October 6‚ 2012 The Message of African Drums In the African culture‚ music is a part of daily life. It is used to convey news‚ to teach‚ to tell stories‚ and for religious purposes. The variety of musical instruments is as diverse as their culture‚ but the most important musical instrument to the African people is the drum. The djembe is the most famous African drum. It is made from goatskin and shaped like a large goblet. The djembe is made to be played with bare hands. Use of the djembe dates
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Turner January 19‚ 2013 HUM 121S Dr. M. Lynn Barnes Abstract ideas and concrete images sometimes merge in “Piano and Drums” by I think piano being Africa and the drums being other nations. I understood the concrete images as the riverside and the abstract ideas being that the riverside is calm‚ peaceful‚ serine‚ and just how Africa has been for decades. The jungle drums are abstract and the other nations coming with their mystic rhythms‚ their more advanced than Africa that is what makes
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I am applying for both section leader and drum major because I have a lot to offer in both positions in the band. I am a great leader‚ with a lot of maturity and know when it’s time to be serious‚ and when it’s time to joke around. Every day‚ I grow more and more with this band and leading this band as drum major‚ or leading the saxophones as section leader‚ would be an amazing accomplishment for me and I know I can do the job well. First of all‚ I will be putting all of my heart into this job
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This pie chart shows us the percentage of immigration from Russia between 2003-2008. From different sources of information there are five different countries which contain a large number of immigrants from Russia. Nowadays we can easily change our place for living. Somebody is searching for a highly paid job‚ another wants to have a luxury life‚ to learn foreign language or give their child good education. The main reasons why our compatriots immigrate are: In search of a new job and implementation
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History Mathematicians have known about pi for thousands of years because they have been working with circles for the same amount of time. Civilizations as old as the Babylonians have been able to approximate pi to many digits‚ such as the fraction 25/8 and 256/81. Most historians believe that ancient Egyptians had no concept of π and that the correspondence is a coincidence.[4] The first written reference to it dates to 1900 BC.[5] Around 1650 BC the Egyptian Ahmes gave a value in the Rhind Papyrus
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Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist‚ Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel‚ a Tamil boy from Pondicherry‚ explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tigernamed Richard Parker. The novel‚ which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide‚[1] was rejected by at least five London publishing houses[2] before being accepted by Knopf
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and self-evaluation‚ I have discovered many qualities that help me stand apart from the other candidates interested in this position. There are many traits that‚ when combined‚ make a very efficient leader. I feel that I would be a great choice for drum major because I have many leadership skills that are needed for a position of this nature. Although I possess a plethora of meaningful and essential qualities that any excellent leader must have‚ I feel that my most substantial characteristics are
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Pi’s Survival In the novel‚ Life of pi‚ the author Yann Martel shows that the tiger‚ Richard Parker‚ influences pi’s survival greatly. All of pi’s morals and beliefs get tested as he gets thrown into a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with a tiger. He begins to learn that to survive himself he must learn to survive with this tiger. Richard parker keeps Pi alive and influences his survival by acting as a defense mechanism and keeping him mentally and physically stable. Throughout Pi’s survival
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The Candle maker’s petition The candle maker’s petition is an interesting piece. This is a written letter to the French parliament in 1845. It is from a French businessman who is in the artificial light business (candles‚ oil lamps‚ etc.). The man says that if the French government is to keep French industry in France then French parliament must end all natural lighting. They propose this by saying and defending the fact that French government needs to block out the sun! The idea behind all this
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a fantasy adventure story‚ but with an underlying theme that I never expected. Let me begin with a brief synopsis. This is the story of Piscine Patel‚ nicknamed Pi‚ and his misadventures. He is a young teenage Indian boy‚ son of a zoo owner. Importantly‚ he is a practicing Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. His experiences growing up with animals‚ his family‚ and his faiths are the main topic of the first part. The second part of the book is about his misadventures at sea
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