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Three Ladies Who Did It Twice
Tina Turner and Carole King have now joined Stevie Nicks as only female music artists inducted twice into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
On Saturday night, Tina Turner and Carole King were officially inducted for the second time into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Prior to them, only one other female music artist had accomplished that feat: Stevie Nicks.
I fully realize many music fans are highly critical of the Rock Hall, some to the point where they no longer care, as do certain artists based on what they've said. Debates about the secretive selection process and who's in the Rock Hall and who's not are certain to continue.
Instead of rehashing controversy, I'd like to celebrate these three amazing women, Stevie Nicks, Tina Turner and Carole King, and their great music. All three are among my longtime favorite artists and very deserving inductees, IMHO.
Nicks was first inducted as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 1998, together with former and current band members Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and Christine McVie.
From Rock Hall website: After forming as a British blues band in the late '60s, Fleetwood Mac evolved into one of the most influential rock groups of the '70s. Not only did they write some of the decade's most indelible songs—and release one of the best-selling albums of all time, 1977's Rumours—but the troupe created a distinctive "California sound" that endures today as a sonic touchstone for countless bands.
Here's one of my favorite tunes written by Nicks for Fleetwood Mac from the band's second eponymous album that appeared in July 1975: Landslide. I really dig her singing and Buckingham's acoustic guitar playing.
Nicks' induction as a solo performer happened in 2019. From Rock Hall website: Stevie Nicks' life and career have always had a touch of magical enchantment. Tonight represents a crowning validation of her spellbinding gifts as a rock & roll icon, as she becomes the first woman to be twice inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – with Fleetwood Mac in 1998, and now as a solo artist.
Following is Stand Back, a tune from Nicks' sophomore solo album The Wild Heart, which appeared in June 1983. Also released as a single, the song became one of her highest-charting, climbing to no. 5 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at no. 10 in Canada, and reaching the top 40 in various other countries, including The Netherlands, Germany and Australia. It's definitely a child of its time!
Tina Turner was first inducted into the Rock Hall in 1991 as part of Ike & Tina Turner. From Rock Hall website: A charismatic bandleader and an unbridled whirlwind of sexual energy formed one of the most formidable live acts in history. Ike and Tina Turner were such a presence onstage that even their own albums don't do them justice. The explosive duo made such enduring hits as "River Deep–Mountain High," "Proud Mary" and "Nutbush City Limits." Ike Turner was a talented songwriter and guitarist. Unfortunately, his physical and psychological abuse of Tina Turner will forever diminish him. Here's the amazing Nutbush City Limits, which actually was written by Tina Turner – I always mistakenly had thought Ike had penned it! The tune was the title track of Ike & Tina Turner's studio album from November 1973 and became a signature song.
From Rock Hall press release announcing 2021 inductees: …Tina Turner is known as the Queen of Rock & Roll, a title she earned not just once but twice. The first time, she rose to fame in the 1960s as part of the duo Ike and Tina Turner, belting out soulful rock songs in a non-stop stage show where she danced the audience into a frenzy. But all of that is backstory to the most successful and triumphant rebirth in the history of rock…
The most important album of Turner's solo career is Private Dancer from May 1984, which not only turned her into a viable solo artist but an international superstar. Here's the title track, written by Mark Knopfler. While it's obviously a radical departure from the R&B sound of Ike & Tina Turner, I still love that tune!
Carole King's initial induction into the Rock Hall occurred in 1990, together with her ex-husband and former lyricist Jerry Goffin. From Rock Hall website: Gerry Goffin and Carole King wrote much of the soundtrack of the Sixties. Chances are, you have danced around to a hit single by the dynamic songwriting duo. Goffin wrote the lyrics and King wrote the music for such hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," "One Fine Day" and "Don't Bring Me Down."
After their breakthrough Will You Love Me Tomorrow, which The Shirelles took to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1961, Goffin-King became a hit machine. There are so many tunes I could have picked here. I decided to go with Chains, first recorded by American girl group The Cookies in 1962, climbing to no. 6 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and reaching a respectable no. 17 on the mainstream Hot 100. The tune was also covered by The Beatles and appeared on their UK debut album Please Please Me.
This brings me to Carole King's second induction as a solo artist. From Rock Hall website: After writing the soundtrack of the 1960s, Carole King wove a tapestry of  emotion and  introspection as a singer-songwriter in the 1970s.  Her solo work was a clarion call to generations of female artists and  millions of  fans  –  giving  them voice and confidence.  King has too many accolades to list – six Grammys,  the  2013  Library of Congress Gershwin Prize,  a  2015 Kennedy Center Honor,  and beyond.
As somebody who has loved Carole King's music since his childhood days, I'm very happy she also finally got the Rock Hall's well-deserved recognition as a solo artist. It was also great to read that she was able to attend Saturday's induction ceremony – unlike Tina Turner who is turning 82 on November 26 and sadly not in good health. You can watch King's performance of You've Got a Friend here, featuring Danny Kortchmar (guitar) and Leland Sklar (bass), among others – probably King's last major public performance, since she has said she's no longer touring.
Similar to Goffin-King, there were so many songs I could have picked from King's solo career, including pretty much any track from Tapestry. Instead, I decided to highlight Hard Rock Cafe, a song from her eighth album Simple Things that appeared in July 1977. I've always liked this happy song, which also was released as a single and charted in the top 30 in the U.S., Canada, Australia and various European countries, including Austria, Belgium and Switzerland.
Sources: Wikipedia; Rock Hall website; YouTube
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The Sunday Six
Celebrating music with six random songs at a time
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. It's time again for The Sunday Six and another set of tunes from different genres and different decades. This installment touches the 1950s, '60s, '70s, 90s and 2021, and features jazz, psychedelic blues rock, alternative pop rock, rock and bluesy R&B.
Lou Donaldson/Blues Walk
Starting us off is beautiful saxophone jazz by American jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson. Donaldson, who is 94 years old and only retired in 2016, had a 64-year career as an active performer. That's just mind-boggling! Here's an excerpt from the bio on his website: Jazz critics agree that "Sweet Poppa Lou" Donaldson is one of the greatest alto saxophonists of all time. He began his career as a bandleader with Blue Note Records in 1952 and, already at age 25, had found his sound, though it would continue to sweeten over the years — earning him his famed nickname –"Sweet Poppa Lou." He made a series of classic records for Blue Note Records in the 50's and takes pride in having showcased many musicians who made their first records as sidemen for him: Clifford Brown, Grant Green, Blue Mitchell, Donald Byrd, Ray Barretto, Horace Parlan, John Patton, Charles Earland, Al Harewood, Herman Foster, Peck Morrison, Dave Bailey, Leon Spencer, Idris Muhammad, and others. After also making some excellent recordings for Cadet and Argo Records in the early 60s, Lou's return to Blue Note in 1967 was marked by one of his most famous recordings, Alligator Bogaloo. I've decided to highlight one of his earlier recordings: Blues Walk, the title track of his 1958 album, which according to Wikipedia "has been considered Donaldson's undisputed masterpiece." I'm not a jazz expert but I know is this: I love the saxophone, and Donaldson surely sounds sweet. Also, check out Herman Foster on piano!
The Doors/Riders on the Storm
Now let's turn to a classic psychedelic tune with a great jazz and blues vibe by The Doors, who I trust need no further introduction. Riders on the Storm is the magnificent closer of their sixth studio album L.A. Woman from April 1971 – yet another great record that has turned 50 this year! It was the final to be released during the lifetime of lead vocalist Jim Morrison who passed away three months later in Paris, France at the age of 27. While the official cause of death was listed as heart failure, several people who maintained they were eyewitnesses said Morrison died from an accidental heroin overdose. Of course, we know all too well the history of rock is littered with so many talented artists who became casualties to drugs! Riders on the Storm was credited to all members of The Doors, who in addition to Morrison included Ray Manzarek (keyboards), Robby Krieger (lead guitar) and John Densmore (drums). It's such a cool tune that still gives me goosebumps the moment that thunderstorm sound in comes on in the beginning.
Noods/Starting Over Again
For this next tune, let's jump 50 years to the present and a recent discovery: Starting Over Again by Noods. Unfortunately, there is very little public information about the group. This short profile on Oh My Rockness describes them as a "fuzzy jangle pop band from from NY" and lists the following members: Trish Dieudonne (vocals, guitars), Nick Seip (vocals, guitars, synths, piano), Shane Danaher (drums, synths) and Mandy Romano (bass, vocals). According to this preview piece on Stereogum, the band released their debut EP Noods Please in 2017. The first full-length album is titled Blush. It has since appeared on April 16 this year. Here's Starting Over Again, a pleasant song co-written by Dieudonne and Seip. I like the jingle-jangle guitar sound and the laidback vibe.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/Something in the Air
When it comes to Tom Petty, one of my long-time favorite artists, there are so many great original tunes I could have picked. And yet I chose to highlight a cover. Why? Coz I absolutely love this tune and Petty's rendition, which he recorded with The Heartbreakers for their November 1993 Greatest Hits compilation. That album is best known for the single Mary Jane's Last Dance, which climbed to no. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Petty's first top 20 hit of the '90s in the U.S. mainstream chart. The band's cover of Something in the Air also appeared as a single but missed the Billboard Hot 100. It did make Billboard's Main Stream Rock chart, reaching no. 19. Written by singer-songwriter Speedy Keen, the tune was first recorded by short-lived British band Thunderclap Newman and became a no. 1 hit in the UK in mid-1969. Before joining Thunderclap Newman, Keen was the driver of none other than Pete Townshend and shared an apartment with him in London. Keen also wrote Armenia in the Sky, a tune The Who included on their third studio album The Who Sell Out from December 1967. Townshend was the catalyst behind the formation of Thunderclap Newman and also produced Something in the Air and the band's only album Hollywood Dream released in September 1970.
Credence Clearwater Revival/Have You Ever Seen the Rain
This brings me to another band and song I've dug for many years: Creedence Clearwater Revival and Have You Ever Seen the Rain. In my book, it's a great timeless tune that holds up well, even though I literally must have listened to it more than 100 times. In fact, it's running in the background as I'm writing this! 🙂 Like most CCR songs, Have You Ever Seen the Rain was penned by the great John Fogerty. CCR were on a roll when this came out. The tune was included on their sixth studio album Pendulum released in December 1970, only five months after predecessor Cosmo's Factory. It's perhaps my favorite CCR song, together with Hey Tonight, Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou.
The Animals/I'm Crying
Am I already again at the point to wrap up this post, just when I'm having so much fun? I guess this means it's time to shed some tears! 🙂 But, don't worry, since I started The Sunday Six this January, it's become my favorite recurring feature, so there will be more. The final tune for this installment shall belong to The Animals. When I first learned about them as a teenager, essentially, I only knew The House of the Rising Sun, their signature song and biggest hit that topped the charts in the U.S., UK and Canada in 1964. While it's a great tune, there's much more to the British rock band that was fronted by one of the best white blues vocalists, Eric Burdon, who turned 80 just a few days ago. Which brings me to I'm Crying, a gem that first appeared as a single in September 1964. Co-written by Burdon and the band's first keyboarder Alan Price, the tune was also included on The Animals' second studio album The Animals on Tour from February 1965 – a somewhat misleading title for a record that didn't include any live tracks. I always liked the band's raw bluesy guitar sound combined with Price's organ and Burdon's distinct, deep vocals.
Sources: Wikipedia; Lou Donaldson website; Oh My Rockness; Stereogum; YouTube
Author christiansmusicmusingsPosted on May 16, 2021 May 15, 2021 Categories The Sunday SixTags Al Harewood, Alan Price, Alligator Bogaloo, Armenia In the Sky, Blue Mitchell, Blues Walk, Blush, Born On The Bayou, CCR, Charles Earland, Clifford Brown, Cosmo's Factory, Credence Clearwater Revival, Dave Bailey, Donald Byrd, Eric Burdon, Grant Green, Have You Ever Seen The Rain?, Herman Foster, Hey Tonight, Horace Parlan, I'm Crying, Idris Muhammad, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, John Fogerty, John Patton, L.A. Woman, Leon Spencer, Lou Donaldson, Mandy Romano, Mary Jane's Last Dance, Nick Seip, Noods, Noods Please, Peck Morrison, Pendulum, Proud Mary, Ray Barretto, Ray Manzarek, Riders on the Storm, Robby Krieger, Shane Danaher, Something in the Air, Speedy Keen, Starting Over Again, The Animals, The Animals On Tour, The Doors, The Heartbreakers, The House Of The Rising Sun, The Who, Tom Petty, Trish Dieudonne18 Comments on The Sunday Six
My Favorite Female Vocalists
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of vocals. Oftentimes, this becomes clear to me when listening to instrumental music. After a while, something seems to be missing. So I thought it would be fun to think about my favorite vocalists and feature some of them in a post. And since much of the blog is focused on male artists, I decided to keep the list to females. While I can't deny a certain bias for artists I generally dig for their music, this selection first and foremost is based on vocal ability that grabs me. And with that let's roll.
I'd like to kick things off with Annie Lennox, who of course is best known for Eurythmics, her pop duo with Dave Stewart, which became a powerhouse during the '80s. Following Eurythmics' hiatus in 1990, Lennox launched a solo career. Here's Why, a beautiful tune that nicely showcases her amazing voice. She wrote this song for her solo debut album Diva released in April 1992.
Alicia Keys is an artist I rarely listen to, but every time I do what typically stands out to me is her vocal performance. One of her most compelling songs I know in this context is called Fallin'. Written by Keys, it was included on her debut record Songs in A Minor from June 2001. Listening to this tune gives me goosebumps!
Carole King needs no further introduction. I've been a fan from the first time I heard her 1971 album Tapestry. Since my sister who had this record on vinyl was a young teenager then, I must have been eight years old or so. I didn't understand a word of English. But King's beautiful music and voice were more than enough to immediately attract me. From Tapestry here is Way Over Yonder.
Next, I'd like to highlight an artist I bet most readers don't know, though frequent visitors of the blog may recall the name of the band she's in: Tierinii Jackson, the powerful lead vocalist of Southern Avenue. This contemporary band from Memphis, Tenn. blends traditional blues and soul with modern R&B. I've covered them on various previous occasions, most recently here in connection with a concert I saw. That lady's voice is something else, especially live! Check out Don't Give Up, a great tune co-written by Jackson and Southern Avenue guitarist Ori Naftaly. It's from their eponymous debut album that came out in February 2017.
Another artist I dig both as a guitarist and a vocalist is Bonnie Raitt. In fact, I have to admit, I've really come to love her over the years, so there could be a bit of bias at play. But I don't care what you may think, Raitt does have a great voice. One of my favorite songs she recorded is Angel from Montgomery written by John Prine. It appeared on Raitt's fourth studio album Streetlights from September 1974.
Perhaps the artist with the most distinctive voice in this playlist is Stevie Nicks. No other vocalist I know sounds like her. The first tune that came to mind was Landslide, a timeless gem she wrote and recorded with Fleetwood Mac on their second eponymous studio album released in July 1975, the tenth overall in their long catalog.
An artist who to me was both an amazing performer and a great vocalist is Tina Turner – I say was, since she retired from performing in 2009. I was going to feature a song from her 1984 Private Dancer album, but then I thought what could possibly be better than her killer version of John Fogerty's Proud Mary. Her initial recording is from 1971 as part of Ike & Tina Turner. Instead, I decided to select this clip capturing an amazing and extended live performance. I've been fortunate to see Tina Turner twice, including this tune. It was mind-boggling! Every now and then, she liked to do things nice and easy. But somehow she never ever seemed to do nothing completely nice and easy. Why? Because she liked to do it nice and rough. Go, Tina!
No list of my favorite female vocalists would be complete without Linda Ronstadt. Here is her beautiful cover of When Will I Be Loved. Written by Phil Everly, this great tune was first released by The Everly Brothers in May 1960, giving them a top 10 hit. Ronstadt's version, which was included on her fifth solo album Heart Like a Wheel from November 1974, became even more successful, peaking at no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It's not hard to see why!
The next artist in this playlist may be the biggest surprise, at least for folks who have read previous posts: Christina Aguilera. Yep, an artist I have never covered, since I generally don't listen to her music. But I think she's one of the best female vocalists I know. Beautiful is a powerful ballad written by Linda Perry, the former lead vocalist of 4 Non Blondes, who has a pretty decent voice herself. Aguilera recorded the track for her fourth studio album Stripped that appeared in October 2002. To me, singing doesn't get much better!
This brings me to the final artist I'd like to highlight – Aretha Franklin. No playlist of female vocalists would be complete without the Queen of Soul either! In addition to being a songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist, Franklin was an incredible singer. Here's her cover of the beautiful Sam Cooke song A Change Is Gonna Come from her 10th studio album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, released in March 1967. I was reminded of this great record by hotfox63, who covered it the other day.
Sources: Wikipedia; YouTube
Author christiansmusicmusingsPosted on February 8, 2020 Categories My PlaylistTags 4 Non Blondes, A Change Is Gonna Come, Al Green, Al Jackson Jr., Alicia Keys, Angel From Montgomery, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, Beautiful, Blues, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, Christina Aguilera, Dave Stewart, Diva, Don't Give Up, Eurythmics, Fallin', Fleetwood Mac, Heart Like a Wheel, I Never Loved a Man the Way I Do, Ike & Tina Turner, John Fogerty, John Prine, Landslide, Let's Stay Together, Linda Perry, Linda Ronstadt, Ori Naftaly, Phil Everly, Pop, Private Dancer, Proud Mary, Rock, Sam Cooke, Songs in A Minor, Soul, Southern Avenue, Stevie Nicks, Streetlights, Stripped, Tapestry, The Everly Brothers, Tierinii Jackson, Tina Turner, Way Over Yonder, When Will I Be Loved, Why3 Comments on My Favorite Female Vocalists
When Bs Should Have Been As
While I suspect most folks can tell an anecdote where they feel a teacher or professor did them wrong, you probably figured this post isn't about academic grades, though it is somewhat related to grading. I'm talking about the good old-fashioned single from the last Century. Yep, it's hard to believe that in the age of online streaming and digital downloads there was once was a time when music artists would release singles on vinyl and people would actually buy them!
The most common format of the vinyl single was the 7-inch 45 rpm, which according to Wikipedia was introduced by RCA Victor in March 1949 as a more durable and higher-fidelity replacement for 78 rpm shellac discs. Historically, singles had an A-side and a B-side, and placing a song on the A-side implied it was better than the tune on the flip side. In December 1965, The Beatles disrupted this tradition when they released the first so-called double-A side: We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper. The 70s saw yet another type called double-B, where you had one song on the A-side and two tunes on the B-side. Also known as maxi singles, the initial format was 7 inches and, starting from the mid-70s, 12 inches.
Do singles even matter you might ask. At the end of the day, it's all music, so who cares how it's called. Well, I guess I'm a bit of a music nerd, so I get excited about it. That being said, I never got much into buying 45 rpms myself. In retrospect, that's a good thing, since the handful I ended up were all pretty awful. Three I can still remember include I Was Made For Loving You (Kiss), Heart of Glass (Blondie) and How Could This Go Wrong (Exile) – indeed, how could things have gone so wrong? Well, to my defense it was the disco era and, perhaps more significantly, I was like 12 or 13 years old and slightly less mature!:-)
Before I go any further with this post, I have to give credit where credit is due. The initial inspiration for the topic came from a story on Ultimate Classic Rock about B-sides that became big hits. Then I also remembered that fellow blogger Aphoristic Album Reviews has a recurring feature called Great B-sides. Both together made me curious to do some research and there you have it: a playlist of tunes that initially were released as B-sides, which in my opinion would have deserved an A-side placement or perhaps double-A side status. This doesn't necessarily mean I feel the corresponding A-sides were inferior. With that being said, let's get to it!
What better artist to kick off a rock playlist than with Mr. Rock & Roll, Chuck Berry. In September 1956, he released Brown Eyed Handsome Man, a single from his debut album After School Session. The B-side was Too Much Monkey Business, which I personally prefer over the A-side. Both tunes were written by Berry. Like many of his songs, Too Much Monkey Business was widely covered by others like The Beatles, The Kinks and The Yardbirds. Naming them all would be, well, too much monkey business!
Another 1950s artist I dig is Buddy Holly, a true rock & roll and guitar pioneer who during his short recording career released such amazing music. Here's Not Fade Away, the B-side to Oh, Boy!, a single that appeared in October 1957 under the name of Holly's band The Crickets. Not Fade Away was credited to Charles Hardin, Holly's real name, and Norman Petty. In February 1964, The Rolling Stones released a great cover of the tune, their first U.S. single and one of their first hits.
In November 1964, Them fronted by 19-year-old Van Morrison released a cover of Baby, Please Don't Go, a traditional that had first been popularized by delta blues artist Big Joe Williams in 1935. While Them's take was a great rendition, it was the B-side, Morrison's Gloria, which became the band's first hit, peaking at no. 10 on the British singles charts. Following the song's big success, apparently, Gloria was re-released as a single in 1965, with the garage rocker getting its well-deserved A-side placement. G.L.O.R.I.A., Gloria, G.L.O.R.I.A., Gloria – love this tune!
Another great B-side is I'll Feel A Lot Better by The Byrds, which they put on the flip side of their second single All I Really Want To Do from June 1965. It was written by founding member Gene Clark, the band's main writer of original songs between 1964 and early 1966. Like the Bob Dylan tune All I Really Want To Do, I'll Feel A Lot Better appeared on The Byrds' debut album Mr. Tambourine Man. I'm a huge fan of Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker jingle-jangle guitar sound. Another reason I've always liked The Byrds is because of their great harmony singing. It's the kind of true music craftsmanship you hardly hear any longer these days.
My next selection won't come as a shock to frequent readers of the blog: I'm The Walrus by The Beatles. Other than the fact that The Fab Four are my all-time favorite band, there's another valid reason I included them in this playlist. You can file this one under 'what were they thinking relegating the tune to the B-side and giving the A-side to Hello Goodbye.' Hello? According to The Beatles Bible, not only was John Lennon's push to make Walrus the A-side overturned by Paul McCartney and George Martin, who both felt Hello Goodbye would be more commercially successful, but it created real resentment from Lennon. And frankly who can blame him! After the band's breakup, he complained "I got sick and tired of being Paul's backup band." Yes, Hello Goodbye ended up peaking at no. 1 but also as one of the worst Beatles singles!
Next up: Born On The Bayou by Creedence Clearwater Revival, the B-side to Proud Mary, a single released in January 1969. Unlike the previous case, I think this is a great example of two killer tunes that are each A-side material. Written by John Fogerty, both songs appeared on CCR's second studio album Bayou Country that also came out in January 1969.
In October 1969, Led Zeppelin issued Led Zeppelin II, only nine months after their debut, and one of their best albums, in my opinion. The opening track Whole Lotta Love was released as a single in November that year. The B-side was Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman). It may not be quite on par with Whole Lotta Love, but it sure as heck is an excellent tune with a great riff. The song was co-written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
The Needle And The Damage Done is one of my favorite songs from one of my all-time favorite artists: Neil Young. It became the B-side to Old Man, which Young released as a single in April 1972 off Harvest, his excellent fourth studio album that had appeared in February that year.
Also in April 1972, David Bowie came out with Starman, the lead single from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, his fifth studio album and my favorite Bowie record. The B-side was Suffragette City, a kick-ass glam rocker. Like all tracks on Ziggy Stardust, it was written by Bowie.
Of course, this playlist wouldn't be complete without featuring a tune from one of my other all-time favorite bands, The Rolling Stones. I decided to go with When The Whip Comes Down, the B-side to Beast Of Burden, which was released as a single in September 1978. As usually co-written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, both tunes appeared on Some Girls, the Stones' 14th British and 16th U.S. studio album from June that year. That's according to Wikipedia – I didn't count them myself!
Sources: Wikipedia, Ultimate Classic Rock, Radio X, Smooth Radio, Forgotten Hits, The Beatles Bible, YouTube
Author christiansmusicmusingsPosted on February 3, 2019 February 3, 2019 Categories My PlaylistTags After School Session, All I Really Want To Do, Baby Please Don't Go, Bayou Country, Big Joe Williams, Blondie, Bob Dylan, Born On The Bayou, Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin, Chuck Berry, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Day Tripper, Disco, Exile, Gene Clark, George Martin, Gloria, Harvest, Heart Of Glass, Hello Goodbye, Here's Not Fade Away, How Could This Go Wrong, I Was Made For Loving You, I'll Feel A Lot Better, I'm The Walrus, Jimmy Page, John Fogerty, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Mick Jagger, Mr. Tambourine Man, Neil Young, Norman Petty, Not Fade Away, Oh Boy!, Old Man, Paul McCartney, Proud Mary, Robert Plant, Rock, Roger McGuinn, Some Girls, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Crickets, The Kinks, The Needle And The Damage Done, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Them, Van Morrison, We Can Work It Out, When The Whip Comes Down20 Comments on When Bs Should Have Been As
My Playlist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
The first Creedence Clearwater Revival song I heard was Have You Ever Seen The Rain. This must have been in Germany around 1974. My six-year older sister, who at the time was in her early teens, had the single. The B-side was Hey Tonight. I liked these two tunes from the very beginning. I also recall listening to Proud Mary and Bad Moon Rising on the radio. I dig this band to this day, and they've been on my mind for the past few weeks, since I learned about the Blues & Bayous Tour ZZ Top and John Fogerty will do together later this year.
The story of Creedence Clearwater Revival or CCR started about 10 years before they would become one America's most successful rock bands. Their first incarnation was a trio called The Blue Velvets, formed in 1958 by Fogerty (guitar), Doug Clifford (drums) and Stu Cook (piano), who all were students at Portola Junior High School in the San Francisco suburb of El Cerrito. In the beginning, they mostly played instrumental music. Their first studio recording experience occurred in 1959, when they backed up African American singer James Powell on a single. Later that year, John's older brother Tom Fogerty, who himself had been an aspiring music artist, joined the band as their lead vocalist, and they became Tommy Fogerty and The Blue Velvets. At the time, John was not singing yet.
The band started to record some demos written by the two Fogerty brothers. A small Bay Area record company, Orchestra, decided to release a few of their songs, but they didn't fare well. In 1964, the band signed with Fantasy Records, an independent San Francisco jazz label. Prompted by the record company, they changed their name to The Golliwogs. Fantasy released a few of their songs, but except for Brown Eyed Girl (unrelated to the Van Morrison tune), the music didn't make any commercial impact. Eventually, most of the band's members took on new roles: John became the lead vocalist, his brother changed to rhythm guitar, and Cook switched from piano to the bass.
In 1966, Fogerty and Clifford were drafted into the military and joined the Army Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve, respectively. During their six months of active duty, the band was put on the back burner. In 1967, the financially struggling Fantasy was purchased by Saul Zaentz, a salesman for the company, who had organized a group of other investors. Zaentz liked The Golliwogs but told them they needed to change their name. And so they did, to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
The band name had three different origins. Creedence was derived from Credence Newball, a friend of Tom's. Clearwater was inspired by a beer TV commercial that used the words "clear water." And Revival reflected the four members' renewed commitment to the band. They didn't waste any time to act on it and went to the studio to record their eponymous debut album. Even before it appeared at the end of May 1968, CCR's cover of the Dale Hawkins tune Susie Q, which they had cut a few months earlier, already received radio play and a good deal of attention. It appeared separately as a single and became their first hit, peaking at no. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 – the only CCR top 40 track not written by John Fogerty.
Following their breakthrough, CCR started touring heavily and shortly thereafter began working on their sophomore album Bayou Country, which was released in early January 1969. The band continued an intense touring schedule, which notably included the Atlanta Pop Festival (July 1969) and Woodstock (August 1969). Even though CCR was a headliner at Woodstock, none of their songs were included in the documentary and the accompanying soundtrack. John felt their performance had not been up to standard. They had ended up playing at 3:00 am in the morning after the Grateful Dead, when only few people had been awake. It would take until 1994 when four of the tunes from that night were included in a commemorative box set titled Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music.
Ten days prior to Woodstock, CCR's third studio record Green River was released. Four more albums followed: Willy And The Poor Boys (November 1969), Cosmo's Factory (July 1970), Pendulum (November 1970) and Mardi Gras (April 1972). By the time this last record appeared, serious tensions over CCR's artistic and business direction had emerged between John Fogerty and Cook and Clifford. In late 1970, Tom Fogerty already had left the band, which since had been a trio. In mid-October 1972, CCR broke up officially. Time to get to some music!
Susie Q, CCR's breakthrough song from their first studio album, was recorded in January 1968 and appeared in June that year. Originally, the tune was released by Dale Hawkins in May 1957. It was co-written by him and Robert Chaisson, a member of his band. Due to CCR's extended version, the single was split in parts one and two, which appeared on the A and B-sides, respectively.
Proud Mary from Bayou Country was the first of five no. 2 hits CCR scored on the Billboard Hot 100. Apparently, the band holds the record for achieving the most no. 2 singles without ever getting a no. 1 on that chart. Like pretty much all songs on the first four albums, the tune was written by John Fogerty. Various other artists have covered Proud Mary, most notably Ike & Tina Turner.
Green River is the title track of CCR's third studio album from August 1969. The Fogerty tune is one of the no. 2 songs.
Down On The Corner is the opener of Willy And The Poor Boys, CCR's fourth studio record and the third album the band released in 1969. The tune was also released as a single and became another hit for the band, climbing to no. 3. on the Billboard Hot 100.
Fortunate Son, another track from Willy And The Poor Boys, was the B-side of the Down On The Corner single.
Cosmo's Factory, CCR's fifth studio record from July 1970, became the band's most successful album, topping the Billboard 200 and the LP charts in the UK, Canada and Australia, among others. Here's a clip of Up Around The Bend.
Another tune from Cosmo's Factory I like in particular is Who'll Stop The Rain.
The aforementioned Have You Ever Seen The Rain is from the band's sixth studio album Pendulum, the final record with Tom Fogerty. If I could only choose one CCR song, it would probably be this one. I totally dig the Hammond in that tune!
Here is Hey Tonight, another outstanding song.
I'd like to conclude this playlist with Someday Never Comes from CCR's final album Mardi Gras. Unlike the band's previous records, songwriting and production were shared among Fogerty and Cook and Clifford, something Fogerty had fiercely opposed in the past. While Fogerty's previous leadership may have been dictatorial, the record's mixed to poor reviews indicate that a democratic approach wasn't working well for CCR. Perhaps tellingly, Someday Never Comes and the other Fogerty tracks on the album are the best.
Despite CCR's relatively short four-year career, they sold 30 million albums and singles in the U.S. alone. The band is ranked at no. 82 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists from December 2010. In 1993, CCR were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Sadly, Fogerty refused to perform with Cook and Clifford during the induction ceremony. His brother Tom had passed away in 1990.
Sources: Wikipedia; Creedence Online; Rolling Stone; YouTube
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Behind the Scenes: Apperian's Open APIs
My name is Nicole Perrault, and I am the Head of Documentation here at Apperian. It is my job to take lots of technical information and distill it down to a manageable collection of content that helps our customers use the Apperian platform. A large part of my job is interviewing the engineers at Apperian to research a technical topic or understand the ins and outs of a new feature. I recently sat down with Frank Chiang, one of Apperian's stellar software engineers, to learn more about Apperian's web services architecture. Frank is the type of guy who uses the words "code" and "beautiful" in the same sentence. A lot. He is passionate about what he does, and it shows in his work.
Apperian released a collection of open APIs. Just like that sounds, we are breaking the doors down to expose a set of programming interfaces to our web services so customers and partners can harness the power of the Apperian platform as part of a custom enterprise mobility solution. It's exciting stuff, and I had a lot of questions. Why, for example, did we go with a REST API? Why did we choose Python instead of the other gazillian programming languages? What the heck is Flask, and why should I care?
Here are some excerpts from my interview with Frank. In the boxes, I define some terms for readers less familiar with web services technology. Just skip those bits if you don't need them.
Web services provide a way for programs to communicate over
the Internet. Through an application programming interface (API),
one program can make a request to another program's web
service and then use the response from that web service
to perform functions in its web site or application. Let's
consider a basic example of this with Apperian's API. Say
that an Apperian customer wants to add a button to its
corporate web site that lets its employees easily sign up for the
enterprise App Catalog. The code behind that button will send
a request to Apperian's web services to add a new user
to EASE. Apperian will respond with a link to download
the App Catalog to the user's mobile device.
REST (Representational State Transfer) defines a set of
architectural principles for designing web services. REST focuses
on a system's resources (or functions), exposing each resource
via a URL. A program can access that URL to receive data
about the resource, similar to how you type a URL in your
browser and get a web page back.
NP: We had been using a JSON-RPC API. Why did we switch to a REST API?
FC: REST has gained widespread acceptance as a simpler alternative to JSON-RPC, SOAP, and other protocols. One of our goals when designing the API was that it should be intuitive. People should be able to guess what each interface should do before reading pages of detailed documentation. [NP: Wait. Was this a dig on documentation?] This is where REST really shines and ultimately what caused us to switch from the existing JSON-RPC protocol.
REST is sometimes a tricky subject because REST purists can be quite fanatical on its implementation. We were determined to be as RESTful as possible but to deviate if the alternative was more intuitive. So it would be more accurate to describe the EASE API as RESTful rather than pure REST, and we prefer it that way.
Python, PHP, Java, and C# are examples from a long list of
object-oriented programming languages. Python and PHP are
both interpreted languages, meaning they execute
instructions directly. Compiled languages, like Java and C#, need
to first compile the program into machine-language instructions.
There are many similarities and differences —pros and cons—
among the array of object-oriented languages. The language
wars continue, but Python is universally well known for its
intuitive syntax and readability.
[NP] When we switched to REST, we started programming in Python instead of PHP. Why Python?
[FC] We knew that we didn't want to continue to use PHP since its philosophy of "try as hard as possible not to error out" didn't lend itself well to an enterprise API, where we wanted everything to behave as consistently as possible. We mulled over C#, being a more refined version of Java, but couldn't bring ourselves to switch our LAMP stack to the Microsoft stack.
A stack is a software bundle that, when used together, forms a
solution stack of technologies to support application
servers. LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP,
and refers to an open-source stack that uses Linux as the
operating system, Apache as the Web server, MySQL as the
relational database management server, and PHP as the
object-oriented language. Python is often used instead of PHP.
At Apperian, we also use PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. The
Microsoft stack, or WISA, uses Windows (operating system),
Internet Information Services (file/web server), SQL Server
(database software), and ASP.NET, although the exact
combination of software may vary. For example, ASP.NET may
be replaced or supplemented by other .NET technologies.
Python was a language that we all loved. It was beautiful, the community was very vibrant, and the code was easy to read and maintain. [NP: "Code" and "beautiful" in the same sentence. See. What did I tell you?] Ruby was very similar but we leaned towards Python since there were already existing scripts in our codebase that were written in Python.
One of Python's biggest shortcomings is its performance when compared to compiled languages. This brought languages such as Scala into the discussion since its performance is almost on-par with C and has a fantastic actor model, which lends itself well to an API. In the end, we decided that heavy uses of Python in Dropbox and Quora was proof that Python was fast enough for high-load environments. We also liked the web frameworks available to us with Python, and we ultimately decided to go with Flask.
A web framework is a collection of packages or modules that act
as a layer on top of the HTTP layer. A web framework
allows developers to more easily write web services by
handling lower-level details, like catching errors and
interface routing. Django is the largest Python-based
web framework. Flask is a smaller, yet still powerful framework,
known for being easy to use.
[NP] Why Flask?
[FC] There are lots of web frameworks for Python. Using a heavyweight web framework like Django was never an option for us. We wanted a thin layer that would stay out of our way but also scale upwards to be able to support heavy loads. This led us to consider micro-frameworks such as webapp2 and Flask.The framework webapp2 comes from a derivation of webapp, which was created by the Google App Engine team. So webapp2 certainly had the right pedigree. Flask was the brainchild of Armin Ronacher, who basically started Flask (then called Denied) as an April Fool's joke by slapping together werkzeug for routing, simplejson for serialization, and jinja2 for templating, and calling it a "micro-framework" as a dig to other micro-frameworks. To his surprise, this caught like wildfire and prompted him to actually create Flask as we know it today. The web framework decision was probably the one that we were most passionate about, which is funny in hindsight since our main criteria was that it should be as thin as possible. We spent weekends playing with each framework and putting it through strenuous load tests. In the end, we decided on Flask for its active community, clear documentation [NP: Yaa!] , and elegant code structure, although my belief is that we wouldn't have been wrong either way. As of yet, we haven't regretted our decision at all.
[NP] I just had a vision of all you engineers huddled in a conference room passionately debating web frameworks. Tell me the truth. How contentious do those discussions get? Have you ever wanted to just throw down your whiteboard marker and clock someone?
[FC] Just the normal name calling and hair pulling that are the trademarks of all healthy red-blooded engineers. We're passionate about our work but we also respect each other. While we did challenge each other during the conversations, we all understood that everyone's ultimate goal was to build a product that would stand the test of time. Underlying all discussions were the 3 Rs: Reusable, Resilient, Responsive. When we started architecting our API, our philosophy was to build the foundation on these three main pillars. Our vision was to make the API the core of the entire EASE product. Our app catalogs and administrative portal would both be consumers of the API, and there would be no special treatment for internal Apperian consumers over third-party consumers (that is, our customers and partners). In this way, we would "eat our own dogfood," identify any pain points that our API consumers could face, and quickly fix them. Actually, I could go on and on about the 3 Rs.
Nicole Perrault is the Head of Documentation at Apperian and can be reached at nperrault@apperian.com.
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Palestinci (arapski: الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn), koji put ih zovu Palestinski Arapi (arapski: العرب الفلسطينيون, al-`Arab al-filasTīnīyyūn) je naziv koji se danas uvriježio za domorodačko stanovništvo čiji su korijeni iz Palestine i koji govore arapskim jezikom.

Palestinci je naziv koji često ima više značenja, koji put potpuno oprečna. Povijesno to je bio naziv (do XX st.), za sve stanovnike i osobe koji su podrijetlom iz Palestine, a to danas uključuje Izrael, Palestinske teritorije i Jordan.
Od XX st., kada počinje sve veće doseljavanje Židova u Palestinu ( i kasnije i stvaranje države Izrael ) naziv Palestinci se počeo koristiti isključivo za ne-židovsko, odnosno arapsko stanovništvo Palestine.

Izrael nominalno priznaje postojanje Palestinaca kao zasebnog entiteta, ali za arapsko stanovništvo unutar svojih granica koristi službeni izraz - Izraelski Arapi.

Ukupni broj Palestinaca se danas procjenjuje na 10 do 11 milijuna ljudi, od kojih njih polovica nema nikakvo državljanstvo i žive kao izbjeglice po razno raznim zemljama.

Prva šira uporaba naziva Palestinci kao endonima za lokalno arapsko stanovništvo Palestine dogodila se na Sirijsko-Palestinskom Kongresu 21. rujna 1921. Nakon Prvog Arapskog-izraelskog rata 1948., i prvog velikog arapskog izbjegličkog vala, i još više nakon arapskog egzodusa poslije rata iz 1967., naziv Palestinci se uvriježio ne samo za one koji su vezani podrijetlom, već za sve one koji dijele zajedničku kulturu i prošlost, ali koji žele svoju budućnost i Palestinsku nacionalnu državu.

Palestinci su religijski u najvećem broju muslimani ( suniti ), ali postoji kršćanska manjina i neke manje vjerske skupine. Gotovo polovica Palestinaca živi u okviru države Izrael, na teritoriju Zapadne obale, Pojasa Gaze i Istočnog Jeruzalema.Druga polovica, većina njih su izbjeglice, žive po po svijetu, najvećim dijelom po arapskim državama.

Palestinski narod, dugo vremena predstavljala je Palestinska oslobodilačka organizacija. Nakon Arapsko-izraelskog Sporazuma iz Osla, uspostavljen je jedan oblik prijelazne vlasti - Palestinska nacionalna samouprava, koja danas upravlja područjima Zapadne obale i Pojasa Gaze.

Vanjske poveznice

al-Jazeera: Palestina, narod i ljudi
BBC: Izrael i Palestinci
Palestinski život i kultura na stranicama IMEU.net
Palestinska suvremena umjetnost
Glas palestinskog folklora, besplatno skidanje pjesama
Tradicionalna palestinska nošnja

Izvori

Izrael

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Apps of the week: Modern Combat 5, Together, Poptile, and more
Lory Gil ∙ Updated October 13, 2018
This was another big week for app and game launches. Probably the most anticipated first-person-shooter for mobile devices made its way into the App Store. There were lots of incredible updates to already amazing apps, and we've also been teased with rumors of game ports we've always wanted.
Whether you are in the mood to shoot things, want to add some flair to your photos, or are looking for some new effects for your MIDI synth, we've got a list of apps and games we think you should check out this weekend…
A few months ago, Gameloft started teasing us with bits of information on the fifth installment of the popular Modern Combat series. After much marketing and hype, our heads nearly exploded when we found out that we could finally start the war games all over again. In this game, players can chose from four customizable classes to level up. Play as Assault, Heavy, Recon, or Sniper as you lead a team of soldiers to battle in online Squad vs. Squad multiplayer mode. Join Phoenix as he travels across the globe to fight rebels and convince allies to join forces to save the world. This game is available for $6.99.
I'm not talking about this week's free App of the Week, "Rooftop Run," here. I'm talking about a brand new game featuring everyone's favorite heroes in a half-shell. This street fighting game is more akin to the original TMNT arcade game. Players control their favorite fighter in hand-to-hand combat against the Foot Clan. Jump, kick, spin, and punch your way through waves of baddies and fight the ultimate boss, Shredder. You can also push the limits in survival mode or test your skills with the in-game challenges. Compete against friends for the highest score. Anyone up for some pizza? This game is available for $3.99.
The Great Prank War
I have to admit. I've never actually seen Regular Show, even though I've heard great things about it. I guess there is just too much good TV out there. This game features characters of the beloved cartoon, including Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Skips. Go back in time to stop Gene from getting away with the ultimate prank in this tower defense game. First you'll tear down Gene's shoddy towers and replace them with your own prankster weapons. Shoot rotten eggs, glue, and Whoopee cushions from your well-placed turrets and stop the incoming park rangers. This game is available for $2.99.
I'm always misplacing things. I leave my keys on the dresser and my wallet on the coffee table while my checkbook (yes, I still use a checkbook sometimes) is somewhere in my office. What I should be doing is keeping everything together in one place. That's the idea behind this app. Keep your notes, documents, images, movies, sounds, web pages, and bookmarks in one place with tags, previews, and collection organization so whatever you are looking for can be found with a few keywords. Store your library of data in iCloud and access what you need from different devices. This app is available for $9.99.
If you are bored with the same old two-dimensional, stationary photographs, there is a cure. This app lets you create incredible pieces of 3-D art using reflective geometric shapes. Plug one of the structures into your photo and then move it, shrink it, and change the style until you've made something totally new. Oh, did I forget to mention that it moves? The geometric shapes are programed so that they can rotate around in multiple directions. Turn them into video clips and share them on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. This app is available for $1.99.
For most music-related stuff, I prefer analog to digital. It's just the way I grew up. However, there is one area of music that digital always impresses me and that's the keyboard. A MIDI keyboard can produce some sweet sounds, especially when you connect it to an app like Caramel. Create incredible distortion and tone altering sounds with the XY touchpads. Export your effects through Audiobus or Apple's Inter-App Audio into compatible music apps to further customize the sound and then play them on your Core MIDI keyboard using an iPad adapter. Let the music move you. This app is available for $4.99.
Poptile
Popping bubble wrap has this strange, relaxing effect on me. Even though I hate the sound when the plastic bursts, I can't stop squeezing every single air-filled pocket. This game has a similar feel in that the goal is to break bricks by tapping them. All you have to do is tap, tap, tap. Bricks will break when you touch them. You don't have to match three or line them up, just tap them. The only problem is that bricks can't pass the dotted line at the top of the screen, so you have to plan how you break your bricks or you'll fill the screen before you know it. This game is available for free.
More apps you should check out
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No Brakes: it's like driving therapy for your mind
The best email apps for iPad
Letter Hero lets you build words that can leap tall buildings
Get one month of unlimited Marvel comics for $0.99
Matter will turn your photos into geometric artwork
BioShock may finally be coming to iOS
Wii-like dance party in the living room via Apple TV? Yes, please!
These apps have been updated
Starbucks preparing coffee ordering service for mobile app
Facebook rolling out new 'Save' read-it-later feature
Cannonball email app now available on iPhone
Hearthstone 'Curse of Naxxramas' expansion now available
Fantastical 2 gets a major update, goes on sale for up to 50% off
Yahoo Weather now includes customizable notifications for your favorite locations
Foursquare announces new app, new logo and more
Microsoft's OneDrive for iOS now supports AirDrop, adaptive video streaming and more
Penultimate episode of Walking Dead: The Game – Season 2 now available
Gmail for iOS update adds Google Drive support
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St. Petersburg FL Nov. 13, 2018
Just Announced Performance
Santana Brings The Global Consciousness Tour
to St. Petersburg's Al Lang Stadium April 18, 2019
St. Petersburg, Fla. – (November 13, 2018) – Just announced today, Santana is bringing the Global Consciousness Tour to downtown St. Petersburg's Al Lang Stadium April 18, 2019 at 8 pm.
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of Carlos Santana's groundbreaking album Supernatural and the 50th anniversary of his legendary performance at Woodstock. The ten-time GRAMMY®-Award winner and three-time Latin GRAMMY®-Award-winning rock icon will celebrate these historic anniversaries during his energy-infused Global Consciousness Tour.
Showcasing hits from Supernatural and other albums, the tour kicks off in March 2019 with stops in Mexico, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and more.
Throughout 2018 and 2019, Santana will continue headlining a multi-year residency at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. More dates will be announced in 2019.
Delivered with a level of passion and soul equal to the legendary sonic charge of his guitar, the sound of Carlos Santana is one of the world's best-known musical signatures. For more than four decades—from Santana's earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco—Santana has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural and geographical boundaries.
About Carlos Santana
For more than 50 years, Santana has sold more than 100 million records, performed for more than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY® Awards and three Latin GRAMMY® Awards. He won a record-tying nine GRAMMYs for a single project for 1999's Supernatural(including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Smooth") as well as three Latin GRAMMY's.
He has also received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), received the Billboard Latin Music Awards' Lifetime Achievement honor (2009), and was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Award (2013). Among many other honors, Carlos Santana has been cited by Rolling Stone as #15 on their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time." And, with the 2014 release of Corazón, Santana surpassed the Rolling Stones and is one of only two music acts in Billboard history to score at least one Top Ten album for six consecutive decades since the 1960s.
In the fall of 2014, Carlos Santana released his memoir The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light. In 2017, Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana joined forces with The Isley Brothers (Ronald and Ernie) to release Power of Peace, an album celebrating the timeless sounds of funk, soul, blues, rock, jazz, and pop. Santana is currently headlining a multi-year residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
Website: www.santana.com
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FYI: SANTANA CONCERT – April 18, 2019 8 p.m.
Concert Location: Al Lang Stadium, 230 1st St South in downtown St. Petersburg. Overlooking Tampa Bay, this outdoor venue is one of the newest and most popular entertainment destinations in the region. Santana will be produced by Live Nation and Big3 Entertainment Group.
Tickets: Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 10 a.m.
Prices: Ticket prices are $44.50, $94.50 and $129.50.
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- First time create the data container (`db_data`):
   - `docker create -v /var/lib/postgresql/data --name db_data postgres:latest /bin/echo "Data only container for DB"`

- Mount the data container on the postgresql container (`db`):
   - `docker run -d --name db --volumes-from db_data postgres:latest`

- Build the Backend image (`getlims/lims:v<version>`) from a Dockerfile in the current working directory
   - NB. Edit the Dockerfile first to specify key environment variables e.g. server and port to listen on
   - `docker build --no-cache -t getlims/lims:v<version> .`

- Migrate (update) the database and create initial revisions:
   - `docker run -t -i --link db:db getlims/lims:v<version> python manage.py migrate`
   - `docker run -t -i --link db:db getlims/lims:v<version> python manage.py createinitialrevisions`

- First time only, add superuser:
   - `docker run -t -i --link db:db getlims/lims:v<version> python manage.py createsuperuser`

- Run the Backend container (`app`): (NB. Update 8000 to the port number you specified in the Dockerfile ENV settings)
   - `docker run -p 8000:8000 --link db:db --name app -d getlims/lims:v<version>`

- Package Backend image, bundling in GetLIMS-Backend, with references to db image but not including it:
   - `docker save getlims/lims:v<version> > lims.tar`

- Load Backend image into Docker production
   - `docker load -i lims.tar`

- Clean and remove old Backend before deploying new one:
   - `docker stop app`
   - `docker rm app`
   - `docker rmi getlims/lims:v<oldversion>`

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Q: Node-Fetch API and Blob to convert Windows-1252 characters to utf-8 Node.js parsing a HTML page, with Windows-1252 characters. Using node-fetch and response.text() looses all accentuated characters (gives a "�" for any kind of diachritics). Instead, response.blob() keeps everything, then a
FileReaderSync.readAsText(encoding), is expected to be a solution.
I had succeeded in parsing and decoding Windows-Excel csv files with a JS browser/workers version.
But with node.js, I am using the npm "filereader" version of the API.
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
const FileReader = require('filereader');
const FileReaderSync = require('filereader');
const XMLHttpRequest = require('node-http-xhr');

function processDO(html){
    const wrong_accent = "�",
          correct = html.includes("général"); // exists in original html
    console.log("result:", html.length, "accept accents?:", correct);
    return correct;
}
function textFetchAndSave(uri, process){
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
        fetch(uri)
        .then(a => console.log("--\tbefore text") || a.text())
        .then(b => process(b)? resolve("decoded") : reject("wrong accents"))
        .catch(e => console.error(`textFetchAndSave error on ${uri}`))
    )
}
function blobFetchAndSync(uri, process){
    const readAsText_Sync = (charset, resolve) => blob => {
        function loadReader(reader, blob) {
            console.log("entering loadReaderSync", blob.type, blob.size, charset);
            let domstr = "not read yet";
            try { domstr = reader.readAsText(blob, charset);
            } catch (err) {console.error("error loadreadersync", err);}
            console.log("readAsText_Sync ->", domstr);
            return process(domstr)? resolve(true) : reject(false);
        }
        const reader = new FileReaderSync();
        return loadReader(reader, blob);
    };
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        fetch(uri)
        .then(a => console.log("--\tbefore blob") || a.blob())
        .then(blob => console.log("blob decode", blob.type, blob.size) || readAsText_Sync("windows-1252", resolve)(blob) )
        .catch(e => console.error(`blobFetchAndSync error`))
    });
}
// run
var p = "https://www.france-ferroviaire.info/Test/index.php";
var q = "?mod=FranceFer&ac=affichage&Type=Info&ID_ResData=32&ID_Data=2139444";
(async (pagename) => {
    const uri = encodeURI(pagename);
    try {
        let res = await textFetchAndSave(uri, processDO);
        console.log("text() result", res);
    } catch (err) {console.error("error .text():", err);}
    try {
        let res = await blobFetchAndSync(uri, processDO);
        console.log("blob() result", res);
    } catch (err) {console.error("error blob+fileReaderSync:", err);}
})(p+"?"+q);

The try with response.text() works, but looses accents. Here is the output:
--      before text
result: 27095 accept accents?: false
error .text(): wrong accents

It works as expected: wrong accents, but text is read (and parsed, and saved in the full version of the program).
The try with blob() prints this:
--      before blob
blob decode text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 27119
entering loadReaderSync text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 27119 windows-1252
error with readersync.readAsText Error: cannot read as File: {}
at readFile (C:\Users\igm\WWW\node_modules\filereader\FileReader.js:266:15)
    at FileReader.self.readAsText (C:\Users\igm\WWW\node_modules\filereader\FileReader.js:295:7)
    at loadReader (C:\Users\igm\WWW\blobFerroviaire.js:55:21)
    at C:\Users\igm\WWW\blobFerroviaire.js:62:10
    at C:\Users\igm\WWW\blobFerroviaire.js:67:106
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    readAsText_Sync -> not read yet
    blobFetchAndSync error

The blob looks correct in mime and charset, but the error comes from the execution of 'reader.readAsText' telling "cannot read as File:". Indeed it is a Blob. From developer.mozilla:

the FileReaderSync interface allows to read File or Blob objects in a
synchronous way into an DOMString

Is it an error in my program ? or in the npm filereader?

Though this doesn't answer my question about using Blob + FileReader APIs, the similar question, suggested by "Phil"
JavaScript Fetch: characters with encoding issues
solves the issue that I was facing, with a combination ArrayBuffer + TextDecode APIs.
Here is the code:
const fetch = require('node-fetch');
function arrayBufferFetchAndSave(uri, process){
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
        fetch(uri)
        .then(a => a.arrayBuffer())
        .then(buffer => {
            const decoder = new TextDecoder('iso-8859-1');
            const decoded = decoder.decode(buffer);
            process(decoded)? resolve("ok") : reject("wrong");
        })
        .catch(e => console.error(`arrayBufferFetchAndSave error`))
    );
}
(async (pagename) => {
    const uri = encodeURI(pagename);
    try {
        let res = await arrayBufferFetchAndSave(uri, processDO);
        console.log("result:", res);
    } catch (err) {console.error(err);}
})(p+"?"+q);

And 'TextDecoder' is in core node.js, no import!
But the 'npm filereader' is still not working as it should do...


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#smarterjoseph
Who is Daniel Joseph?
Smarter Growth
Fighting Homelessness
Rutland Kids
Partnering with the Rutland Community
Every child matters. Unforunately it feels like our council has left behind Rutland kids. I will partner with the Rutland community to protect and help nurture Rutland's amazing youth.
Kelowna is fast becoming a sprawling metropolis in the BC interior. Mutli-faceted developments are becoming an expectation throughout the city, however little to no consultation from local neighbourhoods has increasingly become the norm. Seemingly unbridled growth can only contribute to the skyrocketing unaffordability of living in Kelowna, as well as a rampant increase in homelessness, drug-abuse and crime.
It's not only our responsibility, but our duty to protect and nurture future generations. As the fastest growing neighbourhood of young families in Kelowna, we must work together to deliver opportunities and safety for Rutland's youth.
I volunteered in 2019 to help collect over 15,000 signatures in a petition to change the usage of a proposed 'wet' housing unit near elementary, middle and high schools.
I strongly believe we need to provide an adequate social safety net for the most vulnerable. $633 million dedicated by the province of BC to address homelessness and drug-abuse, is making seemingly zero impact closest to home. We need councilors that can foster discourse and amplify public visibility on our issues. We don't need to raise another penny, we just need real oversight and reform on our social spending programs.
Subsidized housing is a core element to addressing our homelessness issues. Rehabilitive and transitional housing such as the wet and dry-housing complexes around Kelowna, have become hubs of crime, drug paraphernalia and open drug use. Supportive housing units must be built away from our community's parks, schools, and vulnerable youth and senior populations.
Kelowna demands additional affordable housing units. Affordable or supportive housing should be placed in communities with the right support infrastructure in place. Communities such as Rutland have carried far more than their share of supportive housing units, it's time to work with a broader plan for supportive housing that involves the city as a whole.
Rutland Middle School
Rutland's schools are severely neglected. Our middle school is over 70 years old and far past it's due date. We don't need anything fancy, we just need buildings our kids can feel safe to grow in.
Rutland Middle School is 70 years old and needs to be replaced. The building is too small for the student population with 10 portables being used for 40% of the students. There is only 1 girls bathroom and 1 boys bathroom for the whole school (including the portables). There is no wheelchair access to the second floor, where the library and many classrooms are.
There have been many multi million dollar projects completed in our school district over the past few years where new schools have been built or even expanded and renovated but Rutland Middle School continues to be ignored and in turn it is degrading.
Our city council must work with school trustees and district no. 23 to advocate for a replacement school. Let's collectively work on forming a planning commitee, hosting public consultations and revisiting the project identification report developed for Rutland Middle School.
In Discussion
At issue in this video is homelessness, affordability and drug abuse in the city, and a conversation around potential solutions, or a posture that Kelowna city council can adopt moving forward.
Just an average Canadian trying to be the change he wants to the see in the world. Fighting for hope of a better future. Joseph reflects on the lessons learned over the years, and what we can do to engage more collaboratively moving forward.
In announcing his candidacy, Daniel Joseph says homelessness, drug abuse and crime are his top priorities while acknowledging they are issues that require help from upper levels of government.
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A photo of a chessboard.
In 2019, we hosted our first open tournament.
I wasn't satisfied with any of of the existing rule handouts I could find, so I wrote my own. You can read the online version of the handout here. Feel free to copy and adapt it for your own programs.


On April 26 2001, Pattarchus StormWind created the website Nexus-Draconis. The website was in German and became a resource for German-speaking draconics. Pattarchus StormWind, for the website, also translated Baxil's Draconity FAQ from English to German.
Sometime before June 2nd 2001 the website called Tysharina's Lair: Home of the Dragon Dancer. The website was primarily about the legends of dragons, dragon magic, dragons in media, and similar plus a forum for people to discus things related to dragons. The website also had some information of draconity and the creator was draconic.
On August 3rd 2001, Alfandria was created on Livejournal. It was created to be an extension of Alt.fan.dragons for members to discus and interact on Livejournal was well. Included in the groups interests were the words "anthropomorphic," dragons," "furry," "otherkin," "shapeshifter," "shapeshifting," "shifters," "therianthropy," "wereism," and "wyvern." The Livejournal is still semi-active as of 2014 though it has become pronominally used as a place for updates on the Alfandria MUCK.
On November 14th 2001, the Yahoo Group was created Council De Draconius was created.
On February 3rd 2002, the Yahoo Group, Winged Chat was created as a place for all and any otherkin with wings including dragons.
On February 12 2002, the Yahoo Group, Dragon's Sky was created.
In 2003, the website Draconomicon.com was created by T-Sar-Goth. The website was created primarily for draconic and fans of dragons. The website included a forum, a gallery, a journal, and other features.
On February 4th 2003, the Livejournal community called The Dragons : By Dragons, For Dragons, About Dragons was created. The group was primarily created for draconics but also as a place for people who wanted to talk about dragons in general as well.
On May 2003, Draconity.org was created as website for draconic, fans of dragons, and other people who are interested in topics related to dragons by T-Sar-Goth. The website includes a forum and chat among other features. The website was a recreation and overhaul of the website Draconomicon.com after the original admin of that site no longer had time for it and sloth took over command.
On July 24th 2003, the Yahoo Group Dragon Spirit was created where people could discuss anything related to dragons. This included both draconics and magick related to dragons. The group was pretty active since its creation up until 2010.
In October 2003, a dragonkin by the calling Starblade created a thread on otherkin in a Livejournal community for debates. The thread began with Starblade giving his personal views of being a "dragon spiritually" and so thus would fit under the term otherkin which then spawned a large debate over otherkin. From that debate the phrase, "F**k you, I'm a dragon" was coined. Its unclear how the phrase actually came about as no one in the debate on otherkin, not even Starblade, say the phrase.The earliest use of the phrase did not come until some days after the debate and by someone who has been debating against the idea of otherkin. Nevertheless, the coining of the phrase is often attributed to Starblade even though its more accurate to say helped inspire the phrase.
On March 2nd 2004, the group Draconics was created on Livejournal. The group was created both fans of dragons and people who identified as dragons. In the description it stated related groups included several draconic community groups as well as a group for otherkin and another for therianthropes (along with a few other groups).
Also on the same day of March 2nd 2004 the Livejounral community called We Are Dragon was created.
In March 16th 2004, on Draconomicon.com a member of the forum by the name of AtomicDragon conducted a survey on draconity which he planned on using to write an academic paper for California Tech. The survey results and if the paper was published is currently unknown.
On May 1st 2004, the Yahoo group called Goodly's Draconic Group. The group was never very active at all and became completely inactive after August 2005.
On August 2nd 2004 the Yahoo group called Draconic Otherkin was created however the group was very small and not very active at all with its last activity occurring back in June 2008.
On October 24 2004 the Yahoo group Dragon Clan was created. The group was generally active until 2009 whereas afterward it mostly died.
On January 30th 2005, a Yahoo Group called Dragon's Den: Draconian Society was created. The group has over 80 members and was off and on active for many years. In the group's description it uses the word draconian was used rather than draconic, plus stated the group was welcome to people from the vampire and other kin community as well.
On January 30th 2005, the Yahoo Group, Dragon's Den: Draconian Society was created. The group used the word "draconian" rather than draconic or dragonkin. The group description also made a distinction between the otherkin community and the "draconian" community.
Between July 14th and 18th 2005, a gathering for draconics took place in Tennessee. Called the Dragon Gathering, the draconic camped out throughout the event.
On December 18th 2006, the newspaper Minneapolis Star Tribune published an article about dragons in media. However at one point made a mention of dragon otherkin and mentioned Draconic.com. The article directly quoted from the website.
On November 20th 2007 the video "Otherkin, Furries, and Animal Totems" was posted by a man being critical of furries, otherkin, and therians. The creator conflated being otherkin with "Native American spirituality" and "totem animals." The creator of the video used the term therians to describe specifically those who identified as animals. He also claimed that therianthropy was actually shamanism. Thinking that otherkin are people believe they are "giving themselves up to an animal spirit" rather than identifying as nonhuman themselves. He also commented on the high number of wolves, foxes, and dragons compared to anything else.
On November 26th 2007, a dragonkin by the username SpiritRunner6 replied to the video on the topic of otherkin (of which dragonkin are included) by anther Youtuber whose username was takamizuna. In the video he went on to post a few other videos on otherkin and his personal experiences. He is one of the earliest otherkin to post videos on Youtube about the topic.
On January 21st 2010, the entry "Draconity" on Wikipedia was removed and redirected into the entry Otherkin.
On July16th 2014 the forum, Ivory Tower was created as a place for dragonkin/draconic to interact and discuss.
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Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut? A sort of hybrid between Neil Armstrong, Chris Hadfield and Bruce Willis (in Armageddon). Of course you have, and so has everyone else! Because everyone is fascinated by space.
Tremblant Beneath the Stars is the perfect setting for learning all about the cosmos and the stars (or to simply learn to differentiate between a star and a planet). A night of outdoor activities awaits you, from sunset to sunrise (well, until midnight actually, when activities come to an end for the day), while you count the shooting stars flickering in the sky above your head.
On top of Mont Tremblant, amateur astronomers welcome you telescope in hand for a night of spatial exploration. They will point out constellations, planets of our solar system and the International Space Station passing high above. Enough information to impress your friends at your next bonfire!
For those interested, a 45-minute conference will be offered on the Rosetta spacecraft's adventure through space as it moves closer towards its goal of landing on comet Churyumov/Gerasimenko next November (…will the speaker be able to remember the comet's full name without looking at the cue cards? Stay tuned!). If you prefer more physical activities, you can also enjoy a night walk in the forest. A truly star-studded evening!
The Perseids are the most spectacular meteor shower of the year!
To make sure this night is memorable (in a good way), here are a few tips. Spending the night outside means cold so dress warmly, bring a blanket and, if you feel like it, a midnight snack. The Grand Manitou at the summit will also be open to ensure hungry revelers can grab a bite. And why not bring a folding chair while at it, to make yourself even more comfortable!
Until you can afford a real trip to space, Mont Tremblant's summit is the place to be on August 8 and 9 for a visit through space!
Click here for more details on lodging and panoramic gondola tickets.


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Tag: excerpt
An excerpt from a story about a discontented rock star who becomes a hitman.
It's 2010. I'm adored. I'm surrounded by women. I'm the lead singer in a hugely successful rock band. I'm a Sagittarius. I'm the savior of rock 'n' roll, according to Rolling Stone. I'm the self-proclaimed Devourer of Pussy. I'm a vagrant. I'm bored. I'm writing songs. I'm playing Madison Square Garden. I'm the recipient of four Grammy awards. I'm in recording studios. I'm partial to drugs. I'm jaded. I've been singing in a band since I was fourteen. I've been touring with that band since I was twenty. Seven years up on stage. Seven years travelling, sweating, drinking, puking, fucking. Seven years having a good time. Seven years. I'm bored. Did I mention I'm bored? I met Pauly recently. Pauly. Yeah, Pauly. Me 'n' Pauly. All right. Seven years. Now Pauly.
I'm gonna kill.
The merciless present
I'd grown a beard, and to my surprise it worked as a deterrent; people didn't seem to recognize me. It added at least ten years. Two weeks earlier I'd been approached by a chubby sonuva bitch who introduced himself as Pauly. Pauly, who spoke with a New York accent and sounded like he was suffering from indefinite indigestion, told me that he worked for important people, whatever the hell that meant. He wouldn't disclose who his employers were. He said they weren't bad guys, but they weren't necessarily good, neither. But I didn't care. He asked me to kill. I told him I'd been killing all my life. He told me to cut the shit, that he meant really kill. I asked him who he wanted dead, and he told me it didn't matter, and whether or not I was interested. I told him I'd sleep on it. That night, before sleeping on it, I drank, like most nights. The beard resulted in the absence of attention. I liked it. Maybe I'd keep the facial hair. One of my songs played in the bar. I sang along.
I watched the drunks. I smoked a cigarette. I'd considered quitting because, while I loved it, my lungs were hurting. Constantly. I felt like I was on the verge of death. But the doc checked me out, said I was good. Told me I was healthy as a beautiful butterfly fluttering around in the sunshine. Another doctor once told me that if there were something really wrong, my body would tell me. The problem was my body had been telling me for so long that I could no longer believe it. My body was a god damn liar.
The next morning I phoned Pauly and told him I'd kill, but that it would have to wait a couple of weeks while the band finished working our latest record. He told me he was proud of me. I told him to cut the shit and that I'd speak to him in two weeks.
Did I agree to this because I was bored? Was I out of my mind? When wasn't I out of my mind? I'd always been out of my mind. What harm was there in disposing of a few fuckheads, anyway?
♠♠♠♠
It was to be more intricate than I had anticipated. Pauly caught up with me and informed me that the person I was to kill was, like me, in the public eye somewhat. I had never heard of him. He was a politician. Politics never really interested me – politics gets in the way of progress.
We were sat in a bar near the Garden. It was daytime, and the bar was gloomy and stank of something stale. There were only about a dozen people there, and Pauly sat by a window with a drink in front of him.
Pauly was tired. Not only on that day; he was simply tired. His defeated brown eyes offered no hope or expectations. They were done, disinterested. Why he kept going I did not know, but, then again, what's the alternative, heaven? He was in his fifties and had a mass of untidy, flaxen hair. His belly always cried for food, it seemed. Every time I saw him his shirt was unbuttoned in some place. He always wore stubble. I couldn't understand why he played the role of arranging for people to be murdered; it all seemed too macabre for him. He looked like someone who had let things get to him, a thinker, and surely that meant he was in the wrong business. Maybe he'd be murdered himself if he didn't cooperate. I didn't really wanna know, anyway.
I just wanted something else.
Something new.
'You've sold a lot of records,' said Pauly, sipping his scotch.
'I know,' I replied.
'You wanna know why it was you who I approached, not some ordinary, everyday lowlife. Some schmuck?'
'You looked tired, fed up.'
'So do you.'
'That's why I got in the game.'
'You were so fed up that you decided to get involved in executions?'
'Isn't that why you're here right now?'
'I'm a little bored, sure.'
Pauly turned and faced the bar that was to my right, then sighed and looked at me.
'There's no reason to most things. Even though the people I work for see a reason in doing what we do, it's all bullshit at the end of the day. It's just something to keep me ticking over, I guess. Something to keep me from . . well, it's something.'
'You have a family?' I asked.
'I did. I don't see 'em no more. Couldn't stand being a family man, to be honest. Too much noise. I like a quiet house.'
Just then, as Pauly's tired eyes looked down at his pathetic, bulbous belly, a brilliant ray of sunshine invaded the bar, shedding light on us all, and for that brief moment I felt a sense of elation. A reminder that space was still there.
And space made sense.
Over the next few days (in between recording) I made some lists. The first list I made was apt: 'Reasons for Killing'. Another list I made was a 'Favorite Drinks' list, one a 'Top Five Live Concerts' list, and the last list was 'Women Whose Pussies I've Devoured'.
I ran out of paper.


Since the boat was reused after the war many original parts have been replaced by newer versions.
Main armament in the bow, from origine 6 tubes and a supply of 20 torpedos.
An installation of high value for the moral support, the kitchen.
No U-boot without batteries. 372 of these cells were in place on several decks. The entire plant provided 360 Volt DC with a max of 12.000 Amps/hour. In "low energy" mode, good for 50 hours submerged action.
Connection diagram in a compartment. The batteries were made by Varta.


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James Poovey (c.1769–unknown) was an 18th-century Philadelphian described by abolitionist Isaac Hopper in Tales of Oppression. According to Hopper, Poovey was enslaved from birth and sought manumission through non-violent disobedience, simply refusing to work. Although the accuracy of Tales of Oppression is debated by historians, some narratives have been verified through court records and other corroborating evidence held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Hopper's written account of James Poovey's life was later edited and embellished by his colleague, abolitionist author Lydia Maria Child, who supplemented the narrative with her own recollections of how Hopper told the story.

Legal status and education
In 1780, the Pennsylvania legislature ratified "An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery", which effectively abolished the importation of future slaves to Pennsylvania, and granted children born into slavery after its enactment freedom at age 28. James Poovey, born roughly 11 years before the institution of this law, was excluded from claiming freedom under the act. According to Child, the fact that other men a few years younger than Poovey were eligible for their freedom, while he remained in bondage, was a "source of uneasiness" for him.

Poovey was enslaved by Coates, a blacksmith in the Southwark District of Philadelphia, and had learned the trade, making him "very valuable". During winter evenings, Poovey attended the Young Men's Society for the Free Instruction of Colored People, where he first became acquainted with Isaac Hopper, a Quaker and member of the Acting Committee of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, who taught him to read.

Manumission

Failed negotiations
In 1802, around the age of 33, Poovey attempted to negotiate his freedom from the blacksmith. In Hopper's account, Poovey argued that his continued submission to slavery was "a great sin", and invoked the Golden Rule of Christianity (Matthew 7:12), saying, "we must do as we are done by". Initially, Poovey offered Coates seven years' faithful service in exchange for his freedom, but Coates refused. He then offered to purchase his freedom from Coates by earning wages at sea. Coates also rejected this. Poovey announced that he would never make another offer, announced that he simply refused to work, and walked off.

Jail time
Coates responded immediately by applying to the magistrate for an arrest warrant. Poovey was arrested and imprisoned "as a disobedient, refractory slave". Almost a month later, Coates visited Poovey in jail to ask him to recant and return to work. Poovey repeated his refusal to work for Coates once more, and said that he understood that he might live the rest of his life in jail.

Escalation to prison board
After the confrontation, Coates applied for the inspectors to hold Poovey in the cells until he was finally willing to "submit". Coates was referred to Hopper, who was on the prison board and refused to make Poovey return to bondage or punish him further. According to Child, after Poovey's first jail term had expired, Coates arranged to have him incarcerated for another 30 days and also tried to bribe him with a new suit and "Methodist hat", but Poovey flatly refused to ever work for him again. Coates could not sell Poovey out of state and it was unlikely he could sell him in Philadelphia, so he finally gave up. Following the completion of his second jail sentence, Poovey was discharged without further interference, and became de facto, if not legally, a free man.

See also
History of slavery in Pennsylvania
Timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom
Isaac Hopper
Henry Box Brown
List of slaves

References

1760s births
Year of death unknown
18th-century American slaves
18th-century African-American people
People from Philadelphia
People of colonial Pennsylvania
American indentured servants
American former slaves
Year of death uncertain


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On Sunday, October 21, 2007, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3. The USPTO has given the RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3 trademark serial number of 77309321. The current federal status of this trademark filing is CONTINUED USE NOT FILED WITHIN GRACE PERIOD, UN-REVIVABLE. The correspondent listed for RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3 is MARK E. WIEMELT of ********,********, ***** **** . The RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3 trademark is filed in the category of Insurance & Financial Services . The description provided to the USPTO for RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3 is Charitable fund raising.
Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs.
Word mark: RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3
Goods and Services: Charitable fund raising
Mark Description: The mark consists of an image of the Chicago skyline comprising red, black and grey buildings and four red stars disposed between a pair of accruate blue lines extending generally above the Chicago skyline, the Chicago skyline being generally centered above an image of football laces generally centered above the stylized terms "RETIRED PROFESSIONAL" generally centered above stylized terms "FOOTBALL PLAYERS" generally centered above stylized terms "OF CHICAGO" generally centered above a red line generally centered above stylized terms "DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3", said laces and terms being red.
Scholarship America, Inc.
More than one star with six points (Celestial bodies, Natural phenomena, Geographical maps - Stars, comets) see more design...
Footballs, including American and Australian footballs; rugby balls and other elliptical shaped balls (Games, toys and sporting articles - Sporting articles, merry - go - rounds) see more design...
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Cities from a distant perspective, skylines (Scenery - Urban scenery or village scenes) see more design...
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MARK E. WIEMELT
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RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF CHICAGO DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS 501C3 is providing Charitable fund raising.