1,446 research outputs found
Ex-Slave Narrative - Betty Farrow
No full textA transcript of an Ex-Slave Narrative interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration\u27s Federal Writers\u27 Project in the 1930s with Betty Farrow. Farrow was born into slavery in 1847 on the Patrick County, Virginia farm of Alex Clark. She describes working in the house while enslaved, as well as moving to Sherman, Texas in a covered wagon train roughly three years prior to the Civil War. She also describes Alex Clark\u27s murder as the result of a dispute with the neighboring farmer, and not being told about Emancipation at the conclusion of the Civil War.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1100/thumbnail.jp
Ex-Slave Narrative - William Hamilton
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 William Hamilton. Hamilton was born to William Hamilton, a traveling trader, and was left with Alex Buford at Village Creek. Hamilton describes mostly what it was like living on the Buford Plantation and also recalls instances with the Klu Klux Klan. Hamilton gives detailed events about times the Klan came onto the plantation and even speaks about marriage.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1125/thumbnail.jp
Ex-Slave Narrative - William Hamilton
No full textA transcript of an Ex-Slave Narrative interview conducted by Sheldon F. Gauthier for the Works Progress Administration\u27s Federal Writers\u27 Project in the 1930s with William Hamilton. Hamilton was born in about 1860 on the Missouri plantation of William Hamilton. Near the end of the Civil War, Hamilton (then a young child) was left with Alex Buford in Tarrant County, Texas, who agreed to watch over him until William Hamilton, a slave trader, returned for him. The bulk of Hamilton\u27s interview pertains to stories about the Ku Klux Klan\u27s methods and reign of terror over emancipated African Americans in Tarrant County.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1103/thumbnail.jp
Dan F. and Barbara J. Howard Collection of Comic Art
No full textAarness, Barbara; Adams, Neal; Andru, Ross; Arno, Peter; Beck, C.C.; Bolton, John; Boring, Wayne; Buckler, Rich; Giordano, Dick; Calkins, Dick; Caniff, Milton; Crane, Roy; Dorgan, Thomas A.; Eisner, Will; Franzetta, Frank; Giraud, Jean; Giraud, Jean (Moebius); Godwin, Frank; Gould, Chester; Gray, Harold; Grindberg, Tom; Hale, Phil; Hampton, Scott; Herriman, George; Jones, Jeffrey Catherine; Kane, Bob; Kirby, Jack; Larson, Gary; Link, Stanley; Mager, Carl; McCay, Winsor; McManus, George; Moldoff, Sheldon; Mooney, Jim; Mullin, Willard; Murphy, John Cullen; Opper, Frederick B.; Orbik, Glen; Ordway, Jerry; Plastino, Al; Pratt, George; Raymond, Alex; Raymond, Alex; Briggs, Austin; Ross, Alex; Royer, Mike; Kirby, Jack; Schane, Tristan; Schomburg, Alex; Shuster, Joseph; Siedell, Daniel A (curator); TheMatchFactory.com (design+concept); Sienkiewicz, Bill; Sienkiewicz, Bill (cover); Sheldon Museum of Art; Simon, Joseph; Smith, Sidney; Swan, Douglas Curtis; Tuska, George; Ware, Chris; Webster, H.T.; Wilder, Herbert Merrill; Willard, Frank; Williams, J.R.; Williams, Kent; Wood, Wallace; Wrightson, Bernie; Yager, Rick; Calkins, Dick; Young, Chic; Zaboly, Bela; Zamora, Noly; Bicentennial Year Observance, Mid-America College Art Association 40th Annual Meeting; Superman; Batman and Deadman ( Brave and the Bold, #79, June 1968, pg. 4); Weird War Tales #98 (April 1981); Just Listen to the Good Will Court Next Sunday, That\u27s All! (from The New Yorker, December 5, 1936); Captain Marvel; Captain Marvel; Batman & Manbat; Batman & Manbat; Captain Marvel (title page); Captain Marvel (page 7); Captain Marvel (page 2, panels 1 and 2); Captain Marvel (page 14, panel 3); Superman & Captain Marvel, Superman vs. Shazam ; Buck Rogers; Steve Canyon; Steve Canyon (June 6, 1957); Terry and the Pirates; Terry and the Pirates (October 21, 1945); ; Terry and the Pirates (September 7, 1937); ; Captain Easy; Wash Tubbs (July 12, 1932); Wash Tubbs (topper for Captain Easy, June 12, 1932); For Better or Worse (August 18, 1923); Ha-Ha- That\u27s 50-50, I Got Mine and He Got His ; Skinny Bones; The Spirit: 60th Anniversary; The Spirit: 50th Anniversary; The Spirit (from \u27Cosmos\u27); The Norseman; Arzach; Astro/Cosmonaut; Starwatcher VIII; Project Zurich; Rusty Riley; Dick Tracy (December 17, 1931); Dick Tracy (December 15, 1931); Dick Tracy; Dick Tracy (November 1, 1943); Dick Tracy (November 27, 1938); Little Orphan Annie (September 11, 1935); Little Orphan Annie; Little Orphan Annie; Little Orphan Annie; Little Orphan Annie (January 14, 1963); Little Orphan Annie (December 17, 1956); Batman (from Detective Comics Annual, #4); Contemplation/Machine; Batman & Joker; All Talkie!!! Dick, the Hurrier; Krazy Kat (July 10, 1921); Krazy Kat (October 11, 1934); Krazy Kat; Batman (from Batman Black & White ); Portrait of Woman in White; In a Sheltered Corner; Batman & Robin; Stuntman; The Far Side; Tiny Tim ; Tiny Tim (November 3, 1935); Grafto the Monk; Don\u27t Get Stage Fright!; Bringing Up Father (July 2, 1922); The Batman; Marvel Family; Captain Midnight; Batman, Robin & The Penguin; Sports Cartoon (from Sporting News ); Prince Valiant; Gag Cartoon; Superman (from Legends of the DC Universe, 1998); Superman (from Adventures of Superman, #482, September 1991); Superman; Enemy Ace; Conan the Barbarian; Rip Kirby; Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim (August 7, 1938); Batman; Batman (from Batman: War on Crime, November 1999); The Demon (Etrigan); Daredevil & Elektra; All Winners; Superman; ; Comic Art! ; X-Men; Moby Dick; Conan the Barbarian; Superman; Comics, Heroes, and American Visual Culture, A Symposium, 02.02.02 and 02.02.02; The Sandman ( Adventure Comics, #73, 1942, cover re-creation); The Gumps (with bottom strip, Old Doc Yak, October 8, 1933); The Gumps; The Gumps (January 1, 1924); Superman (from Action Comics, #435); Superman (March 12, 1958); Yellow Jacket; T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents; Announcing: A modest exhibition collecting the unerringly inexpressive original drawings, diagrams and comic stip experiments of the cartoonist and Nebraska ex-patriate Mr. F.C. Ware; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Chris Ware Exhibition Feb.16-Apr.29; F.C. Ware Exhibition Guide, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery , February 16th, 2007- April 29th, 2007; The Thrill that Comes Once in a Lifetime; The Day the Circus Train Wrecked at Wormwood Junction (from Puck, April 28, 1910); Moon Mullins; Out Our Way - Bundles ; Hawkman; Sandman; Sally Forth; Conan the Barbarian; Conan the Barbarian; Batman; Batman; Buck Rogers, #240; Blondie (March 13, 1964); Thimble Theatre ( Popeye , May 17, 1940); Weird War Tales; ink on paper; brush and ink on paper; charcoal and wash on monochrome pigment on paper; graphite on vellum paper; watercolor and ink on board; acrylic paint on paper
Infrastructure bottlenecks, private provision, and industrial productivity : a study of Indonesian and Thai cities
No full textThis research project followed an earlier similar project on Nigeria, applying the same methods. A sample of manufacturers was surveyed to document their responses to infrastructure deficiencies in electricity, water, transport, telecommunications, and waste disposal. They found the manufacturers undertook significant expenditures to offset deficiencies in publicly provided infrastructure services, and that changing public policy toward privately supplied infrastructure and changing the pricing of public infrastructure could yield significant savings in social costs. Thailand and Indonesia have made significant strides in following the policies for private sector participation in infrastructure provision. Nigeria, where public infrastructure monopolies still dominate, lags behind, yet stands to benefit most from such policy reform. Government policy toward the industrial organization and pricing of infrastructure sectors can significantly help a developing economy realize the benefits of private sector participation in the provision of infrastructure services.Banks&Banking Reform,Decentralization,Public Sector Economics&Finance,Environmental Economics&Policies,Municipal Financial Management,Banks&Banking Reform,Municipal Financial Management,Urban Services to the Poor,Urban Services to the Poor,Public Sector Economics&Finance
Development of the Zimbabwe family planning program
No full textFamily planning was introduced in Zimbabwe as a voluntary movement in the 1950s. Volunteers formed a Family Planning Association in the mid-1960s. The government became interested in family planning in the late 1960s after analysis of the 1961 population census. It gave the Family Planning Association an annual grant, allowed contraceptives to be available through Ministry of Health facilities, and allowed nonmedical personnel to initiate and resupply family planning clients with condoms and pills. But before Zimbabwe achieved independence in 1980, family planning was viewed with great suspicion by the black majority, so the program's effectiveness was limited to the urban few. A new era began after independence. The new government took over theFamily Planning Association and changed its outlook completely. Through government and international donor support, the family planning program was restructured and expanded. The number of family planning personnel more than doubled in some units. More service delivery points were set up - particularly in rural areas. And the information, education, and communication and evaluation and research units were established. Through a World Bank-assisted project (with grant funding from Norway and Denmark), the Ministry of Health began strengthening its family planning capabilities. These efforts helped increase the contraceptive prevalence rate from about 14 percent in 1982 to 43 percent in 1988. But the program's growth is beginning to stall. More effort and resources are needed if the program is to grow or even maintain its present status. Particularly important are the following: designing innovative strategies to reach hard-to-reach populations; giving more emphasis to information, education, and communication, especially for men and youths, using multimedia; involving other sectors in the delivery of family planning services; broadening the mix of contraceptive methods (especially promoting long-term and permanent methods); making use of alternative family planning delivery systems, such as the use of depot holders, volunteers, and government extension workers; establishing a national population policy; and considering cost recovery and other measures for self-sustainment and program growth.Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,ICT Policy and Strategies,Gender and Health,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Adolescent Health
An Author Verification Approach Based on Differential Features
No full textWe describe the approach that we submitted to the 2015 PAN competition for the author identification task. The task consists in determining if an unknown document was authored by the same author of a set of documents with the same author.
We propose a machine learning approach based on a number of different features that characterize documents from widely different points of view. We construct non-overlapping groups of homogeneous features, use a random forest regressor for each features group, and combine the output of all regressors by their arithmetic mean. We train a different regressor for each language.
Our approach achieved the first position in the final rank for the Spanish language
What Effect do Unions Have on Wages Now and Would 'What Do Unions Do' Be Surprised?
No full textWe explore the various claims made by Freeman and Medoff (FM) in their famous book What do unions do? about the impact of unions on wages and update them with new and better data. The main findings are as follows. 1) Private sector union wage premium is lower today than it was in the 1970s. 2) The union wage premium is counter-cyclical. 3) There is evidence of a secular decline in the private sector union wage premium. 4) There remains big variation in the premium across workers. 5) There is big variation in industry-level union wage premia. 6) State level union wage premia vary less than occupation and industry level premia. 7) Union workers remain better able than non-union workers to resist employer efforts to reduce wages when market conditions are unfavorable. 8) There has been a decline in the unadjusted wage gap relative to the regression-adjusted wage gap. 9) Public sector wage effects are large and similar to those in the private sector.
Multi-Objective Calibration For Agent-Based Models
No full textAgent-based modelling is already proving to be an immensely useful tool for scientific and industrial modelling applications. Whilst the building of such models will always be something between an art and a science, once a detailed model has been built, the process of parameter calibration should be performed as precisely as possible. This task is often made difficult by the proliferation of model parameters with non-linear interactions. In addition to this, these models generate a large number of outputs, and their ‘accuracy’ can be measured by many different, often conflicting, criteria. In this paper we demonstrate the use of multi-objective optimisation tools to calibrate just such an agent-based model. We use an agent-based model of a financial market as an exemplar and calibrate the model using a multi-objective genetic algorithm. The technique is automated and requires no explicit weighting of criteria prior to calibration. The final choice of parameter set can be made after calibration with the additional input of the domain expert
Correction to: Sloshing wing dynamics - 2nd year project overview
No full textCorrection Notice Alex Skillen added to the Author list as he contributed significantly to the project and paper
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