The unicorn tapestries is the title given to a set of six full tapestries‚ as well as three fragments of an additional tapestry‚ that depict the hunt of a unicorn. The tapestries are currently being housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tapestries have a long and complicated history‚ of which much is left in the dark. The tapestries were woven in the Southern Netherlands around the year 1500 (Colburn 2010‚ 97). Five of the seven unicorn tapestries were speculated by James J. Rorimer to have
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1-116. Pearsall is concerned with romances written between 1240 and 1400 in England (1240 is the date of the MS in which King Horn‚ etc.‚ appear). (In another article‚ Pearsall has specifically treated fifteenth-century English romances.) "Any sophisticated historical morphology of romance involves a knowledge of date‚ dialect‚ manuscript provenance‚ metrical form‚ exact class
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of tourist generated dollars annually. The rhino capture business is very profitable. 5. What are the driving forces behind poaching? a. The driving force behind poaching is profit. The sale of rhino horn has immense profitability and chance for creation of wealth. By the sale of rhino horn being so profitable it has made poaching a large problem. The lack of regard that poaching is illegal seems outweighed by the profit for poachers. 6. How would you reduce poaching? a. To reduce poaching
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“Roanoke’s Lost Colony Found” by historian James Horn‚ describes the travels of colonist John White and the discovery of Roanoke’s lost colony. Aside from being the author of various articles on early America‚ James Horn is also the Vice President of Research and Historical Interpretation. This article was published in the Spring of 2010 in American Heritage Magazine and known for it’s clear and distinct writing as Horn creates a journey for the reader. In 1590‚ pirate Abraham Cocke‚ John White
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million years. They play a central role in the functioning of ecosystems‚ upon which the survival of thousands of other plant and animal species depend. They also drive eco tourism and safari industries for some of the poorest communities in Africa. Horns are the rhino’s glory and curse. Website http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10877076/ says that‚ "The rhinoceros population has declined by 90 percent since 1970‚ with five species remaining in the world today‚ all of which are endangered. The white and black
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Jennifer for her solo performance. The fifth and final performance for the first vocal ensemble was the first one that included horns‚ consisting of a trumpet‚ sax‚ and trombone. This song was a Paul Simon original “Bridge over trouble water”. All the vocalist started together along with the rhythm section. A male soloist took center stage which was joined with the horns sections. At first I had a
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The word rhinoceros is derived through Latin from the Ancient Greek: ῥῑνόκερως‚ which is composed of ῥῑνο- (rhino-‚ "nose") and κέρας (keras‚ "horn"). The plural in English is rhinoceros or rhinoceroses’. The collective noun for a group of rhinoceroses is crash or herd.[3] The five living species fall into three categories. The two African species‚ the White Rhinoceros and the Black Rhinoceros‚ diverged during the early Pliocene (about 5 million years ago) but the Dicerotini group to which they
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Place Description My singing backyard On the other side of the window in the suburb of Lincolnshire‚ IL a ravishing scene is unfolding‚ one that definitely deserves a closer look. Once in the open air‚ it is obvious that it is that time of year again. My backyard has fully awoken from hibernating in its long‚ cold slumber and sprung to life. Gone is the dead of winter and half-consciousness of spring; here is the bright and busy season so long-awaited. I take a moment to allow the senses in
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The town of Freeport was considered “suburban utopia” (Bockris‚ 7). If you can imagine the young‚ budding rocker growing up within the confines of this area‚ not being able to escape the squeaky clean image of it all‚ you can begin to see why he would rebel so extremely against it. The town began to stand for the establishment he hated. It was almost disturbing to him that he had been forced to grow up with his shy and boring father in a
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interrupted her Monday evening cartoons (if that wasn’t enough for her to chuck her high heels through the space-time continuum) the news alert was even more unusual. The estranged newsreader with a purple wristwatch read off the teleprompt in a squeaky voice – “A young girl has run over a lizard and an elderly citizen with her skateboard today‚ she is now a wanted criminal. If you see a chubby female with frizzy red hair and slimy skin‚ don’t approach her but contact quindruple zero at your earliest
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