During the California Gold Rush of 1849 miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the high costs in California during these years it was deemed more feasible to send the shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
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yeah, since everyone was rushing into Califonia at the same time during the gold rush, the chances of finding gold was very limited, so some people decided to open small business that sold everything twice as much as it cost in all the other states, so hiring people to wash your clothes in California at that time would have been more costly then sending them to Hawaii.
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''The history of surfing is well documented, and due to commercialization and media in the United States, it has become, world-wide, the most popular water sport and lifestyle.\n\nSurfing is an old sport. Its actual beginning is unknown because it is so old. It is, however, known that it began in Polynesia. Most people are under the impression that surfing originated in Hawaii. The truth is that the Hawaiians were people who, based on the similarities of cultures, are believed to have crossed the ocean in old outrigger canoes to Hawaii from Tahiti and Bora Bora. Since the early Polynesians had no written language it hard to know exactly what their history is. We can only come to our conclusions of their origin by the evidence that we have. (Dixon 20)\n\nSurfing was the Polynesians most popular sport. Long before white men discovered the sport, competitions were held and much gambling was done. In the ancient Hawaiian and Polynesian way of life, nakedness, adultery, sexual freedom and all kinds of sports and games were loved.\n\nCaptain James Cook, a British explorer, discovered Hawaii in 1778. He and his crew were the first westerners to witness surfing. In his log, Captain Cook gave a description of the scene. After describing the scene of men an women riding the face of great waves on planks of wood, and the skill in which they did it, Cook wrote, "The boldness and address with which we saw them perform these difficult and dangerous maneuvers was astonishing and is scarce to be credited." (22)\n\nCook's discovery lead to the arrival of Christian missionaries to Hawaii. They believed that the Hawaiians way of life was evil and surfing was included. The missionaries traveled all over the islands teaching the Hawaiian people about western ideas and beliefs. They succeeded in the conversion of many Hawaiians.\n\nProbably one of the biggest successes of the missionaries was the conversion of Queen Kaahumanu by Hiram Bingham.\n\nIn 1810, Kamehameha I took over all the Hawaiian Islands and declared his kingdom which lasted until 1893 when Queen Liloukalani was dethroned. (Compton's 58-61) King Kamehameha and his wife Kaahumanu were incredible surfers. The king had private beaches. Violation of these beaches was forbidden on pain of death. Kamehameha and his queen ignored the missionaries. After the kings death, Kaahumanu took over as the kingdoms ruler. (Compton's 26)\n\nThe new queen came under the influence of a man named Hiram Bingham, who was a missionary. The Queen and Bingham became close friends. She even had a house built for him next to hers. They were seen together often and eventually Kaahumanu was converted to Christianity.\n\nAs was mentioned earlier, the cultures and traditions which the Hawaiians held so dearly, including surfing, were considered evil and an abomination to the Christians. As a result of Kaahumanu now holding Christian beliefs, all the Hawaiian cultures and traditions were banned. The hula was done away with, surfing banned, nakedness illegal, and adulterers were banished. Hawaiian hearts were literally broken and many deaths resulted. (27)\n\nSurfing was almost destroyed forever. The young king Kamehameha III made a short attempt at reviving the Hawaiian way of life. He was unsuccessful. ( 28) He did, however, grant a constitution for the kingdom of Hawaii in 1840. (Compton's 91)\n\nNearly 50 years after Kamehameha III's attempt to revive the Hawaiian culture, the new king, David Kalakaua, succeeded in restoring the hula and then all of the other traditions and cultures of his Hawaiian forefathers. In a short while Kalakaua succeeded in getting rid of all the bans on their culture. Unfortunately, after Kalakaua's death in 1891, his wife, Liliukalani took over the rule of the kingdom. (Dixon 28-30) She tried to abolish the constitution granted by Kamehameha III. In 1893 Liliukalani was dethroned. A new government took over. (Compton's 58-59) Surfing again
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This site should help you:\n\nhttp://oahu.aloha-hawaii.com/tours/dole+plantation\n\nHere's some info from that site:\n"It’s believed that the pineapple originated in the lowlands of Paraguay. Historians believe the fruit was introduced to Hawaii in 1527, after a Spanish shipwreck near the coast of South Kona on the Big Island brought a number of goods to the Islands. In later years, a Spanish adventurer named Francisco de Paula Marin experimented with raising pineapples in Hawaii in the early 1800s. James Dole would later pioneer the pineapple industry, earning acclaim as Hawaii’s "Pineapple King.""
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this is a long answer. it started out as a way to demonize the chicanos/mexicans in the 1920s. then hemp became a threat to the cotton, paper, lamp oil & textile industries which led to the legislature of 1937 that outlawed hemp & cannabis. the rage of anti pot propaganda hit in the late 30s, 'refer madness' being the most seen. as an illegal, the revenues are monumental on both sides. heres where i come in. the pot trade supplies jobs for growers, transporters, smugglers, distributers, wholesalers & retailers. but on the other side; the lawers, courts, rehab relateds, confiscators (police auctions) & prisons also get paid. 'but man, it costs $50k to house each inmate per year'. WRONG. gist was an agriculture unit, we grew peas, cabbage, okra, onions & grain. the unit accross the way was a packaging unit. theres textile units that make the clothes & bedding out of the cotton other units grow. theres steel fabrication units, livestock units, manufacuring units, ect. we produce everything we use. we also produce free world goods that are sold as generic brands. we are an onsite free labor self preservation society. the economic structure that pot supplies is phenomenal. this is why the propaganda is inflicted. look how well propaganda & spin works; iraqs WMDs, the mexicans, terrorism, religions,...damn. the earth was said to be flat & the stars revolved around the earth. we still fall for the most ridiculous lies after all these millenia. those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to committ attrocoties.
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Dude, the King declared that the states were in rebellion.  We would readily have worked out a reasonable solution, but as they say "the states were the King's to lose, and he lost them".\n\nThey say that.\n\nAlso, you clearly do not love tea and stamps.  A real American loves him some tea and stamps.
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All states, some counties, and the Federal government have standards for what is a cancer-causing level of a particular chemical.\n\nA California law known as "Prop 65" requires that any product sold in the state or manufactured or even imported THROUGH the state be labeled if the state deems it to contain cancer causing chemicals.\n\nSince California is a major port, industrial state, and has the largest population (over 10 per cent of the US total), most manufacturers find it more cost effective to print the required Prop. 65 warning on ALL products rather than risk a lawsuit.
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They need illegal aliens in Utah. Or so they think. Californians have taken advantage of the high price of houses in CA compared to the low price of houses in Utah. Many have sold their California homes and bought homes in Utah (paying cash), and Utah is desperate to get low wage workers to build, dig, pave and serve french fries to the new residents of Utah. Wait 'til they start reproducing and flooding the schools 'til they are overcrowded and failing, the abusive free use Emergency Rooms are shutting down the hospitals and they start marching through their shiny Mormon streets on El Día de los Muertos with skeletons and caskets. They'll be singing a different tune...I give them 3-5 years to start whining.
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I did not even know that states had a "state mineral" until this made me look into it, but sure enough... Not every state has a state mineral, or rock, but Alaska has both. Mineral: Gold.  Rock: Jade. Seems kind of silly to me. What's next, a state smell? My state's smell would be squashed skunk, I think.
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everywere some of it might be around my neck!! the question is were is all the gold that the spanish conquistadors took from the aztecs? most of it is at teh bootom of the ocean were some ships sank. i dont know were or or how many ships sank, but just finding one will make you very wealthy
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hey check this out:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_mine
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Try this:\nhttp://www.gop.com/States/StateDetails.aspx?state=CA
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The bahamas, Hispaniola, and Hawaii. isnt the spring in Hawaii!
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We owe Communist China Multi- Billions in trade deficits. Our American companies (Wal*Mart) found that worker rights cut into their profits. A shirt sewed by a 10 year old Chinese girl cost much less than a shirt sewed in a union shop. The Chi-com shirt is no damn good so you will buy another in a few weeks. By the way the reason for the deficit   ///China won't buy our goods either.
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coz it is part of USA
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Alaska was bought from Imperial Russia by the United States, while the pan-handle was given away to the U.S. by the accomodating British.  Hawaii was stolen out from under the Hawaiians by the U.S. military supporting American business interests there.  The Hawaiians had a popular monarchy and a popular government.  However, when they attempted to protect their own, to the detriment of the American businessmen, the monarchy was deposed and the country occupied.  Probably the fate that will one day befall Canada.
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Because in the 1920's, paper was cheaper to make from Hemp, which also grows faster than trees. This threatened the Hearst Empire, which owned a lot of tree covered acres that were being harvested to make paper. They petitioned the Gov't about the medicinal qualities of marijuana and convinced them it is bad & should be illegal.
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The Chinese in Kern County California mined crude from the surface by buckets ! being the crude was on the surface ! If you research ? do so by Los Angeles County, being that Kern was formed by taking part of Los Angeles County and part of Tulare County ! Most drugs are oil based ! If you remove the weight of oil from the location does our planet adjust to being out of balance ! Since the introduction of fossil fuel for power !" why is it that everything has advanced in technology except our burning of fossil fuel" (hint=greed),