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Lamar Giles, 40th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textLamar Giles writes novels and short stories for teens and adults. He is the author of the 2015 Edgar® Award Nominee Fake ID, the 2016 Edgar® Award Nominee Endangered, and Overturned from Scholastic Press. He is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books and resides in Virginia with his wife. Check him out online at www.lamargiles.com or follow @LRGiles on Twitter
Ex-Slave Narrative - Giles Smith
No full textA transcript of an Ex-Slave Narrative interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration\u27s Federal Writers Project in the 1930s with Giles Smith. Giles Smith was born on Major Hardway\u27s plantation, but was given to Hardway\u27s daughter, Mary, when they were an infant. Smith describes working for Hardway until they were seventeen before moving to a section of the Brazos River in Texas with Frank Talbert. Smith worked for Talbert for two years before working for Windfield Scott\u27s in Brownwood for seventeen years. Smith recalls marrying Dee Scott.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1126/thumbnail.jp
Letter from Henry Giles to Alden Partridge, 12 September 1823
No full textHenry Giles writes from Owen County, Kentucky, to Alden Partridge in Norwich, Vermont, requesting a letter of recommendation from Partridge; mentions Colonel Mansfield and a debt owed to Major Burton. Giles was a former student of Partridge's at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error
Antipodean American Literary Studies: An Interview with Paul Giles
No full textPaul Giles is Challis Professor of English at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of many books discussing English, American, and Australian literature from transnational perspectives, including American Catholic Arts and Fictions: Culture, Ideology, Aesthetics (Cambridge University Press, 1992), Virtual Americas: Transnational Fictions and the Transatlantic Imaginary (Duke University Press, 2002), The Global Remapping of American Literature (Princeton University Press, 2011..
Schooling and education.
No full textSchooling and education by Giles R. Wright with Howard L. Green and Lee R. Parks. Number 4 in the New Jersey Ethnic Life Series. Published by New Jersey Historical Commission
Modern Airline Pilots\u27 Quandary: Standard Operating Procedures—to Comply or Not to Comply
No full textModern airline pilots are tasked every flight with the safe and efficient operation of highly automated airliners in today’s complicated global and economic environments. Airlines have developed standard operating procedures (SOP) for normal, abnormal, and emergency operations. These procedures serve as a script for crews to follow. These procedures are designed by airlines to ensure that aircraft are operated in the (1) most safe, (2) most efficient, and (3) most on-time manner. For the most part pilots will comply with SOP, but when they (1) don9t agree with SOP, (2) don9t understand SOP or the risks associated with not complying with SOP, or (3) don9t feel adequately trained to know what SOP is, it is difficult to motivate them to comply. Airlines have the means to measure compliance through Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) and Line Operations Safety Audit (LOSA). The purpose of this research is to determine if increased understanding, knowledge and awareness of the risk of noncompliance with SOP increase airline pilots’ compliance with SOP. This research explores data from line checks at a major US airline that was gathered in pursuit of understanding what drives SOP compliance. Baseline data was gathered and analyzed to determine the top 12 noncompliant items. The airline provided training during the Human Factors module in each pilots recurrent training on Pilot Intentional Non Compliance (PINC). The training including developing pilots’ understanding that while most Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) reports grant pilots immunity from legal action, if a violation is labeled PINC, ASAP protections do not apply. Further line checks were conducted after the pilots received the PINC training. The top 12 noncompliant items from the pre-PINC training group were compared to the same 12 items in the post-PINC training group. Significant improvement in SOP compliance was found in six of the 12 items tested. The results established that training pilots on the risk of PINC did significantly increase SOP compliance
48 hour wild meat consumption among 24 adults in village of Central African Republic, June-December 1993
No full text<p>Tamara Giles-Vernick conducted a <span>48-hour dietary recall survey took place between June and December 1993 among 24 adults (14 men, 10 women) between approximate ages of 20 and 85 living in a major village (Lindjombo) in the Sangha Mbaere prefecture. Convenience sampling was used, and recruitment procedures sought to include at least one member from each major extended family living in the village. Individual participants were included for their willingness and availability to participate. Sample size was therefore not calculated. Because of very high mobility among village residents in 1993, participants were contacted in person periodically over the study period and asked to provide dietary, activity and income data. Data were therefore not collected each day for all 24 participants for the entirety of the six-month data collection period between June and December 1993. </span></p>
Felix Giles
No full text28Giles was born on 23 November 1885, son of Alfred and Mary Augusta (nee Sprigg) Giles. He died on 22 June 1950. His brothers were Leslie Henry Alfred and Harold Stanage and his sister was May. Giles was educated at St Peters College, Adelaide and completed a 3 year Diploma at the School of Mines and University in electrical engineering. He married Elsie Kilpack on 24 July 1909 and raised two sons and one daughter.Giles joined the South Australian Scottish Infantry in May 1908. He was promoted to Corporal on 8 March 1910, to Sergeant on 3 September 1910 and then to 2nd Lieutenant on 21 August 1911 when his regiment became the South Australian Scottish Regiment. He transferred to the 79th Infantry Battalion in 1912 as a 2nd Lieutenant and was promoted to Lieutenant on 31 January 1913. Giles was promoted to Captain during 1914 and then Major on 12 March 1916.Electrical EngineerAustralian Imperial Force10th Battalion, G Compan
Telegram to C. A. Van Dusen from Amon Giles Carter Sr.
No full textTelegram to C. A. Van Dusen from Amon Giles Carter Sr. requesting that Major Fleet send a wire to General Brett of Consolidated Aircraft's report of possible plant location
Diversity in action : minority group media and social change (text-only version)
No full textThis magazine, written by Melissa Giles, features three Brisbane-based media organisations: Radio 4RPH, Queensland Pride and 98.9FM. The PDF file on this website contains a text-only version of the magazine. Contact the author if you would like a copy of the text-only EPUB file or a copy of the full digital magazine with images. An audio version of the magazine is available at http://eprints.qut.edu.au/41729/\ud
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