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Welcome Home Elvis is a 1960 television special on the ABC Television Network starring Frank Sinatra and featuring Elvis Presley in his first televised appearance following his military service in West Germany. The special, commonly known as Welcome Home Elvis, was officially titled It's Nice to Go Traveling, a reference to the Sinatra song "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling". This was Presley's first TV appearance in three years. This was also Frank Sinatra's fourth and final Timex sponsored outing for the 1959–60 television season.

The special also featured Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and Nancy Sinatra, who later starred with Elvis in his 1968 film Speedway.

Elvis performed "Stuck on You" and "Fame and Fortune", the A and B sides of his first post-army RCA Victor single release. He also performed a duet with Sinatra. Elvis sang Sinatra's 1957 Cy Coleman chart hit  "Witchcraft" with Frank performing the 1956 Elvis classic "Love Me Tender". None of these performances were released on record until the 1980s. Presley also sang a verse during the opening production number, "It's Nice to Go Trav'ling", which has yet to be commercially released. The remainder of the special consisted of performances by the additional guest stars.

Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. sing a duet together in this show: "Shall We Dance?", after Davis did some impersonations. Davis also sang "There's A Boat Dat's Leaving Soon For New York" earlier that show. The show was a great success grabbing 41.5 percent of the ratings. Excerpts from this show appear in Warner Bros.' 1981 documentary film This Is Elvis.

Background

On July 15, 1959 it was announced that Presley, upon his release from the US Army, would be making his first television appearance on Frank Sinatra's fourth and final Timex-sponsored variety show. For the special, originally titled Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley, he would receive $125,000, an unheard of sum at the time for a single television appearance. Sinatra was not pleased  with Presley's fee, knowing full well this exceeded his compensation for hosting the entire program. He accepted, aware that a Presley appearance would attract huge ratings for the hour, something that his three previous specials had failed to do. Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, also made it very clear that this sum was for only two songs, approximately 6–8 minutes. Parker had hoped that showcasing Presley on Sinatra's show would re-introduce him to an older audience, a more mature target market   less likely to dismiss him in favor of the next teen idol. The television special would bring together two of the music world's biggest stars, each with their own legendary titles; Sinatra was known as the Voice and Presley was known as the King. Realizing the publicity from such  a media event, Parker was intent on seeing this opportunity run as smooth as possible for his client.

On March 3, 1960 Presley, aged 25, returned to the United States from West Germany. Sinatra had arranged for his daughter, Nancy, to be part of the welcoming party, presenting Presley with a box of dress shirts on behalf of her father. When asked who his current favorite singers were, Presley mentioned Sinatra along with Dean Martin, Patti Page, and Kitty Kallen. Two days later, two years after he'd been drafted into the US Army, Presley was honorably discharged. Two weeks later he was in Nashville, Tennessee, to lay down some new material for an eagerly anticipated single release and an album. Two songs he recorded on March 21, "Stuck On You" and "Fame And Fortune", were chosen as the two sides of his first post-army single, and he would perform both songs live on the Sinatra Timex television special. On March 21, after completing two additional songs for the album, Presley boarded a train from Nashville to Miami, Florida. Arriving in Miami the following day, Presley checked into the Fontainebleau Hotel, the venue where the show would be taped. He spent the remainder of the week rehearsing for the show, which was scheduled to be recorded on March 26, and met with Sinatra to promote the show in a carefully staged meeting that was photographed for press release.

The meeting between the two was eagerly monitored by the media. Sinatra and Presley had been musical rivals since the 1950s, and on occasion they had each been asked their opinions on the other. Sinatra had written an article in a French magazine, Western World, in 1957, describing rock and roll music as "sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd—in plain fact, dirty—lyrics, and as I said before, it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth … this rancid-smelling aphrodisiac I deplore." When asked his reaction to hearing this, Presley responded "He has a right to his opinion, but I can't see him knocking it for no good reason. I admire him as a performer and an actor but I think he's badly mistaken about this. If I remember correctly, he was also part of a trend. I don't see how he can call the youth of today immoral and delinquent." The press, either known or unknown to Sinatra and Presley, was attempting to cause a rift between the pair. They, however, had nothing but good things to say about each other when asked specifically how they felt. Sinatra, when specifically asked about Presley's singing style, responded "Only time will tell. They said I was a freak when I first hit, but I'm still around. Presley has no training at all. When he goes into something serious, a bigger kind of singing, we'll find out if he is a singer. He has a natural, animalistic talent." For his part, when asked again about Sinatra's previous comments regarding rock and roll, Presley was just as kind about Sinatra; "I admire the man... He is a great success and a fine actor".

Before the taping of the show, Sinatra was questioned about whether or not he had changed his mind about rock and roll music. He suggested he hadn't by simply responding "The kid's been away two years, and I get the feeling he really believes in what he's doing."

Taping
On March 26, at 6.15pm, taping for the show took place at the Fontainebleau Hotel. It was Presley's first appearance on television in over three years, and his first serious performance since 1957, making Presley nervous about how he would be received. Colonel Parker, perhaps due to nerves of his own, had arranged for as many Presley fans as possible to fill the audience, although at least half of it was still made up of Sinatra fans. For the occasion, to fit in with Sinatra's "rat pack" persona, Presley wore a tuxedo.

Presley's first, very brief, appearance on the show was at the beginning. Entering in his army uniform, Presley joined the other guests on the show, including Sinatra's daughter Nancy, to sing a part of "It's Nice To Go Trav'ling". His other two songs, "Stuck On You" and "Fame And Fortune", had been released only days before the taping of the special. Presley also performed with Sinatra, each singing a song the other had made famous, taking turns to sing a verse each; Presley sang "Witchcraft" and Sinatra sang "Love Me Tender". Both songs were sung in the swing style that Sinatra was famous for, although critics were divided on how well it had sounded; "Presley had difficulty with the melody of the Sinatra hit. The harmony between the pair on "Love Me Tender" came off in good style."

After approximately eight minutes on screen and a quick promotional plug for his new film G.I. Blues, Presley was gone. The remainder of the show revolved around Sinatra and his "rat pack" friends.

Airing
The show, now titled The Frank Sinatra Timex Special and sponsored by the Timex Company, aired nationally on ABC-TV on the evening of May 12, 1960 between 9.30 and 10.30pm EST. Viewing figures for the show were high, with a 41.5% Trendex rating, approximately 67.7% of the overall television audience. To put that into perspective, the second rated show in that timeslot, NBC's Ernie Ford Show, featuring Johnny Cash and You Bet Your Life starring  Groucho Marx, pulled in an audience share of 21.1%.

Reception
Reviews for the show were generally good, although not everyone was impressed. Life Magazine said "Sinatra does his best singing of the season.", and referred to Elvis as "still a reigning favourite after two years in the Army". Billboard magazine stated,The expected dynamite was, to put it politely, a bit overrated... Presley has much to learn before he can work in the same league with pros like Sinatra, Joey Bishop and especially Sammy Davis Jr., who just about broke up the show with his chanting and impressions... The real winner was probably the Fontainebleau Hotel, where the show was taped last March. The hostelry got a terrific publicity break.

The New York Times was a little harsher on Presley when they reviewed the show.While he was in service, he lost his sideburns, drove a truck and apparently behaved in an acceptable military manner. But now he is free to perform in public again, as he did on last night's "Frank Sinatra Show" over Channel 7... Although Elvis became a sergeant in the Army, as a singer he has never left the awkward squad. There was nothing morally reprehensible about his performance; it was merely awful.

Ed Sullivan, the man who only three years earlier had called Presley "a real decent, fine boy" when the young star last appeared on his show, also gave a very harsh critique of the Sinatra special. Writing in the New York Daily News, Sullivan said that Presley "minus his sideburns, has substituted what the ladies probably would call a 'high hair-do'. His hair is so high in front that it looks like a ski jump". Sullivan also criticized Parker's ability to acquire $125,000 for eight minutes work; "Col. Tom, using the logic of a farmer, is a firm believer in not giving a hungry horse a bale of hay". However, Sullivan had failed to take into account the fact that the special did not belong to Presley, it was Sinatra's show, and there were other guests that had to be given airtime.

In her book, Elvis For Dummies, author Susan Doll notes how important this television special was to the career of Presley. She writes "Appearing with Sinatra suggested that Elvis was following the same career path [as Sinatra] and was therefore the natural heir to the Voice". She also points out that Presley's singing style and appearance on the show "clearly signaled that Elvis was courting a mainstream, adult audience".

References

External links
Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley (The Frank Sinatra Timex Show) 1960

Elvis Presley
Frank Sinatra television specials
American Broadcasting Company television specials
1960s American television specials
1960 television specials


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HD 81040 é uma estrela na constelação de Leo. Tem uma magnitude aparente de 7,73, sendo invisível a olho nu. Medições de paralaxe mostram que se encontra relativamente próxima do Sistema Solar, a uma distância de aproximadamente 108 anos-luz (33 parsecs) da Terra.

HD 81040 é uma estrela parecida com o Sol com uma classificação estelar de G0 V ou G2/G3, o que significa que é uma estrela de classe G da sequência principal (anã amarela). Tem uma massa de 0,96 vezes a massa solar e um raio de 0,86 vezes o raio solar. Sua temperatura efetiva é de 5 700 K.

Em 2005, foi descoberto um planeta extrassolar gasoso com uma massa mínima de 6,86 massas de Júpiter orbitando HD 81040. Orbita a estrela a uma distância média de 1,94 UA em uma órbita excêntrica com um período orbital de 1001,7 dias.

Ver também

 Lista de estrelas com exoplaneta

Ligações externas

HD 81040 The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

Constelação de Leo
Estrelas de classe G da sequência principal
Sistemas planetários

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Toilet Ek Prem Katha Movie Review
By Hitesh Jaganiya	 Last updated Jul 20, 2018
Smart and Relevant Entertainer
The film created on the social issue, you will find a unique love story. At the same time, there is an attempt to raise a topic through the film, which is why we often shout. The movie is based on the Swachh Bharat campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Akshay Kumar Fans are pretty excited about the film.
Readers Rating: 86%
Movie: Toilet Ek Prem Katha Movie
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Bhumi Pednekar
Director: Shree Narayan Singh
Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar starrer Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is released today. The film created on the social issue, you will find a unique love story. At the same time, there is an attempt to raise a topic through the film, which is why we often shout. The movie is based on the Swachh Bharat campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Akshay Kumar Fans are pretty excited about the film.
The story of the film is based on the love of Keshav (Akshay Kumar) and Jaya (Bhumi Pednekar). Keshav falls in love with Jaya and after some difficulties, both of them get married. On the next day of marriage Jaya realizes that there is no toilet in Keshav's house and due to this, women have to go for open defecation in midnight.
Jaya does not like this thing and she leaves Keshav's house because her in-laws do not accept the idea of making toilets in the house. Later, Keshav realizes his love for Jaya and he starts a campaign to build toilets in the entire village. This campaign of the actor starts his protest from his house, but Keshav does not accept defeat and does everything possible. Will Keshav Jaya make the toilet? Will Jaya do not talk to Keshav? It is the story of the film. The film is completely based on such a problem of rural society due to which women fall into the clutches of non-social elements.
In this magnificent story, all the characters have done their role well. Especially Akshay Kumar, who gives his 100 percent. Bhoomi has played his character well and he will be seen bolstering Bollywood's top actress in the future. The rest supporting cast has done its job very well. If the film has got the amazing look, then it is the director of the film Mr Narayan Singh. Who made a great quarrel on this social issue.
The first half of the film is admirable. Somewhere in the second half, the film lost its grip. The movie's dialogues are good and you will find many toilets jokes. Overall it is a good film that can be seen with the family.
Toilet Ek Prem Katha is 2017's most awaited film, which gives a message of goodwill. Bollywood Mascot gives 3 stars to Toilet Ek Prem Katha.
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Seven injured in crash on Saturday
The five people inside a sports utility vehicle that crashed early Saturday at Wilson and 18th streets were all riding in the front passenger seat at the time of the crash, according to what they individually told Lafayette police.
The SUV was westbound at 3:12 a.m. Saturday when whoever was driving ran the stop sign and struck a northbound car on 18th Street, according to Lafayette police, who noted that one of the vehicles struck a house on the corner.
The driver of the car was a pregnant woman, police said. She and her passenger were taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said.
Some of the people inside the SUV ran from the scene after the crash, and some stayed on scene until police arrived, police said.
Those who remained at the scene were taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and those who ran eventually showed up at the hospital for treatment.
When police individually interviewed the five people who were in the SUV, all of them said they were sitting in the front passenger seat at the time of the crash, Lafayette police Lt. Brian Gossard said Monday afternoon.
Officers are investigating the accident attempting to determine who was driving the SUV, Gossard said.


The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities must halt the ongoing crackdown on peaceful dissent Amnesty International said today.Some 35 men are believed to have been detained since 16 July – eight since the organization's urgent appeal for at least 27 men issued yesterday.The whereabouts of all 35 are unknown, and they are thought to be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment which Amnesty International has previously documented in the UAE.The current wave of arrests started after a 15 July announcement by Abu Dhabi's Public Prosecutor that a group of people would be investigated for plotting "crimes against state security", "opposing the UAE constitution and ruling system", and having ties to "foreign organizations and agendas". The recent arrests bring the total number of men arrested since March 2012 to 50."This wave of arrests is deeply disturbing and appears to be part of an ongoing attack on the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in the UAE," said Ann Harrison, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Programme Director at Amnesty International "The UAE authorities must disclose the location of all 35 men immediately and allow them to contact their families. Incommunicado detention is known to facilitate torture and other ill-treatment."Among the detained are three lawyers: Dr Mohamed ''Abdullah al-Roken, a defence lawyer in last year's prominent case of five political activists – known as the 'UAE 5'; fellow human rights defender and former head of the UAE Jurists' Association Dr Mohamed al-Mansoori and Salem al-Shehhi. All three men are believed to be prisoners of conscience, held solely in connection with the peaceful expression of their views or for carrying out their professional duties."Mohamed al-Roken, Mohamed al-Mansoori and Salem al-Shehhi, and any others held solely for peacefully expressing their conscientiously held beliefs or for carrying out their professional duties must be released immediately and unconditionally," said Harrison."Any others held must be released unless they are to be tried promptly on an internationally recognizable criminal charge in full accordance with international fair trial standards. As a minimum, the authorities must ensure that all are protected from torture and other ill-treatment and have access to lawyers of their choice, their families and all necessary medical treatment."Some of the 35 men arrested by state security officers (Amn al-Dawla) are said to be associated with the Reform and Social Guidance Association (al-Islah). A non-violent group engaged in peaceful political debate in the UAE for many year, al-Islah advocates greater adherence to Islamic precepts.Political parties are not formally permitted in the UAE. Political dissent is not readily tolerated and restrictions on freedom of expression and association have been increasing in recent months.The authorities have closed down at least one online discussion forum and blocked access from the UAE to some political websites.Most people suspected of political offences in the UAE are arrested by the Amn al-Dawla and held incommunicado at undisclosed locations for typically about a week before they are allowed to make brief and limited phone calls to their families. Amnesty International has documented at least two cases in which detainees, denied any contact with the outside, were tortured by security officials. Others have spoken following their release from custody of being tortured or otherwise ill-treated.On 17 July 2012, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed his concern at the accelerating crackdown on human rights defenders in the UAE.


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require File.expand_path('../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)

module Backup
describe 'Database::MySQL' do

  describe 'All Databases' do

    specify 'All tables' do
      create_model :my_backup, <<-EOS
        Backup::Model.new(:my_backup, 'a description') do
          database MySQL do |db|
            db.name     = :all
            db.username = 'root'
            db.host     = 'localhost'
            db.port     = 3306
            db.additional_options = '--events'
          end
          store_with Local
        end
      EOS

      job = backup_perform :my_backup

      expect( job.package.exist? ).to be_true
      expect( job.package ).to match_manifest(%q[
        530175 my_backup/databases/MySQL.sql
      ])
    end

    specify 'Tables Excluded' do
      # This warning will occur if --events is not used.
      create_config <<-EOS
        Backup::Logger.configure do
          ignore_warning 'Warning: Skipping the data of table mysql.event'
        end
      EOS
      create_model :my_backup, <<-EOS
        Backup::Model.new(:my_backup, 'a description') do
          database MySQL do |db|
            db.name         = :all
            db.username     = 'root'
            db.host         = 'localhost'
            db.port         = 3306
            db.skip_tables  = ['backup_test_01.twos', 'backup_test_02.threes']
          end
          store_with Local
        end
      EOS

      job = backup_perform :my_backup

      expect( job.package.exist? ).to be_true
      expect( job.package ).to match_manifest(%q[
        522703 my_backup/databases/MySQL.sql
      ])
    end

  end # describe 'All Databases'

  describe 'Single Database' do

    specify 'All tables' do
      create_model :my_backup, <<-EOS
        Backup::Model.new(:my_backup, 'a description') do
          database MySQL do |db|
            db.name     = 'backup_test_01'
            db.username = 'root'
            db.host     = 'localhost'
            db.port     = 3306
          end
          store_with Local
        end
      EOS

      job = backup_perform :my_backup

      expect( job.package.exist? ).to be_true
      expect( job.package ).to match_manifest(%q[
        9514 my_backup/databases/MySQL.sql
      ])
    end

    specify 'Only one table' do
      create_model :my_backup, <<-EOS
        Backup::Model.new(:my_backup, 'a description') do
          database MySQL do |db|
            db.name         = 'backup_test_01'
            db.username     = 'root'
            db.host         = 'localhost'
            db.port         = 3306
            db.only_tables  = ['ones']
          end
          store_with Local
        end
      EOS

      job = backup_perform :my_backup

      expect( job.package.exist? ).to be_true
      expect( job.package ).to match_manifest(%q[
        2668 my_backup/databases/MySQL.sql
      ])
    end

    specify 'Exclude a table' do
      create_model :my_backup, <<-EOS
        Backup::Model.new(:my_backup, 'a description') do
          database MySQL do |db|
            db.name         = 'backup_test_01'
            db.username     = 'root'
            db.host         = 'localhost'
            db.port         = 3306
            db.skip_tables  = ['ones']
          end
          store_with Local
        end
      EOS

      job = backup_perform :my_backup

      expect( job.package.exist? ).to be_true
      expect( job.package ).to match_manifest(%q[
        8099 my_backup/databases/MySQL.sql
      ])
    end

  end # describe 'Single Database'

  describe 'Multiple Dumps' do

    specify 'All tables' do
      create_model :my_backup, <<-EOS
        Backup::Model.new(:my_backup, 'a description') do
          database MySQL, :dump_01 do |db|
            db.name     = 'backup_test_01'
            db.username = 'root'
            db.host     = 'localhost'
            db.port     = 3306
          end
          database MySQL, 'Dump #2' do |db|
            db.name     = 'backup_test_02'
            db.username = 'root'
            db.host     = 'localhost'
            db.port     = 3306
          end
          store_with Local
        end
      EOS

      job = backup_perform :my_backup

      expect( job.package.exist? ).to be_true
      expect( job.package ).to match_manifest(%q[
        9514 my_backup/databases/MySQL-dump_01.sql
       10264 my_backup/databases/MySQL-Dump__2.sql
      ])
    end
  end # describe 'Multiple Dumps'

end
end

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It's rare for a climber of this calibre to visit Australia, rarer still that the public gets the opportunity to hear them speak!
New Zealand Alpine Club President Phil Doole, says Venables story won't just appeal to climbers. "Anyone with a sense of adventure will appreciate hearing Stephen speak," he said.


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Q: Split overlapping date ranges into mutliple date ranges using MySQL I would like to know if its possible to split a given date ranges into separate date ranges if some certain criteria is met?
For example,
    FromDate   |  ToDate    | Season
2018-09-19 | 2019-09-30 | winter
2018-09-25 | 2018-09-30 | mugaram
2018-10-01 | 2018-10-31 | dewali
2018-12-24 | 2018-12-28 | Christmas
2018-12-31 | 2019-01-03 | New year
2019-02-01 | 2019-02-28 | peak
2019-02-20 | 2019-02-28 | peak

And the output should be something like this,
    FromDate   |  ToDate    | Season
2018-09-19 | 2018-09-24 | winter
2018-09-25 | 2018-09-30 | mugaram
2018-10-01 | 2018-10-31 | dewali
2018-11-01 | 2018-12-23 | winter
2018-12-24 | 2018-12-28 | Christmas
2018-12-31 | 2019-01-03 | New year
2018-01-04 | 2019-01-19 | winter
2019-02-01 | 2019-02-19 | peak
2019-02-20 | 2019-02-28 | peak
2018-03-01 | 2019-09-30 | winter

I have tried
SELECT FromDate,ToDate,SeasonName,
        DATEDIFF(ToDate,FromDate) as ranges
FROM table
order by DATEDIFF(ToDate,FromDate) asc

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Learn how Istio can help with your CI/CD pipeline.
It's easy enough to do blue/green testing with a monolithic application. But what about when your application consists of many orchestrated microoservices? This is just one of the many CI/CD issues that can be addressed with Istio service mesh.
In this presentation and demo at All Things Open, Lin Sun demonstrates how to deploy microservices in Kubernetes using a CI/CD pipeline. She also delves into how Istio combined with CI/CD pipeline can help with easier and more efficient rollout during blue-green deployment.


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ngInclude
( directive in module ng
 )

Description

Fetches, compiles and includes an external HTML fragment.

Keep in mind that Same Origin Policy applies to included resources
(e.g. ngInclude won't work for cross-domain requests on all browsers and for
 file:// access on some browsers).

Additionally, you can also provide animations via the ngAnimate attribute to animate the enter
and leave effects.

Usage

as element (see IE restrictions)
<ng-include
       src="{string}"
       [onload="{string}"]
       [autoscroll="{string}"]>
</ng-include>

as attribute
<ANY ng-include="{string}"
     [onload="{string}"]
     [autoscroll="{string}"]>
   ...
</ANY>

as class
<ANY class="ng-include: {string}; [onload: {string};] [autoscroll: {string};]">
   ...
</ANY>

Directive info

This directive creates new scope.

Parameters

ngInclude|src – {string} –

angular expression evaluating to URL. If the source is a string constant,
make sure you wrap it in quotes, e.g.  src="'myPartialTemplate.html'" .

onload(optional) – {string=} –

Expression to evaluate when a new partial is loaded.

autoscroll(optional) – {string=} –

Whether  ngInclude  should call $anchorScroll to scroll the viewport after the content is loaded.

If the attribute is not set, disable scrolling.

If the attribute is set without value, enable scrolling.

Otherwise enable scrolling only if the expression evaluates to truthy value.

Events

$includeContentLoaded

Emitted every time the ngInclude content is reloaded.

Type:

emit

Target:

the current ngInclude scope

Example

Source

Demo


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What are birds actually saying?
by Dan Stowell and Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London
Birds make so much noise, and it's very complex. Is it just babble, or are they saying complicated things to each other? If so, could we work out what they are saying, what it means? Could we learn their language and speak to the birds?
We know that bird communication is not as complicated as the words and sentences in human speech. So far, no one has been able to find grammatical patterns like those we find in human language. There apparently aren't rules for birds like the ones we have about verbs and nouns. Birds don't have to learn grammar! Exactly how complex bird languages are is still hotly debated, though.
Birds are definitely passing on specific information when they sing. Sometimes they're passing on information about predators, or food, or sometimes just advertising their own fitness - showing off to get a mate (a bit like karaoke nights). Scientists have proved that such specific kinds of information are in the sounds birds make by observing bird behaviour. By playing recordings of birds and seeing how other birds react, they can see what information was communicated by a particular sound. If you play a 'predator near' call, for example, then other birds flee, but they stay put if you play other calls. They get the message.
Birds are definitely passing on specific information when they sing.
It turns out some birds have even learnt the languages of other animals and use it both to help those other animals and to support a life of crime. Many animals listen for the alarm calls of the animals around them, and so flee when others see a problem. Birds called Drongos, for example, act as lookouts for Meerkats, giving warning calls when they see Meerkat predators, allowing them to return to the safety of their burrows. However, the Drongos also sound false alarms every so often. They do it when they see a Meerkat with some juicy morcel. As the Meerkats run, the Drongo swoops in to steal the abandoned food.
Unfortunately for the Drongo, Meerkats are quite clever and get wise to the con. Eventually, they start to ignore the Drongo and only listen for their own Meerkat sentry's call. The Drongo has another trick though. They are really good at mimicking sounds they hear, just like parrots. They have learnt to speak Meerkat just like the scientists do in experiments. So when the Meerkats stop reacting, the Drongos just switch tactics and start making perfect Meerkat language alarm calls instead. Once again the food is theirs.
Drongos give false alarms so they can steal food.
While most of us can't reproduce bird sounds ourselves, and so talk directly to animals, we can certainly write programs to do it. In Star Wars, C3PO is a master of languages, speaking millions. Real robots of the near future will be able to mimic the sounds of whatever animals they wish and communicate with them in at least the simple ways that animals of different species listen and talk to each other. Perhaps something like this might be used to help protect endangered species from their predators, for example, watching for hawks and issuing timely warnings. We just have to hope they don't turn to the Dark Side, like the Drongos, and use these skills to support a life of crime.
Computing Sounds Wild: cs4fn magazine issue 21 Computer Science and Linguistics Music / Audio Engineering


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culture centers discuss plans for semester
Culture centers discuss semester plans
By: Alexa Chryssovergis | Indiana Daily Student
Photo by: Tae-Gyun Kim | Indiana Daily Student
Freshmen at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center now have the opportunity to be paired with upperclassmen mentors through one of many of new programs and events IU's culture centers are implementing this semester.
The NMBCC, the Asian Culture Center, GLBT Student Support Services and La Casa Latino Cultural Center have updated their event calendars, preparing for a new fall semester.
The leadership program is in its first year. Monica Johnson, director of the NMBCC, said she thought it would be beneficial to students because it was a need she noticed in the past that the center wasn't totally fulfilling.
Johnson said registration for the Neal-Marshall Leadership Academy ended yesterday, and 68 "first year, first semester" students are currently enrolled.
"Since it's a first year, we want to try a smaller group before we try to do it too big," Johnson said. "We want to make sure our programs are impactful and effective."
The program will help freshmen get acclimated to campus, she said. Upperclassmen mentors can teach their mentees individual leadership skills, give them tips on how to get involved on campus and provide advice on time management and being better self-advocates.
Johnson said Neal-Marshall's goal is always to help as many students as possible and to fall within the mission of IU culture centers' parent body, the Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs.
"I definitely want the center to reach more students, to be able to consistently support students that need more support," Johnson said.
Doug Bauder, director at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Support Services Office, said the center will maintain goals that it's had in past years while focusing on sponsoring new events.
The biggest change the center will go through this year is changing its name to be more inclusive to all students, Bauder said.
"The goals don't change, really," Bauder said.
The purpose of the center this year, as always, will be to support and educate students, especially queer students, who need help.
But Bauder said that this by no means suggests that straight students cannot also get help from the center. Anyone who needs something related to the center's services is welcome, he said.
One event this year that the center will be involved in is First Thursdays, Bauder said, which will be presented by the IU Arts and Humanities Council.
Fittingly, First Thursdays will take place on the first Thursday of every month, beginning Sept. 1. At the first event, there will be a DJ, poetry slam, crafts, treasure hunt and food. Bauder said GLBTSSS was asked by the Provost's Office to highlight the arts in the University.
GLBTSSS always gets asked to sponsor and participate in tons of activities on campus, Bauder said, but to him it's just more of the same: supporting students.
"Support is for everyone," he said.
Source: Indiana Daily Student


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Nice surprise to see the Clinchfield cars. I had no idea. The "CLINCHFIELD" stenciling style looks very similar if not identical to that used on their 50-ton USRA SS cars, decals for which are available from Westerfield. I am away from home right now but this style may also be in the Clinchfield hopper decal set from Curt Fortenbury. At some point the Clinchfield's reporting marks changed from "CC&O" to—oh no I cannot remember—but the older cars still carried the old reporting marks even after they were repainted. There is one Clinchfield historian that may have photos of these cars. I will let Ray know if I come up with any. Shout out to Dennis from Accurail for sharing early shots with Ray.
Actually, it's the other way around: I've been feeding Accurail the photos! (Eric Cote actually does all of the lettering artwork and decides on which road names to produce).
I've been looking, but haven't found mid-life photos of the Clinchfield cars, or for many others. The problem here is that railfanning is in general a post-WWII phenomena, and photo coverage of freight equipment of the 1920s and 1930s is scanty at best. If it wasn't for collections like the DL&W company photos, Barriger, or Otto Perry, we'd have essentially nothing for those decades at all!
Let me know if you do run across anything, and I'll pass it along.


Officers and NYPD barricades guarding the Wall Street Bull on May 1st.
More than eight months after the NYPD began arresting people taking part in Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, the first of hundreds of criminal cases trickling through the court system are finally coming up for trial.
Earlier this month, we told you about the first two cases to go to trial. In both cases, the defendants were acquitted of all charges after photographic and video evidence contradicted the signed arrest reports and sworn court testimony of their arresting officers.
Last Wednesday, a judge threw out the case against Marni Halasa, the Occupy Wall Street "Freedom Fairy," finding that the police write-up didn't actually show a crime or a violation.
The next day, another criminal case in which video evidence on YouTube appears to contradict the police version of events was set for trial, but the case was continued because the police witness failed to show.
Yesterday Sarah Maceda-Maciel, charged with blocking traffic and failing to follow police orders on November 17th, also had her case dismissed, after the police witness again failed to show. In this instance, apparently, the officer is on maternity leave.
A second case scheduled for trial yesterday was continued. Emmet Kavanaugh and his legal team were ready, and were under the impression that the prosecutor was too. But the police witness didn't come to court, so Kavanaugh, who lives in Philadelphia, will have to come back to court in late October.
While many Occupy protesters feel vindicated by the string of victories, others see the rulings as evidence that the NYPD never made the arrests with any intention of securing convictions.
This morning marks the largest group of Occupy Wall Street cases to come to trial. Twenty-two cases, consolidated into four trials, will be heard in Jury Part 7, the special section of New York City Criminal Court created just to handle the glut of Occupy-related cases. All the charges in today's cases stem from the first instance of mass arrests used against the movement on September 24th of last year — the same day Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna sprayed pepper-spray in the faces of peaceful demonstrators kettled by police nets.
We'll be in court watching the trials, so check back for a report on the outcome.


At 18.13 GMT last Saturday, 43 minutes after kick-off in the FA Cup tie between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur, played at White Hart Lane, north London, home of Spurs, 23-year-old Fabrice Muamba collapsed. As the stadium fell silent and medical staff huddled around him, the match was abandoned. Muamba's heart stopped beating for 78 minutes.
The first minutes after Muamba collapsed were crucial. Every minute lost before applying CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation: the urgent and sometimes necessarily savage – it can break ribs – application of downthrusts to the chest to keep oxygen artificially flowing from the heart) is estimated to decrease chances of survival by 10%.
Cardiac arrest, which is what Muamba suffered, is significantly different from a heart attack. The second is usually caused by coronary heart disease, through which a clot starves the heart of blood and oxygen and damages the heart muscle itself. Cardiac arrest, which can be caused by electrocution and the like, but is usually the result of a genetic unhappiness, can affect the healthiest hearts and simply means that they suddenly stop pumping blood properly, the heart's internal electrical system having become temporarily scrambled: CPR is urgent and further more complex treatment is mandatory.
It didn't take long, in Muamba's case, for the CPR to be administered. According to Amy Lawrence, who had been covering the match for the Observer, the reason everyone knew something was wrong was that Muamba, though out of the current run of play, suddenly "fell like a tree trunk. He didn't put his arms out to break his fall, or anything, he just dropped." It was seconds before other players noticed. Rafael van der Vaart, a Spurs player, was the first to do so, and frantic signalling to the pitchside medical teams brought on the men in green.
Spurs had five fully medically trained assistants pitchside that day, and there was, as ever, aid from the St John Ambulance unit. It was a far cry from 2006, when Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech fractured his skull playing against Reading. He had to crawl off the pitch by himself and wait for an ambulance: the resultant outcry saw standards of medical pitchside preparation improved to their current high standards.
"The medical issues and the structure has changed for the better," Cech said last week. "[Fabrice] still has a chance to survive because of all the equipment around the pitch. It's a great change because sometimes it takes only a few seconds to change a whole life and a whole career."
Muamba began to get, if we can call it that, lucky. Instantly given oxygen and professional CPR, his chances were already raised. The CPR is the main thing, although oxygen certainly helps, a priority recognised in the recent British Heart Foundation television advert featuring player-turned-actor Vinnie Jones, which makes a point of ignoring the kiss of life.
I asked the foundation why it had apparently changed its stance after school generations had been taught, on dummies, to both breathe and push. "The kiss of life helps if possible, but it's not a priority," said a spokesman. "And, if people haven't been trained, sometimes they'll stand back, afraid they'll mess it up – our message is simply that it's better to get in and start CPR, rather than worrying about co-ordinating all that with mouth-to-mouth and somehow getting it wrong."
So push-down CPR is now the official priority, but do not kid yourself it is not hard work – you need to make thrusts of at least 5cm downwards, repeated at a rhythm of 80 a minute. The Vinnie Jones advert features the Bee Gees' hit Staying Alive, which might be a dodgy record but is a perfect rhythmic touchstone.
What was happening to Muamba at this time, according to Professor Sanjay Sharma, a cardiology specialist at St George's University Hospital, London, was "ventricular fibrillation. Rapid chaotic electrical activity within the heart. It means the heart stops its usual pumping function; good oxygenated blood should be pumping from the left ventricle, coming back to the right, but suddenly it's not. Which, after a short while, is not usually compatible with life." But Muamba continued to get luckier. Sitting in the stand that day with his brothers was Spurs fan Dr Andrew Deaner, consultant cardiologist at the London Chest Hospital. "I noticed that Fabrice Muamba had collapsed and I saw people running on and starting CPR," he said. "I turned to my brothers and said 'I should help' and they agreed." In another piece of luck, he was allowed on the pitch: stewards can be tough, but Deaner, after arguing briefly with two young men who "didn't want to know", found an older steward whom he knew and persuaded him to give him access. As soon as he arrived on the pitch, Deaner "could see they were doing very good CPR. They had the defib ready."
Muamba was given 15 defibrillation shocks in all: two on the pitch, one in the tunnel, 12 in the ambulance. CPR is fine, apparently, for manually persuading the body to pump oxygen around for a bit, but the heart needs to be jump-started with a 300-joule electric shock. In total, Muamba was to take 4,500 joules in those 78 minutes.
As he entered the tunnel, the crowd finally fell silent. According to Lawrence, there had been "a groundswell, a primal roar, chanting Fabrice's name. The Tottenham fans joined in. They chanted his name and then they started chanting, 'Come on!' It was like there was a compulsion to encourage him to get up, wake up. But he was carried off and a kind of hush descended."
According to Sharma, this is where something remarkable must have taken place, thanks to the presence of Deaner, the fan who half an hour previously had been simply watching a match with his brothers. There was a squad of medical experts and friends there already. Spurs's club doctor, Shabaaz Mughal; and paramedics Peter Fischer and Wayne Diesel, who had been so involved in the first six minutes: and Bolton physio Andy Mitchell and club doctor Jonathan Tobin, a personal friend of Muamba.
Sharma told the Observer that the decision to take Muamba to the London Chest Hospital in Bethnal Green – almost eight miles away – rather than, as had been planned, the North Middlesex, much nearer White Hart Lane, may have helped to save the footballer's life. "I can only imagine that it was down to Dr Deaner, because he worked there, and knew that Muamba needed the specialist equipment at Bethnal Green. The amazing thing is that he persuaded the ambulance to change plans: ambulancemen don't normally like to do that. But it was vital, I think. Bethnal Green has equipment which can make a great difference. Ambulances don't have them, and the other hospital wouldn't have."
It was a difficult journey through north London. One of the vehicle's paramedics apparently had to hold the waist of Bolton's doctor, Tobin, while he fought to administer available drugs to available veins, because the pitchside doctor still had on his football boots, and studs slip on metal.
A further 12 defibs were carried out during the journey. "It's a remarkable amount of work to be done on a body in such a time, and a remarkable body to have taken it," Sharma said. "I'm still rather amazed. And thankful that there was so much expertise, and will.
"Even the CPR is hard, can be hard – it's tiring. It's physical. Often you have to ask someone to take over. But it's crucial, in the early minutes – CPR keeps something pumping, and with a lack of oxygen any organ soon starts to die, the heart and brain needing the most, and the quickest.
"The brain is your hard drive. If it's allowed to conk out, it's the end. Had this happened to most chaps the survival rate would be 11%. If you get specialist help, as he did, it's something like 64%."
Shortly after 7pm, the ambulance slewed around the last corner in Bethnal Green.
The London Chest Hospital has teams of cardiologists, brain specialists, and something that they call "intensitists". Some had been listening to the match on the radio, and wondering whether they might get the call to readiness.
The journey had been six miles longer, on a Saturday teatime, than it might had the ambulance made a routine trip to the North Middlesex, were it not for the intervention of Deaner.
According to him: "We went straight into the lab and I put a bigger line into a vein under his shoulder blade and quickly scrubbed up. We got access to arteries and a bigger vein and carried on giving shocks and drugs."
Muamba's team physician, Jonathan Tobin, was suddenly out of the loop. "Once we got to the hospital I was no longer part of the hands-on crew and it was when I took a step back that everything that just happened hit me." Fabrice Muamba was in the best place possible, perhaps in the whole of Britain, even though he wasn't to know it.
Against all expectations, Muamba regained consciousness on the Monday after his collapse. He recognised his fiancee, Shauna Magunda, and asked after their son Joshua. Within hours he had talked to a team-mate and expressed dismay to his father that his collapse caused the match to be abandoned. By Tuesday, Muamba was declaring himself "fine", but he remains in intensive care at the London Chest Hospital and, according to his family, faces a long road to recovery.
Experts say the swift action of medics at the scene undoubtedly helped his chances. Deaner said the London response had been "faultless: one thing after another just went right." He visited Muamba shortly after his awakening and said he'd been moved to tears at the speed and strength of the player's recovery.
"I understand you're a very good footballer," Deaner whispered into the ear of the stranger he'd helped. He was rather taken by the dry response, the first piece of humour from a grim afternoon. Muamba replied: "I try."


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The Best TV Theme Songs of the 1980s
April 24, 2010	| Posted in CLASSIC TV, TELEVISION | By sockii
Eight Classic 80s Theme Songs as Memorable as the Series Themselves
Theme songs are important in setting the tone and atmosphere of a television series. Here, the author lists her picks for the Top 8 TV theme songs of the 1980s.
This article was originally published on Associated Content/Yahoo! Contributors Network on April 24, 2010.
Miami Vice – one of the biggest hits of the 1980s and with one of the decade's most popular theme songs as well. Poster available at Amazon.
Are you a Child of the 80s? If so, you probably fondly remember the classic television series of the decade. From wonderful ensemble and family sitcoms to over-the-top action/adventure dramas, the 80s were a great decade for television. And a huge part of what made many of those 80s shows memorable were their great theme songs. Perfectly capturing the mood and atmosphere of their respective television series, they are theme songs which can still transport one back to that decade when heard today.
Here are my top picks for the 8 Best TV Theme Songs of the 1980s.
8. Night Court
Night Court ran on NBC from 1984 to 1992 and starred a large ensemble cast including John Larroquette, Markie Post, Harry Anderson and Richard Moll. Set in a Manhattan courthouse during the night shift, the series garnered most of its laughs from the odd and ever-changing array of characters who came in and out of Judge Stone's courtroom. Jack Elliott composed Night Court's funky, bass-heavy jazz theme song. This theme song captured the upbeat, quirky feel of the show, as well as the "cool" vibe of late-nights in New York City.
7. The Equalizer
If Night Court made evenings in New York City look like crazy, unpredictable fun, The Equalizer made them look equally dark and dangerous. This action/crime series ran from 1985 to 1989 on CBS and starred Edward Woodward as a vigilante-for-hire with a mysterious past connected to a spy agency. Gritty, violent, and fast-paced, The Equalizer was scored by Stewart Copeland, known to most as the drummer with The Police. With The Equalizer, Copeland honed his soundtrack composition skills, which would end up becoming his primary career for the next two decades. Copeland's theme song for this series was unsurprisingly rhythmically complex, brooding and urgent. Sounding unlike anything else on television at the time, The Equalizer's theme song was one of the 80s best and most memorable.
6. Knight Rider
Knight Rider was one of the most unique and bizarre action series of the 1980s. What else can one say about a show that featured a talking, high-tech car with artificial intelligence? Starring David Hasselhoff, this science fiction/adventure series was described by creator Glen Larson as "Lone Ranger with a car" and ran on NBC from 1982 to 1986. Its electronica-heavy theme song, composed by Stu Phillips, is still instantly recognizable from the opening pulsing keyboard notes. At a time when anything computerized was a novelty ready to capture America's imagination, Knight Rider was a huge hit, and its theme song a perfect counterpoint to the series' ideas and atmosphere.
5. Magnum P.I.
Another Glen Larson production, this time with co-creator Donald Bellisario, Magnum P.I. made Tom Selleck one of the 1980s hottest hunks. This crime drama set in Hawaii ran on CBS from 1980 and 1989 and was one of the series responsible for making the 80s the era of high-testosterone, action/adventure television. Magnum P.I.'s theme song, composed by Ian Freebairn-Smith and Mike Post, set the series high-paced mood, but also hinted at the show's lighter side (and Magnum's romantic exploits). Electric guitars segue into strings and horns, then back again, all over a solid rock beat. It's a sound that would be echoed through much of Mike Post's composing work on many action shows of the decade.
4. Cheers
Perhaps the most well-known sitcom of the 1980s, Cheers ran for eleven successful seasons on NBC from 1982 to 1993. Following the stories of the regulars and staff of a bar in Boston, the show featured such stars as Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Kristie Alley, Woody Harrelson and Kelsey Grammer – some of whose careers would break out thanks to the series. Creating the mood in the opening credits was Gary Portnoy's perfect theme song, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name". How else would one describe the appeal of the establishment to its regulars – and also to viewers, who became so invested for years in these characters' stories?
3. The A-Team
The A-Team is almost synonymous with 1980s television: over-the-top action, vigilante-style justice, pro-American sentiments, and of course, Mr. T. Also starring George Peppard, Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz, The A-Team was a mega-hit for NBC and ran from 1983 to 1987, regularly near the top of the ratings. The A-Team's unmistakeable theme song opened the show every week with its military-style drum cadence. Written by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter, the theme song then burst into gear itself, promising high action and comedy as only Mike Post could. When the series theme song was "updated" in the show's final season with a more synthesizer-heavy sound, it just wasn't the same – and neither was The A-Team.
2. Miami Vice
No series in the 1980s combined music and story-telling to the extent that Miami Vice did. At a time when music videos were at their peak of popularity, the show often felt like a long-form music video itself, heavy on style, atmosphere, and visuals over substance. The heavily rhythmic, synthesizer-laden theme song of Miami Vice, written and performed by Jan Hammer, announced that atmosphere perfectly from the start. Latin-style drum fills tied the song to the show's Miami setting, while keyboards and guitars made it sound cutting edge to 80s audiences. Starring Don Jonson and Philip Michael Thomas, this hit NBC series ran from 1984 to 1989, drawing to a close just as the decade did itself.
1. Greatest American Hero
One of the quirkiest shows of the 1980s, Greatest American Hero was an action/science-fiction series created by Stephen J. Cannell. Greatest American Hero starred William Katt as a teacher who turned into an awkward "superhero" after he received a special red suit from a group of aliens. The "Theme from Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" was performed by Joey Scarbury, and written by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer. This theme was so popular that it actually became a hit outside the series, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1981. Lighthearted, catchy and optimistic, not only did the theme song set the mood for Greatest American Hero brilliantly, but it could almost be seen as a theme for the 1980s itself. Greatest American Hero itself would not even last in popularity as long as its theme song, running only for three seasons, from 1981 to 1983, on ABC.
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An action figure based on a Peter Gabriel song? What madness is this?!
In the Elseworlds's [sic] storyline Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, Batman investigates mysterious murders involving the homeless of Gotham City. He ultimately traces the gruesome killings back to an underground ring of vampires, led by the infamous Dracula. Although the Caped Crusader possesses superior strength, wit and weaponry, no mortal can compete with Dracula's undead ferocity. Tanya, the leader of a rogue group of vampires, bites Batman's neck, giving him the vampire virus and granting him the strength to compete with the dark prince of the underworld.
Never ones to leave well enough alone, DC followed Red Rain with two more stories that chronicled the continuing adventures of vampire Batman: Bloodstorm and Crimson Mist. All three volumes were drawn by Kelley Jones, a guy who definitely has a distinctive style, one this figure only reflects in the face: it's thin and sunken, with huge fangs, beady red eyes, a furrowed brow, and ears on the mask that doubles the height of the head itself.
Below the neck, Vampire Batman uses the "skinny male" body, which was probably chosen because it seems the most "undead" of the bunch - after all, they also used it for Deadman and Black Lantern Abin Sur - but it really doesn't reflect Jones' artwork. His Batman, even as a vampire, was a thick pile of muscles; not quite at Frank Miller levels, but still bulky (the exception being in Crimson Mist, where Bats had been dead for a while and thus was nearly skeletal). He gets Creeper's hands, new forearms, a new utility belt (to fit his tiny waist), and a new chest with striated muscles and holes in the back for his wings.
Yes, you read that right, wings. They only appeared in a few panels through the series (he usually just used his cape, like always), but if you're making a Vampire Batman figure, they're a handy way to show that without leaving any question in our minds about what the intention is. The wings are packaged separately in the tray, and plug in beneath his cape - don't worry, it's molded out be out of their way (mostly). Getting the right angle to pop them in can be tricky, but it's not hard to actually get them into the sockets. They're dark brown, and sculpted with a leathery texture.
The wings swivel where they enter the shoulders, adding two to the usual tally of joints. It's nice that this body gets the double-hinged elbows, and the swivel/hinge wrists, but the knees are just single hinged, and the ankle joints feel gummy, like they don't want to move. Also, the chest joint won't allow the figure to bend forward for some reason: he can arch his back, but not bend over. The up/down motion on the neck is pretty good, for a change.
In addition to the wings, Batman has one accessory: a throwing dagger made for him by Alfred (and only seen in Bloodstorm). Supposedly carved from oak and weighted with silver, it should really have a wood grain sculpt, rather than being perfectly smooth. The paint is nice, giving a little bit of a dark airbrushing along the lower edge of the "wings" to break up the brick red of the piece. Unfortunately, because of the design of Batman's hands, he can't actually hold it like he should.
Vampire Batman is exactly the kind of so-so action figure you expect from Mattel, but he presented an interesting new direction for the line to take. Come on, Elseworlds action figures at mass retail? How cool would that be! Unfortunately, the line seems to have ended. Maybe we'll see something at Toy Fair in February, but for now, it's time to put a stake in them; they're done.


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Мико́ла Іва́нович Ма́зур ( — ) — монументаліст, скульптор, живописець-станковіст, графік, педагог. Заслужений художник України з 1996 року. Народний художник України з 2008 року. Почесний громадянин міста Хмельницького.

Життєпис
Народився 2 січня 1948 року у Кущівському зернорадгоспі Кущівського району Краснодарського краю Росії.

Закінчив Одеське художнє училище ім. М. Б. Грекова (1963—1968).

З 1968 по 1979 роки викладав у Хмельницькій дитячій художній школі, з 1973 р. — її директор. З 2002 р. — старший викладач фахових дисциплін відділення «Дизайн» Хмельницького державного університету, з 2004 — доцент кафедри дизайну Хмельницького національного університету, з 2006 — керівник навчально-творчої майстерні ХНУ.

Брав участь у виставках різних рівнів з 1972 р. Член Національної спілки художників України з 1987 р. З  7.01.1992 по 27.07.1992 р. — голова правління Хмельницької обласної організації Національної спілки художників України.

Твори зберігаються в музеях міст Хмельницького, Вінниці, Чернівців, Одеси, Силістри (Болгарія), Бора, Белграда (Сербія), Модесто (США), в приватних колекціях в Україні, Росії, Бельгії, Болгарії, Ізраїлі, Канаді, Німеччині, Литві, Польщі, Сербії, США.

Помер після важкої хвороби у ніч з 9 на 10 жовтня 2015 року.

Сім'я
 Дружина — Мазур Людмила Олександрівна, художник-графік
 Син — Мазур Богдан Миколайович, скульптор
 Донька — Мазур Оксана Миколаївна, художник і мистецтвознавець

Вшанування пам'яті
У 2015 році вийшла книга "Молитва Миколи Мазура за Україну", присвячена світлій пам'яті видатного митця.

У 2016 році на честь Миколи Мазура названа вулиця у мікрорайоні Заріччя м.Хмельницький.

У 2018 році в Хмельницькій обласній бібліотеці відбулася віртуальна виставка до 70-річчя художника "Віра.Надія.Любов"

У грудні 2022 року в Хмельницькому обласному художньому музеї відкрилася ювілейна виставка Людмили та Миколи Мазурів "Окрилені", на якій були представлені архівні фото, ескізи та роботи художника, більшість яких до цього не експонувалися - від перших юнацьких до останніх, на теми Майдана та російсько-української війни.

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Виставки
Персональні виставки
 1986 — Чернівці, виставковий зал Спілки художників
 1988 — Хмельницький, виставковий зал Художнього фонду
 1991 — Хмельницький, виставковий зал Спілки художників
 1992 — Вінниця, виставковий зал обласного краєзнавчого музею
 1992 — Рівне, виставковий зал Спілки художників
 1992 — Чернівецький художній музей
 1994 — Хмельницький обласний художній музей, виставка родини Мазурів
 1995 — Хмельницький обласний художній музей
 1996 — Хмельницький обласний художній музей
 1998 — Хмельницький, виставковий зал Спілки художників
 1998 — Кам'янець-Подільський, картинна галерея Кам'янець-Подільського історичного музею-заповідника
 1999 — Хмельницький, Національна академія Державної прикордонної служби України імені Богдана Хмельницького
 1999 — Київ, галерея «Ява»
 2001 — Київ, Український дім
 2003 — Нетішин, галерея «Арт-Пласт»
 2010 — Київ, галерея АВС-арт
 2015 — Хмельницький обласний художній музей
 2016 — Хмельницький обласний художній музей
 2016 — Експозиційна частина Сервісного центру ПАТ «Хмельницькобленерго»
 2017 — Хмельницька дитяча школа образотворчого та декоративно-прикладного мистецтва
 2017 — Київ, виставкова зала НСХУ
 грудень 2022-лютий 2023 — Хмельницький обласний художній музей

Вибрані твори
Монументальне мистецтво
 Скульптурна композиція «Веселий потяг» в кінотеатрі «Планета», Хмельницький (1989—1991)
 «Ангел скорботи», пам'ятник жертвам репресій комуністичного режиму, Хмельницький (1998)
 Пам'ятник «Героям Чорнобиля — пожежникам», Хмельницький (2004)
 Меморіал «Подолянам, полеглим в Афганістані та інших локальних війнах», Хмельницький (2007)
 Експозиція Музею пам'яті жертв Голодомору 1932—1933 років на Хмельниччині, Меджибіж (2008)
 Монумент «Сини мої соколи», Заповідник «Гетьманська столиця» (2009)
 Пам'ятник «Молитва за Україну», Заповідник «Гетьманська столиця» (2009)
 Пам'ятний знак «Шаблі», на честь 350-річчя перемоги в Конотопській битві, Шаповалівка (2009)
 Монумент «Віра, Надія та Любов», Хмельницький (2011)
 Пам'ятник Героям Небесної Сотні, Хмельницький (2017)

Живопис
 «Доля», «Сівач» (1990)
 «Лісничий». Оргаліт, темпера (1990)
 «На півдорозі життя». Картон, темпера (1990)
 триптих «Попіл сподівань» (1991)
 «Вогняна ніч» (1992)
 цикл «Подільська рапсодія» (1994)
 «Подолянка» (1996)
 «Гори» (2002)
 «Схід сонця», «Двоє», «Люда» (2003)
 «Спогад про Люду» (2004)
 серія «Революція Гідності» (2014—2015)

Відзнаки і нагороди
 І премія МВС СРСР за оформлення дитячого автомістечка (1982)
 Республіканська премія ім. М. Островського (1989)
 Обласні премії: «Корчагінець» (1987), ім. Т. Г. Шевченка (1993), ім. В. К. Розвадовського (1995)
 Міська премія ім. Б. Хмельницького (1996)
 Заслужений художник України (1996)
 «Людина року» (м. Хмельницький) в номінації «Митець» (1998), в номінації «Духовність» (2012)
 Всеукраїнська премія «Золота фортуна» (2001)
 Обласна премія ім. Я.Гальчевського (2003)
 Орден «За заслуги» III ступеня (2007)
 Народний художник України (2008)
 Знак Почесної відзнаки «За заслуги перед Хмельниччиною» (2011)
 Почесний громадянин міста Хмельницького (2012)

Примітки

Посилання
 Вибрані роботи Миколи Мазура на сайті галереї Арт провінція
 Життєпис та вибрані роботи Миколи Мазура  на сайті галереї АВС-арт
 Ім'я в історії міста: Мазур Микола Іванович  на сайті Хмельницької міської ЦБС

Джерела

 Молитва Миколи Мазура за Україну. Збірник статей

Члени Національної спілки художників України
Українські художники
Українські скульптори
Українські графіки
Уродженці Кущевського району
Випускники Одеського художнього училища
Скульптори Хмельницького
Художники Хмельницького


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De Slag op de Wilde Ackers markeerde op 28 oktober 1427 het einde van de heerschappij van de hoofdelingsfamilie Tom Brok over Oost-Friesland. Na een eerste overwinning van de Oost-Friese hoofdeling Focko Ukena over Ocko II tom Brok in de Slag van Detern van 1426 verbond Focko zich met Hendrik II van Meurs, de bisschop van Münster, en talrijke Oost-Friese hoofdelingen tegen Ocko. Op het Broekmerland (Brokmerland) werd Ocko op 28 oktober met de Slag op de Wilde Ackers, tussen Oldeborg en Marienhafe, verslagen. Ocke werd gevangengenomen te Leer en verloor voorgoed zijn heerschappij over Oost-Friesland.

Achtergrond
De familie Tom Brok probeerde als eerste een uitgestrekte heerschappij over Oost-Friesland te verkrijgen. De familie Tom Brok was afkomstig uit het Norderland, maar had in de tweede helft van de 14e eeuw en in de eerste kwart van de 15e eeuw de heerschappij over het Brookmerland en Auricherland verkregen. Van hieruit probeerden ze hun macht uit te breiden over heel Oost-Friesland. Het lukte de familie om haar sterkste vijand, de hoofdelingsfamilie Abdena uit Emden, uit hun stad te verdrijven en deze in te nemen.

De familie Tom Brok had hiermee het toppunt van haar macht bereikt. Zij provoceerden de Oost-Friezen met hun heerschappij zodanig dat de leden van de familie Tom Brok als tirannen werden beschouwd die het grootste goed van de Friezen wilden ontnemen, de Friese Vrijheid. Ondanks het verzet van het volk was de familie Tom Brok op dit moment nog sterker dan een van de andere hoofdelingsfamilies. Dit veranderde pas in 1420 toen Ocko aan de westelijke grens op Jan van Beieren stuitte. De andere hoofdelingsfamilies wisselden van kant en de machtigste bondgenoot van de familie Tom Brok, Focko Ukena, die voor de familie vanuit de stad Leer het zuidelijk deel van Oost-Friesland regeerde, brak met de familie Tom Brok.

Ocko probeerde zijn macht opnieuw zeker te stellen door zijn aanspraak op de heerschappij met elementen van de Friese Vrijheid te omkleden. Dit mislukte, waardoor Focko symbool werd van de Friese Vrijheid.

Als reactie riep Ocko de Oldenburgse graven op om hem te helpen. Zij waren via huwelijk met Ocko verbonden. De grafelijke troepen werden in de Slag van Detern van 1426 verslagen door Focko Ukena. Ocko werd voorgoed door Focko verslagen op de Slag op de Wilde Ackers. Focko was met zijn krijgers het Brookmerland ingetrokken. Ocko verbleef in de Marienhof (tegenwoordig: Marienhafe). Toen Ocko zich buiten de bescherming van de muren begaf, kwam het tot een treffen tussen Focko en Ocke op de Wilde Ackers.

De slag eindigde met de hechtenis van Ocko en de vernieling van het kasteel Broke (een kasteel in de buurt van Engerhafe). Ocko en zijn halfbroer Itze werden gevangengenomen en naar de stad Leer gebracht. Ingeborg, de vrouw van Ocko, verhuisde naar kasteel Donnerschwee nabij Oldenburg. Hiermee eindigde de heerschappij van de familie Tom Brok over Oost-Friesland. Toen Ocko vier jaar later vrij gelaten werd, veranderde deze situatie niet.

Na de slag
Nadat Ocko was verslagen, probeerde Focko Ukena Oost-Friesland onder één heerschappij samen te voegen. Focko kon zijn aanspraak niet handhaven, omdat de boeren die hij de vrijheid had beloofd tegen hem keerden ten gunste van de hoofdelingsfamilie Cirksena, die de oppositie vanuit de Vrijheidsbond der Zeven Oost-Friese landen aanvoerden.

Nadat Focko diverse militaire nederlagen had geleden, vluchtte hij in 1431 via Papenburg naar Münster naar de borg Dijkhuizen bij Appingedam, die eigendom was van zijn tweede echtgenote, Hiddeke Ripperda. Daar stierf hij in 1435.

Archeologische ontdekkingen
In 1845 werd bij werkzaamheden ter verbreding van de weg tussen Georgsheil en Marienhafe, nabij de afrit Upgant-Schott, een aantal menselijke skeletten en paardeknoken gevonden die daar enkele eeuwen waren begraven. Men neemt aan dat het hier om slachtoffers van de Slag op de Wilde Ackers betreft.

Galerij

Wilde bA
Wilde A
Geschiedenis van Oost-Friesland
Geschiedenis van Nedersaksen
Oldenburg
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"Received a Dresdner Stollen last Christmas and loved it, it is so delicious I will order to give as gifts next Christmas and get one for myself!"
The Christmas cake known as Stollen was first baked in Dresden, Germany around 1450. Stollen is traditionally a dry, but very flavorful cake. Hand made in Emil Reimann's Backerei in Dresden, Germany and affixed with a seal of quality from the Dresdner's Baker's Guild. This cake is one of the richest of rich German cakes – made with fresh butter, eggs, raisins and candied fruit. A cherished German sweet Christmas holiday cake. Some say the dusting of powdered sugar on the cake is meant to represent the Christ Child in swaddling cloths. This 26.4 ounce stollen serves 10-12 and comes in a decorative box.
German pastries, such as stollen are a bit drier than American style cakes. To make your stollen moister simply toast lightly and spread with soft butter. For a little added sweetness, sprinkle with extra powdered sugar (packet included) . Also comes with storage bag that matches the box.
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Stollen is a German tradition. It's a sweet, fruit-filled bread made to celebrate the holidays. We've taken this German classic and paired it with a classic ingredient – cranberries. Slice into this cake and discover the simple beautify of these brilliantly hued red berries. Taste the subtle bite of tartness from the cranberries and the sweetness from the candied orange and luscious marzipan (almond) filling in our Cranberry Stollen.
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NBTF Hall of Fame & Museum – NC BLACK REP.
Elevate the National Black Theatre Festival to a new level of significance by giving it a truly national marquee event — the induction of a new group of honorees — during each festival.
Attract stronger, broader, and deeper financial support for the festival by associating sponsors with an additional event — the biennial induction ceremony — that draws national media attention.
Provide additional revenue for the company through the sale of television rights to the induction ceremony.
Provide a means of sustaining the festival for the long term.
Provide permanent office space for the company and the festival.
Give the National Black Theatre Festival a visible presence year-round.
Engage the broader community in the festival and attract a more diverse audience.
The National Black Theatre Hall of Fame & Museum will be a dynamic, interactive space that puts the visitor in the middle of the excitement and energy of live theatre while bringing to life the giants of the genre. The hall will be built in downtown Winston-Salem, the home and "holy ground" of the National Black Theatre Festival.
The hall will an anchor a new downtown arts center that will also serve the Arts Council, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and possibly other arts organizations.
The campaign for the National Black Theatre Hall of Fame & Museum will be part of a multi-year, joint fundraising campaign to serve several of the leading arts organizations in Winston-Salem. An initial campaign in 2016 will provide seed money for detailed planning and design of the hall, to be followed by a capital campaign to raise money for the downtown complex that will house the hall as well as other arts organizations.
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Q: C++: Operator overloading of < for pointers to objects I would like to compare two objects through their addresses. I tried operator overloading and it does not seem to work for pointers, but works for objects themselves. The following is the relevant code:
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bool operator <( C *ptr_c1, C *ptr_c2 )
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A: A pointer is a native C++ type and you can only overload operators for user defined types (i.e. classes).
If this was possible it would violate the principal of 'least surprise' and cause pointer comparisons to behave differently based on whether not your definition was visible. This would probably be very confusing.
If you want to use an alternative comparison for use in container or with algorithms, note that you can provide a replacement for the default std::less in most associative containers and algorithms that require a partial order.

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I tried operator overloading and it does not seem to work for pointers,

Correct.

but works for objects themselves.

Correct.
So what is the question?
Do you want to use pointers in a sorted container?
With:
#include <iostream>
#include <set>

struct X
{
    int x;
};

C++ 11 and later
int main()
{
    X       x1; x1.x    = 5;
    X       x2; x2.x    = 6;

    auto compare = [](auto const& lhs, auto const& rhs){return lhs->x < rhs->x;};
    std::set<X*, decltype(compare)> plop(compare);

    plop.insert(&x1);
    plop.insert(&x2);
}

In C++ 03
struct XPTest
{
    bool operator()(X* const& lhs,X* const& rhs)
    {
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    }
};

int main()
{
    X       x1; x1.x    = 5;
    X       x2; x2.x    = 6;

    std::set<X*,XPTest> plop;

    plop.insert(&x1);
    plop.insert(&x2);
}

A: if(*obj1 < *obj2) { /* this should use the overloaded operator. */ }


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LCP: O'Kane Irish Foods signs 10-year lease at Phoenix Trading Estate, Perivale, Ealing
by EPR Retail News Editors
West Midlands, England, 2018-Jan-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — The largest dedicated importer of Irish foods into the UK has moved to a new facility in London to help it grow its online business.
O'Kane Irish Foods has signed a 10-year lease for unit 2, Phoenix Trading Estate, Perivale, Ealing, after agreeing terms with LCP, which owns and manages the estate.
The move follows a three-year search for suitable premises that could house the company's online division, YourIrishshop.com.
Eddie O'Kane, who founded Wembley-headquartered O'Kane Irish Foods in 2003, said the 8,101 sq ft unit at Ealing was ideal to house its online division. The unit will also have an in-house photographic studio and a training facility for the other businesses within the group.
"I have been looking around for a suitable facility for about three years now and whilst a few came up I didn't feel that the landlords were quite right for me," he said.
"With LCP I've found the partner that will allow the business to grow over the next 10 years. That was evident in the flexibility shown from early in the negotiations. I got the impression right from the start that they also believe in long-term progressive relationships rather than the bog standard tenant/landlord relationship.
"Of course, it helps that the location is absolutely ideal for us and the enclosed estate provides peace of mind in terms of security."
Julian Diamond, LCP retail director, said: "We pride ourselves on working very closely with clients to ensure they find the right premises for their business and I'm very pleased to have secured the lease for O'Kane Irish Foods at Phoenix Trading Estate. We wish the company every success as it sets its sights on further growth over the next few years."
YourIrishshop.com was launched in 2006 and is a fully-owned subsidiary of O'Kane Irish Foods, which supplies Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and ASDA.
SOURCE: LCP Management Ltd
If you have any media enquiries please email propertyenquiry@lcpproperties.co.uk
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Hurricanes Chasing Milestones in 2020-21 Season
By Dylan Rudolph December 11th, 2020
The 2020-21 hockey season is nearly set after much bickering between the NHL and the Players Association. The new season is expected to begin on Jan. 13, 2021, and will be played in a condensed, 56-game schedule.
From an NHL team exec this monrning, FWIW: "NHL is season is starting Jan 13th. Confirmed last night. We are going to be playing 56 games."
— Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) December 8, 2020
As everyone gets ready for the new year and new hockey, teams like the Carolina Hurricanes can dream big on what achievements lie ahead, both in terms of group and individual milestones. The Hurricanes are still a young team, but several players are within a stone's throw of notable career accomplishments.
Veterans Leading the Way
Carolina's roster is filled with promising talent still at the beginning of their careers, but seasoned vets on the team are still making a lot of difference on the ice.
Dougie Hamilton – 300 Career Points, 100 Goals
Dougie Hamilton enters his ninth season in the NHL and third with the Hurricanes. He has been the anchor on defense and special teams, helping the team kill 84 percent of penalties in 2019-20, the fourth-best in the league.
Dougie Hamilton, Carolina Hurricanes (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Hamilton's leadership on the blue line has been rewarded on the scoresheet as of late. The 27-year-old is coming off one of his best statistical seasons of his career, where he had nearly a point per game (40 points in 47 games) before his season was cut even shorter than most with a left fibula injury. He did come back and join the team in the playoff bubble and is expected to be ready for the new season.
The veteran defenseman comes into the new year with 299 career points and 96 career goals. Barring anything unforeseen, the defenseman should easily cross his personal goals very early in the season.
Jordan Staal – 300 Points, 200 Assists with Carolina
Jordan Staal was named captain of the team at the beginning of last season. In his short time wearing the "C," he has proved himself a good leader in the locker room and has slowly crept his way toward some impressive milestones after eight years with the Hurricanes.
The 32-year-old centerman is just 11 points shy of the 300 mark with the Canes and would become just the 10th player in franchise history to cross 200 assists with the club (currently at 184).
Jordan Staal, Carolina Hurricanes (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Staal is also approaching 1,000 career games as he enters his 15th year in the league — six years with the Pittsburgh Penguins before being traded to Carolina in 2012. He currently sits at 961, and even with the shortened season, it is certainly doable after he played all 68 regular-season games last season.
Top Line Padding Their Stats
Carolina's first line, which consists of three dynamic playmakers, are all chasing their own individual milestones in the new season.
Sebastian Aho – 300 Career Points
The 2019-20 season was the third-consecutive year forward Sebastian Aho led the team with 66 points. Last year, despite the shortened season, his 38 goals were enough to cross 100 in his four-year career. He enters the 2020-21 season with 263 career points in 310 games played. With supposedly 56 regular-season games this season, it'll be close, but Aho should be able to cross that 300-point milestone.
Teuvo Teravainen – 100 Goals, 300 Points with Carolina
Aho's linemate, Teuvo Teravainen, is also in the running for some statistical achievements in the upcoming season, though it will be tougher for him than for Aho. The playmaking forward has tallied 245 points and 74 goals in his four seasons with the Hurricanes.
Teuvo Teravainen, Carolina Hurricanes (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
Since coming to Carolina in 2016, he has missed just one regular-season game and has averaged 18.5 goals. He'll need to improve on that pace if he wants to pass 100 goals in this condensed season. Teravainen will also need to average over a point per game — something he hasn't done in his career thus far — to surpass 300 this year. But on a dynamic line with Aho and winger Andrei Svechnikov, it's not an unimaginable feat.
Andrei Svechnikov – 100 Career Points
The Hurricanes round out nicely with their top line's youngest player also within grasp of his own milestone. Svechnikov has been a bit more well-rounded than Teravainen, who is more assist heavy. The 20-year-old winger had career highs in points, goals and assists last year and is just two short of 100 career points after only two seasons in the league.
Svechnikov can score from anywhere on the ice and has an incredible skill set to go along with his 6-foot-2 frame. He can score at will with his heavy shot, possesses excellent vision and passing ability and is known to get a little creative behind the net.
Other Milestones
There are few other milestones coming up for the Hurricanes, though not all are sought after by players on the ice.
James Reimer – 400 Career Games Played
The veteran goaltender enters his 11th season in the NHL and second season with the Hurricanes. James Reimer has bounced around a bit after spending his first six seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He has been a solid netminder wherever he goes and has been rewarded with a long career.
Reimer is currently sitting at 363 career games played. He has split time with other goalies, most recently with Petr Mrazek in 2019-20, but if he can separate himself this season and play a majority of the schedule, 400 games is within reach.
Brock McGinn – 100 Points
Brock McGinn also nears his own milestone after five years with the Hurricanes. He has largely been a depth piece over the years with solid two-way ability, but he has played in all but two games in the last three seasons and enters the upcoming season with 93 points.
Rod Brind'Amour – 100th Win
It seems like Rod Brind'Amour was just hired to take over behind Carolina's bench. He was primarily known for his success as a Hurricanes player before he took over as coach. After his 10-year career was over, he sat fourth in franchise history with 473 points with Carolina and third with 299 assists. Now, his coaching career seems to have had similar success.
Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina Hurricanes (Amy Irvin / The Hockey Writers)
His first two seasons with the team have shown gradual improvement, appearing in the playoffs both years. He currently has 84 wins over his first 150 games as the head coach. If he maintains that winning percentage over the next 56 games, it will be more than enough to get him over 100 wins.
Carolina Hurricanes – Three Consecutive Playoffs Appearance
Hockey is a team game, and the Hurricanes have slowly climbed their way out of the purgatory of mediocrity. Coach Brind'Amour's first two seasons resulted in the first back-to-back postseason appearances since 2000-01 and 2001-02. Another playoff appearance in 2020-21 would be the first time since relocation that the organization has made the postseason in three consecutive years and the first time since the Hartford Whalers made it a seventh-straight year in 1991-92.
Andrei Svechnikov, Carolina Hurricanes (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
The Hurricanes enter this season with high expectations of Stanley Cup contention. That alone should be enough motivation to be ready to play, but career milestones can be added incentive to play hard in a season that promises to be unique to say the least. Some players are expected to cross their respective milestones almost immediately, while others may have to wait their turn. For now, all fans and players can do is slowly count down to the new season and await what craziness it will bring.
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Sale 73: The March Sale
Postal History by State - New York to Vermont
Lots 1185-1194 Lots 1195-1197
(New York) "Big Hall N.Y., Mar. 12", manuscript postmark with matching large "Way 19¾" rating on folded letter datelined "E.P. Post, March 11. 1839" to New York City, Very Fine and unlisted Stuben County town postmark.
(New York) "Johnstown 16 Sep.", red manuscript postmark and matching "Way 11" rating on 1814 folded letter to Albany N.Y., Very Fine, ex-Hahn.
(New York) "New York May 5th 1794", dateline on folded letter with manuscript "Way 6" rating to Brunswick N.J., Very Fine and early post war way marking from New York City, ex-Hahn.
(New York) New-York, Nov. 6, nice strike of clamshell postmark with matching "Paid" handstamp and red manuscript "34" cent rating on circa 1800 folded cover to Albany N.Y., Very Fine and choice.
(New York) The Purchase NY, Mar "18", rimless tombstone postmark with manuscript day and matching "Way 19¾" rating on folded letter datelined "Round Hill P.O. Greenwich Ct. Mar 18 1844" to Springfield Mass., endorsed "To be forwarded immediately" as special delivery forerunner, a Very Fine way use.
Purchase N.Y. and Greenwich Ct. are only 7 miles apart. Letter mentions mail arrives but twice a week - Wed. and Sat.
(New York) UTICA. May 30, sharp strike of red straightline on folded letter datelined "Onondaga May 26th 1800" to New York N.Y., original attempted free frank crossed out and red manuscript "17" rating for 150-300 miles, Very Fine, ex-Cal Hahn.
(North West Territory) (The Harmar Campaign - Northwest Indian War) 1790 (Sep. 12) Philadelphia Pa. to Ohio River, Northwest Territory, datelined folded letter addressed to Major John P. Wyllys, U. States Regiment, Ohio River, endorsed "Lt. Ford" at bottom left, letter concerns business matters; light fold soiling, Very Fine.
The recipient, Major John P. Wyllys was a regimental commander in the Harmar Campaign, which was an attempt by the United States to subdue Native Americans in the Northwest Territory in the Autumn of 1790. They were seeking to expel American settlers whom they considered interlopers in their territory. The campaign was led by General Josiah Harmar and is considered an early part of the Northwest Indian War. The campaign consisted of a series of battles that were all overwhelming victories for the Native Americans, and the collective losses are sometimes referred to as Harmar's Defeat. Major Wyllys was killed in the Battle of the Pumpkin Fields commanding the first American Regiment of 300 militia and 60 regulars after encountering about 1,000 Indians encamped at Kekionga led by Little Turtle. This battle, sometimes known as Harmar's Defeat by the Americans, was called the Battle of the Pumpkin Fields by the Indians, because the steam from the scalped skulls reminded the Indians of squash steaming in the autumn air. The army forces reported 129 men killed in action (14 officers, including Major Wyllys and Major Fontaine, and 115 enlisted men) and 94 wounded (including 50 of the Regulars). Estimates of Indian casualties range from 120 to 150 total.
(North West Territory) "Marietta, 12 Feby.", manuscript postmark and "25" cent rating on folded letter datelined "Point Pleasant January 20th 1800" to Southington Conn., letter from Enos Atwater to his brother reading in part "…I am sorry you accuse me of not writing to you these twenty years past as I have certainly written several to the family, which must have been miscarried" and concerning father's estate that he was maybe left out of as a result; light soiling, Very Fine; with 1990 A.P.S. certificate.
ASCC $2,500 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A RARE NORTHWEST TERRITORY USE WITH A MARIETTA POSTMARK.
(Oregon) Eagle Creek, Oregon Postmaster Appointment, 1874 appointment of Henry Wilburn as new postmaster, with additional letter of advisement and original U.S. Senate Chamber corner card cover (Senator J.H. Mitchell was the acting P.M.G. during this time), Very Fine.
(Tennessee) Jordans Valley "June 22", blue ornate eagle oval postmark with manuscript date on 3¢ red star die entire (U27) to Richland Station Tenn., faulty with small corner mend bottom right, Fine and rare Independent State use.


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