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Ours is a comfortable, two-story house on in the Santa Cruz Mountains offering privacy and a sweeping view of Monterey Bay. The property covers about one and a half hectares (just under four acres) and includes outdoor areas to relax in, vegetable gardens, fruit trees in two orchards, and a number of majestic redwood and oak trees. The house is old, for California, built in the 1890's and remodeled numerous times since. It has rustic charm, surprising hidden spaces, many unique features - as well as all typical modern conveniences. On the main floor there is a living room, kitchen, dining room, bedroom, bathroom, and sun room. Upstairs there are two bedrooms and a second bathroom. We often have our meals on the large side deck. One favorite spot is the hammock at the edge of the woodland that extends down below the property. We have a dog, a cat and chickens that need feeding. The dog and cat are outdoors all the time during summer, except that they come indoors at night. Parking is available in the driveway. We would be willing to consider a car exchange.
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"With the four of us (2 teenagers) we had a very good time in the comfortable home of Charles and Susan. We stayed for 2 weeks in the quiet mountainside, with San Francisco and the Pacific nearby. We made several trips with the car (necessary) and tours with a rented racing bike. The dog Sally is very friendly and happy with attention. The tomato plants in the big garden provided us nearly every day with a fresh salad. Around the house you can see the deer grazing and grey squirrels climbing the trees. We were happy to be able to meet our hosts before our departure."
We are Susan and Charles, in our late 60's. We moved 5 years ago to this rural home from Santa Cruz city, and almost daily we discover anew how much we enjoy country living. Our two children are now adults and living on their own, one in San Francisco and one in Washington DC. After working 17 years as a labor and delivery nurse, Susan completed a PhD program in nursing and has been teaching at at San Jose State University for the past 8 years. She's now technically retired but still teaches part-time. Charles retired (fully!) as the manager of a municipal water district several years ago and now spends most of his time working on the property and engaged otherwise non-productively. We both love travelling, and we've now had twelve very successful house exchanges (10 outside the States - Tuscany, London, French Alps, Norway, Pamplona, Lake Como, Ireland, Vicenza, Verona, and the Loire Valley). We've also traveled some in South America, Asia, and north Africa, and we're definitely open to exchanges anywhere in the world. Typically we like "long" exchanges of 3-4 weeks, but we are also open to shorter exchanges for several days to a week within California, nearby states, or the East Coast.
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Our house is in a rural area in the low mountains separating the cities of Santa Cruz and San Jose. It is just over an hour's drive north from here to San Francisco and 30 minutes to either downtown Santa Cruz or downtown San Jose, 20 minutes to Los Gatos. Monterey is another 45 minutes south beyond Santa Cruz. A well-stocked local market with butcher and fresh produce is about 5 minutes away, but you have to go to town for other services. A car is advisable (make that necessary!) for getting around.
We do most of our shopping and dining out in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is known in some circles as "Surf City" for its place in California surfing lore. With a population of just over 50,000, Santa Cruz is a major tourist destination with numerous beaches, a long coastline, and world-class surf. Tourists also know Santa Cruz for its Boardwalk roller coaster and amusement park. Redwood forests surround the community and offer unlimited hiking and mountain biking opportunities.
Weather on the Monterey Bay coast is mild year-round. Sometimes mornings are foggy but it almost never rains during summer. At an elevation of 650 meters (2,000 feet), our property has summer weather similar to that of San Jose -- much warmer and sunnier than Santa Cruz, Monterey, or San Francisco. The coastal fog rarely reaches us here, though we sometimes see it blanketing the wooded valleys below us.
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Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher – Review
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For us, The Fall of the House of Usher is by far the best in the franchise and it is the best by the developer in quite sometime. It is thought-provoking as well as fantastic-looking and very enjoyable.
Our favorite Detective Dupin is back in this never-ending Dark Tales Edgar Allan Poe's franchise from ERS Game Studios. We expected this sixth Dark Tales game to be just like the other five, surprisingly, we enjoyed it…very much.
Detective Dupin and you, as his assistance have been called to the House of Usher by Dr. Morris following the disappearance of Madeleine. Madeleine and her twin brother Roderick share a special bond between them and the disappearance of Madeleine weakened the condition of Roderick. Follow the clues and get to the bottom of this supernatural case in The Fall of the House of Usher!
The environment and scenery in The Fall of the House of Usher is creepy like we have never experienced before in a Dark Tales game. There is an excessive use of sound effects, it depends on the person whether this helps build up the mood or simply serves as annoyance. Other than that, the presentation of this Dark Tales game is pretty impressive. The graphics are gorgeous despite the graininess factor which seems to exist in every ERS-G games – the characters are nice-looking with excellent animations and high-quality voice overs. The cutscenes are epic, and the music that played along-side them is astounding.
The gameplay has all the bells and whistles and it is also a very entertaining one. In addition to the main features like interactive map and a journal. There some nice achievements, coin collectibles which can be found through fun doll-house searching mini-games, a special ability which allows you to turn statues into living beings and a camera to capture your favorite moments. The game balances well between the adventure part, hidden objects and puzzles. The adventure part is unexpectedly challenging, there is a lot of backtracking and there are tons of things to be done in each location. the Hidden Object scenes come in varied modes, all of which are fun and very interactive. The puzzles are required some serious brain work and there are usually two modes to select from in each puzzle, casual and hard.
Dark Tales 6 does not stand out on the originality side. There is nothing really mind-blowing or unique; but it is certainly different and much better than some of the developer's recent works. The game also has a decent length, a great bonus chapter and a heavy extra content to make it worthy of a Collector's Edition status.
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Join Don German, NASA's Jet Propulsion Solar System Ambassador on Outer Cape Cod, for a fun and fascinating presentation on the Apollo 11 spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon. As part of the presentation Don will bring along three models: 2 Saturn V rockets, one of which is 43.5 inches tall with clear sections allowing the viewer to see inside; and another model that comes apart as we progress on the journey to the moon and final return to Earth. Don's presentation and participants' questions are always stimulating. A great wat to spend the evening!


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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999/2004)
The Other Guys (2010)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000/2005)
September 1, 2010 December 8, 2015
Written by JK Rowling
This is my favorite of the series. I had always said that, but going into reading it I was nervous because the after re-reading the others so far in the series, it had a lot to live up to. Well, it did. This book is still amazing in every way possible. In the beginning I immediately began to notice the difference from the other books. This is the first one to baloon in size and the reason is that Rowling is so much more imaginative and detail oriented. She still writes simply, though I do feel she graduated her vocabulary at least slightly as her readers also got a bit older themselves. Her charm comes across so much more here than it already has in the previous books. There is so much going on in the book and it is wonderful.
I was worried that the length of the book would be cumbersome, especially when I was off to a somewhat slow start, but let me tell you, once I hit the middle of the book, the pages flew by with excitement and suspence on every page. Again there are new characters, new aspects of the wizarding world and I loved the Quidditch World Cup! And the Triwizard Tournament! Where did Rowling come up with these brilliant ideas!? The tasks, the teachers, the champions, the students. One of my favorite aspects of the book was the tone of it. The kids are now 14 and are entering into that wonderful part of all of our lives when girls and boys become a factor, when gossip and friendship go hand in hand. It is wonderful and Rowling seems to capture it perfectly with the row between Ron and Harry, and Ron and Herminone over the Yule Ball, which is another great episode.
This has tobe one of my favorite reads ever, though admittedly I haven't read too much, but the imagination, the drama, I was rooting for Harry the whole way, and was left guessing what would happen next, even when I already knew having read it once or twice before! I also loved how much darker it seemed to have gotten. When the book first came out and I read it there was talk that i t may be too mature for the kids, what with the scene in the graveyard and all, but I loved it then, loved it now. The stakes were just raised to a whole new level. And now You-Know-Who is at large and a major factor in the series. Before he was just a possibility. Sh*t just got real. It doesn't get much better than this. Or does it? We will just have to wait and see what happens in the next few books. Can't wait to start The Order of the Phoenix.
Directed by Mike Newell
Written by Steven Kloves
Having loved the book I was always apprehensive about its adaptation. How do they take everything that happened in the book and fit it into the movie. The simple answer is they don't, but you can hope that they can change it in the right ways like they did with Prisoner of Azkaban and make it work. Sadly, they do not. The film is average at best but it is so difficult for me to pinpoint exactly why. Sure, the screenplay can be to blame, but other than a handful of moments, the film just felt flat. It didn't have the magical wonderment that I get from the series itself. It moved from one thing to the next like a line of high schoolers waiting their turn at the drinking fountain. Where was the magic? Where was the vitality? Like I said, a handful of moments were great, like the Yule Ball, and Neville at the Yule Ball, and the bewitched tent at the Quidditch World Cup, but apart from that it seemed too bland almost.
I still greatly enjoyed the film as the story itself is enough to carry it, but I feel itcould have been better. Other good things, however, would include, once again, the casting. We add Brendan Gleeson as Moody and Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort, both astounding additions. Both actors I appreciate a great deal and seem to fit seemlessly with the rest of the cast. However, others like Roger Lloyd Pack as Barty Couch Sr. and some of the kids were let downs for me. The main kids were not as good here as they were in Azkaban. Grint was not as funny, Watson was even more overly dramatic, though the Ball scene was good, and Radcliffe was somewhat basic when I thought I saw a glimmer of hope for him in the previous installment. Matthew Lewis remains a favorite of mine as Neville though. The other thing I wanted to comment on was the music. Once again the music is quite good, but oddly enough it was not the great John Williams this time. It was instead Patrick Doyle who does an above average job at scoring the film. So cudos to him.
In the end, maybe Kloves, the screenwriter,had too much on his plate and struggled cutting the things he did and keeping in the things he did, but I don't know what could have made this film better apart from possibly making it two films like they did with the final book of the series, The Deathly Hallows. One of the things, which looking at it now was a good move, but one of the things I always hated not seeing in the movies was Herminoe's ridiculous club, S.P.E.W. I was always intrigued and entertained by it in the book and was curious to see it come to life on screen. Related to that is also a view of the kitchen where the house elves work, I think that would have been marvelous. Overall, the adaptation was average. I can see the hurdles Kloves has to jump to be able to do his job and I respect his ability to do what he does, but here is not his best effort, though I don't blame him really. It is just one of those things where there is too much to the imagination in the book that it could not all be coherently translated on screen. I usually avoid using this cliche, but in this case, the book is better than the movie. Though I blame neither. I was just talking to a friend the other day about the importance of judging the two separately. The point of the movie is not to be 100% faithful to the book, Cuaron and his team proved that with The Prisoner of Azkaban. The film adaptation is an artist's interpretation of the source material and should not be 100% faithful, that is what the book is for. It just so happens that Newell and Kloves didn't live up to the book. Go on and live another day I suppose. Make another film.
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Harry Potter is the ultimate trope at my house. My daughter based part of her character in the high school musical on one of the characters from a later book. She reads a lot of HP trivia on the internets, and says that Rowling's own favorite line is one in the last book involving Peeves.


This zipped, hooded, cotton fleece sweatshirt is distinguished by stork embroideries in silvery Lurex thread. Inspired by the folklore of Japan, a country at the heart of this collection, the embroidered storks symbolise luck, renewal and purity. This sweatshirt is an inspired, on-trend sportswear piece.


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Q: How to create type Void array in C# Unity? In creating a level populator for my game, I created an array for my cube prefabs and made separate voids for each cube position so that each cube is randomised to a separate output from others (not putting separate voids just randomises the cubes to all be one colour at run time). I can make it work by creating separate voids for each object instance, but I want to know if it's possible to create a void array. Currently I get an error of unexpected [, ) in class/struct as well as primary constructor body not allowed.
Previous following of various tutorials only randomised the cubes to one colour at run time. I put the positions in an array and am not sure what to do with slot.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class testlevelscript : MonoBehaviour {
public GameObject[] blocks;
public int currentBlock;

void Start () {

    //function instance
    int[] slot = new[] {
        1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10};
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        new Vector3 (0, 0, 0),
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        new Vector3 (3, 0, 0),
        new Vector3 (4, 0, 0),
        new Vector3 (-1, 0, 0),
        new Vector3 (-2, 0, 0),
        new Vector3 (-3, 0, 0),
        new Vector3 (-4, 0, 0),
        new Vector3 (-5, 0, 0)};
    Quaternion rotation = Quaternion.identity;

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        currentBlock = Random.Range (0, blocks.Length);
    Instantiate (blocks [currentBlock], position [i], rotation);
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    }

void slot[i] () {
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Currently I have the script working manually, just want to see if it's possible to put it in some arrays to make it more efficient.

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Have you ever had a video game addiction or a TV obsession?
In my early twenties, I was living in Hollywood and my new found friends recruited me to Buffy Nite.
And for the next 5 years, every Tuesday, you could find me engrossed in the weekly sagas of this Joss Wheedon cult-TV-favorite.
Deep, meaningful storylines and some of the best writing on TV? Definitely yes.
I love a good character-driven show.
Recently, a friend prompted me to encourage my daughter's love [obsession] of musical theater. "It'll keep her out of trouble when she's older. Sports did that for me," she said.
Of course, I would happily encourage my daughter to follow her passions -- whatever they morph into [oh god, please don't let it be gymnastics - I'll need to be sedated at meets].
I also know that she tends to drop things that she can't do effortlessly and could easily fall-out-of-love with musical theater, dance, or Austin & Ally [oh please let it be Austin & Ally] - jumping from activity to activity, without ever delving into something deeply enough to experience the growth and mastery she needs.
I realized how easily some things could interrupt her motivation and desire.
I don't like to rule over her activities, and at the same time, I have a responsibility to make sure that her play is building her brain skills and not passively numbing the creative centers.
Now, I don't have a particular fascination with online gaming.
I am certain that violent video games can potentially lead to aggressive behavior and desensitize kids to violence.
But, I don't think ALL video games are unhealthy and I'm not about to blame an entire industry for causing addiction or making kids violent, because I think we have to take some personal responsibility there.
As with anything that we do over and over - we create patterns in the brain and the brain seeks familiarity.
It's like any affirmation - if you keep watching and participating in it, especially emotionally as you do with music or an alternate video reality - it's going to change the structure of your brain and impact the way you respond to events.
But, can we help our kids find a balance between pleasurable activity and numbing, mind-altering addiction?
In this episode of TEACHable Moments, I'm sharing five tips to help you help your kids curb their video addictions by setting limits on screen-time.
Obviously, we can't cover everything in a 7 minute video so, I'd love for you to share some ways in which you have helped your child manage the boundaries around screen time.
After you watch, share your thoughts in the comments below!
Thank you so much for watching and remember, it's about being conscious - not perfect!
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Before overnight oats, there was muesli. A simple Swiss recipe for cold cereal that you could soak in milk for anywhere from 5 minutes to overnight, then serve.
The first time I ate muesli was on a cruise ship. The rolled oats were just the right amount of mushy, the dried fruit plump with milk and the toppings in abundance. Chopped almonds, apricots, and of course, fresh berries.
The best part about simple Swiss Muesli is that you can make a large portion of it ahead of time, keep it in the fridge, and it's always ready for a quick breakfast.
I like to soak my muesli in milk (or any non-dairy milk) for 5 minutes while I'm making my daughter's lunch and the coffee. It's ready to go whenever you are.
Muesli is a traditional breakfast item in Europe. The original Swiss Bircher Muesli calls for rolled oats, sweetened condensed milk and grated apple.
This simple, dry muesli keeps forever in the fridge. The main ingredients are: rolled oats (not quick oats), almonds, dried fruit (cranberries or raisins, cinnamon and shredded coconut.
Unlike store-bought cereals which tend to be loaded with sugar, muesli has no added sugar.
Other than chopping the almonds, you only need to mix the ingredients together in a bowl then transfer to a jar. This kitchen tool is great for crushing nuts and a stress reliever too!
You basically mix all these ingredients together in a half gallon mason jar or other container (I have these) and store in your fridge.
When you want a bowl, you take it out and pour in some milk (regular milk, almond milk, soy milk whatever). Let it sit for 5-10 minutes while you're getting ready, then eat.
I like to top mine with blueberries or whatever berry is in season. The shredded coconut also can make for a nice tropical flavor if you want to add dried pineapple or fresh banana.
The natural sweetness of the ingredients don't require any sweetener, but if you like you can add maple syrup or honey when serving. Make sure to get unsweetened shredded coconut if you can find it.
The recipe I've included here is for my favorite variety of muesli, but the options are really endless when it comes to making your own cold cereal.
You can definitely soak it overnight if you like so it is more like overnight oats. I find it perfectly easy to digest with just 5-10 minutes of soaking in the morning. Then I only have to keep the dry ingredients in the jar in the fridge and no other prep is required. They keep for a long time this way.
2. Mix all ingredients through cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.
3. Store in a 64 oz. mason jar or large plastic container. I finally caved and bought some reusable plastic lids for my mason jars which I LOVE!
4. To serve, place about 1/2 to 1 cup of muesli in a bowl, top with milk to taste and let sit for 5-10 minutes. Top with fresh fruit.
Recipe adapted from Mark Bittman's Cold Cereal.


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The Department of Transportation is urging motorists and motorcyclists to share the road this month for Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.
Spokesman Chris Lubbert is reminding motorists to be extra attentive as the weather gets warmer and asks them to watch out for motorcyclists. Drivers of cars and trucks are also encouraged to give motorcyclists several car lengths of space and make sure they're visible in blind spots to avoid accidents. Lubbert says motorcycle crashes typically increase between the months of April through October.
Lubbert says the May campaign is is also a way to raise awareness for motorcyclists. Riders are reminded to stay visible to drivers and wear protective gear when they ride.
"It's important to wear a helmet, but also full length pants, full armed jackets, gloves and boots, just to protect them in the event of a crash," Lubbert said. "And to make sure that people riding are fully trained.
He says many motorcyclists out there don't have a motorcycle license, so the department wants to make sure riders have the skills they need to ride on Missouri roadways.
Lubbert says last year, 19 of 102 motorcycle fatalities happened in the month of May.


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Science enthusiasts from across the state gather for the 10th annual Wisconsin Science Festival · The Badger Herald
By Todd Molitor On Oct 22, 2021
Today is the beginning of the 10th year Wisconsin Science Festival. The four-day festival features events across the state of Wisconsin – from Madison to New Berlin, Eau Claire, Kenosha and many more.
the #WiSciFest offers over 100 different events and attracts over 43,000 attendees and 1,000 students across the state of Wisconsin. The cost of attending an event is typically either non-existent or a minimal fee to cover materials.
Events are possible in person across the country this year, but many will only be offered virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.
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WARF's program director, Laura Heisler, works on creating scientific programs for public relations.
"[We have] amazing lectures from amazing UW Madison researchers like John Hawks of anthropology and the founder of the Innocence Project, Keith Fondley, "Heisler said in an email statement to The Badger Herald.
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Heisler highlighted another downtown event called Science on the Square, which will take place this Friday, October 22nd.
"[We'll have] A unique event in the city center with Science on the Square, "said Heisler. "This year the event includes a special edition of the Madison Night Market with more than 100 vendors and science activities, music, live shows and more. "
Children can participate in a variety of hands-on activities that incorporate a wide variety of scientific disciplines. In Madison, the Wisconsin Science Festival offers four days of archeology camp where attendees can learn by digging.
Children can also attend book lectures, watch stars, learn about the science of color, and interact with various foods.
For those interested in participating in activities on the UW-Madison campus, the Washburn Observatory is hosting an open house on October 21, 22 and 23. In addition, the Allen Centennial Garden is open to the public with the option of self-guided tours.
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At the Leonard R. Ingersoll Physics Museum, attendees can talk to astronauts, learn more about life in the ground, identify red granite, state rock, or even learn about general science topics like physics.
For the past 10 years, the Wisconsin Science Festival has been a great way to get people involved in science by having enough events for everyone to find something that interests them.
Everyone can from October 21 to 24. Take a look at the many events at the #WiSciFest on or near the campus and design your own adventure in advance www.wiscifest.org.
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At Origen Energy Limited, we value the unique qualities that each employee brings to our company. We maintain our employer status by breaking, not making, boundaries. That demands a unique workforce and a strong organizational team structure.
Whether you're a new graduate or seasoned professional, we know that keeping employees fulfilled professionally is the key to keeping talented professionals. That's why we're committed to investing in the future of our employees.
At our three locations in Dublin and Cork, you can find dedicated teams working in combined engineering / sales teams, our back office offer financial functions and services and support for Origen's vast customer base in Ireland.
To apply for any of the below positions, please email your CV and covering letter to jacinta.leavy@origen.ie or download our employment application form and send completed form to HR Department, Origen Energy Limited, Muirfield Drive, Naas Road, D12 XOA3, Ireland.
Origen Energy Ltd, formed in 2008 is part of the family-run Hevac Group, operational since 1974 and comprises Hevac Limited, Tube Company of Ireland Ltd, Aluminox Limited and Polytherm Heating Systems Limited.
Origen Energy Limited is one of Ireland's leading renewable energy and district heating specialists with a focus on providing energy and carbon reducing solutions. We operate from facilities in both Dublin and Cork. We design and supply fully engineered renewable energy and environmental solutions to the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. The focus of Origen Energy Limited is to provide quality solutions that lower energy costs, whilst offering maximum efficiency and comfort. We ensure both domestic and commercial projects are as energy efficient as possible and comply with all necessary energy regulations, guaranteeing a reduced carbon footprint.
Due to continued expansion we are now seeking to recruit a CHP Field Service Engineer to join our dynamic team in a growing business and offer a competitive benefits package to the right candidate.
The CHP Field Service Engineer will maximise the uptime of a range of CHP units from 6kW to 4.3MW through the execution of breakdown, preventative and predictive maintenance.
Preparation & Implementation of planned operations & maintenance schedules.
Responding to breakdowns and repairing equipment.
Maintain accurate and up to date maintenance records.
Ensuring compliance with environmental, health and safety legislation.
Regular travel within the island of Ireland and occasional travel overseas will be required.
A degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline is desirable but not essential.
5 years' experience post qualification in a similar role, possibly as an engine service engineer working on various types of heavy-duty engines would be an advantage.
Be up to date with current Irish & EU Regulations.
Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
Be committed to working to the highest possible standards.
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Redox regulation of phosphatase function
Nick R Leslie, Yvonne E Lindsay, Sarah H Ross, C Peter Downes
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics and Bioengineering
Although reactive oxygen species play important roles in cellular physiology as signalling molecules, their molecular targets are largely unknown. A probable group of targets for mediating many of the effects of reactive oxygen species on cell signalling is the large diverse family of cysteine-dependent phosphatases, which includes the protein tyrosine phosphatases. Our work and that of others suggest that the oxidative inactivation of protein and lipid phosphatases plays an important part in signalling, downstream of many cellular stimuli. Future studies should give us a clearer picture of the role of phosphatase inactivation in cellular behaviour and explain how specificity is achieved in redox signalling.
https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0321018
Published - Dec 2004
10.1042/BST0321018
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Leslie, N. R., Lindsay, Y. E., Ross, S. H., & Downes, C. P. (2004). Redox regulation of phosphatase function. Biochemical Society Transactions, 32(6), 1018-1120. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0321018
Leslie, Nick R ; Lindsay, Yvonne E ; Ross, Sarah H ; Downes, C Peter. / Redox regulation of phosphatase function. In: Biochemical Society Transactions. 2004 ; Vol. 32, No. 6. pp. 1018-1120.
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<TITLE>System::getVersion</TITLE>

Firelight Technologies FMOD Studio API

System::getVersion

Returns the current version of FMOD Studio being used.

C++ Syntax

FMOD_RESULT System::getVersion(
  unsigned int *version
);

C Syntax

FMOD_RESULT FMOD_System_GetVersion(
  FMOD_SYSTEM *system,
  unsigned int *version
);

C# Syntax

RESULT System.getVersion(
  out uint version
);

Parameters

version

Address of a variable that receives the current FMOD Studio version.

Return Values

If the function succeeds then the return value is FMOD_OK.

If the function fails then the return value will be one of the values defined in the FMOD_RESULT enumeration.

Remarks

The version is a 32bit hexadecimal value formated as 16:8:8, with the upper 16bits being the major version, the
middle 8bits being the minor version and the bottom 8bits being the development version.  For example a value of
00040106h is equal to 4.01.06.

See Also

System::init

Version 1.08.02 Built on Apr 14, 2016


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Robert Hunter Biden (born February 4, 1970) is an American attorney, businessman and artist who is the second son of U.S. President Joe Biden and his first wife Neilia Hunter Biden. He is also a hedge fund, venture capital, and private-equity fund investor who formerly worked as a lobbyist, banker, public administration official, and registered lobbyist-firm attorney. Biden was a founding board member of BHR Partners, a Chinese investment company. In 2020, he began exhibiting his paintings.

Biden was discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserve shortly after his commissioning due to a failed drug test. Since late 2018, Hunter Biden's tax affairs have been under federal criminal investigation.

Biden served on the board of Burisma Holdings, one of the largest private natural gas producers in Ukraine, from 2014 until his term expired in April 2019. Since the early months of 2019, he and his father Joe Biden have been the subjects of unsupported claims of corrupt activities in a Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory pushed by then–U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies, concerning Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine and Joe Biden's anti-corruption efforts there.

In October 2020, the New York Post published an article about a laptop computer that previously belonged to Hunter Biden. The laptop contained around 129,000 emails and other materials, but the Post provided no evidence as to the chain of custody or authenticity of the device. Other media outlets declined to publish the story due to that lack of provenance.

In March 2022, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that some of the emails found on the device were authentic. Some of the Bidens' detractors have claimed that the laptop contents exposed corruption by Hunter's father, President Joe Biden, but no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Joe Biden has surfaced to date.

Early life

Robert Hunter Biden was born on February 4, 1970, in Wilmington, Delaware. He is the second son of Neilia Biden (née Hunter) and Joe Biden. Hunter Biden's mother and younger sister Naomi were killed in an automobile crash on December 18, 1972. Biden and his older brother Beau were also seriously injured but survived. Beau suffered multiple broken bones while Hunter sustained a fractured skull and severe traumatic brain injuries. Both spent several months in the hospital, when their father was sworn into the U.S. Senate in January 1973. Hunter and Beau later encouraged their father to marry again, and Jill Jacobs became their stepmother in 1977. Biden's half-sister Ashley was born in 1981.

Like his father and brother, Biden attended Catholic high school Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Georgetown University in 1992. During the year after he graduated from college, he served as a Jesuit volunteer at a church in Portland, Oregon, and met Kathleen Buhle, whom he married in 1993. After attending Georgetown University Law Center for one year, he transferred to Yale Law School and graduated in 1996.

Early career

After graduating from law school in 1996, Biden accepted a consultant position at the bank holding company MBNA, whose employees donated more than $200,000 into Joe Biden's senate campaigns. MBNA's hiring of Biden was controversial because his father had pushed for credit card legislation which was beneficial to the credit card industry and was supported by MBNA during Biden's time at the bank. The legislation made it more difficult to get bankruptcy protection. This led to Byron York of National Review referring to Joe Biden, years later, as "the senator from MBNA" referencing the close relationship between the two. By 1998, Hunter Biden had risen to the rank of executive vice president at MBNA. Biden departed from MBNA in 1998. He then served at the United States Department of Commerce, focusing on ecommerce policy for President Bill Clinton's administration. Biden then became a lobbyist, co-founding the firm of Oldaker, Biden & Belair. According to Adam Entous of The New Yorker, Biden and his father established a relationship in which "Biden wouldn't ask Hunter about his lobbying clients, and Hunter wouldn't tell his father about them."

Hunter Biden was appointed to a five-year term on the board of directors of Amtrak by President George W. Bush in 2006. Biden was the board's vice chairman from July 2006 until 2009, was replaced as vice chairman in January 2010, and resigned from the board in February, shortly after his father became vice president. Biden said during his father's vice-presidential campaign that it was time for his lobbying activities to end.

Investor and lobbyist

In 2006, Biden and his uncle James Biden purchased international hedge fund Paradigm Global Advisors; Hunter was interim CEO of the fund for five years, until 2011. In September 2008, Biden launched a consultancy company named Seneca Global Advisors that offered to help companies expand into foreign markets. Biden was a partner in investment vehicles that included the name "Seneca" to denote his participation. In 2009, he, Devon Archer, and Christopher Heinz founded the investment and advisory firm Rosemont Seneca Partners. He also co-founded venture capital firm Eudora Global. He held the position of counsel in the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in 2014. Biden was on the board of directors of World Food Program USA, a 501(c)(3) charity based in Washington, D.C. that supports the work of the UN World Food Programme from 2011 to 2017; he served as board chairman from 2011 to 2015.

A detailed analysis of Hunter Biden's hard drive by NBC News showed that Biden and his firm were paid $11 million from 2013 to 2018.

Several bank accounts linked to Hunter Biden have received $3.8 million in payments from CEFC China Energy, an oil and gas company with links to the Chinese Communist Party.

BHR Partners

From 2013 to 2020, Biden served as a member of the board of the China-based private equity fund BHR Partners, of which he acquired a 10% stake in 2017 at a discount. The founders of BHR Partners included Biden's Rosemont Seneca Partners investment firm (20% equity), along with US-based Thornton Group LLC (10% equity) and two asset managers registered in China. The Chinese-registered asset managers are the Bank of China (via BOC International Holdings-backed Bohai Industrial Investment Fund Management) and Deutsche Bank-backed Harvest Fund Management.

In September 2019, while Trump was accusing Hunter Biden of malfeasance in Ukraine, he also falsely claimed that Biden "walk[ed] out of China with $1.5 billion in a fund" and earned "millions" of dollars from the BHR deal. Trump publicly called upon China to investigate Hunter Biden's business activities there while his father was vice president. Hunter Biden announced on October 13, 2019, his resignation from the board of directors for BHR Partners, effective at the end of the month, citing "the barrage of false charges" by then-U.S. President Trump. According to his lawyer, Biden had "not received any compensation for being on BHR's board of directors" nor had he received any return on his equity share in BHR. Biden's lawyer George Mesires told The Washington Post that BHR Partners had been "capitalized from various sources with a total of 30 million RMB [Chinese Renminbi], or about $4.2 million, not $1.5 billion". Chinese records showed Biden was no longer on BHR's board by April 2020. Biden's attorney said in November 2021 that his client no longer held any direct or indirect interest in BHR.

The BHR Partners fund invests Chinese venture capital into tech startups like an early-stage investment in Chinese car hailing app DiDi and cross-border acquisitions in automotive and mining, such as the purchase of a stake in Democratic Republic of Congo copper and cobalt producer Tenke Fungurume Mining. The New York Times reported that BHR Partners helped finance a coal-mining company in Australia that was controlled by a Chinese state-owned enterprise, assisted a subsidiary of a Chinese defense company in acquiring an auto parts manufacturer in Michigan, and helped facilitate a Chinese firm's  purchase of one of the world's richest cobalt mines in Democratic Republic of Congo. A former BHR board member told the Times that Biden and the other American BHR founders were not involved in the mine deal.

Burisma Holdings

Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings owned by Ukrainian oligarch and former politician Mykola Zlochevsky, who was facing a money laundering investigation just after the Ukrainian revolution, in April 2014. Biden was hired to help Burisma with corporate governance best practices, while still an attorney with Boies Schiller Flexner, and a consulting firm in which Biden is a partner was also retained by Burisma. Christopher Heinz, John Kerry's stepson, opposed his partners Devon Archer and Hunter Biden joining the board in 2014 due to the reputational risk. Biden served on the board of Burisma until his term expired in April 2019, receiving compensation of up to $50,000 per month in some months. Because Joe Biden played a major role in U.S. policy towards Ukraine, some Ukrainian anti-corruption advocates and Obama administration officials expressed concern that Hunter Biden having joined the board could create the appearance of a conflict of interest and undermine Joe Biden's anti-corruption work in Ukraine. While serving as vice president, Joe Biden joined other Western leaders in encouraging the government of Ukraine to fire the country's top prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was widely criticized for blocking corruption investigations. The Ukrainian parliament voted to remove Shokin in March 2016.

Former President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed in 2019, without evidence, that Joe Biden had sought the dismissal of Shokin in order to protect his son and Burisma Holdings. Actually, it was the official policy of the United States and the European Union to seek Shokin's removal. There has also been no evidence produced of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden in Ukraine. The Ukrainian anti-corruption investigation agency stated in September 2019 that its current investigation of Burisma was restricted solely to investigating the period from 2010 to 2012, before Hunter Biden joined Burisma in 2014. Shokin, in May 2019, claimed that he was fired because he had been actively investigating Burisma, but U.S. and Ukrainian officials have stated that the investigation into Burisma was dormant at the time of Shokin's dismissal. Ukrainian and United States State Department sources note that Shokin was fired for failing to address corruption, including within his office.

In July 2019, Trump ordered the freezing of $391 million in military aid shortly before a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which Trump asked Zelenskyy to initiate an investigation of the Bidens. Trump falsely told Zelenskyy that "[Joe] Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution" of his son; Joe Biden did not stop any prosecution, did not brag about doing so, and there is no evidence his son was ever under investigation. The United States House of Representatives initiated a formal impeachment inquiry on September 24, 2019, against Trump on the grounds that he may have sought to use U.S. foreign aid and the Ukrainian government to damage Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Ukrainian prosecutor general Yuriy Lutsenko said in May 2019 that Hunter Biden had not violated Ukrainian law. After Lutsenko was replaced by Ruslan Riaboshapka as prosecutor general, Lutsenko and Riaboshapka said in September and October 2019 respectively that they had seen no evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden.

During 2019 and into 2020, Republican senators Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley investigated Hunter Biden's involvement with Burisma, as well as allegations that Democrats colluded with the Ukrainian government to interfere in the 2016 election. The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Republican senator Richard Burr privately expressed concerns to the senators that their inquiries could assist efforts by Russian intelligence to spread disinformation to disrupt American domestic affairs. American intelligence officials briefed senators in late 2019 about Russian efforts to frame Ukraine for 2016 election interference. Johnson said he would release findings in spring 2020, as Democrats would be selecting their 2020 presidential nominee, but instead ramped up the investigation at Trump's urging in May 2020, after it became clear that Joe Biden would be the nominee. Trump tweeted a press report about the investigations, later stating that he would make allegations of corruption by the Bidens a central theme of his re-election campaign. Johnson decided in March 2020 against issuing a subpoena for former Ukrainian official Andrii Telizhenko, a Giuliani associate who had made appearances on the pro-Trump cable channel One America News, after the FBI briefed him about concerns Telizhenko could be spreading Russian disinformation. The State Department revoked Telizhenko's visa in October 2020, and CNN reported the American government was considering sanctioning him as a Russian agent. CNN reported that Vladislav Davidzon, the editor of Ukrainian magazine The Odessa Review, told CNN that in 2018 Telizhenko offered him money to lobby Republican senators in support of pro-Russian television stations in Ukraine. When Johnson released the final report on the investigation, it contained no evidence that Joe Biden had pushed for Shokin's removal in order to benefit Hunter or Burisma.

In June 2020, former Ukrainian prosecutor general Ruslan Riaboshapka stated that an audit of thousands of old case files he had ordered in October 2019 had found no wrongdoing by Hunter Biden. Riaboshapka was described by Zelenskyy as "100 percent my person" during the July 2019 call in which Trump asked him to investigate Biden.

Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Derkach, an associate of Rudy Giuliani with links to Russian intelligence, released in May 2020 alleged snippets of recordings of Joe Biden speaking with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko during the years Hunter Biden worked for Burisma. The recordings, which were not verified as authentic and appeared heavily edited, depicted Biden linking loan guarantees for Ukraine to the ouster of the country's prosecutor general. The recordings did not provide evidence to support the ongoing conspiracy theory that Biden wanted the prosecutor fired to protect his son. Poroshenko denied in June 2020 that Joe Biden ever approached him about Burisma. The United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Derkach in September 2020, stating he "has been an active Russian agent for over a decade, maintaining close connections with the Russian Intelligence Services". The Treasury Department added Derkach "waged a covert influence campaign centered on cultivating false and unsubstantiated narratives concerning U.S. officials in the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election" including by the release of "edited audio tapes and other unsupported information with the intent to discredit U.S. officials". Close associates of Derkach were also sanctioned by the Treasury Department in January 2021. United States intelligence community analysis released in March 2021 found that Derkach was among proxies of Russian intelligence who promoted and laundered misleading or unsubstantiated narratives about Biden "to US media organizations, US officials, and prominent US individuals, including some close to former President Trump and his administration".

Two Republicans on a Senate investigation committee in 2020 claimed that Russian businessperson Yelena Baturina, the wife of former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov, wire-transferred $3.5 million in 2014 to Rosemont Seneca Thornton, of which Biden had previously been a partner. The Washington Post reported in April 2022 that the partners of Rosemont Seneca Thornton had agreed to dissolve the organization before the 2014 wire transfer, though it continued to be operated by Devin Archer to facilitate real estate transactions for eastern and central Asia investors, while Biden was uninvolved. Archer received the $3.5 million wire from Baturina to purchase property in Brooklyn, New York. The Senate report cited unspecified confidential documents and gave no evidence that Biden personally accepted the funds. Biden's attorney denied the report, saying Biden had no financial relationship with the woman and no stake in the partnership that received the money, nor did he co-found the partnership. However, Trump's White House spokeswoman Alyssa Farah repeated the claim, and in a press conference Trump repeatedly asserted that Biden received millions of dollars from the former mayor's wife.

Investigations

In December 2020, Biden made a public announcement via his attorney that his tax affairs are under federal criminal investigation. The New York Times and CNN, citing sources familiar with the investigation, described the investigation as having started in late 2018 and being related to potential violations of tax and money laundering laws and his business dealings in foreign countries, principally China. The Wall Street Journal reported that Biden had provided legal and consulting services that generated foreign-earned income, citing a Senate Republicans' report that says millions of dollars in wire transfers from entities linked to Chinese energy tycoon Ye Jianming were paying for such services. The New York Times reported that according to people familiar with the inquiry, FBI investigators had been unable to establish sufficient evidence for a prosecution of potential money laundering crimes, including after the seizure of a laptop purportedly belonging to Biden, and so the investigation progressed onto tax issues. The Times reported in May 2022 that Hollywood attorney and writer Kevin Morris, who has become an influential adviser/confidant and now financier to Biden, lent him more than $2 million to pay back taxes and support his family.

The New York Times reported in March 2022 that since 2018 Biden and possibly others had been under investigation by federal prosecutors in Delaware, with a grand jury convened to subpoena and hear evidence. The investigation examined payments and gifts Biden or his associates had received from foreign interests and whether Biden had violated the law by not registering as a lobbyist under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The Times reported it had acquired emails that were authenticated by people familiar with them and the investigation that appeared to come from a laptop belonging to Biden. One April 2014 email, written by Biden to his business partner as their work with Burisma was about to begin, noted that his father, then the vice president who would soon visit Kyiv, should "be characterized as part of our advice and thinking—but what he will say and do is out of our hands." The email also stated that Burisma officials "need to know in no uncertain terms that we will not and cannot intervene directly with domestic policymakers, and that we need to abide by FARA and any other U.S. laws in the strictest sense across the board." Biden wrote that his father's visit "could be a really good thing or it could end up creating too great an expectation. We need to temper expectations regarding that visit." He also wrote that his employer, the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, could help Burisma through "direct discussions at state, energy and NSC." Other emails showed Biden and his business partner discussing inviting foreign business associates, including a Burisma executive, to attend an April 2015 dinner in Washington, where the vice president would stop by.

A July 2022 report from CNN authenticated emails which showed that Biden was struggling with large debt and overdue tax bills.

In October 2022, The Washington Post reported that federal agents had determined months ago that they had assembled enough evidence for a viable criminal case against Biden to charge him with crimes related to making false declarations during a gun purchase, as well as tax-related crimes. The next step is for Delaware U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss to decide on whether to file such charges.

Federal investigators have also been examining the lobbying firm Blue Star Strategies, which Burisma retained while Biden sat on its board, for possible illegal lobbying of American officials. There was no indication Biden was a subject of the investigation. Blue Star employees said in Senate testimony that Biden was included in emails about the firm's work but that he was not particularly involved. One of the firm's co-founders said Biden did not direct its work. Blue Star's work came after Burisma's owner was criticized by the United States State Department, and the firm's founders testified the firm had merely approached officials to determine the government's views of Burisma.

Laptop controversy

On October 14, 2020, twenty days prior to the 2020 United States presidential election, the New York Post published an article, with the involvement of Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and former chief strategist Steve Bannon, about a laptop computer of unknown origin and chain of custody that appeared to belong to Hunter Biden, who allegedly left it for repairs at a Wilmington, Delaware computer shop owned by John Paul Mac Isaac, but never retrieved it. The laptop contained an email describing what the New York Post characterized as a "meeting" between Joe Biden and Vadym Pozharskyi, a Burisma advisor, in 2015, though that characterization was disputed by witnesses. The email between Hunter Biden and Pozharskyi would later be authenticated.

The article's veracity was strongly questioned by most mainstream media outlets, analysts and intelligence officials, due to the unknown chain of custody of the laptop and its contents, and suspicion that it may have been part of a Russian disinformation campaign. As of 2022, Vox reported that no evidence had ever emerged "that the laptop's leak was a Russian plot." In March 2022, The New York Times reported that they found emails "from a cache of files that appears to have come from a laptop abandoned by Mr. Biden in a Delaware repair shop." Also in March, The Washington Post reported that two security experts confirmed the veracity of thousands of emails purportedly from Hunter Biden's laptop. However, "The vast majority of the data—and most of the nearly 129,000 emails it contained—could not be verified by either of the two security experts who reviewed the data for The Post." Among the emails that The Washington Post was able to authenticate was the Pozharskyi email that formed the basis of the New York Post's original article. In May 2022, NBC News published an analysis of a copy of the hard drive they received from Giuliani and documents released by Republicans on two Senate committees. The analysis found that Biden's firm took in $11 million from 2013 to 2018 and spent the money quickly. The analysis also found that few of Biden's deals ever came to fruition.

In November 2022, CBS News published a forensic analysis they had commissioned of a clean "exact copy" of the laptop data, later provided by the shop owner to federal investigators, that predated versions widely circulated by Republican operatives to attack then-candidate Joe Biden before the 2020 presidential election. The cyber investigators found "no evidence that the user data had been modified, fabricated or tampered with". The chief technology officer of Computer Forensics Services said, "I have no doubt in my mind that this data was created by Hunter Biden, and that it came from a computer under Mr. Biden's control".

In January 2023, an anonymous Twitter account posted a rental application found on the laptop, leading to a false claim that in 2018 Hunter Biden had paid $49,910 in monthly rent for his father's Delaware residence where classified documents had been found. The false allegation quickly spread across conservative media. A Breitbart story that speculated Hunter Biden may have had access to classified documents was retweeted by House Republican Conference chair Elise Stefanik who added that "Joe Biden and the Biden Crime Family are corrupt and significant threats to national security. Our Republican House Majority will hold them accountable." James Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee that was investigating the Biden family, suggested it was evidence that Hunter Biden may have been funneling foreign money to his father. The document actually showed quarterly rental payments for office space at the House of Sweden in Washington, D.C. On his Fox News program, host Tucker Carlson echoed Comer's false suggestion of Hunter Biden malfeasance; days later Hunter Biden's attorneys wrote Carlson and Fox News demanding they correct the falsehood or risk a defamation lawsuit.

In February 2023, Biden attorneys wrote to the Justice Department National Security Division asking they criminally investigate "individuals for whom there is considerable reason to believe violated various federal laws in accessing, copying, manipulating, and/or disseminating Mr. Biden's personal computer data." A similar letter was sent to the Attorney General of Delaware. The letters named Giuliani, Bannon, Mac Issac, and others.

Work as an artist
In February 2020, The New York Times reported that Biden had been painting as an "undiscovered artist" in his Hollywood Hills home. The report also displayed some of his paintings, including "Untitled #4 (a study in ink)" and "Untitled #3 (a signed work)". Biden's art dealer, Georges Bergès, hosted a private viewing for Biden in Los Angeles in Fall 2021, followed by an exhibition in New York. Biden's paintings were put up for sale for as much as $500,000 per painting. This provoked conflict of interest concerns as well as concerns about a lack of transparency.

Naval career

Biden's application for a position in the U.S. Navy Reserve was approved in May 2013. At age 43, Biden was accepted as part of a program that allows a limited number of applicants with desirable skills to receive commissions and serve in staff positions. Biden received an age-related waiver and a waiver due to a past drug-related incident; he was sworn in as a direct commission officer. Joe Biden administered his commissioning oath in a White House ceremony.

The following month, Biden tested positive for cocaine during a urinalysis test and was subsequently discharged administratively. Biden attributed the result to smoking cigarettes he had accepted from other smokers, claiming the cigarettes were laced with cocaine. He chose not to appeal the matter as it was unlikely that the panel would believe his explanation given his history with drugs and also due to the likelihood of news leaking to the press; it was ultimately revealed to The Wall Street Journal by a Navy official who provided the information.

Personal life

Relationships

Biden married Kathleen Buhle in 1993. They have three daughters: Naomi, Finnegan, and Maisy. The couple divorced in 2017. Biden began a relationship with Hallie Olivere Biden, widow of his brother Beau, in 2016. The relationship ended by 2019.

Biden is also the father of a daughter born in August 2018 to Lunden Alexis Roberts, who gave birth in Arkansas. Lunden Roberts used to live in Washington DC and worked for Biden. Biden initially denied paternity of the child, but a DNA test, conducted as part of a paternity suit filed in May 2019 by Roberts, confirmed paternity. The lawsuit was settled in March 2020 for an undisclosed amount. Hunter Biden filed a motion in September 2022 to reopen the case and reduce his child support payments, a request opposed by Roberts. He reportedly has no contact with the girl. Roberts responded by petitioning the Arkansas court to change the child's surname to Biden, so that his daughter might benefit from associations with Biden's family.

Biden married South African filmmaker Melissa Cohen in May 2019, within a week after first meeting her. Their son, Beau, was born in March 2020 in Los Angeles.

Drug and alcohol abuse
Biden has had a life-long struggle with drug and alcohol abuse and detailed his struggles in his memoir Beautiful Things. He believes his addiction can be linked back to trauma from the 1972 motor vehicle accident that killed his mother and sister. Over the past two decades, Biden has been in and out of rehabilitation, with long periods of sobriety followed by relapses. Following the death of his brother Beau, his addiction escalated, and he claims to have been "smoking crack every 15 minutes." A detailed analysis of Hunter Biden's hard drive by NBC News showed that Biden and his firm were paid $11 million from 2013 to 2018, and the funds fueled his addiction. In his autobiography Beautiful Things, he said that the money from Burisma "turned into a major enabler during my steepest skid into addiction" and "hounded me to spend recklessly, dangerously, destructively. Humiliatingly. So I did." In early 2019, he had an intervention.

Memoir
Biden released a memoir discussing the trauma of the accident that claimed the lives of his mother and sister and his later addiction struggles, titled Beautiful Things on April 6, 2021. In The New York Times, reviewer Elisabeth Egan described the book as "equal parts family saga, grief narrative and addict's howl."

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Dissorophidae es un grupo extinto de temnospóndilos que florecieron desde finales del período Carbonífero hasta finales del período Pérmico, distribuyéndose en lo que hoy es Norteamérica y Rusia. Estaban bien adaptados al medio terrestre, con desarrolladas y robustas extremidades, vértebras sólidas y una fila de placas a modo de armadura en la región dorsal.
Se ha sugerido que Dissorophoidea puede corresponder a los ancestros de los anuros o incluso de todos los lisanfibios, con formas intermedias representadas por géneros como Doleserpeton.

Taxonomía
Dissorophidae Boulenger, 1902
Alegeinosaurus
Arkanserpeton
Astreptorhachis
Brevidorsum
Ecolsonia
Fayella
Iratusaurus
Mordex
Platyhystrix
Georgenthalia
Eucacopinae Schoch & Sues, 2013
Aspidosaurus
Cacops
Conjunctio
Kamacops
Scapanops
Zygosaurus
Dissorophinae Boulenger, 1902
Broiliellus
Dissorophus

Referencias

Anderson, J. M. & Cruikshank A. R. I. (1978), The Biostratigraphy of the Permian and Triassic, Part 5, a review of the classification and distribution of Permo-Triassic Tetrapods. Paleontol. Afr. 21: 15-44.
Anderson, J. S. et al (2008) Georgenthalia clavinasica, A New Genus and Species of Dissorophoid Temnospondyl from the Early Permian of Germany, and the Relationships of the Family Amphibamidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:61–75.
Benton, M. J. (1993) The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
Carroll, R. L. (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co.
Milner, A.R. 1994, Late Triassic and Jurassic amphibians: fossil record and phylogeny, pp.5-22 in Fraser & Sues (eds.) In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Milner, A. R. (2003) Longiscitula houghae Demar, 1966 (Amphibia: Temnospondyli), a junior synonym of Dissorophus multicinctus Cope, 1895. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #4, pp. 941-944
Reisz, Robert, (no date), Biology 356 - Major Features of Vertebrate Evolution - The Origin of Tetrapods and Temnospondyls
Yates, A. M. & Warren, A. A. (2000) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 77-121.

Enlaces externos
Dissorophidae en Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Temnospondyli


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The causal-realist approach began with Menger who based all of his observations upon reality that was intimately tied to the price system.
Humans ceaselessly seek to remove unease. They consciously use means to attain their ends. Scarcity implies desirability and limitation. There are two types of goods and services. They are consumer goods or producer goods. Consumer goods directly serve human wants. Producer goods are natural resources, e.g. original land, capital goods, labor, and technology. Consumer and producer goods are determined by how they are used.
Time is a scarce good. Action demonstrates time preference. Humans prefer action in the present rather than in the future. Humans must subjectively value their choices while allocating scarce resources. They rank their preferences in ordinal, not cardinal, ways.
Menger solved the paradox of bread and diamonds, by deriving the law of diminishing marginal utility.
The first in a series of ten lectures, from Fundamentals of Economic Analysis: A Causal-Realist Approach.


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Cambridge trainers getting back in the groove
Racing Online - Horse Racing News - New Zealand Horse Racing News - Cambridge trainers getting back in the groove
by Joshua Smith
in New Zealand Horse Racing News
Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman is pleased to have horses trickling back into the stable after the month-long lockdown period and is taking positives from the late-season timing of the Covid-19 lockdown. With level 4 restrictions eased on Tuesday allowing horse training operations across the nation to commence once again, Forsman, who trains in partnership with Murray Baker, was busy managing horses coming back into training.
"It is great to have horses back in work," Forsman said. "If anything, we are lucky that it has happened at a relatively good time of year because a lot horses would generally be out having a rest now and come back in the next month or so to get prepared for spring racing. "It could have been a lot worse. It could have hit us in the height of summer. "You have to look at the positives, there is not much we can do about it, you just hope as an industry we can bounce back from this."
While New Zealand has enjoyed unseasonably warm weather deep into April, there is no doubt that winter won't be far away and as such the majority of horses entering stables this week are either young stock or winter gallopers. "I think people will just be getting a few in that need further education for the next month or so and a few that might get up early with our racing season tentatively scheduled to start in July," Forsman said. "Horses that will handle wet tracks will be coming back in the next week or so but a lot of horses will be left for another month and aim for spring and summer racing."
After the initial shock of New Zealand's total lockdown, Forsman made the most of his time off, spending quality time with his wife Sara and the couple's two young children Maija and Hugo. "It took a bit of getting used to," he said. "I suppose the nice thing was that the phone wasn't ringing, and it gave me a bit of time to relax and switch off. "It was nice to spend some time with the family and reflect. It was more about making the most of a tricky situation.
"I'm not much of a handyman so I wasn't painting or building treehouses. It was hard, I did a bit of home schooling which is tricky with a seven-year-old who thinks she knows everything. "We kept ourselves entertained. We had a few horses at the stable ticking over and going on the walker. "It was a good enough distraction for me, even though there wasn't a lot to do it was still good to go to the stable and take care of those few horses. It got me out of the house and kept me sane."
On Tuesday Baker and Forsman had 35 horses return to the stable, with farriers the busiest people in the yard, shoeing horses so that they could resume work on Wednesday morning. "A lot are young horses that needed education that they have missed out on over the last four or five weeks," Forsman said.
News that New Zealand Bloodstock Airfreight had successfully conducted an Auckland to Sydney flight on Tuesday morning was music to many industry participants ears and Forsman indicated that he was keen for successful Sydney Carnival raiders Quick Thinker and The Chosen One to return to New Zealand once flights became available. "They are spelling in New South Wales at present," Forsman said. "We will be looking at getting them back and into our system and resume their preparations from here and hopefully target Melbourne spring campaigns for both of them.
"Murray has had great success preparing horses in Cambridge and taking them to Australia so it is certainly no disadvantage to have them back here and prepare them. There is no reason to change a recipe that has worked so far."
Two mornings into the new normal, Forsman said social distancing measures were working well in the Cambridge stable. "You know you are off to a good start when most of the staff are there early and on time," he said. "Obviously everyone is keen to get back into it and we are looking forward to resuming racing."
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Festival fotografie je umělecká akce odehrávající se během jednoho či více dní, během nichž se koná řada výstav fotografů na různých místech ve stejném městě nebo regionu, v muzeích, galeriích, nebo na místech a v prostorech neobvyklých jako jsou například kostely, staré továrny, nebo venku. Některé prostory jsou otevřeny pro veřejnost pouze v průběhu festivalu. Kromě výstav se během akce konají tematické přednášky, diskuse, dílny nebo workshopy. Kromě toho festivaly mohou nabídnout i další doprovodné akce jako večerní projekce, semináře, autogramiády, debaty s odborníky, kritiky a fotografy o jejich práci a vystavených dílech. Večerní projekce fotografií mohou být doplněné koncertem nebo performancí.

Festivaly fotografie jsou obvykle organizovány na pevně stanovenou dobu (obvykle ročně) a obecně mají stanovený harmonogram.

Některé důležité festivaly

České země
 Funkeho Kolín
 Prague Biennale Photo
 Prague Photo
 Digiforum
 Fotograf Festival
 Fotofestival Moravská Třebová

Slovensko
 Měsíc fotografie Bratislava

Zahraničí
 Měsíc fotografie (Mois de la Photo), Paříž
 Rencontres d'Arles, Arles
 Festival Européen de la Photo de Nu, Arles
 Photoquai, Paříž
 Festival international de la photo animalière et de nature Montier-en-Der, Francie

 Visa pour l'image, Perpignan
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 Photokina, Kolín nad Rýnem

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FlowKit is the most recent addition, and probably the most useful. All of these are based off of the original FCM library.
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Police: Man killed roommate, then shot neighbor, paramedic
By David Warren and Claudia Lauer The Associated Press
Posted May 2, 2017 at 4:30 PM Updated May 2, 2017 at 4:30 PM
DALLAS — A 36-year-old man with a criminal history killed his roommate, shot his neighbor and opened fire on responding paramedics in a Dallas neighborhood during an attack that prompted police to barricade the area for hours, investigators said Tuesday.
Derick Lamont Brown was acting erratically at his home before he forced his 67-year-old roommate into a back room and fatally shot him Monday, said Randy Blankenbaker, Dallas' assistant police chief of investigations. The gunshots prompted a neighbor to go outside, where Brown shot him.
Armed with a semi-automatic rifle, Brown then fired at emergency responders trying to help his neighbor, critically wounding a paramedic, Blankenbaker said. Brown also fired at police officers, including one officer who sustained an injury to his calf, possibly from gunfire, the assistant chief said.
Officers exposed themselves to gunfire as they carried the injured paramedic into a squad car and rushed him to a hospital, the commander said. When Brown pointed his rifle at an approaching officer, another officer shot and injured Brown, who then retreated into his home, Blankenbaker said.
"All of these officers' actions are more than commendable. They should be considered heroic," Blankenbaker said during a news conference.
The paramedic, William An, and the neighbor, whose name hasn't been released, were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting was initially reported as a possible suicide, which added to the confusion as officers arrived, Blankenbaker said.
The attack prompted police to block access to the area until a police robot searched Brown's home. The robot found Brown and his roommate dead. Police believe Brown died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The paramedic underwent surgery Monday and was in critical but stable condition Tuesday at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said. Details about his injuries weren't released, though Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said Monday that the paramedic "is going to have to undergo extensive medical treatment to get him back up to par."
Evans said An is a 10-year veteran of Dallas Fire-Rescue and a married father of a 3-year-old child, with another child on the way.
Police didn't provide an update on the neighbor's condition Tuesday.
Blankenbaker said Brown's criminal history includes charges of aggravated assault, driving while intoxicated and illegal gun possession. Police said Brown was well-known by local, state and federal law enforcement because of his criminal history.
Brown also was a past leader of the New Black Panther Party in Dallas. He told The Dallas Morning News in 2004 that he wanted to empower people to stand up to the police, but that he wanted to stay away from the militant stereotype of the Black Panthers.
An FBI spokesman said the agency also was investigating Brown but declined to offer specifics.
Dozens of police vehicles swarmed the mostly residential area after the shooting was reported near a local Fire Training Academy. FBI agents and other federal officers also were in unmarked vehicles waiting at intersections in the neighborhood.
Several people from a nearby neighborhood and some relatives of people who live in the barricaded area gathered at a nearby gas station to await updates from police. Among them was 33-year-old Brenda Salazar, who told The Associated Press that her mother lived in the neighborhood and saw SWAT teams arrive Monday.
Salazar said she was headed to the area to visit her mother when she heard about the shooting on the radio. She called her mother, who told her she didn't hear any shooting but "saw the SWAT guys and police setting up and going into the neighborhood."
Salazar said her mother was OK and was watching the news, "but this stuff happens here all the time."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott released a statement saying his prayers were going out to all those affected.


Notes from the Dementia Ward is Finuala Dowling's third collection of verse following on the brilliant and popular I Flying and Doo-Wop Girls of the Universe. This new collection deals in part with the tragic-comic effects of the inexorable and distressing collapse into senility and the way in which memory and yearning come to the fore as a mix of poignancy and wit. The balance between the grim and the touchingly comic is delicately maintained and the subject is imbued with dignity and grace. The dementia poems are interlaced with wry, ironic and compassionate poems that are the hallmark of this remarkable poet.


This appears to be something we are seeing more and more of in the industry.
Adidas announced Wednesday that they are boycotting Australian wool and sheep that have been mulesed.
Mulesing is viewed as an unnecessary way of taking wool from sheep and adidas communicated this in a letter to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the United States declaring its position on the matter.
Fair play to adidas, they clearly have an agenda which appears to be addressing their production practices and appeal to consumers and their inner desire to do good. Only recently did they announce the grun collection which aims to better the environment by efficiently utilizing the natural resources of this world.
Now a worldwide consumer movement, as they (consumers) demand brands to be transparent and to offer clarity on their stance on certain issues. The sporting goods industry appear to be taking this as a real top of agenda item, reacting fast and with real purpose. Yes, consumers still and will always demand value but they also want a brand 'with' values – values that they can relate to in every sense of the word.


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TEKNCOAT Products, manufactured under ISO 9001-2008 Quality assurance procedures, have proven to be highly effective water proofing and insulation systems for application in different areas.
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