Going over to Iraq to work as a contractor was different to how I planned it, my real ambition was to tour Iraq or Afghanistan with my regiment but due to circumstances I was never able to get out there with the army, had I have gone out there with the British army I know that what I ended up experiencing as a civilian, would never have happened to me as a soldier. No one told me what to expect or what the contracting world was really like until I arrived, I went there with a soldiers heart but realized once I had entered the sand pit or the bubble as everyone likes to refer to it, I had left...
Going over to Iraq to work as a contractor was different to how I planned it, my real ambition was to tour Iraq or Afghanistan with my regiment but du...
Washington State is about to enter a new phase of the "math wars." Since the late 1980s, the debate over how best to teach mathematics to schoolchildren has raged worldwide among educators, politicians, and parents. The stakes are high. To operate effectively in a global, twenty-first-century economy and polity, the United states must provide an education in mathematics that is both excellent and equitable.
In this volume, four scholars at the Washington School Research Center (WSRC) at Seattle Pacific University present original research drawn from statistical studies of state...
Washington State is about to enter a new phase of the "math wars." Since the late 1980s, the debate over how best to teach mathematics to schoolchi...
Since the end of Communism, Western adverts have flooded the Russian market. These have been translated, with strategies ranging from complete transference to the creation of new texts. The translation strategy depends on the power balance between translators, advertisers, text receivers, and the cultural, historical and economic situation in which the translation takes place. In this work, a postcolonial framework is used to understand changes in translation strategy in Russia, emphasize the role of power differentials, and make predictions for future practice. Data comprise: a parallel...
Since the end of Communism, Western adverts have flooded the Russian market. These have been translated, with strategies ranging from complete transfe...
Fictional account in which Karen draws you back in to Mia's world after her first year in Iraq. She continues the drama with the sequel from her first book 'Desert Rose' about losing love, then finding love again in a war torn country. It also shows the mentality of a minority of people who still work in Iraq, who have devious, evil, vindictive minds and will stop at nothing just to make money; most importantly the book highlights the heros who would risk their own lives to love or protect you. The book also highlights areas that still are apparent to life in Iraq that people become...
Fictional account in which Karen draws you back in to Mia's world after her first year in Iraq. She continues the drama with the sequel from her fi...
