XFinity’s, “Emily’s Oz” is a commercial created to inspire the minds of those with visual disabilities and help their dreams become reality using a seven- year- old, blind girl, Emily as a character herself. It uses a mix of emotion and craft to bring imagination to life when she is asked to describe in her mind’s eye, what she envisions when watching a 1900’s American classic, The Wizard of Oz. XFinity then created a short film based on her analysis of the movie to promote Comcast’s first “Talking
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Economic Impact of a Casino in Wyandotte County, Kansas It is estimated that more than a quarter of the U.S. adult population, 56 million people, visit casinos annually. Making over 371 million trips to casinos, Americans spend $30 billion each year in these facilities. Casinos also employ over 360,000 people and contribute more than $5.2 billion annually in direct gaming taxes to state and local governments. Casinos are favored by politicians for several reasons; gaming taxation being
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stage. Examples of interesting products that have been researched by students include: * Bricks produced by a local brick manufacturer: the kiln from a company in Germany; the clay from an open pit mine in Weir, Kansas; the water from Baxter Springs, Kansas; the sand from Kansas City; the manganese sulfate and iron oxide from Springfield, Missouri; and the color additives from St. Louis. * Diamonds sold by a local jewelry store: purchased direct from diamond wholesalers in the Netherlands;
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“What’s the Matter With Kansas’ Schools?” by David Sciarra and Wade Henderson published on January 7, Kansas is facing a rigorous challenge on inadequate and unfair school funding for public education. Governor Sam Brownback who is a Republican and the Kansas legislature, which is led by Republicans, have made an excess amount of harsh budget cuts in addition to the cuts that they made several years ago. Parents filed a lawsuit to protest these funding cuts. The Kansas Supreme Court will have to
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Richard. The American Political Tradition. New York: Vintage, 1989. Print. Oshinsky, David. Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. New York: Free Press, 1997. Print. White, William Allan. “What’s the Matter with Kansas?” Emporia Gazette, 15 August 1896. Web. Accessed 2 February 2014 at:
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The year is 1856, the state of Kansas has become a powder keg just waiting for a spark to explode. Popular sovereignty has spread to the state, allowing the citizens of Kansas to decide for themselves if they wish to have slavery. As a result of this, many extremists from both sides of the argument against and for slavery move out to Kansas and begin new lives there to gain citizenship there so that they will have a vote in the matter of slavery in the state. This new influx of citizens in the state
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caskets of gold” (pdf, 38). Perry’s aspiration of being a treasure hunter never seemed to be possible because of the environment in which he grew and the lack of support he got from his family as well as his peers. Perry being situated in Holcomb, Kansas only
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Dash Cogburn was an outlaw and gunman. He was the leader of a band of out of work cowboys who were down on their luck. They took up with Dash for a means to gain some fast spending money, liquor and good times. After a few robberies, and some cattle rustling that went very well, the bunch of down and out cowhands stayed with him and had no trouble taking his orders. Dash had a rude personality and was rugged and unkempt in his appearance. He did some time in Yuma prison, and by the way his life
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Kansas Government Carole Bowman POL/215 June 27, 2010 Brandon Whipple Kansas Government The national government is made up of smaller state governments whose constitutions and inner workings are based on the national government’s constitution as a base guideline. We will look at the Kansas government to see what their main components of government are; we will also look at state services to see how they are handled. As we touch on these subjects we will also look into some of the services
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Remorseless. Cold. Vile. The presented illustrates just a few of the words that society uses to label criminals. Although society expects that individuals who commit crimes get thrown into the same pile, a vast difference divides a cold-hearted killer from a misguided individual. The Capote classic, In Cold Blood, explores the contrast between these categories with the duo of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith. While Perry may not exhibit the moral qualities of a sensible individual, the fault of his crimes
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