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- 1481: Hollywood and Computer Animation
- ... upgrade to the newer cheaper computers, virtually every independent computer graphics studio went out of business by 1987. All of them, that is, except PDI, which went on to become the largest commercial computer graphics house in the business and to serve as a model for the next wave of studios. The Second Wave Burned twice by TRON and The Last Starfighter, and frightened by the financial failure of virtually the ... bring this object to life, and that, in the end, gives the image its final look. Sophisticated computer graphics software for commercial studios is either purchased for $30,000 to $50,000, or developed in-house by computer programmers. Most studios use a combination of both, developing new software to meet new project needs. Modeling Modeling is the first step in creating any 3D computer graphics. Modeling in computer graphics is ... is applied. Rendering is the most computational time demanding aspect of the entire animation process. During the rendering process, the computer does virtually all the work using software that has been purchased or written in- house. It is here that the animation finally achieves its final look. Objects are given surfaces that make it look like a solid form. Any type of look can be achieved by varying the looks ...
- 1482: The Prevalent Issues of Surrogate Parenting
- ... Americans remained unaware of these dramas, but virtually everyone in the United States became aquainted during 1987 with the plight of Mary Beth Whitehead and “Baby M”. Mrs. Whitehead was a twenty-nine year old house wife. She already had two children, and decided she would be the surrogate mother for a couple by the name of Mr. and Mrs. William and Elizabeth Stern. The Sterns were 40 and 41 years ... some cases the battle is to decide which party will be forced to take the child as their own. One example of this unusual incidence occurred in 1982. Judy Stiver, a twenty-six year old house wife agreed to bare a child for forty-six year old Alexander Malahoff and his wife for a fee of $10,000 dollars. The Malahoffs had wanted a child to strengthen their marriage, but the ... agreements. Works Cited Chesler, Phyllis. Sacred Bond. New York: Times Books, 1988. Field, Martha A. Surrogate Motherhood. Massachussetts: Harvard University Press, 1988. Keane, Noel P., and Dennis L. Breo. The Surrogate Mother. New York: Everest House, 1981. Overvold, Amy Zuckerman. Surrogate Parenting. New York: Pharos Books, 1988.
- 1483: Malcom X
- ... the his real name that he never knew. After his release from prison he started preaching for the Nation of Islam (NOI). His preaching was known for its hatred overtone. He describes America as a house with a "bomb" inside and it is about to explode. Unless the white people want the house to explode and kill everyone inside, they should take the bomb out and give it a house of their own. His speeches were very popular among angry blacks and he was frequently on the front page of the newspaper. It was rumored that other Nation of Islam members were jealous about ...
- 1484: Dandelion Wine: Douglas
- ... he believes this. At the beginning of the summer, he has still not gone through the initiation. “There, and there. Now over there, and here….” “Yellow squares were cut in the dim morning earth as house lights winked slowly on. A sprinkle of windows came suddenly alight miles off in dawn country.” Through magic, Douglas wakes the small town in Illinois from its pre-summer slumber. This starts off his summer as usual, with his own inner magic. “ ‘Everyone yawn. Everyone wake up.’ The great house stirred below.” Douglas Spalding does not realize that this town is of a ritual that all encounter every summer. He feels, through his innocence, that a town can be mystically awoken through one boy’s ... weren’t ever young, were you, and didn’t wear dresses and ribbons like these?” “No.” “Have you got a first name?” “My name is Mrs. Bentley.” “And you’ve always lived in this one house?” “Always.” “And you were never pretty?” “Never.” Mrs. Bentley’s husband passed away a long time ago and she then moved to this town. She never really let go of the past and the ...
- 1485: Alice in Wonderland
- ... finds that she is more mature than the creatures in Wonderland. Alice is very well mannered in Victorian ways to the creatures of Wonderland. Alice shows her good manners when she enters the white rabbits house and the rabbit tells Alice to go fetch his gloves and fan, "I'd better take his fan and gloves- that is if I can find them", since Alice is a guest, uninvited, she follows ... she calls him "Sir", here is an excerpt from the book , " I can't explain myself myself, I'm afraid, Sir", this shows that she respects the creatures of Wonderland. When Alice enters the Duchesses house and the Duchess throws the baby to Alice, Alice starts to take care of it, " `Here! You may nurse it a bit, if you like!' Alice caught the baby with some difficulty ...", this shows her ... know, Sir, just at present - at least I know who I was when I got up this morning' ... ", Alice is so confused she does not even know who she is. Before Alice enters the Duchesses house she knocks on the front door, the following conversation takes place with a creature, "Alice went up to the door and knocked, ` There is no use in knocking `... ` Please, then ` said Alice ` How am ...
- 1486: The Philippines and The United States
- ... birth rate is 35.9 per 1,000 population per year. The death rate is 7.8 per 1,000 population per year. In the Philippines, most households have maids to do there chores. The house owners work so many hours a day that they need house sitter that will take care of the house and kids. The population in the Philippines is around 59.9 Million which is fairly large for the land capacity of the Philippines . At the Philippines, there are 15 telephones per 1,000 population ...
- 1487: The Pearl Book Report
- ... to be purchased. They are, themselves, pearls beyond price. The most important persons: Kino: a young fisherman and pearl diver, very poor, wanted to give his wife and child new clothes, good food, a new house etc. So he had to find a big pearl, a giant pearl. He had to find it soon. He was strong and his black hair hung over his brown forehead. His eyes were warm and ... watered silk dressing gown that had come from Paris, a silver tray, a silver chocolate pot, etc. The furnitures in his room were heavy and dark and gloomy. He had religious pictures hanging in his house, and a photograph of his dead wife. Plot synopsis: The fisherman Kino lived with his wife Juana and his little baby-son Coyotito in a brush hut near the Pacific coast. One morning the baby ... leave their village; because no man in the town would trust that Kino had only killed the thief to save his own life. For one day Kino, Juana and the baby hid themselves in the house of Juan Thoma's who told theories to the neighbours what could have happened with his brother and his family. In the dawn Kino and Juana went up to the North, to Loreto.When ...
- 1488: Paper Motif On Invisible Man
- ... and set me running with one and the same stroke of the pen was too much” (555). Some of the papers in his brief case burned differently than others. One such example is Clifton’s doll: “The next to go was Clifton’s doll, but it burned so stubbornly that I reached inside the case for something else” (555). The fact that the doll is so hard to burn shows that his race will always be used and manipulated by puppet masters. On the other hand, the anonymous warning letter burns very quickly, illustrating that he and his ...
- 1489: Peer Pressure In The Osage Ora
- ... from the rest of the students. SHe only had two dresses. The narrator stated, "she had changed from the dark heavy dress to the dull blue of the last fall" (370). The narrartor described her house as "gray and lopsided" (374). Her house had no running water. "There was a grayish white place on the ground where the dishwater had been thrown out" (374). Probably none of the students were wealthy in the story, but Evangeline was poorer ... tree. "The next day at school I didn't ask whether her father wanted to take the paper"(370). He was afraid to be seen with her. The narrator asked himself, "could anyone in the house have been watching. I looked back once"(370). Peer pressure prevented the narrator from socializing with Evangeline at school. Sometimes peer pressue involves people making fun of each other. Although the narrator never made ...
- 1490: The Life of John F. Kennedy
- ... on May 29, 1917. He attended Harvard University and graduated in 1940. From 1941-1945 he served in the United States Navy, during World War II. In 1946 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. Then in 1952 he was elected to the United States Senate. On September 12, 1953 he was married to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. Then in 1960 he was elected President of the United States ... the United States Navy, where he won the Navy and Marine Corps Medal as the skipper of a PT boat in World War II, John decided to enter government. In 1946, he ran for the House of Representatives and won the election over his Republican opponent. He was reelected to the House in both 1948 and 1950. In 1952, he ran for the United States Senate. He defeated his opponent Henry Lodge, who was a popular and experienced legislator. After the 1956 Presidential election he decided ...
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