August 1851. Miners from across the world rushed to Australia in hope to find some gold. There was not one distinct issue that lead to the Eureka stockade on the Ballarat goldfields. In Victoria‚ hostility between the miners and government arose because of the dreadful living and working environments. These complications began to grow because of the deficient gold licensing system. Specific occurrences in Ballarat created the hostility to break out into the chaos and violence between miners and authorities
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"On Aug. 5‚ 2010‚ a gold and copper mine near the northern city of Copiapó‚ Chile caved in‚ trapping 33 miners in a chamber about 2‚300 feet below the surface. For 17 days‚ there was no word on their fate. As the days passed‚ Chileans grew increasingly skeptical that any of the miners had survived — let alone all of them. But when a small bore hole reached the miners’ refuge‚ they sent up a message telling rescuers they were still alive." (Chile Mining Accident (2010)‚ New York Times)
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The following handout is an abridged version of John Dryden’s A Discourse Concerning the Original and Progress of Satire (1693). You must read this document carefully. There has been a long dispute among the modem critics‚ whether the Romans derived their satire from the Grecians‚ or first invented it themselves. Julius Scaliger‚ and Heinsius‚ are of the first opinion; Casaubon‚ Rigaltius‚ Dacier‚ and the publisher of the Dauphin∗s Juvenal‚ maintain the latter. If we take satire in the general
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who had advocated for worker’s rights for her whole life. And she also directed another movie named American dream which also won the Oscar documentary film for her in 1991. In this movie‚ Barbara displayed the great tenacity and unyielding of the miners and their families by the realistic pictures‚ which moved and inspired audiences a lot. She went to Harlan County and witnessed a series of events that took place over 10 months strike in 1976. Barbara created this movie through a film-style narrative
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I‚ no. 1 (June 1995) Sacred Ambivalence: Mimetology in Aristotle‚ Horace‚ and Longinus Matthew Schneider Department of English Chapman University Orange CA 92666 schneide@nexus.chapman.edu Almost from its very beginnings mimetology has looked to ancient Greece for its proof texts. For both René Girard’s hypotheses surrounding the ethical and ethnological implications of mimetic desire and Eric Gans’s identification of the part played by mimetic resentment in cultural evolution‚ the texts of
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safety and concerns of miners were less important. The miners had begun to lose there jobs because of the mechanization. They no longer needed to have people digging for coal because the machines did all the work for them. These machines had taken over the industry. Because the machines could produce more coal in a shorter time‚ the amount of money paid per ton of coal dropped. The quality of life of the minors and their families dropped as well. The majority of the miners jobs had been taken and
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Eureka Stockade‚ otherwise known as the Eureka Rebellion‚ was a short lived battle during 1854‚ in which a few hundred disgruntled miners revolted against the petty and mostly corrupt officialdom. Conditions on the gold fields‚ unfair laws‚ racism‚ anti-British attitudes and the miner’s license‚ played a huge part in causing the Eureka Rebellion to take place. The miners’ eventually grew tired of the unfair laws and living conditions‚ so they built the Eureka Stockade and gathered firearms‚ in an attempt
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The historic building which sits high above the Saw Mill Parkway at Roaring Brook Road‚ and once the global headquarters of Reader’s Digest‚ may appear to be going through a long overdue renovation. Inside the walls‚ however‚ some of Chappaqua’s most prominent large-scale operations are underway‚ including the expansion of Chappaqua Crossing‚ which currently contains offices and medical space. Construction crews have been working tirelessly to prepare the property for new additions. The building
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during the collapse‚ the miners were able to breathe fresh air. A year after being rescued and sharing their stories to the world‚ it was said many of the miners were unemployed and broken more than before. The miners were delivered small amounts of food‚ sugar‚ and other items needed to survive until they were rescued. Once the men were rescued‚ they came out from the cave energized‚ healthy‚ and cheering happy to see family and friends‚ shocking everyone around. The miners tried to file a lawsuit
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Black Lung Many miners lose their lives each year‚ not just to accidents at mines‚ but also to the greatest threat to American miners: black lung disease (also known as Coal Worker ’s pneumoconiosis). Black lung is a disabling occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of excessive levels of respirable coal mine dust. The risk or the possibility of contracting the condition increases with continued exposure to coal mine dust. Chances are also raised in people over the age of 50. Even when
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