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Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
No full textThe Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records are extensive and consist of materials spanning the years 1968 to 1994. Within this digital collection are photographs, general correspondence, Mayoral campaign materials, and printed and published materials and correspondence related to the Atlanta Child Murders. The Atlanta Child Murders subseries in the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records chronicles the time period between 1979-1981 when multiple young black children and adults were murdered in the city of Atlanta. The murders garnered national news coverage and caused panic across the country. The records in this digital collection reflect the response to the tragedy that were both created, collected and sent to the Atlanta Mayor's office during Maynard Jackson's second mayoral term.
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Maynard Jackson, Valerie, and Their Children, 1988
No full textMayor Jackson with his family. Front row: Maynard III "Buzzy" and Brooke. Back Row: Valerie-Amanda, Valerie, Maynard Jr., Elizabeth, and Alexandra
Maynard Jackson's Speech to Vietnam Veterans, June 7, 1973
No full textA speech given by Maynard Jackson at the Vietnam Veterans Conference
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Sr., circa 1940
No full textPictured here in his senior class photo, the Reverend Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Sr. graduated from Morehouse College and then studied at the Garrett School of Divinity of Northwestern University. His father, A. S. Jackson, was a member of Atlanta University's charter class
Bill Cosby, Maynard Jackson, and Sidney Poitier, circa 1975
No full textMaynard Jackson with Bill Cosby (left) and Sidney Poitier (right) while in Atlanta to film "Let's Do It Again", circa 1975. While maintaining the common touch, Jackson benefitted from the support of some star entertainers over the years
Maynard Participation in Alaska Forum on the Environment Panel Discussion on Increasing Input to the US National Climate Assessment (NCA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Processes from Alaska, with Emphasis on Indigenous Peoples Issues
No full textDr. Nancy Maynard was invited by the Alaska Forum on the Environment to participate in a Panel Discussion to discuss (1) background about what the US NCA and International IPCC assessments are, (2) the impact the assessments have on policy-making, (3) the process for participation in both assessments, (4) how we can increase participation by Indigenous Peoples such as Native Americans and Alaska Natives, (5) How we can increase historical and current impacts input from Native communities through stories, oral history, "grey" literature, etc. The session will be chaired by Dr. Bull Bennett, a cochair of the US NCA's chapter on "Native and Tribal Lands and Resources" and Dr. Maynard is the other co-chair of that chapter and they will discuss the latest activities under the NCA process relevant to Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Dr. Maynard is also a Lead Author of the "Polar Regions" chapter of the IPCC WG2 (5th Assessment) and she will describes some of the latest approaches by the IPCC to entrain more Indigenous peoples into the IPCC process
Faith, Desire, and Sexual Identity: Constance Maynard's Atonement for Passion
No full textThe article focuses on Constance Louisa Maynard, the first mistress of Westfield College in London, England. According to the author, Maynard has written various considerable books, both published and unpublished. She started her writings at the age of 16 in 1866 mainly to document her progress as a Christian. In 1871, her writing became her outlet for her passion about love, complex dealings with faith, desire, and sexual identity. It further notes that Maynard's frankness in disclosing her feelings through her writings adds distress and great historical value to her personal accounts
Complicating the Story of Popular Science: John Maynard Smith’s “Little Penguin” on The Theory of Evolution
No full textPopular science writing has received increasing interest, especially in its relation to professional science. I extend the current scholarly focus from the nineteenth to the twentieth century by providing a microhistory of the early popular writings of evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith (1920–2004). Linking them to the state of evolutionary biology as a professional science as well as Maynard Smith’s own professional standing, I examine the interplay between author, text and audiences. In particular, I focus on Maynard Smith’s book The Theory of Evolution (Penguin 1958) and show how he used it to both promote neo-Darwinism and advocate the utility of mathematics in biology. Following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and David Lack, Maynard Smith was a science communicator blurring the lines between genres (popular, professional, textbook) and audiences (expert and non-expert) while contributing to ongoing discussions within and on the profession of evolutionary biology around the Darwin-Wallace centenary
Chapter 18 of the General Theory “Further Analysed”: The Theory of Economics as A Method
No full textIn 1987, Greenwald and Stiglitz accused Keynes’s summary of the General Theory in chapter 18 of relying upon “neoclassical and Marshallian tools”. A number of contributions have on the contrary emphasized the methodological importance of this chapter, which this paper revisits in the light of A Treatise on Probability. It thereby shows that the notions of cause and dependence used to discuss the relationships between independent and dependent variables of the General Theory are related to the concept of “independence for knowledge”, which concerns logical connections between arguments rather than material connections between events. We demonstrate that such logical connections established in chapter 18 are rediscussed in chapters 19-21, where Keynes allows for probable repercussions between the factors and removes the simplifying assumptions previously introduced. After stressing the methodological continuity this method provides with the analysis of credit cycles in A Treatise on Money, we argue that chapter 18 is an indispensable tool to decode the internal text structure of the General Theory. We thus characterize the latter as a vademecum to the complex economic world, the author providing an analytical method allowing – and requiring – the readers to emulate his efforts to grasp the complexity and interdependence of the economic material.John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory, complexity, economic methodology
Food insecurity among University of Waterloo undergraduate students: Barriers, coping strategies, and perceived health and academic implications
No full textBackground: Food insecurity, which refers to uncertain or inadequate access to food due to financial constraints, represents a serious public health problem in Canada. Although post-secondary students may be vulnerable due to high tuition fees and related factors, relatively little is known about experiences of food insecurity among this population.
Research aim and objectives: To gain a better understanding of the experience of food insecurity among University of Waterloo undergraduate students, including perceived barriers and facilitators to food security, the strategies used to manage shortages of food and money for food, perceptions regarding implications for health and academic achievement, and suggestions for improving food security for post-secondary students.
Methods: A mixed methods design included semi-structured in-depth interviews complemented by demographic and health surveys. The adult items from the Household Food Security Survey Module were used to determine participants’ food security status. Students were recruited using flyers posted on campus and distributed at the Feds Student Food Bank. Eligible participants included undergraduate students who lived off campus and provided an indication of compromised food access based on inadequate finances in response to an online screening questionnaire (n=14). Study design and thematic analysis was informed by Layder’s (1998) adaptive theory and Alaimo’s (2005) conceptual model of food insecurity.
Results: Students felt that their food security included both quantity and quality of food. Students experienced common elements, including a preoccupation with the food supply, timing of food shortages, qualitative food compromises, and a desire to be independent. Students encountered a variety of barriers to food access and healthy eating, such as the food environment, food literacy, and time. However, precarious financial situations contributed most prominently to students’ food insecurity. Students bought into the norm of the starving student lifestyle, whereby precarious finances, unhealthy eating, limited time, and stress over school were typical and commonplace. Students adopted a variety of coping strategies to manage their food supply, including accessing emergency food programs, finding free meals, food sharing, borrowing food or money for food, normalizing their situation, and demonstrating resiliency. Further, food insecurity was perceived to have a negative impact on their academic achievement and health and wellbeing.
Conclusions: This study has begun to fill the gap in research on student food insecurity and its implications in Canada. These exploratory findings suggest that food insecurity among post-secondary students is a serious issue with critical implications. These findings add to the growing argument that Canadian financial support for post-secondary students is inadequate for the maintenance of food security during university. Future strategies must address the root financial causes of food insecurity among students in order to create effective, long-lasting change
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