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    Many workers got hurt while working in the factories and mines. The Cherry Coal Mine Disaster created a need for the Workers Compensation Act‚ which compensates workers who are harmed while working. On November 13‚ 1909‚ at 7:00 a.m.‚ 481 workers‚ men and boys‚ descended into the Cherry Coal Mine near Cherry‚ IL‚ a few miles northwest of La Salle‚ IL on Illinois Highway 89. Some sections of the mine where 500 feet below the surface. That day the electrical system broke down‚ and the mine was lit

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    All these tools are known the classic principles of arguments. (Lamm & Everett‚ 2007) In the essay written “The Water Revealed” written by Jim Wallis‚ Willis uses all three appeals in his argument. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating natural disaster that everyone around the world remembers. Hurricane Katrina produced so much water that the levees around New Orleans could not withstand the pressure and the levees broke. Was it really Katrina that caused all the damage in New Orleans or was

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    Francisco Avila Composition 2 Essay #2 Rough draft Some Things to Improve Our Community Are There are some things that we can to do to improve our community. A lot of people think that the city council is who should be in charge of improving the community. They have reasons‚ but to have better results the neighbors and the city council must work as a team. The most important things that we should do to improve our community is create an assembly of neighbors‚ create some civil teams‚ and

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    Ai Weiwei More than just an artist; political activist‚ sculptor‚ photographer‚ and architect Ai Weiwei merges traditional techniques and imagery with personal experience in order to show his tumultuous relationship with the Chinese government. “He Xie‚” an installation of thousands of porcelain crabs. They are (not too carefully) arranged in a large circle piled up on one another. The individual objects become one pile which makes them virtually indistinguishable from each other. The piece is

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    and Crisis Hurricane Katrina was considered as one natural disaster. But in reality it was two disasters. The initial disaster was a natural disaster which ripped the coastlands of Louisiana and Mississippi to shreds and left New Orleans a wasteland. The second disaster was the lack of communication and response that took place between federal‚ regional‚ state‚ and local relief agencies and efforts after the hurricane. The two disasters combined have caused a lot of damages to a vast human population

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    Attention-getter: How many of you feel safe in your homes or know that if a natural disaster struck you would be able to make it out alive? Audience Relevance: Due in large part to the early warning systems we have in place today‚ we can avoid the vast majority of natural disasters in a way that previous generations could not. C.Speaker Credibility: As a resident of Houston‚ Texas‚ I grew up hearing the tales of some of the major Hurricanes that had zeroed in on our coastal region and left it

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    one cannot control every single detail or event in one’s life‚ and also cannot possibly predict what will happen in the future. Obstacles of every kind will strike‚ whether these trials come in the form of day to day hardships‚ catastrophic natural disasters‚ or even the fate of the gods. The only thing one can really do is adapt to the new situation and try to move forward. Making decisions can be extremely difficult but one of the worst feelings a person can have is having a decision made for

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    Natural resources are all the things on Earth that support life. Plants‚ animals‚ air‚ and water are natural resources. Natural resources are also things that people use to make life easier. Your life is easier because you can ride in a bus powered by gasoline. You can cook your dinner in a microwave oven powered by electricity. People use natural resources to make gasoline and electricity. People use many natural resources to make their lives easier. There are different kinds of natural resources

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    English 10 IB – 6th hour February 9‚2011 Effects of the Earthquake in Chile Natural disasters occur all over the world every year‚ devastating millions of people. On February 27‚ 2010‚ tragedy struck millions of lives throughout Chile. An earthquake lasting nearly three minutes with a magnitude of 8.8 destroyed an estimated 500‚000 homes‚ schools‚ hospitals‚ and other buildings‚ leaving countless Chileans homeless (Kurczy). This earthquake was 500 times stronger

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    Natural Resources and Energy Paper SCI/256 March 30‚ 2013 Professor Natural Resources and Energy Paper Tropical rainforests like so many other natural places are a scarce resource in the 21st century. They are unique and unlike any other ecosystem. They are in fact crucial to the global ecosystem and vital to human existence. Beyond compare as it relates to their biological diversity‚ tropical rainforests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity which offers a rich source of medicinal

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