competitive trap shooter and a shooting ambassador. I have begun to work with my shooting club to understand the working of a sporting clay and trap club, how competitions are organized and the preparation and work needed before, during and after the shoot and how the club runs these events. My competitions have enabled me to travel to several different states to compete. Competing in different states has allowed to me…
The explosion down range from an explosive target, the loud sound and feel of recoil, this is shooting and I love it. Hitting a 150 yard target is like winning the lottery and it’s a great feeling. I would like to let people who have never fired a firearm to try it and it might change their opinion on weapons. Take target shooting as an example, I have hit the bullseye many times and it’s an adrenaline rush. Due to some bans, some fun parts of target shooting like explosive rounds with powerful…
United States alone has had over 136 mass shootings (by definition, an incident in which four or more people are wounded or killed), and is growing rapidly. (Gun Violence Archive) This topic in particular has been one of heavy discussion in the past few years, due to a wide range of interests. Is it because of the current implementation on firearm laws in the United States, or something much more sinister? In today’s world, the moment that a mass shooting erupts everything comes to a screeching…
singer played an important role in presenting the songs. Being a countertenor, Venner sang the highest range of pitches by using the falsetto-type voice production. Dobell and Smith, both being the tenors in this group, sang slightly lower notes by using modal register. As for Smith, his vocal range is between the range of the tenors and the bass. Macdonald, being the bass singer, sang the lowest range of pitches in every song throughout the concert. Each and every singer produced a unique voice…
But the problem is not all family can afford to eat health chicken. Free range chicken is very expensive compared to regular chicken because it healthier and the chicken can actually be able to roam freely on farm. Its said a “whole, generic store-brand chicken typically costs about $1.50 per pound, the price for organic chicken…
John Steinbeck’s The Red Pony, a collection of stories revolving around a young boy coming of age, and The Grapes of Wrath, a novel written about a family's journey from the aftermath of the Dust Bowl to their life in California, illustrates that a person’s character changes when one goes through adversities and grows from those obstacles. People don’t just experience hardships and forget about what happened. There is something that provokes feeling in them to cause a change in the way they may…
When most people hear the words “opera singer,” their mind conjures up images of bloated women, plunked down in the middle of a stage, illuminated by a spotlight, dressed in exotic costumes, and screaming at the top of the lungs in even more exotic languages. But frankly that stereotype could not be more wrong; I know that for a fact. If those stereotypes were right, then I would not be writing this paper. I love opera. I have been addicted to it for over five years now, and the fire that…
vocal folds, which increases years of healthy singing beyond age 65. Mehrling (1980) reports the aging process slows down the collagen process in skin, tissues, and muscles that become thinner and stiffer, which causes the speaking and singing voice range to lower. Oftentimes common problems are easily corrected by proper posture, breathing and support, phonation, registration, resonation, articulation, and coordination of the anatomy (McKinney, 1994; Miller, 1996).…
Dear Principal, Hot for lava and hard for beds! We should be allowed to take a trip to the Lava Beds. The Lava Beds are located in northeastern California and are the largest formed from volcano eruptions. It is also known as California’s “best kept secret” because of its location. We should go to the Lava Beds because of education, features, exercise and leisure. A visit to the lava beds would provide a significant history lesson. The history, landscape, and findings would be beneficial to…
Snoqualmie Pass East According Wikipedia.org, located in state of Washington are the beautiful Cascade Mountains. Snoqualmie Pass is located in the at the center of the Mountains to Sound Greenway, and is a total area of 2.9 miles, with the Mountain's elevation of 3022'. The Washington State Transportation Department tells us that “Native Americans on both sides of the mountains carved foot trails across the Central Cascades, including Snoqualmie Pass,” The site continues to inform that the…