With distinct notes hammered into the surface. ... Trinidadians began using discarded fifty-five gallon oil drums, which were hammered, concave, trimmed, and heated to make the material more durable to retain notes in tune, and then it was hammered from the underside to create convex notes on the concave surface. ... As this beautiful instrument evolved into a melodic instrument from a rhythm instrument the drum makers discovered that they could add notes. Notes were added to the pan to cover the sounds necessary for a particular song. ... Panmakers have turned metal to produce a new tonal...

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I"d give anything to go back to high school, because that was a time when the class work was so easy it was pointless, eight hours in school was just daily social time, and the pressure in your life only went as far as what to do on the first date. ... If you had a teacher who, for some unknown reason, thought talking disrupted the learning process, then you passed notes. ... You would be hard-pressed to be able to get away with talking in class and still take detailed enough notes to help you to pass the finals. ...

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"A preacher says: 'The Lord never gives us more than we can bear.' ... In a society where AIDS is shunned and rumors are passed on from person to person like the disease itself, Chanda is forced to give the impression to her neighbors that everything is fine, when in reality it isn't. ... Because of this, Chanda is forced to give up on her dream of further education to care for her younger sister and brother. ... On a more personal note, this book taught me that each culture and society has a different way of dealing with death; "Funerals are for the living (162),&quo...

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Males have a more pronounced sagittal crest on the top and back of their skulls, giving their heads a more conical shape. ... NOTE: Bwindi population in Uganda could be a separate subspecies, but no description has been finished. ...

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The bushman are pretending to be people they are not, giving the tourists what they want. This also gives tourists the wrong impression and significantly aids in the ignorance of the !... Kung effectively employ talking and joking to avert the escalation of a fight, but perhaps the most important mechanism for maintaining goodwill is the hxaro exchange, a system of gift giving; which not only fosters friendly relations, but also serves to circulate goods and even maintain environmental balance. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

To better illustrate the crippling impact of conspiracy theories as they pertain to efforts and to the African American community, take note of a survey conducted by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... Poez (1997) notes key elements on advancing conspiracies, one of which is victimhood. ...

• Word Count: 9660
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