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Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play
By Ben Watson, Frank Zappa
260 ratings - 3.87* vote
Frank Zappa's musical genius will take a long time to unravel. With 57 albums to his credit, ultilizing techniques of heavy rock, avant-garde classical music, jazz, and ethnic music, his body of work has defied both description and criticism. In this brilliant treatise, Watson explains, expounds, dissects, analyzes, experiences, and, in the end, ensures that Zappa's works, Frank Zappa's musical genius will take a long time to unravel. With 57 albums to his credit, ultilizing
Frank Zappa's musical genius will take a long time to unravel. With 57 albums to his credit, ultilizing techniques of heavy rock, avant-garde classical music, jazz, and ethnic music, his body of work has defied both description and criticism. In this brilliant treatise, Watson explains, expounds, dissects, analyzes, experiences, and, in the end, ensures that Zappa's works, Frank Zappa's musical genius will take a long time to unravel. With 57 albums to his credit, ultilizing techniques of heavy rock, avant-garde classical music, jazz, and ethnic music, his body of work has defied both description and criticism. In this brilliant treatise, Watson explains, expounds, dissects, analyzes, experiences, and, in the end, ensures that Zappa's works, thoughts, actions, and deeds will live on forever.
January 1st 1995 by St. Martin's Press
(first published 1993)
Nathan "N.R." Gaddis
Some people have their Dylan. Some folks have their Beatles. I have my Zappa.
I hate the Beatles. And it's not just their fans. I hate John and Paul and George and Ringo. Especially I hate the name of that last guy and his boring all=star band.
Were I to characterize Dylan, I'd be open to prompt correction. I like him. What I know of him. At the very least he's sort of the master of the story=song. But I guess I've never known him to do anything but songs. Which is fine if you really go for songs.
Zappa's where it's at. At least he's where it's at in POP music. Probably because only part of him was in the pop market. And the part that was in the pop market was the part that wanted to make $money$. That's right. Frank made pop music in order to earn $$$$. It was a way for him to subsidize his true love, which is music. He said somewhere sometime that he had performed Dinah Moe Hum (the one about manually manipulating a female to outrageous orgasm) about 17,000 times in order to finance the performance of something like, oh, I dunno... the Yellow Shark thing. I mean the Yellow Shark thing is kind of the saddest thing in music history, that just a year before he dies, he finally meets the musicians capable of and willing to perform his music properly.
At any rate, I'll natter on all day about Frank Zappa. I think in today's art world, only William T. Vollmann is sort of Zappa's heir. I think Devin Townsend too is sort of one, but his interests tend to be a bit narrower than Bill's and Frank's.
I am well aware how totally unbearable Zappa fans are. But you are compelled, at the very least, to grant us more bearability than the average Metallica fan.
Zappa was is a genius.
Manymany music people, people who say they are music people, have not discovered the secret of poodle play. Dammit.
And here's the rub, where I piss off all you posers -- Frank Zappa could read and write. Are you even remotely aware of how illiterate the average music person is today? I mean, of course, mostly in the pop world. But how many jazz-bo's are literally illiterate? Can't read music? Can't write music? It really boggles the mind. That one could be so disrespectful of one's art not to learn its language.
The illiteracy of the original Mothers is the main reason for their disbandment. The music improved. True, it may have improved a bit more were Frank able to write in a more band-oriented fashion ; but individuals are as individuals do (and he wrote lots of music specifically for those talented honkers he hired). And Frank is that prototypical type, the Rugged American Individualist who is so damn'd R.O.B.U.S.T.
Okay, so as to this Dialectical book. Look. The Zappa fans who don't like this book like to say, "Zappa hated writing lyrics." And so, right? why try to understand or interpret them? Because there's is so much awesomeness in Zappa's Conceptual Continuity. He was always up to something.
In other words, if you are a true Zappa phile, you'll prefer some of this Poodle Play over that (probably?) unreadable thing published with Frank's name on it, The "Real" Frank Zappa Book, which I haven't read, but every quote I've seen from it is kind of a little embarrassing ; It was a polemical time.
In addition to the Watson book, you'll also want the collection of papers from the Zappa conference which is kind of closely related in methodology, Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology. All you need to know about the phrase "Esemplastic Zappology" is that it is the methodological opposite of the boring and tedious 'empirical' mere collection of data. (you'll find both books under Watson's profile here on gr).
And no, the torture never does stop, no matter what order you eat the trotters.
Roxy & Elsewhere ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J_m5...
Joe's Garage ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1TS6...
The Yellow Shark (live) ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCSbu...
Dinah Moe Hum ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4hzV...
Moon Unit Zappa doing Valley Girl ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21l...
Frank playing the bicycle on the Steve Allen show, 1963 ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mewc...
(my god! he's so cute)
I'm so cute ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1m4...
A really bad=bad movie featuring Moon Unit, "Shaded Places" aka "The Giving Tree" ::
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165800/?...
And if you need some Zappa to play for folks easily offended by humor in music ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBgvF...
The shirtless Muffin Man! ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGV3y...
And Dweezil has really been doing his father proud in recent years ::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtuq...
Kevin Cole
This book has to be read to be believed. Even hardcore Zappa fans may be humbled by the ferocity of this fan.
I'm a Frank Zappa-fan, like all people who would consider reading this book I imagine. The author admires him to great heights as well. The highlights in this book include many matchless poignant quotes of FZ's, often placed in a context where they reveal an interesting angle, reveaing opinions of Ben Watson's. I hadn't read anything of his before but he is a music writer for the British magazine "The Wire". He is a socialist and appears to be a well-read person. The book catalogues Zappa's work in chronological order but has much more to offer than just preaching-to-the-choir appreciation, and established cliché critiques (misogyny etc.) There is no dry musical analysis. My reading progress resembles the shape of a "burnt weeny sandwich" and goes as follows:
Very stimulated by the first 70 pages, especially by Watson's attitude towards Zappa's position, and using him, almost exclusively in very high regard, as do his fans, as an iconic late 20th-century artist who disregards high and low brow art borders. To Watson, Zappa is a petit-bourgeoisie capitalist with a penetrating, disarming outlook, whose art fearlessly and with "conceptual consistency" comments on the the stupid and easily-swayed people of the culture he disdains and is part. For me the scorn is a big portion of why I like FZ's lyrics, and they do make me listen. Watson likes quoting Theodor Adorno (yawn), Philip K. Dick, Sigmund Freud and others, in order to draw countless parallels to political, and other, ideas and trends in a list of eras, traditions and continuums. It's all presented in a verbose, and often humorous, fashion. After a while I felt I had had enough of it. There is no shortage of articulated opinions about this and that, and I like what he has to say about class differences in art a lot, as well as the general perception, through the centuries, of influential media portrayal to uphold such hierarchies (Mozart was a genius, rock is low etc), but he goes too far for it to really be believable to the fans. Perhaps he's going all "entrepreneurial American" here and employs gross exaggerations to make his points?
The middle section of the book deals with common themes in Zappa's output: animals (see title), orifices, sex, power abuse etc. Some of it is amusing and I think he's on to some things, however I was turned off when he extracts whatever meanings he wants from the individual letters in the song title "Montana", this episode is just nerdy and embarrassing mental masturbation. Sometimes he draws very unfair opinionated conclusions and uses details in lyrics or interviews to support a concluded reduction of this and that to make them comply with larger cultural schemes, fitting Watson's decided-on view. There is some magnetic pull to the left all the time. Regardless of your political views there's some bullshit there; to quote FZ: "Look here brother, who're you jivin' with that cosmik debris?"
I was on the verge of stopping at one or two points, but then he won me over again with the last 8th of the book. He actually met with Zappa in his house, hung with, and interviewed him, and was met with approving nods and amused laughs, and was given the go ahead to publish the book from the man himself, just a few months before he died in 1993.
So to summarize my impressions; on the one hand an ambitious, amusing and worthwhile read for the Zappa-fan, but on the other hand - to once again quote FZ: "Who gives a fuck anyway?"....
Matthew Lipson
This a very complex book in its presentation. Being a break down of the cultural and musical relevance of one of the 20th century's most controversial musicians may not be for everyone. Being very academic in its approach make the book not easily accessible especially for those not steeped in music theory or terminology. I will admit most of the musical deconstruction went over my head. I walked away with -- Zappa's music is very complex in a way you never see in popular music.
In a sense Zappa is a repressed composer trapped in a novelty Rock 'n' Roll genre. Most of this is of his own making. A reality he at once felt trapped in and reveled in. Let's be honest, symphonic composers rarely get panties thrown at them on stage, asked for or not.
This is a book I need to re-read, as I may be a little bit more read on these subjects. I do recommend it, but only for those who are ready to be intellectually challenged.
I finished this quite some time ago and I'm just now thinking to add it to my goodreads "read" list. Worth a reread sometime soon.
This is an idiosyncratic but very enlightening academic discourse on Frank Zappa's music. I found the bits on Adorno tough going as I'm not fond of philosophy, but even these sections were ultimately worthwhile.
Since it's now 25 years since Zappa's death and the Zappa Family Trust has kept up a fairly frenetic pace of releasing Zappa's work, the book could, I think, really do with a new edition, although some might argue, with some justification, that none of the material released since Zappa's death really throws new light on the oeuvre.
Mark Goddard
Hell. I am giving this book 5 stars. Yes at times it is very difficult to read.Many times I would reread the same paragraph over and over. In the endI felt rewarded for sticking it out. I learned about certain stuff I would never had encountered if not for this book. Now I just have to figure out what it all means?
Simon Mcleish
Originally published on my blog here in April 1998.
This massive volume, over five hundred pages, is a detailed analysis of Frank Zappa's life and work, from the point of view of a long-term dedicated fan. Even so, there is space for fewer than ten pages for each album released by Zappa, so the amount of analysis possible is a little limited.
The fan background means that Watson attempts to defend Zappa wherever possible, even in cases where many people (including myself) find his work pretty difficult to take (see particularly the information on ThingFish, for example). The author is also involved in the Socialist Workers' Party, and sometimes his politics get rather in the way of the music. (The criticisms throughout the book of Zappa for treating his band members as employees are an example of this.) The first five chapters were written earlier than the rest of the book, and some of the later parts do have a rather piecemeal look to them.
I enjoyed the book, despite these quibbles, and it made me want to go out and listen to some of the Zappa albums I haven't heard. I was particularly interested in the discussions of xenochrony (putting together bits of music with different time signatures, in Zappa's case using recording technology) and the contrast between extreme preparation in advance and the use of chance events, both of which are features in Zappa's music. In the latter context, Watson tells a wonderful anecdote, which I want to repeat here. When Samuel Beckett was working as secretary to James Joyce and taking down dictation for the carefully planned Finnegan's Wake, they were interrupted by a knock on the door. Beckett noted down the "Come in" uttered by Joyce; when reading the passage back made them realise that these two words had crept in by chance, Joyce decided to keep them, and wove them into his plans for the book.
David Melbie
My third reading of this unruly monster. I thoroughly enjoy reading this book even if I most thoroughly do not understand much of OTL's thoughts as he has presented them -- is this guy kidding or what?
I laughed harder at the 'Postfix to the Fourth Edition,' where OTL rants about other critics' reviews of this large turd of a book!
The fact that I thoroughly enjoy books of this type makes me as much a lunatic as the author, I suppose. Zoot allures, indeed! --From A Reader's Journal, by d r melbie.
This was a pretty solid book, though maybe a little much for someone relatively new to Zappa. Maybe I'll try again in a few years once I've had more exposure. Still, very well researched and intelligent.


In every service I conduct, I make an effort to include original spiritual input of some sort from the congregation. Sometimes this includes children -- and sometimes it means asking children to do typically adult tasks. As one example, I have asked children to lead our Sunday prayers. That does not merely mean reading prayers, but composing prayers. OBSERVATION: The results have been surprising. I do not remember having been disappointed by a child -- rather, impressed. They do receive guidelines, though not always coaching. Occasionally parents have told me that they didn't want coaching even from their parents -- they wanted this to be their prayers.


After the battles at Contreras and Churubusco in August, General Scott halted his attack. The U.S. general had no desire to seize Mexico City by force, having suffered more than one thousand casualties in the recent fighting. Receiving information that the Mexican government was prepared to negotiate, Scott proposed an armistice to discuss peace terms.
The peace held for two weeks, during which time the chief U.S. diplomat, Nicholas Trist, seemed to be making progress with his Mexican counterparts. Pressure from conservatives, however, led Santa Anna to insist on new terms. The Mexican delegates now refused to cede New Mexico, and to give up only a small portion of northern California. Knowing these terms would be unacceptable to his government, Trist broke off negotiations. Scott now prepared to resume hostilities.
On September 8, Scott ordered an assault of Molino del Rey (the King's Mill), an iron foundry on the southwestern edge of the capital, rumored to be a factory for manufacturing cannons for the Mexican army. U.S. casualties at El Molino del Rey, approximately 800, were the highest for any single battle during the U.S.-Mexico War. The heavy losses and the fact that no cannons were found at the mill led to recriminations among the U.S. command, and led to a personal rupture between Winfield Scott and William Worth, who had led the attack.
Built during the colonial period, Chapultepec Castle had been abandoned in the years after independence, but had served as a military academy for a decade prior to the outbreak of the U.S.-Mexico War. Situated on a hill two hundred feet high on the western edge of the capital, it overlooked two main causeways that led into the city. Although Santa Anna recognized Chapultepec's strategic importance in the battle for the capital, the Mexican army lacked the time and resources necessary to complete its preparations, or the manpower to adequately defend it.
A U.S. artillery bombardment of Chapultepec began on September 12, and resumed at dawn the following day. At 8 a.m. Scott ordered General Pillow's division to lead an assault on the castle. The attack was temporarily halted while the advance parties waited for storming ladders. Inside the walls, General Nicolás Bravo commanded 1,000 men, some of them cadets from the Colegio Militar. It was an insufficient force to hold back the U.S. onslaught. By 9 a.m. the attackers rushed over the walls and swept into the castle. Half an hour later all opposition on Chapultepec had ended. The young Mexican cadets—some no older than thirteen--would be immortalized as los Niños Heroes, the boy heroes.


For novices in the marketing and advertising profession, one way to make their way up the greasy ladder could be to aim for a campaign management role - a challenging position that involves a great deal of organisation and co-ordination, especially when working on an international scale.
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It seems like Shaun Majumder has been around forever. From his days hosting a kids' game show on YTV's CLIPS to his rise in the Canadian comedy clubs to his five years on This Hour Has 22 Minutes to his dramatic role on ABC TV's Detroit 1-8-7, the 39-year-old Newfoundlander has had a long and varied career. It's both surprising and understandable, then, that he hadn't done a standup theatre tour of the country until this spring. He's been busy, sure, but what took him so long?
With his first (and last) season of the cop show Detroit 1-8-7 wrapped, now's the time. The producers recently announced its cancellation, but Majumder had a blast playing it straight as Det. Vikram Mahajan. Or as straight as he can. It was a little jarring for Canadians tuning in to see the irrepressible funnyman talking about blunt-force trauma to the head. He understands that.
Despite being so well known for standup north of the border and having lived stateside for 10 years, Majumder has never pursued a comedy career there.
Sure, he can get rusty laying off for so long, but a free spirit like Majumder doesn't take long to catch up once he's under the lights. And with Vancouver being show number 18 on this tour, he's sure to be a well-oiled machine by the time he rolls into town.
Well, there goes that theory. But that's more likely just a performer's neuroses. Majumder is one of the most sparkling and likable comedians in the business. Go ahead, try not to like him. You can't. And despite seeing the world through his uniquely self-described "Pewfie" (a portmanteau of Newfie and Pakistani) eyes, Majumder speaks the universal language of funny. Sure, he'll address race, but it's hardly the backbone of his act.
While his vague beigeness leaves people wondering what race he is, that doesn't stop him from being at the receiving end of racial taunts. He recalls one night in Guelph after a show when a man spewed a walk-by slur.
Majumder says he loves delving into that type of material but treads carefully, not wanting to lose the crowd.
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THE WORLD FROM...Asia
As dictators fall from power in other parts of the world, Asian leaders cling to old patterns of control
By Clayton Jones
THE people of Asia are scratching their heads to figure out just what George Bush means by a ``new world order.'' To them, the old order is still pretty much intact. The thaw in the cold war has yet to reach Asia, where conservative peasants have tolerated even the most ruthless rulers, communist or not, for decades.
From afar, Asians saw how Latin American dictators and East European communists fell from power in the 1980s. In Asia, the 1986 overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines sparked moves toward democracy in Thailand, Pakistan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Student activists talk of weeping as they listened to shortwave radio as Marcos was ousted by ``people's power.'' Those tears of joy turned to woe as students were gunned down in Burma in 1988, China in 1989, and lately in Thailand.
Those with the bullets have cut down most advances toward the power of the ballot. Many leaders now grant just enough political pluralism to satisfy an emerging middle class, university youth, and military dissenters. In the name of modernizing, they delay the luxury of democracy.
Recent ``emerging democracies'' - Nepal, Bangladesh, and Mongolia - face possible reversals unless voting becomes rooted over generations. Even Britain finds it difficult to install democracy in its Chinese colony of Hong Kong.
In supposedly Westernized Japan, one party has been in power for 45 years. The three strongest politicians are all related by marriage. That means the next leader of the world's largest creditor nation could be decided over sushi. In about half of Asia, political opponents still tend to be locked up. Politics revolves around guessing who is heir apparent and maneuvering to join or undo him.
Asian leaders have long employed a combination of four ``isms'' to keep themselves in power: nepotism, paternalism, communism, or militarism. These hinder Asia from mastering the art of peaceful leadership transfers.
Old monarchies hold some or all the power in about half-a-dozen nations, including Thailand, Nepal, and Japan. Such lordly rule provides stability, but at the cost of perpetuating a belief that bloodlines determine merit.
Other power-holders hide behind a veneer of a restricted democracy. Unofficial shadow rulers pull the strings in China, Japan, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Singapore.
A number of nations face leadership changes in the 1990s. Vietnam's Communist Party holds a pivotal congress in a few months to determine if an Old Guard weaned on war and Joseph Stalin will give way to a younger generation. That will influence Hanoi's client regime in Cambodia.
Japan gets a new prime minister by October and may choose to retire its postwar leaders. The Philippines and South Korea will elect new presidents in 1992. And India will once again decide whether the party that led it to independence still deserves to rule.
Meanwhile, a fragile coalition in China could come undone when Deng Xiaoping dies. Two leaders of coups in the 1960s, Suharto of Indonesia and Ne Win of Burma, are trying to place friends and family in power, knowing they themselves might leave the scene soon.
Creating a dynasty is also near completion in North Korea. Longtime ruler Kim Il Sung will soon hand over formal power to his son, Kim Jong Il, who is so little respected that the Korean Peninsula could be rocked by dangerous instability.
No wonder President Bush has put off any trips to Asia, where the old ways still tend to be the only ways.
Due to editing errors in the March 12 issue, an article referred to the 1986 bombing attempt of an El Al flight as a bombing. `The World From Asia' essay included Thailand in a list of countries in which students had been shot. Thai protesters were arrested in recent demonstrations.
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Another sign of Myanmar reform? Aung San Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand.
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FRISCO, Texas -- Amari Cooper will be in Orlando, Florida, this week, getting ready to play in the Pro Bowl.
Based on the numbers he put up for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019 -- 79 catches, 1,189 yards and eight touchdowns -- he should be hobnobbing with the NFC's best, even as an injury replacement.
But Cooper's season will not be remembered for his fourth Pro Bowl appearance in five seasons. It will be remembered for how he finished the 2019 season. It will be remembered for his not being on the field during the biggest play of the biggest game of the Cowboys' season against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 16. It will be remembered for him getting shut out against the New England Patriots in Week 12.
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With how Cooper started the season, it looked like the price tag might go even higher. Through nine games, he had 53 receptions for 848 yards and seven touchdowns, putting him on pace for a season that would likely land him in a neighborhood occupied only by Michael Irvin, Terrell Owens and Dez Bryant in franchise history.
And those stats include the one-catch, 3-yard Week 6 game against the New York Jets in which he went down with a quadriceps injury.
But, something changed after Week 9.
Some thought the heel, ankle, quad and knee injuries he suffered early in the season had caught up to him, but he said he felt better in the season's second half than the first. Perhaps the attention of opposing defenses got to him, which might have played a part in Michael Gallup's 1,107-yard season. Some inside the Cowboys' organization believed there was some sort of issue with wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal that led to Cooper's drop in productivity.
But Cooper blamed his issues on a lack of focus.
Cowboys receiver Amari Cooper had career highs in yards (1,189) and touchdowns (8) in 2019. Elsa/Getty Images
"Sometimes when you are having success, you tend to lose focus on the little things that you need to do to keep playing well," Cooper said. "For example, if you catch a lot of balls early on, it starts to feel like that's just what you do. ... When it becomes routine, you stop doing those things."
Whatever it was, Cooper's production in the final seven games has to give the Cowboys at least some pause.
His 26 receptions in Weeks 11-17 ranked 53rd in the NFL, and his 341 yards ranked 43rd in that time frame.
No. 1 receivers can have lapses, but Cooper's finish to the season looked like some of the indifferent times he had with the Oakland Raiders before the trade with the Cowboys.
Does the way he finished the season fall into the $15 million-a-year neighborhood?
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"The way I would asses [my season] is, I wouldn't say I hit my potential this season even though it's a career high in yards and in touchdowns," Cooper said the day after the Cowboys' season ended. "I thought I could've accomplished a lot more, but I didn't, so it's a good reason to be able to go back to the drawing board and work my butt off this offseason, so that ... in a way can be a good thing. Now I know that coming into next year it's something I can actually top, because I know for a fact down the stretch this season I didn't perform at a level in which I know I can perform."
A couple of times during the season, Cooper said he wanted to be with the Cowboys long term.
"I love it here. I love everything about this area, this team, the place I live," Cooper said. "It's just I don't feel like I have anything to complain about in this situation."
Cooper sees room for growth for himself as well as Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.
"I think he and I are a very important part of this team and very important pieces in terms of wins and losses," Cooper said. "I think we can really take over games together, and if we do that consistently, then it'll be really hard to stop us and be really hard for us to lose."
Cooper and Prescott will be tied contractually, too.
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In an ideal scenario, the Cowboys will avoid chewing up all of their available salary-cap space by signing both to long-term deals before the NFL's free-agent market opens in March. Maybe slightly less ideal would be signing Prescott to a multiyear deal and using the franchise tag on Cooper, which could be worth about $18.5 million in 2020.
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In using either tag on Cooper, the Cowboys would buy themselves another 16 games to see what they are getting in the veteran receiver.
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Q: The request to API call datastore_v3.Put() was too large. using Objectify (DataStore) and not uploading files I get the following error.

com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy$RequestTooLargeException: The
  request to API call datastore_v3.Put() was too large.

I am using Objectify 4.0 and not uploading any file. I am using the DataStore for my app, but the only item above 1Mb is a _values blob in _ah_SESSION entity.
The images of the console are in:
http://goo.gl/qP7v7U
I dont know how to troubleshoot the issue and even when the error has been asked before, my problem is that I am not using files and I am actually using the datastore.
EDIT: Testing again, it seems to break in a Delete operation. Here's the log.

W 12:37:39.798 /editarContrato.jsf
  com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy$RequestTooLargeException: The request to API call datastore_v3.Put() was too large.
    at com.google.apphosting.utils.runtime.ApiProxyUtils.convertApiError(ApiProxyUtils.java:42)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ApiProxyImpl$AsyncApiFuture.success(ApiProxyImpl.java:497)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ApiProxyImpl$AsyncApiFuture.success(ApiProxyImpl.java:411)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher$1.runInContext(RpcStub.java:856)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:444)
    at com.google.tracing.CurrentContext.runInContext(CurrentContext.java:220)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:308)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:300)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:441)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher.runCallback(RpcStub.java:894)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher.rpcFinished(RpcStub.java:904)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher.success(RpcStub.java:883)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcClientInternalContext.runCallbacks(RpcClientInternalContext.java:1130)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcClientInternalContext.finishRpcAndNotifyApp(RpcClientInternalContext.java:1030)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.afterFinishingActiveRpc(RpcNetChannel.java:1459)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.finishRpc(RpcNetChannel.java:1280)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.handleResponse(RpcNetChannel.java:2995)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.messageReceived(RpcNetChannel.java:2731)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.access$2900(RpcNetChannel.java:175)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel$TransportCallback.receivedMessage(RpcNetChannel.java:3922)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcChannelTransportData$TransportCallback.receivedMessage(RpcChannelTransportData.java:669)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.wire.RpcBaseTransport.receivedMessage(RpcBaseTransport.java:457)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport$ClientAdapter.receivedMessage(UdrpcTransport.java:577)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport.dispatchPacket(UdrpcTransport.java:386)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport.readPackets(UdrpcTransport.java:283)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport$1.run(UdrpcTransport.java:100)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.AbstractFutureTask$Sync.innerRun(AbstractFutureTask.java:260)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.AbstractFutureTask.run(AbstractFutureTask.java:121)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl.runTask(EventManagerImpl.java:594)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl.internalRunWorkerLoop(EventManagerImpl.java:1011)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl.runWorkerLoop(EventManagerImpl.java:892)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.WorkerThreadInfo.runWorkerLoop(WorkerThreadInfo.java:161)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl$WorkerThread.run(EventManagerImpl.java:1879)
F 12:37:39.801 Uncaught exception from servlet
  com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy$RequestTooLargeException: The request to API call datastore_v3.Put() was too large.
    at com.google.apphosting.utils.runtime.ApiProxyUtils.convertApiError(ApiProxyUtils.java:42)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ApiProxyImpl$AsyncApiFuture.success(ApiProxyImpl.java:497)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.ApiProxyImpl$AsyncApiFuture.success(ApiProxyImpl.java:411)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher$1.runInContext(RpcStub.java:856)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable$1.run(TraceContext.java:444)
    at com.google.tracing.CurrentContext.runInContext(CurrentContext.java:220)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContextNoUnref(TraceContext.java:308)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$AbstractTraceContextCallback.runInInheritedContext(TraceContext.java:300)
    at com.google.tracing.TraceContext$TraceContextRunnable.run(TraceContext.java:441)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher.runCallback(RpcStub.java:894)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher.rpcFinished(RpcStub.java:904)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.client.RpcStub$RpcCallbackDispatcher.success(RpcStub.java:883)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcClientInternalContext.runCallbacks(RpcClientInternalContext.java:1130)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcClientInternalContext.finishRpcAndNotifyApp(RpcClientInternalContext.java:1030)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.afterFinishingActiveRpc(RpcNetChannel.java:1459)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.finishRpc(RpcNetChannel.java:1280)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.handleResponse(RpcNetChannel.java:2995)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.messageReceived(RpcNetChannel.java:2731)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel.access$2900(RpcNetChannel.java:175)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcNetChannel$TransportCallback.receivedMessage(RpcNetChannel.java:3922)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.client.RpcChannelTransportData$TransportCallback.receivedMessage(RpcChannelTransportData.java:669)
    at com.google.net.rpc3.impl.wire.RpcBaseTransport.receivedMessage(RpcBaseTransport.java:457)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport$ClientAdapter.receivedMessage(UdrpcTransport.java:577)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport.dispatchPacket(UdrpcTransport.java:386)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport.readPackets(UdrpcTransport.java:283)
    at com.google.apphosting.runtime.udrpc.UdrpcTransport$1.run(UdrpcTransport.java:100)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.AbstractFutureTask$Sync.innerRun(AbstractFutureTask.java:260)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.AbstractFutureTask.run(AbstractFutureTask.java:121)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl.runTask(EventManagerImpl.java:594)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl.internalRunWorkerLoop(EventManagerImpl.java:1011)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl.runWorkerLoop(EventManagerImpl.java:892)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.WorkerThreadInfo.runWorkerLoop(WorkerThreadInfo.java:161)
    at com.google.net.eventmanager.EventManagerImpl$WorkerThread.run(EventManagerImpl.java:1879)

Any help appreciated.
The AppStat error stack
@2998ms datastore_v3.RunQuery real=7ms api=0ms cost=0 billed_ops=[]
Stack:
  com.google.appengine.tools.appstats.Recorder:276 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy:199 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.appengine.api.datastore.DatastoreApiHelper:82 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.appengine.api.datastore.QueryRunnerV3:36 runQuery()
  com.google.appengine.api.datastore.PreparedQueryImpl:32 runQuery()
  com.google.appengine.api.datastore.PreparedQueryImpl:61 asQueryResultIterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.QueryEngine$ChunkingToRefIterator:100 <init>()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.QueryEngine$1:64 iterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.TranslatingQueryResultIterable:28 iterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.TranslatingQueryResultIterable:11 iterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultProxy$1:26 translate()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultProxy$1:22 translate()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultTranslator:21 nowUncached()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultCache:30 now()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultProxy:52 invoke()
  com.sun.proxy.$Proxy16:164 toArray()
  co.gov.fonada.planeacion.mb.ContratoMB:67 fillContratos()

 @4218ms memcache.Get real=71ms api=0ms cost=0 billed_ops=[]
Stack:
  com.google.appengine.tools.appstats.Recorder:276 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy:199 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy:138 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.appengine.api.memcache.MemcacheServiceApiHelper:95 makeAsyncCall()
  com.google.appengine.api.memcache.AsyncMemcacheServiceImpl:475 doGetAll()
  com.google.appengine.api.memcache.AsyncMemcacheServiceImpl:436 getIdentifiables()
  com.google.appengine.api.memcache.MemcacheServiceImpl:59 getIdentifiables()
  com.googlecode.objectify.cache.EntityMemcache:215 getAll()
  com.googlecode.objectify.cache.CachingAsyncDatastoreService:253 get()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.LoadEngine$Round:172 fetchPending()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.LoadEngine$Round:118 execute()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.LoadEngine:258 execute()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.QueryEngine$ChunkingToRefIterator:152 advanceBatch()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.QueryEngine$ChunkingToRefIterator:105 <init>()
  com.googlecode.objectify.impl.engine.QueryEngine$1:64 iterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.TranslatingQueryResultIterable:28 iterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.TranslatingQueryResultIterable:11 iterator()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultProxy$1:26 translate()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultProxy$1:22 translate()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultTranslator:21 nowUncached()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultCache:30 now()
  com.googlecode.objectify.util.ResultProxy:52 invoke()
  com.sun.proxy.$Proxy16:164 toArray()
  co.gov.fonada.planeacion.mb.ContratoMB:67 fillContratos()

New Edit:
I've discovered a big string in memcache, with _ahs* key, which is supposed to be a session variable. I think thats the variable thats getting too big. The text includes a copy of the HTML for "debug" and copyright disclaimers of a bunch of products.
The whole text is [clic here]
This is part of the text:
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    DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.

    Copyright (c) 1997-2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

    The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
    General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common Development
    and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the "License").  You
    may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You can
    obtain a copy of the License at
    https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html
    or packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.  See the License for the specific
    language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

    When distributing the software, include this License Header Notice in each
    file and include the License file at packager/legal/LICENSE.txt.

    GPL Classpath Exception:
    Oracle designates this particular file as subject to the "Classpath"
    exception as provided by Oracle in the GPL Version 2 section of the License
    file that accompanied this code.

    Modifications:
    If applicable, add the following below the License Header, with the fields
    enclosed by brackets [] replaced by your own identifying information:
    "Portions Copyright [year] [name of copyright owner]"

    Contributor(s):
    If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL or
    only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding "[Contributor]
    elects to include this software in this distribution under the [CDDL or GPL
    Version 2] license."  If you don't indicate a single choice of license, a
    recipient has the option to distribute your version of this file under
    either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or to extend the choice of license to
    its licensees as provided above.  However, if you add GPL Version 2 code
    and therefore, elected the GPL Version 2 license, then the option applies
    only if the new code is made subject to such option by the copyright
    holder.

    This file incorporates work covered by the following copyright and
    permission notice:

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.

-->

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Debug - /editarContrato.xhtml</title>
<style type="text/css">
body, div, span, td, th, caption { font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; font-size: small; }
ul, li, pre { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
h1 { color: #090; }
h2, h2 span { font-size: large; color: #339; }
h2 a { text-decoration: none; color: #339; }
.grayBox { padding: 8px; margin: 10px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; background-color: #f9f9f9;  }
#view { color: #090; font-weight: bold; font-size: medium; }
#tree, #vars { display: none; }
code { font-size: medium; }
#tree dl { color: #006; }
#tree dd { margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }
#tree dt { border: 1px solid #DDD; padding: 4px; border-left: 2px solid #666; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, mono; font-size: small; }
.uicText { color: #999;  }
table { border: 1px solid #CCC; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%; text-align: left; }
td { border: 1px solid #CCC; }
thead tr th { padding: 2px; color: #030; background-color: #F9F9F9; }
tbody tr td { padding: 10px 6px; }

Using @BalusC "poor man's debugging" approach for Listen and debug JSF lifecycle phases, I found out the error after END PHASE RENDER_RESPONSE 6.
Still dont know whats making my app to write these files to the storage.
Any help greatly appreciated.

A: 1MB limit applies to all Datastore entities. You need to break down your large entity into smaller pieces.
Note that session is backed up by both Memcache and the Datastore, and both of them have this 1MB limit for individual entities. Make sure that all entities you put in a session are well below this limit.

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Q: Animate parts of SVG with CSS on hover I have a menu-icon in svg where I want a part of the icon to animate on hover, not the entire icon. How can I target  with a keyframe-animation when hovering the icon?
I have another menu-icon where I'm animating the entire icon on hover, but the one I'm askin here only needs one part of it to move...

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i made this short fiddle to show how you can select the right element. i did not include keyframes because im not a animation guru with css.
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<svg width="100px" height="100px">
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Feature: Lopez Museum History
Posted by The Handmade Chic
The Lopez Museum and Library was founded on 13 February 1960 by Don Eugenio Lopez, Sr. in honor of his parents, Benito Lopez and Presentacion Hofilaña. Don Eugenio built the museum in order to provide scholars and students access to his personal collection of rare Filipiniana books, manuscripts, maps, archaeological artifacts, and fine art.
The museum's original four story edifice designed by National Artist Juan Nakpil stood right in front of the founder's residence in Lancaster Street, Pasay. The Lopezes kept the museum open all throughout the martial law years. In1986, the museum moved to its second and current home at the Benpres Building in Ortigas to protect its collection from the salty air from Manila Bay and the frequent monsoon floods in Pasay. Despite the transfer, the museum remained as a popular hub for Filipiniana materials and rare artifacts. Another thing that sets the Lopez Museum & Library apart is the brand of customer service that it offers to visitors.
Lopez Museum and library during the 60's
The museum is home to paintings by 19thcentury Filipino masters, Juan Luna and Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo. Luna and Hidalgo garnered honors for their country when the paintings they submitted to the 1884 Esposicion National de Bellas Artes in Madrid won the Filipino some international recognition in the field of fine arts. Luna's Spoliarium received one of the three gold medals awarded while Hidalgo's entry, Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho, was awarded the first silver out of a total of fifteen that were given out. A walk through the galleries will prove that Luna's works are in distinct contrast to those of Hidalgo's. If Luna's canvases depict drama and a certain bravura, Hidalgo's portray a delicate sensibility, which a critic has described as "more pure, more serene in feeling".
The museum also has selected works by 20th century National Artist Fernando Amorsolo, who
gained prominence during the early 30's and 40's as the artist who popularized the era's rustic
Philippine landscape and the lovely dalagang Filipina. Throughout the years, the museum has acquired paintings by many of the country's National Artists including Victorio Edades,
Botong Francisco,Jose Joya, Ang Kiukok,Vicente Manansala, HR Ocampo, Cesar Legaspi, Arturo Luz,and J. Elizalde Navarro. Important artist such as Fernando Zobel, Nena Saguil, Macario Vitalis, and Romeo Tabuena are also represented in the museum's ever-expanding collection. The museum is equally proud of its under-rated pieces from Alfonso Ossorio, Juan Arellano,and Dominador Castañeda.
Among the museum's other treasures is an initial collection of 14th and 15th century artifacts recovered in Calatagan burial sites. The Calatagan excavations opened new areas of study on the culture and civilization of the early Filipinos. The museum's share in the diggings, which Don Eugenio financed, consists chiefly of porcelain of Chinese origin, Filipino earthenware, beads and a few Annamese and Siamese pieces.
The museum's Rizaliana includes some 90 priceless letters of Jose Rizal to his mother and sisters. Other memorabilia in the collection include his billfold and brushes, flute, as well as personal papers from Dapitan, Hongkong, and Europe.
The library has a collection of over 21,000 Filipiniana titles, constantly enriched by new acquisitions. Its rare Philippine imprints date from the early 17thcentury –the oldest being a unique copy of the Belarmin-Lopez Doctrina Cristiana in Ilocano (Manila, 1620.) Am
ong the other rare books and manuscripts are works by such eminent printers as Tomas Pinpin, Raymundo Magysa, Nicolas Cruz Bagay, Laureano Atlas,and Juan Correa. The earliest book in the library is the third edition (Rome, 1524) of De Moluccis Insulis, by Maximilianus Transylvanus, which has the first printed account of Magellan's voyage to the Philippines. Ano
ther important book in the collection is the famous Relacion de las Islas Filipinas by the Jesuit Pedro Chirino (Rome, 1604). The library also has extensive holding of books from the Spanish and early American period. To these are added old periodicals (such as The Tribune), photo
albums of Philippine flora, fauna, Philippine urban and rural environs, and microfilms of manuscripts and the like.
To strengthen the goal of the Lopez Memorial Museum and Library in preserving and promoting Philippine arts and letters, the Eugenio Lopez Foundation continues to publish Filipiniana material intended for scholars and the general public. Its publications include The Philippine Insurrection Against the US,edited by Renato Constantino, Juan Luna: The Filipino as Painter by Santiago A. Pilar, Orchidiana Philipiniana by Helen Valmayor, Philippine Rariora by Mauro Garcia, and Fernando Zobel by Rod Paras-Perez. The Foundation's most recent project was the book, Hidalgo and the Generation of 1872 by Alfredo Roces, whose publication marked the Foundation's contribution to and commemoration of the Philippine Centennial. The Hidalgo book won the 1998 Manila Critics Circle national Art Book of the Year.
EXHIBITION PROGRAM
The museum's semi-annual changing exhibition program since 2001 seeks to interpret segments of its permanent collection alongside contemporary expressions.
The museum offers a wide diversity of workshop offerings, thought-provoking public talks, and roundtable conversations.
Exhibiting artists, critics, curators, cultural workers, and other cross-disciplinary experts engage the museum's curatorial and outreach talking points which touch on a range encompassing psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology, the natural and physical sciences, new media studies, and pop culture.
Portrait of Don Eugenio H. Lopez, Sr. by F. Amorsolo, oil on canvas, 1957
CONSERVATION PROGRAM
To help ensure that the present and future generations learn and enjoy Philippine art, history, and culture, the museum has embarked on two collaborative and parallel programs:
Roberto M. Lopez Conservation Center–Conducts conservation research and analysis as well as the actual conservation and restoration of paintings and works on paper with the use of state-of-the-art equipment.
Digitization Project –Aims to preserve original and archival material and to enable greater access to these resources.
The Lopez Memorial Museum is open to all students, art lovers, Filipiniana scholars and researchers who wish to discover their heritage and maintain pride in being Filipino. The museum is located at the ground floor of the Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avanue, Pasig City. Museum and Library hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Mondays to Saturdays.
1 comment on "Feature: Lopez Museum History"
xay November 25, 2019 at 7:59 PM
Hello Therese, My name is Christine, a former meralco employee. I am creating an AVP for former Meralco employees. Just wondering if you would permit me to use Don Eugenio Lopez Sr's portrait here as one of my materials. Your permission will be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your response. Thank you!
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ASHEVILLE - The mother of a man shot and killed by a city police officer in July looked at crime scene photos from the day of her son's death for the first time Thursday night.
In front of news cameras, family and friends, she threw her hands on the screen displaying the graphic images. "I'm so sorry," she cried over and over again. "Look at my baby, look at my baby."
The mother of a man shot and killed by a city police officer in July said Thursday night that his family had no closure.
Evidence presented by the district attorney earlier in the afternoon was fragmented and didn't make sense, she said.
"This is not over. Believe me this is just the beginning," said Najiyyah Avery to an emotional crowd.
She held back tears as she called for better officer training, stronger laws and police reform.
"It's not going to be alright," she said. "You can't change the fact that my son was shot as many times as he was shot."
Around 50 people came to pray and grieve with the family.
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"I'm hurt. I'm broke," Avery, 60, said earlier outside the federal courthouse. "I have spells where I just cry all day and all night."
Avery met with the District Attorney Todd Williams at noon Thursday just before he held a news conference. Williams told the media the shooting was justified.
"I'm totally devastated," said Avery. "This is my son. If it was your son, how would you feel?"
The case sparked questions over whether a white officer used excessive force in shooting Williams, who was black, and it has led to a series of rallies and meetings in Asheville intended to address fears that race and poverty played a role.
The Rev. Amy Cantrell, a social justice activist, said Thursday afternoon that she sat beside Avery and her family when they met with the district attorney.
The minister said Todd Williams told the family there would be no charges, and that state law protects officers and their use of lethal force.
"We're seeing this all over the country," she said. "These are very old structures that are racist and classist."
Police have said Williams, 35, had an AR-15 rifle and displayed the weapon before being shot.
An autopsy done by the Buncombe County medical examiner said Jai Williams was shot nine times.
"When we look at that, we see that this case hangs as many others on the use of excessive force," Cantrell said.
The Asheville Police Department released a draft version of a revised use-of-force policy last week. It holds city officers to a higher standard than required by the North Carolina statute.
The new policy contains de-escalation steps that could have changed the outcome, Cantrell said. All of this happened very quickly.
"After the first shot, could (Radford) have stopped?" she wondered.
"Sadly, the state laws are structured to create the same outcome over and over," Cantrell said. "We know that system is broken and biased."
"We have to note that there are white people who are taken into custody alive all of the time."
A small group of ministers and concerned citizens met at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church on the Block, Asheville's historically black business district downtown, shortly after the district attorney's remarks.
The Rev. Damita Wilder, of A.M.E. Zion Church in Asheville, spoke on behalf of the The Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Asheville and Buncombe County, the Stop the Violence Coalition and the Baptist Ministers Union.
"Today our hearts and our prayers go out especially to Jerry Williams' family, friends and all those who feel as though once again the system has betrayed them and justice has again been denied," she said
Timeline of Jerry Williams shooting and aftermath
Wilder said the group had been anticipating the decision with a certain amount of apprehension and dread.
Whatever the outcome, she said, the group knew that some people would be deeply disappointed, angry, betrayed and let down, while others would feel relieved, exonerated, vindicated and grateful.
Wilder called on the public to refrain from violence, to channel their emotions into bettering the community, to build an Asheville that is full of equity and love.
Those in the room pledged to continue to press for policing reform in the community.
"We can and we must work together," Wilder said.
"The Civil Rights movements did not end in the '60s or '70s but is still continuing today."
At the news conference District Attorney Todd Williams said "the most comprehensive and credible" witnesses were two women who were in the car with Jerry Williams during the chase.
Todd Williams identified the women as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2. Jane Doe 1's child was also in the car during the chase. Jane Doe 1 said she was trying to keep Williams from displaying a gun when the policing were chasing them.
"When (Radford) said, 'Put your hands in the air,' I was literally fighting him to keep the gun in the car," she told court officials. "And then he opened the back door and grabbed the gun. When the gun fell, he picked the gun up, and they shot him."
In a statement, members of the Racial Justice Coalition, an umbrella group of organizations fighting for racial and social justice, pledged to continue to work with community organizations and law enforcement to become a national model for best practices and to improve police-community relations in Asheville and Buncombe County.
The Racial Justice Coalition was involved in forming the Community Police Policy Work Group which helped APD draft its new use-of-force policy.
"We view the recent community process for developing new use of force policies to be one step on the road to restoring trust, ensuring safety and promoting healing," the statement read. "We have a long way to go, and we urge the community to move forward together."


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Top 5 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in 2023
With gas prices on the rise across the globe, a major concern among car owners is fuel efficiency, especially when buying a new or used car. Luckily there are many options for fuel-efficient vehicles as major advancements have been made in this area.
Hybrid cars take the lead when it comes to efficiency. However, it also depends on how you use the car. Who's behind the vehicle and where you drive it are basic concerns when it comes to purchasing a fuel-efficient car.
Following are the top 5 car choices for 2022 if you're looking to get the most out of your fuel tank.
1. Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
If you are looking for an SUV, the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid tops the list of fuel-efficient vehicles. It's designed for several terrain types and boasts state-of-the-art features. You can expect a combined 40 MPG.
In most cases, it performs better than the Toyota RAV4 standard model. It gives an increased torque of 250 pounds which makes all the difference in its performance. For car enthusiasts looking for even better fuel economy, the plug-in option on the RAV4 Prime is quite favorable. It gives 42 miles of electric range and will only cost you $10,000 more than the Hybrid.
2. Kia Niro
If you're only going to be driving your car in the city, the Kia Niro is a good choice, especially in terms of fuel economy. Its city mpg rating is 53 miles per gallon, while on the highway, it will give you 58 mpg.
Along with its superior driving performance, it also gives a good amount of storage. You can get 54.5 cubic feet of space with the back seats down, while with the seats up, it reduces to 19.4 cubic feet.
The 2022 edition of the Kia Niro doesn't come with price variation, and there are also little to no modifications in specs. However, the 2022 Kia Niro has some stylistic changes and is available in five variants. The Kia logo now flashes on the vehicle's steering wheel, front and back.
3. Toyota Camry Hybrid
In 2022, the Toyota Camry comes in 18 variants, out of which five are hybrid. Each of the cars features a 2.5L, 4-cylinder engine. The high-end version of the Camry gives 47 MPG on the highway, while in the city, its MPG rating is 44.
The most popular edition of the Toyota Camry Hybrid is the "Nightshade," which comes with 18" blacked-out wheels. Some models of the Camry Hybrid also come in AWD. Camry will have you covered on a variety of terrains, including city and highway driving. In both cases, the fuel economy is excellent.
The Camry Hybrid can be compared to the Toyota Corolla's hybrid edition if we compare both vehicles in fuel efficiency. However, the slight difference is negligible.
4. Hyundai Elantra Hybrid
The Hyundai Elantra is a promising vehicle, and when it comes to fuel efficiency, it gives 53 MPG in the city. On the highway, you can get 56 MPG. In 2021 the Elantra received the North American Car of the Year, which speaks volumes about its performance.
The Elantra Hybrid comes with a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder engine, which gives a combined horsepower of 139. Along with efficient fuel economy, it features many exclusive features, including a hands-free trunk release and wireless apple Car Play integration.
Elantra Hybrid also comes in a Limited trim if you can pay $4,500 extra. It includes many exclusive features, including reverse collision avoidance assist, dynamic voice recognition, and Hyundai's digital key system. It has an MPG rating of 52 on the highway and 49 in the city.
5. Mitsubishi Mirage
The Mitsubishi Mirage is one of the top 15 non-hybrid cars in the list of most economical cars of 2022. It ranks first in several individual categories, and with a price of $14,645, it is the cheapest vehicle on the list.
As a subcompact car, it has many striking features. Mitsubishi has your back if you are looking for an easy-to-park car with fuel efficiency. It boasts an MPG rating of 36 in the city, while on the highway, it has an MPG rating of 43. If you are not fond of electric motors, the Mitsubishi Mirage is as good as it gets.
Changes to Help You Become More Fuel-Efficient
When choosing your next car, you should make sure you are opting for something that is as fuel-efficient as possible. It will not only help reduce your fuel costs but also allow you to contribute to the environment.
When it comes to fuel-efficient vehicles, there are a lot of options. However, a few changes on your part can also help you become more environment-friendly with your car. For instance, you can drive without air conditioning. Turning it off will help you save significantly on fuel. It's a simple thing to practice because, with the AC on, your engine is powering a lot more than you think.
Another thing you can do to become more fuel-efficient is to keep your speed and revs as still as possible on the motorway to maximize fuel efficiency. The smoother you drive your car, the less strain you are putting on the engine and hence, reducing fuel consumption.
Lastly, make sure you avoid taking your car for short distances and walk instead. It is a great way to reduce fuel consumption and keep your engine running well.
When it comes to cars, the most fuel-efficient are petrol cars with hybrid assistance. Some newer diesel engines are also quite efficient. However, that doesn't mean your standard petrol car is eating into your fuel costs.
Most modern car engines are efficient thanks to advanced technologies like hybrid and turbocharger. If you don't have the latest 2022 car model but own a relatively newer model, chances are your car is fuel efficient.
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Twitter suspends several alt-right accounts
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter has suspended the accounts of several prominent members of the so-called "alt-right" in an apparent crack down on accounts tied to hate speech or threats of violence.
Twitter declined comment, but noted that its policies forbid violent threats, hate speech or harassment and promise to take action against violators. The company also announced Tuesday that it was expanding ways for users to report harassment and curb the amount of abuse they see, a reaction to a growing problem of abuse, bullying and harassment on the internet.
The alt-right, short for "alternative right," is a loose group espousing a provocative and reactionary strain of conservatism. It's often associated with far right efforts to preserve "white identity," oppose multiculturalism and defend "Western values."
The movement drew national attention during the presidential campaign, especially after Stephen Bannon of the Breitbart website, considered by many to be the alt-right's platform, joined Donald Trump's campaign. Trump recently named Bannon as the White House chief strategist.
THE ALT-RIGHT FEELS WRONGED
Richard Spencer, head of the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist think tank, said in an interview that his personal Twitter account and accounts for the institute and his magazine were all suspended this week without notification.
Spencer, who is credited with popularizing the term "alt-right," says he has never called for violence and hasn't tweeted anything recently that might provoke a suspension. He called the suspensions a coordinated attack against users with certain viewpoints.
While he acknowledged that Twitter is a company and has a right to do as it pleases, he says it also needs to accept that it has evolved into something bigger and needs to act accordingly.
"This is 2016 and we live in a digital world," he said. "Twitter is how the president releases press releases and it's also how teenage girls talk about Justin Bieber.
"Twitter is not just some website. It's a public space and we have to treat it that way."
Pax Dickinson, who was ousted as chief technology officer of the website Business Insider in 2013 for sending offensive tweets, says he also wasn't given a reason for his Twitter suspension. But he says it likely stemmed from a tweet he sent director Joss Whedon that included an anti-gay slur.
Dickinson says he's appealed the suspension, but has yet to hear back from Twitter a day. Spencer says he doesn't plan on coming back to Twitter unless he gets an apology.
The Twitter accounts of alt-right personalities Paul Town, Ricky Vaughn and John Rivers also were suspended as of Wednesday.
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Stenören är ö nära Skäriråsen i Nagu,  Finland. Den ligger i Skärgårdshavet i Pargas stad i landskapet Egentliga Finland, i den sydvästra delen av landet. Ön ligger omkring 4 kilometer nordväst om Skäriråsen, 41 kilometer söder om Nagu kyrka, 74 kilometer söder om Åbo och omkring 180 kilometer väster om Helsingfors. Närmaste allmänna förbindelse är förbindelsebryggan vid Trunsö som trafikeras av M/S Nordep. Stenören ligger  meter över havet.

Öns area är  hektar och dess största längd är 280 meter i sydväst-nordöstlig riktning. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Bergholm,  meter över havet,  km norr om Stenören.

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Business Wells Fargo Customers Avoid Bank Amid Accounts Scandal
Wells Fargo Customers Avoid Bank Amid Accounts Scandal
By George Avalos
Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 3:22 pm | כ"ג שבט תשע"ז
SAN FRANCISCO (The Mercury News/TNS) -
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Fewer customers opened checking accounts at Wells Fargo in January and more closed checking accounts, an indication that the embattled bank still faces challenges arising from a scandal linked to bogus accounts, the company reported Friday.
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo has wrestled in recent months with customer skepticism, investigations, regulatory penalties and fines. Federal officials revealed last September that bank employees had opened up to 2 million bogus accounts without the permission of customers. Wells was fined $100 million for the violations.
The scandal has taken a toll on the bank's business. It said Friday that 200,000 fewer checking accounts were opened in January than in the same month a year earlier, a decline of 31 percent. Customer-initiated closures of checking accounts rose 4 percent over the same period.
Bank customers also have steered away from Wells Fargo's credit card products. New customer credit card applications plummeted 47 percent in January compared to the same month in the prior year. Customers initiated 200,000 fewer credit card applications on a year-to-year basis.
Total bank interactions fell 4 percent in January compared with the same month a year earlier.
"We have made good progress, including rolling out our new Retail Banking incentive compensation program in January, but we have more work ahead as we remain focused on strengthening our relationships with existing customers and building new ones with potential customers," said Mary Mack, head of community banking at Wells Fargo.
Two primary factors may be driving the continued weakness in Wells Fargo's customer numbers, said Ken Thomas, an independent banking analyst based in Miami.
"These are legitimate, real numbers compared to the old numbers that were greatly inflated because the bank was opening bogus accounts," Thomas said. "And the notoriety over the accounts scandal is prompting some existing customers to close their accounts and keeping some new people from opening their first accounts."
The bank fired 5,300 employees in connection with the scandal. Eventually, John Stumpf, who had been CEO during the time when the fraudulent activity occurred, resigned as the bank's top boss.
Wells Fargo's shares slipped 3 cents, or 0.1 percent, and closed at $58.09 on Friday. So far in 2017, however, the company's stock has risen 5.4 percent.
After the accounts scandal surfaced on Sept. 8, Wells Fargo's shares eroded steadily and eventually fell 14.1 percent to a trough of $43.75 in early October.
Wells has rallied from that point, though, primarily lifted by the election of Donald Trump and the early readings on the new president's policies. Since the lows of Oct. 4, Wells Fargo has soared 33.3 percent.
"We remain focused on meeting our customers' financial needs by providing great service and quality products, and we're pleased that our customer experience survey scores increased for the third consecutive month," said Timothy Sloan, Wells Fargo's chief executive officer.
The report Friday did contain a few bright spots.
Deposit balances for consumer and small business accounts achieved an average total of $754 billion during January, the bank reported. That was up 6.8 percent from January 2015.
In addition, customers increased their use of debit cards in point-of-sale transactions during January. Bank customers conducted 630.5 million such transactions with Wells debit cards in January, a 5.4 percent increase from the prior year.
Thomas warned, however, that the bank's difficulties with current and prospective customers might persist for a while.
"It could take the better part of this year for the customer numbers to turn up again," Thomas said.
The real upswing might not materialize until the customer interaction numbers are compared with the non-inflated numbers on a year-to-year basis. Plus, it will simply take time for consumers to shed their trepidation about Wells Fargo.
"Through the summer and early this fall, we will likely continue to see negative trends," Thomas said. "But as Wells Fargo regains the trust of its customers, and real numbers are compared to real numbers, things should start to improve by October or November."
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Team Tieu will be hosting their largest interclub to date as it will be taking place during SENI / The Combat & Strength Show at the O2 Arena. Over 5000 people will be at the event per day, this will be an absolutely MASSIVE show. There'll be loads of exhibitions from different martial arts, stands and stores (for any equipment or books). If you've never been to a SENI, its an amazing experience for anyone with an interest in martial arts. For more information about what to expect on the day and how to get some tickets, click here.
Lloyd, Ali, Rojat & Chequille will be representing MTMA Tottenham, and we're likely to have some fighters from our camps in East and West London. Please note that although the SENI is a weekend event, our fighters will be participating in the show on Saturday.


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Title - '1 Greatest Hits (Deluxe Version)'
Artist - Julio Iglesias
As you all pretty much know at this juncture, Julio Iglesias (actually born Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva!) is a Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages! And released 80 albums, and more than 2,600 gold and platinum records certified. Indeed, and according to Sony Music Entertainment, he is the best-selling Latin music artist in history.
So, for us to say that Julio Iglesias has done it again here on this latest collection of his #1 singles and more, well, that would be an understatement of the highest level! His new album is entitled 1 and reflects all his many, oh so many en masse of #1 singles and hits around the world.
My wife has been listening to Julio Iglesias's music ever since she was 10 years old, she has informed me, as I write this review! But I should have known of her devotion as she has emassed something like 50 of his CDs (in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, English, and even German) since then. Iglesias is, simply put, one of the best singers to have ever graced our ears!
As for this album, well, it is two (2) music CDs and one (1) live music DVD, if that makes sense. Indeed, this is his first-ever #1 hits collection put together, which I find amazing. And so from the artis that paved the way for the the global explosion of Latin music within the US, and perhaps even the world therein, we start with 'Begin The Beguine,' and move on through other such classics as 'Crazy,' 'When I Need You,' 'Vincent (Starry Starry Night),' 'Always On My Mind,' 'Crazy In Love,' and even 'Fragile' sung with Sting.
Julio always had great songs and a great melodious voice. Most all his songs have had a great catchy and popular style melody, embodied with the human spirt of feeling. And so we progress onwards on the second disc with such hits as 'Por El Amor De Una Mujer,' 'Me Va, Me Va,' 'Un Canto A Galicia,' 'Corazon Partio,' and even 'De Nina A Mujer,' 'La Carretera' and of course 'Amor, Amor, Amor.'
And, as mentioned, also included is 'Starry Night: Live From the Greek Theatre,' the DVD chronicle of Julio's historic concert at the legendary Los Angeles venue in 1990. The track listing for that show is:
1. Volver A Empezar (Begin the Beguine)
2. Amor, Amor, Amor
3. To All The Girls I ve Loved Before
4. Too Many Women
5. La Paloma
6. Brazilian Medley: The Girl From Ipanema/Desafinado
7. If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
8. 99 Miles From L.A.
9. When I Need You
10. Bamboleo
11. Moonlight Lady
12. Pensami (Jurame)
13. Hey!
14. Mona Lisa
15. Ae, Ao
16. Can't Help Falling In Love
This is a great addition to your Julio Iglesias music collection, trust me. And rather like wine, his voice just gets better with age.
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Most Wisconsin Republicans say Roy Moore should get out of Senate race if claims are true
Most Wisconsin Republicans are following the lead of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and saying Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama should step if a report is true that he pursued teenage girls as an adult.
Most Wisconsin Republicans say Roy Moore should get out of Senate race if claims are true Most Wisconsin Republicans are following the lead of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and saying Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama should step if a report is true that he pursued teenage girls as an adult. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2ArSe8M
Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 9:36 a.m. CT Nov. 10, 2017 | Updated 3:46 p.m. CT Nov. 10, 2017
According to a Washington Post story Nov. 9, an Alabama woman said U.S. Senate candidate Moore made inappropriate advances and had sexual contact with her when she was 14.(Photo: Brynn Anderson/AP)
MADISON - Most Wisconsin Republicans are following the lead of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and saying Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama should step aside if a report is true that he pursued teenage girls as an adult.
There is at least one exception, with a Republican running against U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan posting a message on Twitter backing Moore.
The two candidates seeking the GOP nomination to run against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin took the approach Moore should step aside if the reports are true, though one of them also emphasized Moore should have a chance to defend himself.
"If the allegations are true, then Roy Moore should step aside," said a statement from businessman Kevin Nicholson. "Everyone should have the opportunity to respond to allegations, and the people of Alabama deserve to know the truth."
A spokesman for Nicholson's primary opponent, state Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Brookfield) issued a statement Thursday that said: "Senator Vukmir was troubled to hear the reports about Roy Moore today. She believes that, if the allegations are true, he needs to step aside so the people of Alabama can elect a conservative senator of integrity."
Baldwin said flatly that Moore should get out of the race
"I believe the women who bravely spoke out and it's clear that Roy Moore is unfit to serve," Baldwin said in a statement.
The Washington Post quoted four women on Thursday who said Moore had pursued them in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he was in his 30s and they were teenagers. In one case, one woman said when she was 14, Moore at age 32 touched her over her bra and underwear and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.
Moore denies the claims and has declined calls from a chorus of Republicans to step aside in next month's special election.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin in a statement Thursday said, "If true, these allegations describe intolerable behavior and are disqualifying."
Ryan, a Janesville Republican, issued a statement Thursday night along those lines.
"These allegations are disqualifying if true," Ryan said in a statement released by his campaign. "Anyone who would do this to a child has no place in public office, let alone the United States Senate."
But Ryan's primary opponent, businessman Paul Nehlen, posted messages on Twitter on Thursday and Friday backing Moore and President Donald Trump.
"The list of pseudo-intellectual slack-jawed fake conservatives attacking Judge Moore are the same (expletive) who attacked Trump. Dig in. We fight," he wrote in one post.
In another, he wrote, "Women falsely accused Trump of sexual harassment, too. Sickening anyone would try to smear Judge Roy Moore @MooreSenate."
In a statement to the Gateway Pundit website, Nehlen called the story on Moore and response to it a "desperate ploy by Mitch McConnell" from a Ryan playbook.
GOP Gov. Scott Walker has not said whether he believes Moore should get out of the race.
Analiese Eicher and Joanna Beilman-Dulin of the liberal group One Wisconsin Now criticized Wisconsin's top Republicans for not making an outright demand that Moore quit the race.
"Ron Johnson and his cohorts 'if it's true' waffling gives undeserved aid and comfort to the perpetrator," they said in a statement.
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The Seven Seas Food Festival allows guests visiting SeaWorld Orlando every Friday through Sunday, now through May 5th, to enjoy unique foods and distinct beverages inspired by flavors around the world. Chef Héctor Colón and his culinary masters have been busy creating more than 60 different mouthwatering dishes for this year's event, most of which are all new for 2019! In addition to foods spotlighting flavors from around the world, the event also offers a wide array of wine, specialty cocktails and craft brews. With so many options to choose from, here are our top 10 most anticipated dishes.


Massive congratulations to all of you for completing the Gloucestershire 2017 Race For Life 5k and 10k on the 11th June. Running around Gloucester on a hot Sunday morning takes real commitment and you all showed you have that in shades. I predominantly shoot weddings and families but I wanted to do my bit to raise money for this great cause so I did what I do best and took some photos, some 3000 photos!
As with any small business my ability to do things like this comes from your likes, sharing and recommendations so if you do know of anymore with a wedding on the horizon or would like a family/pet shoot I would be hugely grateful if you could point them in my direction. Well done again, hope you enjoy the photos and please don't hesitate to contact me.


How do you listen to your music? | Welcome to allaboutwordswa!
I tidied up my office over the weekend. I came across some old music cassettes from the 1980's. I also remembered my cassette player was on top of my bookcase. Before I knew it I was listening to Anne Murray singing You Needed Me. It took me back to some tough times down memory lane as only music can do.
The cassettes and recorder are rare items today. We have a large CD collection that we hardly ever use. I have taken to asking random people "How do you listen to music these days?" We have various USB's with songs on them and we occasionally use them at home and in the car.
I feel I am not keeping up with the technology. I would love to get your feedback on what other 21st Century options are available. Help please!!!
My music listening habits have changed significantly in the last 10 years. Back in 2007, I listened to my CDs and ABC Classic FM. I actually sold and gave away a collection of vinyls! Then in 2009, or thereabouts, I bought an iPod and started listening to music bought on iTunes or uploaded from my CDs on a dock-boombox. Now that's very quickly changed to streaming music mainly through Pandora, but also YouTube (with vision – sometimes) and Spotify. Pandora is amazing. Choose your genre or your artist, and it will play endlessly well chosen music.
Relaxed listening so I also cast from my laptop to the TV speakers.
Thanks Ranu. I have my computer in my office and it is not all that convenient for listening to it in my lounge area. I too enjoy Youtube with the earphones on and up loud 🙂 !
I listen to the radio and CD's in the car . . . and usually to the QUIET in the house, unless I check out something on YOUTUBE.
I hardly ever listen to the radio. Maybe worth a try :). Thanks Nancy!
I heard on the radio, that cassettes are making a comeback Raines! This is because a new generation s watching Guardians of the Galaxy and are fascinated by the 70s and 80s groove! Justin Beaver has release his latest album on cassette as well as digital and CD?
Wow! I didn't anticipate that one coming! Cassettes are quite clunky though and only have a limited number of songs on each side. I guess "retro" is the fashion of the day : ) !
USB/ radio and CD in the car. Downloads and CD in the house. Of late I've started using YouTube… as you'll recall when I did the April challenge.
Thanks for the feedback Vossie! Sounds like you like your music too :). So much music – so little time!
When I left Texas in April 1993, I had 15,000 vinyl albums and 45's and about 150 CDs. I didn't start collecting music again until 1999. All CD's. By the time I discovered digital music, I had 5,000 CDs. I ripped them all and sold them. That was the start of my digital collection. I now have 1,450 hours, 48 minutes, and 20 seconds of digital music in my cataloged non-classical collection, 178 uncataloged non-classical files, and 2.7 TB of uncataloged classical digital files. As I get them cataloged, I move them to external hard drives and cloud storage. I listen to my cataloged music in chronological order, and before I go driving, I copy 10-50 files to a USB drive to play in the cars. I haven't listened to radio in over a decade.
You seem to have adapted well to all the changes Russell. Thanks for all the 'likes' today too! Have a good weekend!