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Disney Brothers' Studio It is hard to believe, but as a young man, Walt Disney was fired from the Kansas City Star Newspaper, his boss told him he lacked creativity and an imagination. Really? In 1920, he started a company called "Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists.” It was very short-lived. In 1921, Disney created an animation company called Laugh-O-Gram Studio which, was also known by the name "Newman Laugh-O-Grams.” While he raise $15,000 for the company, he made a deal with a New York distributor

suffered through 20 consecutive losing seasons from 1993-2012. During that stretch, the Pirates continuously stockpiled young talent that they unsuccessfully attempted to develop in the minor leagues. However, with All-Star centerfielder Andrew McCutchen and cast of up and coming stars, the Pirates finally put together their first winning season in 20 years, finishing with a 94-68 record at the end of the 2013 regular season. Following that 2013 regular season campaign, Pittsburgh snuck into playoffs

manufacturers in the state of Kansas. For traditional EV automakers, a move into the Kansas market would be a form of expansion that requires careful consideration of the economic conditions and its unique demographics. With current budget cuts in the state, financial subsidies and incentives from the government may not be adequate to offset the existing barriers facing the EV penetration into the mainstream market segment nationwide. Therefore, the market potential in Kansas is less

The 1880s proved to be a time of change for America. High unemployment rates and low wages in many cities forced many to look to new opportunities in cities and elsewhere. This included the newly expanded west. In the 1880s Kansas had three dominating groups- railroad companies, farmers, and cowboys. All three dealt with individual triumphs and struggles when developing the West and specifically Kansas in the later part of the 19th century. Railroads spent most of the 1880s concerned with previous

and fish from his father. In high school Hemingway worked on the school newspaper. The name of the paper he worked on was called “Trapeze and Tabula” writing primarily about sports. Immediately after graduating from high school, he took off to Kansas City. He wanted to become a journalist for the

they would that African Americans lack of self control would endanger the game. Also in 1947, Larry Doby was signed by the Cleveland Indians and became the first African American player in the American League. The following year in 1948, legendary Kansas City Monarchs’ pitcher Leroy “Satchel” Paige is signed by the Cleveland Indians and he became baseball’s all time oldest rookie at the age of 42. He also became the first black pitcher to pitch in a World Series. In

PART I: The Last to See Them Alive How does Capote use the resources of language to characterize the Clutters and their farm as well as his view of Holcomb, Kansas? With his skilled use of detail and imagery, Capote describes Holcomb, Kansas, its residents and the Clutters to convey to the reader his perspective and attitude towards the setting of the story. For example, in the first paragraphs of the story, Capote goes out of his way to describe the town and its surrounding in the most boring details

The creation of the Negro National League and the Negro American League represented the two premier Negro leagues in the 1930’s and 1940’s. They were just as organized as their white counterparts. They played a 140 game schedule, had their own all-star games, as well as their own World Series (Baseball: An Illustrated History, G. Ward, Page 247). The Negro leagues flourished during WWII. The white players of the professional teams were being drafted and their

Community Food Network. Harvesters Community Food Network is an organization that “provides food and related household products to more than 620 not-for-profit agencies” around the Kansas City metropolitan area (“Harvesters”). It is such a wonderful organization in that it really focuses on making a change in our surrounding cities. I am

Sports In Kansas, Manhattan they offer all sorts of sports. They offer school sports such as wrestling, basketball, swim and dive, football, volleyball, and bowling. When the students play these sports for their school, the name they go by are the Indians. Also if you don’t attend school there are sports you can do outside of it at local parks. At these parks they offer baseball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and soccer fields. So you can enjoy your favorite sports anytime. Schooling