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Wireless Rogue Device Detection
A rogue access point, also referred to as rogue AP, is any Wi-Fi access point installed on a network that is not authorized for operation on that network nor is it under management of the network administrator. Rogue access points often do not conform to wireless LAN (WLAN) security policies and, additionally, can allow anyone with a Wi-Fi device to connect to a network. These access points are usually created to allow a hacker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.
Rogue access points pose a security threat to large organizations with many employees. This is due to the ability for anyone with access to the premises to install (maliciously or non-maliciously) an inexpensive wireless router that can potentially allow access by unauthorized parties into a secure network - while avoiding detection for extended periods of time.


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'Tis the season of busy schedules filled with family events and holiday gatherings and fun office Christmas parties! If you haven't already, you're probably planning an office Christmas party to show your appreciation for all of your staff's hard work this year!
An office Christmas party is a great way for you to connect with your employees and for everyone to relax and have fun outside of the office. While it is usually a great time, there are some simple precautions that you, as a business owner, should take to ensure a safe gathering for everyone that is free from any unwanted holiday party liabilities.
Top 5 Tips to Limit Office Christmas Party Liability:
- Make it known that your gathering is voluntary.
- Hold your party outside of normal business hours to prevent wage and hour claims by non-exempt employees.
- Have your gathering somewhere other than the office.
- Do not discuss work related issues during your gathering, or give anyone a task to complete to avoid the employee feeling that they are working and therefore should be compensated.
- Offer plenty of non-alcoholic drink options so employees do not feel pressured to consume alcohol, or use drink tickets to avoid excessive drinking.
What is the importance of these precautions?
In regards to Alcohol: If you choose to serve alcohol at a holiday function, be sure to do so responsibly. Keep in mind that as an employer you may be liable for injuries or conduct that occur due to over-consumption at the Christmas party.
Typically under Wisconsin's liquor-provider immunity statute, a person, including a corporate entity, is immune from civil liability arising out of an act of dispensing or giving away alcohol beverages to another person. But this immunity does not apply when consumption of the alcoholic beverages is forced, or if the employer represents that the beverage contains no alcohol.
This immunity also does not apply in some cases when alcoholic beverages are given to a minor. Employers who knew, or should know, that an employee is under the legal drinking age can be liable for injuries caused by an underage employee.
An employer may also be liable for the injuries to a third-party if one of its employees agrees, but then fails, to drive an intoxicated colleague home and the intoxicated employee drives himself or herself home and causes an accident.
This liability typically occurs when it can be shown that the employee who agreed to drive an intoxicated colleague home would have been acting through the scope of his or her employment. The scope of employment, however, is not limited to activities on the employer's premises or during normal work hours, or even in furtherance of the employer's commercial endeavors.
Voluntary Attendance: Hosting the party outside of normal business hours, not at the office, and stressing the fact that it is not mandatory helps to prevent wage and hour claims by non-exempt employees. Also be sure to avoid discussing work during the function, or asking an employee to perform a special task for the party. By avoiding these few things your employees will understand that the gathering is for fun, and is not to be considered billable work.
In one Wisconsin case, the court found that because an employee was not required to attend an office Christmas party, among other reasons, he was not acting within the scope of his employment when driving home intoxicated after an office Christmas party such that the employer could be liable for the accident and resulting injuries to a third-party!
While this list is not exhaustive, it should provide a few simple tips to follow when planning and throwing your office Christmas party to limit your holiday party liability. Should you have any additional questions, contact an attorney at Gerbers Law. Happy Holidays!
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You use a Plantronics CS540 a.k.a. Plantronics C054 wireless headset and you love it and why not, it's an extremely popular model and a great headset.
At work, you and your C054 wireless headset are best friends. It does everything you ask of it without a single complaint, request for a day off or even a raise. All of a sudden……
Now you're wondering what's up and why your faithful C054 wireless headset now sounds worse than a tin can with string.
Now that you find yourself in this position, what do you do? Contact your I.T. Department and open up a ticket and wait? Ask a co-worker what to do? Unplug it and start cradling that phone on your shoulder? The short answer is
In this blog I'll give you a couple of quick things you can do to quickly and easily squash echo like an unwanted bug.
To begin, in order to reduce echo in your Plantronics C054 wireless headset, start by lowering the volume on your telephone (not headset) to about halfway. You don't want it too high and you don't want it too low. After you make this adjustment, make a test call to see if the sound quality is acceptable to you. If not, proceed to tip two.
In suggestion 2, you're going to turn your attention away from the telephone and on to the Plantronics C054 wireless headset BASE (not the headset top/earpiece).
Now that you've adjusted down the phone volume but the echo's still there, try lowering the SPEAKING volume on the bottom of the CS540 base as shown below. Locate the red dial above the icon that looks like a microphone. Turn the dial counter-clockwise to lower the microphone volume. The factory default setting for this headset is #2. If yours is on 3 or above, this could be your echo problem. Set it to number 2 and make a test call to see if the problem has been corrected.
Did this fix your problem? Hopefully so. If not, give us a call and we'll take the time to work with you to get that unwanted echo eliminated. We won't charge you for this service either. Click here for our contact information.
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I make these orca - would you like one?
'Orca Originals' is a small enterprise that makes handcrafted made to order orca characters.
I love orca and support a number of causes fighting to end the captivity of
these incredible animals.
Up to 50% of the profits made from all
my designs is donated to these
charitable organisations.
Wild orca (also known as killer whales) live in small family units called pods. They remain living together for their whole lives. They often travel up to 100 miles a day, are constantly on the move and spend their time foraging, playing and socialising.
They are highly intelligent, emotional and social creatures and have a life expectancy similar to humans.
Captivity is no place for orca to live their lives. They are split up from their families and forced to live in unnatural groups or isolation, in totally inadequate environments, unable to perform the most basic of natural behaviours such as swimming in a straight line, diving deep and foraging.
These conditions cause immeasurable mental and physical problems that lead to ill health and shortened lifespans.
Photo of Blackberry (J-27) with his little brother Maku (J-39) © James Mead Maya


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We attended our friends beach wedding in Dumaguete. Dumaguete is located in Negros Oriental Philippines. After the wedding we went to Apo Island . We went for snorkelling and boy it was amazing! Apo is also famous for scuba diving but we didn't have time to do that as we were only there for half
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After travelling to a lot of places, I realised that I am indeed a beach person. I love being in the beach, the sand, the waves and everything it can offer. God is indeed so creative when he thought of the ocean/ beach and how human can find peace in here. My husband and I
So this post is about why I decided to revive my travel blog again. I had lots of travels this year alone almost every month some are work related and some personal short trips. As a young mother of a 21 month old baby, I think I travelled more than others at the same stage
This was the second leg of our family trip going down from Baguio. Check our Baguio trip here . It was 2 hour journey to La Union. La Union is located in ilocos region. Northern part of Luzon, Philippines. We checked into Costa Villa Resort for theee day – two nights fam trip . It is


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first representation: 2016 TEATRO DEL COLLEGIO SAN CARLO of MILAN
director: ALBERTO MARIA MELONI
set design: LUCA TOMBOLATO
text: Mauro Morisi freely taken from the novel of the same name by F. Molnar.
The musical Via Pal recounts the adventures and the "war" between two bands of middle school kids, the first whose "headquarters" is located exactly on the Pál street, while the other is known as "Red Shirts" ". Under the leadership of Boka, Geréb, Nemecsek and many other young people gather in via Pál: a free area bordered by public housing, near which there is also a lumberyard (the "Cittadella") guarded by 'is a big dog. This is their territory and playground for which they will fight until the end.
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There's only one international award for innovative products and ideas that have an impact on steel solutions, and that's the Swedish Steel Prize. This two-day event is dedicated to hard work, dedication and a curious mindset, giving attendees a deeper understanding of what can be achieved with high-strength steel.
Previous winners have included Kiruna Wagon's mineral transporter, Ponsse Plc's forest harvester and the largest dump truck in the world, designed by Belarus.
The 2018 nominees for the Swedish Steel Prize has just been announced, with the winner to be announced on May 24. To showcase the innovation in steel cutting, fabrication and design, let's take a closer look at what the nominees have achieved.
Multipurpose truck-mounted sky-lift by CTE Spa
CTE Spa are an Italian based company dedicated to making your working height safer and easier. They do this through their truck mounted platforms, track mounted access platforms, self-propelled platforms, scissor lifts and runabouts and stair climbers.
Great things come in small packages, and that's certainly the case for CTE Spa's nominated product. They've developed a small multipurpose truck-mounted sky-lift with exceptional versatility, height and reach. Manoeuvring around tight corners and access to confined spaces is made easy thanks to the unique compact boom system which has an elevated slewing mechanism. A well-thought out design is optimised by the boom cross sections and use of high-strength steel.
Lightweight cutter by JAK Metalli Oy
Based out of Finland, JAK Metalli Oy are known for their tree shearers for excavators and tractors. Their nominated product is a unique cutting system for the clearing of roadside vegetation, providing a more controlled operation for small trees than conventional chain crushers. Using high-strength and wear-resistant steel from Hardox, JAK Metalli Oy's light weight cutter allows for better productivity, a safer work environment for operators and incredibly low energy consumption.
Next generation trailer by Mantella S.r.l
Mantella is an Italian company specialising in manufacturing components for the transport industry. They build a large range of semitrailers for the Italian market including controlled temperature, quarry yard and polyvalent trailers. Their nominated product is an innovative, lightweight trailer and body combination that's been made possible by smart production methods, high-strength and wear-resistant steel from Strenx and Hardox.
Versatile grain auger wagon by Trufab Global, Australia
Trufab Global is an Australian group, encompassing Grain King and Rhino Bucket products. Their nominated design is a lightweight grain auger wagon that was constructed with no welding. The truck allows for the final assembly to be done on-site and by applying modules, a range of different sizes can be delivered. The team behind this design believe that the new chaser bin lowers costs and increases production efficiency for all users.
About ShapeCUT
ShapeCUT works with numerous steel industry suppliers to help keep the nation moving. We've been laser cutting steel componentry for the vehicle, mining and development enterprises since 1994 and can convey everything from one of a kind plans to bulk requests. Get in touch with us today to learn what profile cutting can do for your next project.


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A busy year at Monument Park once meant adding one or two plaques to its walls. And every so often, a Yankee uniform number would be retired.
But last year, that changed. The Yankees accelerated the pace of curating their past, dedicating plaques to Paul O'Neill, Goose Gossage, Tino Martinez and Joe Torre, and retiring Torre's No. 6.
The 2015 veneration schedule is equally long. Plaques will be mounted for Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte and Willie Randolph. And all but Randolph will have their numbers retired.
"And we owe Mariano Rivera a plaque," said Deborah A. Tymon, the Yankees' senior vice president for marketing. Not to mention the ceremonies that still await Derek Jeter.
This sort of bulk honoring draws loyal fans, so why not stage a bunch of these events? On the other hand, all these special days seem a little calculated in the midst of the down cycle in which the Yankees now find themselves. It may not be the worst of times in the Bronx, but two straight failures to reach the postseason have left a lot of Yankees fans feeling a little angry and disoriented. So enter the recent, happier past as a way of changing the subject, at least for a little while.
"You can say that it's a vivid reminder of how strong the brand is, and while it's a down time now, it's resilient," David Carter, executive director of the Marshall Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California, said when asked about the heavy load of ceremonies the Yankees now hold. But, he added, the events can also prompt a cynical sentiment like "Why do you continue to hit us over the head with how great you used to be?"
Last year's ceremonies in the Bronx showed that such days were crowd-pleasers on par with Old-Timers' Day or playoff games. Indeed, one of the ceremonies in 2014 was conducted on Old-Timers' Day, and the Yankees plan to use the same occasion for another this year.
In 2014, the ceremonies honoring O'Neill, Gossage, Martinez and Torre produced crowds that averaged 47,407, a 13 percent jump over the full-season average at Yankee Stadium, according to Baseball-Reference.com.
In addition, 48,110 fans attended a day of reverence for Jeter in his final season, but he will surely get another ceremony, perhaps this season or next, when he will have his number retired and a plaque presented. Jeter could even join the elite few honored in Monument Park with an actual monument, but even his elevated stature would probably not earn him anything close to the 7-foot-by-5-foot bronze homage to George Steinbrenner.
Tymon said the major reason behind the Yankees' significant expansion of the population of Monument Park was the backlog of worthy candidates.
"Internally, we believed certain things were overlooked," she said. Still, even Tymon alluded to a need to market the Yankees during a "transitional phase" for the team.
"We're trying to address all our fans — to get them excited about where we are, where we're going and to address our history," she said.
She said she did not know if the team would continue to honor three or four players a season, but she added, "We certainly have an amazing number of Yankee greats that need to be recognized in some way."
Nevertheless, the pool of worthy figures will eventually dwindle, and, as useful as he was to the Joe Torre Yankees, Luis Sojo does not deserve a plaque.
Actually, it is hard to imagine anyone on the Yankees' current roster deserving of a plaque or retired number in future years. C. C. Sabathia? He would need to end his contract with a couple of very solid seasons. Alex Rodriguez? The Yankees might burn his locker the day he leaves the stadium for the last time.
But a list of true worthies would include Mel Stottlemyre, Graig Nettles, Tony Lazzeri, Bobby Richardson, Jack Chesbro (a winner of 41 games in 1904!), Tommy Henrich and Dave Winfield. And there are more.
"They did the Allie Reynolds plaque but didn't do Vic Raschi or Eddie Lopat," said Marty Appel, a former public relations director for the Yankees and author of "Pinstripe Empire," a history of the team.
"And who was more of an embodiment of Yankee tradition than Hank Bauer?" Appel asked. 'That's all part of the debate, which is fine."
Appel recalled that after Casey Stengel's death in 1975, Gabe Paul, then the Yankees' general manager, told him to order a plaque for Stengel, who led the team to seven World Series championships as its manager, and another for one of Stengel's predecessors, Joe McCarthy, who had long been overlooked. McCarthy too, had won seven titles with the Yankees.
Meanwhile, as Monument Park fills up, the collection of retired numbers on the wall beyond left-center field at Citi Field is stuck at four: Tom Seaver; two managers, Stengel and Gil Hodges; and Jackie Robinson, whose No. 42 is retired in all of Major League Baseball's parks. Maybe the Yankees' newfound aggressiveness will get the Mets thinking. Or maybe not.
The Mets could, if they wanted to, pay tribute to three 1980s franchise game-changers: Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez and Darryl Strawberry. They could have a combined ceremony in which they retired their consecutive numbers: 16, 17 and 18.
They could also honor the No. 31 of Mike Piazza, who was the anchor of more recent Mets teams, including the one that faced the Yankees in the 2000 Subway Series. But Piazza's day seems to be awaiting his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
And then there is the franchise's pair of 8s: Gary Carter, who was a cornerstone of the 1986 championship club, and Yogi Berra, who managed the Mets all the way to Game 7 of the 1973 World Series.
Carter's death three years ago should have already compelled the Mets to retire his number. But they haven't.
Instead, the Yankees continue to make sure their history is always in view.


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The Heart
The Heart is a rural locality in eastern Victoria, 10 km east of Sale and within a few kilometres of Lake Wellington. It was named after a pastoral run that was taken up in 1843, which had taken the name from a report written in 1840 by Land Commissioner Tyers describing the area as 'truly . . . the heart of Gippsland'.
The area is low lying, but with good summer pasture. There is increasing swampiness as The Heart Morass Game Reserve to the south is approached.


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Pain Home > Percocet and Lexapro
There is a potentially dangerous drug interaction between Lexapro and Percocet. Taking the two medications together could lead to extreme drowsiness, confusion, lethargy, poor coordination, and other such problems. Percocet can also increase the risk of serotonin syndrome due to Lexapro. Make sure to check with your healthcare provider before taking these medications together.
Lexapro® (escitalopram oxalate) is a prescription medication classified as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Percocet® (oxycodone/APAP) is a prescription narcotic pain medication. These two medications can potentially interact with each other.
There are two important drug interactions between Lexapro and Percocet. First, they are both central nervous system depressants ("CNS depressants"), which means they both slow the activity of the central nervous system, including the brain.
Combining Percocet and Lexapro may potentially cause too much CNS depression. This could lead to extreme drowsiness, confusion, lethargy, poor coordination, and other such problems. In severe cases, difficulty breathing or other life-threatening problems may result.
Secondly, opioid medications (like Percocet) may possibly increase the risk of serotonin syndrome due to Lexapro. Serotonin syndrome is a dangerous group of symptoms that can occur due to the use of certain drugs that affect serotonin in the body. Symptoms of serotonin syndrome may include (but are not limited to):
- Confusion or other mental changes
- A rapid heart rate
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Hallucinations
- Blood pressure changes
- Overactive reflexes
- Difficulty with walking or coordination
- Fever
- Shivering
- Shakiness
- Agitation
- Sweating
- Seizures
- Coma.
Serotonin syndrome can be very dangerous, especially if left untreated. While combining Lexapro and Percocet is not expected to cause serotonin syndrome in most people, it is impossible to predict who might develop this problem. As a result, it is a good idea to be watchful for symptoms of serotonin syndrome while you are taking Lexapro (even if you are not also taking Percocet).


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KETO / LCHF – The Journey begins……
This journey began a long time ago. I've been done the route of trying to lose excess weight for a long time. Attempts here and there and losing some and regaining it back over and over again. Years ago it was an easy thing to do, I was younger and weight coming off just seemed to come off with ease and not much effort put in to it. Over the years and 6 babies later, all grown adults now, grandchildren, post menopausal and well there you have it. Weight gain and it's been hard to budge it off. I've done Weight Watchers to no avail. Their food guidelines were not the best looking back on it all. I tried THM / Trim Healthy Mama and time showed that their guidelines were not all that great and I wasn't seeing enough evidence with in the Facebook groups I was in that everyone was having success with losing and keeping it off.
But lets back up………
Growing up I was very active. I either walked or rode my bike everywhere. Walked to school and back home every day. We had a good program in school with gym and swimming that was required, not an option to not do it. I rode my bike lots in the summer as I got older and often rode out to the lake to friends homes and we'd go swimming or we would meet over at the main beach and swim for hours.
When I was in 1st grade I got involved with our local school baton twirling lessons. We had lessons once a week after school and then during the summer leading up to the 4th of July Parade in town. Each and every 4th of July we got dressed in our black shorts, white short sleeved button up shirts, white socks and white tenner shoes. We got all lined up behind the Junior High School Band and we marched with them. All in time with each other to the beat of the drums and music and did some twirling.
When I entered Junior High / 7th grade I tried out for the B Team majorettes and was picked. B team majorettes marched with the Junior High Band in parades and performed at half time during hometown basketball / football and hockey games. 9th grade came around and I got chosen to be the head majorette for the B team.
Then in 10th grade I entered the Senior High School and joined the Majorette A team and we performed with the senior high band. Once again at all the home games but also out of town games. Plus local and out of town parades. When I entered my senior year I became the head majorette. Head majorettes lead the band in parades. So twice was a head majorette. Fun days to look back upon.
So I was very physically active growing up. Then marriage came along and so did 6 babies in just a little over a 10 year span. I still was active with 6 kids but weight crept on over time with hormonal changes and just not paying a whole lot of attention to what I was really eating. We were fairly good eaters in that we grew our own organic veggies off and on over the years. We ground our own whole wheat flour to make bread. We tried to have a healthy food lifestyle. We were apart of the organic gardening, flour mills and make your own bread generation of the 70's and 80's.
Fast forward not to where I am today……….
For the past couple of years I have looked at the Keto way of eating. But never was serious enough to do it. I did try as I mentioned about Trim Healthy Mama. It just wasn't for me as time went by I found it to not be a very sustainable way of eating since there were so many limitations I did not agree with. I know there are many who do THM and they seem to like it, but I do not know many who have successfully continued on with it. The results just weren't adding up.
So in the past few months I really delved into studying up on Keto. Even joined a many of the Keto groups out there. Many of them I left because I was seeing so much bad advice being given. I stayed in only 2 that were measuring up to what I considered sound advice. I read in them daily. I read all I could find online about Keto, books from the library also.
KETO truly is a sustainable way to loose weight, keep it off and continue on for life. I have read more testimonials on the results, photos to prove it works. And works well. Physical health issues reversed. Peoples lives restored with increased energy. Doctors telling their patients to keep doing it, your health is reversing for the good. I could go on an on about what I have read. It's not just another diet, fad diet, passing diet that once you loose you stop and go back to eating like you always did. That just doesn't happen. KETO is a game changer.
So I ordered a book to help guide me on this new journey. Keto is basically paleo / grain free and sugar free food lifestyle, but with a balance in how many carbs, protein and fats you need to eat daily. You eat fat to loose fat. You eat low carbs and moderate protein. We have all been duped into eating the Standard American Diet / SAD and following the FDA's recommended dietary amounts and all it's done is made a fat society with health issues that greater every day. Diabetes, heart disease, kidney failures, liver diseases, cancers…….. the list is long.
What book did I order you ask? "The 30 Day Ketogenic Cleanse" by Maria Emmerich http://amzn.to/2soA9t4 (affilliate link) It's chocked full of information to guide you and meal plans for the cleanse – meaning to kick start your body into removing all the sugar and toxins in your body. And jumping starting your body into burning all that excess fat you need to shed. Then move onto maintenance and a new level of great health.


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The SHR User Manual
- Download or browse pre build manuals
- Build the manuals yourself
- Edit the manual
The SHR User Manual
This page describes where to find pre build versions of SHR User Manual and how to build it yourself.
Download or browse pre build manuals
Pre build manuals are generated on a Jenkins build host.
Download a PDF version
The generated PDF manuals are (will be) available for different devices. Here are the links:
Browse a html version
The generated html manuals are (will be) available for different devices. Here are the links:
Download a ziped html version
The ziped html manuals are (will be) available for different devices. Here are the links:
Build the manuals yourself
This chapter describes how to build the SHR User Manuals.
To build the manuals you need
- a GIT client
- Java 6 SDK
installed on you build system. The build system is platform independent (as Java 6 is) so builds can be performed under different operating systems (like GNU/Linux, MAC OS) or under Windows.
Get the sources of the manual
mkdir GIT-SHR-DOCS cd GIT-SHR-DOCS git clone http://git.shr-project.org/repo/shr-docs.git
If you already got the sources, an update is made by:
git pull
Extract the build toolchain
This must be done only once for the first time or if the toolchain changes.
cd shr-docs/docbook/external ant
The toolchain can be removed with this command in external directory(only necessary on update problems, please do not remove the toolchain if you want to compile the manual):
ant clean
Now build the manuals
leave the external directory, so your working directory will be shr-docs/docbook and start building the manuals
cd .. ant
The generated manuals can be found in OUTPUT.
Edit the manual
This section describes how to edit the manual.
What is DocBook?
The whole manual is written in XML files (DocBook? XML). The different manuals are generated by XSL Transformations (DocBook? XSL). But what does it mean ?
The content of our manual is located in XML files. The different target types of manuals like PDF, HTML are provided by XSL Style Sheets. DocBook? distinguishes strictly between content and layout. So the concept is a little bit comparable to LaTex?. The output could be generated by the XSL Style Sheets provided by DocBook? XSL but we decided to change the output a little bit so that it becomes the typical SHR corporate design. Changing the style of output can be done in an so called DocBook? XSL customization layer. This concept is comparable to bitbake layers.
For the beginning or adding content it is not necessary to know something about XSL style sheets or customization layers.
Understanding the repository structure
~/GIT-SHR-DOCS/shr-docs/docbook$ ls build.xml configurations external OUTPUT readme.txt src
- build.xml
- This is the main ant build file, this should be called if you build all manuals
- configurations
- Generating the different flavours of SHR manual (Freerunner, N900, etc) is configured here by different configuration files.
- external
- The toolchain for building the manuals is here.
- The base directory for generated manuals
- readme.txt
- A short description what the current directory is for.
- src
- The base directory of the manual sources.


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Property features:
Casa dell'Accademia is a delightful apartment situated in a historic building in the old centre of Sorrento, the most famous town of the Sorrento peninsula. A holiday in this place will make you understand why so many visitors fall in love with Sorrento. Within arm's reach you have the numerous historic buildings, the picturesque and colourful streets and the local restaurants with their delicious authentic cuisine. You can also visit all the most famous sites of the Amalfi coast, as well as the islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida. And you can do all this in total relaxation, leaving your car at home and using public transport and ferries. The apartment has heating and air conditioning. A car park close to the apartment is available on payment.
PLEASE NOTE: arrival time is between 3 pm and 7 pm (after 9 pm a fee of 30 Euros is required). Any late arrivals have to be agreed upon in advance.
ACCOMMODATION: (50 m2) Gr. fl.: living/dining room with two single sofa-beds, 4 steps lead up to the small kitchen (oven, freezer, microwave, kettle, toaster, coffee machine, washing machine and ironing board), 1 double bedroom, 1 bathroom with shower (hairdryer).
LOCATION: 7 km Massa Lubrense, 17 km Positano, 27 km Pompeii, 33 km Amalfi, 40 km Ravello, 50 km Naples.
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Ironing board
- Bath linen supplied
- Bed linen supplied
- Freezer
- Kitchen
- Electric oven
- Fridge
- Internet free
- Dishwasher
- Washing machine
- Baby bed
- Italian Moka coffee-making machine
- Microwave
- Central heating
- Toaster
- Children friendly
- Distance to the sea/lake 0.30km


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Valverde can hit new heights in la Flèche Wallonne - Preview
Spaniard attempting to add a sixth title, his fifth since 2014
After five wins in La Flèche Wallonne, four since 2014, the only question that fans will be asking themselves this Wednesday is whether Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) will remain as King of the Mur de Huy. Anyone wishing to take on Valverde will find themselves facing an uphill battle, both in terms of the Spaniard's current form and past history, that is easily as steep as the lungburstingly difficult Mur itself.
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First, the statistics: already the record holder with five wins in la Flèche Wallonne, one in 2006 and four from 2014-2017, one more triumph on Wednesday means Valverde would become the first rider in cycling history to win a top mass start road-race Classic five times in a row.
Treating Jacques Anquetil's six consecutive GP Nations success as a case apart given it was a time trial, the Spaniard would go one ahead of Tom Boonen's four victories in E3 Harelbeke between 2004 and 2007, or Jan Raas' run of four triumphs in Amstel Gold Race between 1977 and 1980 or - if we include Monuments - Fausto Coppi's four wins in the Giro di Lombardia between 1946 and 1949.
The form is clearly there, too. In Amstel Gold Race, for all Valverde finished fifth, it was the price he paid for excessively close marking between the top rivals, whilst the victory slipped away from all of them. But whilst there was no win for Valverde, then, for yet another year in the Amstel Gold, this is hardly stopped him from racking up the victories in the Belgian Classic one April after another.
Valverde's stand-out contender status continues, too, despite his age - he will turn 38 two days after Liège-Bastogne-Liège and his appalling crash in last year's Tour de France. So far this year he has won no less than nine races, the same as last year, including a second Volta a Catalunya. Not only that, Valverde gifted a 10th to his teammate Andrey Amador in the GP Amorebieta two weekends ago.
The course itself, too, remains essentially unchanged, for the start continues its early migration, this time to the grimy industrial town of Seraing, and for all the number of classified ascents is back up from nine to 11, including the Cote de la Redoute of Liège Bastogne-Liège fame, during the first two thirds of the 198.5 kilometre race.
However, the three ascents of the Mur and the crucial double finishing lap, of the Cote d'Ereffe (km 153, 183), Cote de Cherave (km 164, km 193) and Mur De Huy (km 140.5, km 169.5, km 198.5) remains the same. And Valverde, of course, knows exactly what he has to do no matter the race conditions, wind direction and weather - set, in any case, to be dry on Wednesday.
"If I am there between 200 and 250 metres to go, it is very difficult to beat me," Valverde told the race website earlier this year. "I try to make sure nobody attacks, I calculate my distance and then I accelerate. It's a distance I control very well, and that's my advantage."
He has others, though. Movistar showed they were in the thick of the fray on Sunday, with Mikel Landa playing a notable part in toughening up the course. Despite the organisers rerouting of the build-up over the Cherave to try to open up the finale, nobody needs reminding that the last long distance breakaway to make it to the Mur was in 2003, courtesy of former World Champion Igor Astarloa.
The rivals, this year, include usual suspect Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates), with two seconds and a third place since 2014, as well as a fourth in 2013 and sixth in 2012, and Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors), a runner-up to Valverde in 2015. Local hopes will be pinned on Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing), third last year, and Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors), the only other previous winner taking part, back in 2011. But on Wednesday, there is no doubt about who is the man to beat.
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Is CRT The Best Display For Retro Gaming?
Recently I had an old school friend come and visit me for a weekend. After a night visiting a few of my local sleazy night spots, we returned back to my place and decided to revisit our youth and play some of the games we used to love when we were kids.
I've still got a big collection of classic systems, but my friend hadn't played some of them since our school days back in the 90s. His first impression was how dated the graphics looked, sadly I tended to agree with him, but there was something different... I was playing my systems on a modern LCD flatpanel TV.
Any purist gamer will tell you that CRT displays are the way to enjoy older systems, after all they were designed with these displays in mind. Why go to all the effort of maintaining vintage hardware for "the true experience" when you're not going to go the whole way and get a suitable display?
After setting up my old CRT display I was blown away by how good the games looked again, they looked every bit as good as I remembered them!
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Arts Thursday 9 August – star performers
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 10 August is a colourful and diverse as the Pilipino desert Halo-halo, an eye-popping medley of shaved ice, milk, jellies, fruit, sweet beans and whatever takes your fancy.
Arts Thursday continues to explore the Phillipines Art Project Bayanihan at Mosman Art Gallery and welcomes star performer, Geraldine Turner who, as another step in her stellar career, turns to directing a performance based on the songs of Jacques Brel.
The dessert, Halo-halo gives its inspiration to the exhibition halò, Mosman Art Gallery's contribution to the Bayanihan Philippine Art Project staged in five galleries across Sydney.
Join Katrina Cashman, Assistant Director and Senior Curator at Mosman Art Gallery, to continue the series on Asian Arts and the art of the Philippines
Mosman Gallery's contribution to the project, halò, features the work of three contemporary Philippine artists living in Sydney – JD Reformer and internationally renowned artists Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan. The works include an affectionate, if sardonic look at the Philippines' engagement with American culture and an amazing installation – an enormous boat constructed of cardboard, ploughing through the gallery.
Then follows a lively and frank interview with the legendary performer Geraldine Turner around the upcoming performances of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, to be staged in Mittagong by CMS Productions from 17th August and from Thursday 10th August at Parramatta's Riverside Theatre.
Jacques Brel was a symbol of the Beat Generation, with his songs of love, war, life and death, originally sung in French, emphasising their poignancy. The performance of Jacques Brel is Alive andWell and Living in Paris, is directed by Geraldine Turner and produced by the Miranda Music Society – a community music organisation presenting musical theatre of the highest quality.
The performance pushes the boundaries of emotion and brings together the angst, the heartfelt emotions, the playful and the sardonic in a dynamically orchestrated combination of Brel's songs, such as If we only have love.
To book tickets to the MITTAGONG performance, presented by CMS Productions from 17th to 19th August go to: http://www.cmsproductions.com.au/Or the performance at Riverside Parramatta from 10th to 13th August go to https://riversideparramatta.com.au/
For further information on Geraldine Turner go to: http://www.geraldineturner.com.au/ and on the Miranda Musical Society http://www.mirandamusicalsociety.com.au/
For further information on the Bayanihan Project go to: https://mgnsw.org.au/articles/bayanihan-philippine-art-project/
For information on halò at the Mosman Art Gallery go to: http://mosmanartgallery.org.au/exhibitions/halo-bayanihan-philippine-art-project
The whole program can be heard again through the Arts Thursday page http://eastsidefm.org/arts/artsthursday/ by clicking on the date 10th August.
And watch out for individual podcasts at a later date.
Join Maisy Stapleton fortnightly from 10:30 to noon on Arts Thursday for conversations with leaders in the arts and regular coverage of Sydney's exciting arts events.


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Practice of Stethoscope Hygiene in a University Based Academic Medical Center
1University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
2Boston University, Boston, MA
Meeting: Hospital Medicine 2014, March 24-27, Las Vegas, Nev.
Abstract number: 76
Many hospitals emphasize the importance of hand hygiene, which is one of the most important ways to prevent hospital‐acquired infections. However, relatively little attention is paid to stethoscope hygiene, although they can transfer dangerous pathogens between patients just like hands. The practice of stethoscope hygiene behavior was observed at a university based academic medical center. Preliminary and anecdotal evidence suggests that very few doctors adequately clean their stethoscopes between patients, which could be a potential threat to various infectious diseases.
Background research on the current findings on stethoscope hygiene practice was reviewed prior to completing a protocol narrative for IRB submission. After IRB approval, an observational prospective study of physicians, residents, and medical students was conducted and they were shadowed and observed during ward rounds. Data was collected in order to determine whether the participants practiced stethoscope hygiene after each interaction with their patients, and if so, how: (1) by use of a patient specific "isolation" stethoscope, (2) application of hand sanitizer, or (3) a purpose‐made disinfecting cloth for equipment cleaning.
Among the 62 interactions observed between patients and attending physicians, residents, or medical students, 92% (57/62) did not clean their stethoscopes, while the remaining 8% (5/62) did. In contrast, among interactions with isolated patients, 83.3% (5/6) appropriately cleaned their stethoscopes afterwards. Of the 5 interactions that involved the cleaning of stethoscope, all used disinfecting cloths for equipment cleaning provided on the ward. Among those 5 interactions, 2 were by residents and 3 by the attending. Both residents cleaned their stethoscopes after seeing the attending clean theirs. Furthermore, none of the 57 interactions with non‐isolated patients involved the cleaning of stethoscope.
Though the majority of interactions with isolated patients involved the cleaning of stethoscopes, none cleaned after interacting with non‐isolated patients. It was observed that residents were more likely to clean their stethoscopes when they see the attending physicians clean theirs. It is believed to be important for the attending physicians to be a good role model so residents and medical students will adapt the good habit of cleaning their stethoscopes after each patient interaction, regardless of isolated or nonisolated patients. Future interventions such as increasing the amount and visibility of cleaning materials like alcohol pads, putting up pictures of stethoscopes being cleaned on the walls and doors of each room as a reminder, and an educational intervention requiring healthcare professionals to attend a stethoscope hygiene training at orientation before they start working at the hospital are potential strategies to increase awareness for healthcare providers and potentially reduce morbidity and mortality. Limitations of the study include small number size and single site study.
To cite this abstract:Amin A, Wu J. Practice of Stethoscope Hygiene in a University Based Academic Medical Center. Abstract published at Hospital Medicine 2014, March 24-27, Las Vegas, Nev. Abstract 76. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014; 9 (suppl 2). https://www.shmabstracts.com/abstract/practice-of-stethoscope-hygiene-in-a-university-based-academic-medical-center/. Accessed April 8, 2020.
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I was in the studio the other day recording guitars for a demo of some new Cabinets of Curiosity music. I had my Vox set up in the tracking room and I was pretty much ready to go. When I turned up the gain on my 1290 though, it seemed like my guitar tone was a lot more overdriven than it should have been.
I started to panic immediately. A few days prior I had been recording some acoustic guitar for the same project. I was using the built in preamps in my UA Apollo 8 so I could control the preamps functions from the tracking room. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that I didn't have the patch cable necessary to bypass the 1290 out of the signal chain. So I turned on phantom power without even really thinking about it, suffered a mild heart attack, and smashed the button to turn it off again. I then sat for what seemed like an eternity waiting for the phantom power to dissipate.
I thought I was in the clear until the other day when I started hearing the distortion. Later that same day, I had my good friend and Cabinets colleague Bran Blackmire over to record his guitar tracks. I patched him through my Warm Audio Tone Beast to avoid any headaches. But once he was done, I took the 1290 out of the rack and popped it open to try and diagnose the problem.
Unfortunately, I couldn't. Everything looked pristine on the inside, but when we tested it again, we kept getting the same static noise from before. I ended up going to the GroupDIY forums for advice, and I'me very glad I did.
It was quickly pointed out to me that the phantom power couldn't have caused any of the problems I was experiencing because of the way the preamp was designed. Because the 1290 utilizes big iron input and output transformers, anything between them is shielded from phantom power and other unwanted electrical nuisances.
But that raised another problem: If my problem wasn't caused by phantom power, what was it caused by?
After about a half-hour of digging through forum threads, I finally found some user experiences that sounded similar to mine. Lots of popping and static, specifically when turning the rotary switch. So firstly, I reinforced all of the solder pads that the switch was connected to for good measure. Secondly (and this, I think was really the cause of my problems), I tightened a couple screws.
That big transistor pictured above is responsible for a lot of the signal that comes out of the gain stages of the preamp. It's held onto the PCB by two solder pads and a couple of nuts and bolts, those nuts and bolts in turn act as a sort of grounding bridge. As it turns out, the vibrations from my studio monitors had loosened the nuts and severed the grounding connection that they made, causing all sorts of nasty static. A few turns of the screwdriver and a couple dabs of loctite later and they're back up and running, good as new!
A have to send a big thanks to the GroupDIY forums, as I would have never thought to check that, or that it would ever be an issue in the first place. But, I'm glad that my favorite preamp is back in working order. Now I just have to finish the next three channels!


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TEH: Traditional European Healing
The Traditional European Healing society seeks to unearth a valuable asset, the traditional healing knowledge in the Salzburger Saalachtal. In the last few years a significant range of knowledge has been accrued. This old knowledge is now being shared and tuned to modern requirements. Through various training opportunities the Saalachtalers are learning about the traditional healing methods of the region so that they can bring them to life for the guests.
There is a complete range of TEH products, which meet the highest quality criteria, including ointments, liniments, baths oils, teas and other interesting and beneficial natural products. We rediscover what our ancestors knew long ago. Traditional remedies and much more wait you.
Ointments, cremes, herbal teas have been collected together after consultation with many elderly people who have not forgotten their knowledge.
The TEH society has taken it as their mission to treasure the old healing knowledge and combine this with modern thinking.
Enjoy with every one of your senses. Taste, smell, touch and sight are all stimulated and this provides an exceptional sense of well-being.
In the coming year we will begin to be a TEH company. We will be incorporating many elements, such as regional cuisine and cooking with fresh herbs and ingredients from the region, that not only taste good but also have an effect on the body.
We are a certified TEH company.


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Dr Abdel Halabi
Program Manager,
Senior Lecturer,
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View Abdel's google scholar research page.
Abdel is a senior lecturer in accounting at the Federation Business School, Gippsland Campus. Prior to Federation University, Abdel was employed at Monash University Gippsland Campus, and entered university from a background of secondary education teaching.
Abdel has taught in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. He was also an Associate Professor at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa (2010 – 2012). Abdel has held leadership positions such as Discipline Head of Accounting (Gippsland); Higher Degrees by Research Co-ordinator and Gippsland Campus based Research Committee.
- Business (Accounting) - Bachelor - Bendigo CAE 1984
- Education (Secondary) - Postgraduate diploma - Melbourne College of Advanced Education 1985
- Business (Accounting) - Postgraduate diploma - Warrnambool IAE, Deakin University 1992
- Business (Accounting) Master by coursework - Monash University 1996
- Accounting - Doctorate by research - Monash University 2004
Professional memberships and associations
- Editorial board of Issues in Accounting Education, Meditari (Accounting Research) and Sporting Traditions.
- CPA Australia's Gippsland Branch.
- Member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.


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The Hush Post: Two air passengers, one hailing from Ludhiana and the other from Jalandhar, were caught at the Chandigarh airport carrying 24-carat gold biscuits in their shoes.
The two boys, who are in are in their 20s, were coming from Sharjah and carrying about 3.86 kg gold, valued at Rs 1.2 crore. They had taken a flight from from Amritsar to Sharjah on August 31, but returned via Air India flight 188 to Chandigarh. Their names have been withheld, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials told mediapersons.
The duo was apprehended on secret information after they crossed the green channel without declaring the gold. The youths were arrested and will be produced in a Mohali court today.
Nearly 50 kg gold worth around Rs 15 crore has been seized at the Chandigarh airport since international operations began here in September 2016.
A smuggler is prosecuted only if the gold seizure is above Rs 1 crore. Otherwise, it is a bailable offence and smugglers face adjudication process at the zonal commissioner level.


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When beginning to write the six novels covering the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Trial of the Century in 1865, I learned more about "history" than I could ever have imagined. In one of my novels written in 2014, THE YELLOW ROSE – The Runaway Scrape, a story about how brave Sam Houston was on the battlefield and how Texas won their independence is written in textbooks by the victors, the Texians. You might ask yourself, what history did my story come from…from the writings of Dilue Rose Harris and the Runaway Scrape, of course. The Texians won, so history was written by the victors. Can you read or speak Spanish? If so, pick up the history books written by historians from Mexico City. It tells a complete different story, but, of course, there is no truth to what they say, right?
In the Lincoln Assassination, the history we have been taught is that which was written by the Northern newspapers…ones such as Harper's Weekly, The New York Tribune or the Washington Evening Star. Their narratives of events and how the North either won or lost different battles have a complete different version from those written by Southern newspapers. Look in textbooks and you will find most of what the Northern journalists wrote got transitioned into these books of education.
During World War II, Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, "History is written by the victors!"
I have been told that the North's only real claim to victory is that, because the North won, might tell fewer lies about their adversaries, the South. The North has put its stake in the ground and claims to control the past as well as the future. Take a look at President Jimmy Carter and President Gerald Ford…they gave amnesty to General Robert E. Lee and President Jefferson Davis, but it was over 125 years after the War Between the States. Can you believe that?
Now, take Book 2, The Pursuit and Capture of John Wilkes Booth and the Trial of David Herold. The Northern newspapers and the Northern generals and colonels decided the fate of eight individuals. You tell me this was a fair trial! You tell me David Herold with the mind of an eleven year old should have died on the gallows!
This novel, as well as the next three in the series, will take the reader through the capture and killing of John Wilkes Booth. You will have front row seats to all of the witnesses and testimony, including circumstantial evidence and material evidence in the trial. You will be able to determine if the Northern officers of the military tribune made the right choice when it came time to vote on the death penalty for the four conspirators being tried.
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I leave you from my era in history, the Vietnam War. Although this can be considered an example of history written by the losers and not the victors, its accounts in history books can be debatable whether the United States lost the war, but surely we did not win it? But, still the majority of historical documentation for the War comes from us right here in America.
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Others: Lewis Payne, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, Jefferson Davis, Samuel Arnold, Samuel Mudd, Michael O'Laughlin, Edwin Stanton, Gideon Welles, Robert Lincoln, War Between the States, Sidney Struss


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Valdir Cruz: Ocaminho das águas - The Water's Way at Throckmorton Fine Art in New York. "...The images in the collection are from Paraná, Brazil, a crossroads of ecology and culture. Everything, though, depends on the life-giving force of water. And Paraná is rich in water, including the spectacular Iguacú Falls. Valdir captures the vitality and power of moving water, and the way it commands such a presence in the landscape of this corner of Brazil. The photographs document a treasured eco-system, one that needs to be protected."


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Equipped for the Future Glossary of Related Terms
Abilities: Enduring attributes of individuals that influence skill development and performance (e.g., cognitive, psychomotor, physical, and sensory.) (Stein, 1997, p.32.)
Cognitive Science: The study of thinking and learning, currently being contributed to by researchers in a wide variety of disciplinary and multidisciplinary fields from developmental psychology to medicine. (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 1999.)
Cognitive Strategies: Any behavior, thought, or action a learner engages in during learning that is intended to influence the acquisition, storage in memory, integration, or availability for future use of new knowledge and skills. (Weinstein & Hume, 1998; Pressley & Woloshyn, 1995.)
Common Activities: The term EFF uses to refer to those activities that adults perform in three primary roles (worker, family member, community member). The EFF development team identified the 13 Common Activities by looking across the components for each Role Map.
Constructivism: A theory of learning and knowing that holds that learning is an active process of knowledge construction in which learners build on prior knowledge and experience to shape meaning and construct new knowledge. (Lambert & Walker, 1995.)
Content Standards: The term used in a variety of fields to describe what individuals need to know and be able to do for a particular purpose. In EFF, the 16 Content Standards identify what adults need to know and be able to do in order to meet their goals for learning and to be effective in their adult roles. Each EFF Content Standard consists of the title of the standard and the Components of Performance for that standard. The Components of Performance for each skill offer a shared definition of what that skill entails and looks like when applied in the real world; they are designed to be the focus of planning, learning, and assessment. (Stein, 2000, pp.19-23.)
Contextualized Approach: One of the aims of EFF is to support a contextualized approach to education that facilitates not only the acquisition of- but also the active application of knowledge, skills, and learning processes by embedding instruction in real world activities. Teaching and learning is situated in an authentic, real life context that has meaning for the student. (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 1999, p.50; Merrifield, 1999.10-11; Stein, 2000, pp.20, 85.)
Continuum of Performance: A multidimensional, developmental description of performance on an EFF Standard ranging from the novice level to the expert level. The continuum is built around the four EFF Dimensions of Performance, and performance levels are defined by identifying key features of performance at various points along the continuum. (Stein, 2000, pp.58-59.)
Customers: Adult learners and others-employers, community organizations, legislators, and other key system stakeholders-who benefit directly from a system that prepares adult learners to meet the four purposes of EFF. (Stein, 1997, p.29.)
Dimensions of Performance: The theoretical foundation, based in cognitive science, on which the EFF Continuum of Performance for each skill is built. The Dimensions of Performance identify developmental differences in performance on the EFF Standards related to four areas
Equipped for the Future (EFF): EFF began as a project of the National Institute for Literacy in 1994. Promoting system reform and accountability, the EFF initiative seeks to improve the adult basic education and literacy system to more effectively assist adults in accomplishing their goals in life. The EFF approach to facilitating program change and improvement includes three main system reform tools: the EFF Content Framework, the EFF Assessment Framework, and supports for implementation of EFF. Equipped for the Future at the Center for Literacy, Education & Employment was created in 1999 to put in place systems for the development and dissemination of training, materials, and technical assistance that support integration of EFF standards and standards-based practices into instruction, assessment, and program management. The EFF Center is located at the Center for Literacy, Education & Employment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
EFF Assessment Consortium: The EFF Assessment Consortium was created in 2001 to develop and validate an assessment and accountability framework that is aligned with the EFF Content Standards. The Consortium was a partnership funded by the National Institute for Literacy and led by researchers from SRI International, the University of Tennessee, HumRRo, and WestED. Later phases of the EFF research were conducted as a joint project with the Division of Adult Education and Literacy, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE).
EFF Assessment Framework: The EFF Assessment Framework defines levels of performance and measures of performance for a variety of assessment purposes. The Framework describes adult performance along four dimensions (structure of the knowledge base, fluency of performance, independence of performance, and range of conditions for performance). When completed, the Framework will include tools that enable programs using EFF as a framework for instruction to report student progress from level to level on the National Reporting System.
EFF Content Framework: The elements identified through EFF research and development that define the common results the adult learning system aims to achieve. The EFF Content Framework includes the Purposes for Learning, the Role Maps, the Common Activities, and the EFF Content Standards. The Content Framework is one of the primary tools the EFF initiative provides to support program improvement and system accountability.
EFF Quality Model: A vision of what system reform at the program level looks like using EFF Standards. The EFF Quality Model identifies five Program Practices that reflect the theoretical foundations of EFF and provide a guidepost by which administrators, teachers, students, and communities can assess their implementation of the EFF Framework. The EFF tools, foundational theory and research, expected program practices, and predicted short- and long-term outcomes are presented and explained in the publication Results That Matter: An Approach to Program Quality Using Equipped for the Future. (Bingman & Stein, 2001.)
EFF Reading Project: A joint effort of the National Institute for Literacy and the National Center For Family Literacy, the EFF Reading Project created a professional development model to integrate scientifically based research on the teaching of reading into EFF's purposeful and contextual approach to instruction. This approach builds adults' capacity to use skills and knowledge - including reading - to accomplish goals in their lives. The model includes a series of workshops and technical assistance services.
Iterative: A term used in research to refer to the repetition of a cycle of processes with an eye toward moving ever more closely toward desired results. In EFF, the term is used to describe how EFF has progressively refined the concepts and components of EFF through research, feedback from customers and key system stakeholders, incorporation of research developments in related areas, and further feedback from customers. (Merrifield, 2000, pp.4, 7-8.)
LINCS (Literacy Information aNd Communication System): A service of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), LINCS is a comprehensive Internet-based information retrieval and communication system. LINCS features multimedia materials, the latest literacy related research and statistics, online discussion groups, peer-reviewed websites, and resource collections on major literacy topics. Regional center staff are available to connect state and local organizations, practitioners, researchers, and learners.
Mental Model: An individual's existing understanding and interpretation of a given concept, which is formed and reformed on the basis of experiences, beliefs, values, socio-cultural histories, and prior perceptions. Our mental models (or schemas) affect how we interpret new concepts and events. (Lambert & Walker, 1995, p.1.)
Metacognition: An individual's ability to reflect on one's own thinking and to monitor one's own learning. Metacognition is integral to a learner's ability to actively partner in his/her own learning and to facilitate transfer of learning to other contexts. (Bransford, Brown & Cocking, 1999.)
Metacognitive strategies: Consisting of knowledge about strategies and about one's own thinking processes. They are the executive managers of knowledge and include planning, monitoring, evaluating, and revising one's own thinking and understanding. Metacognitive strategies include monitoring our thinking while we work, checking to see if what we are learning is consistent with what we already know, and making analogies that will help our understanding. (Bransford, Brown & Cocking, 1999; Hartman, 2001.)
National Education Goal Six: One of the national education goals created by the fifty governors and President George Bush at an education summit in 1989 and later enacted by Congress as part of the Goals 2000 Act. Goal Six is the only goal directly related to adult learning and is often referred to as the Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning Goal. It reads: "Every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship." A congressional mandate to measure progress toward Goal Six was the impetus for the development of EFF. (Stein, 1995, pp.3-5; Stein, 1997, pp.1-5; Stein, 2000, pp. 5-7.)
National Institute for Literacy: An independent federal organization created by the National Literacy Act of 1991, the goal of the National Institute for Literacy was to ensure that all Americans with literacy needs have access to services that can help them gain the skills and knowledge necessary for success in the workplace, family, and community in the 21st century. Most of the Institute's funds supported programs and services designed to improve the quality of literacy programs nationwide. This institution is no longer funded. Most of its initiatives were transferred to OVAE.
Performance-based assessment: A tool for measuring student learning that requires the student to construct or produce a response to an assessment item or task. Performance assessments attempt to emulate the context or conditions in which the intended knowledge or skills are actually applied. Examples might include on-demand writing tasks, projects resulting in a product, performance, or event, and portfolios involving a collection of student work related to multiple standards or themes. Performance-based assessment plays an important role in the EFF standards-based education and improvement model. (Ananda, 2000.)
Performance Standards: Descriptions of "how much" an individual knows and "how well" the individual can apply a skill.
Performance Task: A meaningful, real world learning activity that includes all of the components of performance for a standard and provides opportunities for development of all four dimensions of performance. A performance task informs all steps of the instructional planning, teaching, and assessment cycle. (Ananda, 2000; McGuire, 2000.)
Prior Knowledge: The knowledge one already has about a given topic. Prior knowledge may include accurate as well as inaccurate perceptions about how the world works. Activating learners' prior knowledge about a topic and involving them in revising or building on it is an essential step in effective learning. (Hartman, 2001.)
Purposeful Approach: One of the aims of EFF is to support an approach to education that is designed specifically around the goals and purposes of students in their real life roles as workers, family members, and community members. A purposeful approach assumes intentionality, explicitness, and transparency in a learning environment. The EFF Standards contribute to purposeful learning because they make explicit and transparent the skills adults need to meet goals and purposes in life.
Purposes for Learning: The four fundamental purposes that adults offer as reasons for furthering their literacy education:
Role: One of the three adult roles addressed by the EFF initiative, including worker, parent/family member, and citizen/community member.
Role Map: A publicly agreed to, explicit, consensus depiction of the adult roles of worker, parent/family member, and citizen/community member. The Role Map provides a definition for each adult role in terms of the Broad Areas of Responsibility, Key Activities, and Role Indicators that describe, not prescribe, effective performance in the role.
Scaffolding: The structure and supports that a teacher or more knowledgeable helper provides to allow a learner to perform a task he or she cannot yet perform independently. (Vygotsky, 1978; Dixon-Krauss, 1996; Wertsch.1991.)
Transfer of Learning: The ability to extend or adapt what has been learned in one context to new problems and settings. Research has shown that when a subject is learned in multiple contexts, with opportunities to abstract general principles, transfer to new situations is increased. (Bransford, Brown & Cocking, 1999; Stein, 2000, p.20.)
Transparent Approach: One of the aims of EFF is to support a transparent approach to education in which the purpose, process, and outcomes of teaching and learning are clearly communicated to and clearly understood by students, teachers, administrators, and other key system stakeholders. In a transparent approach, for example, learners should be able to "see through" an instructional placement process (interviews, assessments, etc.) and see a direct connection to what they will be learning, how they will be learning it, and how learning will help them achieve goals in their lives. The EFF Standards are important in this approach because they clearly define the skills adults require to meet their goals and purposes.
Zone of Proximal Development: The distance between what an individual can accomplish independently and what he/she can accomplish with the help of someone who is more competent. (Vygotsky, 1978.)