Every day for twenty years Duane Zimmerman would drive to Orlando Regional Medical Center to work. Every day for twenty years Duane Zimmerman left his home in suburban MetroWest and traveled through poor and dangerous parts of Orlando to reach his job on the prosperous edge of Downtown Orlando. Zimmerman left his own little Levittown – a big white house with a massive lawn, all demarcated by a...
In the late 19th century, the United States faced a series of troubling economic and social transformations. In response, progressive reformers designed a modern approach to solving problems: conducting research, identifying potential solutions, and then lobbying for reform. Women were often in the forefront of efforts for reform.
The need for more efficient and effective methods to address...
For minorities in the 1980s, the future was uncertain. The HIV/AIDS epidemic was on the rise, while quality information and resources were nowhere to be found. As time went on, misconceptions and maltreatments became commonplace. Despite statistics showing otherwise, minorities were often led to believe that the virus was not a threat to them. Minorities often thought that the misfortune...
Seven Gottingen miniature pigs aged between five and seven weeks underwent a combination of compression and decompression exercises while inside a hyperbaric chamber. The tests, which were conducted in England 1989, would last an hour and include intermittent and controlled time periods. After each exposure, the minipig would be walked in a long corridor, so that scientist could observe any neurologic...
The primary employment in the Prince William Sound in Alaska is fishing. Not only is it a career, but also it is a way of life. That way of life was threatened by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Over 80% of the protein in Alaskans’ diet comes from fish. They rely on seafood as a main source of food and they didn’t want to risk cancer or other organ damage. They also needed a good harvest...
According to an 1889 article found in the Chautauquan, a popular weekly news magazine, Birmingham, Alabama was the future of the iron and steel industry in America. Seated in Jefferson County, which is located in central Alabama, Birmingham was named after the industrious steel city of Birmingham, England. Also known as the “Magic City” and “Pittsburgh of the South”, Birmingham had...
Coal-fired power plants have long been one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases. There are various kinds of inputs that a power plant can use in the process of creating electricity, and one of these is petroleum coke. An important factor that makes pet coke desirable is the fact that it can produce fuel efficiencies in integrated steel mills. The company that first discovered this...
Transition. This is a word found in much of the literature, both old and new, surrounding the Viola Neighborhood in Greenville, South Carolina. But what kind of transition is this historic neighborhood headed for? The City of Greenville’s master plan reflects an interesting change headed for the surrounding area of Viola. While examining the plans of this revitalization of the area around Stone...
In George H.W. Bush’s speech about Kuwait, he said “Recent events have surely proven that there is no substitute for American leadership.” By 1990, the Cold War had finally ended after forty years of conflict. George H.W. Bush came into office just before at the end of the Cold War. This had become a vital time in American foreign policy because the country no longer had to feel threatened...
At precisely 3:25 p.m. on Thursday, November 29, 1990, the United Nations Security Council was called to order in the UN Headquarters in New York City. This meeting held special significance because all fifteen nations of the Security Council were represented by their foreign ministers, rather than UN ambassadors. The reason for such a prestigious attendance was Resolution 678 (1990). This resolution...