories, there is no concrete evidence as to where Freemasonry first originated although it is generally accepted and agreed that Feemasonry developed from the medieval stonemasons. These were the operative masons who built the cathedrals and castles.
For security they met and lived in buildings or Lodges. To enable the Master in charge to ascertain the range of skills of the travelling stonemasons, who came to offer their services, the stonemasons guilds, like other crafts or guilds, developed basic ceremonies for passing their skills onto new apprentices.
The link with the strong charitable ethic of Freemasonry dates back to the 1600s when there was no welfare state, so becoming disabled or falling ill meant relying on friends or the Poor Law for help.
Many trades had 'box clubs' which grew out of members putting money into a communal box, so that if they fell on hard times they could apply for relief from the box. These box clubs had many characteristics of early Masonic Lodges.
In 1730 Grand Lodge, with more than 100 Lodges under its jurisdiction, began to operate a central charity fund.
What can a man interested in joining Freemasonry do to find out more about an organisation which has survived for over 300 years and is recognised internationally as one of the world's most charitable and recognised worldwide for its strong moral code.
Many Lodges have a Membership and Mentoring Officer, who would be only too pleased to meet and discuss joining Freemasonry over a cup of coffee in a local coffee shop, at a Masonic hall or even in your own home


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Q: Which bst file is easier to edit and how? I am currently using a .bst file of a university for my bibliography, which I am mostly happy with. However, it can't deal with two references in the same \citep{} command that have the same first author and year. It says that there is no distinguishable letter and results in just a question mark for one of the references (even though these references work fine individually):

...this is to test the references (Lastname1 et al., 2005,?)
Lastname1, Lastname2, and Lastname3 (2005). Title. Journal, 1, 1.
Lastname1, Lastname2, Lastname3, and Lastname4 (2005). Title.
  Journal, 1, 1.

I would like this to be dealt with the way apalike.bst handles this:

...this is to test the references (Lastname1 et al., 2005a,b)
Lastname1, Lastname2, and Lastname3 (2005a). Title. Journal, 1:1.
Lastname1, Lastname2, Lastname3, and Lastname4 (2005b). Title. Journal,
  1:1.

However, I have no idea how to edit the .bst file to do this. I'm not sure whether it would be easier to edit apalike.bst to look like the uni file. But this would involve changing quite a lot of smaller things I think.
I'm not sure how to properly do a MWE for this, but:
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage[UKenglish]{babel}
\usepackage[sort&compress]{natbib}

\begin{document}

this is to test the references
\citep{lastnamea,lastnameb}

\cleardoublepage
%\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\bibliographystyle{uni_style_file}
\bibliography{journals}

\end{document}

and journals.bib:
@Article{lastnamea,
  Title                    = {Title},
  Author                   = {Lastname1 and Lastname2 and Lastname3},
  Journal                  = {Journal},
  Year                     = {2005},
  Pages                    = {1},
  Volume                   = {1}
}

@Article{lastnameb,
  Title                    = {Title},
  Author                   = {Lastname1 and Lastname2 and Lastname3 and
Lastname4},
  Journal                  = {Journal},
  Year                     = {2005},
  Pages                    = {1},
  Volume                   = {1}
}

I can provide the uni style file if needed, but am not sure how.


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import React from 'react';
import styled from '@emotion/styled';
import debounce from 'lodash/debounce';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';

import {addRepository, migrateRepository} from 'app/actionCreators/integrations';
import RepositoryActions from 'app/actions/repositoryActions';
import Alert from 'app/components/alert';
import AsyncComponent from 'app/components/asyncComponent';
import Button from 'app/components/button';
import DropdownAutoComplete from 'app/components/dropdownAutoComplete';
import DropdownButton from 'app/components/dropdownButton';
import Pagination from 'app/components/pagination';
import {Panel, PanelBody, PanelHeader} from 'app/components/panels';
import RepositoryRow from 'app/components/repositoryRow';
import {IconCommit, IconFlag} from 'app/icons';
import {t} from 'app/locale';
import overflowEllipsis from 'app/styles/overflowEllipsis';
import space from 'app/styles/space';
import {Integration, Repository} from 'app/types';
import EmptyMessage from 'app/views/settings/components/emptyMessage';

type Props = AsyncComponent['props'] & {
  integration: Integration;
};

type State = AsyncComponent['state'] & {
  adding: boolean;
  dropdownBusy: boolean;
  itemList: Repository[];
  integrationRepos: {
    repos: {identifier: string; name: string}[];
    searchable: boolean;
  };
};

export default class IntegrationRepos extends AsyncComponent<Props, State> {
  static propTypes = {
    integration: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
  };
  static contextTypes = {
    organization: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
    router: PropTypes.object,
  };

  getDefaultState(): State {
    return {
      ...super.getDefaultState(),
      adding: false,
      itemList: [],
      integrationRepos: {repos: [], searchable: false},
      dropdownBusy: false,
    };
  }

  getEndpoints(): ReturnType<AsyncComponent['getEndpoints']> {
    const orgId = this.context.organization.slug;
    return [
      ['itemList', `/organizations/${orgId}/repos/`, {query: {status: ''}}],
      [
        'integrationRepos',
        `/organizations/${orgId}/integrations/${this.props.integration.id}/repos/`,
      ],
    ];
  }

  getIntegrationRepos() {
    const integrationId = this.props.integration.id;
    return this.state.itemList.filter(repo => repo.integrationId === integrationId);
  }

  // Called by row to signal repository change.
  onRepositoryChange = data => {
    const itemList = this.state.itemList;
    itemList.forEach(item => {
      if (item.id === data.id) {
        item.status = data.status;
      }
    });
    this.setState({itemList});
    RepositoryActions.resetRepositories();
  };

  debouncedSearchRepositoriesRequest = debounce(
    query => this.searchRepositoriesRequest(query),
    200
  );

  searchRepositoriesRequest = (searchQuery: string) => {
    const orgId = this.context.organization.slug;
    const query = {search: searchQuery};
    const endpoint = `/organizations/${orgId}/integrations/${this.props.integration.id}/repos/`;
    return this.api.request(endpoint, {
      method: 'GET',
      query,
      success: data => {
        this.setState({integrationRepos: data, dropdownBusy: false});
      },
      error: () => {
        this.setState({dropdownBusy: false});
      },
    });
  };

  handleSearchRepositories = (e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
    this.setState({dropdownBusy: true});
    this.debouncedSearchRepositoriesRequest(e.target.value);
  };

  addRepo(selection: {searchKey: string; value: string; label: JSX.Element}) {
    const {integration} = this.props;
    const {itemList} = this.state;
    const orgId = this.context.organization.slug;

    this.setState({adding: true});

    const migratableRepo = itemList.filter(item => {
      if (!(selection.value && item.externalSlug)) {
        return false;
      }
      return selection.value === item.externalSlug;
    })[0];

    let promise;
    if (migratableRepo) {
      promise = migrateRepository(this.api, orgId, migratableRepo.id, integration);
    } else {
      promise = addRepository(this.api, orgId, selection.value, integration);
    }
    promise.then(
      (repo: Repository) => {
        this.setState({adding: false, itemList: itemList.concat(repo)});
        RepositoryActions.resetRepositories();
      },
      () => this.setState({adding: false})
    );
  }

  renderDropdown() {
    const access = new Set(this.context.organization.access);
    if (!access.has('org:integrations')) {
      return (
        <DropdownButton
          disabled
          title={t(
            'You must be an organization owner, manager or admin to add repositories'
          )}
          isOpen={false}
          size="xsmall"
        >
          {t('Add Repository')}
        </DropdownButton>
      );
    }
    const repositories = new Set(
      this.state.itemList.filter(item => item.integrationId).map(i => i.externalSlug)
    );
    const repositoryOptions = (this.state.integrationRepos.repos || []).filter(
      repo => !repositories.has(repo.identifier)
    );
    const items = repositoryOptions.map(repo => ({
      searchKey: repo.name,
      value: repo.identifier,
      label: (
        <StyledListElement>
          <StyledName>{repo.name}</StyledName>
        </StyledListElement>
      ),
    }));

    const menuHeader = <StyledReposLabel>{t('Repositories')}</StyledReposLabel>;
    const onChange = this.state.integrationRepos.searchable
      ? this.handleSearchRepositories
      : undefined;

    return (
      <DropdownAutoComplete
        items={items}
        onSelect={this.addRepo.bind(this)}
        onChange={onChange}
        menuHeader={menuHeader}
        emptyMessage={t('No repositories available')}
        noResultsMessage={t('No repositories found')}
        busy={this.state.dropdownBusy}
        alignMenu="right"
      >
        {({isOpen}) => (
          <DropdownButton isOpen={isOpen} size="xsmall" busy={this.state.adding}>
            {t('Add Repository')}
          </DropdownButton>
        )}
      </DropdownAutoComplete>
    );
  }

  renderError(error) {
    const badRequest = Object.values(this.state.errors).find(
      resp => resp && resp.status === 400
    );
    if (badRequest) {
      return (
        <Alert type="error" icon={<IconFlag size="md" />}>
          {t(
            'We were unable to fetch repositories for this integration. Try again later, or reconnect this integration.'
          )}
        </Alert>
      );
    }

    return super.renderError(error);
  }

  renderBody() {
    const {itemListPageLinks} = this.state;
    const orgId = this.context.organization.slug;
    const itemList = this.getIntegrationRepos() || [];
    const header = (
      <PanelHeader disablePadding hasButtons>
        <HeaderText>{t('Repositories')}</HeaderText>
        <DropdownWrapper>{this.renderDropdown()}</DropdownWrapper>
      </PanelHeader>
    );

    return (
      <React.Fragment>
        <Panel>
          {header}
          <PanelBody>
            {itemList.length === 0 && (
              <EmptyMessage
                icon={<IconCommit />}
                title={t('Sentry is better with commit data')}
                description={t(
                  'Add a repository to begin tracking its commit data. Then, set up release tracking to unlock features like suspect commits, suggested issue owners, and deploy emails.'
                )}
                action={
                  <Button href="https://docs.sentry.io/learn/releases/">
                    {t('Learn More')}
                  </Button>
                }
              />
            )}
            {itemList.map(repo => (
              <RepositoryRow
                key={repo.id}
                repository={repo}
                orgId={orgId}
                api={this.api}
                onRepositoryChange={this.onRepositoryChange}
              />
            ))}
          </PanelBody>
        </Panel>
        {itemListPageLinks && (
          <Pagination pageLinks={itemListPageLinks} {...this.props} />
        )}
      </React.Fragment>
    );
  }
}

const HeaderText = styled('div')`
  padding-left: ${space(2)};
  flex: 1;
`;

const DropdownWrapper = styled('div')`
  padding-right: ${space(1)};
  text-transform: none;
`;

const StyledReposLabel = styled('div')`
  width: 250px;
  font-size: 0.875em;
  padding: ${space(1)} 0;
  text-transform: uppercase;
`;

const StyledListElement = styled('div')`
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  padding: ${space(0.5)};
`;

const StyledName = styled('div')`
  flex-shrink: 1;
  min-width: 0;
  ${overflowEllipsis};
`;

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Google announced the update earlier this month, explaining that the mic had "not been used up to this point," and could be enabled or disabled at any time via the Nest mobile app. In a blog post it further explained that Assistant is an opt-in feature, and that customers will receive email explaining how to activate.
This wasn't enough to comfort people on social media though, who were angry to learn that a their home security system had the potential to record them, CSO noted. Criminals, businesses, or government agents could theoretically hack into Secure's Guard hub and eavesdrop.
"The on-device microphone was never intended to be a secret and should have been listed in the tech specs," the company said in a statement to AppleInsider and other publications. "That was an error on our part. The microphone has never been on and is only activated when users specifically enable the option."
Many people are already distrustful of smartspeakers, both because of the potential for spying and a handful of real-world incidents. Last summer, an Oregon family's Amazon Echo speaker even mysteriously recorded household audio and sent it to a man's employee, who called his family to alert them to what was happening.
Apple's first toe in the smartspeaker market was last year's HomePod. The company is generally believed to have tighter security than Amazon or Google, and there have been no known eavesdropping complaints so far.
Here comes another congressional investigation. This is blatant spying and Google needs to be held accountable. Everyone goes after Apple for a simple bug in Facebook they didn't know existed while Google knows they put a microphone in this device and never told anyone. They can't get away with this one.
I am sure that was an "accident".
This is one reason why I want a headless Mac in my home- not an iMac with a camera and mike that cannot be turned off. I can disconnect a USB connected camera and mike.
There's absolutely no evidence that this was a working microphone that was eavesdropping on anyone and let's be clear that Alphabet is the one that announced the update that enabled the microphone, not a blogger that discovered nefarious activity. For those looking for a conspiracy you'll have to look harder. This is no different from countless other tech companies that don't disclose inactive HW for a variety of reasons.
PS: Let's also be clear that Nest Secure came out almost 4 years after Google acquired the company so anyone with trust issues with Google (which is most of us here) wouldn't have been a customer of this product anyway.
Looking forward to replacing my Google Home based stuff with something more secure. I've got an Amazon Echo Show and Dot sitting disconnected. You don't need cloud accounts for Home Automation the cloud is simply needed for voice assistants and frankly I try to build my home around everything being easy to control without voice so that voice is just a bonus.
Thought long and hard about picking up a HomePod over the holidays when they went on sale. I imagine that eventually my system will pretty much just contain a few HomePods and Sonos and with the resurgence of HomeKit I'll start moving back in that direction.
Google's "Ooops! That was an accident. We didn't mean to do spy like that." argument is getting worn and weak.
They used the same argument when they were caught collecting user's WiFi data with their camera cars ("It was a rogue programmer. We didn't know!") -- but then refused to delete the many terabites of the private data still stored on their servers.
We are making a mountain out of the possibility that Huawei might one day spy on Americans -- while Google seems to do it on a daily basis with impunity.
Oh, I forgot! "Google is our friend!"
I do my very best to avoid everything Google. Just don't trust those folks.
On the other hand, there is no evidence that they didn't. And Google has a history of spying on people. It's how they make their money. They are essentially Professional spies.
I'm taking the same approach. I have virtually disconnected myself from the Google platform, going as far to shed myself of my Gmail account and using DuckDuckGo exclusively.
I think in this particular case more could have been done to correct the error beforehand.
A team of people were involved in designing, testing and producing the hardware. It is reasonable to think that some of these people would have used the finished product or given it to friends and family. It is unreasonable to assume that none of these people saw that a key (and consumer facing element - even if inactive) got missed on the spec list or in the product documentation.
Also, this feature will have been in internal testing for a while before getting the go ahead to go live which would have provided more opportunities to catch the slip up.
I'm with you that I don't see anything nefarious but it should have got caught and clarified earlier IMO.
Apple Infamously released a Mac with hidden 802.11n WiFi and then only announced it after the driver was ready for a launch…and then charged you a fee for it which pissed people off even though they had purchased the machine despite nary a mention of that being a promised feature.
As I stated, this isn't uncommon and if you don't trust Google then Nest Secure was never an option for you anyway.
How many products do we have on our person and in our homes with microphones? From security cameras to personal digital assistants to PCs to phones to my Apple Watch I can think of at least 8 off the top of my head. And while I trust Apple to not spy on me the bigger risk will always be exploiting a bug as we recently saw with FaceTime Group Chat.
If I was running a company as valuable as Alphabet and I wanted to spy on people I wouldn't do it with an undisclosed, active microphone that could be found, I'd blatantly disclose the microphone (as all our CE already have) and then I'd have backdoor "bugs" built-in that people in-the-know could exploit so there's a level of deniability by the company. We accept bugs in SW and we accept that companies say "oopsie"and then close these holes once discovered.
Google has never been caught spying, unlike Facebook. Google does spy of course, but they so far have always been very clear and open on what information they collect. This is very, very different than Facebook, which either lies or obfuscates about how they collect and use information.
The microphone was probably there to detect glass breaks or when the user was at home. Maybe they didn't list it on the specs because it wasn't working yet, and they didn't want to indicate a feature they might never enable. I think there's something similar on the Nest Protect, with some feature they later enabled.
Edit: I'm not saying you should trust Google; just they've never lied about this sort of thing in the past, and there's no reason, based on past behavior, to believe they lied in this case.
"Do no evil." Right, more like "don't get caught".
A bug can be a mistake. Bugs happen. Not telling users there's a mic in a product is a blatant lie.
Wi-fi isn't comparable to this. Those machines already had Wi-Fi on them. All the update did was unlock support for 802.11n.
This is an - undisclosed - hardware element that went undisclosed for a long time. That in itself wouldn't necessarily be a big deal for most of us (especially as this kind of deactivated feature normally brings positives when it is finally activated - Google's custom imaging hardware comes to mind).
The root problem for many will be that the activated feature was a microphone. That makes people view things differently.
Had this been an Apple product some web site would have cracked it open and disclosed the mic a day after launch on YouTube. Yet with this product, it had a mic that and I quote "they [owners] weren't aware existed." How come Google products don't get the same scrutiny as Apple products? IMHO they deserve 10x the scrutiny for exactly these sorts of reasons.
It's time for a Billion dollar lawsuit.
What's wrong with a bit of black tape (for the camera) and a bit of cotton wool taped over the microphone?
I guess everyone who bought a Google Nest Secure forgot about Google getting caught sending unauthorized audio recordings from Google Home devices to their cloud only a few years ago. Oh wait, that was just a bug--doesn't count I suppose.
Please note that the original introduction of 802.11n in the MacBook line at date of ratification was a software update since the WiFi cards present in the devices just before 802.11n was ratified already implemented the 802.11n standard in its 'draft' form.


4.what are risk factors for a fungal nail? peripheral vascular disease (PVD), decreased immune function, athlete's foot.
11.What are side effects of terbinafine? nausea, diarrhea, rash, and elevated liver enzymes/ liver problems.
12.Mechanism of action of terbinafine? inhibits ergosterol synthesis by stoping squalene epoxidase.
16.What is associated with an ingrown nail? paronychium – inflammation of the skin.
17.Symptoms of ingrown nail? red, hot, swollen nails with light touch sensitivity. Possible us and discharge. Also maybe from thickening of the skin.
18.What contributes to ingrown nails? poor shoegear, tight toe box, damp or sweaty nails, genetics, nail bed, hallux bone formation, poor nail trimming.
19.What are minor nail surgeries you can offer?
20.What materials do you need for a partial nail matrixectomy?
23.Why use alcohol? alcohol flush serves as irrigation to remove phenol rather than neutralization agent.
24.You are about to do a nail avulsion, you inject local lidocaine, the patient starts getting sweaty and is unable to breathe, what do you do? He is having an allergic reaction. Maintain airway, administer valium for convulsions, and epinephrine for cardiac depression. Add toe tourniquet to localize anesthesia.
4.In a capsulotomy, what is involved in lateral release?
11.True or False: Can a patient immediately weight bear after a chevron osteotomy? True, many Italian podiatrists do this as a post-op course. Most US podiatrists let 1-2 WB as tolerated instead.
14.What is an Austin? What does it correct?
16.What is a Reverdin-Green? Same as Reverdin but has Plantar cut to protect the sesamoids.
Minimal shortening but difficult to fixate.
B2- combination, first cut oblique and leave a hinge (Juvara A), add the screw. Then, cut the hinge portion to move the shaft in the sagittal plane to plantarflex or dorsiflex.
39.What is a Youngswick? Decompression Austin osteotomy. Treats IMA 12-15 and plantarflexes met head.
Akin: When to use it? screw size? Post-op?
Austin: When to use it? screw size? Post-op?
Lapidus: When to use it? screw size? Post-op?
Iatrogenic: 2nd to previous bunion surgery!
10.How do you treat brachy metatarsalgia?
19.What are several different ways that you could fix a 5th metatarsal fracture? Interfrag screw, hook plate with screws, tension banding, cerclage, k-wires, etc.
What is a True Jones Fracture? Fracture of 5th metatarsal base at the watershed area of poor blood flow, at the metaphysis and diaphysis junction. At about 1.5 cm distal to tuberosity. Kwon for poor non-union results.
What is Morton's Neuroma? not a true neuroma but a thickening (callus) of the nerve in between the 3rd and 4th digit interspace .
Clinical signs of Morton's Neuroma?
does it feel like a stone pebble?
Describe Extensor substitution: During the swing phase (foot not touching ground), the extensor digitorum longus/ brevis muscles will be firing and overpowering the lumbrical muscles. Seen in cavus foot type and ankle equinus patients.
13.What are associated published articles with 5th met base fractures? Lawrence (1993) – differentiate the difference between Jones fracture, diaphyseal stress fracture, and avulsion fracture.
Shereff (1991) – Apophysis fuses at 9-12 years old. Blood supply to the 5th base is poor, the nutrient artery supplies medial 1/3 of metatarsal shaft.


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Confirmed: Election interference … by Obama!
Bob Unruh
It's been confirmed now – there WAS election interference.
By the Barack Obama administration.
The American Center for Law and Justice has revealed it has uncovered documents showing the Obama State Department even misled Congress about U.S. tax money being used to try to manipulate the results of an election in Israel, America's strongest ally in the Middle East.
The organization confirmed that through its Freedom of Information Act case involving the U.S. State Department's support for OneVoice Israel and OneVoice Palestine, it obtained revealing details.
"While the United States regularly issues grants to international organizations that provide services such as humanitarian relief, educational opportunities, and even opportunities and activities aimed at encouraging democratic voter participation, it turns out the OneVoice organizations went well beyond such measures and actively campaigned against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the 2015 elections – using resources established and developed with grant funds from the Obama State Department," the ACLJ has reported.
And, the ACLJ found, "one of the senior advisers to OneVoice Palestine was none other than the son of Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority – something the Obama Administration clearly knew (since these documents were in its possession)."
"In short, U.S. taxpayer funds were distributed by the Obama State Department to two sister organizations with clear political goals of undermining – indeed, unseating – the sitting prime minister of a U.S. ally," the ACLJ reported.
Lawmakers, including Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Lee Zeldin, had had concerns, and wrote to the Obama administration about them.
The ACLJ said the records it has obtained in the FOIA case show the government then claimed to the legislators "there is absolutely no basis to claims that the Department of State has funded efforts to influence the current Israeli election campaign."
"That was simply not true," the ACLJ report said. "At best, the Obama State Department shirked its responsibility by failing to gather all the facts from key officials before responding to an inquiry by members of Congress. At worst, it intentionally misled them.
"What we the people have since learned is that State Department (i.e., U.S. taxpayer) funds were in fact used (even if indirectly) for precisely this purpose. As the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs concluded, OneVoice absolutely 'did use the campaign infrastructure and resources that it had built, in part, with State Department funds to support a campaign to defeat Prime Minister Netanyahu in the 2015 elections,'" the ACLJ reported.
The leadership group at OneVoice even "provided its anti-Netanyahu political strategy to Michael Ratney, U.S. consul general in Jerusalem, in September 2014," the report said.
At that time, it reported its aim was to "weaken Netanyahu and his right wing partners."
"This means that during the time that OneVoice was receiving United States funds, its leaders were in the process of developing both this anti-Netanyahu political strategy and the capabilities necessary to carry it out – and the Obama State Department knew it," ALJC reported.
In fact, the group reported, the State Department confirmed in writing, at the time, it knew this group was trying to "replace the government in Israel."
As late as 2016, the State Department still was defending the Obama administration decision to send taxpayer money to that group.
"Our lawsuits against the State Department seeking documents related to these issues are aimed at finally discovering the truth about how the Obama administration was using taxpayer funds (and allowing others to use them) to subvert our ally Israel. Only armed with the knowledge of what our government is actually doing can we as citizens effectively participate in the democratic process," the group reported.
WND reported back in January how Democrats have been virtually silent on the issue.
That was after WND CEO Joseph Farah pointed out the Obama administration sent money in 2015 to a non-profit U.S. group that sought to prevent Netanyahu from forming a coalition government to remain as prime minister.
At that time it was reported OneVoice was given almost $350,000 in U.S. taxpayer funds.
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Elections department says issue kept ineligible Virginians on voter rolls since 2011
by: Dean Mirshahi
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A glitch in Virginia's election system allowed roughly 1,000 people convicted of felonies who reoffended and should have been removed from voter rolls to cast a ballot since 2011, according to the state's Department of Elections.
The computer code for the restoration of voter rights process did not account for times when "an individual might be reconvicted of a felony following the restoration of their rights" when it was written into the system, the department announced Friday, causing the issue.
The department said it identified 10,558 ineligible voters in this group since 2011. But only about 1,000 of them have cast a ballot in that time, state elections department spokesperson Andrea Gaines said.
"Approximately 1,000 voters have voted since 2011, and individuals with voter credit will be reported to the attorney general's office for further investigation," Gaines wrote in an email.
Virginia's voter registration system needs replacing
Virginia's Department of Elections discovered the issue after an audit of its list maintenance processes and procedures ahead of the state's transition to a new voter registration system.
"ELECT has automated a solution to cancel these voters and add them back to the prohibited list," the department wrote in a release. "These records will begin populating in general registrars' hoppers on Monday for cancellation at the local level."
In Virginia, people convicted of a felony automatically lose their right to vote and must have the governor restore their rights before they can vote. Efforts from Democrats to amend the Virginia Constitution to have voting rights automatically restored once a person completes their prison sentence have failed in the General Assembly.
State Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton) has proposed a constitutional amendment seeking to revive the effort during the 2023 state legislative session.
Virginia House Republicans deny effort to revive voting rights, gay marriage proposals
The 10,588 people convicted of another felony after having their voting rights restored make up a fraction of those who have regained those rights in Virginia under the last three state governors.
This includes more than 173,000 by former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), more than 111,000 by former Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and thousands by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) in his first year in office.
State Elections commissioner Susan Beals said Friday that the state's aging IT system, which a 2018 study found "is not sufficiently functional or reliable," would need to support the next two years of Virginia's elections.
Ahead of November's midterms, the state elections department discovered a glitch in the system that delayed the processing of voter registration applications submitted through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
Former Henrico Delegate James Massie dies at 64


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Is Communicating with Others Easy? Hell No!
If communicating was simple, I'm sure we'd have more productive teams, make better decisions and speak our minds a little bit more. Why? Well, good communication skills are one of the most powerful assets you can bring to any situation, whether you want to interview members of your team, delivering perfectly executed messages to investors or really nail a sales pitch to a potential customer.
I've been guilty of being a poor communicator myself. And from experience, that affected both my personal and business life. Since the beginning of this year, I've tried my best to change my approach to make things better not just for me, but for everyone I work or chat with on a daily basis.
Here are five communication tips I've learned and implemented, and I've encouraged the Acquire team to do the same. Nobody is a perfect communicator, but we can all find something to work on.
We actually have to listen before we respond. Have you ever said something important to someone, and they respond by trailing off toward something completely different? Annoying, I know.
How about when someone keeps talking and doesn't allow you to put a word in or share your thoughts at the end? Remember, communication is a two-way interchange — not just a one-way road. Closing someone off from a conversation alienates them and alters the way they approach you in the future.
When someone is talking, we shouldn't spend all of that time just thinking of what to say next — instead, we need to listen. And by listening, I mean, "actively listen." The difference here is that with active listening, you're using body language to show that you're really taking in the other person's message. Nodding your head in agreement, for example, is one of the most common gestures in conversation and a great way to show that you're an active listener. Leaning forward is another great tactic.
I've seen individuals look at their phone screen and type who knows what while another person is talking, effectively closing that listener off from the conversation without them even saying a word. We know that nonverbal communication is incredibly important, which is why most of us can tell when someone is acting shifty (or just plain rude).
We tend to listen to people while also coming up with counterpoints to the conversation in our head. That's human nature. Before changing up my communication approach, I can't tell you how many times I would listen to somebody talking and pick up on something I would count as soon as they stopped! When you're actively listening, though, you're not wasting time building out those counterarguments. You're thinking about what the other person is getting at.
We end up giving more feedback during a working day than we think. Every time we tell someone to amend something, give thoughts or offer criticism, it's a form of feedback. But giving truly constructive feedback is never easy.
Think about it for a moment: Growing up, we're never really told how to give and receive feedback. Most of the time, children are just told to do something without any explanation as to why ("do this," or "do that" is about the extent of it). It's almost natural for us to have conversations in a similar way then, right?
When you're giving feedback, one thing you can be sure of is your thoughts and opinions. There's nothing wrong with that.
Whoops! That was confrontational. We've just gone into combat mode, and one person has to win here.
There's only one way this conversation is going to go, and that's downhill. The second we phrase feedback as "you do this" or "you always do that," the receiving end puts their guard up. I was once told that when I'm frustrated, I block all logic and become defensive. I believe this is applicable to most people (hey, we don't like our belief systems to be challenged).
Phrasing your feedback negatively is sure to frustrate the other person and doesn't ensure that a problem will be addressed. The response from the other person will usually be in the form of a jab back at you: "Well, you lose customers because you don't give discounts!" This literally becomes a "you do this" battle where nobody wins and nothing is really achieved. Unproductive, much?
As I said previously, if there's one thing we can be 100% certain about when giving feedback, it's what we feel and think. We need to use this information to determine how feedback should be structured.
Trust me, this little rephrase will work its magic. Here, we're not saying "you." The other person doesn't feel that you're telling them what to do or that you're attacking their actions. It fosters a real conversation instead of a fruitless battle. Nice!
In most cases, you'll learn the real reason as to why things are happening the way they are. This drives conversations forward. And at Acquire, it has helped us make better business decisions because we understand what is really going on.
We always find it easier to understand something from our point of view. But does that mean that our perception is always best? Well, yes. And no. It's a little bit more complicated than that.
I make it my duty to understand why a colleague or customer has a different point of view than me. This often boils down to a number of influences, including their knowledge base, their role at work (marketing folks might look at ROI differently than a member of the sales team, for example) or just their lived experiences. When building out new features for Acquire's users, we take input from all sources and try to understand their frames of reference. This has helped us define elements in our business better and move forward as a whole.
Take time to understand why someone is approaching something from a completely different angle than yours. It'll give you truly valuable insight.
4. Have a goal set before you kick things off?
This year, most conversations we've had internally and with customers usually start off with a goal in mind. It keeps conversations focused and ensures that there's an outcome at the end of the chat. You can state the goal of any conversation at the beginning to clarify everything.
When conversations don't have an outcome in mind, they usually don't have an outcome at all. You end up going around in circles until someone has to leave (or you just realize it's pointless and give up).
A few years ago, a good friend of mine lost his job and took a turn for the worse financially. It was a chapter of his life that he'd rather forget. We spoke pretty often about this, and I would always try to help out and motivate him for the ensuing job hunt. I'd start these conversations by reminding him of how I lost the only two jobs I'd ever had, and that these things happen — it just takes time to get over the slump and get things back to normal.
In my mind, it was important that he knew we had similar experiences and could be on the same page. But one day, he snapped at me. "Ok, I get it," he said. "You've been through it. You've lost more jobs than me and you're in a better position now — good on you!
"Ok, I get it," he said. "You've been through it. You've lost more jobs than me and you're in a better position now — good on you!
The majority of the time, we communicate with people through the frame of our own experiences. It's how we feel we can connect better and relate. It's natural that we bring the conversation back to ourselves, even if it's completely unintentional. Hopefully, you realize this as well.
The interchanges below are great examples that demonstrate how this usually plays out.
Here's a great article that might influence your approach when trying to support someone.
Ah, communication. So simple, yet so convoluted!
Communication is just one of those skills that we continually have to work on to better ourselves, whether we want to ensure effective chats at work or really understand people we interact with in everyday life.
So the next time you find yourself in a situation that might lead to a difficult conversation, just remember these points. I'm sure one of them could help turn it into a positive experience.
Have you learned any crucial communication skills that would fit perfectly in this article? Message me directly. I'd love to chat.


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Iran, Syria situation and Russian election meddling discussed during Pompeo-Lavrov meeting
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Jeddah - Yasmine El Tohamy - Afghan father's perilous motorbike school run to realize daughter's medical dream
PAKISTAN: Devoted Afghan dad Mia Khan has been hailed for going the extra mile to help his daughter achieve her dream of becoming a doctor.
Every day, the daily wage laborer, from Sharan city in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, travels 12 km on his motorcycle to take Rozai to school.
And when classes end, he is there for the long and hazardous journey home through tough borderland terrain.
"You know, we don't have any female doctors in our town. It is my ultimate wish to see my daughter as its first female doctor. I want her to serve humanity," Khan told Arab News.
Paktika shares a 300 km border with Pakistan's newly merged tribal districts of North and South Waziristan and parts of Balochistan province, where powerful patriarchal norms still dictate most women's lives.
But Rozai and her father are determined to buck the trend through her tuition at Nooranya School, a community educational institution built by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan.
Rozai told Arab News: "We have to travel a long distance and I would like for a school to be established closer to our home. We are often tired (from our journey) when we arrive at school and sometimes, we are late."
Saif-ur-Rehman Shahab, a representative of the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, told Arab News that Khan, who has for years taken his children to school on a motorcycle, deserved all the plaudits he could get. Khan has two sons and seven daughters.
"Khan gets his children, specifically his daughter Rozai, educated in a very challenging situation. We have deteriorating security and poor awareness about girls' education here. Khan is facing acute financial challenges working as a daily wage laborer. I deeply appreciate him for facing all these challenges boldly to educate his daughter," Shahab said.
Hikmat Safi, an adviser to Afghanistan's chief executive, said Khan's passion was an inspiration to others. "Amid brewing insecurity coupled with cultural limitations, this is a really positive change when people like Khan come out to educate their children, primarily daughters."
Nooranya School has 220 female students and is one of hundreds of community-based classes and schools, predominantly attended by girls, set up by the committee in various parts of Paktika province.
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Q: Riemann-Hurwitz for real maps Let $S$ be a (compact, connected) Riemann surface of genus $g$ and $f: S\to \mathbb CP^1$ be a degree $d$ meromorphic function. Then the Riemann-Hurwitz formula tells us that the number of ramifications of $f$ counted with multiplicity is $2(d-1)+2g-2$.
Suppose we consider instead a map $\varphi: S\to \mathbb CP^1$ of degree $d$ that is smooth, but not necessarily holomorphic. It will have singularities, like folds, etc.
Question. Can one express the number $2(d-1)+2g-2$ as a sum of contributions, involving various types of singularities of the map $\varphi$ (say, if $\varphi$ is analytic)?

A: This is not possible, just using the singularities and the homological degree of the map.
Let $f_1$ be a generic degree $3$ holomorphic map $\mathbb P^1 \to \mathbb P^1$. It has four quadratic singularities. Let $E$ be an elliptic curve, and $f_2$ a degree $2$ map $E \to \mathbb P^1$, with four simple ramification points singularities.
Let $f_1'$ and $f_2'$ be $f_1$ and $f_2$ with the orientations of the source reversed.
Then we can glue $f_1$ to $f_1'$, and $f_2$ to $f_2'$, by cutting out a disc from each component, lying over the same disc of $\mathbb P^1$, and gluing the holes together, introducing orientation-reversing fold singularities.
These glued maps are from Riemann surfaces of genus $0$ and $2$ respectively, but have the same singularities, being four positive-orientation simple ramification points, four negative-orientation simple ramification points, and a loop of orientation-reversing folds, and the same degree, $0$.


KOLKATA: Senior army officials, serving and retired, are not surprised that official records of the 1971 war have been destroyed, particularly those related to the creation of Mukti Bahini. The records would have revealed the involvement of the Indian Army in then East Pakistan much before the war had been officially declared in December 1971.
"I am not aware that the records have been destroyed, I was just a captain then. But if it has been done, it must have been under instruction from the government,'' says a retired lieutenant-general who has held a senior staff position in the Eastern Command headquarters. ''It is an open secret that the Indian Army had gone inside Bangladesh much before the war had started officially. There is no reason for the army to preserve such records."
A retired colonel of the artillery whose regiment was in Kanchrapara when the war broke out, too, says preservation of such records would have been an evidence of involvement of the Indian Army in organising Mukti Bahini even before official declaration of the war. "I was inside Bangladesh much before the war had started," he admits.


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Mohamed Djaanfari (born 1952) is a politician in The Comoros. He is a retired French air force officer, local transportation tycoon and Vice-President of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros. He contested the 2006 presidential elections and ended up losing badly to Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi. He received only 13.65% of the national vote on 14 May 2006, compared to Sambi's 58.02%.

Djaanfari is a deputy in the Assembly from Sima. He was a candidate in the June 2008 presidential election on Anjouan, losing to Moussa Toybou in a second round of voting. He received 47.58% of the vote against 52.42% for Toybou.

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Members of the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros
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The Calabazas Creek watershed covers an area of approximately 20 square miles. This 13.3 mile long creek originates from the northeast-facing slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and flow into the Lower South San Francisco Bay via the Guadalupe Slough. Major tributaries to Calabazas Creek include Prospect, Rodeo, and Regnart Creeks. Additional sources of water to Calabazas Creek include the El Camino storm drain (and the Junipero Serra Channel). The Creek traverses through a small portion of unincorporated County land, and flows through the cities of Saratoga, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, San Jose, and Santa Clara. The upper reaches of Calabazas Creek, where it passes through unincorporated County jurisdiction, and into Saratoga, are rural and the creek is relatively untouched.
The Calabazas Creek watershed is highly urbanized, predominantly with high-density residential neighborhoods. Areas of heavy industry exist between the Highway 101 and Central Expressway corridors. Commercial development is focused along El Camino Real, Wolfe Road, and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road. Fish are extremely scarce in the Calabazas Creek upstream of Bollinger Road. Prickly sculpin is the one native species that has been collected and/or observed in Calabazas Creek within the last 20 years.