So, Major Lazer’s latest offering from the album ‘Guns don’t kill people Lazers do‘ has arrived, and I’ll be honest… I’m not really feeling the song. I mean you gotta admit, it’s no ‘Pon De Floor’?. But the video is amazing! Directed by Eric Wareheim and featuring Nina Sky, Ricky Blaze and four of the ugliest girls to appear in a music video since Windowlicker. It has to be seen to be believed. Check it out!

Knockturnal

Everything in the multimedia industry is switching to high definition (HD). There’s HD radio, HD television, and Blu-Ray DVD’s. This new high-definition media requires technology that can deliver this information quickly. The most popular cable used to deliver HD information is the HDMI cable. It sets itself apart from the component cables, because it consists of one cable that delivers both visual and audio information. An HDMI cable is capable of delivering 5 GB of digital media; however they are rarely used at capacity. Because HDMI does not use all of its bandwidth, as more media progresses its technology you will not have to worry about updating your equipment. – Xbox 360 HDMI Cable
HDMI Switch Port
HDMI Switch Port

And here we come to an end of the 1970s in the Any Major Soul series. There are two mixes covering ’80s soul HERE and HERE. Still, the years 1980/81 and possibly 1982/83 were good enough to yield any major mixes; I’ve not thought about later years.

It’s tempting to dismiss the soul music produced in the disco era. I think this mix shows that it was still a golden era for soul, if not of quite the incredible standards a few years earlier when there was the happy confluence of the influences exerted by the likes of Philly, Motown, Hi, Muscle Shoals, Atlantic, and the Chicago scene.

If I was asked which of these tracks in this mix I’d take with me to a desert island, I would be hard pressed to choose between Bill Withers’ Love Is and Minnie Riperton’s Never Existed Before. I think the latter would win. Released after her death from cancer, Minnie’s vocals are equally cute and sexy (nobody has done cute and sexy as well as Minnie did). It’s not the best-known track from the Minnie LP, but it is my favourite Riperton song.

Several of the songs here are touched by disco golddust. The Gary Toms Empire are perhaps more disco than soul. Former Motown writers Ashford & Simpson certainly were in their disco groove, and You Know How To Love Me by Phyllis Hyman (another wonderful soul singer who died too young, in 1995, the same year Bobby DeBarge, featured in the bonus tracks, died) is the sort of mid-tempo song one can dance or chill to.

Cheryl Lynn is better remembered for one of the great dance tracks, Got To Be Real. The track featured here, You’re The One, comes from the same eponymous 1978 album, one of the few ballads on the LP on which the 21-year-old Lynn delivered a fine, octave-traversing vocal performance. Signed by CBS on strength of her winning performance on the TV talent programme The Gong Show, Cheryl Lynn was a prodigious session singer too. It’s her soaring voice on Toto’s excellent Georgy Porgy, and she also backed Lenny Williams, whom we encounter in the bonus tracks.

Peabo Bryson does not have a good reputation among soul fans (with that name, it’s surprising he ever enjoyed any credibility), while Natalie Cole’s soul credentials have taken a knock with her endeavours to become her father. Don’t let such perceptions worry you as you hear their excellent jazzy cover of Bobby Caldwell’s What You Won’t Do For Love.

Jean Carn (later rendered as Carne, for “numerological” reasons) sang with Duke Ellington’s orchestra just before his death. Through her stint as a regular on US TV shows she was picked up by Gamble & Huff for their Philadelphia International Records label.

The Jones Girls also found success with Gamble & Huff, via two soul legends. The Chicago sisters were first mentored by Curtis Mayfield, through whom they got to work with Aretha Franklin. It was as a support act for Diana Ross that the Jones Girls — Shirley, Brenda and Valerie — came to Gamble & Huff’s attention. Besides releasing their own albums, they also provided backing vocals for the PIR roster.

Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson was cited by Jimi Hendrix as a major influence. He might also have been nicknamed “Organ”, for he played keyboard for Herb Alpert during the 1960s, reuniting with Alpert for his 1979 hit Rise [EDIT: Apparently he didn't. See comments]. Before that, the man known as “Elvis’ private guitar player” had toured with Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson. Here he gets seriously funky, providing one of the few instances of snoring released on vinyl. Another legend, Wilson Pickett, made a brief comeback fusing the funk with old school soul, creating a sound which Tom Jones has tried to emulate for years, but never coming near his ambition.

The “Pops” in the title of the penultimate track is, of course, Berry Gordy, paid tribute here by four of the greatest stars in music history. I’d not have included it was it not for this year being Motown’s 50th birthday.

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TRACKLISTING
1. Gary Toms Empire – Welcome To Harlem
2. Ashford & Simpson – It Seems To Hang On
3. Jean Carn – Don’t Let It Get To Your Head
4. Bill Withers – Love Is
5. Rufus and Chaka Khan – Stay
6. Cheryl Lynn - You’re The One
7. Denise LaSalle - A Miracle You And Me
8. Neville Brothers - Washable Ink
9. Minnie Riperton - Never Existed Before
10. Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson – What You Won’t Do For Love
11. Phyllis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me
12. The Jones Girls – You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
13. Johnny Guitar Watson – It’s A Damn Shame
14. Wilson Pickett – Lay Me Like You Hate Me
15. The Whispers - Let’s Go All The Way
16. D Ross, M Gaye, S Robinson, S Wonder – Pops, We Love You
17. Roberta Flack – And The Feeling’s Good

DOWNLOAD

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At one point I thought of making this a two-part mix, because a bunch of longer numbers would fit on the mix, which I have kept, as always, to standard CD-R length. Instead, here are a few bonus tracks.

These include Betty Wright’s live recording of the song about losing her virginity, Lenny William’s fantastically overwrought lament of lost love (“…and then I played my records till I didn’t want to hear them no more), Mtume’s The Closer I Get To You which was a hit for Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack written by James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, the O’Jay’s tribute to a dog, Kandidate’s proto ’80s soul sound, a track by Motown artists Switch who included two older DeBarge brothers, and more.

Lenny Williams – Because I Love You.mp3
Heatwave – Mind Blowing Decisions.mp3
Betty Wright – Tonight Is The Night.mp3
Ray Goodman Brown – Inside Of You.mp3
Brenda Russell – So Good, So Right.mp3
Switch – I Call Your Name.mp3
Mtume – The Closer I Get To You.mp3
The O‘Jays – Brandy.mp3
Kandidate – I Don’t Wanna Lose You.mp3
Rick James – You And I.mp3

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More ’70s Soul
More Mixes

Para continuar falando de um dos melhores discos do ano. Diplo postou no twitter agorinha o clip da música “Keep Going Louder”. Diplo e Switch ficam “tirando onda” com o autotune o tempo todo. O discurso do Major Lazer não é só político, é musical.

Nessa faixa tripudiam com muito bom humor sobre o atual mundo pop.

Diplo usa todo recurso a seu favor e tem a vantagem de não representar o mainstream.

(As atualizações do blog estão difíceis por um motivo de encaixotamento. Como a fotografia do Agora mudou de andar estou muito na correria. Logo mais o Groove vai se organizando no novo espaço Livre.)

Major Lazer nos trae otro de esos maravillosos videos que tanto le gustan a los nietos de la nonna, donde la piedra se apodera de los sentidos y no queda más que hacer, sino relajarse y esperar que el mundo fantástico creado por Eric Wareheim nunca termine.

Esta es el segundo video que le hacen a esta canción, pero el primero tambien era una genialidad.

Dios mantenga la mente de esta gente llena de droga, para que sigan haciendo cosas así de buenas.

#include<stdio.h>

void main() /*完成两个数简单的四则运算*/

{

float a,b;

char c1;

printf(“Please enter a,b and op:”);

scanf(“%f%c%f”,&a,&c1,&b);

switch(c1)

{

case ‘+’:

printf(“%f+%f=%f\n”,a,b,a+b);

break;

case ‘-’:

printf(“%f-%f=%f\n”,a,b,a-b);

break;

case ‘*’:

printf(“%f*%f=%f\n”,a,b,a*b);

break;

case ‘/’:

if(b!=0.0) /*分母不能等于0*/

printf(“%f/%f=%f\n”,a,b,a/b);

else

printf(“error!\n”);

break;

default:

printf(“error!\n”);

break;

}

}

VC6

Olá novamente!

Hoje recebi um email de um colega, através de uma lista de discussão de dot.net, com uma dúvida sobre a otimização de switchs. Lembrei então de já ter visto um código em C que utilizava ponteiros de funções ao invés de switchs.

Resolvi então implementar uma solução similar em C# utilizando delegates no lugar dos ponteiros de funções. O código implementa as quatro operações aritméticas básicas dados dois números reais.

Para isso, foi definida a classe Calculadora com os métodos referentes as quatro operações. Além desses métodos foram definidos outros dois, o ExecutaComSwitch, que e executa uma operação realizando um teste com switch e o ExecutaComDelegate, que recebe um delegate com a operação a ser executada.

O programa principal recebe os valores de duas variáveis reais e em seguida executa as quatro operações utilizando o método com switch e o método com delegate.

O código da aplicação (console) é o seguinte:

using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Text;
namespace Switch{    public enum TipoOperacao { Soma, Subtracao, Multiplicacao, Divisao};
public delegate double OperacaoDelegate(double a, double b);
public class Calculadora    {        public double Soma(double a, double b)        {            return a + b;        }
public double Substracao(double a, double b)        {            return a – b;        }
public double Multiplicacao(double a, double b)        {            return a * b;        }
public double Divisao(double a, double b)        {            return a / b;        }
public double ExecutaComSwitch(TipoOperacao op, double a, double b)        {            double resultado = 0;            switch (op)            {                case TipoOperacao.Soma:                    resultado = this.Soma(a, b);                    break;                case TipoOperacao.Subtracao:                    resultado = this.Substracao(a, b);                    break;                case TipoOperacao.Multiplicacao:                    resultado = this.Multiplicacao(a, b);                    break;                case TipoOperacao.Divisao:                    resultado = this.Divisao(a, b);                    break;            }            return resultado;        }
public double ExecutaComDelegate(OperacaoDelegate op, double a, double b)        {            return op(a, b);        }    }
class Program    {        static void Main(string[] args)        {            double a, b;            Calculadora calc = new Calculadora();                       Console.Clear();            Console.WriteLine(“Informe o valor de A:”);            double.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out a);            Console.WriteLine(“Informe o valor de B:”);            double.TryParse(Console.ReadLine(), out b);            Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(“Usando switch:”);            double soma = calc.ExecutaComSwitch(TipoOperacao.Soma, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Soma: {0}”, soma.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            double subtracao = calc.ExecutaComSwitch(TipoOperacao.Subtracao, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Subtração: {0}”, subtracao.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            double multiplicacao = calc.ExecutaComSwitch(TipoOperacao.Multiplicacao, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Multiplicação: {0}”, multiplicacao.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            double divisao = calc.ExecutaComSwitch(TipoOperacao.Divisao, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Divisão: {0}”, divisao.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine(“Usando delegate:”);            soma = calc.ExecutaComDelegate(calc.Soma, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Soma: {0}”, soma.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            soma = calc.ExecutaComDelegate(calc.Substracao, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Subtração: {0}”, subtracao.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            soma = calc.ExecutaComDelegate(calc.Multiplicacao, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Multiplicação: {0}”, multiplicacao.ToString(“#,##0.00″));            soma = calc.ExecutaComDelegate(calc.Divisao, a, b);            Console.WriteLine(“Divisão: {0}”, divisao.ToString(“#,##0.00″));

Console.ReadLine();        }    }}

The suggestion for today was to try and save water and electricity by remembering to turn off the light switch, a power point, a tap, etc. Because we forget these things the book suggests making stickers to place next to a light switch for example.

This is a somewhat simple solution to a possibly costly memory issue, in that forgetting to flick a switch/turn off a tap costs money by way of the bill, as well as costing more in terms of environmental costs.

I have found myself being far more efficient in these areas in the last little while and hardly ever forget to turn off a light when not needed, turn off a tap when brushing teeth, etc. It did however take a lot of self-discipline and I can see how stickers/post-it’s, etc, can be handy for some people.

A response to reading ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton

La utilización de las grandes redes eléctricas de alta tensión como proveedoras de conexión de Internet no ha tenido el éxito que se esperaba de ellas. Pero en casa, se puede aprovechar la instalación eléctrica para una completa red de comunicación.

D-Link ha presentado su nuevo kit PowerLine (DHP-343) capaz de crear o ampliar una red doméstica conectando hasta cuatro dispositivos a partir de la instalación eléctrica de cualquier hogar y permite descargas de hasta 200 Mbps.

El kit PowerLine HD de D-Link incluye el nuevo switch PowerLine HD (DHP-342) de 4 puertos Ethernet y un adaptador PowerLine HD Ethernet (DHP-302) que dotan al usuario de todos los recursos necesarios para conectar fácilmente hasta cuatro dispositivos en red como pueden ser consolas de juegos, servidores de impresión, ordenadores o dispositivos de almacenamiento, sin introducir un solo cable más ni utilizar recursos de red adicionales más allá de los enchufes convencionales.

El switch PowerLine HD (DHP-342) dispone de cuatro puertos LAN para conectar equipos y ponerlos en red por toda la casa a través del cableado eléctrico. Dispone de un botón que activa la encriptación de la comunicación para así evitar posibles accesos no autorizados.

El kit es capaz de ofrecer velocidades de transferencia de hasta 200 Mbps, garantizando un óptimo rendimiento de aplicaciones que requieren un gran ancho de banda como el video streaming de alta definición, las llamadas de voz sobre IP, o sesiones de juegos online maratonianas. Además, incluye tecnología de priorización del tráfico basado en tecnología QoS (Quality of Service) que garantiza la calidad de comunicación necesaria para disfrutar de las aplicaciones multimedia más avanzadas, sin sufrir pérdidas de rendimiento aunque otros usuarios se conecten a Internet o descarguen archivos al mismo tiempo.

Este producto también aprovecha las ventajas de la tecnología D-Link Green con un modo de ahorro de energía que reduce su consumo y que mientras no se realizan transmisión de datos en un periodo de tiempo el adaptador se configura automáticamente en modo de espera de bajo consumo.

Semana corrida demais. Mudança de andar e tudo mais pra semana que vem ainda. E para mostrar que a Jamaica tem um poder forte no mundo da música, Major Lazer é a trilha para o fim de semana na areia do feriadão. Está na restrita lista dos 5+.

Os responsáveis pelo álbum são os produtores Diplo e Switch. A história sobre Major Lazer é fantástica, saiu na rraurl.

“Major Lazer é um comandante jamaicano que perdeu seu braço na secreta Guerra dos Zumbis de 1984. Os militares americanos o salvaram ele colocaram armas de lasers experimentais no lugar de membros protéticos. Desde então o Major Lazer tem sido um soldado renegado contratado por um governo de malfeitores que operam em segredo sob o olhar de M5 e da CIA.

Seu disfarce é o de um proprietário de um clube noturno de dancehall em Trinidad e ele recorreu à ajuda de seus aliados de longa data, os produtores Diplo e Switch, para produzir o seu primeiro LP. Sua verdadeira missão é proteger o mundo das forças do mal que vivem apenas sob a superfície de uma sociedade civilizada. Ele luta contra vampiros e vários outros monstros, se joga bastante, e tem um skate com foguetes.”

Quero tomar esse remédio e praia.

Just for fun, don’t adjust your screen

I don’t really know that much about The Big Pink except for the fact that they put out this sing-songy song called “Dominos” (awesomely remixed by Switch) and that they’re an “electro-rock” duo from London.

Said remix having sufficiently piqued my curiosity , I decided to hit play when I came across their cover of Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams” on Stereogum and was more than pleasantly surprised at what I heard. It’s a great melody to begin with, but The Big Pink’s version lends the pop song a moodier, more contemplative tone—an almost unrecognizable transformation that I think is the mark of great musicianship.

Covers like these are really great intro points to artists that can blend into a really conventional music landscape (hence the airquotes around electro-rock). Some might argue it’s the easy way out of exploring a band’s own output, but I’m more likely to remember and return to an artist that does something memorable like this. Jump for linkage.

MP3: The Big Pink – Sweet Dreams (Beyonce cover) (Via Stereogum)

Last one for a while.  Promise.

Hola a todos, hoy día 18 de noviembre estoy de celebración, y es que se cumple un año desde mi switch de Windows a Mac OS.

Sinceramente creo que en el ámbito tecnológico es una de las mejores o incluso la mejor cosa que he hecho desde hace mucho tiempo.

Todabia recuardo los dias previos a comprarme mi equipo (un MacBook Unibody) la cantidad de dudas que tenia muchas absurdas y muchas ya más avanzadas. Lo primero que pregunte fué como se cerraba un programa! Sabia que la lucecita del Dock indicaba que no estaba cerrada pero no sabia como cerrarlo hasta que mi entonces compañero de trabajo me dijo muy fácil “cmd+q“.

Poco a poco, en el trabajo, internet, revistas fue interesandome cada vez más y más ente mundillo y sin dudarlo me compre mi actual equipo.

El cambio me resultó realmente “facil” con todo lo que supuno un cambio de SO y todo lo oido de Mac OS, lo que más me preocupaba era el mitico “los programas de windows no son compatibles” pero poco a poco mi MacBook fue enamorandome, conseguí todos, absolutamente todos los programas que tenia en mi PC y es más, los consegui mejorados!

En la sencillez de la transición tienen que ver varias personas que no queria dejar de agradecer su duro trabajo.

Esas personas son entre otras iHache de Maquecitos, TaZZiTo de TaZZiTo.com, Kiwinho de Kiwinho.com, Roberto Cortador de No tengo iPhone y la revista de CuadernosMac.

Con iHache de Maquecitos como todos sabeis tengo una buana relacion (amistosa XD) y el empezó con su blog poco despues de que yo me comprase mi equipo, y por esa sencilla razón me ha ayudado mucho, todo lo que publicaba lo probaba y cualquier duda era resuelta por el, algo que se agradece

Con TaZZiTo, que deciros de TaZZiTo? Supongo que todos conecereis a esta gran persona que aunque “solo” se quede en finalista por 2º año consecutivo en los premios bitacoras, para mi es más que un ganador, una de las personas que sin el saberlo, más me ha ayudado gracias a sus screencast, sencillos y muy bien explicados.

En este último parrafo también podriamos incluir también a Kiwinho, sus screencast al igual que los de TaZZiTo me han ayudado mucho, hace tiempo publiqué un screencast de el explicando CrossOver Games 7, pero tiene muchos más y muy interesantes.

De Cortador poco tengo que decir también. Recuerdo que lo conocí por medio de Maquecitos y desde el primer podcast que escuche de el me enganche a todos sus podcast, y gracias a ellos he descubierto otros podcasts que me han ayudado a seguir aprendiendo cosas nuevas cada día.

Y para finalizar estos agradecimientos nombrar a la revista MuadernosMac, que también esta de aniversario. Compré su primera revista antes de tener mi equipo, el nombre del primer número era perfecto para la ocasión! “Doma Leopard!” lo más de lo más para alguien recien llegado a este mundo y quitarse todos los miedos de encima. Desde entonces cada 3 meses voy al kiosco

Agradecer también al resto de personas que me han ayudado, y pedirles disculpas por no poder nombrar a todos!

Gracias de verdad

Salu2 maqueros!

SHAQ AND SHAUNIE’S REALITY SHOW IN
LIMBO

The reality show filmed by
Shaquille and Shaunie O’Neal before
their marriage took a decisive turn
last week may find its way to at
least one network still willing to
give it a chance. A&E still
considering whether to purchase the
show filmed before last week’s turn
of events.

CHRIS BROWN HECKLED DURING NY
APPEARANCE

Chris Brown got an earful of
judgment from a woman during a
public promo appearance in New York
last week. Whe woman shouted ‘I
hope someone beats the f**king crap
out of you!’

DENZEL WATCHES SON’S FIRST COLLEGE
GAME

As Malcolm Washington suited up for
his first game with the University
of Pennsylvania basketball team
Friday night, his dad, Denzel, sat
three rows behind the bench
cheering him on.

LEBRON MAY SWITCH JERSEY NO. TO
HONOR JORDAN

He has worn #23 in honor of NBA
legend Michael Jordan since his
high school days, but now,
Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron
James says he and everyone else in
the NBA should give up the number
out of respect to His Airness.

Another brilliant song which I just recently listen to comes from the soundtrack of Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. It is Golden Time Lover by Sukima Switch which provide us with groovy kind of rythm into this song.

This song is really hype that I keep rewinding this song over and over again in my bedroom. Energetic and passion are the two words that can describe this song. Very suitable for FMA as well since the song is about grabbing a chance and make it a winner.

The sports theme in the PV is not bad at all and I like the story that is presented in the music video. Very suitable and I can’t believe that I see a rare breed of high quality music video from Japanese musician (You know, Japan is not the best when creating a music video).

Anyway, I like the song and for you who haven’t heard it, you are getting behind a very cool song. Enjoy!

Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/l2ocmzijzxz/Fullmetal_Alchemist_2_-_Golden_Time_Lover.mp3

Last month we were all wowed by The XX’s remix of ‘You Got The Love’, they truly did raise the bar for remix quality and its unlikely that anyone who dares to remix that track in future will even touch their effort.

What I have here, is another quality Florence remix, this time by the legend named Switch. I’m not going to make comparisons with the previously mentioned remix as they’re worlds apart in style, but I’d say Switch is the only one to get close to that wow factor.

Florence + The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Switch Remix) (Drop Io) (Alt Link YSI)

LINKS

Florence + The Machine’s Myspace

Switch’s Myspace

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Thank God the NBA has some bit of sense.

NBA.com is reporting that a leaguewide effort to retire No. 23 is “unlikely.” Although, the report has no official quote from a league official, so, take it for what its worth.

Right now, there are 13 players wearing 23.

Here’s the report:

In Japan’s early history, a serious disregard for manners could be punishable by death, and any samurai could kill any common person who failed to show him proper respect. The Japanese were required to behave in precisely prescribed ways—wearing permitted clothing, walking only a certain way, sleeping with their heads pointing in a certain direction and legs arranged a particular way. Eating, greeting, gesturing with hands, opening doors and many work tasks had to be done in assigned ways without deviation. Conduct became a measure of morality, and virtue in manners was visible for all to see. Even today, the code of conduct plays a significant role in the lives of the Japanese. Many societies, not Japan alone, have a prescribed form and manner for every familiar situation that might arise. Unforeseen situations can cause intense embarrassment or discomfort. Throughout East Asia, actions are judged by the manner in which they are performed. More important than the accomplishment of a task is the question of how someone went about trying to complete the task: Did he act sincerely? More important than winning the race is the grace of the runner. More important than expertise is the way one gets along with others. More important than profits is harmony. In contrast, Westerners and particularly Americans are more concerned with the principles of things, hard “measures” and objective facts. Although rules of ethics are extremely important, we are more goal oriented than method-conscious, we say “a good loser is a loser.”

One aspect of form is the concept of “face.” Much has been written about “face-saving” in Japan and China, but face-saving is important absolutely everywhere. The difference is only a matter of degree and nuance. Where an American might feel a little guilty or inadequate, an Asian, Arab or South American may feel deep shame and humiliation. What an American might see as a little honest and constructive criticism, the foreigner may take as a devastating blow to pride and dignity. A foreigner is likely to be sensitive to feelings of others in transactions that an American would consider strictly impersonal, such as returning a defective product or switching hairdressers. The traveler simply must be more conscious of saying things or behaving in ways that cannot be taken as disrespect, criticism or humiliation. In some countries it seems just about anything can be taken personally, even such indirect affronts as not taking your shoes off in a mosque or complaining about the heat.

Harmony with the environment can be as important as sensitivity to people in some cultures. In Japan a woman wears a soft pastel dress to a flower show so as not to take away from the beauty of the flowers. In countries where people believe in reincarnation they are careful about all forms of life. In India, for example, people are careful not to swallow gnats or step on ants—one might be a relative.

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