still going on. Strauss expected the miners would welcome his buttons‚ scissors‚ thread and bolts of fabric. He also brought along canvas sailcloth‚ intended to make tents and covers for the Conestoga wagons many miners lived out of. Strauss opened his dry goods wholesale business as Levi Strauss & Co. He often led his pack-horse‚ heavily laden with merchandise‚ to the mining camps in the Gold Rush country.[citation needed] He learned that prospectors and miners complained about their cotton trousers
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Violent crimes are deemed unacceptable globally.Crimes such as murder‚assault ‚robbery and rape instilled fear in most people when they contemplate the possibility of becoming a victim of any of these heinous actions.South African criminal law defines murder as the unlawful and intentional killing of another person.The murder of a police official refers to causing the death of an official without a lawful excuse‚and with the intent to kill the official. The international killing of a police officer
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that happened in Chile you need to do it face to face so you can also show how emotional this situation is. When addressing the audience you need to make sure you are eye contact and body language. When delivering the messages to the families of the miners‚ one has to consider the role of the audience receiving this message. The receivers will include wives‚ parents‚ children‚ coworkers‚ and a host of other friends and family members who have to be informed of the situation at hand. One must be considerate
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The summer of 1848‚ the Gold Rush days. Miners have heard of the riches that await in the valleys of Northern California. They have dropped everything and traveled to California in hopes of finding gold. When they arrived‚ they were not alone‚ already living there were Native Americans. The miners believed the Native Americans wanted to steal their rewards‚ so they killed them to get them out of the way. They didn’t care about them‚ all they wanted was to get rid of them. As Serra states‚ "It is
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During the 19th century‚ miners were exploited and exposed to inhumane working hours in their early teenage years. Florence Kelley delivered a speech focusing on the concerns of how child labor is portrayed as a type of abuse. Throughout her speech she used descriptive complex sentences‚ rhetorical devices and a passionate tone. “For Alabama limits the children’s work at night to eight hours‚ while New Jersey permits it all night long.” With this statement she compared how the states are permitting
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History of American Jazz Appendix A: Understanding Jazz -Americas art form -European- African musical traditions -Hard to define Defining Jazz Improvisation- spontaneous and simultaneous composing and performing Rhythm- a unique interaction with time involving: -syncopation‚ -jazz swing rhythm Dissonance- extending common rules of music; “pushing the envelope” Jazz interpretation- a unique way of producing sound and phrasing melodies Interaction- listening to and reacting to musical
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blessed theatre to go to!” (2010‚ p.315). There is also a character called Madam Christine‚ who owns a respectable high street clothing store; not to mention her own motor and driver. This she gives up in the name of the cause‚ to join her second cousin Horace‚ her nearest male relation. I find this an interesting predicament‚ for a woman who has survived so high in society still wishes to lower her affairs to help the suffrage
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1984: In a northern England mining town‚ miners are on strike and the atmosphere is tense. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot‚ whose father and brother are participating in the strike‚ whose mother has died quite some time ago and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what’s going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his father finds out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher
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The main character‚ Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a 12 years old motherless boy. Youngest member of Elliot’s family‚ a patriarchal miner family where the father (Gary Lewis) and older brother (Jamie Draven) are both active participants of the ongoing miners’ strike. The movie mainly follows the struggles between Billy and his macho father‚ where the tough coal miner father has difficulties to accept Billy’s desire to learn ballet dancing rather than the family’s loving sport‚ boxing! Through the
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in the camp‚ so the care of the child falls upon the “roughs” of the camp‚ “the term ‘roughs’ applied to them was a distinction rather than a definition” (6). This heartwarming story tells how life was during this time and the obstacles that these miners had to face. It shows how a child being brought into the world makes people change and shows them how to be better people. A reader can certainly see all the similarities‚ as well as differences‚ between Harte’s story and the story of the Birth
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