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The first “film” was born out of a bet. Leland Stanford, a former governor of California and an avid fan of horse racing, made a bet that all four hooves leave the ground when a horse gallops. To prove it, Stanford hired (for a stunning twenty five grand) an English photographer by the name of Eadweard Muybridge. In the 1870s, cameras took several seconds to “snap” a photo (this was because of a slow shutter speed). During this span of time, the subject had to stay perfectly still while the film was exposed, so as not to blur the image. This, of course, was a problem in trying to capture the motion of a galloping horse. To combat this problem, Muybridge underwent a long inventive process to increase the shutter speed. Five years subsequent to his employment, Muybridge had reduced the exposure time to 1/2000th of a second. Now ready to film, he set up tripwires along a horse track and had a horse run through them. The tripwires were attached to the shutters of a dozen cameras. As the horse ran by a camera, the tripwire was triggered and the shutter opened, exposing the film. When the horse crossed the final camera, Muybridge had twelve images, sequencing a galloping horse and confirming Governor Stanford’s wager. Also, it marked the beginning of the motion picture industry. Later on Muybridge went on to invent the zoopraxiscope in 1879, and is regarded as the first movie projector. It used still images painted on rotating glass discs. When light was shone through the …

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bit.ly The final game in the NIT is now set with Wichita St a 1.5-point favorite over Alabama. In light of VCU’s amazing run in the NCAA tournament and the fact that before the tournament started, VCU was seen by some as an NIT-caliber team that didn’t deserve an at-large bid, both Wichita St and Alabama very likely could have made deep runs in the NCAA tournament had they been given the chance. Against the spread, Wichita St has had a more impressive run in the NIT then Alabama. Wichita St is 3-1 ATS, with 2 huge blowout wins and easy covers over Nebraska and Washington St, 2 teams that are far from pushovers, as well as an impressive road win as a 5.5-point underdog against Virginia Tech. The Shockers’ one ATS loss was by one point against tough Charleston, when they were an 8-point favorite and only won by 7. Alabama, on the other hand, is 2-1-1 ATS in the NIT, with only one dominant game over a solid team, an impressive win and cover over Miami Florida, out of those 4. Wichita St is led by 5 seniors and has good depth, and was hoping for an NCAA tournament appearance this year. Alabama was seen as being in a “rebuilding” stage this year with a second-year head coach and a freshman point guard, but they played above expectations behind star forward JaMychal Green, and steadily improved as the year wore on after a poor start in non-conference play. What doyou think? Leave your comments below and SUBSCRIBE to our channel to receive the latest videos. Want more NCAAB …