1978

The Love Canal is located in Niagara Falls, New York. It is named after William T. Love who intended for this location to become a dream community where water could be used to power the surrounding industries and homes. By 1910 it became evident that Love would not see his dream fulfilled. Ten years later industries began to use the abandoned ditch to dispose of various chemicals. Landfills can be safely used if they are managed properly. In 1942 a company began using the Love Canal as a…

In 1978, Weather Report performed live in Offenbach. The jazz band includes Joe Zawinul on keyboards, Wayne Shorter on saxophones, Jaco Pastorious on electric bass, and Peter Erskine on drums. The group performed songs such as “Black Market”, “Waterfall”, “Teen Town”, “Birdland”, and many more. The concert opens with the song ‘Black Market”. The song begins with Joe Zawinul establishing a melody on the synthesizer while the drums and bass set a groovy beat. The tenor saxophone makes an…

Substance use among school students is a growing concern among all stakeholders (Gilvarry, & McArdle, 2007), as it is associated with unsatisfactory school performance, delinquent behaviors, and high tax dollar expenditure on social services, medical health, and justice system (Monge et. al, 1999). Smoking, drinking, and drug use are some of the prominent causes of morbidity and mortality among schoolchildren in the United States (Ref…). The onset of such habits occurs during early adolescence…

Born in Burlington, Vermont in 1946, Theodore Robert Bundy was a wicked child of Louise Cowell which during the next few years they spent living with Louise’s parents. There were speculating to believe they led Ted and others believe that his mother was his older sister. Others believed it was during this time that Ted had been traumatized by his aggressive grandfather. It was not until at age four Ted and his mother moved to Tacoma, Washington where Ted’s mother went on to marry an army cook,…

Made in 1978, Romero's movie is in part a satire on American consumerism, but the director couldn't have anticipated that, four decades on, the concrete retail playgrounds he satirized would turn into graveyards, albeit without zombies. Across North America and…

One of the main reason incoming freshmen and young adults are caught in the college misconceptions is due the media, especially movies. When I was younger, I used to believe everything the media taught, anything I watched in a movie was a reality. As I grew older, I began to understand that movies are not reality. Movies are portrayed to entertain viewers and without guidance brainwash young minds. This is the case with college misconceptions found in movies and ads. The media has a crucial role…

1- Can any nation-state be considered a ‘civic’ nation? It is critical to commence with a definition of the concept at the heart of the discussion as a way of setting the stage for the present discourse. The concept of civic nationhood is applied in reference to the identity in politics formed from common citizenship that thrives in a liberal state (Smith, 2013). The concept of a civic nation, therefore, goes beyond subjective variables, such as culture, language, customs or traditions of the…

Christchurch women groups set up women refuges in 1974, they had only intended to house homeless women but the number of women and children fleeing domestic partners and needed shelter was overwhelming. The first permanent rape crisis hotline was set up in 1978 in Auckland. Rape crisis work included counselling, gathering information on rape, which was really reported to the police during that time. They also educated the general public on this crime. All of these actions helped to raise…

Major” were turned into echoes from our past. Joshua: Mom… who was out “Drum Major? Patricia: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Joshua: Oh… Is he still our “Drum Major”? Patricia: We will talk about that later, for now back to that warm summer day in 1978.I was wearing a pretty sundress with red flowers with blue birds and butterflies. After the evening meal, Brandon your father car pulls up in our front yard, in his red mustang. It was shiny looked like new. Brandon: Patricia…. Do you want…

Some of the cases that have set legal precedence in the areas of retaliation and sexual harassment include the following: City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water and Power v Manhart, (1978). In this case the supreme court ruled that in administration of company pension plan Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for an employer to discriminate against any individual because of an individual’s sex (Egan, 2010). Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson, (1986). In this case the court…