Mandated to foster a sense of national cohesion The National Film Board of Canada's Still Photography Division was the country's official photographer during the mid-twentieth century. Like the Farm Security Administration and other agencies in the US, the NFB used photographs to serve the nation. Division photographers shot everything from official state functions to images of the routine events of daily life, producing some of the most dynamic photographs of the time, seen by millions of Canadians - and international audiences - in newspapers, magazines, exhibitions, and filmstrips. In The Official Picture, Carol Payne argues that the Still Photography Division played a significant role in Canadian nation-building during WWII and the two decades that followed. Payne examines key images, themes, and periods in the Division's history - including the depiction of women munitions workers, landscape photography in the 1950s and 60s, and portraits of Canadians during the Centennial in 1967 - to demonstrate how abstract concepts of nationhood and citizenship, as well as attitudes toward gender, class, linguistic identity, and conceptions of race were reproduced in photographs. The Official Picture looks closely at the work of many Division photographers from staff members Chris Lund and Gar Lunney during the 1940s and 1950s to the expressive documentary photography of Michel Lambeth, Michael Semak, and Pierre Gaudard, in the 1960s and after. The Division also produced a substantial body of Northern imagery documenting Inuit and Native peoples. Payne details how Inuit groups have turned to the archive in recent years in an effort to reaffirm their own cultural identity. For decades, the Still Photography Division served as the country's image bank, producing a government-endorsed "official picture" of Canada. A rich archival study, The Official Picture brings the hisotry of the Division, long overshadowed by the Board's cinematic divisions, to light.
For Carol Payne Crystian, writing poetry is food for her soul. She doesnat know how not to write; writing is a must. She needs to do this to maintain her existence in life. As a young girl growing up she always had strong urges to write. As a teacher of English and literature, these urges just festered in her soul until she started putting pen to paper. This gift was already a seed growing in her spirit. While teaching children to read and write, this seed began to grow and blossom. As a poet Carol tries to convey a message in her poems. Some may evoke tears, and some may spring laughter in readersa hearts. As a poet Carol will always paint her canvas with words to create a picture in the mind and touch the human spirit. Other books by Carol Payne Crystian are Payne and Pleasure of a Black Woman, Dark and Light Moments in Time, and a childrenas book, Jas and Poetic Lucy.
The field of applied cognitive psychology represents a new emphasis within cognitive psychology. Although interesting applied research has been published over the last several decades, and more frequently in the last dozen years, this is the first comprehensive book written about the progress in this new applied area. This text presents the theory and methodology of cognitive psychology that may be applied to problems of the real world and describes the current range of cognitive applications to real-world situations. In addition, Applied Cognitive Psychology: *identifies the rudimentary principles of basic theory (e.g., perception, comprehension, learning, retention, remembering, reasoning, problem solving, and communication) that lend themselves to application; *examines a range of cognitive products and services; *begins with an explanation of the differences between basic and applied science, especially in cognitive psychology across discipline areas; *is the first cognitive text to familiarize students with the institutional and social factors that affect communication between basic and applied researchers and, therefore, determine the success of application efforts; *presents applications important to many problems in society and demonstrates the value of basic research in leading to these important applications; and *cites a substantial number of references to help readers who want to apply cognitive psychology to do so. The text is intended to be used by students who are concurrently studying cognitive psychology or applied cognitive psychology. It could be used with graduate students as well as with undergraduates.
Footprints of the Past is about a collection of current events. The first events are from the past others occurred within my life time. I wrote how I was affected emotionally and tried to recapture the moments as they occurred in a piece of poetry. If I can feel it in my heart I can write it. These pieces I wrote will try to take the reader back to the moments of occurrence and recapture those moments as they where taking place with the poet's poetic view. I do think of Foot Prints of the Past as a collection of historical current events.
The Fleming Files: Allan Fleming's Life and Works delves into the wide-ranging body of work produced by Canadian graphic designer Allan Fleming. His designs, familiar not only to typophiles, have become part of the Canadian landscape, from the iconic CN Rail logo to stamps for Canada Post. This edition, which containes over 55 photographs, illustrates the personal and professional life of one of Canada's most influential graphic designers.
In bringing her criminological insight to bear on such traumatising crimes as the Soham killings and the murder of Sarah Payne, Carol Anne Davis describes a predatory world of abuse which we all need to recognise. She poses the vital question: is it inevitable that sexually abused youngsters will become abusers themselves?
Kagayanen is a resilient Austronesian>Greater Central Philippine>Manobo language spoken by about 30,000 individuals, mostly in Palawan province in the Philippines. This grammar is the result of nearly 40 years of research by Carol Pebley and a team of Kagayanen speakers and non-Kagayanen co-workers. The primary data source is a corpus of texts collected over a 20 year period. These texts, three of which appear in an appendix to this book, provide vivid insights into Kagayanen ways of being. The grammar is written with a general linguistics audience in mind, from a "communication first" perspective. It should prove useful to specialists in Austronesian languages, linguistic typologists, and others interested in doing research in the central Philippines. It is also hoped that this grammar will be an encouragement to Kagayanen speakers, proving that their language is wonderfully complex and deserves an equal place alongside other regional and international languages.
Women who skirt traditions, whether on the frontier of a young state or in a male-dominated profession, have relied on resilience, creativity, and grit to survive…and to flourish. These short biographies of twenty-eight female writers and journalists from Arizona span the one hundred years since Arizona became the forty-eighth state in the Union. They capture the emotions, the monumental and often overlooked events, and the pioneering spirit of women whose lives are now part of Arizona history. The remarkable women profiled in this anthology made the trek to Arizona from the big cities of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.; from the green hills of Wisconsin, and from backwater towns in Oklahoma and Pennsylvania; by covered wagon, automobile, and, later, airplane. They came with their parents or their husbands, or as single women, with and without children. They came seeking health in the sun-blessed dryness of the desert, a job, a better lifestyle. What these women had in common was their love of writing and journalism, and their ability to use the written word to earn a living, to argue a cause, and to promote the virtues, beauty, history, and people of the Southwest. The narratives in Skirting Traditions move forward from the beginning of statehood to the modern day, describing daring feats, patriotic actions, and amazing accomplishments. They are women you won't soon forget.
Hally the Heron: at Home on the Bayou is a personified, illustrated, children's book of what life is like on a Florida Bayou for a Great Blue Heron who allows us to see his daily schedule in his natural surroundings along Bayou Texar in Pensacola, Florida.
1953: Pretty, ambitious, 19-year-old Ruby Payne and her lifelong friend Kath Rigler are eager to enjoy their post-war independence. Moving to the East End of London is a chance to break free for them both: Kath from her abusive family and Ruby to escape the unhappy memories of her brother's suicide. Ruby finds work at a fashionable new dog grooming parlour close by. Kath isn't quite so lucky and gets a tough factory job. But then Ruby meets handsome, charming Nick Brandon - and ignores the warnings from those around her that he is trouble. Ruby wants a glamorous life - but it will come at a high cost.
This research project explored different types of merit pay systems in existence, the successes and failures of past merit pay systems, and teachers' of a southern school district perception of the implementation of a merit pay system.
Few attorneys have the privilege of learning trust practice from an experienced estate-planning lawyer. Most new associates are assigned research tasks, and very seldom get to draft a will or a trust. Opportunity to learn the art of counseling clients on the contents and use of those documents is even rarer. Consequently, the attorney who steps out into trust practice from law school, another firm, or from other areas of an established practice, often has large gaps in experience to overcome. This book will help to fill those gaps by offering a step-by-step approach to the process of drafting and implementing trusts for Colorado clients, with detailed information on how to build your trust practice. Forms and checklists will be included and referenced, throughout. More importantly, this book goes far beyond merely explaining how to complete the right form and takes a "holistic" approach to handling client matters.
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