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    Chilean Mine Collapse

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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 first diamonds to be found on land were in walls of a famer’s house. People started bidding for the land and the farmers sold their farms and some of the buyers of the land were the De Beer brothers. The land owners made tent towns and called on miners to come to Africa and start digging. Population increased drastically and thousands of people were occupying the land. Due to the population increasing demand for food and other necessities increased and more people came to provide goods and services

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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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    Age of Reform in America

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    American reform movements in the early to mid 1800’s strived at improving our developing society. America was growing larger‚ and with the expanding population‚ many new ideas sprang up. Conflicting opinions between the people of the United States caused the emergence of an Age of Reform‚ where people tried to change things such as the educational system and women’s rights. These movements were the result of our nation’s self-determination and interest in improving the society we

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    Billy Elliot

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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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    Film Review: Billy Elliot

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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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    California Gold Rush

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    and reliable place for one to store their gold‚ and would then give out what was called “banknotes”‚ similar to the modern U.S. dollar‚ in order to easily retrieve ones gold when it was needed. The closer the issuers of said banknotes were to the miners‚ the more reliable they were‚ so many outside of the California Gold Rush did not have the best of reputations‚ which caused an unstable economy during the earlier days of banking. Even due to this fact‚ the privately owned competing banks in areas

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    Jazz

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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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