Buffalo Creek Disaster YE HAO GBL395 Summer 2014 Synopsis: One of the most significant mining disaster happened at a little valley that located in Buffalo count‚ West Virginia in February 1972. The disaster cause by a dam corruption which was used to block black water produced in mining procedures. The flood break out from the fallen dam and rush out the 17 mile valley below it‚ killed more than 100 people‚ 1000 people injured and more than 4000 people were homeless
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Coal Crimes of Buffalo Creek Sara Hauke Medical Anthropology May 26‚ 2011 Let us imagine that one day a natural disaster hits your town‚ you watched everyone you know lose their homes‚ and for some‚ their lives. Your life view most likely would be skewed for some time‚ but who could you blame? Nature? God? While tragic‚ an act of nature or god most often carries no great amount of blame with it. This is not the case in the Buffalo Creek incident however. It is important to note that the
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We went to the Conodoguinet Creek to test the pollution levels of the creek. My hypothesis was If we check the pollution levels in the water‚ then we will find out that the water isn’t very polluted. You may be wondering‚ what are some of the causes of pollution? Well‚ the velocity of the water has a lot to do with the health. When the velocity of the water is faster‚ everything will be moving around more and there will more more dissolved oxygens. the mud and sediments won’t just stay there and
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annie dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek for Richard It ever was‚ and is‚ and shall be‚ ever-living Fire‚ in measures being kindled and in measures going out. —HERACLITUS Contents Epigraph 1 Heaven and Earth in Jest iii 3 2 Seeing 16 3 Winter 37 4 The Fixed 55 5 Untying the Knot 73 6 The Present 78 7 Spring 105 8 Intricacy 124 9 Flood 149 10 Fecundity 161 11 Stalking 184 12 Nightwatch 209 13 The
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The Sustainability of Experience — Investing in the Human Factor 28th Annual USSD Conference Portland‚ Oregon‚ April 28 - May 2‚ 2008 Hosted by Portland General Electric On the Cover Portland General Electric’s North Fork Dam‚ on the Clackamas River southeast of Portland‚ is a thin‚ variable-radius concrete arch dam with a maximum height of 207 feet and a thickness varying from 32 feet at the base to 8 feet at the crest. The spillway is a 200-foot-long gated ogee-type structure with
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beliefs and ways of knowing that guide communities of people in their daily lives” (qtd. In Rothstein-Fusch and Trumball 3). Every culture is different and unique in its own lifestyle. Culture is basically life itself. The short story “Woman Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros is a clear example of these characteristics by bringing together life in Mexico and the United States. The reader gets the opportunity to view both sides of Cleofilas‚ the protagonist of the short story‚ culture as she moves to
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Several of the stories in Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros revolve around the theme of feminism and religion and their ability to create inner conflict. A few of the characters experience this inner conflict as a direct result of the societal pressures put on them by whom they live with‚ themselves‚ and beliefs‚ whether they’re their own‚ or someone else’s. While the whole book itself is a testament to female oppression and the way society perpetuates the oppression itself‚ there are a select
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Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel Capstone Project Lisa Cragg Human Resource Seminar 5/6/2013 Dr. Brown Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel Background Turtle Creek Casino and Hotel is a nonprofit organization that has owned and operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Turtle Creek Casino is located 4 miles east of Traverse City on M-72 in Williamsburg‚ Michigan and is open 7 day a week‚ 24 hours a day. The casino has affiliation with the Grand Traverse
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Myall Creek Massacre on June 10‚ 1838 What is Myall Creek Massacre? Myall Creek massacre (1838) an incident in which‚ in retaliation for an alleged “outrage”‚ White station hands killed 28 Aborigines at Myall Creek in New South Wales‚ Australia. As a result‚ 11 White men were tried for murder. They were acquitted‚ but seven of them were retried‚ found guilty‚ and hanged. There was much public protest. Although prosecution of White people for such an incident was unusual‚ the incident itself was
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Waiting for Freedom In the story "Woman Hollering Creek" Sandra Cisneros discusses the issues of living life as a married woman through a character named Cleofilas; a character who is married to a man who abuses her physically and mentally .Cisneros reveals the way the culture puts a difference between a male and a female‚ men above women. Cisneros has been famous about writing stories about the latino culture and how women are treated; she explain what they go through as a child‚ teen and when
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