Disaster began in the close proximity to the town of Greymouth. At an occupied mine of 31 miners and contractors‚ an initial explosion occurred in the West Coast Region of New Zealand’s South Island at approximately 3:44pm. Two were fortunate enough to walk away from the scene and were treated for moderate injuries at hospital‚ then later released the next day. It was believed that the remaining 16 miners and 13 contractors were 1500m from the entrance of the mine. A second large explosion occurred
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RELATED MATERIAL: AUSTRALIAN VISIONS TIME IS RUNNING OUT BY OODEROO NOONUCCAL (KATH WALKER) The miner rapes The heart of earth With his violent spade. Stealing‚ bottling her black blood For the sake of greedy trade. On his metal throne of destruction‚ He labours away with a will‚ Piling the mountainous minerals high With giant tool and iron drill. In his greedy lust for power‚ He destroys old nature’s will. For the sake of the filthy
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Adversity Roman poet Horace once noted‚ "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." Horace’s assertion examines the role that adversity plays in the development of a persons character and understanding turmoil and hardships. In times of trouble‚ when adversities are faced‚ ones true character is revealed. As Horace observed‚ prosperous circumstances do not elicit the same talents that times of struggles do. During these particular hard
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(Cantabria)) from where Santos Sainz de la Maza and E zgue Rra Zorrilla‚ father of Gregorio Sainz de la Maza and Gómez de la Puente was originally. Foundation: It was founded in 1779 due to the discovery of rich silver mines‚ which motivated a multitude of miners and adventurers to reach the place in search of luck‚ disregarding a real fever of silver in the midst of totally unfavorable conditions. The place was inaccessible‚ there were no roads‚ there
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Body Rituals of the Nacirema tells a story of a tribal group’s lifestyle and the rituals of it. Miner is actually talking about the American culture. As most of us know‚ Nacirema is American spelled backwards. In this article‚ Miner’s intention is not to express the extreme human behavior with the Nacirema‚ but the way it affects our perception of an unfamiliar culture. If we were to look at the Nacirema’s behaviors with regards to appearance and hygiene without the slightest bit of knowledge about
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communism: Churchill as Chancellor of the exchequer: Churchill was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924 under Stanley Baldwin and oversaw Britain’s disastrous return to the Gold Standard‚ which resulted in deflation‚ unemployment‚ and the miners’ strike that led to the General Strike of 1926. His decision‚ announced in the 1924 Budget‚ came after long consultation with various economists including John Maynard Keynes‚ the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury‚ Sir Otto Niemeyer and the board
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we can just work on a better way to mine coal and make it more safe. Thank if you did not have power how much harder it would be to leave. If we could just find a way to make mining more safe. So many people have jobs as coal miners. Just thank if you were a coal miner and they decied to stop making coal and you and thousands more lost there
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Burt‚ Doughty‚ Fenwick‚ and Wilson continued to serve as MPs throughout this period. Similarly‚ Arch remained an MP until 1900. Another thirteen MPs‚ either active Primitive Methodists or closely associated with the Church‚ were elected during this period. Of these new MPs‚ at least twelve were or had been local preachers; ten were trade union leaders‚ primarily in the coal industry. Initially‚ three were Labour Party members‚ the others Liberals. However‚ five of the Liberals transferred to
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war broke out. After John Brown’s raid on Harper’s ferry‚ the general consensus in the North in 1859 was one of disapproval‚ especially as the South expressed their indignation and Northerners attempted to mend the rift that had begun to develop. Horace Greeley‚ in an editorial in the New York Tribune at the time‚ publicly denounced Brown as a fanatic and his methods unfit‚ and yet declares his support for abolition (Document A). That same year‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ a leading free-thinker and intellectual
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there is an apparent rhyming scheme of ABAB‚ CDCD‚ and so forth. From this‚ it divides the poem into two sonnets; it is worth noting as well that sonnets are used in writing war poems‚ particularly the original “Dulce” by Horace. Albeit‚ Owen uses the sonnet differently than Horace‚ and his
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