Planned Parenthood must be prosecuted — not the citizen journalist who exposed them
In a shocking turn of events, a Houston county grand jury has indicted the citizen journalist behind the undercover Planned Parenthood videos, while ignoring evidence of the abortion giant's crimes against humanity.
According to the Harris County indictment, Center for Medical Progress project lead, David Daleiden, and his colleague, Sandra Merritt, face two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Daleiden received an additional misdemeanor indictment related to an alleged offer to purchase fetal organs. The charges were brought because Daleiden and Merritt allegedly presented fake California driver's licenses for a meeting with Planned Parenthood in Houston.
It is troubling, too, that Harris County prosecutor, Lauren Reeder, is a Planned Parenthood director who sits on the board of an affiliate. Reeder's connection with Daleiden's case raises concerns that this conflict of interest is an attempt to silence and smear the Center for Medical Progress and Daleiden's team of investigators.
However, video footage reveals Planned Parenthood's fetal parts harvesting practices, extreme disrespect for human life, and potential profiteering from the destruction of preborn children.
1.Killing preborn children and harvesting their body parts
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While Planned Parenthood engages in the greatest human rights injustice on the books — the killing of over 320,000 preborn children every year — undercover video evidence obtained by the Center for Medical Progress revealed the abortion giant's hand in the harvesting of fetal body parts. Many Americans were horrified after a dozen videos released by CMP detailed Planned Parenthood's gruesome fetal trafficking practices and contempt for human life.
In the first video, Planned Parenthood's senior director of medical services, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, discussed how she perfects her abortion practices in order to supply the demand of quality, salable baby parts. Under federal law, it is illegal for the abortionist to even know that the parts of the child are to be "donated" for research.
Subsequent videos released last year show top abortionists indicating how Planned Parenthood, from its corporate leadership down to local abortion facilities, may profit from the procurement of fetal tissue.
2. Altering abortion procedures
In a video released last year, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Director of Research Melissa Farrell— the branch that has been mistakingly cleared of wrongdoing— displayed willingness to obtain "intact," salable baby parts for profit.
In the video, Farrell states the abortionist can alter abortion procedures, which are longer and more painful for the patient, in order to procure organs from babies in the late-term. When describing fetal tissue procurement practices, Farrell admits, "if we alter our process, we are able to obtain intact fetal cadavers."
"We deviate from our standard in order to do that," Farrell said.
Federal law states that an abortionist is not allowed to change procedure to procure human "tissue."
In addition, Dr. Nucatola suggests in the first CMP video that abortion providers may commit what appears to resemble the illegal partial-birth abortion procedure, and even explains how abortion industry practitioners can circumvent the law based on interpretation:
Partial-birth abortion. It's not a medical term, it doesn't exist in reality. … [N]umber 1, the Federal Abortion Ban is a law, and laws are up to interpretation. So there are people who interpret it as intent. So if I say on Day 1 I do not intend to do this, what ultimately happens doesn't matter. Because I didn't intend to do this on Day 1 so I'm complying with the law.
3. Showing extreme disrespect for human life
The undercover videos have placed a spotlight on the gruesome nature of Planned Parenthood's abortion practices and its dehumanization of preborn children. In disturbing undercover footage, abortion facility staffers laugh and callously discuss procuring baby body parts as they sift through the pieces of aborted children.
In one tape, abortionist Savita Ginde of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains refers to the "war-torn" appearance of the body of a preborn child, and admits "it's a baby." Another staffer chimes in, while sifting through the remains: "Another boy!"
Another disturbing exposé shows Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast staff sorting through the hands, feet, intestines, and eye balls of a 20-week aborted baby, exclaiming, "it was a twin!" A staffer discusses harvesting the "orbits," or eye balls from aborted children in the same video.
4. Alleged profit from fetal parts trafficking
While Planned Parenthood has denied that it profits from fetal tissue transactions, the words of its top-level officers contradict its statements to media. In the investigative footage, Dr. Nucatola admits that affiliates are "happy" to "do a little better than break even" regarding reimbursement for tissue procurement. Under federal law, profiting from the sale of fetal tissue is illegal.
In an advertisement, StemExpress, a for-profit company that contracted with Planned Parenthood, promises "financial benefits" for abortion facilities that do business with them.
Farrell, who heads the research department at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, also hinted at a financial incentive: "My department contributes so much to the bottom line of our organization here."
In light of these damning statements, it is imperative that a full and fair criminal investigation of Planned Parenthood be launched. The abortion giant is committing egregious wrongs against humanity, yet it is going after whistle-blowers full force— with the help of its powerful political allies.
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text: Making a difference in the pursuit of a more sustainable world increasingly requires the ability to contend successfully with the wicked problem that is sustainability, and this shift needs to happen at the societal as well as the organizational level. Dealing successfully with issues of sustainability means creating greater system resilience and using resources more wisely, which means working successfully across boundaries, be they sector, organizational, policy, or functional ones. Wicked problems are poorly formulated, confusing, and have many different constituents or stakeholders with conflicting values. This article argues that developing wicked (good) leadership that is collaboratively oriented and wicked (good) solutions that enhance system resilience are two potential strategies for creating change to reduce systemic problems associated with sustainability. Although these approaches do not deal with the problem of resource overuse, they may provide a basis for generating more sustainable approaches to resource use.

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Europeana, Europe's digital library, museum and archive, has launched its first free iPad app. Europeana Open Culture introduces the public to hand-picked and beautiful collections from some of Europe's top institutions, and allows people to explore, share and comment on them.
The app provides an easy introduction to Europe's glorious art treasury through five specially curated themes: Maps and Plans, Treasures of Art, Treasures of the Past, Treasures of Nature and Images of the Past.
Europeana Open Culture presents stunning visual collections with large images - great for those smaller details - and a comment option that opens up the possibility for dialogue between many people exploring the same images.
The 350,000 images available through the app come from collections as diverse as:
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, UK
- Rijksmuseum, The Netherlands
- National Library of Poland
- The Archaeological Museum, Portugal
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Digital Library of the Spanish Ministry of Defence
All images included are either in the public domain or are openly licensed.
The app is built on the Muse platform. The platform's code is open source, so, it is completely free to use and improve.
As the world becomes more digitized, there will be an increasing need to make available learning resources in electronic format for access by information and communication technologies. The question education will face is whether these learning resources will be available for learners to access at no cost or affordable cost, so that there will be equity in access by anyone regardless of location, status, or background. ground.
Mohamed Ally (Athabasca University, Canada) and Mohammed Samaka (Qatar University, Qatar) analyse in the paper "Open Educational Resources and Mobile Technology to Narrow the Learning Divide", published by the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, how the use of mobile technology to deliver OER will provide equal opportunity for everyone to learn, by allowing access to educational materials from anywhere and at any time.
Fiszkoteka.pl is an educational portal that converts the flashcard learning method (i.e. with little pieces of paper bearing information on both sides) into a multimedia online experience.
'Vision in an Increasingly Mobile World', an event organised by the British Machine Vision Association (BMVA), will be held on 15 May 2013 in London, UK.
Modern mobile computing creates interesting opportunities and challenges for computer vision research. This meeting will bring together researchers and practitioners, from both industry and academia, interested in all aspects of mobile computer vision - be it within consumer devices, autonomous/embedded systems or novel deployment domains.
The 19th edition of the EUNIS Congress is an ICT conference centered on the theme of higher education in Europe, which will be held in Riga (Latvia) from the 11-14 of June 2013.
EUNIS 2013 is the 19th congress in a series of conferences aimed at audiences from higher educational institutes. The following keynote speeches will be the centerpiece of this year's event:
- Richard Katz (President at Richard N. Katz & Associates) -
- "IT Leadership and Governance for Next Generation University"
- Voldemar A. Innus (Owner and principal of VAI Consulting, Pendleton, NY, USA) -
- "Innovation, incubation and the future of ICT in support of the academic mission"
- Ian Dolphin (Executive Director at Sakai Foundation)
- "The CIO and Finding the Future Technology Ecosystem Fit For Your Organization"
- Dr.Jan-Martin Lowendahl (Research Vice President at Gartner, Higher Education Strategies)
- "Opening Up Education – The European Commission initiative towards more ICT and OER in Education and Training Systems in Europe"
- Ricardo Ferreira (Policy Officer at European Commission)
- "Technological Tools for distance Collaborations"
- Greg Palmer (Executive Director at University of Pennsylvania, MAGPI (the Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2))
- "Current status of Open Source and Kuali for administrative systems and the "Marketecture of Community""
- Jennifer L. Foutty (Executive Director at Kuali Foundation)
- "Management Trends in Educational Institutions"
- Greg Mathers (RTU Riga Business School,Director of Accel Performance Consulting)
- "TERENA initiatives and the future of online video in Higher Education"
- Vicente Goyanes (Head of IT-Media technical assistance for University of Vigo & Campus do Mar, member of the TERENA Technical Committee and the Opencast Boarda)
Many colleges and universities have launched wide-ranging, device-specific mobile initiatives or invested substantial resources to make services mobile friendly in a platform-neutral manner. For others, a more measured approach toward integration of mobile devices can be a reasonable and pragmatic way forward.
Faculty and staff from a number of units within Boise State University convened in Fall 2010 to develop a series of specific recommendations that would allow for the development of one or more innovative, technology-based projects across campus. In 2011, the task force submitted a proposal titled "Mobile-Learning for Boise State: A Proposal to Catalyze Transformation in Teaching and Learning."
This paper published by the EDUCAUSE Research Bulletin describes a number of projects that have emerged from the mobile learning initiative.
The full article is also available here, at the Boise State University Scholar Works archive.
The "Policy guidelines for mobile learning" developed by UNESCO seek to help policy-makers better understand what mobile learning is and how its unique benefits can be leveraged to advance progress towards Education for All.
UNESCO believes that mobile technologies can expand and enrich educational opportunities for learners in diverse settings. Yet most ICT in education policies were articulated in a pre-mobile era and they do not seek to maximize the learning potentials of mobile technology. The rare policies that do reference mobile devices tend to treat them tangentially or ban their use in schools.
Today, a growing body of evidence suggests that ubiquitous mobile devices – especially mobile phones and, more recently, tablet computers – are being used by learners and educators around the world to access information, streamline administration and facilitate learning in new and innovative ways.
Developed in consultation with experts in over 20 countries, UNESCO's "Policy guidelines for mobile learning" have broad application and can accommodate a wide range of institutions, including K–12 schools, universities, community centres, and technical and vocational schools.
Policy-makers are encouraged to adopt UNESCO's policy recommendations, tailoring them as necessary to reflect the unique needs and on-the-ground realities of local contexts.
The document was presented during the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2013, held from 18 to 22 February in Paris.
Smartphones for Seniors (S4S), is a Portuguese collaborative R&D project coordinated by Microsoft, which provides mobile services technology adapted to the senior population.
This project furnishes better communication tools for the elderly, by taking advantage of the Windows Phone 7 new user interfaces and including more advanced apps such as video conferencing, chatting and social networking integration (Facebook and Twitter, for example).
A scope of apps/services is included (with information on: pharmacies' locations and working hours, dictionary, weather, and trip advisor/planner), as well as services of a more personal nature (such as: reminders and management of electronic prescript medications, list of tasks, schedules and reminders made by the senior, or family members and caregivers, 'take me home,' with directions on how to return home or how to ask for help;'my diet', with information on nutrition, food and recipes recommended), and playful applications for entertainment purposes, such as word games, chess and games such as on-line "quizzes".
Information and media literacy and knowledge management
Information and media literacy and lifelong learning
Information and media literacy in different cultures and environm
Information and media literacy and emerging technologies and tools (Web 2.0)
Information and media literacy in the future (Web 3.0, mobile technologies)
Gamification of learning and education
Information and media literacy and legislation, copyrights
Information and media literacy and libraries
Collaborative learning through technology
Digital badges in learning and education
Blended learning trends
Assessment and evaluation of learning process (Learning analytics)
Thanks to the grant from the CEI (Central European Initiative) we are able to offer special fees.
First 18 participants from the CEI countries whose abstracts will be chosen by the program committee, we have a special offer:

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Ashamed of sex?
In this TEDx presenation Alyssa Royse talks about sexuality and how societal shame about sex is causing lots of problems. How naming and trying to shame what is different is eventually self destructive. By pushing people away out of fear of being a part of their scary world would just damage your own view of sex. Limiting your possibility for sexual enjoyment. But by embracing what is different and accepting people your own self esteem improves. Working in sexual health I often feel myself falling into the trap of mainly talking about the possible negative consequences of sex (which yes is my job to explain STIs) but my job is meant to be more then that. My job is meant to be about helping young people develop safe and healthy sexual attitudes, that translate into safe and healthy sexual behaviour. Now I may not agree with absolutely everything Alyssa Royse says but the core message of acceptance is really important.
One of the greatest privileges of my work is when I get to help young people when they are at some kind of key point in the sexual maturity. That may mean talking with someone about their concerns about the body image, explaining that they do deserve respect and can say no, helping a young person thinking about their first crush on someone or that they should not feel pressured into having sex. Although my job's aims seem to focus on negative prevention issues I hope I get to help young people develop healthy positive attitudes. Rejecting the idea of shaming someone's sexuality should be a core part of this.
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Multiwall and singlewall carbon nanotubes were synthesized on Fe-Co/CaCO3 and a Fe-Co/MgO catalyst systems, respectively, by using two different catalytic chemical vapor deposition methods, external furnace (EF) heating and radio frequency (RF) excitation. The carbon nanotubes synthesized with radio frequency excitation have a smaller outer diameter, fewer layers (smaller outer/inner diameter ratio), and better crystalline properties, compared to the nanotubes grown with external furnace heating. The radio frequency process was found to be responsible for a faster growth rate of the carbon nanotubes over longer periods of time due to a higher localized heating. These findings can be explained by the skin currents induced in the metallic catalytic clusters, which keep the catalysts active for longer periods of time and diminishes the amount of non-crystalline carbon formed in the synthesis process. A direct correlation between the frequency of the electromagnetic field and the morphology of the nanotubes was also found.

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There are probably hundreds of other uses for Wikitravel articles; these are ones we try to keep in mind while authoring and editing pages.
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There are probably lots of other near-miss goals that people might think we have; if needed, we'll list those here, too.
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Efficient Keypad Interface with EDE1144 Keypad Encoder IC
The EDE1144 Keypad Encoder IC, developed by E•Lab Digital Engineering (_URL_). It is specifically crafted for connecting a matrix-type 4 row × 4 column (16-key or fewer) keypad to a microcontroller or any other host processor. This IC offers a choice between a 1-wire serial or 4-wire parallel interface to transmit keypress data. It can be effectively paired with a 'data valid' signal for both polled and interrupt-driven applications. With advanced keypad features like contact debouncing and key auto-repeat, this IC simplifies the process. It significantly reduces software overhead in the host microcontroller and decreases the I/O pin requirements from eight to just one. This often leads to the use of a more budget-friendly host microcontroller in your design.
EMI Reduction through Efficient Keypad Scanning
The EDE1144 stands out for its electrically quiet operation. Unlike many keypad encoders that constantly scan the keypad, emitting EMI noise through the wires, the EDE1144 takes a different approach. It tackles this issue by employing stable signals for keypad monitoring and scanning only once each time a keypress is detected. This approach mitigates problems during emissions testing, final product certification, and approval processes.
Standard Application Circuit and Key Data Transmission
In the provided schematic, the EDE1144 is integrated between the keypad and the host microcontroller or processor. The host microcontroller receives keypress data through either the four parallel data outputs (D0-D3, Pins 6-9) or the Serial Data Output (Pin 1). Upon keypress detection, the Data Valid signal (Pin 17) is activated. This signal triggers not only during keypress but also in each key repeat cycle when a key is held down. Significantly, the Data Valid signal activates before the serial data transmission, allowing polled-style host serial systems, such as the BASIC Stamp™, or microcontrollers lacking a hardware UART, to enter the serial receive routine. This eliminates the need for continuous waiting for the start bit.
Data Output Handling and Corresponding ASCII Values
The host microcontroller reads data outputs from the row output pins (Pins 6-9). Notably, parallel output data should be read exclusively while the Data Valid (Pin 17) signal is active (Low). Upon startup, the four data output pins are high and remain high except when a key is pressed.
The accompanying table demonstrates the data values returned by the serial and parallel outputs of the EDE1144 for each keypress. It's essential to observe that the serial values are adjusted, specifically increased (by hexadecimal 30 ($30) for 0-9 and hex $37 for 10-15), aligning with the ASCII equivalent (0-9, A-F) of the BCD (binary-coded decimal) value present on the parallel outputs.


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Prospective life cycle assessment of high-temperature superconductor tapes for future grid applications
Project description
In order to achieve a robust and reliable future energy system in the course of the energy transition, not only regenerative energy production and energy storage are important, but also the distribution of energy.
Within the electric grid, power lines are used to transmit and distribute energy. High-temperature superconductor (HTS) cable systems can replace conventional power lines and first field tests already showed promising results. Advantages of HTS are the compact design, no electromagnetic field outside the cable, and a possible reduction of transmission losses. To increase these positive effects, different materials and configurations are investigated in the EU project FASTGRID. Different HTS applications, including cables and fault current limiters made from a new generation of HTS tapes, are in the focus of the planned investigation.
The main research questions are: 1) What are the environmental impacts of HTS tape and cable production and how can you analyze and evaluate them? 2) How does life cycle assessment (LCA) help to identify promising ecologically beneficial design options in an early stage of technology development?
It is planned to conduct a life cycle assessment for different HTS tapes including the shunt and their new manufacturing routes with a "cradle to gate" approach. The aim is to compare the environmental impacts of different tapes developed in the FASTGRID project. Additionally, within a prospective analysis the environmental impacts of a potential use of tapes in an HTS cable system will be elaborated.
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Noe
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Grunwald
Related projects: FASTGRID
Doctoral students at ITAS: See Doctoral studies at ITAS
Alexander Buchholz
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)
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Tel.: +49 721 608-22265


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During Kerrigan's resurgence, Abathur discovered the vile strain by forcing roaches on the world of Mehlus IV to drink microbe-infested water on the planet's surface. The roaches that survived the toxic ingestion adapted to produce acidic saliva which were altered by the byproducts of the microbes. When the vile attacks a target, their acidic saliva will act as a constrictive agent. As newer layers are added with each attack, the old layers harden and tighten thus debilitating the target.
Its attacks slow normal enemy units' movement speed and attack speed by 75%. Heroic units instead suffer a penalty of 20% to both movement speed and attack speed.
The slowing attacks of the vile roach make it very effective against larger enemy units such as the colossus, thors, siege tanks and archons by making their already slow attacks even slower. With proper micro, vile roaches can also kite zealots easily. However, the slowing effect is somewhat wasted on masses of smaller units, such as marines.
When compared with the corpser, the vile is more effective against larger, heavier hitting units such as colossi and thors, while the corpser is more effective against smaller closely grouped enemies.


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This paper explores the tradeoffs between domestic and productive uses of biomass energy sources in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia using a non -‐separable farm household model where labor and other input allocations to energy collection and farming are analyzed simultaneously.
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text: After the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, reproductive health programs responded to women's experiences of sexual and reproductive illness. However, there has been no commensurate systematic attempt to understand men's health issues. This study was designed to examine how men from a Nigerian ethnic group (i.e., the Igbo, formerly called the Ibo or Ebo) perceive masculinity and its impact on their sexual and other health needs. Qualitative data were generated and content analyses of the results were carried out. Participants indicated that there is a shift from traditional to non-traditional attitudes and practices among men in the area from which the sample was drawn. Factors responsible for this shift include education, religion, migration patterns, the influence of mass media and globalization. The men reported awareness of sexual and other health needs in the context of their experience of masculinity. Implications of findings for future research and advocacy are discussed.


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Putting profit before people and planet results in degraded ecology and broken economy.
Putting people planet and profit together results in regenerative sustainability an ecological economy.
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Morocco has harvested an estimated 2 million tons of olives this season, an increase of 28 percent compared to the crop last year.
During his visit to El Attaouia province in El Kelaa des Sraghna, in the Marrakech-Safi region, at the 5th National Fair of the Olive Tree on Saturday, Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch said that the increase in olive production is due to the "favourable weather conditions."
The olive tree thrives in the Mediterranean climate with yearly temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius, rainy winters followed by sunny springs, and hot summers.
Akhannouch emphasized the significance of the main fruit tree cultivated in Morocco. A real conscious green effort by the African country. It covers more than 1.07 million hectares, accounting for 65 percent of the tree species in the country.
The olive sector is also a major source of employment, providing 380,000 permanent jobs. Women make up 20 percent of workers in the field.


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I'd like to know how the CPU benchmark results for CPUs posted at, for example,, compare. Is the scale linear, so that a CPU with a score of 2,000 is, on average, twice as fast as one with a score of 1,000?
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It seems to be linear; a 2000 score system completes the test units twice as fast as a 1000 score system.
The benchmarks seem to be completely artificial though, so in a real-world situation the ranks and numbers presented may be very skewed or even reposition.
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Why do you think it's linear? Can you point me to a page? – Brian May 23 '11 at 19:52
Benchmarks traditionally use linear scales which is mostly due to the fact that most numbers represent some direct derivative of the "operations per timeunit" calculation. No idea, if the passmark calculations are published somewhere, but by the look of it they simply represent some FLOPS/MIPS mixup – the-wabbit May 23 '11 at 20:27
_USER_ they don't state this specifically on any page, however the relative speed of each CPU indicates a linear scale. If they said it somewhere then you wouldn't have to ask, now would you? ;-) – Hyppy May 24 '11 at 11:59
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does anyone know what the boundary condition is for a closing valve using the wave equation pde?
A valve closure boundary condition is a type of boundary condition used in fluid dynamics simulations to model the behavior of a valve as it closes. It specifies how the fluid flow is affected by the motion of the valve, and is often used to simulate the closing of a valve in a pipe or duct system.
A valve closure boundary condition is typically applied by specifying the pressure, velocity, or mass flow rate at the valve boundary as a function of time. This allows the simulation to accurately capture the changing flow behavior as the valve closes.
When applying a valve closure boundary condition, it is important to consider the type of valve being modeled, the fluid properties, and any external forces or constraints that may affect the valve's motion. It is also important to ensure that the boundary condition accurately reflects the physical behavior of the valve.
While a valve closure boundary condition can provide valuable insights into the behavior of a valve, it is important to note that it is only an approximation of the physical system and may not capture all of the complexities of the valve's motion. Additionally, the accuracy of the simulation results may be affected by the assumptions made when applying the boundary condition.
A valve closure boundary condition can be used for a wide range of valve types, including gate valves, globe valves, and butterfly valves. However, the accuracy of the simulation results may vary depending on the specific characteristics of the valve being modeled. It is important to carefully consider the valve's design and behavior when applying the boundary condition.


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Dialux is a computer program developed by architects, interior architects, electrical engineers and design engineers as a calculation and design program used in lighting design and lighting calculations. This program helps architects as to how to place the luminaries in rooms and buildings. Dialux makes lighting calculations according to the rules determined by LEED and BREEAM and the accounts are accepted. LEED and BREEAM are construction certification programs that signify a certain level of environmental-friendly design achievement of a building.
While working on architectural projects, designers who use the Dialux program for lighting design and calculations can save their area-specific designs in a cad file in dwg or dxf format and then save these designs as a Dialux program to be able to copy and to get the lighting visuals. However, when we use the Dialux program in accordance with architectural projects, we encounter some problems regarding lighting calculations and visuals as well as 3D rendering problems in some calculations due to the way Dialux operates. These types of problems continue after the initial architectural plan gets transferred to the Dialux program. For example, when lighting calculations are made in a conference hall, the working plane of the area should be 70 to 80 cm above the ground when the floor code is 0.00 cm.
If the area you calculate and place in the AutoCAD file does not start from 0,0 point in the coordinate plane, when you process the autocad file into the Dialux program and open the Dialux screen, the architectural plan will most probably be at an infinite point and this means you may have to devote hours to find the architectural project. Besides, when you find the project, you have to select the area and the height of the room, but since your architectural plan is in a very different coordinate plane, you will either need to memorize the exact coordinates or write it somewhere and then copy it into the Dialux program. In order to avoid these problems, the area to be calculated should be initially transferred to a dwg or dxf file and then transferred into the Dialux program but it shouldn't be forgotten that the coordinate point should be selected as 0.0. Once the area in accordance with the architectural plan is created, if the study area includes a flat floor plan, such as passive rooms, classrooms, corridors, lighting design and lighting furnishing placement will enable you to work very comfortably. However, in the Dialux program, if the lighting calculation is to be performed in a place where there is an elevation difference such as stepped amphitheater or cinema or conference hall, , floor and lighting account plane codes create problems in the calculation results. For example, when lighting calculations are made in a conference hall, the working plane should be 70 to 80 cm above the ground when the floor code is 0.00 cm.
In the conference hall, if each of the 16-step-ladder system whose steps are chosen as an area leading up to the last seat is 160 cm high, this means that at the end of the step each has a height of 10 cm. If the lighting layout in the conference hall is done in harmony with the architecture and furnishing, the Dialux program considers the area up to 70 to 80 cm as the working plane and creates a lighting schedule accordingly. Incorrect illumination values appear in the calculation of illumination lux values for areas that are less than 70 to 80 cm in the calculation sheets. When you get the results of the calculations and do 3D rendering work, as the light distribution curves of the luminaires create errors due to the working plane, your visual can either create very light or very dark areas and cannot be added to the presentation file.
Since the doors and materials in the Dialux program are uniform, they create an incorrect lighting curve when the calculation is done using new materials such as wooden, glass and PVC. However, it is a very good option that there are many company options for the selected luminaires in the calculated area and that the lumen and luminaire power values can be manipulated and processed after the placement of the selected luminaires. The luminaires assigned for lighting calculations come in different visual colors in 3D rendering modeling. For example, when the lighting calculation is made having selected 10 luminaires with black structure, 2 or 3 luminaires appear in different color structures. When the architectural layout and furnishing plan on Autocad is transferred into the Dialux with all the details in accordance with the architectural plan and new furnishing materials are designed, the calculation time is extended because it takes up more space in megabytes and therefore it may even throw you out of the system. If the lighting calculation program in the Dialux account program gets you out of the system for such a reason, you cannot go back and the Dialux recorded extension files are identified as problematic, which means you need to start the design calculation from scratch.
If you activate the 3d render import command in the Dialux program, the less megabytes your file occupies, the less material and visual extensions you use, the faster the rendering will be but it will be similar to 1980 Micky Mouse cartoons. However, if you would like your architectural render to be impressive, your render time will be prolonged, and no matter how powerful your computer is, you will probably devote your days to have one render only. In the meantime, you will be praying that the dialux program will not kick you out of the system. If the landscape lighting account is going to be done, you can make a normal lighting calculation using the materials that are included in the system. On the other hand, if you use 3D model houses, cars, and lush leafy trees as requested by the landscape architect and architect, you will have longer waiting time and higher chance of being thrown out of the system as the larger the area, the longer you should wait for. If you prefer a small and less structured landscape, you will only get a lighting calculation for that small area. Dialux program is growing by adding into different features by upgrading the version recently. However, with the addition of external materials into the program, errors occur in the calculation and acquisitions of three-dimensional rendering.
Since Germans designed the program, when the language changes are made while the presentation file is taken, some of the outputs remain German. Dialux is currently only installed on computers with windows based processor system. It cannot be installed on Mac computers with IOS processor system. Dialux program is an important program for architects, interior designers and designers in today's technology. However, three-dimensional visual rendering of the materials used should be developed. I also hope that it will further improve its infrastructure to create better visuals with more options for presentation files.


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George Watson lived from 23 November 1654 to 3 April 1723. He was the chief accountant of the Bank of Scotland and left funds to establish what is now George Watson's College. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
George Watson was the son of John Watson, an Edinburgh merchant. His parents died when he was young and he was brought up by his aunt, Elizabeth Davidson. In 1672, he went to Rotterdam, where he trained in book-keeping and accounting for four years. He returned to Edinburgh in 1676 and became the private secretary of Sir James Dick of Prestonfield, a wealthy merchant and baillie (alderman) of Edinburgh who later became the city's Lord Provost.
Before long, Watson was one of the best known and wealthiest accountants in Edinburgh. On 17 July 1695, an Act of the Parliament of Scotland established the Bank of Scotland with the specific remit of supporting Scottish business. George Watson was appointed to be its first chief accountant. Watson was an early supporter of the Merchant Maiden Hospital, founded by Mary Erskine and the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in 1694. He died in 1723 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard. In his will he left funding to support the education of anyone with the name Watson or Davidson at the Merchant Maiden Hospital, the Trades Maiden Hospital and Heriot's Hospital (now George Heriot's School).
He also left a further £144,000 Scots, or £12,000 English, to found a new charitable school (or "hospital" as they were known at the time) for "entertaining and educating the male children and grandchildren of decayed merchants in Edinburgh". George Watson's Hospital opened with eleven pupils on 17 May 1741. In 1870 it became a fee-paying day school with a roll of 800 boys, initially called George Watson's College Schools for Boys. It merged with George Watson's Ladies College in 1974 and has since simply been known as George Watson's College. It now has some 2,300 pupils.


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A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.
There are several approaches to the treatment of diarrhea and therefore different types of antidiarrheal agents.
Oral rehydration agents are first line use as antidiarrheal agents. Maintenance of fluid and electrolyte balance is very important.
Antibacterial agents can be used to treat diarrhea with confirmed bacterial cause, such as campylobacter. Otherwise antibacterial agents are not necessary in most cases of diarrhea.
Other agents used to treat diarrhea are antimotility agents or antispasmodic agents.
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The red-lipped snake, or herald snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia), is a common and widespread venomous species of colubrid snake in sub-Saharan Africa. It can reach a length of 1 m (3 ft 3 in), although 45-70 cm (1 ft 6 in – 2 ft 4 in) is the average. Color can vary between areas. It can be grey, brown and olive-green above, often with white spots that can sometimes form bars, particularly in younger specimens. Head is darker and has large black iridescent patches stretching out behind the eyes. Upper lip is often red, but can also be white, orange, yellow and blackish. Although it is often called red-lipped, it is not the lip-color (which varies), but the black patch behind the eyes that is the giveaway for the species.
Diet and habitat
The red-lipped snake is often found in open and damp habitats, such as marshes, grasslands and moist savannas, but can also be found in lowland forests. It can often be found in gardens, where it hides between rocks or in compost heaps. It feeds mainly on frogs, but does also catch and eat smaller lizards. Large adult individuals may eat small rodents. Hunting is often done during the night.
Venom and aggression
The red-lipped snake can be slightly aggressive, but is not dangerous to humans. When threatened, it will flatten its head, hiss, and strike multiple times. If bitten, the venom is not life-threatening, but will cause some short-term discomfort, such as headaches, swelling, soreness, itching and nausea.
The female will lay 6-19 eggs and the young will measure 8-18 cm (3-7 in) when hatched. It has been recorded to live between 10 to 15 years.


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Eigenmode-Based Solver for PCB Vias
This topic explains the use of an eigenmode-based solver to analyze the return path of a via in a planar structure such as a PCB.
You can model the signal path of a via using a lumped element circuit model, but the return current path usually involves structures that are separated from the via by more than a tenth of a wavelength at the maximum frequency of interest (the usual limit for lumped circuit models). This return current path usually involves Ground Return Vias (GRVs) that connect the top and bottom conducting planes in a given PCB layer and can couple with other via signal paths as well.
To model a return path, use radial transverse electromagnetic (TEM) waves that are eigenmodes of the planar structure. You can model the propagation and reflection of these radial TEM waves very accurately, even over very long distances, using closed form linear equations defined at each of the discontinuities in the wave's propagation path. A matrix solution of these linear equations is used to obtain the return path impedance and signal coupling.
Wave Generation and Propagation
A via cell is a subsection of a via that transitions from one conducting plane, through one or more dielectric layers (possibly containing signal routing) to another conducting plane.
Within a via cell, the signal current flowing along the via barrel is exactly balanced by the return current flowing in the opposite direction across the edge of the antipad.
The return current flowing from the edge of the antipad generates a radial TEM wave centered on that via cell. The radial TEM wave propagates outward from the via cell like ripples in a pond. The radial TEM wave creates magnetic coupling between the top and bottom conducting planes, like a half turn transformer. This is one of the mechanisms through which the return current is transferred between the top and bottom planes.
The other current transfer mechanism is a GRV that shorts the top and bottom planes together at some point outside the via cell. A radial TEM wave that is generated at the via cell antipad propagates to a nearby GRV, and is reflected by the GRV, creating another radial TEM wave flowing outward from the GRV.
Radial TEM waves from both the via cell and the GRV on the left continue to propagate, and eventually both waves strike other GRVs, in this case, the waves strike the GRV on the right hand side in the diagram. The waves continue to propagate and reflect, often creating a complex system of waves propagating between the top and bottom planes.
Combine the return path current conduction with the capacitance and inductance between the via barrel and the antipads to produce a complete circuit model for the via cell.
For version one of the via solver feature, the circuit elements Ctop and Cbottom and L in this schematic are automatically calculated to produce a 50-ohm characteristic impedance. There is no modeling of pad capacitances, entry/exit traces, or routing within a layer.
The impedance ZR in the schematic models the circuit behavior of the entire return path and includes any waves reflected from GRVs or the waves propagated from other via cells (crosstalk).
For each layer in a PCB, the equivalent circuits of the via cells are combined into a Generalized Circuit (ABCD) matrix, and the ABCD matrices are combined in series to produce an ABCD matrix for the complete PCB.
Equations and Solutions
This section presents the derivation of the linear matrix equation that the voltages and currents in a given layer must satisfy. This equation is solved for each frequency of interest to obtain the elements of the layer's ABCD matrix as a function of frequency.
Variables and Functions
|n||Via Cells||Number of via cells in the layer|
|m||Radial TEM Waves||Number of radial TEM waves in the layer, m≥n|
|Voltages and Current|
|J||Return currents||n✕1 vector of via cell return currents|
|Vout||Outgoing voltage||m✕1 vector of outgoing wave voltages, one for each wave, as measured at the antipads of the via cells and the via barrels of the GRVs|
|Vin||Incoming voltage||m✕1 vector of incoming wave voltages, one for each wave, as measured at the antipads of the via cells and the via barrels of the GRVs|
|Vreturn||Total return voltage||m✕1 vector containing the total return path voltages, as measured at the antipads of the via cells and the via barrels of the GRVs|
|B||Generic amplitude||Amplitude coefficient for a zero order outgoing radial TEM wave|
|P||Propagation constants||m✕m matrix of propagation constants between the different via cells and GRVs in the layer|
|Z||Wave output impedances||m✕n matrix of output source impedances for via cell outgoing waves|
|Reflection coefficients||m✕m matrix of reflection coefficients. The reflection coefficients for via cells is zero and the reflection coefficients for GRVs is -1.|
|Zreturn||Return path impedances||m✕n matrix of impedances for the complete return path response, including reflections and crosstalk. The first rows of this matrix are used to populate the ABCD matrix for the layer.|
|I||Identity matrix||The m✕m identity matrix|
|Speeds and Distances|
|k||Propagation constant||is the propagation constant at the frequency of interest.|
|Dielectric impedance||is the impedance of a dielectric|
|rk||Source radius||Radius at which the outgoing wave voltage is defined – antipad radius for via cells and barrel radius for GRVs|
|Rjk||Propagation distance||Center to center distance between the via cells or GRVs|
|d||Dielectric thickness||The total distance between the top and bottom return planes|
|H0(2)||Zero order Hankel function of the second kind||The Hankel function is a combination of Bessel functions for describing the cylindrical geometry of radial TEM waves. A Hankel function of the second kind describes an outgoing wave. A zero order Hankel function describes voltage of a wave that does not vary with azimuth.|
|H1(2)||First order Hankel function of the second kind||The first order Hankel function happens to be the derivative of the zero order Hankel function, and is therefore useful for describing the radial current of a wave that does not vary with azimuth.|
The voltage and current for a zero order radial TEM wave as a function of radius are
The waves from each via cell and GRV propagate to produce incoming waves at the other via cells and GRVs.
In this equation, the propagation constants are approximately
The via solver feature improves the accuracy of this equation by integrating the average around the destination antipad or GRV barrel.
Define the entries in Vout either as being driven by via cell return current or as being the reflection of incoming waves. The general equation is a combination of the two sources.
The mode output impedance Z is the ratio of the TEM wave voltage to current at the edge of the antipad. Each GRV is a nearly perfect short circuit reflector at the edge of its via barrel. If the via cell waves are in rows 1 through n of Vout, then the entries of Z and are
The solution for Vout is
The solution for the complete return path response is
 Steinberger, Telian, Tsuk, Iyer and Yanamadala, "Proper Ground Via Placement for 40+ Gbps Signaling", DesignCon 2022, April 2022.
 Ramo, Whinnery and Van Duzer, Fields and Waves in Communications Electronics, third edition, section 9.3, John Wiley and Sons Inc., copyright 1994


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The smear factor: One woman's fight to make smear tests accessible
Every year 1,200 people with a learning disability die unnecessarily from inappropriate healthcare. With less than a third of women with a learning disability attending a smear test, the impact is undoubtedly contributing to this number. We talk to one woman preparing for her first smear test.


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Why must one or more non-return valves be used in installations of submersible electric pumps?
Non-return valves are used to maintain the pressure in the system when the pump stops. They also prevent possible problems of water hammering, counter-thrust and counter-rotation: Water hammer : If the valve nearest the pump is placed at more than 10 metres from the static level of the water, or the lower valve leaks whereas the upper one holds, a pressure drop could be created inside the piping. At the next pump start, the water displacement at high speed fills the vacuum and beats against the upper valve and the water in the delivery pipe causing a water shock. Counter-thrust : Without a non-return valve, or with a faulty non-return valve, in the first electric pump start phase operation could occur without water column conditions in the delivery pipe). This causes an axial thrust on the impellers and pump shaft towards the delivery. This axial thrust is transmitted, through the electric motor/hydraulic part coupling, directly to the motor creating a counter-thrust operating conditio


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The previous two editions of the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Monitor: Timor-Leste have largely focused on policing issues and SSR policy respectively. The justice system should not be overlooked as a fundamental component of the security sector, however, in assessing SSR in Timor-Leste. In particular, the ongoing backlog of prosecution cases has an impact on policing authority on the ground and overall public trust in the rule of law system. With its focus on the justice system in Timor-Leste, this edition of the SSR Monitor will provide a brief background on the institutional development of the justice system to introduce the current context and discuss salient issues and future plans for the national justice system.
Timor-Leste's national justice system was effectively set up in 1999 and, understandably, remains in a developing state with immense obstacles to still be overcome. Improving access to the formal justice system, in particular, will be an important challenge, especially in remote communities that, due to the lack of police and judicial reach, often rely on various informal justice mechanisms.
Although many long-term challenges remain in establishing a credible, independent and effective justice system, signs of progress are recognizable. After several years of acute centralization and dysfunction, the recent approval of a comprehensive strategic planning framework for justice sector development represents a significant step forward for the justice sector. Indeed, a number of important issues are being addressed, with the potential to lead to positive changes for the long-term development of the justice sector.
Other positive signs include an increase in the number of national judicial actors conducting court proceedings, which should help address language issues, and efforts to improve the functioning of the district courts, which will provide better access to justice to those previously excluded from the formal justice system.


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Kancelaria Prawna Proculus (Proculus Law Firm) acted as an intermediary in borrowing money. Its offer was addressed mainly to people with no creditworthiness who needed money to repay previously incurred debts. Consumer complaints indicated that in consequence of borrowing money through Kancelaria Prawna Proculus, consumers faced even greater financial difficulties. The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection determined that the company had violated the principles of decency.
"The actions of the employees of Proculus had a single aim: to encourage as many people as possible to conclude financial intermediation agreements, as they charged a commission for that. The greater the amount, the greater the fee, which is why Proculus solicited consumers to borrow more money than they would be able to repay," says Marek Niechciał, President of UOKiK.
- Excessive commissions which did not correspond to the work performed by Proculus. The intermediary undertook to search for financial offers, which cost customers approx. 20% of the amount of the loan. Employees of Proculus charged a commission even when all of the activities were performed by the bank or no agreement was concluded. Sometimes clients paid both to Proculus and to the bank.
- Soliciting consumers to borrow more money than they would be able to repay later on. Proculus employees manipulated information in such a way that the ultimate borrowed amounts were more than the consumers would be able to repay or needed. As a consequence, Proculus received high commissions while clients faced even greater financial difficulties.
- Blank promissory notes without the required "non-endorsable" clause. Promissory notes secure claims of the lender and repayment of debt, but they must indicate the amount and contain the "non-endorsable" clause. Proculus could write any amount on the note and transfer the claim to another person.
The President of UOKiK decided that Kancelaria Prawna Proculus had violated the principles of decency. The amount of penalty imposed amounts to nearly PLN 3 mln.


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Optimum Nutrition: Cooked or Raw?
Which is better: cooked food or raw? Taking nothing for granted or gospel, I set out to find out for myself the answer to this important question.
First, I asked, what is meant by "raw food" and what is meant by "cooked food?" One cannot simply say that raw is uncooked, for there are raw food "cookbooks." Nor is cooking simply the application of heat through boiling, baking, or frying, as I soon discovered. Ripening itself is one form of natural cooking; others are described later. Second, I wondered, what did my ancestors eat? And was it raw or cooked? Third, I questioned, how do enzymes in foods affect digestion and health? Fourth, I attempted to sum it up, is there an advantage to cooking?
The answers weren't as simple as one might suspect, however. The answers to these questions combine in interesting ways, and open up other questions in their answering.
To begin with the second question: Our most primitive ancestors, those who lived several million years ago, most likely ate raw food. The majority of what they ate was animal protein: muscle meats, organ meats, eggs, and insects.
Present day examples of peoples who primarily eat raw animal protein include the Inuit of the far North and the Masai of Africa. Both groups are known for their health and freedom from disease, although in fairness there are many other lifestyle differences between these cultures and our own.
Research done by Dr. Pottenger in the mid-twentieth century revealed that raw meat and milk contained enzymes necessary for digestion. He showed that heat deactivated their enzymes (_URL_). His conclusion was that raw meat, fish, milk and eggs provide more nutrients and are more easily digested.
This is not true of plant foods, however. Vegetables and fruits do contain enzymes -- if picked fully ripe -- but their enzymes have no function in their own digestion, although papaya, pineapple, and kiwi fruit contain enzymes that digest meat (An interesting aside


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Wholesome Kids Recipe Book
Children are notoriously picky about what they eat, and many parents often find themselves not knowing how to make their diet more varied. Thankfully, with Kira Westwick's Wholesome Kids Recipe Book, you'll never again have to worry about getting your child to eat healthy. This bright and colorful book contains not only tasty and nutritious recipes, but also a whole range of tips and tricks aimed at increasing the variety of foods your child eats, inspiring your child to eat whole foods, and including vegetarian, grain-free or dairy-free alternatives in their diet. All that you ever needed for your child to eat right is contained in these 250 inspiring pages, making the Wholesome Kids Recipe Book a "must have" in the family library.


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The tropical, macro-tidal estuary of Darwin Harbour is in near-pristine condition and supports a rich biodiversity. However, urban and industrial development pressures are increasing in many parts of the catchment. This challenges us to improve our understanding of how the harbour's ecosystem responds to environmental threats and how best to optimise future development while preserving valuable ecosystem services. Here, we synthesise our current knowledge of several environmental aspects of the harbour and its catchment.
The intertidal zone and its abundant mangrove forests account for a major proportion of primary productivity in Darwin Harbour. These areas also play a key role in preserving water quality by intercepting catchment-derived pollutants and they substantially influence the movement of sediment through the estuary. Darwin Harbour mangroves generally remain in healthy condition with extensive areas of highly biodiverse habitats near urban and industrial developments.
The future health of Darwin Harbour depends substantially on the protection of the mangrove estate against further pressures from coastal land clearing, catchment derived pollutants and accelerated sedimentation from runoff and dredging. Rapid sea level rise (currently [Formula presented]8 mm/year) is a further significant threat to the stratified floristic assemblages and specialised invertebrate fauna typical of Darwin Harbour mangrove forests. These threats require development of new sensitive harbour-wide monitoring techniques to provide early warning of the excess accumulation of stressors and disruption to ecosystem functioning.


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In the early 1900s, prospectors followed rumours of gold into the Porcupine region and, by 1910, the Great Porcupine Gold Rush was on, creating one of Canada's largest and most successful gold mining camps.
Jack Wilson led a group and discovered the Dome property, which would become the Dome Mine. Benny Hollinger and Alex Gillies discovered the claim that was developed into the Hollinger Gold Mine. Sandy McIntyre and Hans Buttner arrived shortly after the Hollinger-Gillies team and staked their claims immediately to the north of the Hollinger Mine, which eventually became the nucleus of the McIntyre Mine.
The towns of South Porcupine, Timmins and Schumacher were planned around each of these mines in order to house the miners and their families, and soon supported a thriving multicultural community. These three towns were amalgamated in 1973 into what is today the City of Timmins.


A mean field approach for optimization in discrete time
This paper investigates the limit behavior of Markov decision processes made of independent objects evolving in a common environment, when the number of objects (N) goes to infinity. In the finite horizon case, we show that when the number of objects becomes large, the optimal cost of the system converges to the optimal cost of a discrete time system that is deterministic. Convergence also holds for optimal policies. We further provide bounds on the speed of convergence by proving second order results that resemble central limits theorems for the cost and the state of the Markov decision process, with explicit formulas for the limit. These bounds (of order $1/\sqrt{N}$ ) are proven to be tight in a numerical example. One can even go further and get convergence of order $\sqrt{\log N}/N$ to a stochastic system made of the mean field limit and a Gaussian term. Our framework is applied to a brokering problem in grid computing. Several simulations with growing numbers of processors are reported. They compare the performance of the optimal policy of the limit system used in the finite case with classical policies by measuring its asymptotic gain. Several extensions are also discussed. In particular, for infinite horizon cases with discounted costs, we show that first order limits hold and that second order results also hold as long as the discount factor is small enough. As for infinite horizon cases with non-discounted costs, examples show that even the first order limits may not hold.
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- Write detailed incident reports following any incident, occurrence, or variance that warrants documentation.
- Conduct quality investigations and complete investigative reports.
- Provide response services related to emergency and crisis planning, high risk terminations, workforce disruptions, natural disaster, civil unrest, and threat monitoring.
- Transport the client to and from company location and/or events.
- Secure the client's residential perimeter;
- Review CCTV, manage access controls, and respond to alarms, as needed.
- Identify and escalate equipment deficiencies/failures.
- All other duties, as assigned.
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High School Diploma or GED with law enforcement, military, and/or security experience. CA guard card is required.
- Law enforcement, military, and/or security experience.
- Concierge-level customer service experience.
- Able to complete thorough and accurate investigations and reports.
- Access control systems, CCTV, and alarm monitoring experience.
- Strong problem resolution skills.
- Able to interact effectively at all levels and across diverse cultures.
- Solid verbal and written communication skills.
- Computer knowledge; Microsoft Office.
With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions;
- Exposure to sensitive and confidential information.
- Regular computer usage.
- Must be able to see, hear, speak, and write clearly in order to communicate with employees and/or customers.
- Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment.
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- Exposure to stressful situations, such as challenging individuals who are in or approaching an unauthorized area.
- Rapid and effective decision-making during unusual or emergency situations.
- Work in environments and under conditions that require carrying authorized weapons and ammunition, the use of protective gear and devices, and/or awareness of personal safety and safety of others.
- Frequent sitting, standing and/or walking for long periods of time and may involve climbing stairs and walking up inclines and on uneven terrain.
- On occasion, may be required to perform stressful and physical activity.
- Respond to occasional emergency situations, at any hour, with short notice.
- Frequent lifting and moving up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 30 pounds.
- Shift work including evenings, weekends, and holidays to ensure the successful completion of work assignments.
- Travel, as required.
Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law. Pinkerton also adheres to all local, state, federal, and country hiring requirements.
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Investigation of communicative behaviors and communication functions of Turkish individuals with autism spectrum disorder through Communication Matrix
Şimşek K. N., Günhan Şenol N. E., Birol N. Y., Yaşar Gündüz E.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, vol.63, pp.1-16, 2024 (SSCI) identifier identifier
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ObjectivesThis study investigates the communication functions and communicative behaviors of Turkish individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), using the Turkish adaptation of the Communication Matrix.MethodsThirty participants with ASD (24 males, six females; age 2;5-22;11) were assessed using the Turkish Communication Matrix, the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), and Denver-II Developmental Screening Test. Based on the CARS scores, the participants were categorized into mild-moderate and moderate-severe autism groups. Differences in Communication Matrix scores between the groups were analyzed using the Mann Whitney-U Test, while the relationship between Communication Matrix and CARS scores was examined through Spearman's correlation.ResultsMild-to-moderate autistic participants exhibited more often and diverse communication functions and communicative behaviors, especially in behavior regulation (refuse and obtain), social interaction, and information-seeking or information-providing behaviors than those with moderate-to-severe autism. Significant differences emerged in communicative behaviors for social interaction and information-seeking or information-providing behaviors. A significant negative correlation was observed between CARS scores and communicative behaviors for social interaction and information-seeking or information-providing behaviors.ConclusionsIncreased autism severity reduces the diversity and functionality of communicative behaviors. Social interaction and information-seeking or information-providing behaviors are the skills that are most impacted by autism severity.


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Population Genetic Structure and Demographic History of Opsaridium microcephulum along Lake Nyasa
Keywords:Lake Nyasa, genetic diversity, demographic history, population genetics structure and effective population size
The Sanjika, Opsaridium microcephalum is among the fish species that serve as a major source of proteins and income to people along Lake Nyasa. However, the information on its genetic diversity and structure particularly in the Tanzania part of the Lake is limited. Therefore, the assessment of the genetic diversity and structure of O.microcephalum along the Lake Nyasa part of Tanzania was conducted in the current study using a fragment of the mitochondrial COI gene from 92 individuals of O. microcephalum. The findings showed that an average haplotype diversity and average nucleotide diversity were 0.8065 ± 0.0314 and 0.002380 ± 0.001640, respectively. The molecular Variance (AMOVA) indicated significant genetic variations among the subpopulations studied (Overall Φst = 0.31560, p < 0.001). The lowest haplotype diversity was recorded at Manda and the highest haplotype diversity was recorded at Buloma. The lowest nucleotide diversity was recorded at Manda and the highest was recorded at Lupingu. The differences in genetic diversity can be a possible indicator of different localised evolutionary forces that require attention to conservationists for the sustainable management of O. microcephalum.


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DataTable.Load Method
Fills a DataTable with values from a data source using the supplied IDataReader. If the DataTable already contains rows, the incoming data from the data source is merged with the existing rows.
This member is overloaded. For complete information about this member, including syntax, usage, and examples, click a name in the overload list.
 Name Description
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Load(IDataReader) Fills a DataTable with values from a data source using the supplied IDataReader. If the DataTable already contains rows, the incoming data from the data source is merged with the existing rows.
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Load(IDataReader, LoadOption) Fills a DataTable with values from a data source using the supplied IDataReader. If the DataTable already contains rows, the incoming data from the data source is merged with the existing rows according to the value of the loadOption parameter.
Public method Supported by the XNA Framework Load(IDataReader, LoadOption, FillErrorEventHandler) Fills a DataTable with values from a data source using the supplied IDataReader using an error-handling delegate.
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The Load method can be used in several common scenarios, all centered around getting data from a specified data source and adding it to the current data container (in this case, a DataTable). These scenarios describe standard usage for a DataTable, describing its update and merge behavior.
A DataTable synchronizes or updates with a single primary data source. The DataTable tracks changes, allowing synchronization with the primary data source. In addition, a DataTable can accept incremental data from one or more secondary data sources. The DataTable isn't responsible for tracking changes in order to allow synchronization with the secondary data source.
Given these two hypothetical data sources, a user is likely to require one of the following behaviors:
 - Initialize DataTable from a primary data source. In this scenario, the user wants to initialize an empty DataTable with values from the primary data source. Later the user intends to propagate changes back to the primary data source.
 - Preserve changes and re-synchronize from the primary data source. In this scenario, the user wants to take the DataTable filled in the previous scenario and perform an incremental synchronization with the primary data source, preserving modifications made in the DataTable.
 - Incremental data feed from secondary data sources. In this scenario, the user wants to merge changes from one or more secondary data sources, and propagate those changes back to the primary data source.
The Load method makes all these scenarios possible. All but one of the overloads for this method allows you to specify a load option parameter, indicating how rows already in a DataTable combine with rows being loaded. (The overload that doesn't allow you to specify the behavior uses the default load option.) The following table describes the three load options provided by the LoadOption enumeration. In each case, the description indicates the behavior when the primary key of a row in the incoming data matches the primary key of an existing row.
Load Option
Description
PreserveChanges (default)
Updates the original version of the row with the value of the incoming row.
OverwriteChanges
Updates the current and original versions of the row with the value of the incoming row.
Upsert
Updates the current version of the row with the value of the incoming row.
In general, the PreserveChanges and OverwriteChanges options are intended for scenarios in which the user needs to synchronize the DataSet and its changes with the primary data source. The Upsert option facilitates aggregating changes from one or more secondary data sources.
The following example demonstrates several of the issues involved with calling the Load method. First, the example focuses on schema issues, including inferring a schema from the loaded IDataReader, and then handling incompatible schemas, and schemas with missing or additional columns. The example then focuses on data issues, including handling the various loading options.
Note Note
This example shows how to use one of the overloaded versions of Load. For other examples that might be available, see the individual overload topics.
Sub Main()
 Dim table As New DataTable()
 ' This example examines a number of scenarios involving the
 ' DataTable.Load method.
 Console.WriteLine("Load a DataTable and infer its schema:")
 ' Retrieve a data reader, based on the Customers data. In
 ' an application, this data might be coming from a middle-tier
 ' business object:
 Dim reader As New DataTableReader(GetCustomers())
 ' The table has no schema. The Load method will infer the
 ' schema from the IDataReader:
 table.Load(reader)
 PrintColumns(table)
 Console.WriteLine(" ============================= ")
 Console.WriteLine("Load a DataTable from an incompatible IDataReader:")
 ' Create a table with a single integer column. Attempt
 ' to load data from a reader with a schema that is
 ' incompatible. Note the exception, determined
 ' by the particular incompatibility:
 table = GetIntegerTable()
 reader = New DataTableReader(GetStringTable())
 Try
 table.Load(reader)
 Catch ex As Exception
 Console.WriteLine(ex.GetType.Name & ":" & ex.Message())
 End Try
 Console.WriteLine(" ============================= ")
 Console.WriteLine( _
 "Load a DataTable with an IDataReader that has extra columns:")
 ' Note that loading a reader with extra columns adds
 ' the columns to the existing table, if possible:
 table = GetIntegerTable()
 reader = New DataTableReader(GetCustomers())
 table.Load(reader)
 PrintColumns(table)
 Console.WriteLine(" ============================= ")
 Console.WriteLine( _
 "Load a DataTable with an IDataReader that has missing columns:")
 ' Note that loading a reader with missing columns causes
 ' the columns to be filled with null data, if possible:
 table = GetCustomers()
 reader = New DataTableReader(GetIntegerTable())
 table.Load(reader)
 PrintColumns(table)
 ' Demonstrate the various possibilites when loading data into
 ' a DataTable that already contains data.
 Console.WriteLine(" ============================= ")
 Console.WriteLine("Demonstrate data considerations:")
 Console.WriteLine("Current value, Original value, (RowState)")
 Console.WriteLine(" ============================= ")
 Console.WriteLine("Original table:")
 table = SetupModifiedRows()
 DisplayRowState(table)
 Console.WriteLine(" ============================= ")
 Console.WriteLine("Data in IDataReader to be loaded:")
 DisplayRowState(GetChangedCustomers())
 PerformDemo(LoadOption.OverwriteChanges)
 PerformDemo(LoadOption.PreserveChanges)
 PerformDemo(LoadOption.Upsert)
 Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.")
 Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
Private Sub DisplayRowState(ByVal table As DataTable)
 For i As Integer = 0 To table.Rows.Count - 1
 Dim current As Object = "--"
 Dim original As Object = "--"
 Dim rowState As DataRowState = table.Rows(i).RowState
 ' Attempt to retrieve the current value, which doesn't exist
 ' for deleted rows:
 If rowState <> DataRowState.Deleted Then
 current = table.Rows(i)("Name", DataRowVersion.Current)
 End If
 ' Attempt to retrieve the original value, which doesn't exist
 ' for added rows:
 If rowState <> DataRowState.Added Then
 original = table.Rows(i)("Name", DataRowVersion.Original)
 End If
 Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}, {2} ({3})", i, current, original, rowState)
 Next
End Sub
Private Function GetChangedCustomers() As DataTable
 ' Create sample Customers table.
 Dim table As New DataTable
 ' Create two columns, ID and Name.
 Dim idColumn As DataColumn = table.Columns.Add("ID", GetType(Integer))
 table.Columns.Add("Name",


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Business Processes are an organization's secret sauce for delivering superior business outcomes, differentiated customer experience and optimal operational efficiency. Companies need to run their business operations in the most efficient manner possible to remain competitive while providing maximum transparency to remain compliant. Today, most companies audit their processes regularly to:
- Identify key areas of improvement
- Discover friction in the process
- Uncover if the process has deviated from its operating norm
Using Process Mining technology, Princeton Blue can help you gain complete visibility into the actual execution of your processes, identify actionable insights and take appropriate steps to keep your processes competitive, cost-effective and compliant.
What is Process Mining?
Process mining is an analytical discipline for discovering, monitoring, and improving currently operating processes (and learn how differently they run from how you expect them to run). This is done by extracting information from key enterprise application event logs and identifying friction points during process execution using advanced algorithms and analytics. Process mining offers objective, fact-based insights, derived from actual data, that help you audit, analyze, and improve your existing business processes by monitoring compliance-related and performance-related metrics.
Eliminate Process Friction
Just like in the physical world, friction in the process world has a negative impact on the business outcome. Examples of process friction include:
- Manual workaround to compensate for a missing capability in an underlying system
- Data maintained manually in Excel sheets that only one person in the process has access to
- Non-standard exception paths followed in the process to meet critical timeline pressures
According to IDC research, most companies are unaware that their processes aren't performing at maximum efficiency due to this friction, and 20%-30% of their revenue is lost as a result.
Process Mining helps you detect such process friction and provides you with options to eliminate it once and for all.
Tap into your Process Data
Process mining allows you to tap into the goldmine of your process data across your organization, by following the actual process execution flow and analyzing the application log of the systems it touches. Process Mining gives you the following three capabilities by analyzing this process data:
- Discover: Get complete transparency of your as-is processes and explore every step and deviation to identify points of friction.
- Enhance: Automate tasks and get suggestions for intelligent actions to ensure that you set the right priorities and run your processes in the most efficient way.
- Monitor: Track your processes with full transparency, and benefit from internal and external process benchmarking.
How is Process Mining Performed?
Every interaction in your business process leaves a digital footprint — raw data that can be turned into a record of actions taken. To discover the actual process execution and underlying friction, Process Mining uses Event Logs containing three pieces of information – Case ID, Activities, and Timestamp
- Case ID: A unique identifier that separates one case from another
- Activities: Activities performed in a business process from start to end
- Timestamp: Date and time of the activities performed in the process
Process Mining Workflow
Process mining extracts and transforms data from various event logs. It reconstructs the data and analyzes it to see how your processes actually flow. By looking into process deviations and timestamps for different activities it identifies the friction points within those processes. Once the friction points are identified, you can drill down to find the root cause for process deviations. The drill down will allow you to understand the impact of the friction points within your business processes. You can then prioritize your response to find the best path within your process to meet the business objective more efficiently.
Celonis Process Mining
Celonis is the recognized market leader in Process Mining. With the most advanced and innovative Process Mining technology on the market today, Celonis can deliver a data-driven process view in minutes, allowing you to measure the execution capacity of a process in real time, get 100% visibility into your processes, and identify root cause of the execution gaps.
The Celonis platform includes the following key capabilities:
How can Princeton Blue help?
Princeton Blue is a trusted partner of Celonis and offers you consulting services to take advantage this innovative Process Mining technology to eliminate process friction and achieve superior process performance.
- Discover your process – See exactly how your process flows through your organization with a rich, dynamic, visual representation based on your own data and rules.
- Identify friction points – Audit your processes to identify inefficiencies and problems.
- Eliminate process bottlenecks – Get actionable insights to streamline operations and drive growth
- Process Automation – Increase efficiency and productivity by automating the end-to-end business process.


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How to Move a Monkey Puzzle Tree
Moving a monkey puzzle tree can be a difficult task due to its large size and deep root system. It is best to move the tree during its dormant season, typically in late autumn or early winter, to minimize stress on the tree. Before moving the tree, it is important to prune back any excess branches and roots to reduce the overall size and weight of the tree. It is also important to dig a large hole in the new location to accommodate the tree's root system. After the tree is planted in its new location, it should be well-watered and mulched to help it adjust to its new environment.
If you want to control the tree's growth, you can trim the branches or roots, or you can apply herbicides but it should be done carefully and under the guidance of an expert as it may have negative impact on the environment.
Taking care of a monkey puzzle tree requires regular maintenance to ensure its healthy growth.
Here are some tips for caring for a monkey puzzle tree:
- Planting: Monkey puzzle trees should be planted in well-draining soil in a location that receives full sun. It is important to dig a large hole for the tree's deep root system.
- Watering: Water the tree regularly, especially during dry periods. Keep the soil consistently moist, but not waterlogged.
- Mulching: Mulch the base of the tree to help retain moisture and suppress weeds.
- Pruning: Prune the tree as needed to maintain its shape and remove any dead or damaged branches.
- Fertilizing: Fertilize the tree in early spring with a slow-release fertilizer.
- Pest and disease control: Monitor the tree for signs of pests or disease and treat as needed.
- Climate: Monkey puzzle trees are native to Chile and Argentina, they prefer a cool and moist environment and not suitable for hot and dry climate.
It's important to note that monkey puzzle tree grow very slow and it may take decades for them to reach maturity, so patience and regular care are essential for the long-term health of the tree.


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Black Leaders In Central Texas Are Providing Food, Supplies To Underserved Communities Impacted By The Storm
Black-led organizations have been working to provide food, supplies and shelter to underserved communities in Central Texas throughout this week's winter storm. Now, as temperatures rise and the snow melts, leaders are mobilizing efforts to help people most in need face the aftermath.
"The sun is finally shining, the snow is melting away, but the pain and impact of this devastation is still there," Terry Mitchell of the Black Leaders Collective said during a press conference Friday. "Now more than ever it is clear how important community is in times of disaster here in Travis and Williamson County."
Over the last week, thousands of Austinites have gone without electricity for days amid freezing temperatures, and now many are left with very little water pressure or no water at all. On top of that, Austin and many surrounding cities are under a boil-water notice. And the lack of electricity and icy roads has increased food insecurity issues, which were already on the rise amid COVID-19.
The impact was only amplified for people facing racial and socioeconomic barriers.
"Central Texas has a history of failing to provide critical resources needed to support underserved communities," Chas Moore, founder of the Austin Justice Coalition and a member of the Collective, said in a press release. "However, politics aside, we know that individuals and families who are already faced with challenges need help, and they need it right now."
The Black Leaders Collective, a coalition of nonprofit, business and local government leaders in Central Texas, has set up a community support fund to help house, feed and provide clean water to minority residents impacted by the storm.
The Collective is also working with the Red Cross to set up an emergency supply distribution center at the former Sims Elementary School, 1203 Springdale Road. People can stop by to pick up supplies, like nonperishable food items and water. The center will be operating Saturday through Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m.
The group is looking for donations of baby food and formula, diapers, blankets, nonperishable groceries, clean water, personal protective equipment, toiletries, medications and socks — all of which can be dropped off on site between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The organization has also teamed up with Black-owned restaurants to provide free meals to people in need as part of a new initiative called "Feeding the Village." Starting Saturday at noon people can access free meals at Rolling Rooster, 3 Chicks Soul Food and Emojis in Austin and Gossip Shack in Pflugerville. The meals are first come, first serve, and one meal will be provided per person.
The Black Leaders Collective is looking for volunteers to help run the distribution center. The organization says to follow these directions to sign up:
- Go to _URL_
- On the main screen, scroll down to the link and words that says "Apply Now"
- Complete the five steps to become a volunteer
- Contact information
- Terms and Agreements
- Background Check
- Then make sure you click through all of the links to verify/authorize background check.
- Many people tend to get hung up on that piece.
- Submit/Authorize background check.
- Within a matter of minutes, the background check is complete.
Here are more organizations looking for donations to help underserved communities impacted by the winter storm:


Study On The Inner Axlebox Type Light Rail Bogies Design
In the various tracks of the existing traffic patterns, light rail, with its low cost, small footprint, traffic volume flexibility, is highly appreciated. At present, Shanghai light rail line has been built in Beijing, Wuhan and other cities are also actively preparing for the light rail line. Light rail transit will become an important mode of urban transportation systems, thus, light rail vehicle bogie design is also a growing concern.
1 light rail bogies structure characteristics and performance requirements for light-rail lines often snaking through the city center, affected by the restrictions of the city streets and buildings, their lines with a small curve, curve radius, so, compared with conventional bogies, applies to bogie LRT line should have its own structure and performance requirement:
(1) axle load is small, usually 11t~12.5T. In order to make full use of urban space, are mostly elevated light rail lines and light rail is a medium-capacity transport mode, vehicle sections smaller than the subway, shorter in length, the use of articulated form.
(2) the wheelbase is small, usually 1.8M~1.9m. A smaller wheelbase for ease with small radius curves, minimum curve radius of 25m light rail lines.
(3) high light requirements. Due to the bogie axle small bogie a limited amount of space, in order to maximize volume, requiring vehicles to light weight, the lightweight design of the bogie is one of the important links.
(4) the layout and compact structure. Due to the smaller wheelbase, especially for the bogie, and in the limited space motor, coupling, gear box and brake equipment.


Irving Kaufman, Rosenbergs' Judge
February 03, 1992|By New York Times News Service.
NEW YORK — Irving R. Kaufman, who gained national attention in 1951 as the judge who sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to the electric chair and who wrote landmark decisions in 1st Amendment, antitrust and civil rights cases for more than 30 years on the federal bench, died Saturday night in the Mount Sinai Medical Center.
He was 81 and lived in Manhattan. He died of pancreatic cancer, his family said.
It was Mr. Kaufman's hope that he would be remembered for his role not in the Rosenberg case, the espionage trial of the century, but as the judge whose order was the first to desegregate a public school in the North; who was instrumental in streamlining court procedures, who rendered innovative decisions in antitrust law and, most of all, whose decisions expanded freedom of the press.
The Rosenbergs were convicted of conspiring to deliver secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in World War II.
The trial became a cause celebre for the left, which still contends that the Rosenbergs and their co-defendant were framed in a paroxysm of anti-Red hysteria.
Mr. Kaufman's decision to impose the death sentences remain the sole death sentences ever carried out in the U.S. for espionage by American civilians.
In 1971, Kaufman dissented in the case of the United States vs. The New York Times, when the court ruled that publishing the Pentagon Papers would threaten national security enough to justify prior restraint. The Supreme Court, agreeing with Kaufman, reversed the decision.
Kaufman's order to desegregate an elementary school in the North, a first, came in 1961, in Taylor vs. Board of Education. In requiring the desegregation of the almost wholly black Lincoln School in New Rochelle in Westchester County, N.Y., Kaufman said, ''Compliance with the Supreme Court's (1954) edict was not to be less forthright in the North than in the South.''
In antitrust law, his ruling in Berkey vs. Kodak (1979) is considered a landmark.


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Benefits Of Dairy
"Those who regularly consumed dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt, did better on mental ability tests."
Milk does the body good, and according to a new study, it's also good for the brain.
American and Australian researchers examined 1,000 adults and found that those who regularly consumed dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt did better on mental ability tests than those who rarely or never eat dairy.
It was recently discovered that brain function relies on some fats, but usually we associate that with good fats, like omega-3, which come from fish oils and the fats found in dairy products like cheese and milk, which are more commonly associated with bad fats that lead to heart disease.
The key seems to be that our brain is made of 60% fat and the brain cells are insulated by myelin sheaths that are made of 75% fat (diseases like multiple sclerosis begin when these sheaths start to deteriorate). Our body can't replenish those fats on its own, and so it relies on our diet to keep the ones in the brain nourished.
The study needs to be tightened up a bit, as the connection between dairy and brainpower wasn't perfectly conclusive. Even so, it's an interesting discovery that researchers will now delve into deeper.