Simcha Blass Simcha Blass Simcha Blass (November 27, 1897 – July 18, 1982; ) was a Polish-Israeli engineer and inventor who developed the drip irrigation system with his son Yeshayahu. Simcha Blass was born in Warsaw, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, to an Orthodox Jewish family. He was active in the Jewish self-defense units organized in Warsaw to defend Jews during the end of World War I. His engineering studies in Warsaw were interrupted by the Polish-Soviet War and completed after that war. During the war, he was recruited to the Polish Army, there he invented for the
A Celebration A Celebration "A Celebration" is a song by rock band U2. It was released as a non-album single in March 1982, between the records "October" (1981) and "War" (1983). U2 have re-released the track on two occasions; on the 2004 digital compilation album "The Complete U2", and on the bonus disc of the remastered "October" in 2008. "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl," commonly shortened to "Party Girl," was released as the B-side. "A Celebration" runs for 2:57. According to Universal Music Publishing Group's sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, it is played in common time at a tempo of 157