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The Terrorist Informant, Wadie E. Said Nov 2010

The Terrorist Informant, Wadie E. Said

Washington Law Review

A man sets himself on fire in front of the White House in a dispute with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He has been working as an informant for the FBI in a high-profile terrorism prosecution and is unhappy with the $100,000 he has been paid so far. He has also been recently convicted of bank fraud. As a result, the government declines to call him as a witness, given the damage his actions have on his credibility and trustworthiness. This incident underscores the difficulty inherent in relying on paid informants to drive a prosecution, where material considerations such …

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Factors Influencing Teacher Job Satisfaction And Their Alignment With Current District Practices In A Rural School District, Taneal Marie Wallace Nov 2010

Factors Influencing Teacher Job Satisfaction And Their Alignment With Current District Practices In A Rural School District, Taneal Marie Wallace

Dissertations

School districts’ decisions across the country are influencing the satisfaction level of teachers, in both positive and negative ways. With statistics reporting as high as fifty percent of teachers leaving the profession in the first five years of experience (Ingersoll, 2003), determining the reasons for teacher dissatisfaction are important in correcting district practices to be more supportive and satisfying to teachers. The purpose of this research study was to (a) determine the satisfaction level of teachers in a specific school district, (b) determine the practices building-level administrators have put into place and how they relate to the factors identified in …

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Review Of The Website Founders Early Access, John A. Drobnicki Nov 2010

Review Of The Website Founders Early Access, John A. Drobnicki

Publications and Research

Review of the website Founders early access.

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Development Of Cane Toad (Chaunus Marinus) Tadpoles In The Presence Of Intraspecific And Interspecific Competition Under Resource Limiting Conditions, November 2010, Stefan K. Wheat Nov 2010

Development Of Cane Toad (Chaunus Marinus) Tadpoles In The Presence Of Intraspecific And Interspecific Competition Under Resource Limiting Conditions, November 2010, Stefan K. Wheat

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Increased competition between and within species of amphibians, resulting from reduced volume breeding pools, represents one facet of climate change’s impact on ecosystem dynamics that remains relatively unstudied. This study examines the effect of competition on the development of larval cane toads (Chaunus marinus) at varying levels of intraspecific and interspecific competition using Lithobates forreri as the competitor. While intraspecific competition was shown to be a significant factor affecting C. marinus growth, the effect was not significant for interspecific competition. However, survivorship was shown to be significantly lower in the presence of high interspecific competition as compared with low competition. …

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Act 2: Tastes In Common (1938-2002), James Smith Allen Nov 2010

Act 2: Tastes In Common (1938-2002), James Smith Allen

A Privileged Past

Act 2 of "A Privileged Past" explores the history of one family – the author’s family of origin – from its inception in 1938 until its dissolution in 2002. Tracing the Allens in Silver Spring, Maryland – a wealthy suburb of Washington, DC – this chapter highlights the family’s steady relative decline in socio-economic status in the wake of the New Deal that, at least until 1980, promoted the development of a middle class much more modest than what the Allens represented. The dominant metaphor in this account is that of taste and the shared rituals of families and friends …

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Act 5: Cultural Sound(Ing)S (1984-Present), James Smith Allen Nov 2010

Act 5: Cultural Sound(Ing)S (1984-Present), James Smith Allen

A Privileged Past

Here in Act 5 of "A Privileged Past," the author turns to his and his wife’s life overseas in France and Germany. Their dual national identities as Americans living abroad for extended periods of time underscore the dramatic changes in social conditions in Europe since 1945 as it regained its place in world affairs after World War II. Because so much of life in Europe is dependent upon second-language acquisition, the primary literary figure in this chapter is sound and its many cultural resonances.

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Building Capacity For Public And Population Health Research In Africa: The Consortium For Advanced Research Training In Africa (Carta) Model, Alex C. Ezeh, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Caroline W. Kabiru, Sharon Fonn, Kathleen Kahn, Lenore Manderson, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Margaret Thorogood, Ashiwel S. Undieh Nov 2010

Building Capacity For Public And Population Health Research In Africa: The Consortium For Advanced Research Training In Africa (Carta) Model, Alex C. Ezeh, Chimaraoke O. Izugbara, Caroline W. Kabiru, Sharon Fonn, Kathleen Kahn, Lenore Manderson, Akinyinka Omigbodun, Margaret Thorogood, Ashiwel S. Undieh

Publications and Research

Background: Globally, sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden of disease. Strengthened research capacity to understand the social determinants of health among different African populations is key to addressing the drivers of poor health and developing interventions to improve health outcomes and health systems in the region. Yet, the continent clearly lacks centers of research excellence that can generate a strong evidence base to address the region’s socio-economic and health problems. Objective and program overview: We describe the recently launched Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), which brings together a network of nine academic and four research institutions from …

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John Hazen White School Of Arts & Sciences Newsletter, November 2010, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Mary Barszcz Ed. Nov 2010

John Hazen White School Of Arts & Sciences Newsletter, November 2010, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Mary Barszcz Ed.

School of Arts & Sciences Newsletter

In 1995, with Gwenn Lavoie as its editor, the first issue of the John Hazen White School of Arts & Sciences Newsletter was published. The newsletter continues to share information about and publicize events sponsored by the School of Arts & Sciences and the accomplishments of that school's faculty. Three issues are published during each academic year by the School of Arts & Sciences Publicity Committee and editor Mary Barszcz.

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Language, Power, And Identity In The Workplace: Enforcement Of 'English-Only' Rules By Employers, Janet Ainsworth Nov 2010

Language, Power, And Identity In The Workplace: Enforcement Of 'English-Only' Rules By Employers, Janet Ainsworth

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

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Daily Eastern News: November 01, 2010, Eastern Illinois University Nov 2010

Daily Eastern News: November 01, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

November

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Poem No. 104, November 2010, Huntsville Literary Association (Huntsvile, Ala.) Nov 2010

Poem No. 104, November 2010, Huntsville Literary Association (Huntsvile, Ala.)

POEM

The Huntsville Literary Association was founded in 1967 to provide a community for writers, readers, and artists through workshops, readings, and educational programs. One of their key contributions is the literary magazine titled POEM which showcases original writings from both established and emerging writers. This issue features poems from various writers.

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Commas And Colons And Semicolons - Oh My! 10 Rules To Remember, Diane B. Kraft Nov 2010

Commas And Colons And Semicolons - Oh My! 10 Rules To Remember, Diane B. Kraft

Law Faculty Popular Media

In this column for Kentucky Bar Association's magazine (B&B - Bench & Bar), Professor Kraft provides ten helpful grammar rules for commas. colons, and semicolons.

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Monitor Newsletter November 01, 2010, Bowling Green State University Nov 2010

Monitor Newsletter November 01, 2010, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

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Accumulation, Excess, Childhood: Toward A Countertopography Of Risk And Waste, Cindi Katz Nov 2010

Accumulation, Excess, Childhood: Toward A Countertopography Of Risk And Waste, Cindi Katz

Publications and Research

This piece grows out of my on-going project, ‘Childhood as Spectacle’, and my enduring concern with social reproduction and what it does for and to Marxist and other critical political-economic analyses. After more than 30 years of Marxist-feminist interventions around these issues, symptomatic silences around social reproduction remain all too common in analyses of capitalism. Working through these issues and their occlusion, I offer what I hope is a useful and vibrant theoretical framework for examining geographies of children, youth, and families. Building this framework calls into play three overlapping issues; neoliberal capitalism in crisis and David Harvey’s notion of …

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Notes, James Smith Allen Nov 2010

Notes, James Smith Allen

A Privileged Past

For more information about the sources used to write "A Privileged Past," the notes offer the reader the opportunity to explore the author's verifiable claims in more detail.

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Act 4: How The Land Looks (C. 30,000 Bce-1984), James Smith Allen Nov 2010

Act 4: How The Land Looks (C. 30,000 Bce-1984), James Smith Allen

A Privileged Past

Act 4 of "A Privileged Past" shifts its focus from the author and his experiences to his wife, Anne Winston, and her family, especially on the high plains of Oklahoma and the Pacific shores of southern California. This woman’s parents were descended from tenacious farmers, circuit preachers, and committed teachers. Arising out of a dysfunctional family, however, Winston’s quest for control over her personal life was located in educational and professional achievement in German Studies before 1984. The dominant metaphor of this chapter concerns sight, a natural sensibility that the protagonist has sharpened over years with her acute visual memory.

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References, James Smith Allen Nov 2010

References, James Smith Allen

A Privileged Past

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Act 6: A Sixth Sense?, James Smith Allen Nov 2010

Act 6: A Sixth Sense?, James Smith Allen

A Privileged Past

The last act of "A Privileged Past" is devoted to the author’s life and work in higher education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and its ecological niche on the northern-most edge of the Shawnee National Forest. The faculty member’s teaching, research, and service are described and set within the context of an evolving academic community and its relationship to a larger environment. Given the limitations of empirical knowledge, the chapter’s chief metaphor is a sixth sense of what is right and of use to others, students especially, who are intent upon a better life for themselves.

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Skill Transfer From Sight Translation To Simultaneous Interpreting: A Case Study Of An Effective Teaching Technique, Zhongwei Song Nov 2010

Skill Transfer From Sight Translation To Simultaneous Interpreting: A Case Study Of An Effective Teaching Technique, Zhongwei Song

International Journal of Interpreter Education

In this article, a case study is presented that demonstrates the potential of a new sight translation (ST) teaching technique for simultaneous interpreting (SI) training. By using animated, time-controlled PowerPoint presentations instead of texts on paper, this method induces constraints such as time pressure and attention splitting, thus making ST essentially an on-line information processing activity, closely resembling SI. Apart from reviewing how to design the method, the author compares it with the two existing methods (i.e., ST with prior reading and ST without prior reading), makes some hypothetical analysis of its functionality in SI training, and discusses some preliminary …

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Editorial: And So It Goes..., Jemina Napier Nov 2010

Editorial: And So It Goes..., Jemina Napier

International Journal of Interpreter Education

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Mentoring: A Vital Learning Tool For Interpreter Graduates, Jemina Napier Nov 2010

Mentoring: A Vital Learning Tool For Interpreter Graduates, Jemina Napier

International Journal of Interpreter Education

In 2007, the Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association [Victoria; ASLIA (VIC)] and the Victorian Deaf Society (Vicdeaf) ran a twelve-month pilot mentoring program for new graduate sign language interpreters who lived in the state of Victoria, in collaboration with Macquarie University and the Centre of Excellence for Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing at the Northern Melbourne Institute of Technical and Further Education (NMIT). Fourteen mentees and matching mentors participated in the program. Both ASLIA (VIC) as a professional body, and Vicdeaf as an employer, shared a commitment to professional development for practitioners and also a keen desire …

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Teaching Goals Of Interpreter Educators, Stephen Fitzmaurice Nov 2010

Teaching Goals Of Interpreter Educators, Stephen Fitzmaurice

International Journal of Interpreter Education

Angelo & Cross (1993) found substantial differences in the teaching goals of faculty from different disciplines, yet they found no differences for educators based on their employment status or the type of institution in which they worked. The current quantitative study compared the teaching goals of interpreter educators with those of educators from other disciplines. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of 52 goal statements from Angelo & Cross’ Teaching Goal Inventory (TGI) in terms of what they aim to have students accomplish in their courses. The data suggest that interpreter education constitutes a separate discipline from the nine …

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Training For Interpreting In Mental Healthcare In Ireland, Krisztina Zimány Nov 2010

Training For Interpreting In Mental Healthcare In Ireland, Krisztina Zimány

International Journal of Interpreter Education

Interpreting in mental healthcare is a very specialized activity, and given the comparatively low demand, few interpreters receive full-time, area-specific training. As part of a larger research project completed in Ireland, mental health professionals who have worked with interpreters as well as interpreters with experience in working in mental health care shared their views on the subject. The interviews reveal what is available as well as what is lacking in terms of training for this specialised sub-domain of community interpreting. The findings, in general, suggest that there is room for improvement. In addition, there appears to be a difference between …

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A Competency Model For Video Relay Service Interpreters, Norma Oldfield Nov 2010

A Competency Model For Video Relay Service Interpreters, Norma Oldfield

International Journal of Interpreter Education

The development of Video Relay Services (VRS) has resulted in a new specialization in the field of sign language interpreting. However, the supply of highly skilled practitioners falls short of the increasing demand. Though interpreters are being placed in VRS call centers, there is no standardized model by which to measure VRS interpreter performance. This study uses a classic competency model design to guide the development of a competency model that identifies and describes sign language video interpreter competencies related to VRS work. A VRS competency dictionary and rating tool were created and used to measure current practitioners, and both …

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Culture Brokers, Advocates, Or Conduits: Pedagogical Considerations For Deaf Interpreter Education, Campbell Mcdermid Nov 2010

Culture Brokers, Advocates, Or Conduits: Pedagogical Considerations For Deaf Interpreter Education, Campbell Mcdermid

International Journal of Interpreter Education

In a qualitative review of interpretation and Deaf2 studies programs in Canada, some educators described their experiences teaching Deaf students. Most of the Deaf instructors had worked as Deaf interpreters (DIs). Given the challenges they faced as a DI, and in light of research concerning interpreters from other minority cultures, the conceptualization of their subjectivity should consider their ethnicity; perhaps the role of culture broker or advocate is appropriate in some settings. The inclusion of Deaf students in the programs led to many benefits, as described by the participants, including a heightened awareness of power, Freire’s (2004) conscientização, …

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Issues In Interpreting Pedagogy, Leelany Ayob Nov 2010

Issues In Interpreting Pedagogy, Leelany Ayob

International Journal of Interpreter Education

This paper attempts to uncover some of the issues that are relevant to the training of interpreters: (a) optimal training at the undergraduate or postgraduate level; (b) training consisting of teaching language, as opposed to teaching translation only; (c) theoretical input as a means to assist and improve translation and interpreting; (d) text typologies as a pedagogical tool; and (e) evaluation and errors. These issues are also discussed in the Malaysian context. By uncovering the issues pertaining to the training of interpreters, steps can be taken to allow further improvements to be made, not only for training purposes but also …

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Effective Strategies For Teaching Consecutive Interpreting, Debra Russell Nov 2010

Effective Strategies For Teaching Consecutive Interpreting, Debra Russell

International Journal of Interpreter Education

Current research in the field of spoken and signed language points us in the direction of using consecutive interpreting; however, signed language interpreter education programs report inconsistent approaches to incorporating this research (Russell 2002b). This paper describes a frame of reference used to shape learning activities that help students to acquire the competencies required for proficient use of consecutive interpreting. This framework includes guidelines for structuring observation and analysis of interpretations. In addition, we present a typical progression of skill sequencing and material selection criteria. Finally, we suggest that programs that structure the teaching of consecutive interpreting from a holistic …

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International Development Of Interpreter Specialization: Assumptions And Principles For Interpreter Educators, Anna Witter- Merithew, Brenda S. Nicodemus Nov 2010

International Development Of Interpreter Specialization: Assumptions And Principles For Interpreter Educators, Anna Witter- Merithew, Brenda S. Nicodemus

International Journal of Interpreter Education

Specialization of interpreting practice exists in the field of interpreting and interpreter education through de facto and de jure processes. Interpreters are de facto specialists when they self-designate as having specialized competence for working in a particular setting, with certain populations, or within unique functions. Conversely, interpreters may be designated as specialists through external (de jure) processes such as adhering to national standards, completing advanced educational programming in specialty areas, and achieving specialty certification. There are a variety of factors that have shaped the evolution of specialization in the United States—several of which have application to the specialization of practice …

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Vital: Virtual Interpreting Training And Learning, Javier González, Francesca Gany Nov 2010

Vital: Virtual Interpreting Training And Learning, Javier González, Francesca Gany

International Journal of Interpreter Education

This paper describes a distance learning solution for the training of medical interpreters: the Virtual Interpreting Training and Learning (VITAL) Program. VITAL was developed to offer an effective, efficient, and scalable learning alternative to conventional models. The main objective of VITAL is to increase the pool of trained medical interpreters, while providing the same quality of training as in-person programs. Currently, VITAL is used in training bilingual (i.e., English and Spanish) individuals to perform as medical interpreters. An expanded pool of trained medical interpreters will ultimately lead to enhanced communication between providers and their patients and reduce the occurrence of …

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The Master's Degree In French/French Sign Language Interpreting At Esit, Philippe Séro-Guillaume Nov 2010

The Master's Degree In French/French Sign Language Interpreting At Esit, Philippe Séro-Guillaume

International Journal of Interpreter Education

This paper presents the master’s degree in French/French Sign Language Interpreting at École Supérieure d’Interprètes et de Traducteurs (ESIT) at Université Paris III–Sorbonne Nouvelle. First, it describes the situation of deaf people, sign language, and spoken language interpreting practice and training in France. Second, the paper explains the specifics of the ESIT master’s degree.

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