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African-Americans have always been a part of Gettysburg’s community fabric. Slaves belonging to Samuel Gettys, the area’s first settler, arrived as early as 1762 to build one of the first local taverns. Samuel’s son James, who founded Gettysburg in 1786, also owned slaves, including Sydney O’Brien. After her owner’s death, O’Brien obtained her freedom, and in purchasing a small lot along South Washington Street helped establish the borough’s African-American neighborhood. The free black...
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By late June 1863, though rebel troops had already occupied Gettysburg briefly, the threat to the borough grew still more ominous. Rebel troops had cut the town’s railroad lifeline to the north by destroying a bridge across Rock Creek, and convinced the local telegraph operator to flee with his equipment. The new isolation from news accentuated scattered reports of large forces, rebel and federal, approaching the borough from all directions. When federal cavalry arrived on June 30 to take up...
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This paper examines how sexual harassment impacts on student nurses. The purpose of the paper is to find out the prevalence of unwarranted sexual behaviors against student nurses in Nigeria. Forty one students participated in the survey in which they were asked questions to indicate their feelings, to identify harassers and way in which they cope with sexual harassment behaviors. The findings showed that primary initiators of sexual were physicians and older bosses. The most common feeling...
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Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the retention of African American students at predominately White colleges and universities continues to be problematic. Although many of these institutions have implemented retention programs for African American students, few have incorporated a comprehensive program that utilizes multi-program components. Using a qualitative methodology, this study explored how a comprehensive retention program at one predominantly White university...
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Cultivating youth's capacity to address climate change is critical for a sustainable future. This is especially true in developing countries in equatorial Africa where agrarian communities are severely affected by climate change. We examine a youth development program designed to increase knowledge and capacity for leadership and action in response to climate change. Ugandan youth, ages 16 to 24 years, participated in multiday residential workshops held in national forests. Workshops...
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Volcanic eruptions have killed thousands of people and damaged homes, villages, infrastructure, subsistence gardens, and hunting and fishing grounds in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The central business district of a town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the case of Rabaul in 1994. Volcanic disasters litter not only the recent written history of both
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the requirements for the Degree of Master of Education.
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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment for the requirements for the Degree of Master of Education.
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This study reports part of a larger survey that was conducted in three public secondary schools in Dodoma region, Tanzania.It was agreed by researchers and participating schools that school names will not appear in any publications but abbreviations (S1, S2 and S3).The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationship and impact of job satisfaction dimensions (intrinsic and extrinsic satisfaction) on intention to leave among teachers in public secondary schools.Further, it explored...
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This paper cover part of the larger survey undertaken in three public secondary schools in Dodoma, Tanzania abbreviated S1 (urban), S2 (semi-urban) and S3 (rural) as an agreement with respective schools.The study determined general satisfaction, intrinsic satisfaction, extrinsic satisfaction and organizational commitment levels in public secondary school teachers.The relationship between intrinsic satisfaction, extrinsic satisfaction and organizational commitment was explored meanwhile the...
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This study reports part of the output in larger survey which involved secondary school teachers working in public schools in Dodoma, Tanzania. Names of respective schools will not be displayed in the publications on account of agreement met with schools. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 127 randomly sampled teachers (response rate 88%) and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results indicated job satisfaction level and continuance commitment...
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This study captures part of the product of larger survey conducted in three public secondary schools (S1, S2 and S3) in Dodoma, Tanzania. It aimed at investigating factors contributing to teachers intention to leave; and the relationship between organizational commitment dimensions (affective, normative and continuance) and intention to leave. Further, the study determined levels of teachers’ commitment and intention to leave while examining the impact of demographic factors on intention to...
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Interdisciplinary drought risk assessment provides the true reflection of drought risk by integrating hazard data with adaptation, vulnerability and coping capacity. Traditional methods for drought risk calculation based purely on meteorological extremes do not provide an accurate reflection of disaster drought. Communal farmers in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa, experience disaster droughts regularly; even normal dry periods are experienced as disaster droughts. This research...