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MLBbro 2021 Season Rewind| Giancarlo Stanton is Key To Yankees Success
by Brandon Carr | Dec 14, 2021 | THE TWO HOLE
MLBbro.com's Brandon Carr predicted back in April that Giancarlo Stanton would have to stay healthy for the Yankees to compete for the playoffs in a tough AL East.
Stanton delivered, hitting 35 homers (some of them mega clutch) and driving in 97 runs, leading the Yankees to 92 wins and the AL Wild Card Game.
Let's rewind…
The Blue Jays Need George Springer To Wrap Up This Wild Card| He's The X-Factor In A Crucial Spot
by Kevin Moore | Sep 18, 2021 | THE LEAD OFF
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer knows a thing or two about playing past September.
The three-time all-star is looking for his second World Series title in his first season with the Blue Jays. His first title came in 2017 with the Houston Astros and he also was named World Series MVP. When Springer joined the Blue Jays this season he made an immediate impact and brought that championship mindset with him to the team.
Now that the season is coming to an end, the Blue Jays are fighting to secure a wild card spot in the American League and Springer is playing a big role for the team.
The @BlueJays trailed by 3 in the last inning…
George Springer changed that! pic.twitter.com/fD8UdV92jU
Having a player on your team that has won a title already is very key because they know what it takes to be in that position.
"He's been there and done that," Jays shortstop Bo Bichette told the Toronto Sun. "Obviously, he's had so many big home runs when he was with Houston. He knows how to turn it on in the blink of an eye, which is obviously super important when we're trying to win big ball games at this time of the year."
At 31, Springer has gained a lot of experience in the league and can provide a wealth of knowledge to the young players. He's the perfect fit for the Blue Jays and has shown that his presence on the team is contagious, and definitely in a good way. Despite missing some time during the season due to injuries, Springer is hitting .258 with 17 home runs and 38 RBI through 62 games
George Springer Makes Heroic Return From Injured List Earlier Than Expected
It was bad news for Toronto fans when he went down with a sprained knee during a game against the Seattle Mariners on August 14th. His return was earlier than expected and in perfect time for the Blue Jays to make a playoff push.
"I just think everybody feeds off of one another," Springer said. "We just understand that it's going to take every single person to get to where we want to go…I know everybody has each other's backs. We're all aiming for the same goal and to have everybody playing for that is awesome."
Blue Jays coach John Schneider has been pleased with the 2017 World Series MVP's return and knows the caliber of player he's dealing with.
"The experience he's had this time of year and in the post-season obviously are big," Schneider said. "But just having him at the top (of the batting order), seeing pitches, getting on base and the damage potential and all that stuff … it's great for us and it's great for the guys behind him."
Springer made the playoffs his last four seasons in Houston and he's looking to continuing that streak. His numbers have been impressive during the postseason. He's got a career batting average of .269 and a .546 slugging percentage in the playoffs.
So Springer is a player you definitely want on your team during the postseason and he always comes ready to play.
"This is a huge stretch for us as a team," he said. "Our team understands what it is we need to do. It understands who we are as a team but we also understand this is not on the back of any one guy."
This will be an exciting finish to the season and look for Springer to step up in a big way for the Blue Jays.
Is Derek Jeter The Greatest Yankee Of All-Time
by Mark Gray | Sep 9, 2021 | THE TWO HOLE
Congratulations to Derek Jeter for his first ballot Hall of Fame induction.
The Yankees have had some of MLB's biggest icons wear the pinstripes. Is Jeter the greatest Yankee of them all?
Marcus Semien Owned Labor Day Weekend | MLBbro Chasing Second Base Homer Record
by Malik Wright | Sep 8, 2021 | THE THREE SPOT
Labor Day Weekend belonged to Marcus Semien as his four total homers now have him at 37 which is just shy of the record for most in a season by a second baseman in Major League history.
Marcus Semien is inching closer to the Major League lead in home runs 👀 #WeAreBlueJays #MLBbros https://t.co/MvLBpCrx2g
— MLBbro.com (@MLBbrodotcom) September 8, 2021
Marcus Semien was the starter for the American League All-Star team at second base earlier this summer, but this most recent stretch of play may be the best showing in what has been a career year.
Over his last seven games he's slugging a sick 1.000 with 6 homers and 11 RBI.
Semien has not been stat padding with his numbers either: entering Tuesday, his Blue Jays had won eight of their last 10 games, which included a sweep of the Wild Card hopeful Oakland Athletics. Then they double flexed and grounded the surging Yankees on the back of Semien's five RBI on Labor Day.
Marcus Semien is a winning baseball player. Great talent. Great teammate. pic.twitter.com/woHdtPmKxR
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) September 4, 2021
Friday night's game against the Athletics was one of the wildest games played this season. The Jays trailed 8-2 before a six run eighth inning tied the game. The A's would respond with two runs in the ninth, but then in the bottom half Semien called game by hitting a three-run home run to the second deck.
I feel when you play this game so hard you realize things about the baseball gods and you tend to believe. For Marcus to come up in that situation at that time in the game to do what he did is wild. I wanted to live in that moment for a bit. that's all https://t.co/FSEatZcDzs
— Tony Kemp (@tonykemp) September 4, 2021
Fellow MLBbro and Oakland A Tony Kemp stayed on the field long after Semien's walk-off heroics to watch his on field press conference. Then came Monday afternoon when the Blue Jays went into the Bronx and shut out the Yankees 8-0. Semien got the Day Party started with a solo homer.
What a year Semien is having. After the A's treated him like damaged goods, he rebounds with one of the greatest statistical seasons by a second baseman in MLB history. How's that for sticking it to your ex?
Marcus Semien putting in work on Labor Day 💪🏾 #WeAreBlueJays #MLBbros https://t.co/w4yPCupO4B
He decided then to end the game with an exclamation point. After walks loaded the bases Semien hit his first grand slam of the season.
Semien slam! pic.twitter.com/ym6PL4JDWx
— MLB (@MLB) September 6, 2021
Semien now has 38 home runs which is the most ever for an MLBbro second baseman and the 13th most in a season for any second baseman in Major League history. The record is 43 set by Davey Johnson in 1973.
Semien is evoking memories of the great Joe Morgan. He's also having a career year on the defensive side of the ball. He made the switch this season from shortstop to second base for the first time in his nine year career and currently has his highest Defensive WAR at 1.6.
Semien now has a .270 average, 88 RBI, 14 steals and .875 slugging percentage and a Big Bag coming his way this off-season.
by MLBbro Staff | Aug 31, 2021 | FRONT STREET
On Mookie Betts bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium, the former MVP's mom threw out the first pitch to start the game against the Atlanta Braves and Mookie completes the night by hitting a homer and blowing her a kiss.


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Cyberpunk 2077 Includes Refused's Weakest Songs To Date
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There is a band in Cyberpunk 2077 known as Samurai. Within the recreation's global, Samurai is fronted via Johnny Silverhand. In the true global, on the other hand, that band is Refused, who lends their abilities to Cyberpunk via writing and appearing all of Samurai's in-game songs.
Refused is likely one of the maximum influential punk/hardcore bands of all time. Their 1998 album The Form of Punk To Come is a cross-genre experimentation of what hardcore and punk rock really is and what it may be. It combines the ones generally harsh genres with the extra palatable sounds of techno, jazz, and swing. Naming an album one thing as declarative as The Form of Punk To Come would possibly appear somewhat conceited (it is a nod to Ornette Coleman's 1959 album The Form of Jazz to Come, and in addition a "f— you" to punk and hardcore scenes of the '90s, as they inform it now), however happily for Refused, their prophecy was once proper. The Form of Punk to Come was once the form of punk to come back, surroundings the groundwork for just about each punk, hardcore, and so on. album that got here after. Bands like Paramore and Linkin Park cite the album as a power. Tom Morello stated that after Zack de l. a. Rocha surrender Rage Towards The Gadget, he thought to be asking Refused's singer Dennis Lyxzén take his position.
Whilst Refused if truth be told broke up in 1998, a couple of weeks sooner than The Form of Punk to Come even got here out, (their final display was once in a area in Harrisonburg, Virginia, which coincidentally a chum of mine lived in 20 years later), the mythos of the band and the imaginative and prescient of The Form of Punk to Come propelled the band to a mythological standing, way more in style after breaking apart than they ever had been whilst energetic. This is till 2012, when the band started sporadically taking part in displays once more, up till 2015, once they launched their first album in just about 20 years, Freedom. Refused got here again as an enormous band, propelled via the eye they incessantly amassed after splitting up. The band has remained in combination since then, striking out new releases and traveling around the globe, particularly the high-paying pageant circuit.
The purpose is: Refused is a mythical team. They're, simply, certainly one of my favourite bands and The Form of Punk to Come is likely one of the maximum vital albums of my lifestyles. And I will be able to't understate what that intended for me as a child. Listening to this Swedish punk band disassemble now not best punk rock, however capitalism, poetry, and punk rock all inside 12 songs was once an enormous deal. If anything else, they had been the primary punk band I ever heard that was once, like, if truth be told just right at their tools. I did not absolutely clutch the politics I used to be listening to on the time, however I felt them, and that feeling manner as a lot to me now because it did again then.
Refused performs Samurai in Cyberpunk 2077, and has launched 5 songs underneath the Samurai identify for the sport's soundtrack, which you'll be able to pay attention to on Spotify. They're, in essence, the sound of developer CD Projekt Pink's Evening Town, the band that rankings your commute thru its tech dystopia.
At the one hand, I really like the truth that a band as political as Refused is in a recreation as large as Cyberpunk 2077. It is scrumptious to me that a band that discussed Marxist concept, known as for a dismantlement of capitalist programs and the reclaiming of artwork and tradition via the operating magnificence all throughout the liner notes of an album will now be proven to the "stay politics out of video video games" crowd. I really can't look forward to them to find a track like "The Fatal Rhythm," rife with lyrics concerning the injustices of work practices, after pondering Samurai's rock songs are beautiful cool. However I digress.
Alternatively, the songs Refused wrote for Cyberpunk aren't particularly nice. There are moments when the Refused I do know and love shines – a verse right here or a refrain there – however for essentially the most section, the Samurai songs come off as beautiful mediocre rock songs. They sound just like the third-best band taking part in a display at a bar on a Tuesday evening. Not anything ever reaches the heights of the remainder of Refused's constantly sturdy discography.
The songs recorded as Samurai are Refused at their maximum toothless. Obscure lyrics about revolution or oppression do little to evoke any emotion within the listener. That is much less the decision to hands previous Refused songs had been, and extra a half-assed acknowledgement that, "Issues are kinda unhealthy, however no matter."
Perhaps that dip in high quality is partially as a result of Refused's involvement in a recreation turns out essentially mistaken within the first position. The sport business is an instance of what Refused informed me they had been preventing towards. For all in their creative deserves, video games also are industrial merchandise bought via huge firms. And the ones firms be offering better rewards to the folk on the most sensible than the employees who create the video games. Perhaps Refused should not be in Cyberpunk 2077 in any respect; however on the similar time, I should not imagine that individuals stay the similar folks they had been of their 20s, and that they do not develop up or alternate sounds.
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Bulgaria will fight Turkey for the top spot. They trashed Switzerland to start off yesterday. Romania are better but they are without some key players from the last EC qualifiers. Romania lost twice in those qualifiers to Bulgaria in straight sets rather badly. Bulgaria are now better than ever, while Romania aren't as good as before. Bulgaria beat Azerbaijan in test matches while Romania lost one game to Slovakia and won one. Slovakia were the easy pray at that tournament last week. I expect Bulgaria to win this easily.


It's not so unusual to feature a wedding with homemade invitations, an extraordinarily meaningful chuppah, and a vegetarian menu… But arriving by canoe, personalised pencil favours, a custom neon sign, and a joint breaking of the glass on the same rock where revolutionists, Henry David Thoreau and Nathanial Hawthorne once sat? Now that is a little more unusual!
Jennifer and Jessica had a very personal wedding like no other. It was so very authentic to them, and they incorporated many wonderful personal and thoughtful details.
The report today is written by them both, and photography is by the brilliantly talented Prinos Photography.
Jessica: I was jumping rope in my apartment on the top floor of a high rise in Manhattan overlooking the East River and I was saying to myself, "I just want to meet my own Jen." My eldest brother is married to a beautiful Jen with curly red hair and my other brother is married to a beautiful Jewish Jen from New Jersey. Two weeks later I met my Jen and she's Jewish, from New Jersey and has curly red hair!
Jennifer: We met in February 2007 during a cocktail event at the Asia Society in Manhattan. We had less than fifteen minutes together but there was an intrigue about Jessica that made me want to learn more. I gave her my number, and she called three days later. We both lived on 1st Avenue, she was uptown and I was downtown… We fell in love on the 1st Avenue bus.
Jennifer and Jessica, the Brides: The wedding ceremony was at The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts and the reception was at the John H. Pierce House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. We have a lot of family in the Concord area and Jessica grew up in this beautiful setting. Plus, at the time, our marriage wasn't legal in our home state of NY but was legal in Massachusetts. Concord was a win-win location!
We love the colour purple and we used that colour throughout our wedding. We hired a day-of coordinator to stitch all of the details together at the event so we could release into the moment and have as much fun as possible.
There is no remedy for love but to love more".
B) a room full of cheese! For the reception I asked my friend Peter Lovis of the Concord Cheese Shop if he would help us with some cheese for our wedding. I asked, if possible, could the cheese have a breast theme? It was perfect.
C) I wanted the Thoreau quote engraved on these wooden pencils that we gave as favours. We had them made in China and they arrived by boat—we had hundreds made—it was a little ridiculous, but it was important to me.
We designed the invitation and silk screened them ourselves. We only realised later that we'd need coordinating pieces like the wedding program, welcome basket, etc. Since we both love details, it made the project exponentially bigger—but it was satisfying!
We also created the save-the-date cards from the design on Jennifer's favourite mug from Fishs Eddy (NYC). It's a sketch of two women with the words 'We Do' under the image.
Jessica: I wanted a short dress that I could wear again—I love a halter dress and one day, by chance, I found the perfect dress on the sale rack at Bloomingdales. It was a cream halter dress with a suggestion of a cummerbund — I added a vintage Missoni black silk slip—it was perfect for me.
Jennifer: Housing Works, a thrift shop that operates to end the dual crisis of homelessness and AIDS, used to have an annual bridal event. This was my first and last stop for wedding dress shopping. I tried on three dresses. The third was an ivory long straight gown with a decorated bodice and a huge train attached. Unfortunately, I didn't think the dress had any true potential because the train would prohibit my entrance via canoe. It was only after I was in the dress that the woman helping me realise the train detached! I had found my ideal dress! I don't know the designer because the gown had no tags but I know that it was vintage, cost only $60 and the proceeds went to charity! Andra Gabrielle immaculately tailored the gown to perfect the fit.
Jessica: I wanted feathers in my hair!
Jennifer: I longed for a wisp of a veil and found a beautiful NYC-based hat designer to build one for me. Ellen Christine Colon-Lugo created a beautiful, elegant piece.
Jessica: Prada spectator shoes, vintage (also known as correspondent shoes). I wanted flats for dancing.
Jennifer: I wanted shoes that would allow me to feel the earth under my feet during our outdoor ceremony at The Old Manse so I chose ivory silk ballet flats.
Jessica: I wanted to do my own makeup, especially since I never wear makeup. I took the opportunity to befriend a sales person at Bloomingdales Soho Chanel counter and it was really fun. I still have the makeup that I bought and it feels so nice to wear it – on the off occasion that I do!
Jennifer: To prepare, a rep from MAC helped me choose my eyeshadow shades and then I applied my own make-up on our wedding day. My dear friend helped with the subtle, finishing touch by applying individual falsies to the end corners of my eyes.
Jessica: we canoed into our wedding on my dearly departed dad's canoe. My brothers festooned it with pine boughs and flowers—I'll never forget those few moments together with Jen. The silence of the water. Whenever we have the chance, and we are paddling, we go back to that moment. It was beautiful. It was a big pause before the serene focus of the ceremony and the raucousness of the party!
Jessica's dad passed away in 1999 and we attached one of his fishing rods – a really long surf casting rod – to the four birch poles that we bought in Manhattan's flower district. The fabric on the top was Jennifer's grandmother's tablecloth. We asked four dear family members to hold the four posts of our birch chuppah during the ceremony.
A) The 10 minute canoe ride on the Concord River, just the two of us soaking in the silence of the surrounding nature, and then turning the corner to see and hear the swell of cheer from our friends and family.
B) Instead of the traditional gesture of one partner circling the other seven times, we each circled the other three times and then once we walked in a circle together.
C) Our unique, personally written vows.
D) Breaking the glass on the same rock where Henry David Thoreau and Nathanial Hawthorne had once sat.
Jessica: One of my best friends took us to the Metropolitan Opera, and Thais, Interlude played just before intermission. Jen and I were in tears—I think that we knew at that moment this song would stay with us!
Jessica: My best friend did the flowers for our wedding. Along with her mum, she and I went to the Boston flower market after very few hours of sleep and I selected whatever looked beautiful, interesting and inspiring to me. I wanted thistles and odd things that draped. It was so much fun. I wanted the centrepieces to convey a platter-like sense of bounty. Jess and her mum turned one room of their house into a refrigerated room by blasting the air conditioning — it was wild! Each piece was unique – they were all so beautiful. I held a bouquet and Jen did not.
We agreed that a more journalistic approach to the imagery felt right. We interviewed several photographers; MaryJo & Chris Prinos were perfect. He was a former sports shooter and she was a psychologist – they seemed like an ideal team, and they are! We love our wedding photos – the shot on the canoe captures it all for us – it is so special to have that memory captured so beautifully!
Dessert was comprised of locally sourced mini cupcakes from Concord Tea Cakes and the best ice cream from Bedford Farms. The entire evening was vegetarian.
A great big dance party!
Our friends and family love to dance (so do we!) so we wanted a live band with range. Moonglow was the best choice! Other entertainment included short speeches from family that were MC-ed by our dear friend, actor and comedian, Billy Eichner.
Jessica: I really wanted these pencils made with the Henry David Thoreau quote, "There is no remedy for love but to love more." This quote guided all of our decisions—we kept recalling it and coming back to it, especially when planning was challenging or stressful. The quote summarises our intentions, like our commander's intent. I still think about those words and now that we have a two month old daughter, I think that the sentiment is even more key to a contented, inspiring life.
Jessica: Always leave room for magic – every plan should leave a little space for something unexpected!
Jennifer: A) Have conversations about budget and expenses from the beginning. Include family from both partners, be honest and realistic. B) If you want to do most of the planning yourself, give your mum her own project that's important and related (ie: gift bags). This way she feels essential to the process but distracted enough that she won't interfere with all of the other components.


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Baron Pontus De la Gardie (c. 1520 – 5 November 1585) was a French nobleman and a general in the service of Denmark and Sweden.

Life and career
He was born Ponce d'Escouperie in Caunes-Minervois (Aude), Languedoc, a son of Jacques Escoperier and X Armengaud. As a youngster, he wanted to become a priest and was educated in a monastery. He changed his mind, however, and left Languedoc to become a mercenary in the service of Denmark. De la Gardie was promoted to officer and was in charge of a regiment of mercenaries. In 1565, during the Northern Seven Years' War, he was captured by Swedish troops at Varberg and changed allegiance to Sweden. De la Gardie quickly became a favourite of John III of Sweden and in 1569, after only four years in the Swedish service, he received nobility status. In 1571, he was created a baron and was given Ekholmen Castle.

Alleged involvement in Mornay plot
He was suspected to have taken part in the Mornay plot to assassinate John III.  The plot was led by Charles de Mornay, who was in contact with Christina of Denmark and the French ambassador in Copenhagen Charles Dancay. John III was to be killed during a sword dance performed by Scottish mercenaries at the party which was to be given in October that year before the Scottish mercenaries departure to the Baltic. After the assassination, the king's brother Duke Charles was to be placed upon the throne. The plot did not materialize as de Mornay lost his nerve and never gave the sign to the mercenaries to take action. In September 1574, the plot was revealed and Charles de Mornay was arrested, interrogated and executed. It was never made clear who participated in the plot. However, it is noted that the suspected conspirators Hogenskild Bielke, Gustaf Banér and Pontus De la Gardie often gathered at meetings in the apartment of Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, meetings where Princess Cecilia of Sweden had also frequently been seen, and the two sisters and their brother Charles were somewhat compromised though they were never accused. Pontus De la Gardie was himself never put on trial for his suspected involvement in the affair.

Service during the Livonian War
After Clas Åkesson Tott's resignation as the supreme commander of the Swedish forces in Finland and Estonia as a consequence of the Siege of Wesenberg during the Livonian War, de la Gardie took over Tott's office. De la Gardie's skills, combined with the fact that Sweden's enemy Russia had to transfer troops to defend against Polish attacks further south, led to considerable military success for Sweden during the following years. In the fall of 1580, Karelia was conquered. De la Gardie led his troops over the frozen Gulf of Finland to capture the fortresses of Wesenberg (now Rakvere) and Tolsburg (now Toolse). In September 1581, Narva was taken after a storming that had been preceded by a massive bombardment. 4,000 soldiers and civilians were killed, pointing out the fact that De la Gardie was not only a skillful warrior, but a cruel and hard commander as well. De la Gardie and his Swedish troops went on to capture the fortress of Ivangorod and several other fortresses that autumn. In 1582, the war with Russia ended and Sweden got to keep the conquests made in Karelia and Ingria, but had to withdraw from Livonia.

De la Gardie was the most renowned military commander in Sweden during the 16th century and has been credited with much of the country's military success in the 1580s. An example of his ingenuity was the strategy of using zigzag shaped saps during the siege of Narva, a new technique at the time.

De la Gardie drowned in the Narva River and is buried in St Mary's Cathedral of Tallinn. His tomb chest is made by well-known artist and architect Arent Passer.

Family
On 4 February 1580, De la Gardie married Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm (ca.1556-1583), the illegitimate daughter of John III of Sweden and a Finnish lady, Karin Hansdotter. During the wedding, a gallery in the church collapsed and one person was killed. Some sceptics claimed it was a bad omen or a divine act with which God condemned the marriage.

Pontus De la Gardie and Sofia Gyllenhielm had three children:
 Brita Pontusdotter De la Gardie  (1581–1645)
 Baron Johan De la Gardie (1582–1642), statesman of the Swedish Empire
 Count and Field Marshal Jacob De la Gardie (1583–1652)

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1520 births
1585 deaths
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De la Gardie, Pontus
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Burials at St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn
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Accidental deaths in Estonia
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Rangers lose to Pens 5-4 in OT
Jason Zucker (2) Assists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2), Kasperi Kapanen (3)
Brendan Lemieux (1) Assists: Ryan Lindgren (1), Phillip Di Giuseppe (5)
Brandon Tanev (3) Assists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph (3), Teddy Blueger (4)
Kevin Rooney (1) (Shorthanded) Assists: Ryan Strome (1), K'Andre Miller (2)
Kasperi Kapanen (2) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (3)
Chris Kreider (3) Assists: Jacob Trouba (2), K'Andre Miller (3)
Artemi Panarin (4) (Power Play) Assists: Tony DeAngelo (1), Pavel Buchnevich (5)
Jake Guentzel (3) Assists: John Marino (1), Cody Ceci (2)
Overtime:
Sidney Crosby
Colin Blackwell suffered an upper body injury in the first period and did not return.
You can put this, like the other two games against Pitt this year, as games where the Rangers were really good, for the most part, but can't hold a lead heading into the third and ultimately lose. For 40 minutes the Rangers were playing good enough to win, battling back each time the Pens took the lead, but Pitt took it to them in the third, tied it and controlled OT, leading to them getting two points and the Rangers only getting one.
The Rangers were not as tight defensively as they were on Thursday against Buffalo, but they were up 26-19 in shots heading into the third and then Pitt took it to them and had 16 shots in the third compared to the Rangers 7.
This was the best Chris Kreider has been all season, which is nice, but he has to stop taking offensive zone penalties. They should have not only been going into the third with the lead, but with 1:53 of a PP, but Kreider was called for cross-checking and it was 4 on 4 instead. That isn't the reason why the Rangers lost, but with how the PP was moving around and how they scored in the third, a PP with clean ice to start the third would have been a nice advantage.
I understand why David Quinn and the Rangers want to alternate their goalies from game to game, but I felt like Igor Shesterkin should have been able to build off the win on Thursday. Alex Georgiev made some nice saves tonight, but he should have stopped the OT winner and maybe one or two others. Shesterkin will go on Monday and if he wins and plays well, I hope he goes in the one that follows.
With Jack Johnson, who shouldn't play anyway, hurt and Brendan Smith benched tonight, we have to see Libor Hajek, or Anthony Bitetto, on Monday. There is just no reason not to play either of them, but especially Hajek.
K'Andre Miller continues to impress me with his play at both ends of the ice. He just looks so comfortable with the puck, without it, defending and being physical.
So it's another game where the Rangers played a good 30-40 minutes, but their struggles in the third today did them in. They turned too many pucks over, were second to pucks and came out on the losing end…again. Hopefully they are a tighter team on Monday and can get back to winning.
← Alex Georgiev in net against the Penguins → What David Quinn said after the loss to Pitt


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The beaches look awesome and the activity list is long with plenty to keep you busy or you can opt for a lovely couples massage and relax by the pool. They even have gorgeous places for your own Fiji weddings should you want to hold your wedding at the resort. The place looks simply amazing.
My daughter is seriously considering holding her wedding at this amazing spot in Fiji and then staying on for a lovely honeymoon to kick off her new life with her new husband. What an amazing experience that would be! I think that it would be a wonderful vacation for my hubby and I to attend her wedding there and then send some of our own private time together in a gorgeous sea side resort.


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import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;

import javax.jms.BytesMessage;
import javax.jms.Connection;
import javax.jms.ConnectionFactory;
import javax.jms.Destination;
import javax.jms.JMSException;
import javax.jms.Message;
import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
import javax.jms.Session;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;

import org.drools.core.process.instance.impl.WorkItemImpl;
import org.jbpm.process.workitem.AbstractLogOrThrowWorkItemHandler;
import org.kie.api.runtime.process.WorkItem;
import org.kie.api.runtime.process.WorkItemManager;
import org.kie.internal.runtime.Cacheable;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler extends AbstractLogOrThrowWorkItemHandler implements Cacheable {

    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler.class);

    private String connectionFactoryName;
    private String destinationName;

    private ConnectionFactory connectionFactory;
    private Destination destination;

    private boolean transacted = false;

    public JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler() {
        this.connectionFactoryName = "java:/JmsXA";
        this.destinationName = "queue/KIE.SIGNAL";
        init();
    }

    public JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler(String connectionFactoryName, String destinationName) {
        this.connectionFactoryName = connectionFactoryName;
        this.destinationName = destinationName;
        init();
    }

    public JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler(ConnectionFactory connectionFactory, Destination destination) {
        this.connectionFactory = connectionFactory;
        this.destination = destination;
        init();
    }

    public JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler(String connectionFactoryName, String destinationName, boolean transacted) {
        this.connectionFactoryName = connectionFactoryName;
        this.destinationName = destinationName;
        this.transacted = transacted;
        init();
    }

    public JMSSendTaskWorkItemHandler(ConnectionFactory connectionFactory, Destination destination, boolean transacted) {
        this.connectionFactory = connectionFactory;
        this.destination = destination;
        this.transacted = transacted;
        init();
    }

    protected void init() {
        try {
            InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
            if (this.connectionFactory == null) {
                this.connectionFactory = (ConnectionFactory) ctx.lookup(connectionFactoryName);
            }
            if (this.destination == null) {
                this.destination = (Destination) ctx.lookup(destinationName);
            }
            logger.info("JMS based work item handler successfully activated on destination {}", destination);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            logger.error("Unable to initialize JMS send work item handler due to {}", e.getMessage(), e);

        }
    }

    protected Message createMessage(WorkItem workItem, Session session) throws JMSException {
        BytesMessage message = session.createBytesMessage();

        // set properties
        addPropertyIfExists("KIE_Signal", workItem.getParameter("Signal"), message);
        addPropertyIfExists("KIE_SignalProcessInstanceId", workItem.getParameter("SignalProcessInstanceId"), message);
        addPropertyIfExists("KIE_SignalWorkItemId", workItem.getParameter("SignalWorkItemId"), message);
        addPropertyIfExists("KIE_SignalDeploymentId", workItem.getParameter("SignalDeploymentId"), message);

        addPropertyIfExists("KIE_ProcessInstanceId", workItem.getProcessInstanceId(), message);
        addPropertyIfExists("KIE_DeploymentId", ((WorkItemImpl)workItem).getDeploymentId(), message);

        Object data = workItem.getParameter("Data");
        if (data != null) {
            try {
                ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                ObjectOutputStream oout = new ObjectOutputStream(bout);
                oout.writeObject(data);

                message.writeBytes(bout.toByteArray());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                logger.warn("Error serializing context data", e);
            }
        }

        return message;
    }

    @Override
    public void executeWorkItem(WorkItem workItem, WorkItemManager manager) {
        if (connectionFactory == null || destination == null) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Connection factory and destination must be set for JMS send task handler");
        }

        Connection connection = null;
        Session session = null;
        MessageProducer producer = null;
        try {
            connection = connectionFactory.createConnection();
            session = connection.createSession(transacted, Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);

            Message message = createMessage(workItem, session);
            producer = session.createProducer(destination);
            producer.send(message);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            handleException(e);
        } finally {
            if (producer != null) {
                try {
                    producer.close();
                } catch (JMSException e) {
                    logger.warn("Error when closing producer", e);
                }
            }

            if (session != null) {
                try {
                    session.close();
                } catch (JMSException e) {
                    logger.warn("Error when closing queue session", e);
                }
            }

            if (connection != null) {
                try {
                    connection.close();
                } catch (JMSException e) {
                    logger.warn("Error when closing queue connection", e);
                }
            }
        }

    }

    @Override
    public void abortWorkItem(WorkItem workItem, WorkItemManager manager) {
        // no-op
    }

    @Override
    public void close() {
        connectionFactory = null;
        destination = null;
    }

    protected void addPropertyIfExists(String propertyName, Object properyValue, Message msg) throws JMSException {
        if (properyValue != null) {
            msg.setObjectProperty(propertyName, properyValue);
        }
    }

}

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Are the Betsy baffles serious loudspeakers ?
I occasionally receive emails inquiring as to whether the Caintuck Audio Betsy baffles are "serious" loudspeakers.
That's a very reasonable question for someone considering the purchase of an audio system ..... especially a person who is a "sincere but financially limited music lover".
It is of note that the Betsy baffles are one of the seven speakers in the Stereo Times 2016 Most Wanted Components List.
I found it somewhat amusing that when I had a demo room at the 2015 Capital Audio Fest there were several of the attendees who poked their heads in the door, saw my setup, chuckled under their breath and didn't bother to come in for a listen.
It would certainly be easy enough to dismiss the Betsy baffles.
They are not very big and not the last word in fit and finish.
However ..... they make music ..... and they don't sound small.
If a person is looking for the "wow factor" either visually or sonically, they probably won't cut it ..... but if a person is a genuine music lover, they just "get out of the way" and let the listener enjoy the musical performance.
They certainly don't extend to frequencies beyond the range of human hearing or produce thunderous bass .... but the midrange is very nice and natural sounding, the top end has some sparkle and the bass to around 80 HZ is tight and tuneful.
One of the things that has endeared these speakers to me is that I found quite a number of CDs in my library that I thought were really bad sounding via most of the loudspeakers I owned in the past ..... but I found the same CDs thoroughly enjoyable when played through the Betsy baffles. At the same time, CDs that I knew to be well recorded revealed things I had never heard on them in the past.
I have also found that there is no shortage of "serious" audio equipment on the market that is impressive on the initial listening session, but listener fatigue often sets in and makes the listener want to cut the session short.
This is usually not a problem with the Betsy baffles unless the recording is extremely hot or thin sounding.
The fact that they work extremely well with any of the low powered Decware Zen amplifiers has resulted in a lot of happy music lovers with some money still remaining in their wallets.
One of my audio buddies who passed away a couple of years ago once shared the thought with me that "if it sounds good, it IS good".
He owned some very pricey audio gear during his lifetime ..... but also knew a good sounding "budget" component when he heard one.
I'm pretty sure that he would have enjoyed a pair of Betsy baffles.
Re: Are the Betsy baffles serious loudspeakers ?
Hey Randy! It's The Other Randy. Haven't talked to you in a while, but I'd like to answer your (rhetorical) question about whether the Betsys are serious speakers or not. As you know, I have a pair of Hawthorne Audio Rainier MK II speakers, which retail @ $15,000. I bought them used, so I paid less than half that, but still...it was a chunk of change. Are they visually impressive? You bet. Are the Betsys their equal? Well, not quite. But it's a never-ending source of amazement to me how close the Betsys (boosted by a pair of Hawthorne Audio Augies on the bottom end) come to reproducing the sound of the Rainiers. I get a kick out of playing the Betsy/Augie combo next to the Rainiers (which aren't even hooked up) for people, and blowing them away. They are always bowled over by the sound, and ask me how much the speakers cost. I'm always tempted to tell them that I'll sell them the whole speaker system for $2,000, and watch them rush to get their money out. I have to explain to them that they aren't hearing the Rainiers; it's the Betsys and subwoofers that are playing, and at a fraction of the cost of the Rainiers. It's like the most fun that you can have for free.
Our buddy George, who's system is featured in a Six Moons review has a similar situation.


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The Maryland-based Ripples has unveiled Beer Ripples, a new device that uses 3D-printing technology to add "beautiful, high-resolution images" to beer foam "in seconds" using an edible malt-based ink, according to its website. Just like with its Coffee Ripples, not only can users choose from the brand's existing library of images, they can also use the free Ripples app to submit any image from their phones to be printed on the top of their pint as well. This new device will surely prompt beer lovers to utter something they don't often say: pour that beer with plenty of head.
Unfortunately for those already planning to feature Beer Ripples at their next kegger, the system is intended for commercial purposes, not for home use. And though it's small in size—less than a foot wide—it's not cheap: the machine sells for $3,000, and requires an additional $1,500 annual subscription fee on top of that.
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Sunnyside rallies against DOT's bike lane proposal
By Mark Hallum
Brent O'Leary from the Hunters Point Civic Association joined a rally in Sunnyside to speak out against the bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd Avenues.
Photo by Mark Hallum
Nearly 100 people rallied beneath the 46th Street station of the No. 7 train last week to oppose bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd Avenues in Sunnyside and Woodside.
The July 25 rally came days after the announcement by Mayor Bill de Blasio that he would set aside community opposition and instruct the city Dept. of Transportation to move forward with road safety improvements in the two neighborhoods, eliminating 120 parking spaces along the two streets between Roosevelt Avenue and Queens Boulevard.
"We know what we need and we have told them with a loud and clear voice that this proposal is wrong," Hunters Point Civic Association President Brent O'Leary said. "This is not safety because we have offered an alternative proposal on Northern Boulevard, which is the obvious place for this and will keep all the bicyclists safe … we spoke loud and clear and they ignored everything we said."
Organized by Access Queens, which advocates for improvements to the No. 7 train, the rally had many attendees criticizing City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Sunnyside) for calling for the installment of the bike lanes after the death of a bicyclist in the area.
"The media has been promoting Queens, the city has been promoting Queens as the place to be for many, many years. So now we're the place to be, everyone wants to be here in Sunnyside. How are we going to take infrastructure away?" Melissa Orlando, a founder of Access Queens, said. "We need municipal and residential parking to accommodate the people who work here, the people who come and spend money here and the people who come to worship here in Sunnyside. Everyday when we get home from work, we have to think about where we will park, what are we doing. The mayor doesn't live here."
Although Van Bramer made the initial call for the installment of the bike lanes in April 2017, he later withdrew his support of the Vision Zero improvements after the community voiced heavy opposition.
Van Bramer has since renewed his support for the DOT proposal.
"The bike lanes should happen. It's the right thing to do. And even if there is a political price to pay for saying so, I should say it. So I am," Van Bramer said in a July 26 Twitter statement. "I know that good people are opposed to the lanes based on honest concerns. However, a scorched earth campaign against bike lanes continues to inflame [and] divide. So much misinformation is being spread. So much fear stoked. But facts matter… Bike lanes save lives. They do not destroy neighborhoods. Sunnyside [and] Woodside are good, strong, healthy places to live. They do not need to be saved from safety enhancements."
The bike lane proposal went through multiple public hearings where residents rejected the plan, which was revised several times before being struck down at Community Board 2 by a vote of 27-8 in a June 7 meeting that lasted about six hours and ended well after midnight.
"Nearly 300 people have been injured along Skillman and 43rd Avenues in Queens. 2 lives have been lost," de Blasio said on Twitter prior to the rally. "[DOT] has listened to voices across the community. I've instructed them to move forward with pedestrian safety and protected bike lanes that will save lives."
Between 2012 and 2016, 283 people were injured along these two corridors, including 34 bicyclists and 61 pedestrians, according to DOT, with the remainder being motorists.
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On June 11, 1963, President John F .
Kennedy set the stage for the passage of civil rights legislation that made meaningful change when he stated in a speech he was seeking…the kind of equality of treatment which we would want for ourselves .
And despite his tragic assignation, that leadership set the wheels in motion for one of the most important pieces of legislation that the United States government has ever passed to protect the civil rights of African Americans .
That legislation was the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This bill represented the culmination of a decades if not century's long struggle to achieve true civil rights for African Americans in the USA .
President Kennedy saw this as the chance to put some real teeth into the law to give it the power to really change the way the country worked, played and lived together .
It was a powerful continuation of the work that was started with The Civil Rights Act of 1875 but with much more enforceability combined with language that made it contemporary in an era of the expanding civil rights movement.
The bill was broad sweeping the scope of areas of civil life in this country to be impacted by restrictions against discrimination .
The five titles of the bill cover may needed social changes including...
Title I – Banned discriminatory voter registration practices that were used to try to deny black people the right to vote.
Title II - Made it illegal to discriminate in public venues such as restaurants, theaters or hotels based on race.
Title III – Banned discrimination from public facilities such as government services or schools.
Title IV – Enforcement of desegregation of public schools
Title V – Made it illegal to discriminate in the workplace including race based hiring practices.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 touched on virtually every aspect of public life in America from schools to the work place even to public gatherings such as entertainment and eating establishments .
In every way that Americans gathered together as a people, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination against African Americans in that setting.
But there are other important steps forward for civil rights that were an important part of the development of this bill .
The bill did not just address civil rights for African Americans and in fact, it does not address that population directly at all .
Instead the bill protects the civil rights for all minority groups .
As such this made the struggle for equality that the African American community had been involved with ever since the Civil War everyman's struggle for equality and it made all Americans brothers in seeking equal opportunity and treatment for all who are citizens of this great country.
In approaching the bill in this way, Congress forged some powerful allies for the African American cause and put legislation in place to begin to positively view the emerging movement for equal rights for women which was just as much in need of correction and support to see that woman's rights became the law of the land too .
Again, this built a strong alliance between these movements which added clout not only to the bill to make sure it made it through congress but it gave clout to those who were charged with enforcement of this important legislation.
You have to admire the courage of the leadership of this country for taking a stand on behalf of equal rights in putting this bill into effect .
We especially add our admiration to the work of President Kennedy and then President Johnson who did not let the Kennedy assignation damage the chances that this bill would become law .
For President Johnson, putting the muscle of the presidency behind this bill gave it the power to push past objections and become the law of the land .
Many say that this one political stand he took destroyed Johnson's chances to be reelected because of the animosity it caused in the south toward him .
But President Johnson did what all presidents should do .
He saw the good of the country and of the society as more important than his own political ambitions and he defied the danger to make sure equal rights for African Americans and all Americans became the law .
We need that kind of leadership today and in ever generation of leaders of this nation so we always seek the common good in the laws we see passed by our government.


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National Strategy for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2014-2020 - Small Business Act
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the engine of any economy in the European Union and worldwide. An important national policy is their support.
Bulgaria entered the new programming period 2014-2020. By Decision № 37 of the Council of Ministers of 23 January 2014 was adopted a new National Strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises 2014-2020 in compliance with Art.5 para.1 of the SME Law. The Strategy is adapted to the Small Business Act for Europe of the European Commission.
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What is SBA?
- SBA is a set of 10 principles which should guide the design and implementation of policies both at EU and national level. This is essential to create a level playing field for SMEs throughout the EU and improve the administrative and legal environment so as to allow these enterprises to unleash their full potential to create jobs and growth;
- SBA is an ambitious package of concrete and far reaching new measures including four legislative proposals which translate these principles into action both at EU and Member State level;
- SBA was endorsed politically by the EU Council of Ministers in December 2008 to ensure the full commitment of both the Commission and the Member States together with regular monitoring of its implementation.
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7. Help SMEs to benefit more from the opportunities offered by the Single Market
8. Promote the upgrading of skills in SMEs and all forms of innovation
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10. Encourage and support SMEs to benefit from the growth of markets
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Navy SEAL monument to be built on Virginia Beach Boardwalk
Capt. Rick Woolard's office is filling up with sand, and he couldn't be happier.
There's sand from Hawaii, Vietnam, Normandy – places where Navy SEALs have fought or trained.
The sand will form a "living beach" at the base of a new Navy SEAL "Naked Warrior" statue on the Boardwalk at 38th Street, said Woolard, a retired SEAL and Virginia Beach resident who is spearheading the project.
The City Council on Tuesday voted to allow the Florida-based UDT/SEAL Museum Association to build the monument, which honors the origins of the Navy SEALs in Virginia Beach dating back 75 years.
It will feature a life-size bronze statue of a WWII Navy combat swimmer standing on top of a horned scully, an enemy obstacle used to sink American landing craft. The memorial will include a stone wall with SEAL insignia and plaques.
Woolard expects construction to begin in about two weeks. He hopes it will be dedicated to the city on May 29, Memorial Day.
The project, which will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, will be paid for through donations. "We're still accepting donations," Woolard said.
The city will pay for a lighted, inclined walk next to the monument, not to exceed $18,000, and general upkeep of the site once it is dedicated. The SEAL museum will be responsible for any future repairs.
Stacy Parker, 757-222-5125, stacy.parker@pilotonline.com


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Q: Delete array elements ksh I need to delete specific values in an array (which vary in their index positions), similar to the splice function in javascript.
Example:
set -A ARRAY1 "a" "b" "c" "d" "e"
set -A ARRAY2 "a" "c" "e"

# Expected ARRAY1 after splice: "b" "d"

What I've tried:
I iterated through the arrays to find matches to the values I want deleted, and set them to empty ("").
ITERATION=0
for i in "${ARRAY1[@]}"
do
    for j in "${ARRAY2[@]}"
    do
        if [[ $i == $j ]]
        then
            ARRAY1[$ITERATION]=""
        fi
    done
    ITERATION=$((ITERATION+1))
done

#ARRAY1 after emptying values: "" "b" "" "d" ""

After that, I made a variable to store the concatenation of the first array's values.
VARIABLE=${ARRAY1[@]}

Then set the array back together again.
set -A ARRAY1 $VARIABLE
# VARIABLE: b d

Now the ARRAY1 has 2 indexes with values "b" and "d" as expected.
echo "ARRAY1: ${ARRAY1[@]}"
# output: ARRAY1: b d

I tried searching for the correct way to do this but couldn't find anything, and I think my solution is not right, even if it seems to work. Is there a correct or better way to do this? Is there a function for this in ksh?
Thanks in advance!

A: So, what you want to do is take the difference of sets. An indexed array is not a good representation of a set. However, the keys of an associative array is.
Try this:
array1=( "a" "b" "c" "d" "e" )
array2=( "a" "c" "e" )

# declare an associative array
typeset -A tmp

# populate it
for elem in "${array1[@]}"; do
  tmp[$elem]=1
done

# remove elements
for elem in "${array2[@]}"; do
  unset "tmp[$elem]"
done

# reassign the array with the keys of the assoc. array
array1=( "${!tmp[@]}" )

printf "%s\n" "${array1[@]}"

b
d

Get out of the habit of using ALLCAPS variable names, leave those as reserved by the shell. One day you'll write PATH=something and then wonder why your script is broken.

A: Using the same notation as the OP, just need one small change to the if/then block to unset the array position:
ITERATION=0
for i in "${ARRAY1[@]}"
do
    for j in "${ARRAY2[@]}"
    do
        if [[ $i == $j ]]
        then
            unset ARRAY1[$ITERATION]
        fi
    done
    ITERATION=$((ITERATION+1))
done

Here's a ksh fiddle of the above.
A quick dump of the current array:
echo "ARRAY1: ${ARRAY1[@]}"
ARRAY1: b d

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L'histoire de la Seine-Saint-Denis est celle d'un département jeune sur le plan administratif puisqu'il a été créé le , en application de la loi du , à partir de la partie nord-est de l'ancien département de la Seine (24 communes) et d'une petite portion de celui de Seine-et-Oise (16 communes).

Il hérite du code postal « 93 », autrefois dévolu au département de Constantine.

Avant la naissance du département

Si le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis est très récent, le territoire a de tous temps été occupé par l'homme, notamment à l'époque gallo-romaine et à l'époque médiévale. Durant le Moyen Âge, la Seine-Saint-Denis est à la fois un centre économique avec la foire du Lendit et spirituel avec l'abbaye de Saint-Denis. Selon l'historienne Anne Lombard-Jourdan, ces deux particularités trouvent leur origine dans l'antiquité gauloise et gallo-romaine avec la présence dans la pleine du Lendit d'un lieu de rassemblement des peuples gaulois, sur la route de l'étain, à la limite des Gaules Belgique et Celtique.

L'idée que la plaine Saint-Denis avait une importance particulière à l'époque gauloise apparaît en tout cas dans des écrits de Suger rappelant la présence près de la Montjoie d'antiques colonnes sur l'Estrée, de Raoul de Presles parlant d'un lieu d'adoration de trois dieux païens et y plaçant le centre des Gaules évoqué par Jules César, sur des œuvres d'art comme la tapisserie de la bataille de Saint-Denis qui évoque les « Champs Druydes », une peinture de Sainte-Geneviève qui montre un cromlech à proximité de l'Estrée, ou encore la carte de Mathis Zundten qui montre une série de vestiges archéologiques au  également.

La foire du Lendit

Le mot Indicere avait leur sens de convoquer ou édicter : au , on trouve les expressions indire une assemblée, une guerre, une peine, un jeûne, une foire. On prit l'habitude d'appeler Indictum l'assemblée tenue en un temps et un lieu déterminés pour y traiter les affaires religieuses, judiciaires, militaires et commerciales. Selon Anne Lombard-Jourdan, les assemblées gauloises mentionnées par Jules César continuèrent à se réunir sous la domination romaine au Nord de Lutèce dans la plaine Saint-Denis. Le nom Endit puis par agglutination de l'article Lendit fut donné au Champ ou à la plaine situé entre le pas de la chapelle et Saint-Denis. Les lieux portant ce nom sont groupés au nord de la Loire ; pour Anne Lombard-Jourdan, certains bois du Landy ou champ du Landy correspondent en pleine campagne ou dans la forêt à de très anciens lieux d'assemblée ; ce sont de vieux rendez-vous gaulois à la fois religieux et marchands remontant parfois à des emplacements marqués dès avant la conquête romaine. Le nom serait resté attaché au site des foires qui furent également dénommées d'après ce mot.

La foire du Lendit (ou du Landit) est au moins attestée sous ce nom au . Cependant, d'après un diplôme de fondation daté de 629, elle est réputée avoir été créée au  par Dagobert I. Il est d'ailleurs vraisemblable que, située sur une route romaine, la Via Agrippa qui allait vers la Mer du Nord et constituait la route de l'étain, elle plonge ses racines dans l'antiquité gauloise. En 1215, Philippe Auguste réglementa son installation. Pendant la durée de la foire, les marchands devaient cesser de vendre aux Halles de Paris.  En 1319, la foire fut incendiée et reconstruite. En 1556, en raison des intempéries, mais surtout des troubles de la guerre de Cent Ans et des guerres de religion, la foire fut déplacée par un arrêt de Henri II à l'intérieur des murs de Saint-Denis, à l'emplacement de l'actuelle place Jean-Jaurès, où de nouvelles loges en bois furent construites pour l'accueillir. En 1793, la foire disparut.

L'abbaye de Saint-Denis

Dès le Bas-Empire, un cimetière gallo-romain est attesté sur le site de Saint-Denis. Au , un mausolée fut élevé à l'emplacement du maître-autel actuel et fit déjà l'objet d'un culte. Puis, vers 475, sainte Geneviève acheta les terres alentour et fit construire une église. Un premier agrandissement du mausolée est attesté par une prolongation de 11 mètres plus à l'ouest. Alors que Michel Fleury le situait entre 540 et 550, soit sous le règne de Childebert , Patrick Périn l'a récemment estimé aux années 451-459, proposant d'y reconnaître l'église de sainte Geneviève. De fait, le lieu avait un grand prestige comme en témoigne la découverte en 1959 du sarcophage de la reine Arégonde, épouse de Clotaire  et bru de Clovis, morte entre 573 et 579, première personne royale qui y fut inhumée. L'église fut agrandie une seconde fois sous Dagobert  qui y fit placer vers l'an 630, les corps de saint Denis (premier évêque de Paris) et ses deux compagnons, le prêtre Rustique et le diacre Éleuthère. Dagobert  fut le premier roi des Francs à être inhumé en l'église de Saint-Denis. Sous les Mérovingiens et les Carolingiens, cette nécropole royale partagea ce privilège avec d'autres églises. Vers 650, furent créés le monastère et une série de sanctuaires secondaires dédiés à saint Barthélemy, saint Paul et saint Pierre.

Les liens privilégiés que l'abbaye de Saint Denis entretenait avec la royauté mérovingienne se renforcent sous les Carolingiens. Dans la première moitié du , entre 1135 environ et 1144, l'abbé Suger, conseiller des rois Louis VI et de Louis VII, agrandit l'abbatiale en remaniant le narthex d'une façade dotée pour la première fois d'une rose et de trois portails de grandes dimensions. Il modifia aussi le chœur en lui ajoutant des chapelles rayonnantes. L'abbaye bénédictine de Saint-Denis devint un établissement prestigieux et riche, grâce à l'action de Suger, abbé de 1122 à 1151. Ce dernier souhaita rénover la vieille église carolingienne afin de mettre en valeur les reliques de saint Denis dans un nouveau chœur : pour cela, il voulut une élévation importante et des baies qui laissent pénétrer la lumière. Suger décida donc de la reconstruction de l'église en s'inspirant du nouveau style entraperçu dans la cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens. En 1140, il fit édifier un nouveau massif occidental, en s'inspirant des modèles normands de l'âge roman comme l'abbatiale Saint-Étienne de Caen. L'abbaye fut consacrée le , inaugurant le francigenum opus, appelé plus tard l'art gothique. Reprenant le principe du déambulatoire à chapelle rayonnante en le doublant, Suger innova en prenant le parti de juxtaposer les chapelles autrefois isolées en les séparant par un simple contrefort. Chacune des chapelles comporte de vastes baies jumelles munies de vitraux filtrant la lumière. Le voûtement adopte la technique de la croisée d'ogives qui permet de mieux répartir les forces vers les piliers. C'est à partir du règne de Louis VI que rois de France se rendirent à l'abbaye pour lever l'Oriflamme de Saint-Denis avant de partir en guerre ou en croisade.

L'intelligentsia san-dionysienne attribua ainsi la fondation du monastère à Dagobert, obtenant ou forgeant les diplômes royaux propres à assurer à Saint-Denis une totale exemption et le contrôle des foires dont celle du Lendit, ce qui permit à l'abbaye de s'attacher l'appui de la monarchie franque puis française. Elle composa les textes exaltant la figure de saint Denis et récupéra à son profit le prestige lié au site du Lendit.

La révolution

Le 1790 à 1795 l'actuel département de la Seine-Saint-Denis était partagé entre 2 départements, (département de Paris et département de Seine-et-Oise) et 3 districts (District de Bourg-de-l'Égalité, District de Franciade et District de Gonesse. De 1791 à 1793, les trois districts (Paris, Franciade et Bourg-de-l'Égalité) du département de Paris, fournirent 48 bataillons de volontaires nationaux et 4 compagnies. De 1791 à 1793, les 9 districts (Corbeil, Dourdan, Étampes, Gonesse, Mantes, Montfort, Pontoise, Saint-Germain et  Versailles) du département de Seine-et-Oise fournirent 14 bataillons de volontaires nationaux.

La création du département

Le département des Hauts-de-Seine a été créé par la loi du 10 juillet 1964 portant réorganisation de la région parisienne, qui décide de diviser les anciens départements de la Seine et de Seine-et-Oise.

Jusqu'en 1964, la région parisienne se subdivisait en 3 départements, créés par la loi du  :
 le département de Paris, rebaptisé en 1795 "département de la Seine" (),
 le département de Seine-et-Oise (),
 le département de Seine-et-Marne ().

Les deux premiers vont donner naissance à 7 nouveaux départements, la Seine-et-Marne conservant son nom et son territoire. La loi ressuscite le département de Paris qui est entouré par
 la grande couronne composée des départements non limitrophes de Paris : Val-d'Oise, Yvelines, Essonne, Seine-et-Marne.
 la petite couronne avec 3 départements limitrophes de Paris : Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine

De la création à aujourd'hui

Le département de la Seine-Saint-Denis a été créé le , en application de la loi du , par le décret d'application du , à partir de la partie nord-est de l'ancien département de la Seine (24 communes) et d'une petite portion de celui de Seine-et-Oise (16 communes).

Il hérite du code postal « 93 », autrefois dévolu au département de Constantine. Sa préfecture est Bobigny

La création du département, qui répondait à l'origine à la disparition des anciens départements de la Seine et de Seine-et-Oise, et à la dissolution du District de Paris, a été motivée par le souhait plus ou moins implicite du pouvoir politique de l'époque de cantonner dans un espace déterminé ce qui pouvait constituer un obstacle majeur à la mise en œuvre de la politique gaulliste, c'est-à-dire la présence du Parti communiste français. En effet, celui-ci, grâce à son influence dans les communes de la ceinture rouge de la petite couronne où il s'était implanté dès les élections municipales de 1935, avait réussi à plusieurs reprises à exercer la présidence du conseil général de la Seine.

La Seine-Saint-Denis était, quelque part, comme la concession tacite d'un territoire donné à la principale force politique d'opposition de l'époque.

Par voie de conséquence, elle permettait d'envisager que les deux autres départements constitués dans la proche banlieue (Hauts-de-Seine et Val-de-Marne) échapperaient à l'influence de cette même force d'opposition, tout en bénéficiant des programmes les plus déterminants d'aménagement urbain (La Défense pour les Hauts-de-Seine notamment, ou encore le secteur de la Ville Nouvelle de Créteil).

Cependant, comme pour les deux autres départements de la petite couronne, le subtil découpage territorial était organisé de telle sorte que ce qui avait constitué pour l'essentiel la ceinture rouge depuis l'époque du Front populaire (les anciennes communes du département de la Seine) soit « tempéré » par adjonction de communes issues de Seine-et-Oise, réputées à priori moins portées à choisir des élus de gauche, et surtout communistes, pour les représenter.

Illustre notamment cette situation le choix délibéré et parfaitement arbitraire de la ville sous-préfecture, issue de Seine-et-Oise, la petite ville bourgeoise, créée de toutes pièces sous le Second Empire, Le Raincy.

Au regard de sa sociologie, de la réalité de ses activités économiques, Le Raincy était parfaitement atypique dans le département.

De même, alors que Saint-Denis était sous-préfecture de l'ancien département de la Seine, et aurait pu voir confirmer cette fonction, c'est Bobigny, placée au centre du département, qui fut finalement désignée ville Préfecture, alors qu'elle n'était, au début des années 1960, qu'une ville moyenne à vocation industrielle et à l'habitat souvent marqué par l'insalubrité et la précarité.

Ainsi, l'autoroute du Nord a-t-elle constitué, pendant de longues années, une véritable blessure ouverte dans le paysage urbain, notamment à la Plaine Saint-Denis, mais plus généralement entre Saint-Denis et jusqu'à Garonor, morcelant les quartiers et les villes et générant une paupérisation progressive des riverains.

De même, le département est, de longue date, l'objet de luttes importantes en matière de transport public, dont la moindre preuve n'est pas la difficulté de réaliser les infrastructures de transport en commun prévues au Schéma directeur de la région Île-de-France, malgré des inscriptions financières dans les divers Contrat de projets État-région.

Pour autant, le département a été le premier d'Île-de-France à se doter d'un tramway, le , qui favorise, depuis 1992 les liaisons entre banlieues,  entre Bobigny et la Courneuve dans un premier temps, parcours étendu vers la gare de Saint-Denis à l'Ouest ensuite, puis vers celle de Noisy-le-Sec à l'Est.

Le Département attend des prochaines années qu'elles soient marquées par la poursuite de l'extension de ce réseau, vers  Asnières - Gennevilliers - Les Courtilles puis Nanterre - La Boule et Rueil-Malmaison à l'Ouest et vers Montreuil et Val de Fontenay vers le sud-est.

Il attend également le prolongement de la ligne 12 du métro parisien vers la Plaine Saint-Denis et la mairie d'Aubervilliers et l'ouverture du Tram Express Nord, entre Sartrouville et Bobigny, par réutilisation de la voie ferrée de Grande Ceinture aujourd'hui dévolue au seul trafic de marchandises, ainsi que le prolongement de la ligne 7 du métro parisien vers le Bourget, et la construction du Grand Paris Express.

Notes  et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Collectif, Seine-Saint-Denis: chantiers et mémoire, Autrement, Paris, coll France n°16, 1998.
 Le patrimoine des communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis, éd. Flohic, 2000, 411 p.

Articles connexes
Histoire des villes de la Seine-Saint-Denis: Aubervilliers •Aulnay-sous-Bois •  Bagnolet • Le Blanc-Mesnil • Bobigny • Bondy • Le Bourget • Clichy-sous-Bois • Coubron • La Courneuve • Drancy • Dugny • Épinay-sur-Seine • Gagny • Gournay-sur-Marne • L'Île-Saint-Denis • Les Lilas • Livry-Gargan • Montfermeil • Montreuil • Neuilly-Plaisance • Neuilly-sur-Marne • Noisy-le-Grand • Noisy-le-Sec • Pantin • Pavillons-sous-Bois • Pré-Saint-Gervais • Le Raincy • Romainville • Romainville • Saint-Denis • Saint-Ouen • Sevran • Stains • Tremblay-en-France • Vaujours• Villemomble • Villepinte • Villetaneuse

 Seine-Saint-Denis
 Liste des communes de la Seine-Saint-Denis
 Liste des maires de la Seine-Saint-Denis
 Volontaires nationaux de Paris et de la Seine pendant la Révolution
 Histoire de l'Île-de-France

Liens externes

 Rubrique patrimoine sur le site du conseil départemental