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Branch Manager I
Thursday, October 5, 2017
The Branch Manager is accountable for the service and sales activities, marketing plan, operating budget, profitability and operational integrity of the branch. They are responsible for maintaining a highly motivated, well-trained sales team in order to provide exceptional member service and meet the financial needs of our members. He/she represents the credit union in the community with focused efforts on building and maintaining strong community relationships and increasing business opportunities for Public Service Credit Union.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

* Responsible for overall branch financial results, member satisfaction, operations  effectiveness, productivity, and cost effectiveness.
* Create a positive work environment and ensure optimum branch staffing. Provide direction and leadership to branch staff with emphasis on delivering excellence in member service, achieving sales goals, and teamwork.
* Evaluate, develop, motivate and train branch personnel, coach staff in sales and service  activities. Ensure branch staff has strong product and process knowledge. Responsible for all management functions including: hiring, training, performance management, scheduling, cross-training and succession planning, timekeeping, etc.
* Manage the branch to achieve sales and growth goals, communicate goals and strategies daily and via weekly staff meetings, explain changes, gain commitment, build teamwork and  cooperation within the branch and throughout the organization.
* Maintain key member relationships, responsible for the branch meeting service standards in all  interactions.
* Address member and employee satisfaction issues promptly.
* Be a visible presence in the local community. Promote the credit union and build relationships through active participation in business, community, and charitable organizations events and activities.
* Maintain thorough knowledge of lending processes, security and fraud procedures, and the  functions of all automated equipment. Serve as a branch-wide source of knowledge on credit union operating procedures in order to provide necessary support to branch staff.
* Assess local market conditions and identify current and prospective sales opportunities. Direct and manage consistent and ongoing business development activities.
* Stay abreast of competing markets and provide reports on market movement and penetration.
* Conduct on going analysis of branch activities, workflow and operations with a specific strategy  devised towards meeting goals and objectives.
* Follow all safety and security guidelines to properly safeguard member and organization assets.
* Manage losses and other risk issues and ensure financial losses are within acceptable guidelines.
* Successfully develop and follow an annual operating plan and budget leading to expense control, select purchasing and efficient property management.
* Ensure the application of, and compliance with regulation, policies, procedures, and operational  integrity. Comply with Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and other compliance requests and requirements.
* Keep informed on developments and trends in the financial services industry, particularly with regard to new products, services and technological advances.
* Assist in defining and developing strategy needed to set or meet organizational goals.
* Recommend and help develop and implement new policies and procedures.
* Embrace ongoing education and learn/apply new skills and software applications.
* Regular attendance and punctuality are essential functions of the job.
* Perform other job duties as assigned.

 Job Qualifications

Knowledge, Skill and Ability:
* Track record of leading and coaching team to "higher" results, including sales excellence, consistent delivery of exceptional service, and operational integrity.
* Strong people management skills; able to build and foster teamwork; coach, train and develop employees.
* Demonstrated track record of success in sales and customer service. Proven success in building strong customer relationships and new business development.
* Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to explain  programs, loan terms, features, policies and benefits to customers and business partners.
* Advanced knowledge and understanding of PSCU financial products and services.
* Strong analytical, problem solving and decision making skills.
* Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills; ability to manage multiple  priorities.
* Must be proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
* Ability to maintain confidences.
* Multi-lingual capabilities to include Spanish are a plus.
* Must possess and maintain a valid Colorado drivers’ license and provide proof of insurance.
Education or Formal Training:
Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of three years of financial or sales management experience.

Pay Type: Salary

Min Hiring Rate: $54,000.00

Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Location: Aurora, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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    Zanamivir is used to treat symptoms caused by the flu virus (influenza) if you have had symptoms for 2 days or less. It helps lessen symptoms (such as stuffy nose, cough, sore throat, fever/chills, headache, body aches, tiredness) and shortens the recovery time by about 1 to 2 days.

    Zanamivir may also be used to prevent the flu if you have been exposed to someone who already has the flu (such as a sick household member) or if there is a flu outbreak in the community. Talk to your doctor for more details.

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    Read the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using zanamivir and each time you get a refill. Learn all usage instructions. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

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    For flu prevention: inhale this medication through your mouth as directed by your doctor, usually 2 inhalations (1 blister per inhalation) once a day. The usual length of time you will take zanamivir is 10 days if there is a sick household member or 28 days if there is a flu outbreak in the community, or as directed by your doctor.

    Remove the cover on the disk inhaler. Before use, check the mouthpiece to be sure it is clean and free of particles. Load the medication disk into the disk inhaler. Puncture one medication blister. Keep the disk inhaler level so that the medication will not spill out. Breathe out all the way through your mouth, put the mouthpiece into your mouth, and breathe in through your mouth as deeply as you can. This will draw the medication into your lungs. Hold your breath for a few seconds. To take another inhalation, advance to the next medication blister and repeat the process. Replace the cover of the disk inhaler.

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UC Research Repository http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz:80 The UC Research Repistory captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. 2017-11-23T15:59:57Z Modelling evolving boundary problems in fluid mechanics http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14650 Modelling evolving boundary problems in fluid mechanics Hewett, James N. Evolving boundary problems for which the deformation of a solid body is driven by fluid dynamics were explored using a deforming mesh method, modified to handle large volume and shape deformations. First, the substantial erosion of a cylinder in cross flow within the subcritical flow regime was simulated, where a resulting terminal form emerged that continued until the cylinder completely vanished; closely matching the findings of a corresponding experiment. The terminal shape of the originally circular cylinder was a rounded wedge, pointed upstream, which had an approximately uniform wall shear stress distribution on its surface. Next, the melting front of ice around a heated cylinder was modelled by simulating the molten ice region and tracking the water-ice interface over time. Heat transfer by conduction was dominant when the ice was near the cylinder, and then natural convection developed and enhanced the melting rate as the molten ice volume increased and vortices formed. Lastly, the morphodynamics of deposited silica in pipe flow was simulated by modelling the transport and deposition of the colloidal sized silica particles from the fluid and raising the silica bed as a function of the deposited particle flux. We found that microscale surface roughness reduced the deposition rate by 20%, and that initial protrusions on the surface would grow faster than their surrounding valleys: in agreement with experimental observations. Smoothing methods were applied for the nodes within the interior mesh to absorb the significant volume change in the computational domain. Similarly, a novel node shuffle algorithm is introduced to preserve the mesh quality of the interface boundary where it significantly transformed shape. This algorithm is both shape and volume preserving such that the mesh quality is retained, whilst not artificially contributing to the interface kinematics. We also discuss the importance of monitoring skewness of the finite volume cells in moving boundary problems, and provide insight for undertaking deforming mesh simulations. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Sedimentation reduction in UHT milk http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14649 Sedimentation reduction in UHT milk Gaur, Vikas Ultra-high temperature (UHT) treated milks have a typical shelf life of 9 – 12 months. Sedimentation in UHT milks is a storage stability problem which reduces customer acceptance. The aim of this research was to understand the mechanisms of sedimentation and finds ways to reduce it. Two pilot scale UHT plants were used for producing UHT milks. Both plants were capable of direct heating with steam or indirect heat by heat exchange. Sedimentation in both direct and indirect UHT milks was studied at different storage intervals for up to 25 weeks. The UHT milks were stored at 20 °C in a dark temperature controlled room. Sediment weight, pH, ionic calcium, micelle size and zeta potential were measured at different intervals. Sediment composition was analysed using chemical and PAGE techniques. The UHT sediment was mostly protein and minerals. Sediment contained mostly κ-depleted caseins and some whey proteins. Indirect sediment had more whey protein that direct. Based on literature and obtained results a four step mechanism was hypothesized. During UHT treatment casein micelles are sterically destabilized due to κ-casein dissociation (Step 1 destabilization). During UHT treatment, β-lactoglobulin denature and associate with casein micelles and restore some of the lost steric stability (Step 2 stabilization). These modified casein micelles aggregate together by ionic calcium bridging (Step 3 aggregation) during storage and then settle to the bottom of the container (Step 4 settling). To validate the mechanism multiple trials were conducted using the two different UHT plants. Sediment weight was measured after 4 weeks of dark storage at 20 °C. Different physicochemical properties of the milk post UHT were measured - pH, ionic calcium, ionic conductivity, whey protein denaturation using HPLC, κ-casein dissociation and β-lactoglobulin association using PAGE, particle size distribution using a Malvern Mastersizer, micelle size and zeta potential using a Malvern Zetasizer, and water of hydration of micelles. To isolate the effect of temperature from other phenomenon during direct steam injection (60 °C s-1 heating rate, steam shear, liquid-vapour interface and steam bubble cavitation) destabilization and stabilization was studied by heating milk from 4 °C to 70 °C. Destabilization was studied by attempting to create UHT milks with different amount of κ-casein on micelle surface post UHT. Two techniques were used: 1) heat treatment at different pH values, 2) transglutamination at different temperatures. Stabilization was studied by increasing β-lactoglobulin association with casein micelles by 1) changing casein to whey protein ratio (70:30, 75:25, 80:20) by adding whey protein isolate, 2) modifying direct UHT process to have either a 5 minute pre heating step or an additional 5 minute post-flash heating step at temperatures above which whey protein denaturation occurs (80, 90 and 100 °C). A mixed UHT (different combinations of direct and indirect steps) trial was done to find which part of indirect UHT process results in increased stability of the casein micelles against sedimentation. Aggregation was studied by changing ionic strength of milk using monovalent and divalent cation salts to test if the ionic strength or ionic calcium bridging is more important in sedimentation. It was concluded that destabilization in the UHT process cannot be reduced. Due to the given heating profile of a direct and indirect UHT, destabilization adversely affects stabilization in direct UHT process but not in indirect. It was also concluded that stabilization does not depend on just the amount of β-lactoglobulin associating with the micelles but the conformation of the β-lactoglobulin attaching to the micelles is also important. It was concluded that the conformations of β-lactoglobulin attaching to micelles during indirect heating imparts better stabilization of the micelles than indirect cooling. It was concluded that ionic calcium bridging and not ionic strength leads to aggregation of the casein micelles. Overall the mechanism holds true, but is more nuanced than originally hypothesized. Destabilization affects stabilization. Stabilization also depends on the conformation of β-lactoglobulin polymers associating with micelles. Direct UHT process can not be modified to reduce sedimentation sufficiently. Slow heating in indirect UHT is found to impart stability to the casein micelles against sedimentation. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z A re-examination and reinterpretation of the records of the presocratics and earlier from an ATR (Argumentative Theory of Reason) perspective : the development of reasoning in Greece in the form of “devising and evaluating arguments intended to persuade” http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14648 A re-examination and reinterpretation of the records of the presocratics and earlier from an ATR (Argumentative Theory of Reason) perspective : the development of reasoning in Greece in the form of “devising and evaluating arguments intended to persuade” Armfield, Greg Aristotle was the founder of logic. He said that there was nothing like it earlier. Interpretations of the records of the presocratics from a classical theory of reasoning (CTR) perspective give the ‘traditional account’ of the development of ‘Greek rationalism’. That is, an account of the Greeks becoming better at discovering the world through a process of forward inference: ratiocination. The recent argumentative theory of reason (ATR) of Sperber and Mercier provides an alternative perspective through which to interpret, or reinterpret these same records. According to the theory, the main function of reasoning is the devising and evaluating of arguments intended to persuade. This suggests a process of backward inference in order to support ideas that have arisen intuitively or in some other way. In applying this new perspective to the records, the result is that the Greeks did develop as reasoners, but more in the ATR sense until Plato. That is, the Greeks, over time, became better at devising and evaluating arguments, which were then used to support their ideas and speculations. Together these ideas and their supporting arguments became the theories the Greeks are known for. In other words, the Greeks developed first as rational persuaders with a variety of physical ideas and speculations about the world. At some point in the development, the Greeks recognised what it is to reason and its utility in the context of the law courts and the political assembly. Over a period of time, they came to understand, formalise and teach and learn the ways and methods of reasoning in the ATR sense. Once this was understood, there is evidence that it was then consciously and deliberately applied in attempts to discover the world through the process of forward inference. This all occurred well before Aristotle. To conclude, there was not nothing at all before Aristotle. He systematised what had already been formalised in coming up with logic. But formalised methods of reasoning, both ATR and CTR, were needed in order to do this. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Mauka makai’ ‘Ki uta ki tai’: The ecological and socio-cultural values of estuarine shellfisheries in Hawai`i and Aotearoa New Zealand. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14647 ‘Mauka makai’ ‘Ki uta ki tai’: The ecological and socio-cultural values of estuarine shellfisheries in Hawai`i and Aotearoa New Zealand. Kainamu-Murchie, Ani Alana Estuaries rank among the most anthropogenically impacted aquatic ecosystems on earth. There is a growing consensus on anthropogenic impacts to estuarine and coastal environments, and consequently the ecological, social, and cultural values. The protection of these values is legislated for within the U.S. and Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The respective environmental catchment philosophy ‘Mauka Makai’ and ‘Ki Uta Ki Tai’ (lit. inland to sea) of Indigenous Hawaiian and Ngāi Tahu forms the overarching principle of this study. The scientific component of this study measured shellfish population indices, condition index, tissue and sediment contamination which was compared across the landscape development index, physico-chemical gradient and management regimes. Within the socio-cultural component of this study, Indigenous and non-Indigenous local residents, ‘beach-goers’, managers, and scientists were interviewed towards their perception and experience of site and catchment environmental condition, resource abundance and changes, and management effectiveness of these systems. Both the ecological and cultural findings recognised the land as a source of anthropogenic stressors. In Kāne`ohe Bay, Hawai`i, the benthic infaunal shellfish density appears to be more impacted by anthropogenic conditions compared with the surface dwelling Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas. The latter was indicative of environmental condition. Although the shellfish fishery has remained closed since the 1970s, clam densities have continued to decline. This is the first C. gigas population survey, showing variabile distiribution, the highest abundance located at urban residential piers. The clam-bed sediment contamination concentrations exceeded the Sediment Quality Guidelines and were comparable to findings in the U.S. This requires further investigation by local authorities. Lower C. gigas condition index was associated with elevated tissue arsenic concentration. Native fish and plant life (limu) rather than shellfish were important species to harvest/gather in Kāne`ohe Bay. However, active shellfish culturing was currently being trialled or commercially operated, while the recreationally fishery has been closed for > 30 years. Introduced fishery pressures and landscape development were highlighted as key issues in the Bay. Kānaka Maoli fishery practices and traditional management systems were responses to perceived decline in native fisheries. Extensive restoration efforts were occurring in Hawai`i that may aid to reduce anthropogenic input. Interview analysis was limited by low sample size. ‘Mauka makai’ and local fishery-ecology management systems were recommended by more experienced (>20 yrs) Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. In Canterbury, New Zealand, the New Zealand littleneck clam, Austrovenus stutchburyi, was indicative of environmental condition, while the pipi, Paphies australis, was only abundant at one site, and the dredge oyster Tiostrea chilensis were sparse and without individuals of harvestable sizes. The A. stutchburyi condition index was positively influenced by salinity and negatively with tissue Metal Pollution Index (MPI), tissue E. coli, and sediment MPI. The A. stutchburyi density negatively correlated with both tissue and sediment metal concentrations. Additionally, tissue inorganic arsenic and tissue E. coli concentrations exceeded the guidance for human consumption. The latter exceeded multiple times, and included low salinity sites at the urban and high-intensity rural estuary. Sites of elevated contaminants shared similarities that can further guide monitoring and restoration efforts. The top environmental indicators provided by interview participants aligned with the known global stressors within estuaries. The values of Ngāi Tahu were compromised more often than other cultural affiliations in New Zealand. Ngāi Tahu fishery practices and restoration efforts have responded to perceived decline in native fisheries. ‘Inland-to-sea’ management systems were recommended by Indigenous and non-Indigenous environmental specialists. The anthropogenic impacts of stressors on estuarine systems requires ongoing assessments of environmental condition, and effects on ecological and cultural values. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z


Understanding Event Notifications vs. Triggers

The following table compares and contrasts triggers and event notifications.

DML triggers respond to data manipulation language (DML) events. DDL triggers respond to data definition language (DDL) events.

Event notifications respond to DDL events and a subset of SQL trace events.

Triggers can run Transact-SQL or common language runtime (CLR) managed code.

Event notifications do not run code. Instead, they send xml messages to a Service Broker service.

Triggers are processed synchronously, within the scope of the transactions that cause them to fire.

Event notifications may be processed asynchronously and do not run in the scope of the transactions that cause them to fire.

The consumer of a trigger is tightly coupled with the event that causes it to fire.

The consumer of an event notification is decoupled from the event that causes it to fire.

Triggers must be processed on the local server.

Event notifications can be processed on a remote server.

Triggers can be rolled back.

Event notifications cannot be rolled back.

DML trigger names are schema-scoped. DDL trigger names are database-scoped or server-scoped.

Event notification names are scoped by the server or database. Event notifications on a QUEUE_ACTIVATION event are scoped to a specific queue.

DML triggers are owned by the same owner as the tables on which they are applied.

The owner of an event notification on a queue may have a different owner than the object on which it is applied.

Triggers support the EXECUTE AS clause.

Event notifications do not support the EXECUTE AS clause.

DDL trigger event information can be captured using the EVENTDATA function, which returns an xml data type.

Event notifications send xml event information to a Service Broker service. The information is formatted to the same schema as that of the EVENTDATA function.

Metadata about triggers is found in the sys.triggers and sys.server_triggers catalog views.

Metadata about event notifications is found in the sys.event_notifications and sys.server_event_notifications catalog views.

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The Church of England Instructs Teachers to Allow Children to Explore Their Gender Identity

In a press release titled "Homophobic, biphobic, and transphobic (HBT) bullying tackled in new guidance for Church schools," the Church of England has signaled that they have completely caved to progressivism and abandoned Christianity.

The press release provides details of a fifty-two-page report that the Church of England published as part of their ongoing efforts to train teachers in their schools.

The press release opens with the statement: "Guidance for the Church of England's 4,700 schools published today aims to prevent pupils from having their self-worth diminished or their ability to achieve impeded by being bullied because of their perceived or actual sexual orientation or gender identity."

The statement goes on to say, "The report makes 12 recommendations for schools including ensuring schools' Christian ethos statements offer 'an inclusive vision for education' where 'every child should be revered and respected as members of a community where all are known and loved by God.'"

The problem with the press release and the report isn't that it wants to stop bullying. The problem is that the Church of England has defined bullying in such a way that it encompasses adhering to the belief that boys cannot be girls and vice versa. The Church of England denies that sex is a synonym for gender, and anyone who disagrees is guilty of bullying. Likewise, adhering to Biblical teaching about sexuality is now defined as bullying by the Church of England.

The report (linked to above) is fairly repetitive and contains mostly boiler-plate LGBTQ agenda-affirming language and proposed policies. For example, the reports instructs teachers that,

[Church of England] schools should ensure they provide an inclusive curriculum that addresses sexuality, gender, gender identity and LGBT issues in age appropriate ways. Sensitively addressing LGBT issues will help to create a culture of respect towards LGBT pupils and will actively contribute to the prevention of HBT bullying.

Trans young people may require specific support in order to feel comfortable at school, for example, schools may need to make changes to toilet facilities or a trans young person might require support to change their name or the pronoun by which they are referred to by staff and classmates.

The report has a section specifically crafted for teachers in primary (elementary) schools. Providing guidance for primary school teachers, the Church of England asserts,

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Positive Reinforcement

The subject of positive reinforcement and how precisely to go about it has been a subject that has been reviewed, studied, tested and theorized about for quite a while and in numerous ways. This brief study summary will cover three interventions that were used. What shall be compared is the baseline for each intervention and what resulted from each intervention post-implementation. The items that will be covered include the subjects, the setting, the baseline, the treatments used and the other important details involved. While positive reinforcement is certainly not a fix-all when it comes to correcting bad behavior or creating good behavior, it can have positive effects if used properly and at the right times.

Data Summary

The subjects of this study are younger children that were in need of positive reinforcement for one reason or another. The setting was a school classroom where there were clear signs of misbehaving. The three interventions that were used for this brief study were earning points, praise and token bonus. For each intervention, a pre-intervention baseline was measured. The new pattern created by each baseline by itself was measured. In other words, there were three baselines and three post-intervention measurements. For the first intervention, that being earning points, the baseline ranged from twenty to twenty-five percent compliance. There was a start at twenty percent, a spike to twenty-five percent and then a reduction nearly back to where the line started. The post-intervention graph shows a range of about twenty-seven to thirty-five with an initial starting point of thirty-two, a spike to thirty-five, a quick fall to twenty-nine and then twenty-eight and then a rise to thirty-one. Overall, the post-intervention chart showed roughly a ten percent improvement from the first one. For the second intervention, the baseline was roughly the same except that the graph formed a "W" for the three days mentioned. The range of those values was from twenty-one to twenty-six. This was the baseline for praise. The post-intervention graph showed values ranging from twenty-nine to thirty-nine with a higher value to start, then two days of falling and then a sharp spike up to thirty-four for the last two days of the post-intervention measurements. The third and final intervention was token bonus. The baseline started at twenty-three, spiked to twenty-eight and then fell sharply to twenty-four to end the week. The post-intervention scores were all thirty or higher except for the Thursday of the intervention, which elicited a score of twenty-nine. On the whole, the earning points intervention showed the great disparity between pre- and post-intervention. Praise was only slightly better than token. Overall, the gains ranged from about ten points to about five from the first to the third interventions just mentioned. The graph values just mentioned can be seen from the graph itself in the appendix.

In terms of making sure the appropriate behavior is in place, a few things have to be in place. First, the students selected should not be handpicked or with any fore-conceived conclusion. Second, the students should not be aware that the intervention is being measured. This would help avoid the Hawthorne effect. It is probably not as likely with children but the risk needs to be eliminated is possible and there is no ethical concern involved since the behaviors in question do need interventions whether they are part of a study or not. These considerations are evidence of the self-monitoring and awareness that is necessary when such a study is going on. The target behavior, of course, is for the compliance of the children to go up. There should be no favor or preference given in advance to one intervention or another. There should simply be a verification and assessment of what assessments do well and which ones do not do so well. The design of the study, as mostly noted already, is that there are children that are not complying from a behavioral standpoint and different interventions are being studied so as to see which ones do better than others when it comes to the post-intervention results. The overall results are that all of the interventions looked at in his study had some positive effect but the points system was clearly the best of the three. However, there were significant improvements for all three interventions as evidenced by the baselines as compared to the post-intervention scores.

The strength of this study is that baselines and post-intervention measurements were done independently and the interventions were not all done on the same person. Another strength is that the people being studied were not aware that they were being looked at. Limitations would include that only one range of compliance was used as a starting point, that being in the twenty percent range. Another limitation is that the intervention really needs to be tailored to the problem that is emerging.

As for the situation with Roland, it is fairly clear what is going on. Roland is clearly much happier and generally well-mannered when he is engaged with other students or the teacher. When he is on his own from a student or teacher standpoint, meaning he is not getting direct attention from anyone, he tends to start acting out. Also, he has a problem with saying things that are entirely inappropriate from the standpoint of sex, violence, guns or other similar things that a boy his age should not be discussing or talking about in such a manner. The overall patterns that need correcting are clear. It is obvious and directly observed in the case study that Roland is an attention-seeker and he does not care what sort of attention he gets. He is not looking to get expunged from the class as he always becomes compliant when that is used as a threat. The proverbial "carrot" that can obviously be used with any interventions is interaction with others, whether it be the student or the teacher. However, the "stick" would need to be that he will have less interaction with both (the students in particular) if and when he misbehaves (Alsubaie, 2015).

First off, Roland needs to have a sit-down with his parents and the teacher and it should be made clear what is acceptable, what is not acceptable and what will happen if he gets out of line. For example, an early intervention would be for him to sit on his own. He can get one warning. After that, there will be no further chances and he will have to work on his own. If he has another outburst while sitting alone, he should be removed from the class for at least a while so as to drive the point home that his behavior will not be tolerated. This standard must be enforced on every improper reaction or statement. There cannot be a mixed response as this will only embolden him and/or lower the efficacy of the overall intervention as he knows he will not be punished for every single incident (Alsubaie, 2015).

There are two bits of information in the study that should be singled out. First of all, the fact that he is in a class that is dedicated to children with behavioral problems proves that there needs to be a firm and specific diagnosis of what is going wrong with him. Secondly, there is the mention of the fact that the bad behavior increased after Christmas break. At the very least, this is a clear sign that he was not getting the attention he wanted or needed while he was home and he perhaps became more needing of it when he came back from break. The primary problem is that Roland is seeking out attention to a fault and finding the root reason for that is the catalyst of getting him to a better place on a more permanent basis. He obviously has the capacity to behave as he should. However, his viewpoint is that he wants attention, he is willing to engage in taboo behavior to do it and expungement from the class or from the group is something that could be used to gain compliance. The child's home life might be an issue but the teachers can only control so much. For example, if his parents do not give him a sufficient amount of attention at home, this would be an antecedent for Roland seeking it out when he is at school. If he is exposed to people (whether it be his parents or other children) that say coarse and vulgar things, then that would be an antecedent to him doing so in the school as he is repeating what he hears (from whomever it is that is saying it) and he is also clearly doing it as a tool to get attention. It is an iteration of both mimicry and attention-seeking. Roland is clearly not at peace when he is in his own head and that needs to be rectified if Roland's behavior is going to level out and become normalized in any way (Waters,… [END OF PREVIEW]

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  1. Your outfits look great! I'm about to graduate soon so I am caught up with college application to transfer, getting another job and attend events. Putting alarm on my phone is the number one thing I do, but if I get too busy I might forget, so thanks for the tip. P.S. love the trick of using scarf as belts, might even try that too!

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A Rudolf Steiner student has the ability to integrate thinking; to assimilate information as opposed to memorizing isolated facts; to be flexible, creative and willing to take intellectual risks; and are leaders with high ethical and moral standards who take initiative and are passionate to reach their goals.


Review of Good Sad Happy Bad Album by Micachu & The Shapes

I admit that I am not a creative genius, my ability to paint an inspirational piece of art or craft a beautiful song are about as good as Katie Hopkins' ability to keep her opinions to herself. I do, however, feel that I am qualified to express my own opinion on others' creativity, as long as that opinion has a certain balance, perspective and honesty. Where I occasionally struggle with that privilege is when I want to like something, recognise its worth and know the creativity and capability is there but that it's not entirely evident in the end product.

Micachu & The Shapes Good Sad Happy Bad Album

Unfortunately, 'Good Sad Happy Bad' is just such an album. I have loved some of Micachu & The Shapes' previous songs so know that there is brilliance to be had. If nothing else, you have to be inspired by the avant garde approach, some of the production, techniques, instrumentation, arrangements and overall freshness of their unique music. At times, though, there are so many ideas, so much to transfer and translate into a track that some of that will undoubtedly work better than others.

Rather like other prolific innovators of our time, such as Jack White, Damon Albarn or, perhaps most similarly, Mark E Smith, I'd like to see Micachu & The Shapes just occasionally take a moment, hold tight for a while, consider and contemplate. Take that idea, put a pin in it and save it until you can add value to it, not just use it immediately and potentially, and not exactly waste it, but diminish its impact. Mark E Smith may not have changed the face of British music, but he has had a huge influence on it and has certainly been an inspiration to many other musicians. However, along with the great work he has been responsible for in The Fall, Mark E Smith has also released some quite poor output. Over editing may become stifling and counter-productive but just occasionally you'd like someone to have suggested that some of it may not have been good enough. I'd like that conversation to have taken place before the release of 'GSHB'.

I believe Mica Levi capable of being another Mark E Smith, someone with a singularly individual style and quality that could have just such a major impact and influence on UK music. She is unquestionably talented and creative, but she does make it harder work than it should be to embrace her creativity whole heartedly.

Songs such as 'Golden Phone' and 'Calculator' were a fantastic introduction to Micachu & The Shapes. They were new, innovative, challenging and a fabulous glimpse into some of the future sounds we could expect from a young musician back in 2009. Four albums on and that early promise has not entirely been realised. The potential has not been fulfilled and that's frustrating.

'Good Sad Happy Bad' sounds at times as though it was recorded in a wardrobe. The youthful zest has gone and the claustrophobic atmosphere that pervades the album suffocates it. Some of the songs sound like early Cure demos, whilst others barely take shape because they don't seem fully formed or properly finished. Mica says, "For me, it's the most free we have been." This is freedom at a price. Quality has suffered in trying to capture the genesis of a song without enough consideration being given to the gestation.

Andrew Lockwood

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Which Fuel Source is Best for Grilling

Every barbeque enthusiast has an opinion regarding the most effective fuel to utilize on their grill. If you have actually never looked at your fuel choices, you should, due to the fact that the fuel you make use of could make a huge difference to the top quality of your barbecued meals. To note, we are a bit biased in our opinions. Our team owns several pellet grills, including the rec-tec mini grill, which uses pellets, a wood style of fuel.

The three gas choices are charcoal, briquettes as well as wood.

In this short article we’ll check out each of these subsequently and after that make some recommendations concerning the most effective methods to utilize each of them on your charcoal grill.

The human race has actually been making charcoal for thousands of years, and also most likely been using it for cooking for virtually as lengthy.

Charcoal is made by burning timber in an environment deprived of oxygen, and also while it’s burning, water and other volatile parts in the timber are vaporized. The charcoal produced is utilized as a gas as opposed to timber. It’s good for cooking food over due to the fact that it sheds more constantly than wood as well as it doesn’t convey any kind of specific flavors (excellent or poor) to the food cooked. Tastes could be generated by adding wood chips to the burning charcoal (we’ll review this later).

Typically talking, the most effective timbers for melting on an open fire are also the most effective ones for generating charcoal. But very commonly when you get lump charcoal for a BBQ grill you’re not informed exactly what kind of wood was utilized to earn it, yet if you do get an option select charcoal made from woods such as oak, hickory or mesquite.

Avoid the inferior charcoal generated from wood off-cuts.

Charcoal Briquettes

Charcoal briquettes showed up on the market after Henry Ford detected a chance to utilize the timber waste created from auto manufacturing to make charcoal briquettes. He did this by taking advantage of a formerly copyrighted strategy for generating “gas briquettes”. This strategy included a special process for incorporating and compressing granulated charcoal (produced type his waste timber) with a combination of borax (made use of to assist the manufacturing process) as well as petroleum items (used to bind the wood-chips with each other as well as assist ignition).

Henry Ford was absolutely onto a good idea. He made great deals of loan offering his briquettes for the nations charcoal grills. Today there are great deals of different selections and brand names of briquettes on the industry, several of which do not contain the unpleasant-smelling petroleum products. Nevertheless, also if you can prevent purchasing briquettes containing oil items, it’s still best to let them burn for a while on your charcoal grill prior to you begin barbecuing food making sure that you eliminate other materials that may impact the taste as well as odor of your food.

Great deals of people utilize a Charcoal Grill Smokeshaft Starter to prepare the briquettes for their grills. This technique avoids placing shedding coals onto your grill up until the undesirable compounds in them have burnt. Making use of a chimney starter you could likewise restore your grill with fresh sets of warm briquettes when you are barbecuing for long periods of time.

Several barbeque experts favor to use wood for their gas grill. The reason isn’t really difficult to comprehend. Burning timber emits all-natural materials which can present the most wonderful tastes to food. These compounds are shed if the same wood is transformed to charcoal.

The truly intriguing fact about these flavoring substances is that they differ from one type of timber to another. So if you bbq the very same food with woods such as oak, beech and also hickory the possibilities are that you’ll observe an extremely different taste with each variety of wood.

Exactly what’s the most effective Fuel for a Charcoal Grill?

There are benefits and negative aspects for each of the three sorts of gas grill gas.

Briquettes are exceptionally preferred and widely available. We’ve pointed out several of their restrictions, but among the big benefits of briquettes is that they’re easy to take care of and transfer, when they shed they preserve a constant high temperature (600 levels F and also greater) for extended periods. Some types of wood Charcoal lumpswill additionally give heats, however all-natural charcoal will regularly not keep a certain temperature for longer durations.

Timber can reach also higher temperatures compared to either briquettes or natural charcoal however it’s hard to maintain these temperature levels. If it is essential to preserve a regular high temperature with wood you’ll most likely should renew your grill with fresh wood throughout the cooking period.

One very important point to make is that if you are using wood on your charcoal grill, bear in mind to keep the grill open. If you don’t do this your food will certainly end up tasting much as well great smoky – probably even not fit to eat.

Tree Companies with Your Best Interests in Mind

Why Remove Trees?

With the existence of a big number of various ecological companies that are committed to preserving trees, it’s simple for us to tell that trees are actually an excellent issue. Trees do not just provide us the tidy fresh air that we take a breath but in addition to the building materials, sanctuary, as well as natural items that we require. If you have trees at home that you wish to preserve, you can do so through the assistance of an excellent tree service nashville.

When rain takes place generously, plants tend to grow excess fallen leaves, which crowd them up. This in turn causes their opportunities of survival to lower. In this situation, a specific kind of tree solution referred to as tree cutting is required. A tree trimming solution is done in order to obtain eliminate excess fallen leaves by using a tree cutter. Aside from maintaining trees to life, tree trimming solutions likewise help trees to look even more stunning. Furthermore, they also aid enhance the growth of trees. In locations where there are huge plantations such as woodlands, tree trimming is done with the use of devices. This is a simple approach that makes use of electronic power.

Picking the Right Removal Company

Tree removal is an additional type of solution that’s called for when handling plants. This is an intricate type of solution that needs a great deal of understanding as well as skill. In general, all kinds of tree services required different credentials that need to be met by individuals who supply them. As an example, a firm ought to be accredited as well as need to have a good amount of experience in the market given that this kind of work threatens. A lot of safety and security threats are associated with the tree industry specifically if solutions are carried out in suburbs. Tree removal should be done when trees posture a danger to buildings as well as human beings. The trees that are removed can be utilized for other types of solutions.

Pruning follows in line. This is done to maintain trees healthy and appealing. This could be performed in various means depending on the types of the trees and exactly how you want them to grow. Plants are cut so that they don’t interfere with structures while enabling them to grow healthy and strong at the very same time. Reducing entails a great deal of classifications such as crown cleaning, which includes eliminating excess branches as well as dead components of trees. Interior thinning is another classification that’s done to earn trees wind immune.

Despite the fact that the different types of services that I’ve mentioned above involve a lot of work, they are all worth it since they aid trees to survive for a very long time. Our earth will not be the same without trees. Besides including color to our earth, trees additionally make our globe a good place to reside in.

Options for Green Energy in the UK

How does it function?

The downside

Still worthwhile?


Name: Andres
From: Costa Rica
With TSIC: Four years
Before that: IT support for various companies in Costa Rica

What are the strengths of TSIC customer care?

We get to know our customers and how they are actually using our services. This lets us better understand their needs.

Because we have customers all over the world, our customer care team is from all over the world. This is not just about speaking the customer’s language, it is about understanding the way they do business. The range of backgrounds and nationalities in our customer care team gives us a broader perspective on our customers’ needs.
We are technical problem solvers. We have a big portfolio of services and things are constantly changing. We keep constantly learning and finding new ways of solving problems.

What makes TSIC customer care different?

Solving problems at the first point of contact. When customers call with a problem, we have direct access to the NOC. This means we can fix the problem in 10 minutes instead of three hours. We understand what this means to our customers.

Even though we are a big company, we have good contact with all parts of the company. If we do need to escalate a problem, we know exactly who to send it to. But we still retain oversight of the problem until it is solved. We regularly have workshops with other areas of the company to improve communication and how we work together.

What does 3600/24/7 mean for you?

It means drinking a lot of coffee.
It also means that we are always available. And because we are always online, we are not only solving problems, but also preventing potential problems. We monitor backhaul links and if we see a problem that may arise, we call the customer and let them know. They are normally surprised and pretty happy that we called them.

Being always online also means that we can follow up and make sure problems have been solved to our customers’ satisfaction. 3600/24/7 means we have time to prevent, solve and follow up on problems.

How is knowledge and information shared within TSIC’s customer care team?

We have different ways of solving different problems. Many we can solve on our own. Others we solve in teams. We aren’t robots. It is working together to solve problems, through brainstorming and talking over coffee, that we come up with the best solutions.

We also try to share things that went wrong as well as things that went right. That is where learning comes from. Mutual feedback. It is important to be able to accept feedback from our colleagues. We see it as positive.

Can you describe a time when your team has done something differently, thinking outside the box, to help a customer?

Thinking outside the box?
There is no box!

All of our products are different and every solution is different. We have a big knowledge base, but we solve problems by applying our knowledge to that particular problem.

Can you describe a time when your team has received a surprisingly positive response from a customer?

We try to get to know our customers and better understand their business. Last time I was in Costa Rica on holiday, I went to see one of our customers and showed them how to use our customer portal. They really appreciated that. Local, Local, Local means always keeping close contact with the customer.

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Enjoy a Fun Tour on a Traditional Maltese Boat

Ride at Sunset,

A specially trained boatman would love to take you on a fully restored traditional Maltese boat on an enchanting tour around the harbour.

You can admire the gorgeous architecture of the buildings and the impressive design and size of the super yachts. You will also pass by plenty of historical points of interest whilst enjoying a relaxing time.

From your apartment you take the ferry to Valletta, and an electric car will be waiting for you to take you on a nice ride along the coast to the Waterfront, which is well worth a visit.

You will then start your traditional boat tour. You can be under a canopy to give you some welcome shade.

The cost of the ferry to Valletta is E 3 return for an adult and E1 for a child and takes 15 mins. The electric cars are E7 for 4 people and will take 15 mins. I have negotiated a discount on the traditional boat trip for my guests. So TRIP 1 = 30 mins = E10 per person. If there are 6 of you then it will be E9 if you say you came via Pam.

Ride at Sunset,

TRIP 2 = 45 mins = E15 per person. If there are 6 of you then it will be E13 per person if you say you came via Pam. TRIP 3 = 50 mins= E50 for a couple to have the boat for a romantic trip by moonlight if you say you came via Pam (E5 discount for my guests). To book please let us know and we will arrange it for you.

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Thesis Defense

"Software Analysis and Development for Energy Efficiency in Mobile Devices"

Marcelo Martins

Monday, April 24, 2017 at 12:00 Noon

Room 506 (CIT 5th Floor)

Smartphone and tablet users are sensitive to the impact on battery life due to energy-hungry applications running on their devices. A lower-than-expected battery life can lead to frustrated customers and negative publicity for a company. The major challenge is to increase the energy efficiency of mobile software. In this talk, I address this challenge by proposing techniques that facilitate software adaptation in light of energy savings.

I will first present the necessary elements to account for energy and to abstract functionality blocks from mobile applications so that developers can replace or augment energy-oblivious code with energy-aware code. Two immediate questions arise from energy-aware programming: (1) "Where are the opportunities for energy savings?" and (2) "How to find them?"

To answer the first question I will introduce Tamer, an execution controller for the Android OS that monitors software events, rewrites program binaries, and changes runtime behavior. Tamer can interpose the execution of user-invisible energy-hungry software events, thus preventing their continuation. Developers can use Tamer to perform what-if analysis on the impact of battery life arising from potential code changes. Through a selective application of rate-limiting policies to demanding apps, Tamer can effectively mitigate the excessive battery drain due to frequent wakeups of mobile tasks running in the background.

A Tamer policy specifies which software events to interpose and when actuation should occur. Developers willing to write effective policies must first understand which events are worth interposing. My second contribution is Meerkat, an analysis tool that correlates software-execution logs with power traces. Meerkat leverages sequential-rule mining, a data-mining technique used to discover the interestingness of sequential patterns, to associate energy consumption with event bundles. Developers can use Meerkat to discover sequences of function calls that draw the most power and use these sequences as input to write effective Tamer policies. In the final part of this talk, I will elaborate on Meerkat's effectiveness in the domain of networked and I/O-intensive mobile applications.

The insights stemming from these contributions help speed up the investigation on software energy efficiency. Given appropriate tool support, developers can better understand how to improve smartphone battery life by using combinations of software-adaptation strategies.

Host: Rodrigo Fonseca