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Direction & Quality of Light
by Neil Van NiekerkProviding readers with a study of learning how to turn poorly lit images into finely crafted, masterfully lit photographs, this guidebook instills photographers with the self-confidence to think on their feet and photograph any portrait subject anywhere. Acclaimed photographer Neil van Niekirk presents seven distinctly different lighting scenarios--available light, exposure metering, a touch of flash, bounced on-camera flash, off-camera flash, video light, and hard sunlight--to show readers how to manipulate the direction and quality of light, the subject’s and photographer’s position, and numerous other variables so as to turn a bad image into a stunning, professional-level portrait. Packed with dozens of instructional, full-color photos, this work also features 10 sample photo sessions, allowing readers the opportunity to see the seven lighting scenarios put to practice.
Directions and Prospects for Educational Linguistics
by Francis M. HultDirections and Prospects for Educational Linguistics explores innovations that have developed from the creative syntheses of diverse methodological and theoretical approaches used to explore a broad rang of issues and topics related to language (in) education. The volume provides unique insights into current practices and new frontiers for educational linguistics by bringing together contributions from scholars who draw upon on established research traditions while at the same time pushing their boundaries beyond the confines of specific disciplines. Each paper serves as a thought provoking starting point for scholars and advanced graduate students to contemplate directions and prospects for research that contributes to linguistically appropriate and socially responsible education.
Director of Administration: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Administration Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: administrative supervision; administration; administrative analysis; organizing data into tables and records; preparing written material; and other related areas.
Director of Child Support Enforcement Bureau: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Child Support Enforcement Bureau Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: investigative techniques; investigating and evaluating financial resources and assets; understanding and interpreting tabular material; administration; administrative supervision; and other related areas.
Director of Conservation: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Conservation Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: marine biology; marine ecology; marine resources management; perperation of written material; administrative supervision; and other related areas.
Director of Facilities Management: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Facilities Management Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Director of Fire Safety: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Fire Safety Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Director of Information Technology: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Information Technology Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam.
Director of Physical Development: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Physical Development Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: understanding, interpreting and applying housing and community development laws, rules and regulations; preparing written material; supervision; and other related areas.
Director of Public Information: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Public Information Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: administrative public relations; directing a public information program; grammar, usage, punctuation and editing; format, layout and design of public information materials; preparing public information materals; preparing written material; and other related areas.
Director of School Facilities & Operations: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of School Facilities and Operations Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: administrative supervision; building and grounds maintenance; plans, specifications and estimates; maintenance of physical plants and mechanical and electrical equipment; preparing written material; and more.
Director of Traffic Control: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Traffic Control Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to: traffic control devices and regulations; design, construction, operation and maintenance of parking structures and facilities; administrative supervision; collection, evaluation and presentation of data; and more.
Director of Training: Passbooks Study Guide (Career Examination Series)
by National Learning CorporationThe Director of Training Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your upcoming exam, including but not limited to; Tuition- reimbursement plans; Human relations laboratory training; Executive seminars; Staff development training methods; and more.
Director's Cut
by Margaret MincksThe director of the Cosgrove Elementary school play learned that directing a play is a great way to make enemies. Casting is not that easy, especially when there are Talented Terrors involved.
Directory of Programs for Students at Risk
by Thomas WilliamsThis book summarizes over 40 programs which enhance the success of students at risk. The emphases of these programs include individual students' learning skills, whole-school improvement, professional development, and parent and family improvement. Names and addresses of key people at each site are also included.
Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House (I Can Read Level 1)
by Doug CushmanAn exciting, gently spooky, and fun early reader detective adventure!You'll join School Library Journal is welcoming this Level One I Can Read "to the primer shelves both at Halloween time and throughout the year."Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.
Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Missing Books (I Can Read Level 1)
by Doug CushmanFrom the master of beginning reader mysteries, Doug Cushman, comes the second adventure of ace reporter Dirk Bones—and the mystery is as silly and spooky as ever!
Dirt, Shame, Status: Perspectives on Same-Sex Sexuality in the Bible and the Ancient World
by Thomas KazenA scholarly examination of same-sex sexuality in the Bible in the context of the ancient world Scriptural prohibitions of same-sex sexual acts (so-called &“clobber passages&”) are often used as prooftexts to support the oppression of LGBT communities in the West today. However, such interpretation of these scant references ignores critical sociohistorical context from the ancient world. Analyzing a wealth of primary sources, Thomas Kazen brings biblical studies into conversation with the sexual norms and practices of the ancient world. Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman texts, including the Old and New Testaments, exhibit ancient concerns about hierarchy in sexual relationships. Examining references to sexuality through the lenses of power and subordination, honor and shame, and purity, Kazen sheds light on homophobic passages in the Bible. Special attention is given to the Levitical laws and the Pauline epistles. Ultimately, Kazen calls us to renegotiate the balance between our ancient heritage and our contemporary values. Carefully researched and accessibly presented, Dirt, Shame, Status lends readers insight into the diverse cultural influences on the Bible. Kazen&’s work offers an informed and important perspective on a controversial topic of perennial interest. Scholars, students, and all curious readers of Scripture will find this volume to be an indispensable resource for understanding complex ancient texts and contexts.
Dirty Chinese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang)
by Matt Coleman Edmund BackhouseFoul your mouth—while expanding your Mandarin vocabulary—with a guide to the phrases that could get you a laugh . . . or a punch in the face.Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Chinese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:Cool slangFunny insultsExplicit sex termsRaw swear wordsDirty Chinese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of China:What’s up? Zenmeyàng?Fuck it, let’s party. Qù tama, zánmen chuqù feng ba.Who farted? Shéi fàng de pì?Wanna try doggy-style? Yàobù zánliar shìshì gou cào shì?Son of a bitch! Gouniángyang de!I’m getting smashed. Wo ganjué heduo le.I can’t eat this shit! Wo chi bù xià qù!
Dirty Hands: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf die Graffiti-Szene (Erlebniswelten)
by Paul Eisewicht Laura-Maria LintzenDieser Band vereint erstmals Beiträge aus verschiedenen Disziplinen (Kunst-, Rechts-, Erziehungs- und Sozialwissenschaften) zur deutschen Graffiti-Szene. Dabei verschränken sich Perspektiven von außen auf die Szene mit Sichtweisen von innen. Über die Beiträge hinweg wird dabei deutlich, wie facettenreich Graffiti als kulturelles Phänomen ist und wie anschlussreich methodische und theoretische Perspektiven der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften daran sind. Abseits gesellschaftlicher Typisierungen, Dramatisierungen, Missverständnisse und Mythen werden dabei der Szenealltag, die Szenegeschichte und die Handlungsprobleme der Writer beleuchtet.
Dirty Knowledge: Academic Freedom in the Age of Neoliberalism (Provocations)
by Julia SchleckDirty Knowledge explores the failure of traditional conceptions of academic freedom in the age of neoliberalism. While examining and rejecting the increasing tendency to view academic freedom as a form of free speech, Julia Schleck highlights the problem of basing academic freedom on employment protections like tenure at a time when such protections are being actively eliminated through neoliberalism&’s preference for gig labor. The argument traditionally made for such protections is that they help produce knowledge &“for the public good&” through the protected isolation of the Ivory Tower, where &“pure&” knowledge is sought and disseminated. In contrast, Dirty Knowledge insists that academic knowledge production is and has always been &“dirty,&” deeply involved in the debates of its time and increasingly permeated by outside interests whose financial and material support provides some research programs with significant advantages over others. Schleck argues for a new vision of the university&’s role in society as one of the most important forums for contending views of what exactly constitutes a societal &“good,&” warning that the intellectual monoculture encouraged by neoliberalism poses a serious danger to our collective futures and insisting on deliberate, material support for faculty research and teaching that runs counter to neoliberal values.
Dirty Little Secrets
by C. J. OmololuWhen her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and especially the media.
Dirty Water: One Man’s Fight to Clean Up One of the World’s Most Polluted Bays
by Bill SharpsteenDirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won.
Dirty Yiddish: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!" (Dirty Everyday Slang)
by Adrienne GusoffNext time you’re chattin’ with your khaverim (friends) and mishpukheh (family), bust out some Yiddish expressions that’ll liven up the conversation.Nothing is censored in Dirty Yiddish. It includes phrases for any situation, so readers have enough chutzpah (balls) to tell the local deli that they’ve waited long enough for their knish, and explicit swear words crude enough to shock Bubby and everyone else at the Passover seder. There’s even vulgar sex terminology so graphic it puts the outspoken Lower East Side princesses to shame. Bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including cool slang, funny insults, explicit sex terms, and raw swear words. Dirty Yiddish teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of New York . . . What’s up? Vos makhst du?Crazy bastard! Meshuggeneh momzer!I’m hammered. Ikh bin fershikkert.Don’t fuck with me! Bareh mikh nit!I have the shits. Ikh hob a shittern mogn.Lick my pussy. Lekh meyn lokh.Was it good for you? Tsufreedn?
Dis/ability in the Americas: The Intersections of Education, Power, and Identity (Education in Latin America and the Caribbean)
by Chantal Figueroa David I. Hernández-SacaThis edited volume highlights the rich and complex educational debates around Critical Disability Studies in Education (DSE), critical mental health, and crip theories. Chapter authors use the term Dis/ability to criticize aspects of education research and international development that do not center the experiences of dis/abled students and people with dis/abilities. Through case studies from around the Americas, chapters highlight how top-down approaches to disabilities further oppress rather than emancipate. The volume prioritizes the spaces of resistance where local initiatives speak back to the demands imposed by an ever-globalizing world shaped by colonialism and imperialism, undergird by intersectional ableism. Voices of disabled students and people with dis/abilities counter-narrate the personal, interpersonal, structural, and political ways in which biomedical and psychological models of disability have impacted their well-being throughout education and society in the Americas. Through a critical sentipensante approach that centers the “epistemologies of the south,” this volume challenges global mental health and dis/ability hegemony in the Americas.