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    GERMINAL – by Emile Zola – translated by Roger Pearson Industrialization had many social costs‚ especially the effect it had on the lives of the working class.Discuss Zola’s portrayal of coalminers in Montsou over the course of the entire novel and show how industrial labor affected their overall lives.Does Zola believe that the condition of the working class will improve or get worse? Industrialization had a general positive effect to life‚ providing more jobs and changing transportation

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    Black Lung

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    The black lung movement was a movement formed in the late 1960’s in which the miners fought for the health benefits to cover black lung disease. Black lung is directly caused by mining and working with coal. Mildred Mullins wrote this poem and hung it on the coffin of her dead husband in the Capital to display what was going on‚ “Compensation we are asking‚
While alive and still gasping;
When life is o’er and hymns are sung‚
Then they’ll know we have black lung.( “Charleston Gazette” 15)” The miners

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    October Sky

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    October Sky Marion Eady The film October Sky (1999)‚ directed by Joe Johnson is based on a true story of Homer Hickman ( a coal miners son) who is inspired to build a rocket after the Russian launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into orbit. The film definitely focuses on the course theme of being a social outcast. This is explored in the film through three people‚ John Hickman (Homers Father)‚ the town of Coalwood and Mr.Turner (Homers principle). Firstly‚ John Hickman

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    Centralia Explosion No.5

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    March 25‚ 1947 started off as a regular day. 111 men some husbands‚ fathers or even both kissed their wives and children goodbye to go off to work‚ not knowing that would be there last kiss to their loved ones. As the men went throughout their normal work day at No. 5 Coal Mine‚ they looked forward to quitting time and reuniting with their loved ones. Woefully‚ this would never come to past. Catastrophe struck at 3:27. 111 lives were slayed out by a colossal explosion. Paramedics‚ firemen and policemen

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    Centralia No. 5

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    Centralia No. 5 PAD 500- Modern Public Administration April 23‚2014 On March 25‚ 1947‚ a deadly coal mine explosion rocked the calm‚ peaceful town of Centralia‚ IL. During World War II‚ this mine provided coal to the war effort. A charge ignited built up coal dust and caused the explosion. This explosion should have surprised no one. Many public sector safety professionals from state and federal agencies knew of the hazards as a result of inspections‚ union complaints and

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    Case Study Case Study Analysis of The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped By: John Bartlow Martin Author and Publisher “The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped” by John Bartlow Martin. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Copyright 1948 by John Bartlow Martin. Copyright renewed 1975 by John Bartlow Martin. Overview The title of this case study alone insinuates that perhaps this mine disaster could have been prevented. Martin

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    Centralia No. 5 Mine Explosion Centralia No. 5 Mine Explosion On March 25‚ 1947‚ a blast in Centralia Coal Mine killed 111 workers. Centralia Coal Mine No. 5 had been operational since 1907 and had never suffered a major disaster. Prior to this event only four shotfirers were killed in 1921 (Fleege). Because of the safety record of the mine‚ it was considered relatively safe and a disaster seemed remote. The United States had just ended a war and the economy was picking up and production

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    Hung Nhan Garment Co.‚ Ltd – Duc Giang Corporation: has applied with the model of portable administration (LEAN Manufacturing). Due to the characteristics in garment field as in production it is necessary to have a lot of employees directly participate in manufacture but mainly as workers with low qualification. Therefore‚ in the labour process of creating much waste‚ reducing the labour productivity caused to the labour productivity is rather low compared with other branch‚ this is also the cause

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    Centralia No 5

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    Centralia No 5 On March 25‚ 1947‚ the Centralia No. 5 coal mine exploded near the town of Centralia‚ Illinois‚ killing 111 people. The Mine Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor reported the explosion was caused when an under burdened shot or blown-out shot ignited coal dust. In this paper‚ I plan to discuss Driscoll Scanlan‚ who was the inspector for the district for the area. “Scanlan was a stubborn‚ righteous‚ zealous‚ man of fierce integrity” (Stillman

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    Maddie Dickson 2/10/13 Betz per. 5 Critical Book Review: A Coal Miners Bride; The Diary of Anetka Kaminska Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the author of picture books‚ novels‚ and nonfiction for children‚ including Newbery Honor book Hitler youth: Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow‚ The Sibert Medal-winning Black Potatoes‚ and Dear America: A Coal Miners Bride. Her work has received dozens of awards and Honors‚ including the NCTE Orbis Pictus award for nonfiction‚ the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction

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