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Degree Requirements - MBA Int'l Student Programming
+ What should I do once I have decided to attend Lindenwood University?
Once you have been accepted to the university and have decided to attend, you must keep in touch with the university international office. Follow the steps required for nationals of your country to receive a U.S. student visa. As soon as your visa is granted, email the International Student Office by directly at firstname.lastname@example.com so that the university is prepared to expect you! You should also email the International Office with your travel plans. (Without this correspondence, the university will not know whether to expect you or to keep a room reserved for you!)
+ How many terms will my program be?
For international students, the MBA program is typically completed in 6 terms (14 months). The exact length of the program depends on three things: (1) the student's level of business background, (2) the student's English language skills, and (3) the student's preferred course of study. For this reason, the exact duration of an MBA program cannot be determined until students arrive on campus and after they have completed the Business Diagnostic and English placement exams and have selected an area of emphasis, if desired.
+ What are prerequisite courses, and do I have to take them?
Prerequisite courses are fundamental concepts courses that must be taken before taking core courses. The business program includes three program prerequisite courses. All students in the business program must take all prerequisite courses except for students (1) with a transcript from an American university showing a degree in business with equivalent coursework or (2) by students who receive a score of 70% or higher on the relevant sections of the business concepts diagnostic exam. Students joining the MBA program directly from the Lindenwood undergraduate program may waive the prerequisite courses if their Lindenwood transcript shows a grade of C or better in the equivalent undergraduate courses. If the equivalent coursework does not appear on the undergraduate transcript, or if a grade of D or F was earned in the course(s), the student will be required to take the prerequisite(s) at the graduate level.
+ What is the Business Concepts diagnostic exam?
The business concepts diagnostic exam is a test that determines whether or not a student may waive a prerequisite course (without a U.S. degree in business). Any student with a background in business (but no degree) or any student with an international degree in business, marketing, accounting, or finance may elect to take the Business Concepts diagnostic exam. A score of 70% or above on the diagnostic permits the student to waive the prerequisite course in that content area only. No core courses may be waived. (A Lindenwood student who did not earn a C or better in the prerequisite areas may also take the Business Diagnostic to waive the prerequisite course(s) by receiving a 70% or better on the exam.)
+ How many classes will I take?
International graduate students are required to maintain a minimum of 9 credit hours (three courses) per term. The maximum number of credits per term is also 9. If a student chooses to pursue a General MBA, (without an area of emphasis), that student will be required to take 15 business courses (3 prerequisites, 9 cores, and 3 elective courses). If a student chooses to pursue an MBA with an area of emphasis, he or she will be required to take 16 business courses (3 prerequisite, 9 core, and 4 elective courses). (Note that students pay for each course separately; students who complete an area of emphasis will pay for one class more than students who do not.) In addition, students may be required, based on the scores of their English language placement exam, to take 6 credits of academic English language instruction. For this reason, the total possible number of courses a student will complete to earn an MBA may be 17 courses (51 credits) or 18 courses (54 credits). (Note that if a student chooses to pursue an MS degree, the student will be required to complete a 6-credit thesis, which will increase the total number of credit hours.)
+ Can I transfer any credits into the Business Program?
A total of nine credits may be transferred into the graduate business program. There are two ways in which this transfer of credit may occur. (1) Students may transfer up to 9 credit hours from a regionally accredited institution (a U.S. school). To do this, the student must present an original syllabus (the description of all topics covered in the course, provided by the instructor of the course) for each course he or she wishes to transfer into the business program. These documents should be presented to the international office upon arrival to Lindenwood and will be forwarded to the student's advisor for approval. (2) Students may also be eligible to transfer up to nine credits of from an international school. To do so requires the approval of the dean of the Business School. For that reason, students wishing to apply to transfer international credit into the Lindenwood School of Business must bring to Lindenwood translated, certified, and notarized copies of the syllabi for each course that he or she would like to be considered for transfer of credit. (Students must obtain these syllabi from the instructor of the course; no transfer credit will be accepted without a translated, certified, and notarized copy of the instructor's original course syllabus.) These copies should be presented to the international office upon arrival and will be forwarded to the student's academic advisor and to the dean of the business school for consideration.
+ When should I arrive and leave?
The MBA program begins at the start of orientation and does not end until after the last class of the last term of the program. Students must schedule travel plans accordingly. However, because the exact duration of your program will depend on the results of placement testing, students may not know their program end-date when purchasing tickets. For that reason, be aware that if travel plans are scheduled in advance, some students may have to reschedule the departing flight according to the end dates of the student's program. If a student misses any exams because of a travel schedule, the student may not be eligible for a grade in that course. (Note that if a student takes a term off during the business program, the student must return to the university no later than the first day of classes for the following term. The student must also inform the housing office of his or her intent to return to the university so that a housing assignment is created for the returning student.)
+ What is orientation?
Orientation is an academic and administrative introduction to the business program. During the orientation program, students will receive information regarding all immigration and legal documentation issues. In addition, students will undergo placement testing, learn about the business program requirements, and select an area of emphasis, if appropriate; finally, students will meet with the international student academic advisor, schedule classes, order books, and begin first night assignments. The week of orientation is mandatory for all new international students, including former Lindenwood University undergraduates. Please note, if a student does not attend orientation, he or she may not be permitted to begin the program until the following term.
+ If I have submitted a TOEFL score, do I have to take an English language placement exam?
Yes, all students must take the English placement exam. The TOEFL score is a requirement for admission to the university. However, the TOEFL cannot fully determine a student's readiness to participate in an English speaking graduate classroom. For this reason, a student's English language proficiency must be evaluated in person, upon arrival to the university. The placement exam contains listening, grammar, and writing components. Based on this exam, student's classroom readiness will be assessed and a course schedule will be determined.
+ Can I take English courses and Business Courses at the same time?
Yes. Students who are required to take English language classes will be able to take business courses and English language courses at the same time during their first two terms. After two terms, the students will take business courses only.
+ What are First Night Assignments?
There is an assignment due on the first night of class for all business courses. Because each term is only 9 weeks long, it is expected that students will complete a significant amount of work outside of class, including before the first class. For the first class meeting, students will complete an assignment that can be found on the Lindenwood website (details during orientation). For a sample of the first night assignments, see the Lindenwood University website (www.lindenwood.edu). Go to Academics, Course Catalog & Schedule, Course Schedule, MBA [term + year], First Night Assignments.


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APPLING, Ga. -- On Wednesday, News 12 broke the story about a local animal shelter being investigated by the state. The Department of Agriculture is looking into CSRA Happy Tails Rescue in Appling.
During a recent inspection, the department found more than 18 violations for things like lack of paperwork and unsanitary conditions.
Now News 12 is learning more about another investigation by the Columbia County Health Department. The state started this investigation in July and quickly brought in the County Health Department. What they found may shut down CSRA Happy Tails Rescue.
The violations continue to pile up against CSRA Happy Tails. For the past nine years, the nonprofit animal rescue has been operating out of president and founder Barbara Gleitsmann's home and yard.
The website touts more than 8,600 pets that have been rescued. This summer, the Department of Agriculture inspected the property and found more than 18 violations.
They include a lack of records, pest control and sanitation issues, including the possible spread of diseases. They also found Gleitsmann was housing rescue animals with animals that families were paying to board at "Whiskers Resort."
News 12 obtained the documents and the photos.
Susan and Bobby Kirkland moved to Appling in 2006.
"We bought this piece of land because it was quiet, it was country -- and then we built our dream home," Mrs. Kirkland said.
But in 2008, they say CSRA Happy Tails Rescue, next door from their home, began taking in more and more animals.
"It's unimaginable. You can't believe the torment we've been through the last few years; this has been going on since 2008," Mr. Kirkland said. "We can't go out in our backyard with our grandkids, with our children, we can't even enjoy the outside of our home."
The Kirklands complained to the county, even initiating an inspection, but the state couldn't find evidence. A real estate agent even wrote a letter saying that because of Happy Tails, the Kirklands can't sell their home.
Happy Tails backs up to the Kirklands' yard. Even our cameras caught the non-stop barking and then people yelling at the dogs multiple times to "knock it off."
"Normally, we wake up to dogs barking, but pretty much they bark most of the day," Mrs. Kirkland said.
And it's not only the barking. The Columbia County Health Department found "improper disposal of waste water" coming from the washing machine on the Happy Tails property where the group washes towels and other items that are "in direct contact with the dogs and kennels."
"The kennels slope onto our property, and the Health Department has come out and taken a water sample because there are drainage issues," Mrs. Kirkland said.
Standing water with flies and mosquitoes can be seen here on the Kirklands' property. On Wednesday, The Health Department got its results and sent a letter to Gelitsmann stating, "The results indicate that the water has a very high fecal count." They're talking about urine and feces. The state mandates no more than 200 fecal coliform bacteria per 100 ml of water. The results show there were 3,750 bacteria and 42,000 bacteria in the two samples.
"It's really frightening," Mr. Kirkland said.
"I am worried, I'm concerned, I'm concerned about our family, I'm concerned about our neighborhood," Mrs. Kirkland said.
The Health Department calls it "prohibitive discharge" and says it must be stopped immediately.
"It does really bother me that my property is probably contaminated, and it's going to have to be cleaned up," Mr. Kirkland said.
And Mr. Kirkland says that runoff from the property is killing his trees.
"You're looking at all of the damaged trees, the dying trees that I've had to cut down," he said to News 12.
"I had a tree service come in and cut down some of the dead trees and some of the other trees that were in the process of dying," he said.
The owner of that tree service even sent an email to the Department of Agriculture saying, "When I went to assess the dead trees, I noticed a very strong odor of dog urine ... it is my experience that excessive dog urine will kill a tree."
The Health Department says the only move forward for Happy Tails is to install a septic system or alternative waster water collection system. Both require permits.
"There's only one septic tank on the property and that's for the house, there's no separate septic system or drainage system for anything with the boarding or foster animals. So it all just drains off into the neighborhood," said Tiffany Vernier.
Vernier first came to Happy Tails last year to board her own pets.
"It broke my heart to leave my dog there and I thought it was only going to be for a week or two weeks initially," she said.
But Vernier fell on tough times, and a few months back, began living on Gelitsmann's property at Happy Tails, volunteering every day in exchange.
The Department of Agriculture found her living in the cat house.
"When investigating this building, a total of eight cats were present; plus a worker by the name of Tiffany Vernier was living/sleeping on a cot inside of this building (Using a port-a-potty and nearby campground to bath)."
In their reports, The Health Department told Gelitsmann that despite the other violations, the "most troubling, however, was that you were allowing an individual to reside in a structure with upwards of 15 cats, given the structure is not meant for human habitation."
Vernier is now working with the Department of Agriculture. This week she left Happy Tails, moved in with a friend and has a new part-time job.
"I'm doing much better today; this was the first day in a week I was even able to take a shower because now I'm finally in a place that has running water," Vernier said.
She says she and her animals will be OK.
"They're going to be on the mend and so am I, and I'm going to get my health back and so are they," Vernier said.
Now her concern is with the dozens of animals still there.
"I think those dogs, the animals there, need to be given a chance to be given good homes," she said.
"The main thing that I want is for the dogs to be safe, for the dogs to have a good home and for us to have peace and quiet. No one can turn a blind eye now," Mrs. Kirkland said.
This is an ongoing investigation. The state has issued a stop order, ordering Gleitsmann not to take in any more animals. At a re-inspection, though, they found out she was still accepting pets.
Since News 12 broke this story, we've heard from several board members who tell us they resigned in the last year.
In an email, one of them wrote, "We were fighting a losing battle. Barbara was asked to step down, she refused. Essentially, the board had no control."
Gleitsmann and her attorney have agreed to sit down with News 12 next week to talk about the work being done to fix the issues.


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FILE - In a Tuesday, June 12, 2012 file photo, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife former first lady Barbara Bush, arrive for the premiere of HBO's new documentary on his life near the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. Former President Bush has been hospitalized for about a week in Houston for treatment of a lingering cough. Bush's chief of staff, Jean Becker, says the 88-year-old former president is being treated for bronchitis at Houston's Methodist Hospital and is expected to be released by the weekend. He was admitted Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File


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Thousands of people are pouring native maple syrup over pancakes and ice cream as Maine's syrup producers open their doors for the annual Maine Maple Sunday.
Even though the unseasonably warm temperatures have been playing havoc with sap production, scores of participating sugar houses around the state are open Sunday to allow the public to view the syrup-making process and taste a few samples. The annual event celebrates Maine's maple syrup industry.
Maine Maple Sunday falls on the fourth Sunday in March, but a number of sugar houses were open on Saturday as well.
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Drink this instead: Water. I know it's not as flashy as a flavored drink, but I also know those empty grams of sugar and calories are not worth it. And no, water does not include vitamin water. A 20-ounce Glaceau Vitamin Water has 32 g of sugar. But what about the vitamins? If you have a well-balanced diet, you don't need your vitamins to come from a bottle, says Dubost.
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Some of these came as a real shock to me--thanks!
by GigiSD Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 01:23PM Report as inappropriate
Wow. Some of this information was surprising. Some of these foods though I can't give up. Yogurt and Special K are delicious!
by NillaButterfly Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 02:19PM Report as inappropriate
This was very interesting... too bad about the smoothies and pasta sauce!!
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Oh wow good to know
by LittleBunny Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 05:41PM Report as inappropriate
Good info, but people should just check the nutrition information and then this wouldn't be such a surprise:)
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Love yogurt, can't give that up. That's my nightly snack!
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Sad about the spaghetti sauce, but that's not exactly a "snack" though.
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I had no idea Jamba Juice had so much sugar! I mean, I knew it couldn't actually be good for me, but I thought it was at least a little good.
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icarus502 wrote: crash wrote: i did a while ago. it's a quick read and fun in an iconoclastic sort of way. it's also great to leave out on the coffee table.
This. Totally fun read.
crash wrote: i did a while ago. it's a quick read and fun in an iconoclastic sort of way. it's also great to leave out on the coffee table.
Sage Francis wrote: I think Chomsky and Hitchens are both fantastic.
icarus502 wrote: Also, we're talking about an 80-something year-old man when we say "Chomsky."
MCGF wrote: what Chomsky book should I read first?
Quote: So is one to assume that he has pored through the completed findings of the 9/11 Commission? Viewed any of the videos in which the 9/11 hijackers are seen in the company of Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri? Read the transcripts of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called "20th hijacker"? Followed the journalistic investigations of Lawrence Wright, Peter Bergen, or John Burns, to name only some of the more salient? Acquainted himself with the proceedings of associated and ancillary investigations into the bombing of the USS Cole or indeed the first attempt to bring down the Twin Towers in the 1990s?
mlanifesto wrote: Most of them died of heart failure when they heard the black guy on Radio 4 a few years back.
TurnpikeGates wrote: Hitchens is a sputtering, gleefully point-missing troll. Chomsky is probably the most consistently insightful analyst of U.S. foreign policy
Still, turgidity aside, if you cut the Hitchens critique down to its main thrust, I think he's sort of right on the points he raises.
When I read that Chomsky article, I sort of had to shake my head. Is the evidence of Bin Laden's involvement with the WTC attacks really the fulcrum on which one's opinion of the Abottabad strike should pivot? I think Chomsky should have stuck with pointing out that the U.S. Gov't has been clearly disinterested in using legal means (U.S. law, international law, whatever) to apprehend Bin Laden, without resorting to questioning his guilt in the matter. It's just not germane, and leaves openings for fuckheads like Hitchens.
On the other hand, if Chomsky was concerned with these kinds of trolls (or most believers of received wisdom) he wouldn't call Bush's crimes worse than Bin Laden's. So if he has Hitchens foaming at the mouth, it's no biggie; too bad Hitchens didn't bother to take on the issues of international law, the Taliban extradition offer, Pakistani sovereignty, the comparison to the war in Iraq, Bosch, etc.
Chomsky has probably had the single most profound influence on my thinking on U.S. foreign policy, international relations in general, and the politics of media, but every once in a while I question why the hell he feels the need to make some rhetorical point that doesn't much help his case while giving rhetorical ammunition to his critics.


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2011-12 (JUNIOR): Made a huge impact as a newcomer, averaging 79 strokes over nine tournaments and 25 rounds … posted four top-20 finishes … had just three rounds over 81 for the season … led the team with a 13th-place finish at the Chip-N-Club Invitational, shooting a 231, including a second-round 72, which was her low round for the season … finished 15th at the SHSU Fall Invitational, shooting a 153 (76-77) … took 19th out of 105 players at the Bison Invitational, showing a 160 (81-79) … took 14th at the Houston Baptist Intercollegiate, shooting a 232.
AT COASTAL CAROLINA: Was one of three freshmen for Coastal Carolina in the 2009-10 season, as the program was ranked seventh nationally in Golfstat's "Freshman Impact Rating" … in the spring, averaged 78.7 strokes per round over six tournaments … had a pair of top-10 finishes on the season… top finish was a sixth-place result at the Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate, where she shot a 225 … Chanticleers were consistently ranked in the nation's top 60 … her score was counted for the team in more than half of her rounds … CCU ranked 25th nationally in greens in regulation and 97th in driving accuracy … helped CCU qualify for the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was ranked eighth in Texas for 2009 graduates according to Golfstat/Titleist … was ranked 308th nationally among all players … posted 15 top-10 finishes in her career from 2006-09 … took third place at the 2008 Trusted Choice Big I Texas State Championship … qualified for the Big I National Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. - the oldest amateur event in the nation … Southlake Carroll was the top-ranked team in the state in 2008 … earned all-region and all-district honors her junior year after helping Southlake Carroll to seven team wins along with two second-place and two third-place finishes in 11 events.
PERSONAL: Taylor Alexandra Slagle was born on April 29, 1991, in Tampa, Fla. … daughter of Jerry and Shelly Slagle ... Jerry played baseball at Middle Georgia College in the 1982 and 1983 seasons and at Alabama-Birmingham in 1984 and 1985 and was a former National Long Drive finalist ... has a brother, Brandon … majoring in psychology.


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Definición de clot en inglés:
- The infected cells stick together, forming clots in the fine blood vessels of the brain.
- The most common type of embolus is a clot of blood, but other things can cause an embolism too.
- She wiped away the little clot of blood on his right ear and kissed it.
- Meanwhile some clumsy clot seems to have copied and pasted from last year's invitations.
- Maybe somewhere my friend was being similarly greeted and on the cusp of turning from a loveable clot into a threatening idiot.
verbo (clots, clotting, clotted)
- The thickened blood may clot in the fingers and toes, causing numbness, or in the brain, causing dizziness and confusion.
- Platelets are blood components that aid clotting.
- Fluid from the ovaries prevents blood from clotting.
- On Saturday the sky was clotted with unseasonable gray clouds that hung over the San Gabriel Mountains, which rose sharply about a mile in the distance.
- Veiled by rain and ringed with cloud which clotted every crevice and clogged up the view, it felt like the only place left on earth.
- Your faces are clotted with pimples, and your hair is oily.
Old English clott, clot, of Germanic origin; related to German Klotz.
cloud from Old English:
The Old English word cloud was first used to refer to a mass of rock or earth, and is probably related to clot (Old English). Only around the end of the 13th century did the meaning 'visible mass of condensed watery vapour' develop, presumably because people could see a resemblance in shape between a cloud and rocks.
On cloud nine you are extremely happy. A possible source of the expression is the classification of clouds given in a meteorological guide published in 1896 called the International Cloud Atlas. According to this guide there are ten basic types of cloud, cumulonimbus being the one numbered nine. Cumulonimbus clouds are the ones that form a towering fluffy mass. They get their name from Latin cumulus 'a heap' found also in accumulate (Late Middle English). 'Cloud nine' is said to have been popularized by the Johnny Dollar radio show in the USA during the 1950s. Johnny Dollar was a fictional insurance investigator who got into a lot of scrapes. Every time he was knocked unconscious he was taken to 'cloud nine', where he recovered. Cloud cuckoo land is a translation of Greek Nephelokokkugia (from nephelē 'cloud' and kokkux 'cuckoo'). This was the name the ancient Greek dramatist Aristophanes gave to the city built by the birds in his comedy The Birds. According to the proverb every cloud has a silver lining, even the gloomiest outlook contains some hopeful or consoling aspect. The saying is recorded from the 19th century, though John Milton expresses a similar sentiment in Comus in 1643: 'Was I deceiv'd or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night?'
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"Where game was played: East Stroudsburg South
Records: Dieruff 0-5 (0-4 MVC) South, 5-1 (4-1)
Leading rushers: Dieruff, Jovon Reyes, 11 rushes for 49 yards; South Niko Petrone, 21 for 292 yards and 5 TD.
Leading receivers: Dieruff, Eddie Rodriguez, 3 catches for 53 yards; South, Sherrrod Ford-Cherry, 3 catches for 53 yards.
Leading passers: Dieruff, Quintin Williams, 9 for 17, 94 yards, one INT; South, Tyler McLaughlin, 7 for 13, 94 yards, 2 INT.
Key play of the game: Niko Petrone had a 66-yard TD on the first play of the third quarter. He also scored the 2-point conversion on that play. That made the score 28-14 and put the game out of reach for Dieruff. ... Mathew Riddick had a 42-yard INT return for a TD for Dieruff, for the first score of the game.
Key statistic: Niko Petrone, 21 rushes for 292 yards and 5 TD ... Mathew Riddick had two INT for Dieruff and he converted a first down on a fake punt. One of those interceptions he returned for a TD.
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Sixteen of Mississippi's 82 counties have more registered voters than they have residents who are old enough to vote.
That's according to a new report from Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. His office checked a statewide elections database for number of
registered voters in each county, then compared that to the 2010 Census figures for the 18-and-older population.
Of those sixteen counties, seven also had over 10% of absentee ballots cast in either the 2011 Primary or General Elections.
The biggest discrepancy is in Humphreys County, which has 9,243 registered voters but only 6,673 residents who are 18 or older.
Hosemann says the other counties with inflated voter rolls are Issaquena, Walthall, Sharkey, Jefferson Davis, Leflore, Claiborne, Madison, Noxubee, Leake, Jefferson, Amite, Smith, Kemper, Lawrence and Clarke.
"We are required by law to report on elections to the State Legislature, Governor, and public on Election Day issues," said Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. "In many instances, our observers note the same Election Day issues, often in the same county. Where violations are found, our Agency refers those issues to the Attorney General and local District Attorneys."
The Associated Press reported in 2008 that 29 of Mississippi's 82 counties had more registered voters than residents.
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· High number of absentee ballots cast.
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FFmpeg Watermark.c Alpha Channel Patch
Finally, something actually useful on this blog……
This patch means watermark.c now obeys the alpha channel in a PNG file. The -m option is the mode, this must be 2 for alpha blending. The watermark image is applied to the input video and then scaled with the input video to the output video's dimensions. So best to make an image the same dimensions as the input video, otherwise you'll get horrible scaling effects.
ffmpeg … -vhook '/usr/local/lib/vhook/watermark.so -m 2 path/to/image.png' …
(replace /usr/local/lib/vhook with wherever your watermark.so is.)
Patch is available here – watermark.patch
(Maybe see links below for files on Github instead)
Example screen grab: View image
We've also posted back to the FFmpeg Devel mailing list.
Actual credit for this patch goes to my colleague Tim MacFarlane – http://refractalize.blogspot.com/
Tim has also now added the files to Github:
Just the patch here.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
11 comments:
- koralee said...
I love your images...so beautiful. I have never heard of this website..will have to take a peek.
I am very impressed with your spider image!
Thank you for your sweet comment you left me about my book..you are such an ecourager!
- January 23, 2013 at 7:48 PM
- Kelly said...
Hi Phyllis, I tried posting on your Blessed event post but there was no comment box so I refreshed the page and your new posting popped up!
How awesome to have meet with another blogger! It is on my wish list for sure!
Now for your photos, I am entranced with the first one as it pulls at my heartstrings. The next two are nice but that Midnight at the Oasis is my favorite!!! I love the colors you have captured against the reflections on the pond and calmness of the trees dressed for winter and the duck as it wades.
The rose amongst the rose garden beaming in the suns rays is very pretty and is my next favorite. I am not a photographer and so I'm without the terminology and only my uneducated eye. I have to say the spider shot is interesting with its intricate web pattern you captured.
You just keep shooting and having fun! I will live vicariously thru your photos! <3
- January 23, 2013 at 9:26 PM
- see you there! said...
I like them all and enlarged them all/ Here's my critique for what it is worth.
1) my favorite, the spot of white created by the bird in the water is the perfect accent/balance
2) great detail of spider, good overall color
3) the rose doesn't stand out enough from the background for me, even when enlarged. Colors to closely matched?
Take this with a grain of salt since it is the opinion of someone who can barely use a point and shoot.
- January 24, 2013 at 7:14 AM
- JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes) said...
Honestly? You want honestly? Well, to tell the truth, honestly, I love them all. The top one gives such a feeling of peace. When I look at photos I rarely look for technique - I look for the emotional impact - and this one has it!!!! The stories that picture could tell.
The middle one - just perfect - the little bits of blue light accents and the spider so prominent - again - the emotional impact is strong.
And the bottom one - what is not to like in that one? I like the rose that stands alone in the front - but not alone enough to depict sadness or separateness - and the out of focus other flowers give a feeling of softness and suport - we're all in this together. And the bit of light from above - just completes the feeling of serenity.
I think you've got it - three completely different types of photos and three different messages. Great work.
Isn't it fun that so many of us have access to cameras and programs that allow us to enjoy photography as almost a completely free activity (we do have to buy the camera and compute) but after that - free and freedom. Keep taking pictures - these are great!
- January 24, 2013 at 8:09 AM
- Elizabeth Maxson said...
Hi Phyllis,
Thank you for stopping by and blessing me with much healing. I am slow lately at posting comments and just came across yours. Made me smile so I had to jump over here and visit. I really liked all three photos very much for different reasons. Here are my comments.
I loved the blueness in the first one - the shadow on the pond is great, but the color is perfect.
The spider - again the colors are super. I would have liked to seen the spider just a tad more sharp in focus to really pop. But again, the colors are perfect
The flower is grand. I like it centered like you have it. I would have just made the main flower larger in in the photo - maybe cropped it closer? Not sure. But again - your are very good with color - I loved the colors.
You capture colors just beautifully and seem know how to capture moments in nature as well - not easy thing to do. :-)
Thanks for sharing and keep on clicking,
Big hugs
- January 24, 2013 at 11:21 AM
- Lea said...
Phyl, thanks for sharing your photo site! I hadn't heard of it before. I am totally loving photography and although I'm not an expert... I have two eyes to see and this is what I saw in your photos. I too enlarged.
The top photo of the barn grabs my heart! I love barns so I liked it from the start... -- while the photo is kind of dark... it totally reflects light on that pond and best of all... the beautiful light that shines right through the barnwood walls. The whole thing says: HOME sweet HOME.
The spider photo is so interesting! It makes me praise God outloud. The web so intricate and spider beautiful! I loved the lines ... in the web. Look how many directions it went! She is a hard worker! The roses photo is beautiful but I think the brightness faded the colors of the flowers a little much. Just my own ridiculous opinion. :) HAPPY photo shooting! xoxo
- January 25, 2013 at 2:51 PM
- susan@avintagefarmwife said...
I have been trying to remember the name of this app, so I am so glad you referenced it. We have been swamped with our basement woes so I still haven't written about our meet up , but I plan to tomorrow morning. On to the pics......they are absolutely beautiful! What type of camera do you use?
- January 25, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- susan@avintagefarmwife said...
It's me again! I wasn't finished with my comments, but for some reason this ipad wouldn't let me type any more! I absolutely couldn't give you any tips, but I can tell you that I LOVE all three of these photos. If I were forced to pick just one fav, I would choose the one of the spider....that web and the background colors are AMAZING!
- January 25, 2013 at 6:40 PM
- nancygrayce said...
Love the spider photo, but Midnight is my favorite! I can't critique because I'm not a great photographer! Love them all and I'll have to check out that website.
- January 25, 2013 at 8:34 PM
- Kathleen Grace said...
I think your photos are beautiful, I even tried to set the rose as my backdrop but it's not big enough:>(
Spiders squick me out so I admit I didn't look too closely at that one. But the rose and the pond are lovely:>)
- January 30, 2013 at 3:06 PM
- Jojo Caramel said...
I love your photos! You know it! They are very sensitive and poetic..
- February 7, 2013 at 6:50 AM


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Soap Opera Stirs the Political Plot in Thailand
BANGKOK – For some Thais, the country's latest hit soap opera seemed strangely familiar. The prime-time drama "Above the Clouds" revolves around black magic and a corrupt politician aiming to bag a lucrative satellite project, and appeared to some viewers to echo a few aspects of the life of one of the country's most controversial leaders, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
An ambitious telecommunications tycoon who often refers to fortune tellers, Mr. Thaksin was driven from office in a military coup six years ago and was later convicted on a corruption charge which he says was trumped up to discredit him.
But if all that wasn't enough to get tongues wagging, broadcaster BEC TERO Entertainment PCL unexpectedly pulled the final episode from its market-leading Channel-3 network on Friday, sparking a firestorm of speculation that the government of Mr. Thaksin's sister, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, is trying to set the networks's TV schedules.
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission commissioner Supinya Klangnarong Saturday said she wondered whether the country's politicians had pressured BEC TERO to pull the plug on the show in order to protect its concession to run Channel 3, while the opposition Democrat Party is urging Thailand's independent Ombudsman to investigate why Channel 3 suddenly dropped the drama. In a meeting Monday, the broadcasting commission decided to gather more information before deciding whether to call in Channel 3 executives for an explanation.
Network officials aren't commenting on the decision to cancel the show. In a televised advisory to viewers who tuned in to watch Friday's installment, Channel 3 said that the network considered the content of "Above the Clouds" to be inappropriate, without elaborating.
Varathep Rattanakorn, who supervises television broadcasters as part of his job as a minister in Ms. Yingluck's office, denied that the government is directing events at Channel 3. A deputy spokeswoman for the ruling Puea Thai Party dismissed suggestions that Mr. Thaksin himself had ordered show's run to end from his base in Dubai.
Either way, the controversy shows the pull which Mr. Thaksin continues to exert over Thailand despite in Dubai to avoid imprisonment on his corruption conviction.
His sister's government is looking for a way to bring him back to the country a free man. It is considering an amnesty bill that would exonerate persons accused of political crimes, and which would enable Mr. Thaksin's return. But Mr. Thaksin – the only Thai leader to be re-elected – is considered as toxic among the highest ranks of the country's military and civil service. His brash, almost presidential style of government grates in a country where traditionalists insist on lavish displays of subservience to its constitutional monarchy. The prospect of his return to the political scene already is raising temperatures, and last year triggered violent scuffles in Thailand's Parliament as Mr. Thaksin's opponents attempted to derail discussions on the proposed amnesty.
Now, the axing of "Above the Clouds" is adding to the sense of unease that a larger conflict is looming.
Dialogue from previous episodes offered a sometimes biting commentary on the acrimonious state of Thai politics. In one scene a corrupt politician, a deputy prime minister, justifies feathering his nest by saying that "it's totally stupid for a person with power to fail to use his power." His nemesis, a do-gooding prime minister, retorts by saying "People who cheat the county don't deserve any honor."
The denouement, though, might come from not from Thailand's politicians, but its soap viewers.
Thailand's Constitutional Protection Association says the move to axe "Above the Clouds" violates consumers' rights. The association's secretary-general, Srisuwan Janya, said the group will petition Thai courts and the Consumers Protection Board to instruct Channel 3 to broadcast the remaining episodes, while a late-night TV sex therapist quit his show in protest at the axing of "Above the Clouds". Kampanart Tansithabudhkun, host of "Spice Up Your Love, Spice Up Your Gratification", described the canceling of the show as "a disgrace" on his Facebook page.
Parliamentary opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, meanwhile, took to the Twitter social media urge the broadcaster to reconsider.
"I am not a drama viewer, but (axing the series) is tantamount to infringing on people's rights and liberties," Mr. Abhsisit, a former prime minister, said.
So far, though, there is no sign just yet of viewers getting the sense of closure many seem to be craving, just like in Thailand's never-ending real-life political battles. This drama could be set to run a while longer.


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29.03.2012 - Promethera Biosciences has completed a Series B financing round, generating proceeds of €23.6m.
The Belgian cell therapy company secured a capital increase of €17m from its new investors, among them the venture arms of pharmaceutical industry leaders Boehringer Ingelheim and Shire, Japanese investment fund Mitsui Global Investment, US company ATMI and Belgian venture capital fund SambrInvest. In addition, the Walloon Region, which has backed the project since its inception, has granted a loan of €6.6m to support the clinical development of Promethera's liver disease treatment HepaStem. The deal comes only a little over two years after the first financing round, which raised €5.3m. "Achieving all our objectives a year ahead of plan and the proof of concept obtained in humans have been key factors in our investors' decision", said Eric Halioua, CEO of Promethera Biosciences. Heterologous Human Adult Liver Progenitor Cells (HHALPC) form the basis for the liver disease treatment HepaStem.
The proof of concept for the therapeutic use of the cells has been demonstrated in three different animal models. Between 2009 and 2011, injections of HHALPC were safely administered to three patients - a world first - at Cliniques Universitaires St Luc by Professor Sokal and his team. These various achievements have enabled Promethera Biosciences to obtain the first authorisations from the British (MHRA) and Belgian (AFMPS) regulatory authorities to begin the phase I/II clinical study of HepaStem. The patent protecting the HHALPC cell and all of its applications has been officially awarded in Europe. "We believe that Promethera HepaStem has, even though early in development, significant potential to treat metabolic liver diseases and we are looking forward to working with the company now and in the future," commented Dr. Ilka Wicke, director at the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture fund.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-01/promethera-biosciences-bags-eur236m.html


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Joyce F. Bard, 62, of Chambersburg, Pa., died Monday evening, Dec. 17, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Born Oct. 9, 1950, in Chambersburg, she was a daughter of the late Charles H. and Gilma VanScyoc Baker. She was a 1968 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High School and went on to receive a Bachelor's Degree in Health and Physical Education from Slippery Rock University in 1972. Joyce was employed by the Chambersburg Area School District for 36 years as a Health and Physical Education teacher, retiring in 2008. She was a member of the International Honorary Physical Education Fraternity, the National and Pennsylvania State Education Associations, and was a social member of Charles Nitterhouse Post 1599 VFW. Joyce was an avid reader and had a passion for photography, gardening, and landscaping. She also enjoyed toll painting and the challenge of numerous do-it-yourself projects. A loving and dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother, she enjoyed spending time with her family and especially enjoyed attending her children's and grandchildren's sporting events.
She is survived by her husband, Edgar B. Bard, whom she married Aug. 9, 1975; two children, Andrew M. Bard and wife Stephanie of Fayetteville and Erin M. Landis and husband Joshua of Chambersburg; three grandchildren, Gage Landis, Brady Landis, and Andrew "Drew" Bard Jr.; three stepgrandchildren, Ashley, Autumn, and River Willingham; and her brother, Curtis L. Baker and wife Orpha of Lancaster, Pa. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Audrey G. Baker.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in the Chapel of Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 333 Falling Spring Road, Chambersburg, Pa., with Rev. Christopher T. Little officiating.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, and one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lutheran Home Care and Hospice, 2700 Luther Drive, Chambersburg, Pa. 17202, or to a charity of the donor's choice.
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I know this is real late notice, but sometimes life smacks you in the face and we as a community need to come together to help out.
I have been informed that Becky's condition has taken a turn for the worse. She and Kuzi are heading up to Mayo Clinic to make some last efforts to save her life. Kuzi approached Dave Beery with some of Becky's discs that she recieved for being inducted into the PDGA HOF last month. He was hoping that some people would be willing to donate some money to help with his costs of hotel, food, etc while he spends some very important time with Becky.
So the DSM disc golf club decided to host a one round fundraiser for Becky this Sunday at Ewing Park. Cost will be $25. The first 20-25 people that show up will recieve one of Becky's HOF discs and a patch. Those that show up after the discs/patches are gone can donate whatever they feel appropriate. We're shooting to tee off around noon, so 11-11:45ish to come sign up. Please donate what you can. Here's a picture of what the disc and patch look like.
If you have any swag or discs you'd like to donate as prizes, those would be greatly appreciated.


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SAN JOSE -- When it comes to building a legacy at San Jose State, coach Mike MacIntyre and the Spartans can look to Saturday's game against Louisiana Tech as a big start.
SJSU (9-2, 4-1 Western Athletic Conference) hosts the Bulldogs (9-2, 4-1) at 7:30 p.m. with a chance to reach the 10-win mark for the just the seventh time in school history and third time as a major college football program.
"We want to get to double-digit wins," junior receiver Noel Grigsby said after San Jose State beat BYU 20-14 last Saturday. "10-2 sounds way better than 9-3. That's what we're aiming for."
The Spartans haven't won 10 games since 1987, when they went 10-2 for the second straight season.
San Jose State has won 11 or more games four times. Those seasons all occurred from 1937-40 -- when the Spartans were a combined 46-4-1 -- and included a record 13-0 season in 1939.
But that was before San Jose State declared itself a major college football participant in 1950. Two more wins would give the Spartans the most in their 63 years of playing at the highest level.
"Our kids want to go down having won the most football games in the history of San Jose State University," MacIntyre said. "That's pretty special."
Hopes of winning a WAC title are slim (it would require Idaho to upset Utah State), but SJSU feels it has plenty to play for this week.
The Spartans are eyeing a national ranking. For the first time this season, they received votes in both The Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls.
"It's a great acknowledgment for our coaching staff and our kids, and they deserve that," MacIntyre said. "If we keep winning, it'd be fun to be there permanently. That's one of our goals."
"I'm humbled by it," MacIntyre said. "The interesting thing is the head coach gets all the credit, and he also gets all the blame. The credit really goes to all of the players and the coaching staff."
He's the fifth Spartan to win the conference's defensive award, joining defensive end Travis Johnson, linebacker Vince Buhagiar and defensive backs Bené Benwikere and Cullen Newsome. Johnson and Benwikere have won the award twice.
Smith finished with a career-high-tying 19 tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and two forced fumbles. He was also named the National Linebacker Performer of the Week by College Football Performance Awards.
"He's really played well," MacIntyre said of Smith. "He's a big key in our defense. I'm really excited for Keith and how he's doing."
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A member of the Phoenix Police Department SWAT team leads a female neighbor away to safety, as the the SWAT team prepares to enter the home of a suspected gunman who opened fire at a Phoenix office building, wounding three people, one of them critically, and setting off a manhunt that led police to surround his house for several hours before they discovered he wasn't there, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, in Phoenix. Authorities believe there was only one shooter, but have not identified him or a possible motive for the shooting. They don't believe the midmorning shooting at the complex was a random act. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)


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Making Money From the American Ammo Shortage
Pentagon budget cuts may be putting pressure on what was once its biggest business, but defense and aerospace company Alliant Techsystems still has customers that are literally fighting over its product, thanks to a smart investment made last year.
The aerospace and defense group last year paid $1.3 billion for two makers of guns, ammo and accessories such as scopes and eye ware for sports-shooting enthusiasts. Now, bullets are in short supply despite signs that booming demand is starting to ease.
"I had a report yesterday of a fistfight in a sporting goods store, people trying to get rimfire ammunition off the shelf," said Alliant Chief Executive Mark DeYoung on an analysts' call after the company reported forecast-beating third quarter profits on Thursday. "So there is still demand and customers are still very anxious to get product."
Maybe too anxious. Shooting blogs are rife with tales of shortages driven by brisk sales as enthusiasts snapped up ammo in case of any legislative changes that made it tougher to come by.
Occasional fights and skullduggery such as pilfering shells from ammo orders sent by mail are affecting a pastime that the National Sports Shooting Association reckons attracts some 20 million sports shooters. The trade group's Where to Shoot mobile app this month passed 100,000 downloads.
"Firearm sales have been at record levels for three years," says Mike Bazinet, a spokesman for the shooting association, noting those who go for target practice use far more ammo than hunters, and suppliers haven't kept up with demand.
"I have not heard of fistfights…[but] the odds of that are fairly high," he says.
ATK, best known for making rocket motors and parts for commercial and military aircraft, last year expanded its small ammo business by acquiring Caliber Co. and Bushnell from two private equity firms, adding the firms' ranges of rifles, ammo and accessories.
Sales at ATK's Sporting Group unit soared 78% to $524 million in the quarter to Dec. 29 from a year earlier, with the two acquisitions contributing 31% in organic growth. The sporting unit's revenue is now larger than its aerospace and defense businesses.
"So, the Sporting Group, obviously, is still firing on all cylinders," said Mr. DeYoung on the call, carefully taking aim on the pun range.
ATK shares were recently up 3.6% at $135.70, with the ammo market providing a counter to a drop in defense sales. The company has converted part of a Missouri plant that produces ammo for the military to satiate the commercial demand.
Mr. DeYoung said the pistol ammo market is still seeing strong demand and short supply – though ATK doesn't make handguns – and a price increase last April has held up well, another source of grumbles on the shooting blogs.
The company does expect some cancellations from customers who over-ordered in anticipation of any federal legislative clampdown on sales, and while there is softness in some ammo segments, its backlog remains up 13% from a year ago.
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Jerry Gonzalez
Conga Mania: in the TraditionVideo - Alchemy
Conga player and jazz trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez's Fort Apache Band has been on the cutting edge of Afro-Cuban jazz for the past decade. In his first instructional video, Gonzalez broke down the basic conga drum tumbao used in salsa and jazz, and then demonstrated his own development of it.
In this, Gonzalez's second instructional video, we are treated to a demonstration-performance by Jerry Gonzalez, Richie Flores and Milton Cardona on congas, Steve Berrios on traps and Jerry's brother Andy Gonzalez on bass.
Richie Flores is a conguero in the Changuito, Giovanni tradition. He has amazing technique and speed. Flores has been a part of Eddie Palmieri's band for the past several years. Milton Cardona is a well respected band conguero, as well as an outstanding batá drummer. He has sung orisha songs and played batá on many records by artists such as Eddie Palmieri, Jerry Gonzalez, Papo Vasquez and Daniel Ponce. Cardona has been playing the role that Julito Collazo once played on records by Mongo Santamaria, Patato and Tito Puente. When a New York recording artist wants to incorporate the music of Santeria, they often call on Milton Cardona. Steve Berrios is an excellent folkloric drummer and trap drummer. He has his own instructional video which was previously reviewed by yours truly in the pages of this newsletter. Andy Gonzalez is probably the best bass player who does both jazz and salsa in this country. He can play both genres and blend them with great adeptness. Both the Gonzalez brothers and Berrios are members of the Fort Apache Band.
Jerry Gonzalez breaks down some of the drum parts in Conga Mania, but I wish that he demonstrated them against clave. This is especially true when he demonstrates the lead drum part for guaguanco on the quinto drum.
Although titled In the Tradition, the arrangements to these folkloric rhythms are original. If someone were to attempt to pick off the basic drum parts from this video, they could have a difficult time if they didn't already know something about the rhythm. Another critique: Andy Gonzalez's bass is often too low in the mix to hear.
In the segment on Puerto Rican rhythms, we get introduced to the rhythm orisa. Years ago, the New York cats used to play an Afro-Cuban iyesa-like rhythm they called 2/4 bembe. It was used for the 4/4 songs and dances when conga drums were used in Santeria ceremonies. Once the use of bata drums spread and the authentic Cuban iyesa was brought back by people visiting Cuba in the late 1970s and early 80s, 2/4 bembe began to disappear. I always assumed that this 2/4 bembe was the creation of Julito Collazo and/or Francisco Aguabella, but orisa, as demonstrated on Conga Mania, seems to be the same rhythm. The lead drum part for orisa, as played by Milton Cardona on this video, is basically the same as the lead drum part for the Afro-Cuban rhythms iyesa (Yoruba origin) and macuta (Congolese origin). It is also very simular to a tumbao part played on bass cajon for yambu. Fascinating stuff.
Perhaps the greatest benefit of Conga Mania is the opportunity to witness three outstanding congueros, each with their own distinct style, playing their butts off.
David Garibaldi, Michael Spiro, Jesus Diaz
Talking DrumsVideo - DCI
This video is similar in approach to the one by Jerry Gonzalez, but spends more time breaking down the individual parts for the viewer. This breakdown, coupled with the booklet which has the rhythms notated, makes the rather complex material presented here quite accessible to intermediate players.
Talking Drums is a performing percussion trio that does original arrangements of traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms. David Garibaldi is a much respected trap drummer, famous for his work in Tower of Power. His blending of funk and Afro-Cuban is seamless. Michael Spiro is as adept at folkloric Afro-Cuban drum systems, such as batá, as he is at band percussion. Jesus Diaz is the conga drummer and percussion section leader for Conjunto Cespedes. One of the things I enjoy about Jesus' playing is his emphasis on phrasing. The restraint and taste in his solos reveal a grounding in the folkloric traditions.
Even though the issue of clave is addressed, I would prefer it if everything was played against this all-important pattern. One clave discrepancy I noticed was that Spiro counted in the Iya bata part for ñongo in 3-2 clave, while Diaz counted in the Itotele bata part for ñongo in 2-3 clave. Since the rhythm is demonstrated with both parts together though, it's not such a big deal.
The arrangements this group came up with are quite clever and the performance is fun to watch. If you're an advanced enough drummer to play these arrangements, you'll probably get your own ideas for putting together original arrangements of Afro-Cuban folkloric rhythms after you watch this.
Giovanni Hidalgo
Conga Virtuoso
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Giovanni Hidalgo is one the most phenomenal congueros of all time. Steeped in the techniques developed by Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana, Giovanni has taken the conga to new heights. Some of the groups this young master has played with include Batacumbele, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Paquito d'Rivera, Dizzy Gillespie and Micky Hart's Planet Drum.
This video gives you a close-up look at Giovanni and Changuito executing their mega chops and superb phrasing. Other musicians featured on Conga Virtuoso are Ignacio Berroa, Ray Romero, Eric Figueroa, John Benitez, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez and Michael Spiro. Some real pluses are the bi-lingual aspect and the camera staying tight on Giovanni's hands throughout much of the video.
Giovanni starts off with the basic band conga pattern from the 1940s which used only one drum. He then moves on to the two drum style that was developed by Mongo Santamaria, Tata Guines and others in the 50s. From there, the melodic three drum style of Carlos "Patato" Valdez is demonstrated. I really appreciate the emphasis here on the historical development of the conga drum.
At this point, Giovanni interjects the use of drum rudiments on the conga drum. This is cutting edge stuff and takes hours of practice to master. It might feel that, within minutes, this video has gone way over your head. Don't worry. Relax and enjoy the performance.
Before long Giovanni is breaking down the Puerto Rican jibaro, bomba and plena, juba. The basic parts are demonstrated, then expanded upon.
The final section covers advanced techniques. And when they say advanced, they mean advanced! This is what puts Giovanni in a class shared by very few other congueros.
Ignacio Berroa
Mastering the Art of Afro-Cuban Drumming
Video - DCI
Cuban trap drummer Ignacio Berroa first appeared in the United States in 1980. He and Cuban conguero Daniel Ponce played around as a team quite a bit back then. They could be seen frequently in Ponce's group Jazzbata as well as in Paquito d'Rivera's band. This was the first time many American audiences got an opportunity to witness first hand, the modern style of band drumming that had been happening in Cuba. This new style is most often called songo. Songo has tended to be too busy and syncopated for dancers in this country, so drummers like Berroa have had most of their work in jazz groups since coming to America.
Other artists featured here are Changuito, Giovanni Hidalgo, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, John Benitez and Michael Spiro, who directed and helped produce the video.
This is the best instructional video on Afro-Cuban style trap drumming I've seen yet. A lot of credit must go to Michael Spiro. He brings the focus right to those things most important in this style of music.
Spiro interviews Berroa about some of the critical fundamentals of Afro-Cuban music, starting with the all-important clave. Not only do they cover the essentials, but they also get into some of the more common misconceptions about clave. This conversation is one of the most valuable parts of the video.
As in the Giovanni video, the older historical rhythms are first shown in order to demonstrate where today's hip stuff came from. The clave is almost always present for reference.
After spending a good deal of time on songo, Berroa demonstrates some of the other band rhythms from Latin America in order for the viewer to understand the difference between them and the Afro-Cuban rhythms. This is important because for a long time, trap drummers in this country would play what they called their "Latin groove", which was either samba, a rock cha cha cha or a hodge-podge of both. This lack of understanding was further perpetuated by charts which listed their feel as "Latin." Today, with all the instructional materials available, there is no excuse for such ignorance.
One of the treats in this video is a close up look at Changuito playing a groove on the traps that he created for a Los Van Van song. In addition, Berroa interviews Changuito about the history of songo. In a previous review I stated that Changuito invented songo. That statement was incorrect. As Changuito stated later in an interview here in the Descarga Newsletter and in this video, he did not invent the rhythm. Rather, he developed it while playing in Los Van Van. While in Van Van, Changuito's innovative approach to songo caught the attention of the musical world.
Alan Dworsky and Betsy Sansby
Conga Drumming Book/CD package - Dancing Hands
Conga Drumming is a user-friendly instructional book by a professional couple who got interested in conga drumming as a hobby. If this sounds like you, then this book will probably have a lot of appeal.
The style here is casual and chatty, encouraging the student all along the way. It makes sense to have a book such as this, since most conga drum students will pursue this path as a hobby rather than a profession.
Whenever I come across a book like this, written by relatively new players, I always find some information I disagree with. Conga Drumming is no exception.
While son and rumba clave are accurately transcribed, they show something they call the "one bar clave." At one point in my development, I had a similar name for this pattern. John Santos was the one who hipped me to the fact that clave is by nature two bars. Clave has two distinct parts. What Dworsky and Sansby call the one bar clave, is known in Cuba as the tresillo pattern. Tresillo is the smallest cell in 4/4 African music. Tresillo is the result of grouping eighth (or sixteenth, depending on how you write it) notes in groups of three, cycled over two downbeats. The 6/8 equivalent of the tresillo is 3 against 2.
When the authors covered 6/8 time, they wrote clave as:
I would have preferred if they wrote 6/8 clave like this:
...and 4/4 clave like this:
In the way I've written clave, a four count is the basic pulse. In this way, both the 4/4 and 6/8 versions of clave have the same relationship against the four pulse. Clave (in this case rumba clave), is:
"one" "ah" "ah" "and" "four".
(1 e + ah 2 e + ah 3 e + ah 4 e + ah)
The four pulse is a common denominator for rhythms in African and African-derived music. This is the pulse that you should be tapping your foot to. How else could one shift smoothly from 6/8 to 4/4, or vice a versa? The four pulse within 6/8 is introduced in Chapter 11 ("Interweaving four and six"), but it is presented as some advanced abstract concept rather than the basic building block that it is. Four against six (two against three) is the most basic rhythmical cell from which clave and tumbao are born. The most fundamental feel under Afro-Cuban music in 6/8 is that of two against three. If you do not feel the underlying four pulse within this meter, you are not feeling the music correctly.
The Afro-Cuban iyesa is offered as a rhythm that is commonly played with the low drum part from the Puerto Rican bomba. I haven't heard of such a thing, but it could be fun. One problem I do have is that the example they call iyesa is something I have never seen from either the Habaneros or Matanceros.
Lesson 25 is titled Rumba Quinto. Rumba quinto like clave, is a two-bar phrase. The problem with the examples in this book is that the first half of quinto is repeated in both bars.
Having warned you of these drawbacks, I can safely recommend this book if you are starting out in the fun pursuit of conga drumming. The text is well written with helpful hints throughout. One very good aspect of Conga Drumming is the CD that is included. Short samples of all the drum parts and combined rhythms are played in the order in which they appeared in the book. Because this recording is in CD form, you can call up the examples quickly by punching in the track number on your CD player. A nice touch.
The chapters of the book are entitled "Learning To Hit the Drum Using Rhythms in Four," "Bembe Rhythms in Six," "The Clave," "Heel-toe Patterns," "Advanced Rhythms in Four," "Advanced Rhythms in Six," "Playing on Two Drums," "Interweaving Four and Six" and "Sources for Further Study."


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