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Report of Governor Johan Rising, 1655, on New Sweden
No full textGovernor Johan Rising reports to the Swedish government and royalty on the status of New Sweden (present-day New Jersey). He also reports on other Swedish colonies in the area. He asks that single women and skilled tradesmen be sent to the colonies. Rising also reports that attacks from neighboring Indian tribes are increasing. He has found some protection by forming an alliance with English settlers, but the cost is high, and his colony owes the English money and supplies. Rising asks that Sweden send them money so that they can pay off their debts, build ships that would establish a trading dominance with the West Indies, and cultivate land and crops to gain more profit. Reports from New World governors were sent back to their native countries via ships. Rising sent this report in June of 1655, but Sweden did not recieve the report until November of 1655. This article is part of a Primary Source Material collection compiled by the New Sweden Commemorative Commission in 1988
Report of Governor Johan Printz, 1647, on New Sweden
No full textGovern Johan Printz, the governor of New Sweden (later to become New Jersey), reports on the status of the colony and the settlers. Many freemen have arrived to settle in New Sweden, but the criminals and military men who were conscripted to the colony want to return to Sweden. Of the freemen, very few are skilled, so Governor Printz asks that blacksmiths, tanners, tailors, carpenters, and butchers be sent to the colony. Additionally, he asks for single women. Printz also reports on two new Swedish colonies that have been established along the Delaware River. However, Dutch settlers have become very aggressive by re-purchasing land from the Indians that the Swedish had already bought. They are also interrupting trade between the Swedes and the Indians, as well as instigating the Indians to attack the Swedes. Printz directed the construction of some storage houses along common trade routes to win back trade from the Indians. However, fighting has erupted between different Native tribes as each tries to establish dominance in trading with the colonies. This article is part of a Primary Source Material collection compiled by the New Sweden Commemorative Commission in 1988
Relation of the surrender of New Sweden, by Governor Johan Clason Rising, 1655
No full textGovernor Johan Rising of New Sweden reports to Sweden on the August 1655 Dutch attack on New Sweden's Fort Christina. The Dutch traveled from New Amsterdam (present-day New York) and easily captured a New Sweden outpost. Rising sent men to the outpost to fend of the Dutch, but the Dutch defeated them and took them as prisoners, leaving Fort Christina without fighting men and supplies. The Dutch then put the Fort under seige. A few days later, Rising surrendered the Fort. He and the Swedish colonists were ordered to either return to Sweden, or to remain in the New World in service to the Dutch. This article is part of a Primary Source Material collection compiled by the New Sweden Commemorative Commission in 1988
Thorncrown Chapel, Arkansas, USA
No full textUsing the traditional church design, Fay Jones, architect of the Thorncrown Chapel, Ozark, Arkansas, USA, 1979, designed a light repetitive frame, using glass panels for transparancy. Model [1:50] built by Izak Coetzee and Gerhard van Rooyen, 3rd year B.Sc.(Arch) students, University of Pretoria, 2005
The past, present and future of social media in project management
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Life Time Achievement Award by the International Society of Anaesthetic Pharmacology (ISAP): Prof Johan Coetzee
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An operationalization of Stevenson’s conceptualization of entrepreneurship as opportunity-based firm behavior
No full textThis is the author-version of article published as: Brown, Terrence and Davidsson, Per and Wiklund, Johan (2001) An operationalization of Stevenson’s conceptualization of entrepreneurship as opportunity-based firm behavior. Strategi
A survey of wound care knowledge in South Africa
No full textCITATION: Coetzee, F. Coetzee, J. & Hagemeister, D. 2010. A survey of wound care knowledge in South Africa. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2(2):9-13, doi:10.7196/ajhpe.64.The original publication is available at http://www.ajhpe.org.za/index.php/ajhpe/article/view/64/28Chronic wounds afflict millions worldwide, incurring significant
health care costs and chronic suffering. Clinicians are often unsure
about treatment, resulting in poor outcomes.
Objective. To determine the scope of knowledge possessed by fifthyear
medical students, general practitioners (GPs) and surgical registrars,
concerning chronic wound management.
Design. Cross-sectional study.
Methods. Deans of eight South African medical schools received letters
requesting information regarding time devoted to wound-care
training. Knowledge-based questionnaires were distributed to finalyear
students at two universities, surgical registrars at four universities
and GPs attending refresher courses.
Results. Four medical schools replied, of whom only two offered
formal teaching. 162 medical students, 45 GPs and 47 surgical registrars
completed questionnaires. The overall median (25th - 75th
percentiles) knowledge scores for registrars, GPs and students were
65% (55 - 70%), 55% (45 - 65%) and 45% (35 - 50%) respectively.
Whereas the scores of registrars and GPs did not differ, the student
scores were significantly less. Only 32% of registrars and 18% of
GPs attained scores of 70% or more. 96% considered training to be
inadequate. Interest in wound care was only mild to moderate, with
more GPs than registrars requesting literature.
Conclusions. Very little, if any, training on chronic wounds is offered
in South Africa. The levels of knowledge cannot be considered adequate
for successful treatment, nor for teaching to undergraduates.
This preliminary study cannot reflect the attitudes and knowledge
throughout the country. However, it is clear that there is a need for
improved education about these conditions that have huge clinical
and economic consequences.Publishers' versio
Social media for improving metro rail project operations
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The social challenges of low carbon development
No full textThis book explores the social implications and challenges of low-carbon development. The argument of the book is that a broad understanding of low-carbon development is essential for mitigating climate change and enabling development in a carbon-constrained world, but there are risks that low-carbon development might come at a price that is both social and economic. These risks need to be carefully assessed and reduced. The main aim of the book is to explore, critically analyse and propose different ways of understanding low-carbon development from a social perspective in both developed and developing countries. The author uses concepts such as low-carbon development, social policy, sustainable development and environmental justice to understand the social implications of low-carbon development projects. The book first elaborates the need to understand the social issues and challenges of low-carbon development in both developed and developing countries. It then discusses five contemporary challenges of low-carbon development: * the social consequences of Chinese hydropower dams in the Mekong region; * the cost of the transition to renewable energies such as wind energy in Germany; * the challenges of carbon offsetting in Brazil; * the nexus of fuel-inefficient housing and fuel poverty in England; * solar power for refugees in Africa. The book fills a crucial gap for researchers, postgraduates, practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of climate change, development and social policy. Johan Nordensvard is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Southampton, UK
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