906 research outputs found
Letter from Lester E. Suzuki to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker, December 28, 1941
No full textTyped correspondence from Lester E. Suzuki to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker from the Japanese Methodist Church English Speaking Division in Los Angeles, California. Lester expresses his gratitude to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker for his recent letter and interest in interviewing Japanese Americans about their current situation. He goes on to discuss the actions already taken by the Japanese Church Federation, Nisei Church Federation, and Japanese American Citizens League after Pearl Harbor.The Bishop James Chamberlain Baker Collection includes letters, documents, and articles about Japanese Americans during World War II. Subjects in the collection include Japanese Americans mass removal, Pearl Harbor and the aftermath, religion, and support from the non-Japanese American community. The collection was digitized and made accessible online by CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Letter from Lester E. Suzuki to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker, June 23, 1942
No full textTyped correspondence from Lester E. Suzuki to Bishop James Chamberlain Baker describing the living conditions at the San Anita Assembly Center. Suzuki includes details about religious and recreational activities, meals, laundry, housing, work, and schooling.The Bishop James Chamberlain Baker Collection includes letters, documents, and articles about Japanese Americans during World War II. Subjects in the collection include Japanese Americans mass removal, Pearl Harbor and the aftermath, religion, and support from the non-Japanese American community. The collection was digitized and made accessible online by CSUDH Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Julius Lester, circa 1970
No full textJulius Lester (1939-2018, Class of 1960, was an author who gained success as a children's author in 1969 with the publication of "To Be a Slave", a Newbery Honor Book, and Black Folktales. His subsequent works continued to show his interest in African-American history, folklore, and politics
Letter from Lester S. Diehl, Director of Finance and Records, Wartime Civil Control Administration, to Lincoln Kanai, May 20, 1942
No full textLetter from Lester S. Diehl to Lincoln Kanai, responding to letters Kanai sent to Diehl, R. L. Nicholson and Tom C. Diehl regarding food shortages and infringements on the right to free speech and access to newspapers at Temporary Assembly Centers.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
That shrewd yet visionary voice.
No full textIDRC governor. Introductory speech given for Lester B. Pearson, former politician and diplomat of Canada - the author discusses Pearson's desire for world peace
Lester G. Wells: An Appreciation
No full textThis intimate portrait of Syracuse\u27s Lester G. Wells tells the story of a committed scholar, who contributed important scholarship on the famous and enigmatic author Stephen Crane, as well as works on the Oneida Communiry. Mr. Wells also organized the Lena R. Arents Rare Book Room in 1946, and became Syracuse University\u27s first Rare Book Librarian
Book review: this changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate by Naomi Klein
No full textIn her latest book, Naomi Klein, author of global bestsellers The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, looks to tackle the war our economic model is waging against life on earth. Sarah Lester finds that Klein leaves us with the glimmer of hope that climate justice movements and social mobilisation can offer an alternative future
A study of the nutritive value of Oregon grass straws
No full textHarold Youngberg, Extension Agronomist, and Lester Vough, Extension Research Agronomist, Oregon State University.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Community Based Programs: An Alternative Approach For Treating/Preventing Childhood Obesity In Low-Income and Ethnically Diverse Families
No full textResearch Question: Will using local community-programs in place of the current standards of diet and exercise counseling be more effective in reducing overweight and obesity among children ages 3-7 in low-income and ethnically diverse families? Hypothesis- We believe community programs are a more viable resource for low-income families due to their convenience and propensity to provide programming structured to accommodate the social and cultural factors of citizens within their neighborhoods. We expect to realize significant differences favoring the community-based program group over control group for all indicated measures. There may be an association between low counseling rates of physicians and percentage of minority patients, particularly those whose first language is one other than English. We expect to realize this association through the design of our study. Finally, we expect to see improvements in the diet and exercise knowledge base in participating patientsMaster of Public Healt
Narrative prose generation
No full textAbstractNarrative generation has historically suffered from poor writing quality, stemming from a narrow focus on story grammars and plot design. Moreover, to-date natural language generation systems have not been capable of faithfully reproducing either the variety or complexity of naturally occurring narratives. In this article we first propose a model of narrative derived from work in narratology and grounded in observed linguistic phenomena. Next we describe the Author architecture for narrative generation and an end-to-end implementation of the Author model in the StoryBook narrative prose generation system. Finally, we present a formal evaluation of the narratives that StoryBook produces
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