So we create a text file and add that two torrent links. Try generating the hash using windows and see if you are getting the same result. The Storage panel provides an iTunes-like overview of how disk space is being used by each attached volume and partition, providing a link to Disk Utility. After the installation disk boots up, the first thing you should do is run Disk Utility and format the hard drive. I shut down the computer as soon as I realized what the rm command was doing. Starcomobi-The reason why you cannot extract files using winrar or magic iso is because the apple disk image format is different then the one used by windows.
It won't boot, because it's not a server installation. Retail 1085 Iso Torrent vmware fusion 7 torrent mac windows. Download and uncompress the nvram file. The Storage panel provides an iTunes-like overview of how disk space is being used by each attached volume and partition, providing a link to Disk Utility. Is there any way to make a bootable usb drive with this iso? I was wondering if i were to download this torrent on my macbook pro 2011 if i would receive updates for Mountain Lion? When done, Quit to return to the installer. Then I did the same hash scan on a mac in terminal using the openssl sha1 command and got a whole different hash! Follow steps in video and file in that folder 2.
Once that is finished, you can eject the BaseSystem image, it is no longer needed. Jan 14, 2014 · Unlimited recording storage space. This is completely optional, you can skip this step if you don't have one. To learn more, please click here. I think you already watched! Finally, a Service panel provides links to AppleCare for checking warranty coverage status and other options for service and repair, along with a link selling an extended AppleCare agreement.
All I see is a folder icon with a question mark in it. The disk format is not visible to windows. Google punish if we add torrent links on blogger blogs. There is another way of taking your files off a computer with a os that doesn't boot. If you have anymore questions feel free to ask. Jan 14, 2014 · Unlimited recording storage space.
I will try to figure out the cause but if anyone has any clue to why this might be happening please post! Here is a link to an excellent guide on how to do so. It will require a dual layer dvd to burn! The 'Restore' feature in Disk Utility works great for this. Unallocated and Free space in My System Black is Unallocated space. Step 2: Mount the Lion installer image. We installed it on our Lenovo 2nd Generation Notebook Z570.
Both installer images can be ejected. You can always update it within the system. In the meanwhile do hash checks using the windows utility. I hope that clears up a lot of confusion. The Pci or Scsi numbers will be different.
For all those who are seeing the torrent downloaded as corrupted can you please elaborate in fine detail as to how the file is corrupted. A wide range of new features is introduced including the compatibility of Google Contacts Synchronization, Launchpad, Voiceover and much more. A Displays panel details the current video interface and settings, providing a link to the Display panel in System Preferences. Copy and paste it on address bar. Instead of putting it on a cd could i put it on a usb flash drive? A lot of tweaks and other modifications must be done. Just open the image and double click on the installer.
Since Mac Lion is introduced, it is continuously improving in the terms of stability, compatibility, and security. As soon as you see the vmware splash screen, hit the escape key. Now it doesn't boot up. Step 3: Mount the Base System image. Retail 1085 Iso Torrent vmware fusion 7 torrent mac windows. Now, want to give a try to install it in the harddisk partition as dual boot system with Windows 8.
Mountain Lion is 64 bit only so macs that require 32 bit video graphics drivers will not work! The system checks for the existence of a file in a specific location; you can imitate a server installation simply by creating that file. This operating system was made available for the general public on 25th July 2012. Search online forums for help. Leverage Deep Learning to Stop Ransomware. Unless you custom built your computer with parts that work with mac systems 100% good luck. There is no reason to do so because who knows what may happen. Mac Os X Mountain Lion 1085 Torrent igel visio shapes serial number for adobe illustrator cs3 intuit payroll.
If you have Leopard or earlier then you can only do a clean install, that's if your hardware can run Mountain Lion! You can also which was released after Mountain Lion. But you do not need to because you can put either of these onto a usb drive through disk utility with no problems. The only one available had its boot sector stripped so it could fit onto a 4. I hope that answers your question. And even with all the work to make it functional it may still never work properly.


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Q: How to get my Python Morse code-decoder to separate after a word has been translated? When I get my decoder to run I can translate a word from Morse to normal but if I use more than one word it doesn't separate the words, how do I separate the words? Here is my code:
code_dict =  {'.-...': '&', '--..--': ',', '....-': '4', '.....': '5',
     '...---...': 'SOS', '-...': 'B', '-..-': 'X', '.-.': 'R',
     '.--': 'W', '..---': '2', '.-': 'A', '..': 'I', '..-.': 'F',
     '.': 'E', '.-..': 'L', '...': 'S', '..-': 'U', '..--..': '?',
     '.----': '1', '-.-': 'K', '-..': 'D', '-....': '6', '-...-': '=',
     '---': 'O', '.--.': 'P', '.-.-.-': '.', '--': 'M', '-.': 'N',
     '....': 'H', '.----.': "'", '...-': 'V', '--...': '7', '-.-.-.': ';',
     '-....-': '-', '..--.-': '_', '-.--.-': ')', '-.-.--': '!', '--.': 'G',
     '--.-': 'Q', '--..': 'Z', '-..-.': '/', '.-.-.': '+', '-.-.': 'C', '---...': ':',
     '-.--': 'Y', '-': 'T', '.--.-.': '@', '...-..-': '$', '.---': 'J', '-----': '0',
     '----.': '9', '.-..-.': '"', '-.--.': '(', '---..': '8', '...--': '3'
     }

def decodeMorse(morseCode):
    results = []
    for item in morseCode.split(' '):
        results.append(code_dict.get(item))
    results = ''.join(results)
    return results.lower()

morseCode = input('Message: ')
print(decodeMorse(morseCode))

Edit:
hello my name is, is:
.... . .-.. .-.. ---  -- -.--  -. .- -- .  .. ...

when I run the decoder it gives me hellomynameis, I would like it to give me hello my name is

A: Your example made it not possible. You are not giving any other separator than a space in the input and so you are not able to divide words in any way.
Your solution is to give your input a word separator (for example   (double space), then split with .split("  ") and loop tru words).
Other solution might be nltk library, which might have some special functions for that - but here I'm just guessing.

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ChiSoxCollector.com's Doug Ennis Was The Kid Who Never Forgot Kind Players
October 27, 2016 July 13, 2012 by Tom Owens
Visiting the outfield visage
of Billy Pierce in Chicago.
(Photo courtesy of Doug Ennis)
Do you like who you collect?
I love the reason Doug Ennis chose to become a White Sox fan and a team collector. Major Leaguers, take note. Meanwhile, thanks to Doug, who shares a fun, informative e-interview:
Q: Being a team collector, people want to know…does he live in Chicago area, past or present?
A: Believe it or not, but I have never lived in the Chicago area. I grew up in Southern California, fairly close to Anaheim. Starting at the age of 12 or so, I attended lots of Angels games (and few Dodgers games) with my father. After a while, he encouraged me to bring baseball cards to the games to try to get autographed during batting practice. I ended up having a passion for autographs, and I soon graduated to hanging out before and after games to get autographs as the players arrived and departed from the stadium.
That soon led to hanging out at team hotels, etc. During my first couple of years getting autographs, the White Sox players were by far the nicest to me, and I started rooting for them. Here it is approximately 21 years later, and I'm now a die-hard ChiSox fan and collector. All because they were nice to me when I was a kid. Particularly Frank Thomas, who is my favorite player to this day.
Q: What are the pros and cons of being a team collector if that city? (For instance, I could find you better deals on ChiSox stuff here in Iowa than what you'd find closer to Chicago.)
A: Since I don't live in Chicago, I can't really answer the question as intended. But I can say that being a White Sox fan in Florida isn't a lot of fun. I don't know of any other Sox fans in my area, so I have nobody to share my fandom with. The only benefit that came from living in Florida was being able to attend the playoff games against the Rays in 2008.
Q: First ever ChiSox autograph, in person or by mail?
A: My first ChiSox autograph also happened to be my first autograph, period. It was from third-string White Sox catcher Matt Merullo, some time during the 1991 season. Unfortunately, I can't remember the actual experience. I recently wrote a letter to Merullo, and told him that he was my first autograph, and that the friendliness of Sox players such as himself is the reason I'm a die-hard fan to this day. He wrote me a really nice note, saying how cool it was that he was my first autograph.
Q: How long have you collected White Sox autographs? What have you learned in the journey?
A: As stated above, I've collected Sox autographs for approximately 21 years. It was about 5 years ago that I decided to streamline my collection and focus solely on the White Sox. Prior to that I collected everything, including all 4 major sports and also actors and musicians. Living in SoCal I had decent access to Hollywood. Eventually I learned that the Sox stuff brought me the most joy, and I could really expand my collection by focusing strictly on the Sox. It was a great decision for me, and my collection is MUCH better than it would have been had I continued collecting everything.
Q: I agree that Billy Pierce is a prince among White Sox signers. What former Pale Hosers have sent you extras TTM (bonus inscriptions, extras, even a note or letter)?
Custom by
Doug Ennis!
A: I have received extras in one form or another from Virgil Trucks, Matt Merullo, Billy Pierce, Jim Landis, and I'm sure a few others. The best extra I ever received was from Bob Shaw. One day I received a large manilla envelope with a return address for Mr. Shaw. Out of the blue he had sent me a Photofile 8×10, signed, personalized, and inscribed. He was already a favorite of mine, and this just showed why.
Q: What's been your experiences graphing the White Sox in person, at either old Comiskey, the new ballpark or spring training?
A: Unfortunately, I have never graphed the Sox at their stadium in Chicago. Not unless you count autograph events like Picnic in the Park, or the former players that show up in the Scouts Seat lounge. I did go to Arizona last spring (2011) and spent 5 days graphing the Sox spring training site. I have to say, it was probably the best graphing experience of my life. With a few exceptions (Guillen, Cora, Vizquel, Buehrle, Rios), every player signed just about every day. Also, I had designed a panoramic showcasing what promised to be a great pitching staff (Buehrle, Danks, Floyd, Peavy, Jackson). Three of the pitchers were very complimentary of the piece, asking if they could have one for themselves.
Q: Have you sought TTM White Sox-related autographs of off-the-field names, people like organist Nancy Faust or Disco Demolition's Mike Veeck? What do you ask the to sign? Have you made custom cards?
A: The only off field autographs I have obtained TTM are from Nancy Faust. She has signed several cards for me. She was in several of the Coke seats in the mid-late 80s. I also had her sign the US Cellular Field card in the 2010 Upper Deck set (for my all-time UD project), as she was the first person I thought of when I thought of the Sox home stadium. I would like to get groundskeeper Roger Bossard at some point, but I'm not sure what to have him sign. Maybe I will design a custom card.
Q: Specific future goals for autograph collecting?
A: My main project is to get every Upper Deck White Sox base card autographed. Upper Deck produced base sets from 1989 – 2010, totaling 529 Sox cards. I would say I'm about 75% of the way there.
Follow Doug's progress on his website:
www.ChiSoxcollector.com
Coming Monday: My advice for breaking a TTM slump.
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Pitcher Ray Herbert Shines As Storyteller
October 27, 2016 April 21, 2011 by Tom Owens
"Pitch count?!? I went
9 innings in my first start.
It didnt matter if you threw
100 or 200 pitches. Just
get them out and win!"
He offered. I accepted.
Ray Herbert jotted just a few lines on his reply. However, he added his telephone number, saying, "Call if you want."
I'm delighted I did.
I felt like Ray's catcher. I asked for details about one of countless important dates in his career. He did the rest.
I chose September 26, 1962. Exactly one year earlier, he homered against the Red Sox. Same team. Same date. Same result!
I asked Ray Herbert about Sept. 26, 1962, when he registered a complete-game victory against the BoSox in Fenway, 9-3. "That was my 19th win."
I paused. "I'm impressed you'd remember the number."
Herbert: "You don't forget a thing like that."
Herbert: "It was the 9th inning. Jim Landis our leadoff hitter handed me a bat. They'd do things like that to give pitchers a break. I said to Jim, 'It's September. A new rookie. He doesn't know me. He doesn't know if I'm a hitter. He's going to throw me a fastball down the middle, and I'm going to hit it onto the roof.'
"He did, then I did."
Herbert remains bemused by his 38-inning scoreless streak in 1963. "I didn't really think about it. Every game is a new game. You just want to go out and win."
I wanted to know about his baseball cards. "Topps never sent us any. We'd never see one, unless something gave us one to sign at the ballpark. I think we got about $125 for appearing on a card."
What was fan mail like during the 1950s?
"There really wasn't any. There wasn't TV like today, so fans didn't know that much about us. If they wanted an autograph, they'd come to the ballpark."
Today's fan mail is a different story.
"I read it all and sign for everyone," Herbert said. "It is an honor to be asked for an autograph."
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Tom Owens has been collecting baseball autographs by mail since 1972 (thanks to "Bullet" Bob Veale). As "Thomas S. Owens," he's written more than 50 books, many about sports or collectibles. Write to Tom at: BaseballByTheLetters [at] gmail [dot] com.
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If we could change her in any way-we would not. Down syndrome became a part of our family in June of 2011 and we have all been forever changed and blessed.
What an amazing ministry! We reached out to ask what we could do to help. We have always been saddened by the abortion rate, but even more saddened by the abortion rate of children with Down syndrome. If only people really understood what Down syndrome really looked like, things just might be different.
Statistically, every 20 seconds in America, an innocent child loses their life at the hands of an Abortionist.
Abortion will NOT be stopped at the voting booth and history has shown this time after time. It will take local grassroots movements from God's people in every city across the country. We as Christians can no longer feel satisfied simply voting Pro- Life, we must live Pro-Life.
Every20seconds.org is not a protest group. It is a rally cry for the church to stand up and love outside the walls.
God clearly defines his love for children in the Bible, and now we have to ask ourselves, what is the life of a child worth to us?
It only takes a few to make a big difference.
and doing all the things other toddlers do.
"Congratulations, you are one of the lucky ones. You are about to experience the most amazing journey that only a parent of a child with Down syndrome gets to experience."


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The technology makes it impossible for hackers to corrupt the data and impart an enhanced authentication and outbreak control. It has the potential to deliver cross-platform interoperability and manage a stable running of million connected devices on numerous platforms by creating a standard machine-to-machine contract. IoT devices can use blockchain technology such as Ethereum, a distributed computing platform to build a common platform for communication and transactions.
The blockchain is a robust technology today that has increased people's trust by offering reliable and safe solutions. This robust technology can help enterprises to achieve their multiple business goals involving less cost as it has numerous open source possibility.
Integrating Blockchain with IoT makes its easier for enterprises to execute confidentiality and robustness — a critical element that guarantees well-grounded connections and secures the many IoT connected devices network.
Blockchain technology primarily consists of three essential elements: security, encryption, and agreement. These three aspects running together will upshot allied network streamline and detailed data at every single time. Therefore, by creating such unbreakable network security, blockchain can provide a firm foundation for IoT enabled reliable interconnection, thereby reducing the threats that compromise central server models to a great extent.
According to the most recent news published on Global Trade Review, Skuchain, a blockchain technology startup partnered with NTT Data to bring blockchain's benefits in supply chain and logistics management. According to the report, both of them are facilitating companies in Japan to use supply chain platform to offer inventory financing offered through the blockchain platform. IoT allows manufacturers to scan products on a collective basis, using smartphones. The implication of blockchain technology helps manufacturers to track their products at every point of the supply chain. The users can follow and trace products. Merging blockchain with IoT helped Skuchain to reduce their stock wastage, increase their efficiency, speed and better control over their supply chains.
Merging blockchain and IoT can spot the missing link emerging from accuracy and confidentiality concerns on the Internet of Things. It ensures all the data or information of billion devices are safely recorded and allow IoT devices to communicate securely.
Blockchain in future is more likely to underpin our economy with M2M interactions. For example, the smart refrigerator will know when it's time to be replenished and automatically place an order, negotiate the price and pay for the items using virtual currency. Also, it can negotiate the price through smart contracts and considers the owner's preference while doing that.
Blockchain technology is expected to fulfill the requirements of the IoT based enterprises and become an enormous technology supporting Internet of Things.


If you have ever taken a serious interest in sustainable agriculture practices, then you have encountered the work of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University.
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University was created to identify and develop new ways to farm profitably while conserving natural resources as well as reducing negative environmental and social impacts. The Center's work focuses on four initiatives: ecology, marketing and food systems, policy, and cross-cutting. Funding comes from state appropriations and from fees on nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides, as established by the 1987 Iowa Groundwater Protection Act.
The Center was named in honor of Aldo Leopold, a name worth knowing if it does not ring a bell.
A little bit of background: the Leopold Center was established in 1987 by Iowa's Groundwater Protection Act. This law passed as the farm crisis of the 1980's was raging (it is estimated that nearly one-third of the state's farms went out of business) and there was growing recognition of the problems associated with soil degradation and water pollution. Forward-thinking Iowa legislators came up with a funding stream – a small fertilizer and pesticide tax that generates several million dollars a year – to be dedicated to research on alternatives that offset the economic and environmental impacts of agriculture.
The resulting funding stream launched several important research enterprises—for example, a center studying health effects of environmental contaminants at the University of Iowa, long-term agricultural research sites across the state, as well as the Leopold Center, which is based at Iowa State University. Since that time, the Leopold Center's competitive grants program has funded research that benefits both rural and urban constituents, with projects that range from local food infrastructure to crop diversification to beginner farmer programs. Many of the innovative topics the Center has investigated are now widely accepted largely thanks to its efforts, so it's important to recognize how critical this type of rare funding support is for encouraging and spreading transformative ideas.
The Leopold Center costs the taxpayers of Iowa next to nothing: $400,000 a year is its current state funding level. But, of course, Republicans in the Legislature decided to eliminate its funding, in the interest of reducing budget shortfalls created by Republican tax cuts and falling farm revenues.
In April, the Iowa State legislature announced that as part of proposed cuts—many aimed at education—to fix a $118 million budget shortfall, it would eliminate the Leopold Center's funding, causing it to shut down almost immediately. The move was surprising, since the center's two main sources of funding—about $1.5 million from a tax on nitrogen fertilizer and $400,000 from the Iowa Board of Regents—had essentially been on autopilot for three decades, and the center was given no warning of an impending change. The budget is now awaiting Governor Terry Branstad's signature.
The justifications given by the Republican lawmakers are manure.
An Iowa state representative this week in an interview claimed: "A lot of people felt that the mission for sustainable agriculture that [the Leopold Center] undertook, that they have completed that mission." The same lawmaker also claimed that sustainable agriculture research at Iowa State can continue, but through other channels. These comments either suggest an utter lack of understanding around the reality of sustainable agriculture, or otherwise reveal the politics fueling these budget bills.
The agriculture and natural resources committee budget bill directs the Leopold Center to shut its doors this summer, and directs their funds to another center at Iowa State University. The other center does not currently have a track record of transparently administering research dollars, and has a far narrower scope than the current vision of the Leopold Center.
For Republicans, it is a superfecta.
First, they get to eliminate funding from an iconic center with a record of research success and complete transparency in administration of research funding. It kills a "trendsetter" in sustainable agriculture.
Ferd Hoefner, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
Second, they get to divert that money to another center at Iowa State with a narrow focus (less inconvenient to large scale industrial practices) and no track record of transparency. Despite using the budget "crisis" as a pretext, the net savings to the taxpayers will be zero. Typical Republican smoke and mirrors.
Iowa Sen. Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, an Iowa State University alum, said he and his fellow legislators are still looking at proposed budgets and will "make the best decision we can."
"It's important for us to have a balanced budget and that requires us making some tough decisions and make cuts. I love Iowa State, but we do have to make good decisions for the entire state," he said.
Third, they can eliminate that pesky tax on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides that provided the bulk of funding to the Leopold Center. Since the Leopold Center cannot exist without the state funding for occupying space at Iowa State University, there is no reason to continue the tax on unsustainable and environmentally irresponsible agricultural practices without it. I would not be shocked if they transfer the tax money on synthetic fertilizers (natural gas as feedstock) and pesticides to a university center more sympathetic to Big Ag. Maybe that is just my cynical take on the matter.
Fourth, the Leopold Center's research and educational efforts benefit many smaller organic and transitional farms across the state and nation. Sustainable agricultural research has been chronically underfunded and killing off the Leopold Center will only make that situation worse.
And last, but never far from the minds of Trump era Republicans, it makes it more difficult to conduct empirical studies of environmental impacts using taxpayer money at a prominent government institution. They don't need no stinking environmental science to make their corporate overlords sad.
By the way, Iowa is prominently mentioned as a site for a new ammonia fertilizer plant as the industry looks to expand with low natural gas costs. Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers carry two large greenhouse gas impacts — carbon dioxide emissions during production and nitrous oxide emissions from the soil when nitrogen levels exceed plant needs. Nitrous oxide is 300 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and emissions rise exponentially with the amount of unfixed nitrogen in the soil.


Nissan joins the hybrid vehicle market in Australia with a vehicle quite suitable for a hybrid power source - a large SUV.
Offered in either two- or four-wheel drive, the new generation Nissan Pathfinder is now available in a hybrid version in addition to a petrol-fuelled variant. A diesel engine is no longer offered.
The test car was the Nissan Pathfinder ST-L Hybrid. Our drive car, the mid-spec model was equipped with four-wheel drive and the hybrid power source. The starting price for this version (without options) is from $57,490*.
The test car was fitted with an option pack (at $2,100*) that included 'around view', satellite navigation and enhancements to the audio system and for the 'connectivity' of the car. Premium paint was part of the presentation too, this being an option (at $495*).
The Nissan Pathfinder comes along in three trim levels - ST, ST-L and Ti - each with a petrol-fuelled 3.5 litre V6 with all versions available in either two-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
A hybrid model comes in 2WD in ST trim and as a AWD in ST-L and Ti guise. The hybrid has a 2.5 litre supercharged petrol-fuelled four-cylinder engine and a 15kW electric motor.
Prices* start from a very reasonable $39,990* for the 2WD 3.5 litre Pathfinder ST, whilst the AWD version of the 3.5 litre V6 ST commence from $44,490* (another good starting price). The ST Hybrid with 2WD is priced from $42,990*.
ST-L V6 prices* begin at $50,490* and $54,990* (2WD and AWD respectively). The ST-L Hybrid AWD is priced from $57,490*.
Top of the line Pathfinder Ti models are offered from $60,990* (Ti AWD 3.5 litre), $65,090* (Ti AWD 3.5 V6) and $68,090* (Ti AWD Hybrid).
Hence, a good selection of models is available covering a staggering price range from $39,990* to $68,090*.
A big car usually has a nice ride on offer and we found that that was certainly the case with this latest generation Pathfinder.
We were impressed by the smooth performance provided by the hybrid power supply. Likewise, the quiet cabin was a satisfying environment with plenty of space.
We managed to get onto plenty of "B" and "C" roads during our drive time. The twists and turns in hilly territory plus the typical rough edges and patched up surfaces of Victoria's C roads remained comfortable. On freeways and modern day highways this Nissan Pathfinder was a very pleasing piece of machinery. The hybrid wasn't complicated and, in my opinion, any fear or hesitation with choosing a hybrid belongs in the past. If you weren't told that this car was a hybrid then you probably would believe it to be a nicely presented large SUV that has admirable driving qualities with pleasing performance.
So, clearly, the Nissan Pathfinder in its new generation is well suited to playing the part of a nice SUV of the larger variety. It has lost its tough off-roading 4x4 'character'.
We drove 419 kilometres in and around Melbourne, the Yarra Valley and West Gippsland to give the car a good run!
Pathfinder ST-L Hybrid is an all-wheel drive SUV. The combined power is a maximum of 188kW at 5,600rpm and there is a maximum of 330Nm of torque at 3,600rpm.
A CVT automatic transmission is standard and it operates quite well. It's just another one of the factors that made the test car a pleasing drive.
Independent suspension is fitted at each wheel.
Brakes are discs all around and the parking brake is a love it or hate it foot-operated device.
Eighteen inch alloy wheels are standard for the ST-L AWD Hybrid. The spare wheel is the space-saver type.
The fuel consumption rating for this hybrid SUV is 8.5 litres per 100 kilometres (combined cycle). This compares favourably with the 10.2 rating of the ST-L AWD petrol model if you clock up a good few kilometres each year.
The fuel tank capacity is 73 litres.
Six airbags and a reversing camera are included with the Pathfinder ST-L Hybrid.
The 'around view' system, which is part of an optional pack, is an interesting device because of the view around the close vicinity of the car. This is especially handy for those who make a habit of parking in particularly tight parking spaces. Of course, this device cannot determine when a 'moving target' is close so it is essential that the driver maintains a very close eye on the surroundings. The system does not see hip high pipes mounted on walls or overhanging bushes as the cameras are mounted to gain a view of the ground only - a great device though, it is much more than a novelty!
Tare weight: 2,073 kg (approx).
An appropriately equipped Pathfinder Hybrid can tow 1,650kg (trailer and its load).
Nissan covers the Pathfinder Hybrid with a 3 year/100,000 kilometre warranty (conditions apply).
Roadside assistance is there for the warranty period too (conditions apply).
Capped price servicing is available at Nissan dealers (again, conditions apply).
The conservatively styled Nissan Pathfinder ST-L Hybrid with the options as per the test car is a well equipped and particularly pleasing SUV. Make no mistake though, it is a big car but it has the qualities that are admired in such vehicles - plenty of room and good ride qualities.
Nissan's repositioning of the new generation Pathfinder to take advantage of the continuing boom in SUV sales is a good move. There being a greater demand for SUVs than 4x4 wagons means Nissan has a product to please more people - and that's what it is all about.


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Q: Retrieving value when partial key is given in dictionary I have a question in Python where we have input of first name of the employee, last name of the employee and his/her phone number.
We have to make a directory where the number of all the employee having common name should be generated if we give either the first name, last name, or both.
E.g. Given name of the employee as John the program must print phone numbers of John Paul and Michel John.
d = {}
a = int(input('the total number of employees in the company:'))

for i in range(0, a):
    x = input('first name of the employee:')
    y = input('the last name of the employee:')
    z = int(input('the phone number of the employee:'))
    d2 = {x: z, y: z}
    d.update(d2)

b = input('the partial or the full name of the employee you need the phone number of:')
print(d[b])

I could find the error in my code (when the dictionary is updated in case of common name instead of creating a new entry hence only one number (last entry) is displayed in case of common entry).

A: Just iterate over the dict keys and get the corresponding value of a key where the given input resides in.
print([d[i] for i in d if b in i])

Example:
>>> d = {'John paul': 'foo', 'Michael John': 'bar'}

>>> b = 'John'
>>> [d[i] for i in d if b in i]
['bar', 'foo']

>>> b = 'jOhN'
>>> [d[i] for i in d if b.lower() in i.lower()]
['bar', 'foo']

A: If you want to gain speed with dict, you can use two dicts to perform this task. The first dict is a mapping from full name to phone number, and the second one is a mapping from common name to a list of full names.
>>> phones = {'John Paul': '12345', 'Michael John': '54321'}
>>> names = {'John': ['John Paul', 'Michael John'],
...          'Paul': ['John Paul'],
...          'Michael': ['Michael John']}
>>> def get_phones(common_name):
...     for full_name in names[common_name]:
...         yield full_name, phones[full_name]
...
>>> list(get_phones('John'))
[('John Paul', '12345'), ('Michael John', '54321')]

The insertion of new recode is similar to this:
def insert_phone(full_name, phone):
    for common_name in full_name.split():
        if common_name not in names: names[common_name] = []
        names[common_name].append(full_name)
    phones[full_name] = phone

A: I reworked example a little:
d = {}
st = ''
a = int(input('the total number of employees in the company:'))

for i in range(0, a):
    d[i]['firstname'] = input('first name of the employee:')
    d[i]['lastname'] = input('the last name of the employee:')
    d[i]['phone'] = input('the phone number of the employee:')

b = input('the partial or the full name of the employee you need the phone number of:')
for k, v in d.items():
    for k1, v1 in v.items():
        if b in v1:
            st += ' '.join([v['firstname'], v['lastname'], v['phone'], '\n'])
print(st)

>>> d[0] = {'firstname': 'alex', 'lastname': 'brooke', 'phone': '22234'}
>>> d[1] = {'firstname': 'kelvin', 'lastname': 'mario', 'phone': '22333'}
>>> d[2] = {'firstname': 'kelvin', 'lastname': 'santa', 'phone': '233989'}
>>> b = 'kelvin'
>>> print(st)
kelvin mario 22333
kelvin santa 233989


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Earlier today, Pinterest made a major announcement, which will allow brands to convert their current Pinterest pages to Business Pages.
At Curalate, we're extremely excited about this, as it provides a major endorsement for all of the brands that have been building out their Pinterest profiles and engaging with the Pinterest community. This type of change, although minor at first, shows a commitment to brands in the Pinterest ecosystem. As Apu Gupta, Curalate's CEO, mentions in the AdAge article, "It does point in the direction of Pinterest becoming incredibly business-friendly." For now, Business Pages are identical to regular Pinterest pages. The only immediate change? A much more streamlined process for brands that haven't verified their website on Pinterest. Below, we reveal how to convert your Pinterest page to a Business Page.
Log in and enter your contact information. Note that you're able to select your "Business Type," which can be changed at anytime.
If you already have a profile, the "Profile Info" should already be filled out. If needed, feel free to edit the information accordingly.
Agree to Pinterest's new Business TOS, which makes it even clearer that Pinterest is now "open for business." More details on the new "Business" TOS can be found here.
You've now successfully converted your account to a Business Page!
Finally, Pinterest has launched a Pinterest for Business resource section, aiming to "help your business get the most out of Pinterest." It's amazing to see Curalate clients featured in this section! These best practices are concepts that Curalate can help you power, today. Get in touch with a brand strategist to discuss how we can help drive these strategies and maximize your efforts on Pinterest.


See also Using the Device Monitor Light - Instructors.
If applicable, also see Using the light with the Pod or Pro appliance.
The Echo360 Device Service must be used instead in order for the device monitor to run as a service. See Using the Device Monitor Software as a Service for additional information.
The Delcom USB HID Visual Signal Indicator light functions not only as a capture status indicator, but also as an "Easy Button" to start, pause, and stop ad hoc captures. Note that this feature can be disabled in the Device Monitor Configuration. It is enabled by default.
Whenever the light is used to initiate a capture, the settings configured for the light are used to define the title, duration, and inputs for the capture, as well as the section to which it will be published (if configured).
To Start an ad hoc capture: Press and hold the light for two seconds or until it turns yellow. The device will turn Red when recording begins.
To Pause a Capture: Tap or press the light briefly; it will flash yellow to indicate a paused capture.
To Resume a paused Capture: Tap or press the light briefly; it will turn red again to indicate the capture has resumed.
To Stop a Capture: Press and hold the light for two seconds or until it begins to flash green. When the capture processing is complete, the light will turn off.
The "light indicators" listed above are based on the default Device Monitor Configuration settings. If you changed these settings, apply those changes to the above instructions.
If you changed the default LED configurations, communicate those specifics to the instructors.
You can use the device monitor light to Pause, Resume, and Stop any capture (scheduled or ad hoc), as well as initiate a new ad hoc capture. As an admin, you can also turn these control features off.
You cannot Extend a Capture using the light. You must use the System Tray menu. See the instructions that follow.
If using the light with the Pod or Pro, you can only pause or resume a capture. In addition, the color/flash indicators use the default setting. See Using the Delcom with a Pro or Pod appliance for additional information on the functional limitations.
To Extend a capture already in progress (either ad hoc or scheduled) with the device monitor, you must use the System Tray menu. Be advised, however, that if there is a subsequent capture scheduled for the room, you cannot extend the current capture beyond the starting time of the next scheduled capture for that room.
Open the System Tray menu and select Extend Capture.
Enter the amount of time you want to extend the current capture. This duration is added to the existing capture. For example, if the original duration was set to 45 minutes, enter 15 into this dialog box to make the capture 1 hour.
The capture will continue for the configured extension or until you manually stop the capture.
System Tray Menu Capture Control Can Be Used In Lieu of Light: The above instructions for Extending a capture can also be used to Start, Pause, Resume, and Stop a capture if you prefer to use the System Tray menu, if pressing the Device Monitor light does not work or when using a Kuando light.


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He is a Professor of Communication Studies with Keiser University where he teaches Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication courses. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations from the University of Florida and a Master's degree in Communication Studies from Florida Atlantic University.
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A small market at the bottom end of Boulevard Saint Germain selling food and some quality and stylish clothes and accessories.
A renowned food market, Monge is an open-air market with an almost village-like atmosphere. On offer is fresh produce of good quality and if you get there early enough, the stands offer fresh expressos and hot chocolate.
Closest metro station: Place Monge.


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The recent international event "Prophetic Economy," has succeeded in bringing together diverse protagonists of change in the world, using different approaches to a common goal so as to improve the status quo, through a dynamic exchange of good practices – including outstanding contributions from the younger participants.
500 "Prophetic Economy" participants from 40 countries and all five continents were gathered from November 2 to 4 at the International Mariapolis Center, in CastelGandolfo, near Rome, Italy.
The event facilitated interactive and intergenerational exchange through a program of inspiring contributions, work groups and creative workshops.
Although it started as an international platform of encounter, exchange and encouragement, the event went far beyond the limits of mere networking, to become a driving force of energy and commitment for initiatives and actions at local, regional and international levels.
Diversity characterized those who came: economists, ecological activists, experts from the financial sector, students, entrepreneurs, people from a variety of different cultural and religious backgrounds, and from a wide age range – the youngest being only 9 years old! The younger participants were protagonists both in age-specific sessions involving interaction with experts in the fields of economy and ecology, and in cross-generational panels, contributing their own distinctive questions, proposals and life experiences.
A significant element during this event was the space given to those living in situations of poverty or social exclusion to make their own voice heard.
The challenge launched by this event is to invent new ways of collaboration, in order to be stronger and more creative in efforts to change over to lifestyles based on a more sharing, more just and more sustainable economy.
to campaign for a new subject in the school curriculum to teach the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations.
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Home Criminal Justice The policy idea BLM activists and cops agree on
The policy idea BLM activists and cops agree on
Activists say sending the cops is dangerous, cops say they aren't equipped to help, so why are we still sending police to mental health crises?
Henry Redman
Many contacts with police involve someone with a mental or substance use disorder. Photo by Neil Moralee | Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The role of the police in our society has been under a microscope since the killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department in May. Local Policing is an ongoing series analyzing the culture, tactics and actions of departments big and small across Wisconsin. If you have a story to share about your local police, reach out to reporters Isiah Holmes and Henry Redman.
More than two months since the beginning of a national reckoning over criminal justice and policing, it sometimes seems as though advocates from every side of the debate have settled into their respective corners.
After some initial progress on policies such as removing cops from schools and shifting municipal budget priorities — the debate in Wisconsin has slowed as activists continue to march in the streets and legislative leaders continue to say action won't come until at least the fall.
But there is a policy idea that has the potential to gain traction among cops and Black Lives Matter activists alike — getting the police out of the business of responding to mental health crises.
For activists, armed officers responding to people experiencing a mental health crisis is a recipe for disaster. Since 2015, 5,480 people have been shot and killed by police and 22% of them — 1,226 — were in a mental health crisis, according to a Washington Post database of fatal police shootings.
"We absolutely think that dealing with, responding to and supporting people who are experiencing mental health crises or unwellness should in no circumstances be dealt with by policing," M Adams, co-executive director of Freedom Inc., says. "It's antithetical to standard mental health recommendations. They are licensed to kill, they are sanctioned by the state to be able to carry out murder, death, bodily harm. None of the things I just named are good for mental health crises."
The police come at this issue from a different angle, but by no means do they completely disagree.
For the cops, responding to mental health calls is stressful, time consuming and expensive. These mental health calls have become increasingly common as treatment resources have dwindled. Officers regularly escort people in the throws of a crisis to a single in-patient mental hospital near Oshkosh — regardless of where they're coming from. This can take an officer off patrol for up to 12 hours, longer than a typical shift, which means the municipality needs to pay for overtime and another patrol officer to cover the shift.
"The vast majority of officers, they're largely limited to the Winnebago Mental Health Institute near Oshkosh," Jim Palmer, director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, says. "[It's an] enormous drain on resources, diminishes an agency's staffing."
Jim Palmer, executive director, Wisconsin Professional Police Association | WPPA website
"A totally inadequate response to individuals suffering from a mental health crisis," he continues. "There's been some legislative interest in this. I also think this would be a perfect area for a committee to explore and develop models for alternatives to crisis intervention police — social workers, mental health professionals."
If Adams and Palmer sat down in a room they would disagree over specifics, but the fundamental structure of the policy is there. Instead of having the police respond to these calls, send an entirely different team of first responders who are trained and equipped to de-escalate the situation and help the person.
If a building is on fire and someone calls 9-1-1, the fire department arrives. If someone has a heart attack and 9-1-1 is called, paramedics will arrive. So, if someone is having a mental health crisis, why not have — as Palmer put it — social workers and mental health professionals arrive?
Adams put it more plainly. A mental health crisis is a health problem that requires a health-based solution.
"Would we be sending in police to cure cancer?" Adams says. "Why would we have a cancer department of the police?"
This also isn't a new idea. Since 1989, an initiative run by the White Bird Clinic in Eugene, Ore. called Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) has been filling this role. The program is dispatched through the 9-1-1 and police non-emergency line.
When a call comes in, an unarmed team of two with a medic and a crisis worker arrive on the scene. In 2019, CAHOOTS was sent to 20% of the calls for service. In only 250 of those 24,000 calls were police officers called for backup, according to a CAHOOTS media guide.
The program is estimated to save more than $20 million per year.
"I think policing may have a place within this system, but I also think that it's over-utilized as an immediate response because it just comes with a risk," CAHOOTS Crisis Worker Ebony Morgan said on NPR's All Things Considered. "And it's a risk that crisis response teams that are unarmed don't come with. You know, in 30 years, we've never had a serious injury or a death that our team was responsible for."
Policymakers in Wisconsin have been thinking about this issue as well — with bipartisan cooperation.
In October 2019, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul held a summit on "Emergency Detention and Mental Health." Law enforcement, healthcare professionals and mental health advocates came together to discuss the trauma caused, as well as the time and money spent, when the cops need to drive someone to Winnebago.
In February, Gov. Tony Evers signed into law Act 105. The bill, authored by Rep. Mark Born (R-Beaver Dam), allows municipalities to contract with third-party vendors when a person needs to be transported to a mental health facility. While it doesn't take the cops out of the response to the crisis, it was a small step closer.
"Putting someone in a mental health crisis in the back of a sheriff's car isn't the best idea to start," Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo) said at the time.
Rep. Dave Considine
Since Evers signed the bill, obviously a lot has changed and issues surrounding Wisconsin's systems for health and policing have been unmasked — the scope of necessary and possible policy solutions have broadened.
Palmer says he wants the WPPA to be a driver of the discourse over the role of policing in Wisconsin and that he believes changes are necessary. He said opening regional mental health centers and creating a CAHOOTS-like pilot program are possible solutions.
The WPPA has also had conversations with members of the Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus and plans to release a list of policy proposals soon, according to Palmer. But, with two months already gone since the killing of George Floyd, he doesn't think major action will be taken this year.
"I'm not terribly optimistic and that's not something I'm necessarily pleased about," Palmer says. "We want to be an agent of change to collaborate with advocates and interested parties. If we don't do anything, we're just dooming ourselves to repeat the same kind of controversies. We can't continue to find ourselves in the same place, there's got to be some changes, we want to be a part of that and we think we can have a constructive role in that. We're not always going to agree, but as long as we agree we need to maintain the dialogue, that's the best way to facilitate change."
Adams, who sees something like taking the police out of mental health response in the scope of a much larger goal to defund the police, says it's not unreasonable anymore to think that the cops shouldn't be responsible for certain types of problems.
"Here's the thing, I'm an abolitionist, but I think reasonable people can conclude policing shouldn't be used for a set of functions," Adams says. "I think CAHOOTS is an example of what could be. That is a model we should look to."
"We're here with policing because [the police have] been heavily invested in," Adams continues. "We could better fund preventative healthcare, these issues could be caught at the ages of onset. People have comprehensive care. Instead of hiring people to kill people, they could create a different jobs program of city workers, cultural workers, health workers, therapists that people could be inside of and have a different role and relationship in society."
Adams is more optimistic that change is coming this year. Advocacy at the local level in Madison has already paid dividends for activists and the budget process is about to start, so why not push for a policy similar to CAHOOTS?
Born and members of the Black Caucus did not return requests for interviews.
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Henry Redman is a staff reporter for the Wisconsin Examiner who focuses on covering Wisconsin's towns and rural areas. He previously covered crime and courts at the Daily Jefferson County Union. A lifelong Midwesterner, he was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a degree in journalism in May 2019.
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Adopting a healthy diet plan is an integral part of overall health promotion strategy and a healthy diet must provide you with plenty of nutrients and protein and limits fat, sugar and cholesterol. And this is one such recipe which will provide you with necessary fuel to maintain a proper fitness regimen.
The main ingredients of this recipe are chickpeas, red lentil, and coconut milk. All of them are extremely beneficial for our health. Chickpeas and lentils are high in protein and also a great source of mineral, fiber, and vitamins while providing great nutty and grainy texture to the recipe. Coconut milk provides us with significant amount of saturated fatty acids called lauric acid which has antiviral and antibacterial properties.
Heat oil in a heavy bottom pan and sauté onion, ginger and garlic in it.
Add turmeric powder, curry powder, and red chili powder into it while stirring continuously.
Add chickpeas and 3 cups of water to it while seasoning with a pinch of salt.
Now cover the lid and on a slow flame let it cook for about 25 to 30 minutes.
After this add lentil and coconut milk to pot and season with more salt.
Now cook this for about another 30 to 35 minutes and add lemon juice into it.
Prepare the tempering for this soup by pouring 1 teaspoon of coconut oil in a different pan.
When the oil gets hot, add mustard seeds to it and when they start popping out pour it over our prepared soup.
Serve hot while garnishing it with few raisins and coriander leaves.
It is very important to add those recipes in your meal plan, which not just taste good but also provide you with goodness of protein, carb and minerals and this recipe totally serves this purpose. Hence, this protein rich recipe is worth adding to your meal plan.


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Channel catfish seedstock: Studies yield suggestions for hatching success
1 December 2002 Brian C. Small, Ph.D.
Water temperature, hardness and other critical factors for optimal results
Small improvements to management practices in commercial catfish hatcheries can significantly improve channel catfish hatching success.
The United States channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) industry has experienced tremendous growth during the past 40 years, becoming one of the most successful aquaculture enterprises in the country. Channel catfish surpassed other cultured foodfish to become the primary species of farm-raised fish in the United States.
Over 1 billion catfish fingerlings and fry were sold to producers in 2001, generating approximately U.S. $24 million in income for commercial hatcheries. Recent research has indicated that small improvements in current management practices can significantly improve the hatching success of channel catfish.
Hatching variability
Swim-Up Fry – 10-14 Days Fig. 1: Channel catfish embryo and fry development at 26° C.
A high degree of variability associated with channel catfish hatching has been observed since the beginning of commercial catfish culture. Catfish farmers typically report average hatch rates of 60 to 70 percent. However, hatching success may actually range 0 to 100 percent within a hatchery.
The high degree of observed variability in hatching success can be attributed to many factors. Various environmental factors can be addressed through understanding the development of catfish embryos and optimizing management practices to improve environmental conditions and reduce diseases.
Incubation temperature
Temperature is an important environmental factor that affects hatching success and development. In the southern United States, channel catfish typically spawn in the spring, when water temperatures are between 21 to 29 degrees-C. At these temperatures, the embryonic period lasts five to 10 days (Fig. 1).
Effects of low temperature
In a recent study, at the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center in Stoneville, Mississippi, USA looked at the effects of low incubation temperatures on catfish embryo development, hatching success, and time to hatch. Channel catfish eggs were incubated at temperatures ranging 4 to 26 degrees-C. Below 16 degrees-C, all the eggs died within 48 hours. Interestingly, survival of embryos at 16 degrees-C was dependant on the developmental stage of the embryos at the time of temperature acclimation.
Those eggs acclimated prior to the formation of the embryonic axis (approximately 36 hours post-hatch at 26 degrees-C) all died, while older egg masses survived to hatch 21 days later. These 16 degrees-C fry, however, were abnormally developed and died shortly after hatching. Fry hatched at 21 degrees-C developed normally and demonstrated post-hatch rates of growth similar to fry hatched at 26 degrees-C. However, hatching success was decreased compared to eggs from the same spawn hatched at 26 degrees-C.
Effects of high temperature
Hatchery temperatures above 26 degrees-C late in the spawning season have been suspected to cause developmental deformities such as "tripletail," which presents itself as horizontal extensions of the caudal fin that cause fillet miscuts for catfish processors. A second study by the authors investigated the effects of temperatures up to 34 degrees-C on catfish development and hatching success.
While the results of this study clearly demonstrated a decrease in hatching success and time to hatch at higher temperatures, no correlation between tripletail and higher incubation temperatures was observed. Hatching success was found to be highest at 26 to 28 degrees-C (Fig. 2).
Water hardness also plays an important role in catfish embryo development. Low calcium levels in hatchery water reduce hatching success and are suspected to be another cause of skeletal deformities.
A recent study conducted in ourlaboratory investigated the effects of calcium hardness below 10 milligrams per liter during successive 24-hour stages of embryo and fry development. Eggs from a single catfish spawn were distributed into separate aquaria, with calcium supplementation turned off to three aquaria every 24 hours until the fry swam to the water surface.
Effects of low calcium
Hatching success was significantly affected by low calcium hardness. The hatching success for eggs that did not receive calcium supplementation during the first 24 hours after fertilization averaged 72 percent lower than controls which continuously received supplemental calcium (60 milligrams per liter calcium hardness as CaCO3).
Overall, hatching success was 24 percent lower for eggs that did not receive calcium prior to hatching as compared to controls. No effect of calcium on the incidence of deformities was observed. Other observations suggested physical damage during handling can increase the incidence of tripletail.
Transport delays
Fig. 2: Relative hatching success of catfish egg masses incubated at 16, 21, 26, 30, and 34 degrees C.
Generally, it is suggested that eggs not be retained at pond side for more than 30 minutes. However, eggs inevitably sit in cans or transport containers for longer periods of time.
It is assumed that long transport times and poor water conditions during transport (i.e., rising temperature and falling dissolved oxygen) result in low hatching success. In a recent study, egg masses were left in cans at pond side. At 0, 30 and 60 minutes after removal from the pond, one-third of the eggs was moved to the hatchery.
On average, water temperature in the spawning container increased 1.5 degrees-C and dissolved oxygen dropped 2 ppm over an hour. Under these conditions, a 10 to 30 percent decrease in hatching success was observed for the eggs left at pond side for an hour.
Egg treatments
Catfish eggs are commonly infected with aquatic fungi or bacteria that cause infections and poor hatching success. Dead eggs and other organic matter in culture systems provide excellent substrates for these pathogens. Currently, hatchery managers in the United States are limited to one Federal Drug Administration-approved therapeutic (formalin) and a few "low regulatory priority" compounds to control infections on catfish eggs.
Although formalin is effective, some users have safety concerns due to its suspected carcinogenicity and odoriferous nature. Two low regulatory priority compounds with excellent potential for reducing infections on catfish eggs are iodine and hydrogen peroxide. Several studies conducted in our laboratory evaluated the effect of hydrogen peroxide treatments on channel catfish hatching success when the compound was administered as a 15-minute bath or flow-through treatment.
Effects of hydrogen peroxide
Transport delays of more than 30 minutes can reduce hatching success. Photo: Channel catfish eggs in a spawning can.
Researchers compared the effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide baths and formalin baths at 1,600 milligrams per liter applied daily to eggs until eye formation to a single immersion treatment in a povidone iodine bath at a dose of 100 ppm for 10 minutes. At concentrations of 500 milligrams per liter in a daily 15-minute bath, hydrogen peroxide dissolved the membrane matrix of the eggs and caused poor survival from the premature release of the developing embryos. At half that dose, however, hatching success improved 30 percent or more when compared to eggs treated with iodine or formalin.
Hydrogen peroxide administered as a daily, 70 milligrams per liter flush treatment in flow-through hatching troughs improved hatching success more than 60 percent compared to untreated controls. Hydrogen peroxide is less expensive than formalin and provides an effective alternative for the treatment of catfish eggs that is both odor-free and noncarcinogenic.
While it is clear poor hatching success can be attributed to many factors, knowing the optimal conditions for handling and hatching channel catfish eggs, and following good hatchery practices will reduce the likelihood of poor hatch rates. Recommendations include:
Maintain hatchery water temperatures at 26 to 28 degrees-C for optimal hatching success.
Avoid transport delays from pond to hatchery. Use insulated coolers with well-oxygenated water (over 5 ppm D.O.) for transporting eggs when transport times exceed 30 minutes.
Fill transport containers with pond water to help prevent shock due to differences in water quality and temperature.
Avoid excessive handling of egg masses to reduce physical damage that can lead to decreased hatching success and greater potential for deformities.
Maintain a minimum calcium hardness of 10 milligrams per liter, especially during the first 24-hour period post-fertilization.
Treat catfish eggs daily with hydrogen peroxide baths or flush treatments until eye pigmentation is observed.
Brian C. Small, Ph.D.
USDA, ARS Catfish Genetics
Thad Cochran National Warmwater
Aquaculture Center
141 Experiment Station Road
Stoneville, Mississippi 38776 USA
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Antigens provide immunity against ich in channel catfish trials
Vaccination against the Ich parasite is an alternative to chemical treatment. Fish develop a humoral immune response to trophont antigens, with the degree of protection related to the immunizing doses of trophonts used.
Innovation & Investment
Assessing coloration in channel catfish fillets
Because consumers look at color to gauge quality of catfish fillets, the authors developed a digital photography measurement method to assess yellowness.
Biofloc technology reduces common off-flavors in channel catfish
In studies that used biofloc systems to culture channel catfish, culture tanks were susceptible to episodes of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol and subsequent bioaccumulation of off-flavors in catfish flesh.
Blue catfish outproduce channel catfish under low-D.O. conditions
Although there is increasing interest in blue catfish, a potential disadvantage of the fish when compared to channel catfish is their reported poorer tolerance of low dissolved-oxygen concentrations.


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CECO Environmental Announces CEO Succession
July 6, 2020, 8:00 AM ·3 min read
DALLAS, July 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- CECO Environmental Corp. ("CECO", Nasdaq: CECE), a leading global air quality and fluid handling technology company, announced today that Todd Gleason has been appointed to succeed Dennis Sadlowski as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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The appointment concludes a comprehensive search that began in early 2020, in which CECO's Board of Directors, together with a leading executive search firm, worked to identify the right leader for CECO's next phase of growth.
Mr. Gleason joins CECO from Scientific Analytics, a private equity-backed, predictive analytic technologies and services company, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Scientific Analytics, Mr. Gleason served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer at Pentair, a global water treatment company. Mr. Gleason held a number of senior leadership positions earlier in his career at leading diversified industrial companies including Trane Technologies and Honeywell International Inc.
"I am very pleased to announce Todd as our new Chief Executive Officer. Todd is a highly dynamic and creative thinker who brings exceptional experience and proven leadership to CECO. We believe Todd brings unique skills and experiences to envision, articulate and execute the next chapter in CECO's future. On behalf of the Board and the entire CECO team, we look forward to Todd's leadership," commented CECO's Chairman, Jason DeZwirek.
Mr. DeZwirek continued, "We want to thank Dennis for his dedication and integrity during his time at CECO, both as CEO and as a member of the Board. CECO is much stronger and in a better financial position due to Dennis' steady hand and operational leadership. Dennis was instrumental in CECO significantly reducing its debt, strengthening its leadership team and implementing strong processes and overall operational rigor. The entire CECO family extends their thanks to Dennis."
"I am very excited to be joining CECO as its CEO," said Mr. Gleason. "I believe CECO has a strong foundation with respect to people, products, technologies and global reach and is well-positioned to capitalize on the opportunities ahead of us. I look forward to working with the entire team on our strategy and delivering world-class results."
Dennis Sadlowski said, "I am privileged to have worked with such an incredible team and I am very proud of what we achieved together at CECO during my time as CEO. The company is well positioned for the future and I am committed to supporting a smooth transition for the benefit of all our stakeholders."
In connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gleason will replace Mr. Sadlowski as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Sadlowski will remain as an advisor to the Company through the end of 2020 to assist in the transition.
About CECO:
CECO Environmental is a global leader in air quality and fluid handling serving the energy, industrial and other niche markets. Providing innovative technology and application expertise, CECO helps companies grow their business with safe, clean and more efficient solutions that help protect our shared environment. In regions around the world, CECO works to improve air quality, optimize the energy value chain and provide custom engineered solutions for applications including oil and gas, power generation, water and wastewater, battery production, poly silicon fabrication, chemical and petrochemical processing along with a range of others. CECO is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CECE".
For more information, please visit www.cecoenviro.com.
Matthew Eckl, Chief Financial Officer (888) 990-6670 investor.relations@onececo.com
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Will the real retirement crisis please stand up?
The retirement crisis is both not as bad as it's made out to seem—and also worse. This paradoxical situation exists because of how we try to assess the state of retirement finance. Financial preparation for retirement varies so widely that this average creates more confusion than insight.


What business apps are the most popular with Australian companies? Let's find out.
The list is based on anonymised customer data from global secure identity management vendor Okta. Companies employees use Okta to login to devices, apps and services and the vendor itself oversees millions of daily authentications and verifications globally.
Slack has seen tremendous success globally and locally, which has impacted the popularity of JIRA and Yammer, according to Okta. But Slack is facing some stiff competition from the upcoming Microsoft Teams.
The five fastest growing apps in Australia over a six-month period last year were MailChimp, Slack, Jira, Xero and Amazon Web Services.
Okta also noted that more than 50% of the apps accessed through the vendor are not provided by IT departments.


This is a personal pet peeve of mine in the world of HT setups... Calibrating a sub to work for music and for movies. It's my experience that the two are mastered quite differently on top of the fact that they utilize LFE quite differently as well.
What is annoying to me is you spend a bunch of time tweaking the HT for movies. I mean, you want the depth charges in U-571 to be really loud, right? Then wanting to do some critical listening of music (2 channel or surround) only to have way too loud bass. I guess it's even an issue sometimes between types of music. Listening to something like Pink Floyd then switching over to Crystal Method I want much different bass responses. Watching something like U-571 you want those depth charges to bounce you out of your seat but you don't expect that from Comfortably Numb.
I'm pretty sure there is no smoking gun method to achieve this so I ask, what does everyone else do to compensate for this? To me it's really annoying to get up to adjust the gain on the sub itself, even going into the AVR's config to change it is more than I prefer to do. Perhaps the problem is I want to have my cake and eat it too!
You need an AVR that has presets. On my Pioneer, I use preset 1 for Movies and Preset 2 for Music, Each preset saves all eq, channels levels, loudness, speakers distances, etc., the whole nine yards.
My ancient Sony even let me set the LFE channel boost separately from the sub-woofer level which received the cross-over bass. So you sent the LFE boost to 0, and dial in the sub-woofer channel to be a flat extension of the other speakers, and then boost the LFE to taste.
Now I don't care about the extra bass, I just want my system flat for both movies and music. My current Pioneer works perfectly at doing just that.
I must admit I really have never had an issue trying to come up with different sub settings between music and movies primarily because I think the key is having more than one sub in the mix which contributes to helping smooth out room responses. I generally key off certain music to adjust my bass levels for all, however, there is still the issue of considerable difference in response between Cds, SACD and DVD Audio discs, which I also listen to, so getting it perfect for all formats is pretty difficult just because of the quality of the mix on the disc itself.
The LFE levels you refer to, from my knowledge, only applies to DD and DTS and not the lossless audio formats on Blu-Ray which makes up the bulk of what I watch and listen to anyway.
That's probably true, but when the receiver I was talking about was built, DVD players were just showing up. So there was no such thing as Blu-ray, or lossless HD audio; only DD and DTS.
Denon allows you to change speaker/subwoofer settings on the fly. I can adjust my sub at anytime by pressing the center button on the remote and it brings up the speaker settings, I adjust the sub or any speaker as I see fit whenever I want.
My AVR is HK630. It has settings for the sub but no one touch buttons or presents. I know the new HT I'm putting together will get a new AVR so I'll have to keep an eye out for those presets. That sounds like a good plan. After I posted I started to wonder if they had put those features into newer AVRs.
AFAIK, Denon is the only one with this feature.
I like the idea of a receiver that connects to the network and can store unlimited settings profiles to a computer, and then you can also edit the profiles from the computer and switch profiles on-the-fly to get instant gratification. It would be especially convenient now that I have my computer hooked up to my main system. But yeah, if you could load different profiles like that without having to navigate the receiver's setup every time, it would be a lot easier to compare the differences. Someone make that receiver.


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Q: Passing strings/arrays within structures between C++/C# I am passing a struct from C# to C++.
C# code:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 8)]
public struct Data
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
public int number;

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 5)]
public int[] array;

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 512)]
public string buffer;
}

C++ code:
struct Data
{
public:
    int number;
    int array[5];
    char buffer[512];
    //char *buffer;
};

The above method works fine. But Instead if I use pointers to handle data in C++ I am getting error as:

Unhandled Exception: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory

struct Data
{
public:
    int number;
    int *array;
    char *buffer;
};

Why cant I handle with pointers here?
Is handling this case via pointers advantageous?

A: The first struct works because it allocates array in the struct.
The second is problematic because it only allocates an int pointer and char pointer (which is sizeof(void*) depends on your platform) in the struct, and not an int array.
If you insist on using pointers you have to allocate and deallocate the memory on your own (i.e. new and delete[]).

A: The problem is how your data represented in memory.
Let's assume you have an instance of c# structure that marshals to unmanaged code or even  file.
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 8)]
public struct Data
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)]
public int number = 5;

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 5)]
public int[] array = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4};

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 512)]

public string buffer = "Happy new Year";
}

According to this, your memory layout will be like this (in hex-like view):
05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00
03 00 00 00 04 00 00 00
00 48 00 61 00 70 00 70
00 79 00 20 00 6E 00 65
00 77 00 20 00 59 00 65
00 61 00 72

Here we have first four bytes "05 00 00 00", which means number "5" in memory for your "number" variable. (Notice that these bytes in reversed order because Intel architecture is LittleEndian, see Endiannes for details)
Then we have next five integers as "00 00 00 00" = 0, "01 00 00 00" = 1, "02 00 00 00" = 2, "03 00 00 00" = 3, "04 00 00 00" = 4 for array named "array".
And the string "buffer" represents like this:
"00 48" = H
"00 61" = a
"00 70" = p
"00 70" = p
"00 79" = y
"00 20" = <space>
"00 6E" = n
"00 65" = e
"00 77" = w
"00 20" = <space>
"00 59" = Y
"00 65" = e
"00 61" = a
"00 72" = r

There is some trick that .NET always use Unicode to store it's string variables. Every Unicode character has it's two-byte representation.
Now, for this C++ struct
struct Data
{
public:
    int number;
    int array[5];
    char buffer[512];
    //char *buffer;
};

sizeof(int) is 4. So the content of memory for variable "number" = "05 00 00 00" which is number five. array[0],array1,array[2],array[3],array[4] lay out on memory blocks "00 00 00 00" = 0, "01 00 00 00" = 1, "02 00 00 00" = 2, "03 00 00 00" = 3, "04 00 00 00" = 4.
Everything else remains to buffer[512] variable. But in c++, sizeof(char) == 1. The char data type usually used to represent old ASCII style text with a single byte encoding. You should use wchar_t instead which is perfectly fits for Unicode encodings.
Now let's take a look at
struct Data
{
public:
    int number;
    int *array;
    char *buffer;
};

This structure will be projected on the same memory layout as described above.
If you're running under 32-bit environment (win32)
the content of "array" pointer will be "00 00 00 00" (4 bytes for pointer)
and "buffer" pointer will be "01 00 00 00".
If you're running under 64-bit environment (win64)
the content of "array" pointer will be "00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00" (8 bytes for pointer) and buffer pointer will be "02 00 00 00 03 00 00 00".
These are some kind of invalid pointers which point who knows where. That's why you get Access Violation when you try to dereference them.