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I originally made this article many years ago. I tried to keep the links up to date but not with possible changes to the MCI system or better techniques. Feel free to let me know if there is anything that can be changed or improved upon by leaving a comment.
Updated 2014, December 05th & 17th: Made some minor format and wording changes.
Overview: I made this tutorial to help others learn to use the Windows MCI (Multimedia Command Interface) system to create their own media based features or full applications like a Music Player, Movie Player, CD Player (.cda), and so on. MCI is easy to use and is able to support many of the popular file formats. For instance, you can playback: MP3 files (.mp3), Wave files (.wav), Windows Media Audio (.wma), etc… on the audio side; and MPEG4 (.mp4), AVI Video (.avi), QuickTime(.mov), Windows Media Video (.wmv) etc… on the video side. Hopefully by the time you finish this article, you will have a better understanding of the MCI system.
Visual Basic 6.0 and other Information: While this tutorial's example source code is in VB .NET, the principles are the same for all languages actually. C#, C++, etc.. To make much of the .NET example code work in VB 6 just change "Integer" typed variables and parameters to "Long" types instead.
With this tutorial beginners will hopefully learn how to use the Windows MCI system via the MCISendString function available in the WinMM.dll. The article does not provide much in the way of source code for special tasks or features, but aims to teach someone how to make their own. I do have a few pre-made libraries which uses MCI to do many music/movie based functions at my vbcodesource.com website.
As mentioned earlier, MCI can play almost any media file available with the proper compression decoders available. For instance, you can play DVD Movie's If a device provides DVD decoding assistance like some video cards or Windows has a software decoder available. Likewise you can play high definition H.264 videos if you have the proper H.264 codecs, DivX Movie's if you have the DivX Codec installed or Apple QuickTime videos if you have the QuickTime codec installed, etc.. In this tutorial I will help you get a good understanding how to program and use the MCI Device system so you would have the ability to make your own media player or add media support to your applications. As for the exercise in this tutorial I will show you how to make a music player with a few basic features. I am pretty sure though, after you read and study this article you will be able to create your own music and movie player with ease.
Lets get some Documentation
Start out by going to: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712587.aspx– website, then click on the: 'Multimedia Command Strings' link if it doesn't go directly to that page. Go ahead and look over some of the documented MCISendString Commands available. For example: Click on the 'open' command at the left side of the webpage. Scroll down alittle on the right side of the page and you will see the documented device types and the device flags available for that device type. Scroll down alittle more and it will explain what the meaning of each device flag is for. For example: On the same 'open' page, scroll down till you find the waveaudio device listing. Look at the column to the right and you will see the available flags and the meanings that will work with the waveaudio device. Scroll down to the Value section listings of the page and find the 'buffer buffer_size' flag and look to the right and it explains what it is for and what it does. So, now that we've got that out of the way, lets get started with programming the Mci Device.
Note: The mpegvideo device driver is not documented at the msdn webpage. We can still do quite alot with it since alot of the commands from the digitalvideo device and waveaudio device will work with the mpegvideo device. The MpegVideo device type would be the Device Driver of choice for most of our multi-media needs since it will play alot of the movie and music formats out there. The MCI system uses the functions from the 'winmm.dll' file. Winmm.dll is used for some of Windows own media programs.
What is the mciSendString function?
The first step you will want to do is add:
Private Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciSendStringA" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, ByVal uReturnLength As Integer, ByVal hwndCallback As Integer) As Integer
- to the declarations section of our form. The return value of the mciSendString function will be a number. It will return different numbers for different errors or return a 0 if the command was successful.
Example: Say we made a variable;
Dim retVal As Integer
We would use our mciSendString function in this manner…
retVal = mciSendString("Open " & filename & " alias movie", 0, 0, 0)
- retVal would contain a number returned by our Mci Device to let us know what happened. More on that below. I will briefly go over each parameter of the mciSendString function.
The lpstrCommand parameter is a string that specifys the MCI command string and flag. In other words this parameter would be our command that we pass to the MCI Device. Like in our paragraph above, open would be a command string that we passed to the MCI Device. It tells the MCI Device to do something. The command string could also have flags associated with it. More on that below in the tutorial.
The lpstrReturnString parameter is a buffer that receives the return information if requested. Example: If we used the status command string and used the position flag, lpstrReturnString would contain the position information of the music or movie we are playing. We would just create a string variable with a character buffer.
Dim returnData As String = Space(128)
ReturnData is now a String with a 128 Space buffer.
We would put ReturnData in the parameter and it will receive our position value.
The uReturnLength parameter is the size, in characters of the lpstrReturnString parameter. If we used
Dim returnData As String = Space(128)
– for our lpstrReturnString parameter. Then the size we would put for the uReturnLength parameter would be 128 or you can put Len(ReturnData).
The hwndCallback parameter is not used in this article. It would contain the Handle to to a callback window if the Notify flag was used in our command string. Just set this parameter to 0 for now.
Note: If the command string does not request a value in the lpstrReturnString parameter then you can set the lpstrReturnString, uReturnLength, hwndCallback parameter to "Nothing" or set to vbNullString, 0, 0). More on that further in the tutorial.
What is mciGetErrorString?
OK, the second step you would want to do is add:
Private Declare Function mciGetErrorString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciGetErrorStringA" (ByVal dwError As Integer, ByVal lpstrBuffer As String, ByVal uLength As Integer) As Integer
– to the declarations of the form. This is a very useful function for programming the Mci Device. This will convert the number returned by our retVal variable (from the mciSendString function) into something that we will be able to understand alittle more. It will give us a brief description of what happened. I will briefly go over each parameter in this function.
The dwError parameter will contain our return value from our mciSendString function.
Say we used retVal as our variable to recieve the return value of our mciSendString function. In the dwError parameter we would put in the RetVal varaiable.
The lpstrBuffer parameter will contain the string value of our dwError parameter.
Example: Say we had
Dim GetError As String = Space(128)
If you put GetError in the lpstrBuffer parameter, then GetErrorwould receive the error string.
The uLength parameter is the character length of the dwError parameter.
Example: Say we used the above GetError string variable. We would create the string to have a buffer of 128 characters.
Dim GetError As String = Space(128)
So, in the uLength parameter we would put 128 or you can put Len(GetError). Either way will work just fine.
How to Write your own Audio or Music Player
Let start doing alittle MCI Programming by making a simple mp3/wave player. Put 4 command buttons, 3 labels, and a timer on the form. With the first command button name it btnPlay set the .Text property to "Play", the second button name btnStop and set the .Text property to "Stop", the third button, name it btnPause and set the .Text property to "Pause", the fourth name btnClose and set the .Text property to "Close"; name one of the labels lblPosition and will be used for the position status, name the second label lblLength and will be used for the length, and the third name lblError will be used to give us our Mci error status(Make the label fairly big because it could have a long explanation.) The timer will give the position status of the music every second, so set the interval to 1000.
Pretty much always the first step in programming the Mci Device is starting with the open command string, since it is where we select the device type we want to use and create the alias we want to use. So go to the webpage I stated at the beginning of this tutorial and find the 'open' command string and click on it to read the documentation. Look over our available flags. We will want to use 2 of the flags. The type device_type(note below) and alias device_alias(note below) flag. The next step you want to do is select the file you want to play. One annoying thing about the Mci Device is that it has a hard time with long filenames, so you will either have to convert the filepath and name to the shortpath of the file or a easier and recommended way is just putting quotes around your filepath and name. The way to do this is first select the file you want to play. Then wrap the filepath and name in quotes.
Dim fileName As String = Chr(34) & "C:MP3 Musicmysound.mp3" & Chr(34)
That will wrap the filepath in quotations. ( Chr(34) is the code for " *Quotes* ) Of course, change the path and filename to a music file you have on your computer. Each time you use the open command, you will want to put the quotes " " around the file you want to play. Ok, so now that we have selected the file we want to play and put the quotes around the path, lets start programming the Mci Device. Put this in the declarations section of our form.
'Will store our return value from the mciSendString function. Dim retVal As Integer 'This variable will contain the data from the lpstrReturnString parameter. It will have a 128 character buffer. Dim returnData As String = Space(128) 'Will store our return string from the mciGetErrorString function. With a buffer of 128 characters. Dim errorString As String = Space(128) 'Will contain True or False if our mciGetErrorString was successful at determining our error returned 'from the mciSendString function. Dim errorSuccess As Boolean
In the btnPlay button put:
'Replace the path and filename' with file that you have. fileName = Chr(34) & "C:MP3 Musicmysound.mp3" & Chr(34) retVal = mciSendString("open " & fileName & " type mpegvideo alias oursong", vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. Lets break this down. Our retVal variable will contain the return value of the 'mciSendString command'. The open command will open our fileName using the mpegvideo device type and create a alias named oursong.
*Note: The type flag can be optional. The Mci Device is usually very good about auto-selecting the correct device driver of our specified file.
*Note Again: The alias flag can also be optional. I highly recommend using it so you don't have to keep referring to your device by the fileName variable. Just use oursong to refer to our opened device. Or any other name to refer to the device.
To see if the Mci Device was successful lets call our mciGetErrorString function. In the same command button below the code we already put in add:
errorSuccess = mciGetErrorString(retVal, errorString, 128)
O.k. Lets break this down. Our errorSuccess variable will contain the return boolean value of our mciGetErrorString function. It will contain either "True" if it was successful or "False" if it was not successful. The retVal variable we used contains the return value from our mciSendString function.
Lets get the description of our error if one was created. In the same command button type in:
lblError.Text = "Error Status: " & errorString
Run the program and press the "Play" button. lblError should read "The Specified Command Was Carried Out." That means that everything went smooth and is O.K.
Now goto the webpage again and find the close command string. In the btnClose button type:
retVal = mciSendString("close oursong", 0, 0, 0) errorSuccess = mciGetErrorString(retVal, errorString, 128)
O.k. Lets break this down. You should already know what the retVal variable returns. So, I won't go over that again. What the close command does is close either a specified device identifier(Alias) or you can close all device identifiers(Alias's) by using the all flag. So, what we just told the Mci Device to do is close our oursong device from memory. Notice that the other 3 parameters are "0" zero? Well, since the close command does not return anything we can just set the parameters to "0". You should already know what the mciSendErrorString does so I won't go over that again.
Now run the program again and press the play button twice. lblError should now read "The specified alias is already being used in this application. Use a unique alias." The error string returned should be self-explanatory, but I will explain it briefly. What its saying is that the oursong alias is already opened and is being used so if we wanted to open another Mci Device we need to supply a new alias. Now press the btnClose button. lblError should now read that "The Specified Command Was Carried Out." That means that our close command was successful at closing our oursong from memory. Now press the play button and lblError should read "The Specified Command Was Carried Out." Press the play button again and lblError should read that "The specified alias is already being used in this application. Use a unique alias." If you press that "Close" button lblError should read that the command was carried through. If you press that "Play" button lblError should again read that the command was carried through. Blah.. Blah.. Blah.. O.k. enough of that stuff.
Now lets program the Mci Device to play our Mp3, Wave, ect. song. Go to the webpage and select the play command and look over it. Every device type recognizes the play command string. In the "Play" button between the mciSendString code and the mciGetErrorString code that we already put their type:
retVal = mciSendString("play oursong", vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. Let break this down. The play command tells the Mci Device to start playing the file contained in the 'oursong' alias. Pretty simple. Run the program and press the "Play" button and it should start playing the song you specified in the 'fileName' variable. Everything should be going well. If it isn't check the lblError Text and see what the mciGetErrorString function is returning. Maybe while you was looking at the documentation on the play command you noticed a from position flag and a to position flag. What these 2 flags do is allow you to start playing at a certain point in the file and play to a specified point in the file. If you want to play the complete file then just ignore these 2 flags. But if you want to specify a starting point and a ending point you would program the Mci Device in this manner. (You can also specify whether to start playing the song from a specified point to the end of the song, or tell it to start from the beginning but only to a specified point.)
retVal = mciSendString("play oursong from " & 1000 & " to " & 3000, vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. Lets break this down. We told the Mci Device to play 'oursong' from "1000 milli-seconds" to "3000 milli-seconds". Pretty simple right? Now that we have a play command and a close command, what if you just wanted to stop the song at its current playing position and not completely close the file? Well, thats where the 'stop' command comes in. Go back to the msdn documentation website and click on the 'stop' command. Notice that their is only 1 flag available and thats for digital devices? There are no other flags we need for this command. Lets write our stop command. In the btnStop button type:
retVal = mciSendString("stop oursong", vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. Lets break this down. Well, theres not much to break down. Its pretty self-explanatory. What it will do is tell the Mci Device to stop playing 'oursong'. Not really anything more to say.
What if you wanted to add a pause command to our music player? Nothing to it. Just go to our Mci documentation website and click on the pause command. Pretty much like our stop command it doesn't have any special flags associated with it. Lets write our pause command. In the btnPause button type:
retVal = mciSendString("pause oursong", vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. Lets break this down. The 'pause' command is simply telling the Mci Device to stop playing oursong at the current playing position. Pretty simple. What if you wanted to resume a song that you paused with the 'pause' command? Nothing to it. Just go to the website and click on the 'resume' command and look at the documentation. Just like our 'pause' command their are no special flags associated with the 'resume' command. Put another command button on the form and name it btnResume and set the .Text property to "Resume". Lets write our code to resume the playing of oursong.
retVal = mciSendString("resume oursong", vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. Lets break this down. It is just simply telling our Mci Device to 'resume' playing from where it was paused at when we used our 'pause' command. Nothing to it huh?
O.k. Now you have some basic functionality for your music player. Now you may want to be able to track the current position that the music is currently playing at. No Problem. Go to our documentation website and click on the 'status' command string. Look around on that page you see a ton of flags available with this command string. If you look at the waveaudio device you will see a position flag. That is the one we want to use to get the current position of our song. Lets write some code for it. In the timer control put:
retVal = mciSendString("status oursong position", returnData, 128, 0) lblPosition.Text = "Position: " & Val(returnData)
O.k. Lets break this down. you should already know what the retVal variable is for. The 'status' command is telling the Mci Device that we want to get the status of oursong. But to use the 'status' command we have to specify a flag. So, you will have to tell the Mci Device what status information to return. We specified the position flag so, it will return the current playing position of oursong. lblPosition will contain the position value. Noticed that I used Val(returnData) for the lblPosition .Text? I did it so that lblPosition will only contain the numbers in the ReturnData string and not the remaining spaces in the buffer. Getting the hang of it now? Lets get our Mci Device to do more.
Did you happen to wonder what time format the position flag was returning to us? Well, lets have the Mci Device tell us what the answer is. Looking at our documentation webpage you should still be at the 'status' command string documentation. Look under either the digital video or waveaudio device type. You will see that there is a time format flag. That is the flag that we will use to get the current time format the Mci Device is using. Just draw a command button on the form and name it btnTimeFormat set the .Text property to "Time Format:". In the code window of that button type:
retVal = mciSendString("status oursong time format", returnData, 128, 0) MessageBox.Show(returnData)
O.k. Lets break this down. We are passing the 'status' command string to the Mci Device and using the time format flag. This will tell the Mci Device to give us the current time format. We will get our answer by getting the value of our returnData variable. If you want you can just open the Mci Device by pressing the "Play" button and then press the "Time Format" command button. It will throw a Messagebox with the time format that the Mci Device is currently using. It most likely should say "milliseconds". Still with me? Easier then you thought huh? What if you wanted the format in seconds? Well, the Mci Device doesn't support returning the time format in seconds but you can easily do it yourself. 1000 milliseconds = 1 second. So, all you would need to do it create a variable to divide our Val(returnData) / 1000. The variable will contain the value in seconds. What if you wanted to get the length of the song? Well, that is just as easy as getting the position. In the "Play" command button right above our mciGetErrorString function type:
retVal = mciSendString("status oursong length", returnData, 128, 0) lblLength.Text = Val(returnData)
O.k. Lets break this down. We are simply telling our Mci Device to tell us the length of oursong. Earlier we asked the Mci Device to give us the current time format and it returned "milliseconds". So, that will be the format that our length will be returned in since we haven't changed the time format. Can we change the time format? Yeps we sure can. Goto our Mci document page and click on the 'set' command string. Just like our 'status' command string the 'set' command string has a few flags available to use. The flag we want to use to change the time format would be none other than the time format flag. What you will find out though is some files, like mp3's, the Mci Device only supports the "milliseconds" time format. If we use the mpegvideo device driver then the only available time formats would be "frames" and "milliseconds. Since we are playing music files we won't be able to get a time format in "frames", only "milliseconds". If you only wanted to play wave files, for example, you could use the waveaudio device type and get the time format in "bytes", "milliseconds", and "samples". I don't think "milliseconds" is all that bad though. What else would you want to add to your music player?
Do you want to know if the music is currently playing? Would you like to change the position of the file in real time? How about a volume control? Want all 3? Well, lets get started and first write a simple function that will let our application know if it is playing or not. Write the code below in the form.
Private Function playingStatus() As Boolean retVal = mciSendString("status oursong mode", returnData, 128, 0) If returnData.Substring(0, 7) = "playing" Then playingStatus = True Else playingStatus = False End If End Function
O.k. Lets break this down. We are going to use our playingStatus function to contain "True" or "False" depending on whether or not the Mci Device is playing. If you check out our documentation website and clicked the status command string. Then scrolled down you would find a mode flag available. If you read the description of the mode flag it tells you what value's it would return. So, now to get the playing status we would just need to get the value that is stored in our ReturnData variable. But since our ReturnData variable is 128 characters long we only want to get the first 7 characters. If ReturnData contains "playing"(which is 7 characters long) then our Mci Device is currently playing and will put "True" in our playingStatus function. Other modes are available too. The device can return "stopped", "paused", "not ready", ect. Right now we are only interested in checking our Mci Device to see if it is "playing" or not. Thats important for our changing the position code. Lets write that now. Put a Hscrollbar control on our form and name it posChange. Type this code in the "posChange_Scroll" sub:
If playingStatus() Then ' The Mci Device is playing so play from. retVal = mciSendString("play oursong from " & (posChange.Value * 1000), vbNullString, 0, 0) Else ' TheMci Device is not playing so seek to. retVal = mciSendString("seek song to " & (posChange.Value * 1000), vbNullString, 0, 0) End If
O.k. Lets break this down. If you go to our documentation webpage and click on the play command string you will see a available flag named from. That is the command string and flag we will use to keep the file playing but at a position specified by our posChange.Value. If you go to our documentation website and click on the seek command string you will find a available flag named to. That is the command string and flag that we will use to move the position and but not start playing. Got that? To recap what I said above if oursong is already "playing" we will want to continue "playing" oursong but at the point in the file specified by our posChange control. So we will use the commandstring 'play' and use the flag 'from' to continue playing oursong "from" the position specified by our posChange control. Enough about that already. Lets move on. The Hscrollbar cannot contain a value larger than "32767"*. Since the time format of the Mci Device is in "milliseconds" and the total length of almost every song would be larger then "32767 milliseconds"* we must convert the "milliseconds" format to a smaller number. The useful and easy thing to do would be to convert it to "seconds". So, we will set the .Max property of our Hscrollbar to equal the total length of the song in "seconds". To do this. Let go back to the btnPlay button and type this code below our code that tells the Mci Device to "play".
'Get the length of the song in milli-seconds. retVal = mciSendString("status oursong length", returnData, 128, 0) 'This will convert our "millisecond" value to a value in "seconds" 'Remember that 1000 milliseconds will equal 1 second. 2000 milliseconds = 2 seconds and so on. posChange.Max = Val(returnData) / 1000
*Note; Update: Visual Basic.NET does NOT seem to have the .Max property of the scrollbars limited to a value of '32767' as it was in VB 5.0, 6.0. So, it seems that you no longer need to worry about setting the above code up by converting the milli-seconds to seconds. It looks like it is now able to contains milliseconds with no overflow.
O.k. This should be fairly simple to understand. We are just telling the Mci Device to return the length of oursong. posChange.Max property will now contain the length in seconds (or milliseconds, its your choice as to how accurate you want to be able to change the position). We divided the number returned by our ReturnData variable by 1000 which would equal "seconds". Got that? I hope so. Now if you go back and look at the code above to change the position you should understand it alittle more. I hope this helped you instead of confused you. I'm trying to thoroughly explain it so you will completely understand. Just as a reminder. If the code is not doing what you expected and you want to find out what is going on use the mciGetErrorString function. O.k. Enough on this. Lets do one last thing that would be useful for a basic music player. Lets create a volume control. Put a Vscrollbar control on the form and name it volScroll and set the .Max value to "1000". "1000" is the max for the volume. "0" is the minimum. Then go to our documentation webpage and click on the setaudio command string. Look over the available flags and you will find a volume to flag. That is the command string and flag we will want to use. So in the volScroll _Scroll sub put in this code.
retVal = mciSendString("setaudio oursong volume to " & volScroll.Value, vbNullString, 0, 0)
O.k. This should be pretty simple to understand. We are simply telling our Mci Device to set the volume of oursong to the current value of the volScroll control. Thats it for a music media player with basic features! Check out my examples and libraries at www.vbcodesource.comwebsite.
Below is the final product…
I hope this tutorial we went over gave you a nice understanding of how to program the Windows Mci Device. As you can see there are quite a few commands and flags available to do almost anything you want in a Movie or Music player. You could "turn of the left audio channel", "set the volume for the right audio channel", "you could open and close the cd door", "change the speed at which the movie or music plays at" and much more. You should be able to decide what features you want and program the Mci Device yourself and have it do it for you. Remember to use the mciGetErrorString function as it is very useful. It tells you if the device understood what you told it to do, if the Device Type that you are using supports that command string, and much more. Bookmark the msdn webpage I gave you: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712587.aspx – so you can have it as a good reference to see what command strings and flags are available. Reference – http://www.vbcodesource.com – Have Fun!


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These guidelines have been developed in order to support Princeton departments and programs that seek to establish meaningful institution-to-institution relationships for the benefit of Princeton students, faculty, and staff.
Types of agreements may include (but are not restricted to):
- Student exchange
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Historical Background
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|Carmela Corleone
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Lake Tahoe, Nevada, U.S.
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- "You can never lose your family."
- ―Carmela Corleone to Michael.[src]
Carmela Corleone was the wife of Don Vito Corleone and mother of Sonny, Fredo, Michael and Connie, as well as the adoptive mother of Tom Hagen.
Carmela Corleone was born to a Sicilian family, many of whom lived near Corleone in Sicily. She came to the United States sometime after the turn of the century. She married Vito Corleone when she was sixteen, and two years later, they had their first child, Santino. Carmela suffered several miscarriages in the following years, before giving birth to the sickly Fredo. At this time, Vito Corleone was struggling to make ends meet, as Don Fanucci had forced him out of his job at Abbandando Grosseria.
Vito killed Fanucci in 1920, and Carmela seemed to learn of this fact, as the entire neighbourhood began to treat him as a 'man of respect'. She brought Anita Colombo to Vito when the widow needed a favour, and her husband helped her out, later becoming godfather to her son Ruggerio.
Carmela became used to life in the Corleone family, and she bore Vito two more children, Michael and Connie as well as becoming godmother to Maria Bonasera.
She twice had to live with the harsher side of her husband's life, when he was shot by an Irish gang in 1934, and by Virgil Sollozzo's men in 1945. Despite this, the two of them maintained a loving relationship in 40 years of marriage, and Vito never sought a mistress or ever found the need to strike his wife.
Nonetheless, Carmela was unnerved that her husband had turned from the kind and quiet man she'd married into a ruthless crime boss. She prayed for his soul nearly every day in hopes that he didn't end up "down there".
The move to TahoeEdit
After the death of Sonny and Vito, Carmela moved with Michael to Nevada, living in one of the houses in Lake Tahoe. She maintained a close kinship with Kay Adams, and converted her to Catholicism so that she might pray to God for her husband's immortal soul. Carmela was often made to look after Connie's children when their mother went off with her latest man to Europe, and repeatedly chastised her daughter for this lackluster parenting.
Shortly before his senate hearing, Michael sought his mother's advice about the deteriorating state of his family. She died shortly after this. When he found out that Fredo had betrayed him to Hyman Roth, Michael banished him from the family, but let it be known that he didn't want Fredo harmed while their mother was still alive. It was at her funeral when Michael gave Al Neri the order to kill Fredo.
Behind the scenesEdit
Carmela Corleone is portrayed by Morgana King as an older woman and Francesca De Sapio in her youth. When King expressed uncertainty about appearing in an open coffin, Coppola had his mother Italia fill in for her.
She makes a cameo appearance in The Godfather: The Game, she appeared in the background talking with Scottie Harris in the mission where Aldo Trapani must convince Emilio to work for Corleones. Other than this she is only seen in Corleone mall, cooking or smoking outside. Here she bears little resemblance vocally or facially to her film counterpart; instead, her design is based on her novel description (black eyes, wrinkly face and a friendly smile).
In the novel, Carmela speaks mostly in broken, heavily accented English. In the films, however, her English is almost perfect.


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During the 2017-18 academic year, 100 percent of graduate art students received scholarship/remission assistance. In 2017-18, scholarship/remission awards ranged from $5,000 to $41,064 annually, depending on each individual's situation.
Each year, the Graduate School of Art will award one full-tuition scholarship to an incoming student; other MFA awards range from 25 percent to 75 percent of tuition.
Notable awards offered by the Graduate School of Art include:
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This new scholarship is awarded to one incoming applicant, and covers 100 percent of tuition ($41,064 for the 2017-18 academic year).
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This scholarship is made possible through a bequest from the estate of renowned artists Arthur Osver, a professor of art at Washington University for 21 years, and Ernestine Betsberg, his wife of more than six decades. The Ernestine Betsberg and Arthur Osver Scholarship is awarded to one incoming applicant of the College & Graduate School of Art who demonstrates significant artistic ability and future artistic promise. The award is equal to 75 percent of tuition.
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Danforth Scholars are drawn from all of the University's graduate and undergraduate programs with the aim of fostering a community of high-achieving scholars. It is offered in recognition of academic achievement as well as leadership potential within the University and in the field of visual arts. The award is equal to 75 percent of tuition.
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My Welita (what I called her) was a beautiful woman. She was giving to each and every one of her children and grandchildren. She was also a character. I had the misfortune of only knowing her for maybe 4 years of my life (of what I can remember from my sometimes absent childhood). It may have been less time. I know I was born in Los Angeles (East LA), but we moved to New Hampshire for a short time, then we moved back. However, she made an impact on my life. I remember her dancing to cumbias. I remember the cousins throwing each other in her cactus, the same cactus she made nopales from. There were little white flowers that grew around her house. To this day, they are my favorite flower as they remind me of her. I remember her house always smelled of boiling beans and Folgers coffee. I remember, when I would stay over her house, I would sleep between her and Mickey. When we would wake up, she would cook her regular breakfast of oatmeal (she called it Avena). She would always save the oatmeal that stuck to her little silver pot and hand me a spoon to scrape it off so I could eat it. She also would make me a piece of toast, like her, to eat with it. To this day, when I have oatmeal, I always have to have buttered toast. I remember the coin purse that always came out of her apron when the ice cream man or Helms Bakery would ring by. I remember her rolled down socks or nylons on her ankles. I remember her floral aprons, always with many safety pins hanging from it in a row. I remember her long salt and pepper braid, before she cut her hair short. She would stand in front of a mirror and her little hands would quickly braid up her hair. Then she would wrap it around her head and use bobbie pins to hold it. Most of all, I remember the sting of her belt she wore around her waist. We all knew we were bad when she would call out our names and then start speaking in Spanish. The belt would come off and we would run in every direction. I only remember once or twice that belt got me -- because we were in a dangerous ravine she told us to stay out of. I remember her holding me – I'd lay my head on her shoulders, and she had what I called "wings" under her arms that I used to just squish and hold in my little hands – that was how I would go to sleep when she held me. This was a woman who had 13 children, two of which she lost when they were babies or small. Then she had a bazillion grandkids, who she showed love to each and every one. There was always something to eat at her house. And, everyone gathered there. She taught her children about God and they attended the Catholic Church. I remember going to Trinity. She left us way too early, however, I live in the hope of seeing her again and having a reunion in heaven with her.
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Show box is an Android app that provides the users movies and tv shows online, also a facility to download them. It is free of cost, the only investment is the time you spent in making a list of movies. Have your watch list ready, then you can open the app and start watching them, or download them to watch it later. Sorry to say this, but this app won't be in the reach of hands of the iphone users. Show box was designed strictly for Android.
A problem arises with show box apk when the servers that come to our hands are the geo- blocking servers outside US. There might be slight discrepancies like, you might get a message saying that the video you selected could not be played. The remedy is simple. You got to download a VPN, you can easily get many online, run the app and then connect it to the proper server, i.e. the US server.
This problem arises once you have got show box. After connecting to the US server, the users have Clear data and cache. You can do this by going to settings where you will have an option called apps, you will have all the installed apps here, select show box from them, and do the above mentioned thing.
Serious advancement in technology was seen in 2016. Smartphones was not left behind as beautiful and classy phones flooded the market. Android users enjoyed the "Phone of the Year" with Samsung dropping Galaxy S7. This was closely followed by the Google Pixel. Apple continued in the series of the magnificent iPhones with the release of the superb and yet controversial iPhone 7 Plus.
The first quarter of 2017 has already been very remarkable. The big smartphone companies like Samsung, LG, and Huawei has taken giant steps already. LG dropped G6, Samsung doubled up with Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus while Huawei followed with P10 and P10 Plus. With all this powerful and beautiful phones in the first quarter, 2017 promises a lot more to come. Here is a list of the top eleven smartphones in 2017 so far counting down.
Screen Resolution:5.3-inch, quad-HD resolution LCD screen
Camera:16-megapixel, 1.8 rear camera with a wider angle lens too
Processor/RAM:Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB RAM
Memory: 32GB with option for external MicroSD
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Price: £499
Others:Fingerprint scanner
Just like the mantra of LG "Life's good" LG smartphones is always good.LG has an eye unique and peculiar design. The key advancement in G5 that stands out is the fact that you can easily pull out the battery from the bottom of the phone. The metal body makes the phone sleek. Compared to the other products from LG, there is an improvement in the Audio. LG never disappoints, so this phone is worth every penny of its price tag.
Screen Resolution:5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen
Camera: 16MP
Processor/RAM:Snapdragon 821 processor and 6GB RAM
Memory:128GB with no external storage.
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Price: £399
Others:64 and 128GB versions,
If you used OnePlus 3 and had a great experience, then you should be ready for more and better in this OnePlus 3T. There is obvious improvement in the battery capacity with the 3,400mAh which is a 13% increase from the OnePlus 3. The Snapdragon 821 processor is also an improvement. One shortcoming is no space for MicroSD but the 128GB capacity is large enough to compensate for that. This phone is indeed a masterpiece for Android users.
Screen Resolution: 4-inch display
Camera:12 megapixel, rear camera
Processor/RAM: A9 CPU and 2GB RAM
Memory: 16 or 32GB internal storage
Operating System: iOS 10
Price: £359
Others:TouchID and Apple Pay
This phone is a superb phone for the iOS lovers. Apple made the iPhone SE smaller and sleek yet powerful. It is armed with A9 CPU and 2GB RAM which makes it very fast. With a 12MP pixel, 3D Touch, Touch ID and Apply Pay, this phone is a wonder. It is also enabled with the fetching Rose Gold colour scheme. The only shortcoming is the storage capacity. Any Apple phone user is sure to have a great experience using the iPhone SE.
Screen Resolution:5.1-inch quad-HD display
Camera:12MP sensor
Processor/RAM: Exynos 8890 CPU, 4GB RAM
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Memory:32GB internal storage
Battery:3,000 mAh
Others:microSD slot, IP68 for water resistance
This is a trademark phone from the Korean company.This phone is an upgrade of the S6. The Exynos 8890 processor and 4GB RAM is super-fast.The battery also upgraded from 2,600 mAh to 3,000 mAh. The camera is now 12MP sensor with f/1.7 aperture for better photograph. The curves on the side is awesome to behold and can be easily picked up from flat surface. The front and the back are equipped with Gorilla Glass 4 cover for durability. The shortcoming is mainly non-water resistant. Overall, it is classy smart phone.
Samsung Galaxy S7 is IP68 rated for water-resistance which means you don't need to worry anymore about rain. You can even dip it into 1m of water for 30 minutes and it will still work just fine. As with Samsung phones, it still has some factory installed apps that can't be uninstalled. Overall, it's worth every penny of its price tag.
Screen Resolution:5.5-inch 1080p display
Camera:13-megapixel camera
Processor/RAM:Snapdragon 617 CPU and 2GB RAM
Memory:16GB, 32GB with microSD
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Price: £169
Battery:3,000 mAh
This is another powerful smartphone from the Lenovo (formerly Motorola). This masterpiece shows plenty improvements from the previous Moto phones. The camera app is once notable change, it has been made better. With the front 13MP camera and 5MP front camera, selfies won't get any better than this. With a few Moto tweaks, this phone promises fantastic experience.
Screen Resolution: 5.5-inch quad-HD display
Camera:12MP back, 5MP rear.
Processor/RAM:Exynos 8890 CPU, 4GB RAM
Memory:32GB internal storage
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Others:microSD slot, IP68 for water resistance
Samsung has a record of making beautiful and powerful phones. The Galaxy S7 Edge a gorgeous quad-HD panel with a larger screen size. The curved edges are very remarkable. It makes the phone unique and beautiful. With the Exynos 8890 CPU and 4GB RAM combination, you don't expect anything less from the standard Samsung product. The 12MP rear camera comes with Dual Pixel enables for low-light shooting experience. The 5MP front camera offer wide range of view for selfies. The battery is strong so nothing to worry about. As with all Samsung smartphones, it doesn't come cheap!
Screen Resolution:5.2-inch quad-HD display
Processor/RAM:Snapdragon 820 CPU, 4GB RAM
Memory:32GB internal storage
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Others:microSD slot, BoomSound audio
Although HTC release of One M9 and One A9 wasn't much of a success, the HTC 10 is a sure success. This Taiwanese company modelled HTC 10 to stand out amongst smartphones. It is equipped with Snapdragon 820 CPU and 4GB which gives it speed. The picture quality is sharp and crisp with the quad-HD 5.2-inch display. The 12MP UltraPixel senor is a major improvement from the previous failed products. The challenge is the battery, depending on your usage it may not last full day.
Screen Resolution:5.5-inch quad-HD display
Processor/RAM:Snapdragon 821, 4GB RAM
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Others:Google Assistant
This is stunning phone from Google since it discontinued partnership with the Nexus brand. With 12-megapixel camera, crisp 5.5-inch quad-HD display, Snapdragon 821 CPU, 4GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage, this phone competes highly with the best smartphones in the market.
The new feature called Google Assistant is awesome, an Artificial Intelligence similar to Siri. It performs various tasks like searching the web.
Screen Resolution:5.7-inch, Quad HD AMOLED screen
Processor/RAM:Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB RAM
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Memory:32, 64 and 128GB versions without microSD
The Nexus 6P is one the best Android smartphones available today. With a very large screen of 5.7-inches, and 12MP camera this phone ranks very high. It is relatively cheap compared to Samsung and Apple phones. If you are want a great android phone and not just product name, this is real deal.The only complain is no option for external MicroSD but the 128GB settles that.
Screen Resolution:5.5-inch full-HD display
Camera: 12MP camera
Processor/RAM: A10 Fusion, 3GB RAM
Operating System:iOS 10
Memory:32GB internal storage
Others:IP68 for water resistance, Taptic engine.
This is phone arguably the best phone from Apple so far. Its 1080p camera creates real optical zoom. This phone has the latest iOS 10 which smooth and sleek. It also has an improved feature of taptic engine. The size is a bit bigger than the other phones in this category. The CPU is Apple A10 Fusion with 3GB RAMwhich is lightning fast. Even with the 1080p, Google Pixel has a better camera. The iPhone 7 Plus is very expensive, but it a powerful phone.
Screen Resolution:5.5-inch quad-HD display
Camera:Leica camera
Processor/RAM: Kirin 960, 6GB RAM,
Operating System: Android 6.0.1
Memory:128GB internal storage
Price: £569
This the best phones from Huawei this year. It is equipped with powerful Leica cameras. It has a bright and crisp picture quality coming from the 5.5-inch display. It has large battery capacity to last a whole day and Supercharger for fast charging. It can be charged fully in over 60 minutes. This phone offers great experience for any android user.
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Allow Me to Tell You Why Giving Yourself Your First Brazilian Is a Terrible Idea
It's basically SAW: Beauty Edition.
So let's talk paint.
When it comes to making a space your own, an easy and SUPER effective method is plain ol' painting. (Apologies to those who aren't allowed to paint in their living space -- been there, it sucks.) Choosing just the right color for a room can feel a bit daunting, but having a specific visual to use as a jumping-off point can be very helpful, such as a picture or (as we're doing today) a movie.
Dana recently moved to a new apartment. She's always loved "The Royal Tenenbaums," down to the glorious shade of salmon that coats the walls of the Tenenbaum home.
Now living on her own, Dana has found herself with absolute power over the color scheme, so we've taken the opportunity to get instructional.
Adapting inspiration to real life
The color we're using here is a pretty straightforward match, but with a tad more orange -- Cool Lava by Behr. That's what Dana wanted; we do what we want and so should you. So if you want to tone down your inspiration color for whatever reason (e.g., you live with a boy who's afraid of color), you can just go a step lighter OR move toward the same base color, but with more brown or gray in it.
DON'T get stuck on perfectly aping some other room you saw to the detail, mostly because this is YOUR space and should reflect you, but also because it seems a bit silly. If you walked into a perfect re-creation of Amelie's living room, wouldn't that be a tad weird? (BAD EXAMPLE; that would be awesome.)
Shopping a movie
Honesty time: A lot of stuff from the Tenenbaums house was kinda ugly. BUT it appeared quirky and awesome through careful curation and it told us about the characters in the film.
David Wasco, the production designer, is a genius and worked on a bunch of Tarantino movies, including "Pulp Fiction." He builds characters that are deep and complex and flawed using only visual cues and tangible items. Like, he has to give us insight into characters using LAMPS. (How does one say "deadbeat dad" with a lamp? Never mind -- we'll save that one for Father's Day.)
Luckily, you get to say only nice things about yourself with your room, so you just want to pick pretty things and other stuff that speaks to your personality.
Watching the movie, we asked ourselves, "What do I love about this house?"
One of the great things about the décor in the Tenenbaum home is that everything feels collected over time; nothing is perfect or precious. Ornate Regency-looking frames house kids drawings -- nothing is respected for its age (much like certain characters in the film). Also, some of the stuff is just the tiniest bit creepy. Here are a few pieces that create that same vibe:
Painting like a professional.
BEFORE YOU BUY, get three swatches of each color you're considering. (Three?! Yes, three. Don't worry about the paint department employees thinking you're a greedy hoarder.)
Tape one right next to your carpet, one on the wall where your light is coming from (the one with the window), and one on the wall that gets the most light (across from the window); those last two go at eye level. Live with them for a few days, looking at them at different times of day. You don't want to get it on the wall and realize your sweet new color makes your carpet look dirty all the time.
This can totally happen if you have a brown or yellow-based rug and paint a cool, white-based color on the walls. Permanent dinginess = huge bummer.
First rule? Don't buy cheap paint. (Eva's a Sherwin-Williams fan in general; Dana likes Behr but has zero brand loyalty.) And don't worry if the color you like is a brand you don't want to use (like Valspar); the paint counter can just match it. (BONUS! We chose to go with the paint with the primer mixed in and, OH, MAN, was a that a good call, since we were trying to cover a shade of pale green with the coral paint.)
** Side convo! **
Dana: Hold up, E. What's your beef with Valspar? How should a newbie determine a paint's cheapness before purchasing?
Eva: Valspar is just shoddy, in my experience. The thing is, you kind of just have to use a lot of paints and find what you like. I've had good experiences with Behr, Sherwin-Williams, and Benjamin Moore.
(And then Eva got into some real nerdy specifics that Dana did not understand and you probably don't need.)
** End side convo ***
Materials you need:
Stir the paint (or shake the paint can really well if you forgot the sticks). Unscrew and remove outlet and light-switch covers -- it's MUCH easier than taping around them. (NO TAPE? No tape.) Wet the old T-shirt pieces, wring 'em out, and you and your friend each get one to stick in your back pocket. (It'll be damp; it's worth it.)
Now, while your partner gets busy rolling the paint on in a W formation (as pictured above), you are going to "cut in."
Get your flat cardboard box under you (partner is doing the same; no need for dropcloths!), and arm yourself with a brush and cup of paint. Dip your brush bristles 1/2" deep into the paint, then wipe one side on the cup, nail polish style -- the side you wipe off will depend on which side the surface you don't want painted is on. In this instance, we want the trim on the right to stay un-painted, so that's the side of the brush we wiped off on the cup.
Now, place the brush 1/2" away from the trim, and push it down into the wall and toward the trim at the same time. This will push just a bit of paint past the right edge of your brush, and that's what's going to create the super straight line you're painting.
(We know -- that reads like it takes forever, but once you get the hang of it, it's super easy and fast. Seriously, taping over trim is SUCH a pain, takes forever, and requires a TON of that dumb tape.)
If you make a mistake, grab that damp rag you so cleverly remembered to have on you, and scrape the drip down. (Your damp butt is officially worth it.) If you're painting over a non-carpet floor, you can non-bother with the boxes and just wipe up any drips if they happen.
Usually the rolling and the cutting in take about the same length of time. (It pretty much did with Eva on cutting in and Dana rolling, but E is fast and D is slow.)
Once you finish the first coat, wait 30 minutes (if it's cold or humid, wait an hour) and then go straight into coat two. Two coats does it 90% of the time, but if you used cheap paint or have a tricksy color, it could be three. We did two coats, but there were some minor touch-up needed around the edges to even things out.
BOOM. You did it, and it looks amazing!
Before you get a shower/treat/drink/nap, you have to wash your brushes. As you noticed, that Wooster was expensive, so don't ruin it. (Dana: Girl, you really love Wooster.)
You can let the paint dry in the tray then peel it out, but roller covers take a good scrubbing with water -- or just toss the used cover if you don't paint often and are like, "UGH, scrubbing."
Now go take that shower.