Chapter One: A Brief History of Stop Motion Animation “The Humpty Dumpty Circus” (1897) is a show to go down in history, literally. The short film by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, founders of Vitagraph Studios, was the first American short film to use stop-motion techniques. The film featured acrobats and animals dancing within a circus that came to life. Unfortunately, no footage has survived the test of time, apart from a few archived images. The animation was created, according to…
University leadership strongly agrees that we will work with our campus community to end this annual event.” Singletary was a 22 year old junior from Dayton. He was pulled from the lake during last year’s jump after having suffered cardiac arrest. Paramedics treated him immediately on the scene, but he died later in the morning at Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center. “It sucks.” Recently graduated student…
If someone wrote a book about me, the book would be call Andrew is Angry for Birds, Success, and Future. This non-fiction book is about the life of Andrew from conception to the age of 13. It also talks about the challenges of being a great student in both America and Hong Kong. Here are the contents of the book and hope you enjoy it. Andrew Wong was born on September 18, 2002. He was a chubby baby and smiled even when he was asleep. He encountered many challenges when he was an infant since he…
In the article “Why McDonalds Fries Taste So Good” by Eric Schlosser, he first deliberates on the evolution of McDonald’s fries, from being just another fry into becoming one of the most popular food commodities in the fast food industry. The article emphasizes on the similarities between natural and artificial flavors, which are both manmade, but contain chemicals that stimulate the perception of taste in people. He goes on to explain how many franchises and companies, like McDonalds, are…
However we have the most run down roads of in county in Tennessee. According to Jim Dayton and Xavier Ward writers of the Janesville Gazette in other countries such as Milton City and Beloit county they have had they same issue with the wheel tax money not being used for the winter roads like it should be so they are now cutting out wheel…
She was gasping for air but the ashes and black smoke burned her throat. She heard people yelling “Get down! You can get air” but she was focused on getting out of the smoldering building. When she exits she struggles to see, the soot and smoke are burning her eyes. When she finally gets them open she can’t believe what she sees. Fire has been used for years for many purposes, to burn trash, to rid of unwanted trees and brush, to clear land, or just for the average bonfire and s’mores. Most…
relationship. SHe was born on February 2, 1970 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her mom’s name is Donna Scarpelli and her dad’s name is John Scarpelli the first. She has a brother named John Scarpelli the second. She has lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dayton and Bowling Green, Ohio, Fairport, New york, Novi and Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. She attended a ton of elementary and middle schools(to many to remember), Alter High School, Fairport High School, and…
promise (Target.com). When 1962 is when the first target was opened in Roseville, MN. In 1993 Target team members began to wear the red and khaki. Community giving was a part of target legacy before the first target store opened in 1962. George Draper Dayton which was the founder in 1902 believed that "success is making ourselves useful in the world, valuable to society, helping in lifting the level of humanity." (Target) And a result of that today Target giving equals more than 4million every…
nature seems to be one that is never ending. One of the times when this battle came to a head was in 1925 when a trial occurred over whether evolution was okay to be taught in school. In Tennessee, the practice was outlawed, but when a teacher in Dayton Ohio was coerced into using a textbook that contained evolution, the debate became one of major national attention. John Scopes, a twenty-four year old math and science teacher, were approached by George Rappleya and Fred Robinson. The American…
Introduction The career I have researched is a government job for the United States Air Force. This job involves you being in a group called a unit and there are many units at the base. The unit I will be talking about is called COMM. COMM stands for one word and that is communications. I have choose this topic for my research paper because my family has been through this branch of the military for now two generations now and I have always wanted to go through and be in the Air Force and would…