Expo '85

Expo '85, officially called The International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, 1985 (国際科学技術博覧会, Kokusai Kagaku Gijutsu Hakurankai, "The International Science Technology Exposition"), was a world's fair held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Tsukuba Science City, a planned city focused on technology north of Tokyo) between Sunday, March 17 and Monday, September 16, 1985. The theme of the fair was "Dwellings and Surroundings - Science and Technology for Man at Home". Attendance was over 20 million and 111 countries participated.

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HSST maglev train

HSST maglev train

Sony Jumbotron

Sony Jumbotron

NEC C&C Pavilion

NEC C&C Pavilion

JAMA Automobile Pavilion

JAMA Automobile Pavilion

Japan IBM Pavilion

Japan IBM Pavilion

Sumitomo Pavilion

Sumitomo Pavilion

Mitsui Pavilion

Mitsui Pavilion

A Japan Airlines Boeing 747 with an Expo 1985 sticker

A Japan Airlines Boeing 747 with an Expo 1985 sticker

Expo 85

The International Exhibition in Plovdiv (1985) was a world exposition that took place from November 4-30, 1985 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The exhibition had the theme "The creations of young inventors". The specialized exhibition was the 24th held by the Bureau of International Expositions and the second held in Plovdiv. Another specialized exposition, Expo '85 in Tsukuba, Japan occurred the same year.

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Expo (album)

Expo is the second album from the Robert Schneider solo project Marbles and is the follow-up to the 1997 release Pyramid Landing (And Other Favorites). Whereas Pyramid Landing was a showcase of experimental pop songs, Expo focuses more sharply on electronic pop music, similar to that of Gary Numan, one of Schneider's influences on the Expo. Other influences include Electric Light Orchestra, Brian Eno, Phoenix and The Cars. The liner notes for the album state a dedication to "Marci and Max". The album was released in 2005.

Track listing

All tracks written by Robert Schneider.

Bonus material

On the CD release, there are six bonus mp3s that can be accessed by a computer. They include:

Expo (Stockhausen)

Expo, for three performers with shortwave receivers and a sound projectionist, is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, written in 1969–70. It is Number 31 in the catalogue of the composer's works.

Conception

Expo is the penultimate in a series of works dating from the late 1960s which Stockhausen designated as "process" compositions. These works in effect separate the "form" from the "content" by presenting the performers with a series of transformation signs which are to be applied to material that may vary considerably from one performance to the next. In Expo and three companion works (Kurzwellen for six performers, Spiral for a soloist, and Pole for two), this material is to be drawn spontaneously during the performance from short-wave radio broadcasts (Kohl 1981, 192–93). The processes, indicated primarily by plus, minus, and equal signs, constitute the composition and, despite the unpredictability of the materials, these processes can be heard from one performance to another as being "the same" (Kohl 2010, 137).

Sanford L.P.

Sanford L.P., is a Newell Rubbermaid company based in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. Sanford is the largest writing products manufacturer in the world. It is primarily known for manufacturing Sharpie, Paper Mate, and Prismacolor products.

History

It was founded in 1857 by Frederick W. Redington and William H. Sanford, Jr. in Massachusetts as the Sanford Manufacturing Company. The company moved to Chicago in 1866 - five years before the Great Chicago Fire destroyed Sanford's Chicago location. New facilities were soon built after the devastation of the fire and operations resumed. In 1947, just following World War II, the Sanford Ink Company was forced to move locations to make room for a new expressway. The company settled in Bellwood, Illinois, where it still maintains a facility. In August 1985 Sanford became a public company. On February 14, 1992, Sanford was acquired by the Newell Company, (now called Newell Rubbermaid, a Fortune 500 company).

Acquisitions

Business grew through many acquisitions. Newell already owned Keene Office Products and Rogers Office Products, acquired in 1991.