Horn

Dr. Hillis began researching the evolutionary history of the Texas longhorn. The Texas longhorn is found all over Texas- becoming both a symbol of the state and a mascot. The cattle have evolved to grow horns that can pass 7 feet across. Dr. Hillis found that in addition to their massive horns, the Texas longhorns also have an unusual history. The Texas longhorn was domesticated a while back, like most cattle. What makes their history unusual is they managed to become wild once more, allowing…

we were not burn’: your middle name is ‘clear.’ The World certainly shall weep when your horns thunder! No news this to men of history not dead. She lives forever, not only in the minds of those who lost loved ones so dear, but hearts who care about the final end of this fragile plain, even when they are gone! Weep not O knights and ladies in shining glamour for the honeymoon passing away—but for those horns heap’d in barracks-n-backyards that shall sweep the Horny Moon away by the click of a…

The woodwind family consists of, the piccolo, the flute, the oboe, the English horn, the clarinet, the e-flat clarinet, the bass clarinet, the bassoon, and the contrabassoon. All instruments of this family originally were made of would which is how the name “woodwind” came about. Instruments in this family today, are made up of metal…

Illegal poaching is a huge problem for white rhinos because of their horns’ highly value, their skin is cherished by hunters, and as a species they are on the verge of extinction. In the book Teddy is secretly assigned to the mission of finding the criminal. Watching a video clip from the monorail camera Teddy and the security force discover that the shooter was actually a female. Although making advances in the search, Rhonda's horns are clipped off in fear that there will be another attack.…

However, since the clavinova don’t have these specific voices, I had to substitute. For the horn voice, I chose the Solo Horn voice. The horn voice on the clavinova sounds like a typical midi horn voice. However, the voice on the clavinova always did a forte-piano followed by an immediate crescendo. This made it hard for recording short or staccato passages. For the Violins, I chose Solo Violin…

Although the horns attempt to be throwing off the melodic harmony and it at first appears polyphonic, a closer listening can determine that the horns are playing the same as the strings they just decide to interrupt and play over the strings. All of the instruments for the most part are playing the same melodic line just at different…

symbols like these to please Kuiye, and on some occasions “freshly harvested sorghum are offered to the horns to thank Kuiye” (Blier 88). This is yet more evidence that Kuiye is strongly associated with nourishment and abundance for the Batammaliba, and therefore deeply rooted into the identity of the people as a whole. In addition to the horns, several houses also have clay mounds underneath the horns that are surrounded by feathers. This is believed to also represent good harvest and fertility…

The performance of this piece was conducted by Leon Botstein and included the use of the following instruments: 3 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, percussion, 1 piano, 1 celesta, 22 violins, 8 violas, 8 cellos, 6 double basses, and solo cello. The performance lasted approximately 19 minutes. The piece transitions…

United States Attorney (AUSA) who made the unethical decision to claim the skull and horns of a trophy bighorn sheep recovered during a case he prosecuted as his own. Background An AUSA in Arizona named Vargas (Potts, 1995) prosecuted a hunter who illegally poached a trophy bighorn sheep on Indian Reservation Property. As part of the punishment administered by the court, the hunter surrendered the skull and horns he had mounted as a trophy by a taxidermist to Arizona Game and Fish Law…

country with new customs and new values. It is not a surprise that the Hmong culture is gradually decreasing as time goes by (Nursing 220, 2016). The younger generations growing up in America are not as inclined to learn about the old customs (The Split Horn, 2001). It the future, there will not be many people left to teach the young Hmong people their traditions and about their history in Laos. There is a rising barrier that is growing between the older and younger generations starting in the…