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|FamiTone - audio library (release)
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|unregistered [ Mon May 30, 2011 1:50 pm ]
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Shiru wrote:
This question is not related to FamiTone, it is related to NESASM and answered in its docs. In short, .bank selects 8K bank in a ROM file, number of banks defined through .ines*** defines in the beginning of the source file.
ah ok i got it now, the FamiTone code is NESASM. Thank you.
Have another question and hope it is related to FamiTone. How can I get FamiToneUpdate to run on every frame.................................. wait that's probably answered in demo.asm... yes it is! Thanks though.
|Shiru [ Mon May 30, 2011 1:53 pm ]
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It is related to NES programming in general, and actually it is not the simplest question. You need to call it after VRAM updates, so the most common way is to put sound update call in the NMI handler, after all the video related code.
|unregistered [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:22 am ]
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Shiru, have you ever recieved a small bunch of Unknown label. errors followed by a lot of Can't determine address. errors? These errors have been reported by asm6 while trying to build my nes file to test with. All of the errors have been reported from music32101.asm, the first music file created by famitone. I did add the -asm6 before its creation.
|Shiru [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:35 am ]
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No, I haven't got any mails regarding FamiTone at all.
I don't know anything about asm6.
|unregistered [ Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:34 pm ]
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Made progress... yes. All of the errors dissappeared and the rom build successfully once I recieved some understanding and so we figured out that all of the
.env_defaultthings needed to be changed to
@env_default. I guess something needs to be changed in the text2data program? Remember I'm using asm6.
The rom kind of works... there is a lot of wierd things... I think it's my code problem somewhere, but Shiru, do you think you could help me with some hints as to why the song doesn't play? Have to look at the code now... help if you can.
|Shiru [ Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:15 am ]
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text2data supports asm6 syntax, so you did something wrong. Old version of the tool, -asm6 in a wrong place, etc.
Sorry, I don't like to figure out what is wrong with other's code, I always have megabytes of my own code to work with. If you have problems with NES programming in general, ask on NESdev section of this forum, other people could help. In this thread I only answer to questions related to FamiTone usage, issues, bugs, not obvious things (not mentioned in docs), etc.
|Shiru [ Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:15 am ]
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I had thoughts about native multiple assemblers support in FamiTone for long time, similar to the idea tepples once suggested. Ports by ManicGenius and UncleSporky gave me idea how it should look, so here is my attempt to solve the problem: a tool that converts NESASM source code to CA65 and ASM6 source code (not arbitrary code, just FamiTone).
As I'm not a user of these assemblers, try it and tell me if anything is wrong. CA65 output compiles without errors, at least.
Edit: now included into the main archive
Additionally, text2data and nsf2data tools were updated to produce correct ca65 output.
|Shiru [ Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:35 pm ]
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FamiTone is updated. Many minor fixes, some optimizations, code to work correctly in situation when you call update in NMI and start sound effects from the main code.
ca65 version converted with the tool is tested, it works correctly.
|Shiru [ Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:49 am ]
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Fixed a bug in text2data with incorrect RLE compression in envelopes (encoded 3+ as 5+ frames).
|Shiru [ Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:52 am ]
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Another update. Fixes some things in text2data, and also adds two switches -onlyins and -noins. Using these switches you can export instrument and music data separately, it is useful when you need to save some space by using the same instruments data with few songs.
Warning: text2data don't like songs with patterns of different weird lengths (with effects D00 and Bxx), in some cases it can create wrong music data. Needs to be fixed.
|Hamtaro126 [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:15 pm ]
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I went to Shiru's website, It seems to be down, Maybe permanently.
Just thought I'd let you know.
|Shiru [ Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:28 pm ]
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Thanks to my hoster for my new signature. Just wait a day, it will work again. FTP links works always, though.
|thefox [ Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:37 am ]
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FYI, I've added FamiTone text export option in Pornotracker.
|sdwave [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:48 am ]
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|Awesome work!
I just wanted to say Famitone is a really nice library/package. I've got my Famitracker music running (with DPCM drums) and multichannel tri/noise sound effects I made from .ftm->.nsf->famitone data.
One small possible bug report, I'm using ca65, and I had to fix one small bug to get my sound effects working. I needed to change
from using bitwise not "~" to logical not "!"
.if( !FT_SFX_ENABLE)
Expected, or something else I should have done?
|Shiru [ Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:19 am ]
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In my version it is logical not, and it haven't change for long time, so maybe you got some older version (current is 1.24)?
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I took the boys to visit the Giant Pacific Octopi last weekend at Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco. (SwingDaddy had to work, unfortunately.)
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Nigerian police apprehended aspiring female suicide bombers on December 2, who told authorities there are still over 50 aspiring female suicide bombers scattered in the northwest city of Maiduguri, planning on when to strike. The woman said the bombers were trained to kill 100,000 people before the end of December.
The vigilante group JTF arrested her at the University of Maiduguri. The female bombers were given orders in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, which has been the capital of jihadist activity in the nation since the founding of terrorist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram terrorizes Borno State on an almost daily basis; authorities believe the group is behind the attacks. Jacon Zenn, an Africa analyst at the Jamestown Foundation, told The Wall Street Journal "female suicide bombers has led to Nigerian soldiers lashing out at women in Islamic garb, playing into Boko Haram's argument that the country's secular army is fighting Islam."
The arrest raised tensions at the university. Students must comply with strict searches by security personnel. Professors are the only ones allowed to drive their cars on campus.
Female suicide bombers terrorized Kano, which is 368 miles east of Maiduguri, for a week in late July. One female suicide bomber killed three people at the Kano State Polytechnic School. On the same day, officials arrested a 10-year-old girl after discovering that she was wearing a belt carrying explosives. Other bombers killed people at a gas station, supermarket, and a temporary university site. The bomber in the latter case was only 15-years-old.
On November 25, two suicide bombers, one female, killed over 50 people at a market in Maiduguri in the late morning. The woman detonated her bombs first and her male companion blew up when rescue personal arrived. Just two days later, two female suicide bombers killed 78 people in a similar fashion at a popular market in Maiduguri. One woman exploded inside the market, but the other waited until rescuers arrived.


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Are you interested in enrolling your child with FROEBEL St Leonards? We have opened our centre on 21 December 2015 and have limited vacancies for families who are able to start immediately.
You can register by clicking on the Waiting List button on this webpage. If you are ready for an immediate start, please enter the earliest possible start date. Alternatively, please let us know your preferred start date. You can register your interest even if your child is not yet born (please enter TBA in the child's name section and the expected date of birth). Once registered, you will be receiving our quarterly Family Newsletters and other relevant updates (such as invitations to our Open Days) from the Centre Director. A waiting list fee of $40.00 (or $25.00 for any additional child) applies and can be paid by credit card at the end of the registration process.
To ensure the waiting list system is fair, the Australian Government has "Priority of Access Guidelines" for allocating places in specific circumstances. Every approved child care service has to abide by the guidelines as set out by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and tell you about them when you enrol your child.
First Priority: A child at risk of serious abuse or neglect.
Second Priority: A child of a single parent who satisfies, or of parents who both satisfy the work/training/study test under Section 14 of the Family Assistance Act.
Third Priority: Any other child.
Within these main categories priority should also be given to the following children:
- children in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families;
- children in families which include a disabled person;
- children in families which include an individual whose adjusted taxable income does not exceed the lower income threshold of $43,727 for 2015-2016, or who or whose partner are on income support;
- children in families from a non-English speaking background;
- children in socially isolated families; and
- children of single parents.
We may require a Priority 3 child to vacate a place to make room for a child with a higher priority. We can only do so if
- you are notified when your child first entered care that your service follows this policy,
- you are given at least 14 days' notice of the need for your child to vacate


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Howard, please forgive a delay in my response to your latest post on this.
> Perhaps these clues would help resolve the identity issue?
As far as I'm concerned, it's fully resolved.
But it is interesting how hard it is to get corrected information to overtake the bad info.
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"Get On Your Boots Crookers Remix" - U2
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- "Get On Your Boots " (Crooker's Remix ) - U2 (04:27)
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In 2009 the first single from the album "No Line on the Horizon" was "Get On Your Boots" and it was released in advance of the album, on January 19, 2009. The song was made available for sale the same day that it premiered on radio. A few weeks later, on February 12, 2009, U2 released a second version of "Get On Your Boots" was released digitally in the UK and Ireland through digital retailers such as iTunes and 7digital. This was a one track single, featuring "Get On Your Boots (Crooker's Remix)" and was only available in UK and European digital stores. It was not released in North America. Crookers are an Italian DJ duo, Andrea "Bot" Fratangelo and Francesco "Phra" Barbaglia, who have worked together since 2003. This remix of "Get On Your Boots" marked the first time they worked with U2 on a remix.
The song was eventually released in the North American market as well. If you pre-ordered a copy of "No Line on the Horizon" through iTunes before the release date of March 2, 2009, you received a bonus track with the album. In the UK the pre-order bonus was a video showing the recording of "Fez" as well as documenting some of the photos shoots for "No Line on the Horizon". In North America, the pre-order gift was the "Get On Your Boots (Crookers Remix)" track. It was never made available for separate purchase in North America.
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Explorer Environmentalist Robert Swan Speaks to TASIS Students!
Roots & Shoots lead teacher, Wendy Gediman, has been to Antarctica three times with explorer/environmentalist, Robert Swan. The goals of these expeditions have all been tied to educating young people about sustainable energy. Another goal is getting the message across that it is important to protect Antarctica, which is the last untouched continent on earth, as well as preserving our entire planet! Ms. Gediman's last trip with Swan was in December 2016. This was a small expedition of 14 people flown into Union Glacier Antarctica. The purpose of the expedition was to test renewable technology in the most inhospitable weather conditions on our planet. Ms. Gediman was the sole teacher, joining a Nasa scientist and several energy specialists.
The group spent one and a half weeks there, including an overnight outing to camp, testing the equipment. The results included the ability to melt water with the Nasa developed thermal pot. It melted and then heated snow using specialist solar panels attached to a pot placed on a sledge. Specially adapted thermoses allowed the team to melt snow, using the sun, to provide drinking water. As well, the energy expert from Shell brought along biofuels being developed by them, which allowed the group to cook a vegetable curry using clean energy.
Robert Swan, his 23-year-old son Barney, and Antarctic cameraman, Kyle Donahue, will take off in mid-November to endeavour a 600 mile walk to the South Pole using only renewable energy. This will be the first Antarctic walk to the South Pole without the use of fossil fuels! If Rob and his team can take on this challenge and use only renewable energy in the harshest environments on our earth, then we can all learn to do our part here on earth. What do we have to lose? A polluted planet?
Robert Swan came to visit TASIS school and spoke to Roots & Shoots students, as well as science classes. He explained how Antarctica is a fragile environment, as well as the last untouched place on earth. He has witnessed first-hand, the effects of climate change on the Antarctic Peninsula, as well as the breaking up of the Larsen B ice-shelf.
Robert Swan then explained that it was his lifelong mission to help preserve Antarctica, as well as our whole planet. He spends his time traveling the world, teaching people of all ages about the need to protect our planet. He is taking the walk to the South Pole to emphasis the fact that if he can survive on renewable energy in Antarctica, then we can surely use more sustainable energy back in our own cities and towns.
The students were totally mesmerized listening to Rob speak. They were armed with lots of questions, which Rob enjoyed answering. Ms. Gediman will meet with Robert Swan this summer to plan a website to follow this revolutionary expedition. Our Roots & Shoots students here at TASIS, as well as worldwide, will be able to follow and learn from this expedition. It was also wonderful for the students to meet Robert Swan, as they had heard so much about him from Ms. Gediman over the years!
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I take wellbutrin 300xl and lithium 300 in the morning, lithium mid day... And the medications i take at night are: lithium, seroquel 150 and lamictal 300. I am a waitress, and I'm shaking spilling drinks. I get lightheaded; and my memory is questionable. With this being said, one of my managers insinuated that I may have taken drugs. At this point I don't know what normal is... and if these meds are helping or making things worse?
Bi polar, too many meds? Had an accusation at work of "taking something "?
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- 8 Sep 2015 by Iitserriee
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- 8 September 2015
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- lamictal, seroquel, wellbutrin, bipolar disorder, lithium, medication
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First thing to is report these symptoms to your doctor. He is the expert. Second is to keep in mind you are protected under the American's With Disabilities Act from adverse action by your employer due to your diagnosis of Bi-polar. If they try to discriminate against you in any way you need to talk to an employment discrimination lawyer regarding what options you may have.
I expressed some symptoms in the past, but yes..i need to make another appointment. Majority of the workers know I have EDS... but I feel as though if I say i have a mental disorder also they'll make up some other reason to push me out.
Tell whom ever is accusing you that you take only what is prescribed for you and its none of their business what they are. Talk to your dr about the side effects you're having. He may be able to drop back on the med he feels is the problem..The other thing you can do is talk to your pharmacist about it, they are the experts on medications. He could advise you on what could be causing it.
That is a good suggestion... Im not able to make sense of which pills or combos are causing what.
I agree with everyone regarding their suggestions about talking with the doctor, pharmacist, etc, and most ESPECIALLY regarding your ADA protection. However, I am very concerned regarding the statement you made about your manager. Can you share more information about what happened? Did you overhear the manager saying something to someone else? Or did the manager insinuate something to you? You are protected under certain Labor Laws, and we may be able to offer advice on how to approach your manager, if we have more information about exactly what happened, and how it was handled by this so-called "higher ranking" individual. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
I work for an independently owned business, so being on good terms with all higher ups helps. One manager came to me to review what happens the night before. We got hit and definitely were understaffed, I was running around a lot more than usual. I was irritated at the end when I was stuck with more work than I should have been. She said the manager on duty that night thought i wasn't acting myself, was being aggressive and that I may have "taken something"... I never actually said anything about me being bi polar... but some of the workers have seen me take my meds. What I'm getting at is either they're all gossipers, or I really do come off as being high or under the influence
That's definitely a tough situation - I wonder how you answered that when you were put on the spot.
First thing's first - if a person has a mental illness and does not disclose it to a boss or other official entity at work, the employee cannot benefit from the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is no reason for you to get into specifics as to what you are dealing with; it is up to you to decide what you are willing to divulge. You can say you have a "medical condition" that causes to you need certain accommodations and leave it at that. The specific adjustments that could improve your work may simply fall under the area of ensuring that you are not placed into a position such as that which you endured the other night. Think about what specifically triggered you beyond your workload simply being higher, and consider incorporating some of those specifics into the work accommodations you request.
There are a TON of discussions and articles on search engines with opinions on whether you should or should not disclosure this type of information to your employer, so put in something like "should I tell my employer I am bipolar?" or "... about my mental illness?" and you will get information from professionals who know what they are talking about - and from people who have tried it and want to share their experiences, good and bad.
I appreciate your response... very informative.I'll definitely will look into that, and hopefully get this resolved.
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We look forward to the end product of each site as well as continuing a great relationship with both clients.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) September 08, 2015
On August 1, Thought Mechanics secured two website design contracts with large rural real estate companies, and both projects are now in development. American Farm & Ranch and Open Fences were both in need of completely new websites; moreover, neither company had a mobile-responsive website. The new pages are expected to be unveiled this fall.
After recent updates to Google's search algorithm, many search engine optimization consultants believe that a website optimized for mobile devices and users is essential to online visibility. Most companies that lack a mobile-friendly website have experienced negative effects in their search engine results page rankings.
Thought Mechanics submitted competitive bids for both projects and was chosen to both create new websites and also design mobile versions thereof. In addition, Thought Mechanics will work with the companies to improve their search engine optimization performance.
American Farm & Ranch is a syndicate of real estate brokers specializing in rural properties, while Open Fences is a magazine and web platform that connects farm and ranch buyers and sellers with rural real estate brokers. Although Thought Mechanics did submit bids in competition with other web development companies, CEO John Hayter says his firm has worked successfully with Open Fences in the past.
"Gaining these clients' website re-designs will be very beneficial for us in gaining more trust and business in the farm, ranch, and rural real estate industry, whether it's with brokers or similar operations," Hayter says. "We look forward to the end product of each site as well as continuing a great relationship with both clients."
Thought Mechanics expects to launch the newly designed American Farm & Ranch website in four to six weeks, with the new Open Fences site debuting six to eight weeks after that. Additionally, the Open Fences website launch is part of a larger advertising push, as the company seeks to expand its national and international reach in the rural real estate industry.
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Thought Mechanics helps clients bring their ideas to life through web design, SEO, social media marketing, video production, and ecommerce services. To learn more about what Thought Mechanics has to offer, visit http://www.thoughtmechanics.com


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HARRISON, N.Y. -- A marble bench was dedicated Sunday in memory of Harrison teenagers Alissa Marie and Deanna Nicole Hochman, who were killed by their ex-policeman father, according to lohud.com.
Their mother, Anamarie DiPietro thanked everyone for their "love and support," the article says.
Her husband, who was a newly retired White Plains police, officer killed Alissa Marie, 18, and Deanna Nicole, 14, on Feb. 21, and the family's three dogs, then killed himself inside the home on Adelphi Avenue.
Dozens of people attended Sunday's ceremony, when the bench was unveiled by Harrison EMS, then put in front of the Pleasant Ridge Road headquarters, where Alissa, who was a senior in high school, had volunteered, according to the story.
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cloudIT Rated One Of The Best IT Companies In The World
June 16, 2017
Last Wednesday, after months of research, data collection and analysis, MSPmentor presented their annual 501 Global Edition of their Worldwide Company Rankings. The MSP 501 Rankings List survey's the world's top managed service providers from nearly every corner of the earth, including both large and small IT service firms. The list is the most respected in the industry. cloudIT was delighted to find themselves included in this elite list of managed service providers. Listed as a solid 375th in the world and 5th in the state of Arizona, cloudIT credits its highly skilled, talented and dedicated team for their rapid growth and success.
cloudIT, located in Phoenix, is an independent, quickly growing, managed service provider specializing in cloud based products and services. Vince Kent, President and CEO of cloudIT, has a passion for his customers that definitely gets noticed. "Taking the time to listen, really listen, to our customers is our greatest strength". cloudIT is proud to have dedicated staff who come together to help customers no matter their position within the company. Commited to designing and implementing the best solutions for their customers, cloudIT manages business' daily IT needs while building long term relationships.
Their Managed IT, Technology Solutions and Cloud Services utilize technology to improve business processes & application delivery for organizations of all sizes. Their client services focus on Full Service managedIT, cloudServices, and hardware/ software integration. cloudIT takes a consultative approach in which employees strive to ensure that each client relationship is a true partnership designed to meet and exceed business demands. cloudIT prides itself on understanding how important it is to provide the right solution while also recognizing the importance of your business to partner with a hosted voice and data company that is reliable, which is why we proudly proclaim: "We Are Here When You Need Us!"
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Agency Development Executive (ADE)
Skillpower Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
** Area opening: BKK, Suphanburi, Angthong, Chainat
Job Summary :
Supervise, motivate and train Agency Force in order to achieve the Ordinary Life and Accidental & Health Insurance's sales target in best coordination with Agency Force.
Key Responsibilities:
- Meet with Agency Leaders to review production and set Key Result Area (KRA) to ensure the target and objectives of company meets the target
- Provide training for Agency Forces such as selling skills and product knowledge, etc.
- Provide consultation and quality customer services and solve problems with smooth coordination with other departments
- Daily supervise on Activity Management to solve Agency Forces problem
- Coordinate with Core Leader to organize such functions that will increase KRA
- Follow up pending cases and find all information needs from Agency Forces and coordinate with Underwriting Team for approval
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor or Master's Degree in General Management, Marketing or related field
- 2 -3 years experience in Sales related
- Experience in insurance company is advantage
- Good command of written and spoken English
- Good computer literacy
- Good leadership and people management skills
- Good in public speaking, communication skills
- Enthusiastic and self-motivated
- Flexible hours of work and able to travel
jobsDB จะส่ง ใบสมัครของคุณไปยัง Skillpower Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Skillpower Services (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Manpower Inc. is a world leader in the employment services industry, offering customers a continuum of services to meet their needs throughout the employment and business cycle. The company specializes in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment; employee assessment; training; career transition and organizational consulting services. Manpower''s worldwide network of 4,500 offices in 80 countries and territories enables the company to meet the needs of its 400,000 customers per year, including small and medium size enterprises in all industry sectors, as well as the world''s largest multinational corporations. The focus of Manpower''s work is on raising productivity through improved quality, efficiency and cost-reduction, enabling customers to concentrate on their core business activities. In addition to the Manpower brand, the company operates under the brand names of Right Management Consultants, Jefferson Wells, Elan, Brook Street and Empower.
Manpower Thailand is the nation's leading recruitment company established in 1998 to offer human resources management services to businesses in search of staff and people in search of job. The company currently has 10 offices in Thailand cover in Bangkok, Chonburi, Lamphun and Songkla to cover the needs of corporate clients and job seekers.
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Post coments,videos,sound recordings whatever you want about cool or funny stuff your pet dose. Or if your pet is special (well they all are)But have you noticed? Tell us about..............
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Now Spot always sleeps at my feet (matter of fact he is here right now.)But one particular night IT was pouring OK I'll say Cats and Dogs And I was having what I thought was a dream,A Nightmare. As I slept I was envisioning My dogs face CLOSE UP and he was cold I FELT IT,He lay there just squinting as water poured down his eyelids and dripped of his chin and I could here a slight sigh and a little wine from him, he would look me right in the eye and perk up a bit
then when I did not respond he would sigh and lay his head back down,I may have not really woke up but I started to feel like I was waring a heavy coat and it was soaking through. When I jumped up only to find I was not wet at all! I wondered why I did not step on Spot,(witch is common) so I started searching the house looking for him,no sense to call him He is deaf.
After searching for twenty minutes, I went to the window and paired out into the rainy night,It was raining so hard it was like a waterfall just flowing over the side of the roof. Then I noticed there is something on the picnic table,I opened the door and realized it was Spot! Right then I felt soaked again,I actually am getting goose bumps right now as I write.So already feeling wet I walked right out into te rain (in my skibies) and no shoes or shirt.I slowly walked up to the table were spot lay ( he was on top of course he always did that) so I sat right down In the rain and looked him right in the face,He hadn't noticed at first, and what I saw was EXACTLY what I was dreaming! A Rush came over me as I realized what had just happened.I reached out through the stream of water and touched the top of his head,when I did he lifted his head quick and looked at me and I could hear an ever so gentle voice say "you hear me dad", I said "ya I hear ya"We sat right there for a good ten minutes while I pet him and he appreciated me (just the way he looks at you when you give him a real attention) Then I said lets go old man (but not out loud) and we headed on into the house and slept on the floor in front of the wood stove the rest of the night. Now that was not the first time we communicated like that ,but it was the first time I REALLY KNEW,and to day he goes with me every ware,He will wait for me on the job 8 hrs just hanging around sometimes carrying a piece of drywall or whatever I may be working with,
But he will always carry my heart .And his beats within me.
No... I haven't all the answers,just the facts.
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When spot was born the mother left him in the sack and kept taking care of the other puppies being born,I could see the sack (they are born in) moving but could not get the mother to do nothing with him.HE WAS GONNA SUFFOCATE! So I ripped open the sack and had to revive this little pure white puppy. (I won't say how). He was all bright white except for one black spot on his side ,So we named him SPOT.(Should have been LUCKY) It wasn't till later that we realized he was deaf.Then as he got older I started to realize other things about Spot.
Which I will be talking about in this blog.
See you soon
Thanks The Deaf Dog


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Culture is a very broad term that describes a specific nation or society. There have been many definitions of culture, especially starting from the 15th century and the beginning of European exploration and colonisation, when Europeans encountered cultures considerably different than their own. It wasn't until early 20th century, however, when the uniqueness of all cultures was first emphasised. Franz Boas, a German-American anthropologist, argued that culture of any society must be understood as the result of the society's unique history, and not as a stage in the evolution of societies, as underlined by ethnocentric sociologists of the previous period. Geert Hofstede, a well-known Dutch sociologist, provided a definition of culture as "the collective programming which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another". So, as a system of meaning, culture consists of shared beliefs, values and ideas, which give rise to a unique way of thinking about the world. Richard Lewis thus explains the origin of shared values and perception of one's own versus other cultures: "We think our minds are free, but like captured American pilots in Vietnam and North Korea, we have been thoroughly brainwashed. Collective programming in our culture, begun in the cradle and reinforced in kindergarten, school and workplace, convinces us that we are normal, others eccentric".
Britain in the early 17th century and Serbia in mid-19th century did not have mass media to work on the collective brain-washing, but were instead influenced, among other things, by great literary works. Hamlet and The Mountain Wreath are not simply works of art read and viewed by a small number of educated people. They represent a sublimation of national identity and ethnic strife, values and perceptions. Replete with profound meaning, they stand as the permanent reference of the collective consciousness. This essay first expounds the cultural theory that gives basis to the possibility of interpreting the essential properties of national identity, and conducts a diachronic cultural reading of the two masterpieces. It places them in a specific socio-historic context, and then concentrates on two essential dichotomies in distinguishing between the two representatives of Western and Eastern cultural heritages: individualism/collectivism and long/short time orientation.
The meanings of symbols exist in the minds of individual people. They are formed by myths, personal and collective education through school, social practices and mass media. When those symbolic ideas are shared with others, they form the basis of culture. The common concepts are nurtured in a larger community that uses the same language, practices the same religion and shares the ancestors who have lived in the same geographical location for a long time. According to M. Lustig and J. Koester, shared beliefs, values, norms and social practices that are stable over time and that lead to roughly similar behaviours across similar situations are known as cultural patterns. They provide a way of thinking about the world. Values are one of the crucial underlying entities that determine our way of thinking and our conduct. Neighboring nations, if they had developed independently, can have opposite view of worth, usefulness, or importance of certain concepts and practices. Most US Americans, for example, value youth rather than old age, while Mexicans, just like people in the Far East, respect elders and regard seniority as both positive and extremely significant.
One of the best-known models of culture was developed in 1976 by E. T. Hall, who made an analogy with an iceberg. If the culture of a society was an iceberg, he reasoned, there are some visible aspects above the water, most notably people's behaviour, but there is a larger portion hidden beneath the surface, and it includes beliefs, just below the surface, and values, farthest from the surface. If we want to understand someone's behaviour, we have to find out what his/her beliefs and values are, since they determine the person's attitude and conduct. In a similar, "onion" model of culture developed by G. Hofstede, the outer, visible layer belongs to symbols, which mostly move according to the momentary fashion. The next layer, called "heroes" is represented by people and characters who play a role-model in that society. Shakespeare, and his most famous character, Hamlet, belong to this layer in England, just like Njegoš does in Serbia and Montenegro. The first layer around the core, labeled "rituals," describe common practices such as greetings and hygiene. Finally, the innermost laуer, the only one that cannot be trained and learned through practice, belongs to values, which is permanent, and plays the most dominant, albeit subconscious, role in a society.
In horizontal models of culture, characteristics like social structure, philosophic outlook and basic values are compared according to contrasting extremes. The cultural traits on the left side are usually characteristic of the Western outlook, and the ones on the right of the Eastern outlook. On the Western extreme we have individualistic, and on the Eastern extreme a collectivistic social structure. Personal status in the society is achieved and social and physical mobility great on one end, and social status is ascribed, and social and physical mobility little on the other. In terms of philosophic outlook, the left side believes in mastery or control over nature, it is objective, quantitative and characterised by a mind/body dichotomy, and the right believes in harmony with subjugation to nature, it is subjective, qualitative and characterised by the union of mind and body. Psychological orientation in Western civilisation is fragmented, has need for achievement and it is marked by internal guilt, while the Eastern is comprehensive or holistic, has need for affiliation and it is marked by external shame. Thought patterns are analytic on one end and relational on the other. Basic values are based on action, individualism and independence on the left-hand side, and being, belongingness and interdependence on the right-hand side. Perception in the West is oriented toward future, and based on subject-object relationship, and in the East it is oriented toward past and present, and based on the relationship between two or more subjects. Interaction is based on competition, it is monological and systematic on one end, and based on cooperation, dialogical and spontaneous on the other end.
For Western European and American cultures the emphasis on the individual self is so strong and pervasive that it is almost impossible for them to comprehend a different point of view. Thus, many European Americans believe that the self is located solely within the individual, and the individual is definitely separate from others. From a very young age, children are encouraged to make their own decisions. Alternatively, cultures may define who people are only through their associations with others because an individual's self-definition may not be separate from that of the larger group. Consequently, there is a heightened sense of interdependence, and what happens to the group (family, work group or social group) happens to the person. The sense of being connected to others is very important in the Far East and Latin America, and those cultures have a strong affiliation with their families. Consequently, a common maxim among European Americans is that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" (suggesting that one should make noise in order to be rewarded); the corresponding maxim among the Japanese, who are somewhat collectivistic, is "the nail that sticks up gets pounded" (so one should always try to blend in).
The dimension of hierarchy in a culture is determined by the term "power distance," which describes the degree of acceptance of the unequal distribution of power by the less powerful members of a society. Cultures with a small power distance believe in minimising social or class inequalities, questioning or challenging authority figures, reducing hierarchical organisational structures, and using power only for legitimate purposes. Conversely, cultures that prefer large power distances believe that each person has a rightful and protected place in the social order, that the actions of authorities should not be challenged or questioned, that hierarchy and inequality are appropriate and beneficial, and that those with social status have a right to use their power for whatever purposes and in whatever ways they deem desirable. The consequences of the degree of power distance that a culture prefers are evident in family customs, the relationships between students and teachers, organisational practices, and in other areas of social life. Even the language systems in high power-distance cultures emphasise distinctions based on a social hierarchy. Since every language has evolved along with the society using it, it reflects those distinctions in its vocabulary and syntax.
Finally, we will conclude this theoretical part with the placement of English and Serbian cultures on R. D. Lewis's "Model of Cultural Types." According to this models, a typical cultural representatives can be classified into 1) "linear-active." who is a task-oriented, highly organised planner, 2) "multi-active," who is a people-oriented, loquacious interrelator, and 3) "reactive," who is introverted and respects oriented listeners. On this triangular chart, England is placed right next to the most linear-active types. Serbia, with a few other Slavic and Eastern European countries, is placed between linear-active and multi-active types, but much closer to the latter.
Our cultural identity is based on membership in a particular cultural group. It is developed as we grow up and learn the values, beliefs, and attitudes of our culture from our parents and other caregivers. We are also influenced by the structure of our language, educational systems, mass media, social institutions, and peer groups within our culture. Our cultural identity is our sense of belonging to a particular culture. As we learn about it, we accept its traditions, heritage, religion, aesthetics, social structures and perceptual patterns. Our linkages to our cultural and social identities become particularly evident when we visit a foreign country or live abroad.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, was written by Shakespeare at the very beginning of the seventeenth century, at the end of the Renaissance, a period of major cultural upheaval in Europe. It is Shakespeare's longest, most performed and most influential play. Over fifty versions of the tragedy adapted for the big screen testify to its continued popularity and influence. The archetypal power of the play is also reflected in the unremitting references and illusions to the plot, language and characters in other works of art, the mass media and popular culture. The character of Hamlet has become a symbol of a human type, and the play a trademark of English and European drama and culture in general.
The reader might wonder why a Shakespearean drama that takes place in England was not chosen for this purpose, like, say, Henry V, which would reflect the socio-historical context well. Even though the famous dramatist chose Denmark for the setting, there are no culture-specific characters or events in Hamlet, so it could conceivably take place in any European monarchy of the time. We know that Shakespeare chose different countries for the setting of his plays for the sake of variety, and everyone would agree names like Bernardo, Francisco and Reynaldo, all characters in the tragedy, do not sound Danish at all. Also, England plays an important role as the place of hope and reliance for several characters in the play.
The Renaissance came to Britain later than to the continent, but it bears all the characteristics developed in Italy and the rest of Europe during the previous two centuries. The period is distinguished by Humanism, a metaphysical and practical reorientation from God to man, and a heightened belief in human abilities, worth and powers. This turn from theocentricism to anthropocentricism was followed by increased secularism, renewal of classical forms and ideas, proclivity towards education and hunger for accumulation of knowledge. Hamlet was written at the very end of the golden, Elizabethan age of English history during which the country not only became the unprecedented world power, but was also taking charge in the proliferation of political and cultural ideas. London was becoming the harbinger of modern dramatic production. During this epoch, England was just coming out of the religious strife that would be renewed a few decades later, but would never go back to what it was before the Reformation of Henry VIII. The permanent breach with Rome intensified the push toward modern externalisation of human experience, and paved the way to scientific empiricism and Enlightenment.
One of the most revealing passages in Hamlet is probably the most famous one. It starts like this:
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? [...]
"To be or not to be" is an existential question. By posing it, Hamlet is apparently vacillating between being and action and non-being and death. After all is done, it seems, though, that there was no doubt in his mind what course he was to take; this soliloquy was only said in a moment of weakness and irresolution. The uncertainty comes from the confusion between the spiritual and bodily path he is to take, just like the ghost of his father is stuck in Purgatory, a limbo between this and the other world. He, therefore, mentions both the suffering of mind and flesh. The contradictions of the age are great, and Hamlet, just like Shakespeare, feels them. This is a cry of a noble soul inclined toward contemplation and artistic creation forced to choose the world, body and action over the Kingdom of Heaven to come.
England, one of the Western-most countries in Europe, and a herald of many mutual European tendencies, has been in the forefront of the evolution from medieval collectivism to the modern individualism. Interpreting different profiles in the identity dimension of the analysis of different cultures might prove especially useful in the examination of both literary works, so we will look at the characteristics of an extreme individual and an extreme collectivist. Individuals believe that: 1) honest people speak their mind, 2) low-context communication (explicit concepts) is preferred, 3) the task takes precedence over relationships, 4) laws and rights are the same for all, 5) trespassing leads to guilt and loss of self-respect, 6) everyone is supposed to have a personal opinion on any topic, 7) the relationship between employer and employee or between parent and child is a contract based on mutual advantage. All these dimensions relate to the character of the Prince of Denmark in one way or another. He speaks out his mind, and does not leave anything implicit. He is not capable of concealing his plot to murder the king. The fact that task takes precedence over relationship is evident in his interconnection with Ophelia and his mother. Even though he reveals his strong feelings towards Ophelia, he does not let their relationship get in the way of his ultimate goal. He is not even that moved after the news of her madness and suicide. He also considers his mother a conspirator and condemns her to the same fate as the king. Hamlet does have a personal relationship to people, especially to Horatio, but he is task-oriented and does not get his emotions get in the way of his undertaking. The fact that it is so difficult for him to take action is more a result of his irresoluteness than his determination, clear from the very first act, as Coleridge skillfully pointed out. So, judging by his way of thinking and his actions, Hamlet can be labeled as a typical representative of a society oriented toward individualism. The fact that he is irresolute, his actions and thought pattern appear contradictory, and seems to border on lunacy only make his character more credible and heightens the dramatic effect of the plot.
A characteristics of the virtue dimensions in intercultural communication theory could be applied to our examination as well. According to this analysis of different types of culture, individuals who belong to the extreme long-term orientation believe that one should never give up, even if results are disappointing, People may devote their lives to lofty, remote ideals, traditions can be adapted to a modern context, and achieving one's purpose may be worth losing face. The dreamy and contemplative character of Hamlet is not suitable for a cold-blooded murder, but the various physical and psychological impediments do not make him give up his resolution. His purpose of avenging his father proves more significant than losing face or even his life. Action is the manifestation of youth, and the West was already unstoppable in its march to subjugating nature for exploitation in Shakespeare's epoch. When they invaded the Roman Empire, the uneducated Gothic tribes such as Angles, Saxons and Danes gradually adopted the existing culture of Western Europe, inevitably contributing to the development and changes of the Church in Western Europe in their own way. The newly Christianized tribes, as Marangudakis asserts, cherished individuality, warfare and initiative. They preferred individual action to submission to the "passive" contemplation practiced in the East. They favored "doing" God's will over "experiencing" it.
In the 17th century, with the democratic political tradition well on its way, England is the cradle of "small power distance" as defined by cultural sociologists, and this includes contempt for usurpation and abuse of power. This is a society where political revolutions start, and where objectively perceived injustice can lead even to regicide. Anthony Low observes:
Shakespeare's Hamlet and Milton's Satan are two pivotal figures born out of the imaginative stirrings in early-modern culture that led to the rise of Enlightenment, Romantic, modernist, and postmodernist individualism – all arguably beads in the chain of a single, sinuous, long-wave development toward liberal autonomy. Great literary inventions, Hamlet and Satan are also grand portents of subsequent cultural change. Moreover, buried deep in the tragedy of Hamlet […], are intimations of what may be called the transformative event that led to still another essential paradigm of modernity, a necessary adjunct to autonomous individualism, for which the brutally appropriate name is killing the father. With the rise of postmodernism […], it is even more evident than it was earlier in this century that the Reformation, Enlightenment, Romantic, modernist, and postmodernist projects […] require an attack on patriarchal tradition.
In Hamlet we don't have a literal patricide, but on the subconscious, symbolic level, the murder of the king and the mother's husband carries more meaning than just that of a mere revenge; it portents a revolutionary act of rebellion and deconstruction. After such a history-changing act, the road to a new construction of society based on reason and reliance on human abilities seems more open than ever.
The Mountain Wreath was published in 1847, the year significant for the struggle for the vernacular in Serbia. The first translation of the New Testament from Old Church Slavonic to the spoken Serbian by Vuk Karadžić, the influential essay "Struggle for Serbian language and Orthography" by Djuro Daničić, and "Poems" by Branko Radičević were all published in the same year. Serbia was just coming out of the centuries-long subjugation to the Ottoman Empire, and it was in the process of creating its literary language and renewing its culture benumbed by the long and toilsome occupation. The enlightenment and humanist ideas vehemently proliferated by Dositej Obradović, the first minister of education of Serbia, had just started to find fertile soil. Serbia was in its belated Renaissance.
As a Prince-Bishop, Petar Petrović Njegoš (1813-1851) had a dual role in Montenegro as both its political and religious leader. Montenegro was perceived as the hotbed of heroism and the epitome of resistance against the harsh Ottoman rule. As a supreme poet and philosopher, Njegoš certainly contributed to the image of Montenegrins as wise and sharp-witted people. Certain verses from The Mountain Wreath have become national proverbs, and most Montenegrins can recite long passages from the work. Having written Luča Mikrokozma (The Ray of the Microcosm), a cosmic-religious poem about the origins and destiny of man on Earth and about the fall of Satan and the fall of man, it is save to save that Njegoš combines the statures of both Shakespeare and Milton in Serbian literature.
As opposed to the early modern England, where the rift between the empiricism of the age and the significance of the national tradition is weighing heavily on the individual, a Montenegrin from the 19th century does not suffer from the body/mind dichotomy. The Church teaches the morals buried deep down in the collective unconscious. The Orthodox Christian belief in the holiness of matter is revealed in the existence of Christ's body and blood in Eucharist, the material representation of Christ, Virgin Mary and the saints in icons, and the veneration of relics. The body has a special function in the hesychast prayer, practiced by Orthodox monks. Charles Lock explains the Western perplexity with juxtaposition of images from the Eastern faith with those drawn from biology and sociology in Russian philosophy as an example of the "globalization of Protestant paradigms and anxieties": "Orthodoxy never underwent a Reformation, nor any sort of conflict between faith and reason," he argues. A sacramental theology does not find anything reductive in nature, and it celebrates reason as part of creation, as that which links the divine with the human; in Orthodoxy, the conflict between faith and reason only exists as an import. Whereas in the West philosophers felt obliged to abandon traditional spiritual pursuits in order to accept the laws of reason, exemplified in the Cartesian maxim "I think, therefore I am," Serbia of the epoch, in part thanks to the Ottoman preservation of the traditional, rural life and morals, still unquestionably adheres to the organic code of ethics.
Being part of the Eastern tradition that has always nurtured a sense of belonging to a community with its tradition and a set value system, makes Serbs, and even more so the tribally organised Montenegro, a seedbed of collectivism. According to the identity dimension of the analysis of different cultures, an extreme collectivists believes that: 1) members of one's ingroup (organisation, extended family) are very close, whereas other, outgroup people are very distant, 2) harmony should always be maintained and direct confrontation avoided, 3) relationships are more important than the task at hand, 4) laws, rights, and opinions differ by group, 5) trespassing leads to shame and loss of face for the entire ingroup, 6) the relationship between employer and employee is perceived in moral terms, like a family link, 7) spoken communication uses imprecise style. Discreet non-verbal clues, such as tone and pauses are crucial. The speaker adapts to the listener. The national leaders gathered in The Mountain Wreath to discuss the possible action against the islamised population of Montengro commune in mutual respect and brotherhood, while the Islamic population, although of the same ethnic origin, is regarded foreign and equalised with the hated Turks. The diatribe about Venetians by Duke Draško also shows the foreign nature of the Roman Catholic, Western world. This demonstrates the awareness of the central role of the Byzantine culture and faith in the individual and collective identity. The fact that trespassing leads to shame and loss of face is evident in the accusation of Vuk Branković, who, due to his alleged treason before the decisive battle of Kosovo, became the perennial symbol of a moral outlaw. The collective nature of the shared psychology is reflected even in the lack of a main protagonist in the play.
Looking at the virtue dimension, individuals who belong to the extreme short-term orientation believe that one's face should never be lost, that there is a social pressure to "keep up with the Joneses," traditions should be respected, social demands are met regardless of cost, and personal stability is much valued. The national leaders in The Mountain Wreath are convinced that not only stability, but also the survival of their community is solely possible if the Mohammedans are either exterminated or expelled from their land.
Luna i krst, dva strašna simvola - / njihovo je na grobnice carstvo. / Sljedovat im rijekom krvavom/ u lađici grdna stradanija, / to je biti jedno ili drugo.
Even if they are not religious, Montenegrins deem the preservation of their spiritual heritage and Patriarchal tradition their sacred duty and privilege. While Hamlet is acting entirely on his own, the Montenegrins are acting together.
In the 19th century Balkans, elders are respected and revered. Abbot Stefan is not only an elder by age, but also the spiritual elder who, through his role of a vessel of God's will, represents special kind of figure in the Orthodox Christian tradition. His advice is paramount to order, and everyone takes his blessing as a divine sanction. He does not appear until the end of the poem, and his principal task is to disperse all dilemmas and accord the ultimate approbation: the purge is not only God-pleasing but also imperative. If Bishop Danilo has been compared to Hamlet becasause of his proclivity to always finding a reason to postponing the action (Guskova 2015), then Abbot Stefan should be compared to the king's ghost in Hamlet, because he is the one who, beside revealing the truth to his son, serves as the pivotal counsel in making up the mind of the protagonist. As opposed to the ghost, who seems to be driven only by desire to punish the murderer, Abbot Stefan reveals the divine duty of Christian Montenegrins. Whereas the reckoning at the end of Hamlet brings further chaos and foreign occupation, in The Mountain Wreath. it leads to the absolute conviction in the sacred character of the religious purge.
It would probably be far-fetched to argue that the two literary works, Hamlet and The Mountain Wreath were crucial in their impact on the consciousness of the two nations, or that they are most significant in the creation of respective national mentalities. The issue raises the question about the influence of ideas on people's convictions and actions. Those who deal with art and philosophy perhaps tend to overemphasise their historical significance. Whether ideology can rise from an individual's idea, or theory is just a reflection of the state of human kind and the public opinion of a society is not that important, however. The fact is that both Shakespeare and Njegoš were able to touch the cord of national aspiration and communal predilection. They delineated the social tendencies and historical orientation to produce symbols of the respective cultural essences. Whereas Hamlet represents a cry of an individual on the historical crossroads, nevertheless, the Montenegrin is confident in his feeling of belonging to the set tradition and Patriarchal community. In the highlander Balkan community, the challenges of the modern world are still to come and be felt by everyone. Shakespeare spells out the dilemmas and predicts the direction his culture is moving towards, and Njegoš solidifies the myth of Kosovo and underlines significance of the covenant paid in blood. Despite the obvious differences, the two masterpieces stand at the bottom of the iceberg and the core of the onion of English and Serbian national consciousnesses.
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