In the traditional orchestra for state ceremonies, for the theatre, and, formerly, for royalty, three simultaneous variations of the same theme are performed by two sets of melodic percussion a circle of about 21 tuned drums (saing-waing) and a circle of about 21 tuned gongs (kyi waing)—and at least one oboe (hne) or a flute (pulwe).
He fails to mention — or perhaps forgot — that this procession consists, for the most part, of the same theme, over and over, in various keys, phrasings, and instrumental guises.
The measure of association between variables of the same theme, for example the three questions related to accessibility, were calculated using the Pearson's phi for nominal dichotomous data.
"For the 60s generation - Lichtenstein, for instance, was making variations of the same theme his whole life...an artist cannot be like that anymore, because now you need to react to what you see and hear the media all the time..
We're variations of the same theme".
His group issued a report in 2010, "Road Work Ahead," that sounded some of the same themes, calling for "fix it first" policies "that give priority to maintenance of our existing roads and bridges".
It hits on some of the same themes as "Waiting for Superman," a documentary by Davis Guggenheim (who also made the 17-minute pro-Obama film "The Road We've Traveled" and Al Gore's global warming film, "An Inconvenient Truth").
Mr. Staples's focus on the border echoes the views of one of his predecessors, Gov. Rick Perry, who served as agriculture commissioner in the 1990s and who struck some of the same themes in his campaign for president.
The rap against his work has long been that he went to the well too often for the same themes, and that the women in his work tended be cartoonish.
His ceramics are remarkable for their seemingly ceaseless quest for variations on the same theme; iterations of an idea with minute and subtle differences.
